Sen. Peter Oberacker

Maddy summaryS 8267 establishes a local community housing fund for the Town of Rochester, Ulster County, to increase affordable housing opportunities for residents. The fund provides financial assistance - up to 50% of a home's purchase price - as grants or loans to first-time homebuyers meeting income limits (100% of state mortgage agency thresholds for Ulster County). It uses town revenues like real estate transfer taxes, general fund surpluses, and state/federal grants to support home purchases, new construction, rehabilitation, or rental housing for eligible households. The program specifically targets primary residences (not investment properties) and requires repayment of loans upon home resale.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows Civil Air Patrol members to take unpaid leave from their jobs during state-declared emergencies to assist with emergency response efforts. Employers must grant the leave if the member provides documentation from their unit commander confirming their role in the emergency, unless the absence would cause undue hardship to business operations. The leave applies only when members are actively performing duties related to the declared emergency, such as disaster support or search-and-rescue. Members must later submit a notarized statement from their unit commander verifying the leave period.

Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority for the purposes of providing services under the workers' compensation law; includes such practitioners as providers.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes New York's "First Responder Peer Support Program Act," creating a statewide grant program to fund peer-to-peer mental health support for first responders. It directly affects firefighters, police officers, EMTs, 911 operators, emergency dispatchers, coroners, and other emergency personnel by providing grants to local entities for trauma-informed training and mental health services. Key provisions include mandatory evidence-based training on suicide prevention and resilience, strict confidentiality rules prohibiting disclosure of personal information, and annual reporting requirements that exclude identifiable data. The program aims to improve mental health access while ensuring privacy and reducing barriers for those in high-stress emergency response roles.

Maddy summaryThis Senate Resolution honors Senator Michael N. Gianaris as he receives the President Pro Tempore and Senate Majority Leader's Legislative Legacy Award. The bill formally recognizes his decades of public service, highlighting his legislative achievements in areas such as tenant rights, criminal justice reform, and election access. It expresses the Senate's gratitude for his contributions and directs that a copy of the resolution be sent to him as a token of appreciation.

Authorizes Daniel Montalto to take the competitive civil service exam for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Shawangunk.

Expands the FreshConnect program, which provides rebates for the purchase of local produce to certain people, to include local produce sold in supermarkets and grocery stores.

Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to eight hundred dollars; provides for a real property tax exemption under certain circumstances to an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school district, special district, fire district or county.

Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience.

Includes certain land that is owned or rented as a farm operation for the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products as land used in agricultural production.