Sponsored bills

Urging the New York State Congressional delegation to condemn Arizona Immigration Law S1070

Adam Clayton Powell IVJudiciary Committee

Relates to the powers and duties of BOCES, the operation and management of and enrollment at charter schools, and increasing the cap on the total number of charter schools

Relates to the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services, to the operation and management of and enrollment at charter schools, and to increasing the cap on the total number of…

Education Committee

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim June 15, 2010 as Cancer Survivors Day in the State of New York

Steven CymbrowitzAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim May 6-12, 2010 as Nurses Week in the State of New York

Aileen GuntherAdopted

Adopted

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps, a not-for-profit corporation

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps, a not-for-profit corporation.

Shirley L. HuntleyOn the Senate floor

Requires secretary of state and county clerks to accept payment for notary public appointment or reappointment fees in form of cash, money order or checks

Requires the secretary or state and county clerks to accept payment for any fee relating to appointment or reappointment as a notary public in the form of cash, money order or by certified, company,…

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Directs commissioner of education to facilitate a program to coordinate the donation of excess, unused, edible food from school meal programs to voluntary food assistance programs

Directs the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the commissioner of health, to facilitate a program to coordinate the donation of excess, unused, edible food from school, university or…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Relates to the sale of delinquent tax liens on brownfield property in Suffolk county

Authorizes Suffolk county to sell certain delinquent tax liens on brownfield property to private buyers.

Brian X. FoleyOn the Senate floor

Relates to the Freeport community development agency

Provides that the mayor of Freeport may appoint four members to the Freeport community development agency.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.On the Senate floor

Relates to the manner of paying employer contributions to the NYS and local employees' retirement system and the NYS and local police and fire retirement system

Relates to the manner of paying employer contributions to the NYS and local employees' retirement system and the NYS and local police and fire retirement system; creates an employer contribution…

Diane J. SavinoOn the Senate floor

Grants the court of claims jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the state for retaliatory personnel actions

Grants the court of claims jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the state for retaliatory personnel actions.

John L. SampsonOn the Senate floor

Requires that notice of increase in mortgage escrow account be given in advance

Provides that a mortgage investing institution that maintains a mortgage on any real property in the state of New York shall give ten days written notice prior to requiring payment of an increase in…

Carl KrugerOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the family court, in certain situations, to restore a birth parent's parental rights after they have been terminated

Provides a process for a petition to restore previously terminated parental rights under certain circumstances.

Velmanette MontgomeryOn the Senate floor

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools

Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Finance Committee

Relates post traumatic stress disorder

Includes within the definition of "biologically based mental illness" the term "post traumatic stress disorder".

Thomas P. MorahanOn the Senate floor

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"

Enacts the "short-term financial services loan act"; authorizes licensed cashers of checks to provide short-term loans under certain circumstances.

Darryl TownsBanks Committee

Prohibits payors from imposing higher co-pays on consumers for physical therapy services on the basis of provider or setting

Provides that no policy of group accident, group health or group accident and health shall impose co-payments in excess of twenty percent of total reimbursement to the provider of care.

Neil D. BreslinInsurance Committee

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child; establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Codes Committee

Declares certain contracts to which a debt evading foreign state is a party to be void as against public policy

Declares certain contracts to which a debt evading foreign state is a party to be void as against public policy.

Brian X. FoleyJudiciary Committee

No SPDES program fee for any volunteer fire company or department, voluntary ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad discharging at a de minimis level

Provides no SPDES program fee be charged for any volunteer fire company or department, voluntary ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad determined by the department of environmental…

James TediscoEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Creates a black box tax credit

Amends the vehicle and traffic, tax, and insurance law in relation to enacting the livery and taxi safety act.

Martin J. GoldenTransportation 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.

Vito LopezOn the Assembly floor

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

Joan MillmanGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides additional health services and employment benefits for veterans

Provides additional benefits for veterans; provides for services and counseling related to post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries; requires reports to the legislature concerning the…

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

Creates procedures for airbag safety; repealer

Relates to airbag safety and repealing certain provisions thereof.

RoAnn DestitoTransportation Committee

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim April 28, 2010, as Workers' Memorial Day in the State of New York

Susan JohnAdopted

Adopted

Memorailizing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim September 2010 as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York

Donna LupardoAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim April 28, 2010, as West Point Day in the State of New York

Nancy CalhounAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim April 28, 2010, as West Point Day in the State of New York

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Extends certain provisions relating to the extension of the bank tax

Extends transitional provisions of law relating to the extension of the bank tax.

Darryl TownsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides the timing of appointment of commissioners of election where no members of a legislative body who are members of the political party filing the certificate

Provides the timing of appointment of commissioners of election where no members of a legislative body who are members of the political party filed the certificate.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Stricken

Authorizes Manhattan Youth Recreations and Resources, Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes the assessor of the borough of Manhattan to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Manhattan Youth Recreations and Resources, Inc. for a certain parcel of land…

Sheldon SilverSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Makes permanent the provisions of chapter 591 of the laws of 2001 relating to limiting the check cashing exemption for national banks and other regulated entities

Makes permanent the provisions of chapter 591 of the laws of 2001 relating to limiting the check cashing exemption for national banks and other regulated entities.

Darryl TownsVetoed

Vetoed

Designates a portion of the highway system as the Highway of Fallen Heroes

Designates a portion of the highway system as the Highway of Fallen Heroes.

William T. StachowskiTransportation Committee

Requires third-party notification prior to termination of long-term care and health insurance for persons 65 and older

Requires insurers to notify a designated third person prior to termination of health insurance policies held by a person 65 years of age or older; imposes burden of notifying such insurer by…

George LatimerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Exempts manufacturers of firearm silencers from being charged under certain sections of the penal law in certain situations

Exempts manufacturers of firearm silencers from being charged under certain sections of the penal law in certain situations.

RoAnn DestitoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires incident reporting by home care services agencies, hospitals, and adult care facilities

Requires incident reporting by home care services agencies, hospitals and adult care facilities to the department of health and the department of family assistance in a manner and time period…

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Simplifies the absentee ballot process by removing requirement of certain information that is to be provided

Simplifies the absentee ballot process to make it easier to vote in such manner by removing requirement for certain information on circumstances for the voter's absence.

Sandy GalefSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that an affidavit ballot shall also constitute an application to register to vote

Provides that an affidavit ballot submitted on election day at a polling place shall also constitute an application to register to vote.

Brian KavanaghSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to establishing inheritance by a non-marital child; repealer

Relates to establishing inheritance by a non-marital child.

Hakeem JeffriesSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Directs commissioner of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to study and report on the costs to the state of early diagnosis and treatment of autism

Directs the commissioner of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term…

Mark J.F. SchroederMental Health Committee

Grants jurisdiction to entertain certain declaratory judgment actions commenced pursuant to the fee dispute resolution program

Grants jurisdiction to entertain certain declaratory judgment actions commenced pursuant to the fee dispute resolution program.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Honoring American novelist Harper Lee upon the occasion of her designation for special recognition

José M. SerranoAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of Dorothy Height, a leader of the African-American and women's civil rights movements

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonAdopted

Adopted

Makes Kendra's law permanent

Makes Kendra's law permanent.

Thomas P. MorahanMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 2010 as Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month in the State of New York

James ConteAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim May 2010 as Skin Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York

Harvey WeisenbergAdopted

Adopted