Sponsored bills

Provides that the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha shall be school holidays in the city school district of the city of New York

Provides that the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha shall be school holidays in the city school district of the city of New York.

Michael BenjaminEducation Committee

Relates to providing telephone equipment with voice dialing functions to certain persons with disabilities

Requires telephone companies to provide essential equipment, including voice dialing equipment, to persons with disabilities.

Michael BenjaminCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to notifying the local department of social services upon the death of an incapacitated person

Relates to notifying the local department of social services upon the death of an incapacitated person.

Shirley L. HuntleyMental Health Committee

Establishes a senior dental services grant program

Establishes a senior dental services grant program; authorizes the director to establish the program and, upon the availability of appropriations, provide grants to eligible elderly persons who are…

Ruben DiazFinance CommitteeFinance

Relates to the residency requirement for the Roslyn Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 in Nassau county

Relates to the residency requirement for the Roslyn Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 in Nassau County.

Craig M. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

Authorizes an additional thirty days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

Authorizes sixty days or fifty-two working days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty.

Thomas P. MorahanFinance Committee

Provides for cost allowances for investments in technology infrastructure for certain home health care programs

Provides for cost allowances for strategic capital investments in technology infrastructure for certain home health care programs.

Craig M. JohnsonFinance Committee

Requires the division of criminal justice services to send notice to certain agencies relating to warrants

Creates a process whereby the division of criminal justice services is to verify criminal record information where certain arrest warrant information contains contradictory information; requires the…

Dale M. VolkerFinance Committee

Prohibits any person from smoking at a playground

Prohibits any person from smoking at a playground; provides a definition as to what constitutes a playground.

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Permits a beneficiary of certain death benefits to receive the lump sum death benefit as it was at the time of death and to designate a beneficiary of such annuity payments

Permits a beneficiary of certain death benefits to receive the lump sum death benefit as it was at the time of death and to designate a beneficiary of such annuity payments.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to financial assistance to small businesses for the purpose of environmental compliance

Establishes the small business environmental compliance fund for the purpose of allowing the environmental facilities corporation and the urban development corporation to assist small businesses in…

RoAnn DestitoWays And Means Committee

Establishes a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

Establishes a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties; funds received by the counties as a result of the surcharge pay for additional patroling by the…

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

Establishes a real property tax abatement for the owners of land used for replanting or crop expansion of woody biomass for the production of ethanol

Establishes a real property tax abatement for the owners of land used for replanting or crop expansion of woody biomass for the production of ethanol or biodiesel, including willow.

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Enacts the "voting rights notification and registration act"

Enacts the "voting rights notification and registration act"; allows for voting participation by eligible voters with felony convictions by providing notice regarding voting rights, assistance with…

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance CommitteeFinance

Provides that ownership of unidentifiable part in identifiable motorcycle, other than stolen motorcycle shall be returned to owner after investigation

Provides that ownership of unidentifiable part in identifiable motorcycle, other than a stolen motorcycle shall be returned to such owner, provided that department has made findings such owner had…

Martin Malavé DilanFinance Committee

Authorizes the dormitory authority to finance certain facilities for Abby Lane Housing Corporation, a subsidiary of the ESF College Foundation, Inc.

Authorizes the dormitory authority to finance certain facilities for Abby Lane Housing Corporation, a subsidiary of the ESF College Foundation, Inc.

William MagnarelliWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of certain public employee retirees

Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the…

Jeffrey D. KleinFinance Committee

Commemorating Monday, June 14, 2010, as Flag Day in the Town of Wappinger, New York

Joel MillerAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Arcadia Hose Company No. 2

Robert OaksAdopted

Adopted

Objecting to the furlough language in the emergency appropriation legislation for the period of April 1, 2010 through May 19, 2010

Neil D. BreslinAdopted

Adopted

Relates to kidnapping in the first degree

Provides that abducting a person under age of sixteen shall be kidnapping in the first degree.

George D. MaziarzCodes Committee

Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center

Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center.

Felix OrtizChildren And Families Committee

Relates to the recovery of abandoned animals from property that has been vacated through lease termination, property foreclosure or abandonment

Relates to the recovery of abandoned animals from property that has been vacated through lease termination, property foreclosure or abandonment; provides that an animal shall then be subject to…

Linda RosenthalJudiciary Committee

Increases the wages for nurses and physician's assistants that are bilingual

Increases the wages for nurses and physician's assistants that are bilingual and working in hospitals.

Nelson CastroHealth Committee

Provides for the development and implementation of statewide school nutrition standards, for the review of school wellness policies

Provides for the development and implementation of statewide school nutrition standards for food and beverages that are sold to students and for the review of school wellness policies, increases the…

Daniel O'DonnellEducation Committee

Relates to reports on certain criminal offenses on public transportation

Relates to reports on certain criminal offenses on public transportation.

Linda RosenthalTransportation CommitteeTransportation

Makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York

Makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York.

Hakeem JeffriesHigher Education Committee

Relates to medicaid eligibility for youth leaving court ordered placement

Relates to medicaid eligibility for youth leaving court ordered placement.

Felix OrtizSocial Services Committee

Relates to the establishment of convenient care clinics

Relates to the establishment of convenient care clinics; authorizes the public health council to adopt/amend rules and regulations relating thereto.

Amy PaulinHealth CommitteeHealth

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through May 20, 2010

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through May 16, 2010.

On the Assembly floor

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through May 20, 2010

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2010 through May 16, 2010.

Signed by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to hate crimes sentencing

Relates to hate crimes sentencing; provides that a court may require as a part of the sentence imposed upon a person convicted of a hate crime that the person complete a program, training session or…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Adds to the definition of serious injury and relates to determining the sufficiency of the evidence related to the serious injury

Adds to the definition of serious injury and relates to determining the sufficiency of the evidence related to the serious injury; question of fact determined by the trier.

Antoine M. ThompsonStricken

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities who have been admitted directly from a facility and who have a chronic mental illness and are…

Thomas P. MorahanOn the Senate floor

Relates to insurance coverage for drugs used in cancer treatment

Relates to insurance coverage for drugs used in cancer treatment; updates the established reference compendia which are used as authoritative sources for use in the determination of off-label drugs…

Neil D. BreslinOn the Senate floor

Extends time limitations for certain actions arising from injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces

Extends time limitations for certain actions arising from injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States…

Eric AdamsOn the Senate floor

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device; removes the requirement that there be reasonable cause a person using the device has committed a violation to issue a summons.

Martin Malavé DilanOn the Senate floor

Allows the board to set standards for the change of mailing address and requires a candidate to provide the board with depository information

Allows the board of elections to administratively set standards for the change of mailing address and requires a candidate to provide the board with depository information.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.On the Senate floor

Relates to certain funds used by the center for advanced technology

Relates to certain funds used by the center for advanced technology.

William T. StachowskiOn the Senate floor

Requires the establishment of procedures or mechanisms to receive allegations of abuse or mistreatment of patients served by programs licensed or operated under the mental hygiene law; repealer

Requires the establishment of procedures or mechanisms to receive allegations of abuse or mistreatment of patients served by programs licensed or operated under the mental hygiene law; includes…

Thomas P. MorahanOn the Senate floor

Relates to distressed property consultants advertisements

Relates to distressed property consultants advertisements.

Michael GianarisOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the record-keeping requirements for brand owners

Amends the record-keeping requirements for liquor and wine brand owners registered with the state liquor authority or the alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau.

Craig M. JohnsonWays And Means Committee

Authorizes Kim F. Salinovich to purchase service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system for employment as high school equivalency teacher

Authorizes Kim F. Salinovich to purchase service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system for employment as high school equivalency teacher by the Hudson Valley Opportunities…

Frank SkartadosGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides for the licensing of licensed orientation and mobility specialists and vision rehabilitation therapists

Provides for the licensing of licensed orientation and mobility specialists and vision rehabilitation therapists.

Jonathan BingHigher Education Committee

Require MTA, N.Y.C. office of emergency management, and port authority of N.Y. and N.J. to report to the governor and the legislature on weather-related evacuation capabilities

Requires the metropolitan transportation authority, the New York city office of emergency management, and the port authority of New York and New Jersey to report to the governor and the legislature…

Richard BrodskyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes demonstration program to enforce maximum speed limits by means of speed limit photo devices in N.Y. city

Authorizes the city of New York to establish a demonstration program imposing liability on owners of motor vehicles found to be in violation of the maximum speed limit or the maximum school speed…

Deborah GlickTransportation Committee

Relates to the incorporation of charter schools

Relates to the incorporation of charter schools.

Malcolm A. SmithOn the Senate floor

Directs telephone corporations to use information regarding federal and state assistance programs that qualify recipients for telephone Lifeline service

Directs telephone corporations to use information regarding federal and state assistance programs that qualify recipients for telephone lifeline service in offering such service.

Richard BrodskyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee