Sen. Joe Griffo

Limits the tenure of the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate, minority leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly and minority leader of the assembly to 8 years; limits the tenure of the chair of any single legislative committee to 8 consecutive years.

Establishes a home heating tax credit for qualified taxpayers with an income of $125,000 or less for single filers, or with a combined income of $250,000 or less for joint filers.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires manufacturers selling connected devices (like smart home gadgets or wearables) in New York to include reasonable security features. It mandates that security measures must be appropriate for the device's function and the data it handles, specifically to prevent unauthorized access, hacking, or data breaches. Key provisions include requiring unique default passwords or forcing users to set new login credentials during first use. The law explicitly excludes federal-regulated devices, HIPAA-covered health devices, third-party apps, and user modifications to device software. It does not create private lawsuits but grants enforcement authority solely to the Attorney General.

Maddy summaryS 2080 expands New York's assault law to protect more healthcare workers and hospital volunteers, including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and certified nursing assistants, when they are performing their duties. It also extends these protections to transit workers like bus drivers, train operators, and station cleaners during official duties. The bill amends two sections of the penal law (subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05) to add these new categories to the list of protected individuals. This change directly affects medical and transit workers by making it a crime to assault them while on duty, strengthening legal safeguards for essential frontline staff.

Relates to tuition scholarship award programs for certain resident and non-resident medical students attending approved medical programs on a full-time basis.

Prohibits the establishment or enforcement of regulations on the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturers' sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles until the availability of charging infrastructure, and the cost and availability of zero-emission medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles makes the sale of such vehicles more practicable.

Maddy summaryThis bill changes the legal definition of wiretapping in New York's penal law to require consent from **both** people in a phone or telegraph conversation before recording is permitted. It applies to anyone recording communications (e.g., law enforcement, private individuals, or businesses), making it illegal to record without agreement from both the sender and receiver. The law explicitly excludes normal telephone operations by service providers from being considered wiretapping. This update aligns with a "two-party consent" standard for recording communications.

Maddy summaryS 534 creates a new class A misdemeanor offense called "aggravated disorderly conduct" for individuals who obstruct traffic or block building entrances during unpermitted protests, demonstrations, or assemblies with intent to cause public alarm or recklessly create such risk. This law specifically designates aggravated disorderly conduct as a "specified offense" for hate crime prosecutions, meaning it could be treated as a hate crime if motivated by bias. The bill directly affects protest participants engaging in these specific types of obstruction without legal authorization.

Requires enhanced federal medical assistance percentage funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York; requires the comptroller examine and audit all funds received from the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage and the distributions made to counties and the city of New York.

Lowers the age of eligibility from 21 to 18 for a class A license or for a commercial driver's license which contains an H or an X endorsement or which is valid for operation in interstate commerce.