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Relates to probation in child support, delinquency, persons in need of supervision and family offense proceedings

Relates to probation in child support, delinquency, persons in need of supervision and family offense proceedings.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for the inclusion of all property required to be set off in the value of a small estate

Provides for the inclusion of all property required to be set off, pursuant to paragraph (a) of section 5-3.1 of the estates, powers and trusts law, in the value of a small estate.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes pilot program permitting use of electronic means for commencing actions in certain criminal and family court proceedings; repealer

Authorizes pilot program permitting use of electronic means for commencing actions in certain criminal and family court proceedings.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection

Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Includes marketable securities within the list of items considered family benefit exemptions

Includes marketable securities within the list of items considered family benefit exemptions and not included as assets of the estate.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to retirement of judges and justices

Relates to retirement of judges and justices.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Enacts the "uniform notice of claim act"

Enacts the "uniform notice of claim act"; establishes a uniform process and requirement for the filing of notices of claim prior to the commencement of a cause of action against any state or…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "foreclosure fraud prevention act of 2012"

Enacts "the foreclosure fraud prevention act of 2012"; creates the crimes of residential mortgage foreclosure fraud in the first and second degrees.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Establishes the formula for determining the interest payable on a delayed legacy; repealer

Establishes the formula for determining the interest payable on a delayed legacy.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to determinations of appropriate educational programs for certain students

Relates to determinations of appropriate educational programs for certain students.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the electronic recording of certain court proceedings in lieu of using an official stenographic court reporter

Authorizes the electronic recording of certain court proceedings in lieu of using an official stenographic court reporter.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the New York State Family Court

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the estate tax treatment of dispositions to surviving spouses who are not United States citizens

Relates to the estate tax treatment of dispositions to surviving spouses who are not United States citizens.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to requiring certificates of merit in certain residential foreclosure actions

Relates to requiring certificates of merit in certain residential foreclosure actions.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous action involving public petition and participation

Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous action involving public petition and participation; expands application of actions involving public petition and participation.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Enacts the uniform guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act

Enacts the uniform guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary 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 WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Commending Congregation Beth Shalom of Kings Bay upon the occasion of hosting its Annual Testimonial Dinner on June 24, 2012

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Relates to waiver of privileged confidential information

Relates to waiver of privileged confidential information.

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Provides for the admissibility of recordings and logs of inmate calls made by the department of correction of the city of New York, as business records

Provides for the admissibility of recordings and logs of inmate calls made by the department of correction of the city of New York, as business records.

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Commending Hadassah Brooklyn Region upon the occasion of hosting its Gala Installation Banquet on June 6, 2012

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Relates to orders for child support obligors to seek employment or participate in job training, employment counseling or other programs; repealer

Relates to orders for child support obligors to seek employment or participate in job training, employment counseling or other programs.

Helene WeinsteinChildren And Families Committee

Establishes a private right of action for damages against an insurer which engages in unfair claim settlement practices

Establishes a private right of action for damages against an insurer which engages in unfair claim settlement practices.

Helene WeinsteinInsurance Committee

Calling upon the Department of Homeland Security to create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Requires school districts in N.Y. city to provide transportation to students who remain at the school until five pm or later

Requires school districts in a city having a population of one million or more to provide transportation to students who remain at the school until five pm or later.

Helene WeinsteinEducation Committee

Provides for mandatory revocation or suspension of the firearms license of an individual against whom an order or temporary order of protection has been issued

Provides for the mandatory revocation or suspension of the firearms license of, and eligibility therefor of an individual against whom an order or temporary order of protection has been issued,…

Helene WeinsteinChildren And Families Committee

Requires orders of protection issued in family court or in cases of family offenses in criminal court to be translated into the native language of the parties

Requires orders of protection and temporary orders of protection issued in family court or in cases of family offenses in criminal court or in matrimonial actions to be translated by an interpreter…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability provisions

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce certain child protective, domestic relations, or domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Relates to domestic violence; repealer

Defines "victim of domestic violence"; prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence.

Helene WeinsteinInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Defines the kind of assistance required to be included as part of medicaid personal care services

Defines the kind of assistance required for a recipient to obtain medicaid personal care services, as assistance with health and safety needs including hands-on assistance, supervision and cuing to…

Helene WeinsteinHealth Committee

Commending Madison Jewish Center on its 81st Anniversary Journal Dinner Celebration on May 20, 2012 and applauding the honorees of the evening

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Relates to adjournments in contemplation of dismissal and suspended judgments in child protective proceedings in family court

Relates to adjournments in contemplation of dismissal and suspended judgments in child protective proceedings in family court.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary 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 Assembly floor

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to service of process upon the secretary of state

Relates to service of process upon the secretary of state.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of insurance

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of insurance; all such statements shall be made available to the public.

Helene WeinsteinInsurance Committee

Establishes certain proof requirements for plaintiffs seeking summary judgment or a default judgment in a residential foreclosure proceeding

Establishes certain proof and settlement requirements for plaintiffs seeking summary judgment or a default judgment in a residential foreclosure proceeding; provides that only the owner and holder…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Relates to the apportionment of liability for non-economic loss in personal injury actions

Relates to the apportionment of liability for non-economic loss in personal injury actions.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought

Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought i.e. grief and anguish; loss of love, society, protection, comfort,…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice to two years and six months from the time when a person knows or reasonably should have known of the alleged negligent…

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Requires prior disclosure of income, assets, financial obligations of decedent to enforce surviving spouse's waiver of right of election; waives dead man's statute

Requires fair and reasonable disclosure of income, assets and financial obligations of decedent for surviving spouse's waiver of right of election to be enforceable and renders inapplicable the…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Establishes the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program

Establishes the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program to award grants to provide statewide access to services provided by sexual assault forensic examiners to victims of sexual assault.

Helene WeinsteinGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect prior to trial as to reduction in liability; repealer

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect, prior to trial, whether to reduce liability by the amount of the settlement or by the amount of the…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions

Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of insurance

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of insurance; all such statements shall be made available to the public.

Helene WeinsteinInsurance Committee

Provides that for settlements that require a court order the order shall provide for the payment of interest on the settlement amount at the statutory rate

Provides that for settlements that require a court order, the order, or the judgment in a special proceeding, shall provide for the payment of interest on the settlement amount at the statutory…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to tenant security deposit accounts and administrative expenses to which a person may be entitled

Provides that a landlord depositing security deposits in an interest bearing account shall be entitled to receive as administration expenses a sum equivalent to 20 percent of the interest earned by…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor