Establishes a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program; implements a program of rental and utility payment assistance to eligible households; defines terms.
Sets the minimum amount of the foundation aid payable in the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year at the total foundation aid base, plus the positive difference, if any, of the product of total foundation aid and seven-tenths (0.7) less the total foundation aid base.
Establishes the relocated worker grant program which requires the empire state development corporation to design and implement the relocated worker grant program which shall include a certification process to certify relocated workers and certify qualifying expenses for a reimbursement grant; defines terms; makes related provisions.
Requires sign language interpreters during live broadcast press conferences during a declared state of emergency.
Establishes the hyperloop and high speed rail commission to assess and study the benefits and implications of creating a high speed rail system in New York state.
Provides that the director of the division of minority and women's business development shall establish a procedure enabling the office to grant temporary certification to minority and women-owned business enterprise applicants which attest in the certification application that the business enterprise is intending to participate in the medical cannabis or adult-use cannabis industries.
Provides that guidelines by the state procurement council shall include certain preferences for any business located in a county within the state with a population of less than one million based on the latest federal decennial census or any small business as such term is defined in section one hundred thirty-one of the economic development law.
Prohibits the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors under the age of eighteen.
Prohibits the search of certain items when stopping a person under certain vehicle and traffic violations; makes related provisions.
Requires the New York state higher education capital matching grant board to award matching capital grants totaling two million dollars for projects to implement, modify, or otherwise enhance cyber security infrastructure; makes related provisions.
