Sponsored bills

Authorizes New Creation in Christ Ministries, Inc., to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the city of Schenectady

Authorizes New Creation in Christ Ministries, Inc., to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the city of Schenectady.

Hugh T. FarleyLocal Government Committee

Establishes penalties for failure to provide a DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender

Establishes penalties for failure to provide a DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender; establishes the crimes of failure to provide a DNA sample in the first and second…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Relates to individuals ability to marry

Relates to individuals ability to marry.

Thomas K. DuaneJudiciary Committee

Prohibits the unsolicited mailing of convenience checks to consumers without the express consent of the consumer

Prohibits the unsolicited mailing of convenience checks to consumers without the express consent of the consumer.

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

Recognizes delivery services other than US postal service for the delivery of papers under the election law

Recognizes delivery services other than US postal service for the delivery of papers under the election law; includes state board of elections as an entity to receive timely voter registration forms.

Carl KrugerElections Committee

Requires maintenance of fire alarm boxes in cities with a population of one million or more until January 1, 2014

Requires maintenance of fire alarm boxes in operation as of September 1, 1994 in cities with a population of one million or more until January 1, 2014.

Carl KrugerCities Committee

Amends measure of income farmers use to qualify for the STAR program

Amends measure of income farmers use to qualify for the STAR program.

Darrel J. AubertineLocal Government Committee

Provides for source separation and disposal of recyclable materials and requires municipalities to adopt local laws providing therefor

Provides for source separation and disposal of recyclable materials and requires municipalities to adopt local laws providing therefor; prohibits transporters from commingling recyclables with other…

Eric T. SchneidermanEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides a toll exemption for certain ambulance services

Exempts ambulance services from tolls on any highway, bridge, tunnel or other toll on toll roads within the state at any time.

James L. SewardTransportation Committee

Provides for correction of all code violations prior to transfer to cooperative or condominium ownership

Requires the sponsor of a plan to convert a building or buildings to cooperative or condominium ownership to cure all serious violations of record of any local or state law with respect to its…

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Creates the temporary state commission on value added assessment

Stephen M. SalandFinance Committee

Removes the need for a health care provider to receive a separate written consent for the performance of an HIV related test

Relates to HIV related testing; removes the need for a health care provider to receive a separate written consent for the performance of an HIV related test; requires counseling or referrals for…

Shirley L. HuntleyHealth Committee

Provides a tax credit for donations of land, easements on land and other interests in real property for conservation purposes

Provides a tax credit for donations of land, easements on land and other interests in real property for conservation purposes; provides that the credit shall be fifty percent of the amount of the…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Permits a physician assistant to certify the health of a person applying for a license to practice nail specialty, waxing, hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology

Permits a physician assistant to certify the health of a person applying for a license to practice nail specialty, waxing, hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology.

Thomas K. DuaneConsumer Protection Committee

Relates to prohibiting the sale of flavored cigarettes

Establishes no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any cigarette or any component part thereof which contains a natural or artificial additive that causes such cigarette or its smoke…

Thomas K. DuaneHealth Committee

Increases the number of justices of the supreme court in the 9th judicial district and family court judges in the counties of Westchester and Rockland

Increases to 32 the number of justices of the Supreme court in the 9th judicial district and to 5 family court judges in the county of Westchester, and adds two family court judges in Rockland county.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsJudiciary Committee

Creates the lymphedema and lymphatic diseases research and education fund

Creates the lymphedema and lymphatic diseases research and education fund.

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

Enacts the community notification and empowerment act which provides criteria for siting state facilities in N.Y. city

Enacts the "community notification and empowerment act"; requires state agencies proposing an opening, expansion or reduction of a state facility in a city with a population of one million or more…

Daniel L. SquadronFinance Committee

Relates to computer programs utilized by the state board of elections

Relates to requiring the state board of elections to utilize computer programs for certain online filings which are compatible with widely used programs.

Daniel L. SquadronElections Committee

Provides that towers, including communications towers, may not be erected on special parkway lands without the consent of the local government

Provides that towers, including communications towers, etc., may not be erected on special parkway lands (Westchester county) without the consent of the local government in which located and must…

Suzi OppenheimerTransportation Committee

Establishes the environmental sustainability education act

Requires the department of education to establish an education for environmental sustainability program to teach children the importance of conserving and protecting our environment.

Suzi OppenheimerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Increases the 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.

Andrew J. LanzaJudiciary Committee

Provides for the reduction of plastic bags, including other plastic films

Provides for the reduction of plastic bags, including other plastic films.

Eric T. SchneidermanEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Excludes veteran's disability benefits in computing income in selection of tenants

Excludes a veteran's disability benefits paid by the federal government to veterans for a service connected disability from the computation of probable aggregate annual income for purposes of…

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Exempts sales of alcoholic beverages by veterans' organizations from sales tax

Exempts sales of alcoholic beverages by non-profit veterans' organizations from the sales and compensating use tax.

George OnoratoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides that a conditional discharge imposed by the court for making graffiti shall include a minimum of five hundred hours of community service

Provides that the imposition of a conditional discharge by the court upon a conviction of making graffiti shall include a minimum of five hundred hours of service for a public or not-for-profit…

George OnoratoCodes Committee

Provides for partial amortization of rent increases for major capital improvements

Provides that the division of housing and community renewal for the city of New York shall set forth and periodically update a schedule by which landlords may pass along to tenants the cost of major…

George OnoratoHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Creates the crime of aggravated criminal sale of marihuana

Creates the crime of aggravated criminal sale of marihuana; makes it a class E felony.

William T. StachowskiCodes Committee

Exempts individual or group policies of medicare supplemental insurance from certain provisions regarding increase or decrease of premiums

Exempts individual or group policies of medicare supplemental insurance from certain provisions regarding increase or decrease of premiums without a public hearing.

Carl KrugerInsurance Committee

Prohibits the purchase, sale, trade, or barter of fish caught in New York waters containing PCBs greater than one part per million

Prohibits the purchase, sale, trade, or barter of fish caught in New York waters containing PCBs greater than one part per million; includes waters defined as those within the marine and coastal…

Brian X. FoleyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the establishment of a health program for employees of not-for-profit contract agencies

Relates to the establishment of a health program for employees of not-for-profit contract agencies.

Brian X. FoleyLocal Government Committee

Relates to the timing for giving notice of a loss under insurance contracts

Relates to the timing for giving notice of a loss under insurance contracts.

Eric T. SchneidermanInsurance Committee

Requires public contracts to include a clause authorizing contractors to recover damages for delay for itself as well as on behalf of subcontractors or materialmen

Requires public contracts to include clauses authorizing contractors to recover damages for delay which are caused by acts or omissions by the public owner, as otherwise permitted by law, and…

Tom LibousFinance Committee

Includes moderate rehabilitation within projects eligible for assistance under the low income housing trust fund program

Includes moderate rehabilitation within the definition of project for the purposes of the low income housing trust fund program; defines moderate rehabilitation project as any occupied residential…

Catharine YoungHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Provides for statewide video arraignments; repealer

Provides that the court may, in its discretion, dispense with the defendant's personal appearance at an arraignment whenever such defendant is being held at a secure location outside the courthouse…

Catharine YoungCodes Committee

Relates to the definition of serious offense

Relates to the definition of serious offense.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

Allows qualified individuals with criminal records to be employed in certain establishments that hold liquor licenses

Allows qualified individuals with criminal records to be employed in certain establishments that hold liquor licenses.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to facilities of refuge

Relates to facilities of refuge; defines terms; exempts any facility of refuge that is registered with the state emergency management office from payment of any exit fee or any lost revenue…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Enacts the New York state veteran health insurance act

Enacts the New York State veteran health insurance act.

Vincent L. LeibellVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Requires judges to consider age, health and disability of victims of crime before pronouncing sentence

Provides that before pronouncing sentence, the court shall give due consideration to the age, health and disability of the victim of the crime for which sentence is being imposed.

Vincent L. LeibellCodes Committee

Authorizes family and supreme courts to issue orders of protection for the protection of witnesses

Authorizes family courts to issue orders of protection for the protection of witnesses.

Vincent L. LeibellChildren And Families Committee

Provides for the certification and training of state agency purchasing personnel

Provides for the certification and training of state agency purchasing personnel; requires the department of economic development to establish and administer a system of training, continuing…

Neil D. BreslinCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Relates to filling interim vacancies in the state legislature due to a disaster and to persons eligible to succeed the governor

Expands list of persons eligible to succeed the governor if the office becomes vacant as a result of an attack or a natural or peacetime disaster; establishes how interim vacancies in the state…

Vincent L. LeibellVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Relates to regents awards for children of deceased police officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters

Increases from 450 dollars to an amount equal to the annual tuition at a state university of New York the amount of regents awards for children of deceased police officers, firefighters and…

Vincent L. LeibellHigher Education Committee

Exempts motor vehicles owned by volunteer firefighters and used in firefighter duties from the payment of fees and use tax for the registration of their vehicles

Exempts motor vehicles owned by volunteer firefighters and used in firefighter duties from the payment of registration fees and any vehicle use tax based upon the weight or value of the vehicle.

Vincent L. LeibellTransportation Committee

Relates to the procurement process of homeland security goods and services for state and local government

Relates to the procurement process of homeland security goods and services for state and local government; exempts homeland security purchases from pre-audit by the state comptroller; requires all…

Vincent L. LeibellVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers' retirement system

Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system receiving retirement benefits, to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers'…

William J. Larkin Jr.Civil Service And Pensions Committee

Requires posting of menus in restaurants which supply table service including prices and acceptable methods of payment

Requires posting of menu in restaurants selling food to public for consumption on premises within 15 feet of main entrance; provides for contents of menu including prices, acceptable methods of…

Hiram MonserrateConsumer Protection Committee