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Extends certain provisions relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage agency

Extends certain provisions relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage agency.

Bill PerkinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires a reduction in sulfur emissions for all heating oil used in non-attainment areas

Requires a reduction in sulfur emissions by 2012 for all heating oil used in the state and allows the governor to suspend such reduction if there is not an adequate supply of the required fuel.

Bill PerkinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to debt reduction policies for all state authorities

Relates to debt reduction policies for all state authorities.

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority and equipment loans for intellectual property

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority and equipment loans for intellectual property.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Prohibits the sale and use of wheel weights containing lead

Prohibits the sale and use of wheel weights containing lead intentionally added during manufacturing.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the NYSUDC to form a limited liability company for the purpose of certification as a community development entity under the New Markets tax credit program

Authorizes the to form a limited liability company for the purpose of certification as a community development entity under the New Markets tax credit program.

Bill PerkinsWays And Means Committee

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse.

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

Provides for the notification of impending emergencies by electric corporations to affected communities

Provides for the notification of impending emergencies by electric corporations to affected communities.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Honoring SAGE upon the occasion of their designation for special recognition during Pride Month

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Requires appearance enhancement business owners to provide masks and gloves to nail specialists

Requires appearance enhancement business owners to provide masks and gloves to nail specialists.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Provides for the lawful sale of scrap copper and other metals by junk dealers

Provides for the lawful sale of scrap copper and other metals by junk dealers; restricts sale of certain items; increases existing penalties.

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

Relates to appointments to the water board of the city of New York

Relates to appointments to the water board of the city of New York.

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

Provides for enhanced consumer protection measures and enforcement of the do-not-call registry

Provides for enhanced consumer protection measures and enforcement of the do-not-call registry; limits telemarketing to 8 am to 9 pm local time unless given express permission by the consumer to…

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Creates the niche market assistance projects for small businesses to identify and develop niche markets for their products in competitive environments

Creates the niche market assistance projects for small businesses to identify and develop niche markets for their products in competitive environments.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Commending Maysles Cinema upon the occasion of presenting the 2nd Annual "Homo-Harlem" film festival on June 21-26, 2010

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

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.

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

Establishes the save our sight program and the save our sight fund to provide vision screening and educational information

Establishes the save our sight program and the save our sight fund to promote vision health and safety for children; targets children with amblyopia for support regarding such children's vision;…

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

Authorizes the use of closed-circuit television for the taking of testimony from a witness who is determined to be adverse

Authorizes the use of closed-circuit television for the taking of testimony from a witness who is determined to be adverse; a witness is adverse when he or she is called to testify in a criminal…

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

Creates new law on recording interrogations

Provides that, as a general rule, any statement made during a custodial interrogation is inadmissible unless such interrogation was electronically recorded; provides exceptions as to when a…

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Extends the effective date of chapter 172 of the laws of 2002 amending the public authorities law relating to the powers of the New York mortgage agency

Extends the effective date of chapter 172 of the laws of 2002 amending the public authorities law relating to the powers of the New York mortgage agency.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Relates to requiring utility companies to include a notice of public hearings concerning rate increases

Requires utility companies to include on their bills notice of any and all public hearings concerning rate hikes.

Bill PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Restricts operation of diesel powered electrical generators in areas failing to meet federal clean air standards for ozone

Restricts operation of diesel powered electrical generation systems in areas identified as not meeting certain federal air quality standards for ozone; provides limited exceptions for use.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Relates to protecting homeless children from lead paint poisoning

Relates to protecting homeless children from lead paint poisoning; bars discrimination in the leasing of rental property against families receiving public assistance or governmental housing subsidies.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Relates to awards of certain contracts to small businesses or businesses certified under article 15-A of the executive law

Relates to awards of certain contracts to small businesses or businesses certified under article 15-A of the executive law.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Does away with run-off elections in NYC and statewide; repealer

Eliminates run-off elections in NYC and statewide.

Bill PerkinsElection Law Committee

Relates to charter schools

Relates to charter schools; clarifies the transparency and accountability of charter schools and provides fiscal relief to the school districts where charter schools are located.

Bill PerkinsEducation Committee

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Requires school buses that contract with the NYC department of education to retrofit certain buses with certain equipment

Requires school buses that contract with the NYC department of education to retrofit certain buses with certain equipment; requires that all buses used to provide transportation services to students…

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Protects constitutional or civil rights of people against infringement by those not acting under color of law

Provides for protection of persons in exercise or enjoyment of rights under state and federal laws; provides for civil action by attorney general, civil action by person aggrieved, and criminal…

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Relates to providing free fare on metropolitan transportation authority transit systems

Relates to providing free fare on metropolitan transportation authority transit systems for senior citizens sixty-five years of age or older.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Requires medical assistance to be provided to victims of domestic violence to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident

Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 459-a of this chapter, to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2010; repealer

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2010 to make enforcement of lead hazard control standards in the state of New York more certain and more effective; creates a…

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Relates to the purchase of security services

Relates to the purchase of security services.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Remembering the 21st Anniversary of the tragic events and persons who were victims of what had come to be known as the Central Park Jogger Case

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Relates to prohibiting investment of certain public funds in companies doing business in Sudan

Relates to prohibiting investment of funds of the common retirement fund in companies doing business in Sudan and requires divestiture of any such investments within three years.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Mourning the death of legendary singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist Lena Mary Calhoun Horne

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Allows license to sell liquors at retail for consumption on certain premises

Allows license to sell liquors at retail for consumption on certain premises, located at 1429 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, county, city and state of New York.

Bill PerkinsEconomic Development Committee

Requires the annual reporting of criminal activity on subways

Requires the annual reporting of criminal activity on subways.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Provides for annual adjustment of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption by any increase in the consumer price

Provides for annual adjustment by the commissioner of housing and community renewal of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and for…

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Establishes the office for small business; repealer

Establishes the office for small business under the executive department; repeals the division for small-business which was in the economic development law; transfers powers from the division to the…

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Provides that qualified persons who are not registered to vote may register on a day of election at their polling places

Provides that qualified persons who have never previously registered to vote may register on any day, including a day of election, that the board of elections is open for business; requires…

Bill PerkinsElections Committee

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.

Bill PerkinsEducation Committee

Prohibits warehousing of housing accommodations and harassment of tenants; provides penalties therefor

Provides that penalties may be levied against a person who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Establishes the summer employment program

Establishes the summer employment program for youths between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one to be administered by the labor department; provides that local community-based organizations and…

Bill PerkinsLabor Committee

Relates to the NYS interim short-term financing account

Relates to the NYS interim short-term financing account; amends chapter 555 of the laws of 1989 relating to establishing a NYS interim short-term financing account within the state of New York…

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes the summer employment program

Establishes the summer employment program for youths between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one to be administered by the labor department; local community-based organizations and government…

Bill PerkinsLabor Committee

Establishes an urban and community development program within the state urban development corporation to assist projects in distressed areas

Establishes an urban and community development program in the urban development corporation; defines relevant terms; provides for procedures to be followed in implementing the program; provides for…

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee