Sponsored bills

Relates to an appropriation for reimbursements to parochial and non-public elementary and secondary schools for payments made pursuant to article 23 of the tax law

Relates to an appropriation for reimbursements to parochial and non-public elementary and secondary schools for payments made pursuant to article 23 of the tax law.

Rules Committee

Relates reducing dormancy periods for certain types of abandoned property

Relates to unclaimed property; reduces dormancy periods for certain types of abandoned property held by banks.

Rules Committee

Provides chapter amendments to part of S. 6608-B.

Provides chapter amendments to part of S. 6608-B/A. 9708-C relating to Medicaid reimbursements to residential health care facilities.

Rules Committee

Authorizes technical amendments to section 1 of part L of legislative bill numbers S. 6608-B and A. 9708-C

Authorizes technical amendments to section 1 of part L of legislative bills numbers S. 6608-B and A. 9708-C relating to effectiveness.

Rules Committee

Chapter amends S. 4532-A and A. 7569-A, relating to counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions, to change the effective date to 60 days after enactment

Relates to counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions, to change the effective date from 120 days after it shall have become a law to 60 days after it shall have become a law.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Creates the utility intervenor account fund

Creates the utility intervenor account fund and requires such account to consist of all utility intervenor reimbursement monies received from utilities.

Kevin S. ParkerWays And Means Committee

Relates to green jobs-green New York on-bill financing

Relates to green jobs-green New York on-bill financing for retrofit projects; amends definitions.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy Committee

Makes certain technical corrections

Chapter amendment making certain technical corrections amending the education law in relation to contracts for excellence.

Ways And Means Committee

Enacts provisions relating to interim multiple dwellings and the tax law relating to video lottery gaming

Enacts provisions relating to interim multiple dwellings and the tax law relating to video lottery gaming.

Vito LopezSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to notice to proposed rate adjustments for individual and small group health insurance policies

Relates to notice to proposed rate adjustments for individual and small group health insurance policies.

Neil D. BreslinInsurance Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York to CNR Senior Housing Development Fund Corporation.

Velmanette MontgomeryGovernmental Operations Committee

Prohibits discrimination by educational institutions and requires that information on the school violence hotline shall be posted in schools

Prohibits discrimination by educational institutions and requires that information on the school violence hotline shall be posted in schools.

Daniel O'DonnellRules Committee

Enacts the "city of Newburgh fiscal recovery act" to authorize such city to issue bonds to liquidate certain deficits, and impose certain budgetary requirements

Enacts the " city of Newburgh fiscal recovery act" to authorize such city to issue bonds to liquidate certain deficits, and imposes certain budgetary requirements upon the city to restore fiscal…

Frank SkartadosOn the Assembly floor

Relates to tenant representative on city of New York housing authority

Relates to tenant representation on the city of New York housing authority.

Vito LopezOn the Assembly floor

Relates to establishing a state high speed rail planning board

Relates to establishing a state high speed rail planning board and providing for the expiration thereof.

David GanttOn the Assembly floor

Relates to resale of tickets to places of entertainment

Relates to resale of tickets to places of entertainment; provides for the regulation of boxing and wrestling relating to tickets to places of entertainment.

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to temporarily serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence.

Marc AlessiRules Committee

Relates to the regulation of the use of the state's water resources; repealer

Relates to the regulation of the use of the state's water resources; requires permits for interbasin diversions of water and approval of modification to existing systems; increases fees for water…

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizing the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland to permanently discontinue the use of certain town lands as parkland

Provides that the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland is hereby authorized to discontinue the use of certain town lands as parkland.

Ellen C. JaffeeRules Committee

Clarifies when the family court may order an ACOD either before entry of a fact-finding order or entry of a final disposition

Clarifies when the family court may order an ACOD either before entry of a fact-finding order or entry of a final disposition; clarifies the procedures applicable when a parent has successfully…

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system in the town of Shelter Island as the "Lt. Joseph J. Theinert Memorial Way"

Relates to designating a portion of state route 114 in the town of Shelter Island as the "Lt.

Marc AlessiOn the Assembly floor

Relates to allowing recognition of marriages performed outside New York state

Relates to allowing recognition of marriages performed outside New York state.

