Sponsored bills

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program.

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status

Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status.

Keith L.T. WrightHousing Committee

Provides for a uniform allowable resource exemption and disregard for an applicant or recipient with an automobile

Provides for a uniform allowable resource exemption and disregard for an applicant or recipient with an automobile.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

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

Relates to finger imaging of certain persons receiving food stamps

Relates to finger imaging of certain persons receiving food stamps.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Relates to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation and donation registration, and creates the anatomical gift, bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell

Relates to providing for the creation and dissemination of information pertaining to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation and to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donation…

Keith L.T. WrightHealth 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

Creates a New York city transit authority safety advisory panel

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. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Requires the display and distribution of the parental bill of rights by the city school district of the city of New York

Requires the display and distribution of the parental bill of rights by the city school district of the city of New York.

Keith L.T. WrightEducation Committee

Relates to larceny of an automated teller machine

Relates to larceny of an automated teller machine.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Clarifies conciliation procedures in cases when the recipient of public assistance programs refuses to comply with employment program requirements

Clarifies conciliation procedures in cases when the recipient of public assistance programs refuses to comply with employment program requirements.

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Establishes a hospitality gift fund for the homeless

Establishes a hospitality gift fund for the homeless.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Provides that appearance enhancement businesses in the city of New York shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of the city health code

Provides that appearance enhancement businesses in the city of New York shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of the city health code.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Relates to the duties of skiers and ski area operators regarding the use of helmets

Relates to the duties of skiers and ski area operators regarding the use of helmets; requires skiers under age 14 to wear helmets; requires ski area operators to maintain an adequate supply of…

Keith L.T. WrightStricken

Requires landlord to grant access to engineer or architect hired by tenants to inspect major capital improvements in certain multiple dwellings

Provides that no landlord shall deny access to a licensed professional engineer or licensed registered architect hired by any tenant or tenant association representing tenants of a multiple dwelling…

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Enacts the community notification and empowerment act which provides criteria for siting state facilities in N.Y. city

Enacts the "community notification and empowerment act"; requires state agencies proposing an opening, expansion or reduction of a state facility in a city with a population of one million or more…

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Provides for the suspension of public assistance to owners of privately owned residential housing in New York city who are in violation of certain housing standards

Provides for the suspension of public assistance to owners of privately owned residential housing in NYC who are in violation of certain New York city department of housing preservation and…

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Clarifies the definition of work activities to include certain work-study and internship positions

Makes permanent the provisions of chapter 534 of the laws of 2000, which clarifies the definition of work activities to include certain work-study and internship positions; further ensures that…

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Requires the board of elections in the city of New York to maintain voting machine storage and preparation facility in each borough of the city

Requires the board of elections in the city of New York to maintain a voting machine storage and preparation facility in each borough of the city.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Requires certification notice to tenant when rent is paid by human resources administration

Provides that whenever rent is paid by NYC human resources administration on behalf of a tenant on public assistance, the department of housing preservation shall send a certification of payment to…

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the use of common areas in housing authority projects for tenant group meetings without the imposition of a fee

Provides for the use of common areas in housing authority projects by tenant groups, committees or organizations without the imposition of a fee providing that the meeting is peacefully conducted,…

Keith L.T. WrightHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to protecting constitutional or civil rights of non-degree granting proprietary schools and their owners

Relates to protecting constitutional or civil rights of non-degree granting proprietary schools and their owners; establishes a proprietary school disciplinary committee to conduct hearings and make…

Keith L.T. WrightHigher Education 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.

Keith L.T. WrightHousing Committee

Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area; repealer

Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area.

Keith L.T. WrightCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Prohibits a skier from skiing in any area unless he or she is wearing a protective helmet; applicable to skiers under fourteen years of age

Relates to the duties of skiers and ski area operators regarding the use of helmets; requires skiers under age 14 to wear helmets; requires ski area operators to maintain an adequate supply of…

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Requires public officers and bodies to provide interpreters and assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired at public hearings under certain conditions

Requires public officers and public bodies to make reasonable efforts to provide qualified interpreters at no charge for the hearing impaired at public meetings and hearings upon written request to…

Keith L.T. WrightInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Limits the method of payment for dental services under the medical assistance program

Limits the method of payment for dental services under the medial assistance program.

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

Creates the Metropolitan Transit Authority Small Business mentoring program; repealer

Creates the Metropolitan Transit Authority Small Business mentoring program.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Provides that child in foster care freed for adoption from an authorized agency shall continue to be represented by a law guardian until adoption

Provides that a child in foster care who is freed for adoption from an authorized agency shall continue to be represented by a law guardian until such child is adopted.

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Requires a local social services district to accept or deny an application for public assistance no later than thirty days after the date of the application

Requires a local social services district to accept or deny an application for public assistance as soon as possible but no later than thirty days after the date of the application.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the board of elections to employ election inspectors to work half-day shifts with adjusted compensation

Authorizes the board of elections to employ election inspectors to work half-day shifts with adjusted compensation; county boards of election shall prescribe the necessary rule and procedures to…

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides factors and requirements to be considered and followed when health care practitioner's diagnosis differs from treating health care practitioner as to disability

Provides factors to be considered when a health care practitioner's opinion differs from that of referral's treating health care practitioner as to a disability; requires such health care…

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

Requires one member of the state board of real property services to be a current resident of New York city

Requires one member of the state board of real property services to be a current resident of New York city who is knowledgeable in real property tax procedures and practices of New York city and is…

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Repeals subdivision 3 of section 117 of the social services law relating to public assistance benefits to or for new residents

Repeals subdivision 3 of section 117 of the social services law relating to public assistance benefits to or for new residents.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Prohibits recovery of assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience

Provides that a social services official may not recover assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work…

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Allows for baccalaureate and advanced degree programs and certain educational and training activity to count towards the work participation rate

Allows for baccalaureate and advanced degree programs to count towards the work participation rate and further provides for certain educational and training activity (homework expected or required…

Keith L.T. WrightFinance Committee

Permits New York city department of social services to participate in proceedings in housing part of civil court

Authorizes the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York on its own motion or on the motion of a party to join the department of social services of the city of New York as a party in…

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Allows that a manual audit of the voter verifiable records applicable to any candidate may be directed in a special proceeding

Allows that a manual audit of the voter verifiable records applicable to any candidate may be directed in a special proceeding.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Directs the office of minority health to establish a program of data collection for the assessment of health and health care of minorities in N.Y. state

Directs the office of minority health to establish a program of data collection for the assessment of disparities in health and the delivery of health care to minorities in New York state.

Keith L.T. WrightHealth Committee

Limits confidentiality of information given certified collective bargaining representative by public employer of work experience program to participant identity

Limits the confidentiality required of information given a certified collective bargaining representative by a public employer running a work experience program to participant identifying information.

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state.

Keith L.T. WrightInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides that in proceedings to review real property assessments in N.Y. city assessing method, capitalization rate, etc. must be disclosed

Provides that in judicial proceedings to review real property assessments in cities of one million or more inhabitants, the assessing method, capitalization rate, and other data or formula used to…

Keith L.T. WrightLocal Government Committee

Eliminates statutory authority of social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage, or lien; repealer

Eliminates statutory authority of social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage, or lien.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Relates to the location and management of charter schools and the enrollment of students at charter schools

Relates to the location and management of charter schools and the enrollment of students at charter schools.

Keith L.T. WrightEducation Committee

Mourning the death of Percy Ellis Sutton, civil rights activist, entrepreneur, distinguished attorney and former member of the NYS Assembly

Keith L.T. WrightAdopted

Adopted

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for a certain not-for-profit corporation

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for a certain not-for-profit corporation.

Keith L.T. WrightCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires collateral loan brokers, upon the request of the pawnor, to hold the pledged goods for an additional 3 months after the initial 4 months

Requires collateral loan brokers, upon the request of the pawnor, to hold the pledged goods for an additional 3 months after the initial 4 months they are required to hold such goods.

Keith L.T. WrightEconomic Development Committee