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Requires workers comp hearings and pre-hearing conferences to be stenographically recorded by a stenographer in the employ of the workers' compensation board

Requires workers' compensation hearings and pre-hearing conferences to be stenographically recorded by a stenographer in the employ of the workers' compensation board.

Keith L.T. WrightVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to subpoenas in proceedings before the public employment relations board; repealer

Relates to subpoenas in proceedings before the public employment relations board; relates to exclusions from article 23 of the civil practice law and rules.

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends the provisions of chapter 831 of the laws of 1981, amending the labor law relating to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings

Extends the provisions relating to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings.

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Expands the powers and duties of the community district education council and restricts the authority of the city board of education of the city of New York to co-locate schools

Expands the powers and duties of the community district education council and restricts the authority of the city board of education of the city of New York to co-locate schools.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators and other automatic people moving devices and creates…

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Relates to the pre-audit of expenditures from the state insurance fund by the state comptroller; repealer

Relates to the pre-audit of expenditures from the state insurance fund by the state comptroller.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Prohibits any county, city, town or village from enacting a local law, ordinance or regulation prohibiting or restricting posting of election material

Prohibits any county, city, town or village from enacting a local law, ordinance or regulation prohibiting or restricting posting of election material.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

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. WrightRules Committee

Relates to the powers of the public employment relations board to investigate unfair labor practices

Relates to the powers of the board to investigate unfair labor practices.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Provides that applicants or recipients for food stamps shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the food stamp program

Provides that applicants for or recipients of food stamps shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the food stamp program.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Relates to agreements to which the state or a public benefit corporation or a municipal corporation or a commission appointed pursuant to law is a party

Relates to agreements to which the state, a public benefit corporation, a municipal corporation or a commission appointed pursuant to law is a party, including agreements relating to charter school…

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Clarifies methods for the payment of wages and authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards

Clarifies methods for the payment of wages and authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

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 donation registry

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. WrightRules Committee

Authorizes certain care and treatment to injured employees

Authorizes certain care and treatment to injured employees receiving workers' compensation benefits; relates to massage therapy services.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Enacts the "Higher Education Employment Protection Act"

Enacts the "Higher Education Employment Protection Act"; provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which is contingent…

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Provides unemployment benefits to workers who are partially unemployed; repealer

Provides unemployment benefits to workers who are partially unemployed.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to workers' compensation rate service organizations

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to workers' compensation rate service organizations from June 2, 2013 until June 2, 2018.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Relates to application of guidelines for medical treatment for injured workers

Relates to application of guidelines for medical treatment for injured workers; prohibits retroactive application.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

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. WrightSocial Services Committee

Relates to the minimum wage and makes technical changes to the labor law relating thereto

Relates to the minimum wage and makes technical changes to the labor law relating thereto.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

Enacts the "New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act"; redefines the definition of "employee"

Enacts the "New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act"; redefines the definition of "employee".

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Enacts the "regional labor protection act of 2012"

Enacts the regional labor protection act of 2012 requiring the use of qualified local labor by contractors awarded projects in the construction of public works providing for the expenditure of state…

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

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 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. WrightFinance Committee

Enacts the New York state fair pay act

Enacts the "New York State fair pay act"; provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, race and/or national origin…

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

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. WrightSocial Services Committee

Relates to the reorganization of the NYC school district

Relates to the reorganization of the NYC school district; removes mayoral control and restores provisions changed in 2002.

Keith L.T. WrightEducation Committee

Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"

Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"; relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the…

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. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the execution of a warrant of arrest and establishes educational programs for judicial personnel on the law of searches, arrests and seizures

Makes various provisions to the criminal procedure law in relation to the execution of a warrant of arrest; authorizes the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to establish a…

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the broadcast employees' freedom to work act; repealer

Enacts the broadcast employees' freedom to work act; enacts provisions relating to noncompetition clauses.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"

Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"; relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

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

Requires a public hearing for substantial change in transit authority service by the New York city transit authority

Conditions the institution of any substantial change in surface route or rapid transit route service upon approval by the metropolitan transportation authority and committee on operations of the NYC…

Keith L.T. WrightCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides for reduction in private passenger automobile insurance premiums for participation in an official police department or other anti-theft program

Requires that any schedule of rates or rating plan for non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance coverage submitted to the superintendent of financial services shall provide for an…

Keith L.T. WrightInsurance Committee

Authorizes an application for permission to appeal to the court of appeals from an order concerning a change of venue

Authorizes an application for permission to appeal to the court of appeals from an order of the appellate division concerning a change of venue; requires the chief administrator of the courts, with…

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Increases unemployment insurance benefits

Increases unemployment insurance benefits; provides for unemployment insurance for domestic violence survivors.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

Grants the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct

Grants the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct upon the request of the governor or the district attorney of the county wherein such misconduct was committed.

Keith L.T. WrightOn the Assembly floor

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

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

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

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. WrightFinance Committee

Prohibits hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies based upon an individual's unemployment status

Prohibits hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies based upon an individual's unemployment status.

Keith L.T. WrightGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

Establishes the save our sight program and the save our sight fund to provide vision screening and educational information

Establishes the save our sight program and the save our sight fund to promote vision health and safety for children; targets children with amblyopia for support regarding such children's vision;…

Keith L.T. WrightHealth Committee

Extends authorization of certain groups to self-insure for workers' compensation liability

Extends authorization of certain groups to self-insure for workers' compensation liability; provides for the insolvency of group self-insured trusts; limits assessments upon such self-insurers.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee

Establishes a hospitality gift fund for the homeless

Establishes a hospitality gift fund for the homeless.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Creates a private right of action against non-compliant employers

Creates a private right of action against non-compliant employers.

Keith L.T. WrightLabor Committee