Sponsored bills

Establishes program for familial dysautonomia and Tay-Sachs disease screening; authorizes department of health to provide grants

Authorizes the department of health to establish a program for familial dysautonomia, Canavan's and Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling and to provide grants and to enter into contracts with…

Jeffrey DinowitzVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to losses sustained as a result of intoxication

Relates to losses sustained as a result of an injury resulting from operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

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.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Enacts the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; creates a compact between the states and the District of Columbia; defines terms.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Requires the state office for the aging to review programs addressing the needs of the aging veteran population

Requires the state office for the aging to review programs addressing the needs of the aging veteran population.

Jeffrey DinowitzRules 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…

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

Governs election of board by residents of cooperatives and condominiums

Requires that the board of directors or board of managers of a converted cooperative or condominium, as the case may be, must be comprised of a majority of members elected by shareholders or owners…

Jeffrey DinowitzHousing Committee

Relates to the shipment of cigarettes

Relates to the shipment of cigarettes.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Includes in definition of income all sources after deduction of all medical and prescription drugs not reimbursed or paid by insurance

Excludes expenditures for medical care not covered by insurance from the definition of "income" for the purpose of a real property tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property…

Jeffrey DinowitzRules Committee

Relates to the destruction of seized and forfeited cigarettes and tobacco products

Relates to the destruction of seized and forfeited cigarettes and tobacco products.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Requires the office of children and family services to track and report elder abuse

Requires the office of children and family services to track and report elder abuse and to issue a biennial report to the governor and legislature and office for the aging regarding the incidence of…

Jeffrey DinowitzCodes Committee

Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers

Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; such guide shall be available on the websites of the state office for the aging, the…

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Relates to standards for the sale of annuity contracts to seniors

Provides specific standards for the sale of annuity contracts to seniors; prohibits use of certain designations or title; requires continuing education on appropriate sale of annuities.

Jeffrey DinowitzCodes Committee

Relates to the senior citizen energy packaging pilot program; repealer

Relates to the senior citizen energy packaging pilot program.

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

Requires establishment of model community programs

Requires establishment of model community programs, including a model telephone reassurance program and a model visiting program for elders.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Riverdale Country School, Inc.

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Riverdale Country School, Inc.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Prohibits operation of any motor vehicle equipped with device which affects the operation of traffic-control signals

Prohibits the operation of any motor vehicle equipped with a device which affects the operation of traffic-control signals; provides that the possession of such a device shall constitute a traffic…

Jeffrey DinowitzTransportation Committee

Authorizes the office of general services to sell certain state-owned land to the Montefiore Medical Center

Authorizes the office of general services to sell certain state-owned land to the Montefiore Medical Center.

Jeffrey DinowitzGovernmental Operations Committee

Honoring Grace Denniston for receiving the New York State 2010 Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen Award

Jeffrey DinowitzAdopted

Adopted

Relates to notice and filing of application for a real property tax exemption for senior citizens

Provides additional notice of the real property tax exemption for senior citizens under section 467 of the real property tax law and requires municipal corporations to permit late filings within 60…

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Provides that the real property tax assessment on property owned by a person 70 years of age or older may be capped at last year's assessment

Provides that the real property tax assessment on property owned by a person 70 years of age or older may be capped at last year's assessment; such assessment shall not be increased as long as…

Jeffrey DinowitzReal Property Taxation Committee

Provides methods for presidential electors to cast votes in the electoral college including pledge to vote as elected

Provides methods for presidential electors to cast votes in the electoral college including pledge to vote as elected.

Jeffrey DinowitzStricken

Requires limited profit housing company to show maintenance of essential services before approval of rent increases

Defines, for purposes of the Mitchell-Lama housing projects, "essential services" which landlord in limited-profit housing companies are obligated to provide and requires that any authorized maximum…

Jeffrey DinowitzHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Creates additional remedies for unlawful discharge, penalty, or discrimination due to the exercise of an employee's right to be absent from employment for jury duty

Creates, in addition to the existing sanction of criminal contempt of court, the remedies of labor law civil penalties and employee's right to bring civil action for unlawful discharge, penalty or…

Jeffrey DinowitzJudiciary Committee

Relates to dismissal of parking violations in certain instances

Provides that for notices of parking violations issued before September 1, 2011, if any information on the notice of violation is omitted, misdescribed, or illegible, the parking violation shall be…

Jeffrey DinowitzCodes Committee

Requires persons or entities providing benefits in the event of disability to not impose onerous or unreasonable conditions for the payment of benefits thereunder

Requires persons or entities providing benefits in the event of disability to not impose "onerous or unreasonable conditions" for the payment or continued payment of benefits thereunder, and…

Jeffrey DinowitzJudiciary Committee

Relates to surcharges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control

Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the New York city commissioner of finance to approve suitable rewards for information that leads to the detection of violations of the tax on cigarettes

Authorizes the New York city commissioner of finance to approve suitable rewards for information that leads to the detection of violations of the tax on cigarettes.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Voids agreements exempting parties, their agents, servants or employees, from liability for damages caused by their negligence, as against public policy

Voids agreements exempting parties, their agents, servants or employees, from liability for damages caused by their negligence, as against public policy unless state statute, federal or…

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs to distinguish such service from the service provided by volunteers.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

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…

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means 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…

Jeffrey DinowitzCodes Committee

Awards attorney fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases

Awards attorney fees and expert witness fees in employment discrimination cases.

Jeffrey DinowitzInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to permitting an otolaryngologist or licensed physician to dispense hearing aids for a profit

Permits an otolaryngologist or licensed physician who has conducted a medical evaluation of hearing loss to dispense hearing aids for a profit.

Jeffrey DinowitzHigher Education Committee

Creates the Mature Workers Support Program

Creates the Mature Workers Support Program.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Renames and broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence

Broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence; renames the program to be the geriatric mental health and…

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the establishment of a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers

Creates a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers who are providing primary care for children aged 18 and under either formally or informally to provide…

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Honoring Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav, recipient of the Riverdale Jewish Community Council's Martin Rollins Interfaith Brotherhood Award on March 21, 2010

Jeffrey DinowitzAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Johanna Zurndorfer, recipient of the Riverdale Jewish Community Council's Andrew Zucker Jewish Community Service Award on March 21, 2010

Jeffrey DinowitzAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Rabbi Robert (Bob) G. Kaplan, recipient of the Riverdale Jewish Community Council's Michael Schreck Community Builder Award on March 21, 2010

Jeffrey DinowitzAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Riverdale Rising Stars, recipient of the Riverdale Jewish Community Council's Community Organizational Award on March 21, 2010

Jeffrey DinowitzAdopted

Adopted

Relates to penalties for the illegal shipment of cigarettes

Relates to penalties for the illegal shipment of cigarettes and the authority of state and local authorities to bring actions to recover civil fines for such violations.

Jeffrey DinowitzHealth 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.

Jeffrey DinowitzAging Committee

Establishes time restrictions for court issued consent orders for work performance to remove or remedy conditions in such petition

Establishes time restrictions for court issued consent orders for work performance to remove or remedy dangerous conditions or building code violations; permits sixty days for consent orders to be…

Jeffrey DinowitzJudiciary Committee

Requires real estate syndication offering to show property use is legal and authorized by applicable local law

Provides that the attorney general shall refuse to issue a letter stating that a real estate syndication offering has been filed unless such statement, prospectus or plan shows that the use for…

Jeffrey DinowitzJudiciary Committee

Provides for a right of health maintenance organization enrollees to continue to receive services from a provider who disaffiliates

Extends period during which health maintenance organization enrollees may continue to receive services from a health care provider who disaffiliates from 60 or 90 days to 1 year, or in case of…

Jeffrey DinowitzHealth Committee

Establishes a time limit on utilizing third-party practice of no later than ninety days after completion of examinations before trial of the original parties

Establishes a time limit on the bringing of an impleader complaint (utilizing third-party practice) of no later than ninety days after completion of the examinations before trial of the parties in…

Jeffrey DinowitzCodes Committee

Requires the commissioner of health to take action when areas of lead poisoning are designated

Requires the commissioner of health to take action when high risk areas of lead poisoning are designated; the commissioner of health is also required to provide written notice instructing such…

Jeffrey DinowitzHealth Committee