Requires cable television companies and telephone corporations to provide local news channels to customers in the basic service tier offered by such companies.
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Restricts the repossession of motor vehicles and mobile homes for certain persons suffering financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic until the expiration of the restrictions on business and places of public accommodation in the county of the buyer under executive order 202 of 2020, or December 31, 2021, whichever is later.
Creates a tax credit for employers who contribute to a college choice tuition savings account on behalf of an employee.
Establishes the wellness program privacy act; requires employers and insurers to take certain measures to protect the security of wellness program participants' private information.
Directs the public service commission to prohibit the attachment of wireless equipment or any other like attachments to existing utility poles in certain circumstances.
Requires for-profit higher education institutions to spend no less than fifty percent of such institution's annual revenues on expenditures in the areas of student instruction, academic support and advising, or career services.
Prohibits negative credit reporting on consumers who have suffered financial harm as a result of the declared state of emergency relating to the coronavirus.
Relates to the liability of payroll processing companies; provides that payroll processing companies that intentionally and wrongfully prevent the distribution of payroll shall be liable to employees that failed to receive an expected payment for an amount up to three times the expected amount; provides an action to recover damages may be maintained as a class action.
Requires school districts to provide educational and support services to students with disabilities until such students turn twenty-three years of age.
Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and makes conforming changes; creates safety corridors and requires an engineering investigation; requires the commissioner of transportation to annually report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly; creates additional penalties for traffic infractions and misdemeanors committed within a safety corridor; makes related provisions.