Sponsored bills

Relates to eligibility under the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage

Provides a residential health care facility shall ensure residents enrolled in the EPIC program shall have the opportunity to access prescription drug coverage under EPIC for any covered drugs…

Liz KruegerHealth Committee

Directs the commissioner of transportation to undertake a bus rapid transit demonstration project in New York county; repeals such project after 10 years; appropriation

Directs the commissioner of transportation to undertake a bus rapid transit demonstration project, in consultation with the New York city transit authority and the New York city department of…

Liz KruegerTransportation Committee

Makes warrant execution, not issuance, following judgment for petitioner in summary proceeding to recover possession of real property act which annuls relationship

Makes warrant execution (not issuance), following a judgment for the petitioner in summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, the act which cancels the agreement under which the…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Grants tenants right to withhold portion of rent for failure of landlord to provide heat

Grants tenants right to withhold one-tenth of one month's rent for each day the owner of a multiple dwelling fails to provide heat during winter months, from November to March, where the landlord is…

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Relates to the brownfield redevelopment tax credit

Relates to the brownfield redevelopment tax credit.

Liz KruegerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes stem cell research, requires informed consent, prohibits human reproductive cloning

Authorizes stem cell research, requires informed consent; requires the provision of information regarding embryos in connection with fertility treatment and informed consent for donation of embryos…

Liz KruegerHealth Committee

Enacts the refund anticipation loan act

Enacts the refund anticipation loan act; requires any person doing business in this state as a facilitator shall be registered in a form prescribed by the superintendent of banking; requires the…

Liz KruegerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Requires the cost of major capital improvements to be recovered through a monthly surcharge on rents

Establishes a methodology for determining major capital improvements (MCI) rent surcharges based on a seven year schedule; provides that such MCI's shall be calculated as a rent surcharge and shall…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Prohibits any person from transporting or selling a nonambulatory animal unless such animal is humanely euthanized

Prohibits any person from transporting, holding, buying, selling, giving, receiving or marketing a nonambulatory animal unless such animal is first humanely euthanized without undue delay from the…

Liz KruegerAgriculture Committee

Provides for a prohibition on the use of certain disposable food service ware

Enacts the "food service waste reduction act"; provides for a prohibition on the use of certain disposable food service ware; provides definitions and sanctions.

Liz KruegerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Removes provisions prohibiting N.Y. city from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws

Removes provisions that prohibit cities of one million or more from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws.

Liz KruegerCities Committee

Enacts the corporate accountability for tax expenditures act

Enacts the corporate accountability for tax expenditures act; standardizes applications for state development assistance for empire zone assistance and industrial development agency assistance;…

Liz KruegerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Revises the New York state returnable container act so as to cover additional beverages and unclaimed deposits; increases deposit amount, handling fee; repealer

Increases the deposit on returnable beverage containers to 10 cents and expands definition of beverage to include non-carbonated flavored drinks and bottled waters, with the exception of frozen or…

Liz KruegerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Prohibits the receipt of pension benefits by an elected official who has been convicted of certain criminal conduct and provides for the return of retirement contributions

Prohibits the receipt of pension benefits by an elected official who has been convicted of a designated felony offense relating to such person's performance of official duties or responsibilities;…

Liz KruegerCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Makes it a discriminatory practice to compensate employees of different sexes differently for work that is of comparable worth

Makes it a discriminatory practice to compensate employees of different sexes differently for work that is of comparable worth; specifically provides when differing compensation is permissible;…

Liz KruegerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Requires biodegradable filters on cigarettes within two years

Provides that within two years it shall be unlawful to sell filtered cigarettes in this state unless the filter is biodegradable; provides for a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each violation.

Liz KruegerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes administrative enforcement of state and local housing maintenance laws

Authorizes localities to establish administrative proceedings for the enforcement of state and local housing maintenance codes; permits administratively imposed penalties to be dockets and enforced…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Permits tenants in certain cities to take a rental offset for repair of hazardous conditions

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Prohibits any group or blanket health insurance policy to exclude from coverage any group member based on a predisposing genetic characteristic

Prohibits any group or blanket health insurance policy to exclude from coverage any group member based on a predisposing genetic characteristic; prohibits any hospital service corporation, health…

Liz KruegerInsurance Committee

Prohibits the sale of over-the-counter weight loss supplements to minors and requires education to minors of the effects of weight loss supplements

Prohibits the sale of over-the-counter weight loss supplements to minors and requires education to minors of the effects of weight loss supplements; requires store owners to post a sign of such…

Liz KruegerCodes Committee

Grants cities authority to review plans for the construction of structures proposed to be made within its boundaries

Grants cities authority to review plans for the construction of structures proposed to be made within its boundaries.

Liz KruegerCities Committee

Provides that upon sale of a limited-profit housing company project, reserve and surplus funds must be held in escrow and dedicated to major capital improvements

Provides that upon sale or other conveyance of a limited-profit housing company project to an entity other than a new limited-profit housing company, reserve and surplus funds must be held in escrow…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Provides for the tenant rights omnibus act to provide for certain tenant and rental property maintenance requirements

Provides for the tenant rights omnibus act to provide for certain tenant and rental property maintenance requirements.

Liz KruegerCities Committee

Provides that an applicant shall receive assistance within the next business day if they are determined to be eligible for the food stamp program

Provides that an applicant shall receive assistance within the next business day if they are determined to be eligible for the food stamp program.

Liz KruegerSocial Services Committee

Relates to a cost analysis of pharmaceutical advertising and promotional expenses

Requires the commissioner to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of pharmaceutical advertising and promotional activities associated with the provision of prescription drugs to citizens in this state.

Liz KruegerHealth Committee

Imposes penalty upon agency failing to complete a remediation plan

Imposes penalties upon a state agency, public authority or public benefit corporation, which fails to complete a remediation plan within the projected time schedule for such plan; provides that upon…

Liz KruegerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Establishes a safety course requirement for firearm license

Establishes a three-hour safety course, developed by the municipal police training council, which shall be completed by an applicant prior to the issuance of a license to possess a pistol, revolver,…

Liz KruegerCodes Committee

Increases the age at which a person is allowed to hunt to eighteen

Increases the age at which a person is allowed to hunt to eighteen from sixteen; requires licensees between 18 and 20 to be accompanied by a parent or other person over 20 when hunting big game;…

Liz KruegerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts provisions relating to advanced written consent and directives concerning transfer, use, disposition of cryopreserved embryos or gametes

Enacts provisions relating to the execution of written forms, prior to assisted reproductive technology services, for consent and directives for the transfer, use, and disposition of cryopreserved…

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor

Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor and any such subsequent violation shall be a class E felony.

Liz KruegerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Revises proceedings to recover possession to prevent avoidable eviction and resulting homelessness; requires improved notice to the respondent

Revises proceedings to recover possession of premises located in a multiple dwelling; requires premises to be registered with the local agency responsible for code enforcement; petition shall be…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Provides for a transfer fee of 75% of the fair market value in dissolution or sales of a rental project or mutual company

Provides for a transfer fee of 75% of the fair market value in dissolution or sales of a rental project or mutual company.

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to the right of tenant association to have the first option to purchase a housing unit

Relates to the right of tenant association to have the first option to purchase a housing unit.

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to voter enrollment

Relates to voter enrollment.

Liz KruegerElections Committee

Prohibits animal irritancy tests for cosmetics

Prohibits cosmetic manufacturers or suppliers of cosmetic ingredients from placing any cosmetic or ingredient produced solely for use in cosmetics in an animal's eye or on it's skin for the purpose…

Liz KruegerHealth Committee

Increases allowable maximum income of persons occupying rental units otherwise eligible for tax abatement in certain cases

Increases allowable maximum income (from $20,000 to $50,000) of persons occupying rental units otherwise eligible for tax abatement in certain cases under provisions applicable to senior citizens'…

Liz KruegerAging Committee

Provides for the regulation of contractors

Provides for the regulation of contractors.

Liz KruegerCities Committee

Eliminates certain publication requirements for limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships; repealer

Eliminates the requirement that limited liability companies publish their articles of organization and that limited liability partnerships publish their registrations.

Liz KruegerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Enacts the "diplomatic immunity notification act"

Requires notification to certain federal and state agencies when certain persons with diplomatic immunity violate the law; requires a report by law enforcement or police agencies to include, but not…

Liz KruegerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to renewal of a lease under the stabilization code promulgated by the real estate industry stabilization association

Relates to renewal of a lease under the stabilization code promulgated by the real estate industry stabilization association; defines demolish.

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Creates the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and a tax reform study commission

Creates the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and a tax reform study commission.

Liz KruegerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Requires court to fully describe stipulation of agreement in summary proceeding to recover possession of real property to a party without counsel

Requires the court, in any summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, to describe fully to a party (petitioner or respondent) who is not represented by counsel, any stipulation…

Liz KruegerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Creates a duty to reinspect and abate hazardous activities in violation of the New York city building code and zoning ordinance

Creates a duty to reinspect and abate hazardous activities in violation of the New York city building code.

Liz KruegerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the definition of qualified leasehold condominiums

Includes New York city educational construction fund as a holder of landlord's interest relating to the definition of qualified leasehold condominiums.

Liz KruegerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides mothers with basic breastfeeding related rights

Provides mothers with basic breastfeeding related rights before, during and after the birth of her baby; requires posting of list of rights in conspicuously public locations in maternal healthcare…

Liz KruegerOn the Senate floor

Relates to the American Museum of Natural History Planetarium

Relates to the American Museum of Natural History Planetarium; establishes an independent board of directors and authorizes the Planetarium Authority to maintain the lease and operating agreement…

Liz KruegerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol shall only be sold if it contains 30 ppm of denatonium benzoate

Provides that any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol shall only be sold if it contains at least thirty parts per million and a maximum of fifty parts…

Liz KruegerStricken

Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities for the fiscal year 2010

Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities for the fiscal year 2010; caps the maximum class growth rate at zero percent for fiscal year 2010.

Liz KruegerOn the Senate floor