Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.
Grants certain park rangers and building security of Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.
Establishes a person is guilty of assault in the second degree when such person intends to cause physical injury to an employee of New York state or any of its political subdivisions or of a public authority or a public benefit corporation while such employee is performing such employee's duties.
Requires street pricing for pre-packaged food and beverage items sold by vendors at certain transportation facilities and on toll roads; defines street pricing; provides that vendors may be subject to civil penalties not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation.
Provides representation to veterans that are at or below four hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines for matters involving children, sustenance and real property proceedings.
Enacts "Cariol's Law"; provides for a duty to intervene when a police officer or peace officer observes another police officer or peace officer using physical force that such officer reasonably believes to be clearly excessive or beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances.
Establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act requiring autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by, at the direction of, or reviewed by the person performing the autopsy.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires toll authorities to waive the deposit fee for new E-ZPass transponders for 60 days after increasing toll rates for cash or non-E-ZPass users. It also mandates that all retail locations selling E-ZPass must accept cash payments for purchasing or reloading transponders. The law directly affects drivers who pay cash tolls or use non-E-ZPass, and retailers that sell E-ZPass services. Key provisions include the 60-day deposit waiver period and the cash payment requirement at retail locations.
Relates to the distribution of fire insurance premium taxes; provides that a percentage of fire insurance premium taxes be paid to the treasurer of the NYS Professional Firefighters Association to promote, support and maintain the well-being of paid professional firefighters employed in the state.
Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new funding formula to provide supplemental aid to New York school districts that spend less than regional averages while serving high-need student populations, starting in the 2026-2027 school year. It calculates aid per student based on a district's "low spending percent" (how much below regional spending it is) and a "needs resource index" (measuring student needs relative to district wealth). This supplemental aid is added to each district's existing foundation aid, with per-pupil funding capped at $750. The measure directly affects qualifying low-spending, high-need districts across New York's labor force regions.
