Sponsored bills

Appropriates $1,082,132 to the division of veterans' affairs to provide funds to the Army Historical Foundation to build the National Museum of the United States Army

Appropriates $1,082,132 to the division of veterans' affairs to provide funds to the Army Historical Foundation to build the National Museum of the United States Army.

Adriano EspaillatVeterans' Affairs Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to implement rules and regulations to accept certain information as proof of social security number ineligibility

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to implement rules and regulations to accept certain information as proof of social security number ineligibility in the case of certain persons who…

Adriano EspaillatTransportation Committee

Requires a cash lane to be made available for the collection of tolls and fares where electronic toll collection systems have been designated

Requires a cash lane to be made available for the collection of tolls and fares where electronic toll collection systems (E-Z pass) have been designated at the toll barriers operated by every public…

Adriano EspaillatTransportation Committee

Requires certain school districts to establish programs for gifted pupils

Requires that school districts located in cities with a population of one million or more establish a gifted and talented program for gifted pupils, and also establishes guidelines as to the…

Adriano EspaillatEducation Committee

Extends final orders of protection and allows for the court to renew such orders for a duration

Extends final orders of protection after a conviction of a felony to ten years from the date of such conviction or ten years from the date of the expiration of the maximum term of an indeterminate…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

Provides an employee who is absent from employment to serve as a juror the right to bring a civil action against an employer who discharges or penalizes employee

Provides an employee who is absent from employment to serve as a juror the right to bring a civil action against an employer who discharges or penalizes such employee; remedies include reinstatement…

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

Relates to the voluntary delivery and abandonment of a child

Relates to the voluntary delivery and abandonment of a child.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

Creates tenants' cause of action for direct deposit of rents and use thereof to remedy residential drug dealing

Adds as a ground permitting tenants of multiple dwelling to initiate a proceeding directing deposit of rents into escrow, illegal drug related activity for which a landlord has not taken reasonable…

Adriano EspaillatHousing Committee

Provides for continued medical assistance state reimbursement for school clinics providing health services to pre-school and school age children

Provides for continued medical assistance state reimbursement for school clinics providing health services to pre-school and school age children notwithstanding the establishment of managed care…

Adriano EspaillatSocial Services Committee

Provides Mario C. Donofrio the opportunity to purchase retirement credit for time in U.S. military service during the Korean conflict

Provides Mario C. Donofrio the opportunity to purchase retirement credit for time in U.S. military service during the Korean conflict.

Adriano EspaillatGovernmental Employees Committee

Establishes standards for court interpreters and a procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person's right to an interpreter in any proceeding

Establishes standards for court interpreters and a procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person's right to an interpreter in any proceeding.

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of the New York city administration for children's services to maintain files under the name of the person being investigated

Authorizes the commissioner of the New York city administration for children's services to maintain files for investigations and reports under the name of the person being investigated, therefore,…

Adriano EspaillatCities Committee

Expands protections and procedures for victims of family offenses

Expands protections and procedures for victims of family offenses by providing for a third party acting with malice on behalf of a defendant to be included under the temporary order of protection…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

Removes the citizenship requirement as a qualification for becoming a New York city police officer or firefighter

Removes the citizenship requirement as a qualification for becoming a member of the New York city police force or a member of the New York city fire department.

Adriano EspaillatGovernmental Employees Committee

Creates the metro medical matrix program to promote academic and commercial bioscience research and development in the New York metropolitan area

Creates the metro medical matrix program to promote academic and commercial bioscience research and development in the New York metropolitan area.

Adriano EspaillatEconomic Development Committee

Makes manufacturers of guns liable to the state if their guns cause injury or death to a state employee acting within the course of his or her official duties

Makes manufacturers of guns liable to the state if their guns cause injury or death to a state employee acting within the course of his or her official duties; makes exceptions for compliance with a…

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

Creates a state liquor authority community liaison and provides at least sixty days notification for license renewals to community boards in the city of New York

Creates a state liquor authority community liaison to act between the state liquor authority and community boards of the city of New York; requires the community boards to be given at least sixty…

Adriano EspaillatEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the free use of campsites, parks and public places of recreation by veterans

Authorizes the free use of campsites, parks and public places of recreation by a veteran who is a resident of New York state and who served in the armed forces of the United States during a time of…

Adriano EspaillatVeterans' Affairs Committee

Provides for the inclusion in school safety plans for the installation of entry door alarms and intruder detection systems for senior high schools in N.Y. city

Authorizes the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York to include in school safety plans provisions for the installation of entry door alarms and intruder detection systems in…

Adriano EspaillatEducation Committee

Includes the display of offensive sexual material on a video display or in any other manner in a motor vehicle within public display of offensive sexual material

Includes the display of offensive sexual material on a video display or in any other manner in a motor vehicle within the class A misdemeanor of public display of offensive sexual material.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent upon the renewal of a lease

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent, rent charged and paid by the tenant which is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommodation, upon the renewal of…

Adriano EspaillatHousing Committee

Creates a new crime of electronic stalking and provides for a conviction for electronic stalking to trigger submission to the DNA databank

Creates the new crime of electronic stalking; establishes electronic stalking in the first, second and third degrees as violent felonies; and provides that a conviction for electronic stalking…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

Prohibits the attendance of children under eighteen years of age at gun shows or stores by classifying such attendance as unlawfully dealing with a child

Prohibits the attendance of children under eighteen years of age at gun shows or stores by classifying such attendance as unlawfully dealing with a child; defines a "gun show" as any event at which…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

Requires all taxicabs and liveries in New York city to be equipped with at least one child safety seat that meets the standards of the vehicle and traffic law

Requires all taxicabs and liveries in New York city to be equipped with at least one child safety seat that meets the standards of the vehicle and traffic law; provides that a violation is…

Adriano EspaillatCities Committee

Provides for the regulation of campaign contributions and expenditures in the context of foreign elections

Provides for the regulation of campaign contributions and expenditures in the context of foreign (outside the 50 states and D.C.) elections; sets limits for contributions and requires the filing of…

Adriano EspaillatElection Law Committee

Governs election of board by residents of cooperatives and condominiums

Requires that the board of directors or board of managers of a converted cooperative or condominium, as the case may be, must be comprised of a majority of members elected by shareholders or owners…

Adriano EspaillatHousing Committee

Provides for the extension of the top personal income tax rate for incomes in excess of $500,000 or more a year and use of such revenue for class size reduction

Provides for the extension of the top personal income tax rate for incomes in excess of five hundred thousand dollars or more a year and use of such revenue for class reduction in cities having a…

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

Directs a study and report to be prepared on the proposed expansion of the New York state returnable container act

Directs a study and report to be prepared on the proposed expansion of the New York state returnable container act.

Adriano EspaillatEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Exempts qualifying vehicles from local sales and compensating use taxes imposed in N.Y. city

Exempts qualifying vehicles from local sales and compensating use taxes imposed in or by any city having a population of one million or more; defines "qualifying vehicle" as a low-emission and…

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

Requires persons practicing appearance enhancement to successfully complete course of study in infection control and sterilization

Requires every person holding a license to practice waxing, cosmetology, nail specialty, esthetics or natural hair styling to successfully complete a course of study in the prevention of the…

Adriano EspaillatHigher Education Committee

Relates to the livery driver benefit fund

Relates to the livery driver benefit fund; authorizes the chair of the workers' compensation board to review and approve certain affirmations; provides that any monetary penalty imposed to be…

Adriano EspaillatLabor Committee

Relates to the definition of transportation service

Relates to the definition of transportation service; includes livery as defined by section 6-01 of the rules and regulations of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

Relates to transportation service

Excludes livery that is dispatched from a central facility.

Adriano EspaillatWays And Means Committee

Discourages the practice by health plan insurers of changing brand name drugs to generic drugs which generic drugs are not the equivalent of brand name

Discourages the practice by health plan insurers of changing brand name drugs to generic drugs which generic drugs are not the equivalent of brand name.

Adriano EspaillatInsurance Committee

Provides that municipalities must provide substance and alcohol abuse counseling and treatment for police officers

Provides that municipalities must provide substance and alcohol abuse counseling and treatment for police officers.

Adriano EspaillatLocal Governments Committee

Requires any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence

Requires any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence.

Adriano EspaillatTransportation Committee

Provides additional compensation to certain city employees who possess and use foreign languages in performance of duties

Provides additional compensation to certain city employees who possess or make substantial use of foreign languages in the performance of official duties in addition to salary; further creates the…

Adriano EspaillatOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the redemption of tax foreclosed real property by certain military members

Permits municipalities to allow the redemption of tax foreclosed real property by certain military members where such owner was deployed overseas and such foreclosure was the result of financial…

Adriano EspaillatReal Property Taxation Committee

Authorizes municipalities to prohibit vehicles from idling

Authorizes municipalities and school districts to prohibit vehicles from idling.

Adriano EspaillatTransportation Committee

Authorizes the free use of campsites, parks and public places of recreation by veterans

Authorizes the free use of campsites, parks and public places of recreation by veterans.

Adriano EspaillatVeterans' Affairs Committee

Requires posting of sign in all premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages on the premises which offers to assist patrons in obtaining alternative transportation

Requires the posting of a sign in all premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages on the premises which offers to assist patrons in obtaining an alternative means of transportation should their…

Adriano EspaillatEconomic Development Committee

Requires teachers and paraprofessionals employed in any school to have mandatory cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid training

Requires teachers or paraprofessionals employed in any school to have mandatory cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid training.

Adriano EspaillatHigher Education Committee

Makes victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board

Makes victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board; requires dog control officers to give victims a card with notice thereof.

Adriano EspaillatGovernmental Operations Committee

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating congressional, senate, assembly, and county districts

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating congressional, senate, assembly, and county legislative body districts on the basis of…

Adriano EspaillatStricken

Enacts the New York State Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise Opportunity Act

Enacts the New York State Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise Opportunity Act.

Adriano EspaillatVetoed

Vetoed

Increases the amount of reimbursement the division of veterans' affairs shall provide to local veterans' service agencies for the cost of maintenance of such agencies

Increases the amount of reimbursement the division of veterans' affairs shall provide to local veterans' service agencies for the cost of maintenance of such agencies.

Adriano EspaillatSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Commemorating Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009 in the State of New York

Adriano EspaillatAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim May 2009 as Military Appreciation Month in New York State

Adriano EspaillatAdopted

Adopted