Sponsored bills

Requires elected officials to post certain information regarding contributions on his or her website

Requires elected officials to post certain information regarding contributions on his or her website; failure to comply with this provision of this section shall constitute a class E felony.

Ruben DiazRules Committee

Allows consideration of in-kind support when determining grantees of the naturally occurring retirement communities supportive service program

Allows consideration of in-kind support when determining grantees of the naturally occurring retirement communities supportive service program.

Ruben DiazSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to prohibiting retained asset accounts

Prohibits insurers from using retained asset accounts to hold proceeds from death benefits.

Ruben DiazRules Committee

Commemorating the 53rd Annual German-American Steuben Parade to be held September 25, 2010

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Recognizing Thursday, August 12, 2010, as International Youth Day

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Creates the offenses of aggravated sale of a firearm and aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor

Creates the offenses of aggravated sale of a firearm and aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor.

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Establishes a senior housing task force

Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of…

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Requires court to advise aliens of deportation consequences of guilty plea; allows guilty plea withdrawal

Requires a court to advise a defendant that if he or she is an alien and he or she is convicted of a crime, whether by plea or trial, such conviction may result in his or her deportation; allows a…

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Relates to the senior citizen energy packaging pilot program; repealer

Relates to the senior citizen energy packaging pilot program.

Ruben DiazRules Committee

Relates to matching funds for grants under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program

Permits support from contiguous areas to provide required matching funds for grants under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program.

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Relates to requiring renewal notices for applications under the SCRIE program

Requires the appropriate rent control agency or administrative agency to send a notice of required renewal to each head of household currently receiving an exemption under the SCRIE program 90 days…

Ruben DiazWays And Means Committee

Authorizes department of transportation to survey areas with a high incidence of pedestrian accidents involving senior citizens

Authorizes department of transportation to conduct a statewide survey to determine areas with a high incidence of pedestrian accidents involving senior citizens; requires commissioner to undertake a…

Ruben DiazRules Committee

Authorizes the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Bronx to former owner St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Authorizes the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Bronx to former owner St.

Ruben DiazCities Committee

Defines "criminal street gang" and prohibits criminal street gang recruitment of a minor

Defines "criminal street gang" and prohibits criminal street gang recruitment of a minor.

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Relates to the crime of aggravated murder involving certain business owners

Relates to the crime of aggravated murder involving certain business owners.

Ruben DiazFinance 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.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Includes assisted living residences within the definition of long term care facilities for certain purposes

Includes assisted living residences within the definition of long term care facilities for certain purposes; requires assisted living residences to permit access to such facilities by the long term…

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Relates to implementing the immigrant assistance service enforcement act

Implements the immigrant assistance service enforcement act.

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Relates to establishing the NYS prescription medication cost containment program

Relates to establishing the NYS prescription medication cost containment program.

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Requires coverage of medical nutrition therapy by health and accident insurance policies

Requires all accident and health insurance policies to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy; defines medical nutrition therapy to mean the nutritional diagnostic, therapy, and counseling…

Ruben DiazInsurance Committee

Relates to establishing NYS prescription medication cost containment program

Relates to establishing the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"

Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act; provides for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Creates a shared housing registry for senior citizens

Directs the office for the aging to create a shared housing program in consultation with the division of housing and community renewal and to maintain a registry for senior citizens who seek to find…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens where their rent is more than one-half of their income

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens where their rent is more than one-half of their income; additional protection, not a substitute for rent protection.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Requires state campgrounds to provide a reduced fee for campsites to persons 65 or over

Provides that the office of parks, recreation & historic preservation or any other agency setting fees for the use of overnight camping facilities shall set such rate at five dollars for residents…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects.

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Relates to eligibility under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program

Relates to eligibility under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program; provides that an individual over the age of sixty need not be the head of the household to…

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Encourages voluntary, informed vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV)

Encourages voluntary, informed vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) for school-aged children and their parents or guardians.

Ruben DiazHealth Committee

Prohibits approval by the commissioner of motor vehicles of defensive driving courses or defensive driving programs conducted over the internet only

Prohibits approval by the commissioner of motor vehicles of defensive driving courses or defensive driving programs conducted over the internet only.

Ruben DiazTransportation Committee

Honoring Lillian Rodriguez-Lopez upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the 2010 Woman of Distinction Award

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 2nd Anniversary of Dr. Ma Ying-jeou's Presidency of Taiwan

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

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 Committee

Relates to clarifying definitions of "illegal money transmission" and "money laundering"; and relates to penalties for unlicensed money transmitters

Relates to clarifying the definitions of "illegal money transmission" and "money laundering"; relates to penalties for unlicensed money transmitters; relates to timeliness of prosecutions.

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

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

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

Ruben DiazEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Creates a task force on universal long term care insurance

Creates a task force on universal long term care insurance to develop a plan for the financing and provisions for universal long term care insurance for all New Yorkers; provides that the task force…

Ruben DiazInsurance Committee

Provides for review by the superintendent of banking institution denials of banking services to "money services businesses" licensed in the state

Provides for review by the superintendent of banking institution denials of banking services to "money services businesses" licensed in the state.

Ruben DiazStricken

Establishes the "minimum standards for subsidized jobs act"

Establishes the "minimum standards for subsidized jobs act"; defines terms; restricts persons, associations, corporations or other entities from being eligible to receive any economic development…

Ruben DiazStricken

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim May 2010 as Senior Citizens Month in the State of New York

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

Establishes the bureau of the senior tenants' advocate in the state office for the aging

Establishes the bureau of the senior tenants' advocate within the state office for the aging; provides that the senior tenants' advocate shall assist senior citizen tenants in resolving complaints…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Provides that supervision fees for parolees shall be collected at a central location and shall not be collected by parole officers

Provides that supervision fees for parolees shall be collected at a central location and shall not be collected by parole officers.

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

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

Increases allowable maximum income of persons occupying rental units otherwise eligible for tax abatement in certain cases under provisions applicable to senior citizens' rent increase exemption…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Establishes the New York certified retirement community program within the office for the aging

Establishes the New York certified retirement community program within the office for the aging and New York Livable Integrated Elder Friendly Retirement Communities (New York LIFE) program;…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Relates to venue for certain civil actions arising out of certain violations of the lien law and the vehicle and traffic law

Relates to venue for certain civil actions arising out of certain violations of the lien law and the vehicle and traffic law.

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Enacts the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership act and establishes a state senior housing opportunities partnership authority

Enacts the New York State Senior Housing Opportunities Partnership Act and establishes the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership authority; such authority will finance or…

Ruben DiazCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Expands supportive services to the elderly in certain retirement communities by enlarging target group and including more facilities

Expands supportive services to the elderly in naturally occurring retirement communities by enlarging target group through eliminating head of household requirement, and including more such…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Establishes the "keep effective and excellent professionals in the classroom act"; relates to procedures for the abolition of teaching positions; repealers

Establishes the "keep effective and excellent professionals in the classroom act"; relates to procedures for the abolition of teaching positions in city school districts of cities having one million…

Ruben DiazEducation 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…

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor