Co-sponsored bills

Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"

Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"; requires a sign in every for-hire vehicle that states that "WARNING: Assaulting A Taxi Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In Prison."

Rory LancmanVetoed

Vetoed

Requires the secretary of state to compile, make public and keep current certain information about state boards

Requires the secretary of state to compile, make public and keep current certain information about state boards.

Amy PaulinVetoed

Vetoed

Requires polling places to be accessible to physically disabled voters

Requires each polling place to be accessible to physically disabled voters and provides guidelines which shall be in accordance with the accessibility requirements mandated pursuant to the federal…

Kevin CahillSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that polling places, whenever practicable, to be designated directly on a public transportation route

Provides that polling places, whenever practicable, shall be designated directly on a public transportation route.

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that programs or activities relating to housing which receives federal financial assistance shall comply with Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Provides that programs or activities relating to housing which receive federal financial assistance shall comply with Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Jonathan BingVetoed

Vetoed

Criminalizes assault on a sanitation enforcement agent

Criminalizes assault on a sanitation enforcement agent.

J. Gary PretlowSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes family court in family offense proceedings to extend an order of protection upon showing of good cause or consent

Authorizes the family court in family offense proceedings to extend an order of protection upon the showing of good cause or consent of the parties.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to providing unlisted numbers for domestic violence victims

Relates to providing unlisted telephone numbers without charge for certain victims of domestic violence.

Naomi RiveraSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Creates the missing vulnerable adults clearinghouse

Creates the missing vulnerable adults clearinghouse; provides for plan and implementation programs to ensure the most effective use of federal, state, and local resources in the investigation of…

William MagnarelliVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to trial discharges of youth in foster care and voluntary re-placements of older adolescents in foster care

Relates to trial discharges of youth in foster care and voluntary re-placements of older adolescents in foster care; extends trial discharges at permanency hearings for successive periods of up to…

William ScarboroughSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced

Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced.

Hakeem JeffriesVetoed

Vetoed

Provides that in N.Y. city, the rent following the dissolution date shall be the last rent authorized for the affected dwelling

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, the rent following the dissolution date of Mitchell-Lama developments shall be the last rent authorized for the affected dwelling.

Linda RosenthalOn the Senate floor

Requires disclosure to consumers of the type of rebate being offered, whether additional fees may apply, and remittance of the rebate to the consumer

Requires disclosure to consumers of the type of rebate being offered, whether additional fees may apply, and form of remittance of the rebate to the consumer.

Audrey PhefferSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities including exclusion from participation or denial of benefits, services,…

Amy PaulinVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to expanding the definition of sexual contact

Relates to expanding the definition of sexual contact.

Amy PaulinSigned 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…

Grace MengSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to increasing participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises

Relates to increasing participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises.

Crystal Peoples-StokesOn 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

Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities

Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Micah KellnerRules Committee

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for racial and ethnic…

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Requires certain day care centers to provide notice before it intends to close its facility

Requires certain day care centers to provide notice before it intends to close its facility.

Michael BenjaminOn the Assembly floor

Requires the recording of all calls made to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment

Requires the recording of all calls made to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment; also requires such recordings to be maintained for 5 years.

William ScarboroughChildren And Families Committee

Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment

Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment document.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Senate floor

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 2010

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

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.

Robert SweeneyWays And Means Committee

Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts

Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing…

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Relates to implementing the immigrant assistance service enforcement act

Implements the immigrant assistance service enforcement act.

Richard BrodskyRules Committee

Requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of the fees and restrictions prior to the sale of a prepaid debit card

Requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of the fees and restrictions prior to the sale of a prepaid debit card.

Audrey PhefferCodes Committee

Enacts the "hospital closure planning act"

Enacts the "hospital closure planning act"; provides that whenever a general hospital closes, the commissioner of health shall within thirty days of being notified of such closure, hold a public…

Rory LancmanOn the Assembly floor

Requires bedbug infestation history to be provided to any lessee of real property within New York city

Requires owners or lessors to provide bedbug infestation history for the previous year to any lessee of real property within New York city before the lease of such property.

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

Relates to food service waste reduction

Relates to food service waste reduction; prohibits the use of polystyrene foam by contractors and lessees who deal with the state through state and municipal contracts.

Brian KavanaghOn the Senate floor

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities.

Joan MillmanRules Committee

Relates to the collection of census data

Relates to the collection of census data.

Hakeem JeffriesRules Committee

Provides that students who have an IEP shall not be required to take more than one regents examination in any given day

Provides that students who have an IEP shall not be required to take more than one regents examination in any given day.

Harvey WeisenbergWays And Means Committee

Relates to the manner of posting and changing beer prices to beer wholesalers and retail licensees

Relates to the manner of posting and changing beer prices to beer wholesalers and retail licensees.

Vito LopezEconomic Development Committee

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a…

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Creates the New York autism spectrum disorders treatment, training and research council and provides for the powers and duties of the council

Creates the New York autistic spectrum disorders treatment, training and research council and provides for the powers and duties of the council.

Harvey WeisenbergWays And Means Committee

Relates to coverage for prenatal vitamins

Requires certain health and casualty insurers to provide coverage for prenatal vitamins.

Aileen GuntherInsurance Committee

Enacts the "access to justice in lending act"

Enacts the "access to justice in lending act"; relates to a mortgagor's right to recover attorney's fees in actions or proceedings arising out of foreclosures of residential property which consists…

Rory LancmanOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the practice of licensed professions by special education schools and early intervention agencies and their employees; repealer

Relates to the practice of licensed professions by special education schools and early intervention agencies and their employees.

Deborah GlickCodes Committee

Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency

Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency; provides that students who enter New York schools…

Carmen E. ArroyoEducation Committee

Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas

Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas.

Grace MengInsurance Committee

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to take continuing education classes concerning infection control and transmission

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to successfully complete a prescribed continuing education course or program in the prevention of the transmission of infection and the proper…

Darryl TownsWays And Means Committee

Creates renewable energy credits for retail electric providers, the New York power authority and the Long Island power authority

Creates renewable energy credits for retail electric providers, the New York power authority and the Long Island power authority.

Andrew HevesiEnergy Committee

Relates to permanency planning and dispositional alternatives in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings

Relates to permanency planning and dispositional alternatives in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings.

William ScarboroughCodes 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…

William ScarboroughLabor Committee

Honoring Susan M. Dooha upon the occasion of her designation as the sixth recipient of the Annual Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr. Advocacy Award

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim Monday, May 17, 2010, as New York State Assembly Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day

Michael CusickAdopted

Adopted