Sponsored bills

Provides for the continuation of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island

Provides for the establishment of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island.

Michael CusickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides for a tax credit for a certain amount of money expended on the care of a qualifying disabled child

Provides for a tax credit for a certain amount of money expended on the care of a qualifying disabled child.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

Requires the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to remove unused eastbound tollbooths from the Verrazano-Narrows bridge

Requires the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to remove unused eastbound toll booths from the Verrazano-Narrows bridge.

Michael CusickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Increases number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two

Increases the number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two.

Michael CusickJudiciary Committee

Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates for recipients of the conspicuous service cross or their spouses

Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates for recipients of the conspicuous service cross or their spouses; requires payment of the regular registration fee and an additional, one-time…

Michael CusickVeterans' Affairs Committee

Provides for a demonstration project for the use of enforcement cameras on high occupancy vehicle and bus lanes on the Staten Island Expressway

Provides for a demonstration project for the use of enforcement cameras on high occupancy vehicle and bus lanes on the Staten Island Expressway.

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-I felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-1 felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole.

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Provides that the N.Y. city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough

Provides that the New York city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough and requires a representative from…

Michael CusickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides fees for possession of firearms are waived for retired federal law enforcement officers

Provides that fees for possession of firearms are waived for retired federal law enforcement officers.

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Relates to the licensing of security guards and the business of watch, guard and patrol agencies and the registry thereof

Relates to the licensing of security guards and the business of watch, guard and patrol agencies and the registry thereof.

Michael CusickEconomic Development Committee

Provides that Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans shall receive up to four years of undergraduate or three years graduate education at SUNY or CUNY tuition free

Provides that Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans shall receive up to four years of undergraduate or three years graduate education at SUNY or CUNY tuition free.

Michael CusickHigher Education Committee

Requires investigation of school district personnel involved with the care, custody or supervision of a child

Requires pre-employment investigation of school district personnel to determine criminal history or the presence of controlled substances or communicable diseases; requires submission to…

Michael CusickEducation Committee

Requires presence of conductors on all passenger railroad trains operated by the Staten Island railroad

Requires presence of conductors on all passenger railroad trains operated by the Staten Island railroad.

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at SUNY and CUNY

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city university of…

Michael CusickHigher Education Committee

Provides for notification to hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections

Provides for notification to hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to provide for the recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty

Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; such recognition…

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board

Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board; provides that such oral statement shall be made to the members of the state…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act

Michael CusickVeterans' Affairs Committee

Relates to sales and compensating use taxes on certain machinery and equipment at a marine terminal facility located in N.Y. city

Provides that certain machinery and equipment for use directly and predominantly in loading, unloading and handling cargo carried by commercial ships at a marine terminal facility located in a city…

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to…

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "Borough of Parks"

Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "Borough of Parks".

Michael CusickCities Committee

Provides for payment of bonuses to veterans of the Korean war

Provides for payment of bonuses to veterans of the Korean war.

Michael CusickVeterans' Affairs Committee

Grants Normajean Cesario a retroactive system membership date in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Grants Normajean Cesario a retroactive system membership date and tier 1 status in the New York city employees' retirement system.

Michael CusickGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to the criminal use of a dangerous instrument on school grounds during the commission of a felony

Relates to the criminal use of a dangerous instrument on school grounds during the commission of a felony.

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Provides for release of subcontractor's retainage held by a public owner or contractor sixty days after substantial completion of work

Provides for release of subcontractor's retainage held by a public owner or contractor sixty days after substantial completion of work.

Michael CusickGovernmental Operations Committee

Exempts from the imposition of sales tax, the purchase of military service flags, prisoner of war flags and blue star banners

Exempts from the imposition of sales tax the purchase of military service flags, prisoner of war flags and blue star banners.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

Makes indemnification agreements relating to construction contracts void as against public policy

Makes indemnification agreements, relating to construction contracts void as against public policy.

Michael CusickJudiciary Committee

Provides that an eligible member of the public retirement system may buy service credit for certain military service with two years of credited service

Provides that an eligible member of the public retirement system may buy service credit for certain military service with two years of credited service.

Michael CusickGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides that certain newspapers in Richmond county may charge the regularly established classified advertising rate for publication of legal notices

Provides that certain newspapers in Richmond County may charge the regularly established classified advertising rate for publication of certain legal notices in such newspapers.

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the city of New York to reconvey a parcel of land to the Greentree Homeowners Association

Authorizes the city of New York to reconvey a parcel of land to the Greentree Homeowners Association.

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Amends the navigation law to clarify the continuity of a deck of a vessel for the determination of pilotage units used in calculating pilotage fees

Clarifies the continuity of a deck of a vessel for the determination of pilotage units used in calculating pilotage fees.

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits any agreement relating to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building requiring subcontractors and materialmen to exhaust remedies

Prohibits any agreement relating to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building requiring subcontractors and materialmen to exhaust all their remedies prior to filing a claim…

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends the moratorium on the issuance of environmental safety certificates for facilities and routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas

Extends the moratorium on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas.

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Designates the tower at the administration building of the Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities as the "Dr. Henryk Wisniewski Research Tower"

Designates the tower at the administration building of the Institute for Basic Research as the "Dr.

Michael CusickOn the Assembly floor

Commending The Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the Richmond County Bar Association

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim May 1, 2009, as Cold War Victory Day in New York State

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Commending The Honorable Michael McNulty upon the the occasion of his designation for special recognition

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Edward Cardinal Egan upon the occasion of his retirement

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Honoring St. Patrick and all persons of Irish descent upon the occasion of the 2009 celebration of St. Patrick's Day

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted