Sponsored bills

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 PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Expands the definition of "public body"

Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations 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

Establishes a clean air account and makes an appropriation therefor

Establishes a clean air account and makes an appropriation therefor; specifies the manner in which such appropriation is to be utilized.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Provides for unlisted telephone numbers without charge for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued

Provides for unlisted telephone directory numbers without charge, for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications 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 PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Requires the legislature to convene daily if they do not timely pass a budget

Provides that if the legislature does not timely pass a budget, it shall convene daily until legislative passage of such budget.

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Defines blighted properties and areas; repealer

Defines blighted properties and areas.

Bill PerkinsJudiciary Committee

Relates to the membership of the New York city water board; repealer

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

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Creates the office of the taxpayer advocate

Creates the office of the taxpayer advocate; directs such office be in the control of the department of taxation and finance; outlines functions and duties of such office; creates mandatory…

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to blighted property and blighted areas; repealer

Establishes what is and what is not blighted property and blighted areas.

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions 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 PerkinsTransportation Committee

Creates the parent-mediation program for child custody disputes

Creates the parent-mediation program for child custody disputes; requires parents, who were in a dispute over the custody of their child or children, to participate in a court sponsored mediation…

Bill PerkinsChildren And Families Committee

Requires certain information to be provided on a real property transfer form

Requires certain information to be provided on a real property transfer form; requires limited liability companies to provide certain information when purchasing real property.

Bill PerkinsJudiciary 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 PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires the public service commission to audit utility submetering orders, compare usage before submetering to usage after submetering orders, prepare report

Requires the public service commission to audit previously approved utility submetering orders, to compare usage before submetering to usage after submetering orders were implemented, and to prepare…

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Relates to converting residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered

Relates to application requirements for private or government entities that wish to provide electric service converting residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Provides for notification to utility customers of their right to direct access to public service commission complaint procedures without arbitration or court proceedings

Provides for notification to utility customers of their right to direct access to public service commission complaint procedures without arbitration or court proceedings.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Relates to the collection of charges for residential utility service deemed to be rent

Relates to the collection of charges for residential utility service deemed to be rent.

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications 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 PerkinsSocial Services Committee

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer

Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer.

Bill PerkinsInsurance Committee

Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of pesticides in N.Y. city

Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of pesticides in cities with a population of one million or more.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Requires the annual reporting of criminal activity on subways

Requires the annual reporting of criminal activity on subways.

Bill PerkinsCities Committee

Enacts the public benefits for professional facilities act

Enacts the "public benefits for professional facilities act"; defines terms; provides that any state or local authority that grants any benefit, for the purpose of construction, reconstruction,…

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes the home ownership assistance program

Establishes the home ownership assistance program; allows qualified individuals to receive home ownership assistance payments when they purchase an eligible home; defines who is eligible for such…

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law

Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law.

Bill PerkinsTransportation Committee

Provides that any shareholder who owns 20% or more of a corporation's shares shall be entitled to elect a proportional share of the board of directors

Provides that any shareholder who owns 20% or more of a corporation's shares shall be entitled to elect a proportional share of the board of directors.

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to the collection of charges for heat-related residential utility service

Relates to the collection of charges for heat-related residential utility service.

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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 PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications 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 PerkinsHealth Committee

Requires school buses that contract with the N.Y. city 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 PerkinsCities Committee

Enacts the "public authorities teleworking expansion act"

Enacts the "public authorities teleworking expansion act"; provides that each public authority with twenty-five or more employees shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform…

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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 PerkinsEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides that all affirmative action officers and administrators employed by the state shall be in competitive classified positions

Provides that all affirmative action officers and administrators employed by the state shall be in competitive classified positions; directs the department of civil service to establish…

Bill PerkinsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Requires all interrogations to be videotaped

Requires all interrogations to be videotaped.

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Enacts the Housing New York Program for the twenty-first century

Enacts the Housing New York Program Act for the twenty-first century to assure that funds from public sources for the provision of dwelling accommodations are used to benefit persons of low and…

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Establishes tenant's rights to repair habitability-impairing conditions and receive offset cost against rent payments under certain conditions

Allows tenants in multiple dwellings and multiple residences to offset against rent the cost of repairing habitability-impairing conditions in such dwelling or residence; establishes conditions and…

Bill PerkinsHousing, Construction And Community Development 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 PerkinsAging Committee

Provides tax credit for employers of workers who were receiving public assistance immediately preceding such employment

Provides a tax credit of $1,000 against special additional mortgage tax and article 9-A (franchise tax on business corporations) for each employee employed in excess of one year at minimum wage for…

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations 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.

Bill PerkinsInvestigations And Government Operations 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

Relates to reports on certain criminal offenses on public transportation

Relates to reports on certain criminal offenses on public transportation.

Bill PerkinsTransportation Committee

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with specified events

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with specified events sanctioned by New York Road Runners.

Bill PerkinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Mourning the death of Gilbert Scott-Heron, an American poet, musician, and author

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Celebrating the 86th Birthday of Malcolm X, a human rights activist, and one of the most influential African-American leaders in history

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 PerkinsOn the Senate floor

Commemorating the 112th birthday of Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington and his tremendous contributions to music of the 20th Century

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of Grete Waitz, an outstanding athlete and marathon icon, and recognizing the significance of her life accomplishments

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted