Sen. Jeremy Cooney

Maddy summaryThis bill allows certified medication aides in New York residential health care facilities to administer specific, pre-packaged medications under the supervision of a registered professional nurse. The legislation establishes clear rules for this role, permitting tasks like giving oral or pre-filled injections for diabetes and emergencies while strictly banning procedures involving sterile techniques or central lines. To qualify, aides must already be certified nurse aides with at least one year of experience, pass competency exams, and demonstrate the ability to read, write, and perform basic math. A supervising nurse must assign these tasks individually based on the aide's proven skills and must have the authority to revoke assignments without fear of retaliation.

Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.

Maddy summaryThis bill restricts how New York political subdivisions can use cooperative purchasing agreements for public works construction to ensure they comply with state labor and procurement laws. It mandates that contracts for public works must be competitively bid, advertised, and awarded solely by entities within New York, rather than relying on agreements from out-of-state jurisdictions. The legislation clarifies that related services like construction management and inspection must also follow New York's prevailing wage rules and trade separation requirements. Additionally, it requires contractors using indefinite delivery contracts to submit certified payroll records for each specific job order to verify wage compliance.

Enacts the "New York state commercial driver's license training act" to enable municipalities to defray the cost of commercial driver's license training for municipal employees; directs the commissioner of transportation to establish such program and award grants to municipalities on a competitive basis for the purpose of funding such training.

Authorizes the sale of non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages by licensees and wholesalers; defines non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages.

Relates to obtaining military credit for members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, the New York city police pension fund, and the New York city fire pension fund; provides that the calculation for military credit shall be equal to the product of the number of years of military service being claimed and three percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve months of credited service.

Requires a motion picture theater that offers more than ten motion picture showings per week to provide scheduled showings of motion pictures with open motion picture captioning such that at least one quarter of all showings of a motion picture with four or more showings during a one-week time period shall have open motion picture captioning; provides exceptions and penalties for violations.

Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.

Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.

Establishes the green affordable pre-electrification program to assist owners and tenants in residential properties in curing structural and building code defects which render the properties ineligible for improvements or projects relating to energy savings, green-house gas emissions reductions, climate change adaptation and resiliency project grants.