Daniel O'DonnellOn the Assembly floor

Relates to establishing gang courts pilot program

Relates to establishing gang courts.

Philip RamosRules Committee

Increases from 3/4% to 1%, the rate of additional sales and compensating use taxes the county of Essex is authorized to impose

Increases from 3/4% to 1%, the rate of additional sales and compensating use taxes the county of Essex is authorized to impose.

Teresa SaywardRules Committee

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at…

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Requires health clubs to provide automated external defibrillators during business hours when they are staffed

Requires health clubs to provide automated external defibrillators during business hours when they are staffed.

Mike SpanoRules Committee

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman; appropriation

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman; establishes the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman fund; makes appropriation therefor.

Herman D. FarrellRules Committee

Relates to tax credits provided for solar energy system equipment

Relates to tax credits provided for solar energy system equipment; provides credit for the lease of solar energy equipment and the purchase of power generated by solar equipment.

Antoine M. ThompsonWays And Means Committee

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until May 15, 2011; suspends the issuance of new permits for such drilling.

Robert SweeneyOn the Assembly floor

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the power authority of the state of New York, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the New York Power Authority, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the provision of information on post-adoption services to adoptive services

Relates to the provision of information on post-adoption services to adoptive services.

Velmanette MontgomerySocial Services Committee

Relates to the residence of peace officers employed as fire protection inspectors, urban park rangers and traffic enforcement agents level IV in N.Y. city

Relates to the residence of peace officers employed as fire protection inspectors, urban park rangers and traffic enforcement agents level IV by a city with a population over one million; must…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to credit line mortgages

Relates to credit line mortgages; secures indebtedness created by future advances under credit line mortgages to 30 years, from 25 years.

Darryl TownsOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the regulation of outdoor wood boilers

Relates to the regulation of outdoor wood boilers.

Darrel J. AubertineEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey an abandoned state armory to the Bay Shore union free school district

Authorizes the commissioner of general services convey an abandoned state armory to the Bay Shore union free school district.

Owen H. JohnsonGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to charter schools

Enacts a chapter amendment relating to charter schools in relation to unissued charters.

Catherine NolanOn the Assembly floor

Requires actual consent for participation in franchise programs

Requires actual, written consent for participation in franchise programs by a franchised motor vehicle dealer.

David GanttOn the Assembly floor

Requires actual consent to participation in franchise programs

Requires actual consent to participate in franchise programs for motor vehicle dealers.

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Assembly floor

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of Hamburg central school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of Hamburg central school district.

Jack Quinn IIIOn the Assembly floor

Relates to losses sustained as a result of intoxication

Relates to losses sustained as a result of an injury resulting from operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Relates to entrepreneurship assistance centers; repealer

Relates to entrepreneurship assistance centers to provide assistance to primarily minority group members, women, individuals with a disability and dislocated workers; requires the department of…

Adriano EspaillatRules Committee

Provides that one member of the board of the city of Yonkers industrial development agency shall be appointed by the city council of such city

Provides that the board of the city of Yonkers industrial development agency shall be composed of 7 members, of which 6 members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of Yonkers and 1 member…

Mike SpanoOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the city of Schenectady to enter into a contract to sell some or all of the delinquent tax liens held by such city to a private party; repealer

Authorizes the city of Schenectady to enter into a contract to sell some or all of the delinquent tax liens held by such city to a private party.

George AmedoreOn the Assembly floor

Relates to requiring parking garages to install and operate pedestrian warning devices where vehicles exiting such garage cross a pedestrian sidewalk

Relates to requiring commercial parking garages to install and operate pedestrian warning devices where vehicles exiting such garage cross a pedestrian sidewalk; requires both visual and audible…

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Relates to administrative hearings and processes for pet dealers

Relates to administrative hearings and processes as they apply to pet dealers.

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to administrative hearings and processes for pet dealers

Relates to administrative hearings and processes as they apply to pet dealers.

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits accelerated payment of death benefits or special surrender value pursuant to a life insurance policy because of residency in a nursing home

Prohibits accelerated payment of death benefits or special surrender value pursuant to a life insurance policy because of residency in a nursing home for 3 months or more by the person whose life is…

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor