Sponsored bills

Enacts the criminal street gangs enforcement and prevention act; repealer

Enacts the criminal street gang enforcement and prevention act; defines offenses; increases penalties; provides for gang prevention programs in schools; establishes the criminal street gang…

Rafael EspinalCodes Committee

Relates to taxpayer relief on cell phone taxes

Removes the state sales tax on wireless telephone services and provides for a local option of imposing such taxes.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

Provides for revocation of probation where a person is convicted of a new offense while such person is under probation supervision for a felony offense

Provides for revocation of probation where a person is convicted of a felony or an offense in another jurisdiction which if committed in this state would constitute a felony, while the defendant is…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Establishes a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when he or she damages property that is public property

Establishes a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so he or she damages property that is public…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Relates to the administration of medication in residential health care facilities by medication aides

Relates to the administration of medication in residential health care facilities by medication aides.

Addie JenneHealth Committee

Creates the division of regulatory review and economic growth

Creates the division of regulatory review and economic growth.

Brian KolbGovernmental Operations Committee

Enacts the uniform guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act

Enacts the uniform guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Provides state aid and reimbursement to municipalities for certain services

Provides state aid and reimbursement to municipalities for certain services.

Al GrafHealth Committee

Establishes the health care practitioner hygienic dress code program within the department of health to address clothing that may cause infections

Establishes the health care practitioner hygienic dress code program within the department of health to address clothing, jewelry and identification tags worn by health care professionals that may…

Jeffrey D. KleinHealth Committee

Requires optical stores to be registered with the education department

Requires optical stores which engage in the sale of prescription eye glasses or contact lenses to be registered with the education department; requires such stores to be under the direct supervision…

George D. MaziarzHigher Education Committee

Relates to the use of wood in subway and railroad tracks; prohibits the use of tropical hardwood

Relates to the use of wood in subway and railroad tracks; prohibits the use of tropical hardwood.

Brian KavanaghCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires all heating oil sold within certain counties to be bioheating fuel

Requires all heating oil sold within the counties of Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester and the counties of the city of New York to be bioheating fuel that contains at least two percent…

George D. MaziarzEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Enacts the "safe patient handling act"

Enacts the safe patient handling act to establish a statewide safe patient handling policy for health care facilities in the state; creates the New York state safe patient handling task force.

George D. MaziarzFinance Committee

Enacts the "New York City Panel for Education Policy Members Public Responsibility Act"

Enacts the "New York City Panel for Education Policy Members Public Responsibility Act" requiring a quorum of the members of the city board to attend any hearing scheduled for purposes of allowing…

N. Nick PerryEducation Committee

Establishes the New York business incubator network

Establishes the New York business incubator network.

Brian KolbEconomic Development CommitteeEconomy

Relates to the operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices

Relates to the operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices.

Daniel L. SquadronTransportation Committee

Urging the New York State Congressional delegation to support reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

Establishes demonstration program to enforce maximum speed limits by means of speed limit photo devices in N.Y. city

Authorizes the city of New York to establish a demonstration program imposing liability on owners of motor vehicles found to be in violation of the maximum speed limit or the maximum school speed…

Deborah GlickTransportation CommitteeTransportation

Establishes a 3 year hiking trail safety pilot program

Directs the DEC and the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a 3 year hiking trail safety pilot program.

Peter LopezEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Exempts certain old growth forests from taxation

Exempts certain old growth forests from private property taxation.

Michelle SchimelReal Property Taxation Committee

Relates to military service credit for combat veterans who served in any conflicts after August 2, 1990

Relates to military service credit for combat veterans who served in any conflicts after August 2, 1990.

Shelley MayerGovernmental Employees Committee

Authorizes the creation of small business tax-deferred savings accounts

Authorizes the creation of small business tax-deferred savings accounts.

Edward RaSmall Business Committee

Creates the veterans' outreach advisory board and authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to such board

Creates the veterans' outreach advisory board; authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to such board.

James TediscoWays And Means Committee

Enacts the BizBoom program act which provides a tax exempt benefit to new businesses relocating to or starting up a new business in New York

Enacts the "BizBoom program act" which provides a tax exempt benefit to new businesses relocating to or starting up a new business in New York.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Requires operators of bowling centers to give certain notices to bowlers and grants immunity from civil liability to operators of bowling centers from certain action

Requires operators of bowling centers to give certain notices to bowlers about bowling shoes and grants immunity from civil liability to operators of bowling centers from certain actions.

Robin SchimmingerConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Enacts Shop-NY; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax

Enacts Shop-NY; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Relates to alternative institutional support programs for school districts

Relates to experimental alternative institutional support programs for school districts.

Charles LavineEducation Committee

Establishes Work-NY by implementing tax credits for various businesses; repealer

Establishes Work-NY by implementing tax credits for various businesses.

Brian KolbWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Enacts Invest-NY by implementing various tax benefits for businesses

Enacts Invest-NY by implementing various tax benefits for businesses.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Provides an exemption to the sale of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles from state sales and compensating use taxes

Provides an exemption to the retail sale of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles from state sales and compensating use taxes; authorizes local governments to adopt similar incentives.

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

Establishes demonstration program to enforce maximum speed limits by means of speed limit photo devices in city of New York

Authorizes the city of New York to establish a demonstration program imposing liability on owners of motor vehicles found to be in violation of the maximum speed limit or the maximum school speed…

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation CommitteeTransportation

Relates to free sport fishing clinics

Expands provisions permitting free sport fishing clinics and permits instruction to be provided by an agent designated by the DEC.

Robert SweeneyOn the Assembly floor

Relates to partial abatement of real property taxes

Extends for four years a real property tax abatement program for cooperative and condominium units in cities of one million or more, to address the inequitable tax treatment of co-op and condo owners.

Sheldon SilverOn the Assembly floor

Includes in the class D felony of promoting of prostitution in the third degree the advertisement for sexual conduct with a person under 18 years for money

Includes in the class D felony of promoting of prostitution in the third degree the advertisement for sexual conduct with a person under 18 years of age, in exchange for money or other property.

Jeffrey D. KleinCodes Committee

Relates to risk based capital for property/casualty insurers and reports filed by the superintendent of financial services; repealer

Relates to risk based capital for property/casualty insurers and reports filed by the superintendent of financial services.

Joseph MorelleStricken

Establishes that debt payments for the Rochester school facilities modernization program shall not affect the city of Rochester's maintenance of effort requirements

Establishes that debt payments for the Rochester school facilities modernization program shall not affect the city of Rochester maintenance of effort requirements.

David GanttOn the Assembly floor

Establishes an office of the ombudsperson to receive and resolve complaints affecting mass transit users of facilities of the metropolitan transportation authority

Establishes an office of the ombudsperson to receive and resolve complaints affecting mass transit users of facilities of the metropolitan transportation authority.

James F. BrennanOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the discount buying club consumer protection act

Enacts the discount buying club consumer protection act.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Provides for assessments prior to 2012 no change of allocation of income or capital upon which taxpayer's return was based shall be made during specified timeframe

Provides for assessments prior to 2012 no change of allocation of income or capital upon which taxpayers return was based shall be made where such assessment of tax is made during additional…

Herman D. FarrellOn the Assembly floor

Increases the number of city court judges in certain cities and sets forth the annual salary for such city court judges

Increases the number of city court judges in certain cities and sets forth the annual salary for such city court judges.

John J. BonacicFinance Committee

Establishes the Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology program

Establishes the "Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology program", requiring the department of health, in consultation with the office of the medicaid inspector general and the…

Naomi RiveraHealth Committee

Relates to license terms for new applicants for certain insurance licenses

Relates to license terms for new applicants for certain insurance licenses.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits the dissemination of an image of a crime victim by public servants

Creates the crime of dissemination of an image of a crime scene; makes a person guilty of such crime where the person is a public servant and, while in the course of the public servant's official…

Diane J. SavinoCodes Committee

Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities

Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.

Jeffrion AubryOn the Assembly floor

Relates to eyewitness identification procedures; repealer

Establishes identification procedures that shall be used for eyewitnesses including live lineups and photo lineups.

Daniel O'DonnellOn the Assembly floor

Grants private citizens broad authorization to commence civil judicial actions under certain titles of the environmental conservation law

Enacts "private environmental law enforcement act"; authorizes any private citizen who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence civil judicial actions for injunctive or…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Provides a tax credit for farmers who use qualified biodiesel fuel for the sole operation of their farm equipment

Provides a tax credit for farmers who use qualified biodiesel fuel for the sole operation of their farm equipment.

George D. MaziarzFinance Committee

Requires the posting of notice by certain establishments upon the submission of an application or application for renewal for a liquor license to sell liquor

Requires the posting of notice by certain establishments upon the submission of an application or application for renewal for a liquor license to sell liquor; requires an applicant seeking or…

Deborah GlickOn the Assembly floor