Sponsored bills

Reduces from one-third to one-fourth of income the applicability of the senior citizens' rent increase exemption

Provides that the tax abatements for certain rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens commonly known as the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) shall be…

Barbara ClarkAging Committee

Prohibits short titles containing any person's name from being introduced in the two thousand twelve legislative session and any session thereafter

Prohibits short titles containing any person's name from being introduced in the two thousand twelve legislative session and any session thereafter.

Barbara ClarkGovernmental Operations Committee

Reduces the numbers of signatures required on designating and nominating petitions for statewide and local offices

Reduces the numbers of signatures required on designating and independent nominating petitions for statewide and local offices; reduces the required numbers of signatures by half or approximately…

Barbara ClarkElection Law Committee

Provides that out-of-home placement of child with emotional, behavioral or mental disorder, or a disability shall not be grounds for transfer of custody

Authorizes the court to approve a petition by or agreement with a social services official for temporary placement based on child service needs for the provision of necessary services for the…

Barbara ClarkChildren And Families Committee

Institutes a moratorium on issuance of licenses for establishments where fowls are slaughtered

Institutes a moratorium on issuance of licenses for establishments where fowls are slaughtered in cities of one million or more.

Barbara ClarkAgriculture Committee

Changes state fiscal year; commencing 2012 fiscal year will end April 30 and every year thereafter will commence May 1 and end April 30

Changes state fiscal year; commencing 2012 the fiscal year will end April 30 and every year thereafter will commence May 1 and end April 30.

Barbara ClarkWays And Means Committee

Authorizes franchise tax credit for providers of child care services in certain instances

Authorizes franchise tax credit for providers of child care services in certain instances; gives employers 30% tax credit on investments to offer child care services or to purchase child care…

Barbara ClarkWays And Means Committee

Provides for accumulation of merit time allowance; repealer

Provides for granting of merit time allowance and release for prisoners with good behavior with certain limitations; provides commissioner of correctional services shall promulgate rules and…

Barbara ClarkCorrection Committee

Authorizes fingerprinting of third party employees by state OGS for criminal history checks

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to require the fingerprinting of the employees of any contractor doing work on a state job or any facility at which official state business is…

Barbara ClarkGovernmental Operations Committee

Makes an appropriation for the local long term care ombudsman program

Appropriates 2 million dollars to the state office for the aging for the local long term care ombudsman program.

Barbara ClarkAging Committee

Bans the use of textbooks containing superfluous commercial advertisements

Provides that, on and after July 1, 2014, no board of education shall approve the purchase or use of textbooks containing commercial brand names, products or company logos unless a specific finding…

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Provides N.Y. city may assess tickets for professional sporting events for use by city school district

Provides city of one million or more may assess tickets for professional sporting events for use by city school district.

Barbara ClarkTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Requires full retail fuel services to senior citizens and to persons with disabilities where self-service and full service is offered

Requires full service gas station service to be provided to senior citizens and to persons with disabilities with a disabled license plate or hang tag at no additional cost where the retail full…

Barbara ClarkConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Regulates hazardous substance storage facilities

Provides that any person storing a hazardous substance shall furnish the department of environmental conservation with information on the storage facility, repairs or replacements, hazardous…

Barbara ClarkEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Requires foster care records of inmate to be sent to a correctional facility

Requires foster care records of inmate to be sent to correctional facility.

Barbara ClarkCorrection Committee

Prohibits the sale or the use of high-fructose corn syrup in any food products

Prohibits the sale or the use of high-fructose corn syrup in any food products.

Barbara ClarkHealth Committee

Prohibits the ownership, possession or harboring of a wild animal or reptile

Prohibits the ownership, possession or harboring of a wild animal or reptile; makes violation a class E felony.

Barbara ClarkAgriculture Committee

Authorizes a stay in proceedings to recover possession of real property based upon non-payment, and authorizes payment of installments

Permits the court to stay a warrant issued in favor of a successful petitioner in cases where the respondent has defaulted in the payment of rent for a period not to exceed three months from the…

Barbara ClarkJudiciary Committee

Establishes task force to study public health and safety concerns of establishments that slaughter and process fowls, the proper location and siting of same

Establishes task force to study public health and safety concerns of establishments that slaughter and process fowls, the proper location and siting of same.

Barbara ClarkAgriculture Committee

Assures the appointment of an on-site chief executive officer at each hospital operated by the New York city health and hospitals corporation

Assures the appointment of an on-site chief executive officer at each hospital operated by the New York city health and hospitals corporation.

Barbara ClarkCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Creates the crime of possession of a gambling device in the first degree

Creates the crime of possession of a gambling device in the first degree which prohibits the manufacture, sale, transport, placement or possession of five or more slot machines, other gambling…

Barbara ClarkCodes Committee

Increases terms of members of legislature commencing with election in 2016 to four years

Increases terms of members of legislature commencing with election in 2016 to four years.

Barbara ClarkJudiciary Committee

Requires individual borough private citizenry representation on the N.Y. city water board

Requires individual borough private citizenry representation on the NYC water board; provides that appointed members shall represent the private citizens of each borough; requires NYC water board to…

Barbara ClarkCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes a solid waste management facility site review board

Establishes a solid waste management facility siting review board for the siting of solid waste management facilities; establishes process for local governments to concur with site or object to…

Barbara ClarkEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides for the issuance of summonses to parents of any juvenile who is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition

Provides for the issuance of summonses to each parent, including a non-custodial parent, of any juvenile who is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition.

Barbara ClarkChildren And Families Committee

Requires that 75% of a not-for-profit's board members be residents of the same community in which such organization is located

Requires that a not-for-profit organization located in a city with a population of a million or more, ensure that 75% of its board members be residents of the same community in which such…

Barbara ClarkCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Gives governor power to regulate level of air conditioning at 72 degrees F. in any municipal building to conserve energy and money

Gives governor power to regulate level of air conditioning at 72 degrees Fahrenheit in any municipal building to conserve energy and money.

Barbara ClarkGovernmental Operations Committee

Allows right of redemption in foreclosure action brought against mortgagor's residence

Allows right of redemption in foreclosure action brought against mortgagor's residence; provides such right must be exercised within 1 year of entering of judgment.

Barbara ClarkHousing Committee

Requires the office of children and family services to collect certain data from any persons admitted into certain facilities

Requires the office of children and family services to collect certain data from any persons admitted into certain facilities.

Barbara ClarkChildren And Families Committee

Includes the financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled within the crime of larceny

Includes the financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled within the definition of the crime of larceny; defines terms.

Barbara ClarkCodes Committee

Establishes pilot grant program to enable overage, under-credit youth to obtain high school diploma or equivalent

Establishes pilot grant program to enable overage, under-credit youth to obtain high school diploma or equivalent.

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Provides a fine for a person responsible for a trailer or semitrailer parked or left unattended in New York city

Provides a fine of one thousand dollars for a person responsible for a trailer or semitrailer parked or left unattended in a city with a population of one million or more.

Barbara ClarkTransportation Committee

Enacts the Home Equity Fraud Act to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies

Enacts the "Home Equity Fraud Act" to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies; prohibits mortgage brokers or agents from acting as home improvement…

Barbara ClarkBanks Committee

Requires all mentoring programs to do background checks on prospective employees and mentors

Requires all mentoring programs to do background checks on prospective employees and mentors.

Barbara ClarkSocial Services Committee

Provides for a tax deduction not to exceed two hundred dollars for monetary gifts to a library as defined under section 253 of the education law

Provides for a personal income tax deduction not to exceed two hundred dollars for monetary gifts to a public library; provides such monetary gifts must be used for the purchase of books or towards…

Barbara ClarkWays And Means Committee

Appropriates one million dollars to the department of education for extracurricular activities in certain school districts

Appropriates one million dollars to the department of education for the purpose of initiating, maintaining or encouraging extracurricular activities in school districts in cities with a population…

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Allows public school principals and chief administrators to enroll academically low-performing students in after-school educational programs

Allows public school principals and chief administrators to enroll academically low-performing students in after-school educational programs offering training or tutoring.

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Establishes certain trusts as void as against public policy

Makes the establishment of trusts which provide for the suspension, termination or diversion of the trust or beneficial interest in the event that the beneficiary needs medical, hospital or nursing…

Barbara ClarkJudiciary Committee

Establishes a teacher preparation program to strengthen education opportunities available to children in low income areas

Establishes a teacher preparation program to train and retrain teachers to prepare them for teaching assignments in areas having concentrations of low-income families; provides that the commissioner…

Barbara ClarkHigher Education Committee

Establishes an independent citizens education finance review committee

Establishes an independent citizens education finance review committee within the education department to monitor and report on the provision of and state assistance provided to public education in…

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Establishes parent awareness week in all school districts

Establishes parent awareness week in all school districts.

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Provides for the temporary emergency educational assistance to school districts which lack the fiscal resources necessary to provide a sound basic education

Provides for the provision of temporary emergency educational assistance to school districts which fail to provide a sound basic education to the students in such district; provides such assistance…

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in N.Y. city

Creates City University of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in NYC; establishes the regents teachers loan forgiveness program to…

Barbara ClarkHigher Education Committee

Prohibits school districts from entering into telecommunications contracts as delineated herein

Prohibits school districts from entering into telecommunications contracts as delineated herein which grant exclusive rights or deals with exclusive advertising rights.

Barbara ClarkEducation Committee

Establishes definitions with respect to larceny from mentally disabled or mentally incapacitated persons

Establishes definitions with respect to larceny from mentally disabled or mentally incapacitated persons; sets forth an affirmative defense if the defendant appropriated the property in the course…

Barbara ClarkCodes Committee

Renames the New York City Transit Authority Track Safety Force to the "Daniel Boggs - Marvin Franklin New York City Transit Track Safety Force"

Renames the New York City Transit Authority Track Safety Task Force to the "Daniel Boggs-Marvin Franklin New York City Transit Track Safety Task Force" and the New York City Transit Authority…

Barbara ClarkSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires evaluation and a report of early childhood education in day care centers by December 31, 2011

Requires evaluation of early childhood education in day care centers.

Barbara ClarkStricken

Honoring Southeast Queens, New York, Actor-Director Arthur French upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award

Barbara ClarkAdopted

Adopted