Bills by

Michael Cusick

Assembly Member

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2013-2014 session

Sponsored bills

188 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

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A8847Assembly· Moved Feb 25, 2014· Referred to transportation
Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to provide for the recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty
Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; provides such…
Michael CusickTransportation Committee
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A6978Assembly· Moved Feb 21, 2014· Amend and recommit to transportation
Relates to liability of pilots
Relates to liability of pilots.
Michael CusickTransportation Committee
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A4409Assembly· Moved Feb 21, 2014· Amend and recommit to ways and means

Provides for a tax credit for a certain amount of money expended on the care of a qualifying disabled child

Provides for a tax credit for a certain amount of money expended on the care of a qualifying disabled child.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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A6431Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to ways and means

Establishes limitations upon real property tax levies in N.Y. city

Limits, in cities having a population of one million or more, the annual increase in real property taxes.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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A6224Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to codes

Establishes class A-I felony of criminal use of a firearm for possessing a deadly weapon or displaying a gun during the commission of a class A or violent felony; repealer

Establishes the class A-I felony of criminal use of a firearm for possessing a deadly weapon or displaying what appears to be or is a rifle, pistol, revolver, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

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A4962Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to judiciary

Increases number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two

Increases the number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two.

Michael CusickJudiciary Committee

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A4956Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to ways and means

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

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A4888Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Held for consideration in ways and means

Exempts the first $1,250,000 of earnings from self-employment during any tax year, from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Exempts the first $1,250,000 of earnings from self-employment during any tax year, from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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A3340Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to codes

Establishes domestic abuse offenses, provides for special information for certain felony domestic abuse offenses and designates such offenses as family offenses

Establishes domestic abuse offenses for assaults upon spouses, former spouses, fellow parents of a child in common and domestic partners; provides for issuance of a special information for domestic…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

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A570Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Held for consideration in ways and means

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons

Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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A514Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to veterans' affairs

Provides for the application of the veterans' real property tax exemptions in N.Y. city

Provides for the application of the veterans' real property tax exemptions in cities having a population of one million or more.

Michael CusickVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A512Assembly· Moved Feb 19, 2014· Amend and recommit to transportation

Provides for a demonstration project for the use of enforcement cameras on high occupancy vehicle and bus lanes on the Staten Island Expressway

Provides for a demonstration project for the use of enforcement cameras on high occupancy vehicle and bus lanes on the Staten Island Expressway.

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

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A6607Assembly· Moved Feb 7, 2014· Amend and recommit to health

Designates additional substances as schedule I hallucinogenic or stimulant controlled substances

Designates additional substances as schedule I hallucinogenic or stimulant controlled substances.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

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A148Assembly· Moved Feb 5, 2014· Opinion referred to judiciary

Authorizes veterans' and disabled veterans' credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of an eligible list

Authorizes veteran's and disabled veteran's credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of the appropriate eligible list.

Michael CusickJudiciary Committee

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A8706Assembly· Moved Feb 4, 2014· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Requires the waterfront and airport commission to submit meeting minutes for gubernatorial review and approval; expands gubernatorial oversight powers

Requires the waterfront and airport commission to submit meeting minutes to the governors of New York and New Jersey for review and approval; provides gubernatorial veto power; expands gubernatorial…

Michael CusickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A8645Assembly· Moved Jan 29, 2014· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to directing the minority and women-owned business enterprise statewide advocate to act as a liaison for the blind, disabled and veterans

Directs the minority and women-owned business enterprise statewide advocate to act as a liaison for organizations for the blind or disabled and veterans workshops in order to assist such…

Michael CusickGovernmental Operations Committee

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A5224Assembly· Moved Jan 27, 2014· Referred to labor

Relates to work hours for lifeguards

Provides that students may be employed for up to five hours on any day preceding a school day as a qualified lifeguard or aquatic supervisory staff, provided that the employer receives and maintains…

Michael CusickLabor Committee

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A517Assembly· Moved Jan 23, 2014· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners of intention to develop in wetland areas

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners within one thousand feet of intention to develop in wetland areas; requires a public hearing on a wetland application.

Michael CusickEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A8468Assembly· Moved Jan 16, 2014· Referred to codes

Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"

Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"; criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes the crime of leader of an organized retail theft enterprise; relates to the authorization of…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

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A1933Assembly· Moved Jan 15, 2014· Amend and recommit to transportation

Relates to the revocation or reissuance of licenses; repealer

Relates to the revocation or reissuance of licenses.

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

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A1825Assembly· Moved Jan 15, 2014· Amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to exempting the metropolitan transportation authority from bond issuance charges

Exempts the metropolitan transportation authority from bond issuance charges otherwise required to be paid to the state.

Michael CusickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A6445Assembly· Moved Jan 14, 2014· Enacting clause stricken

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; and establishes $500 fine for failure to comply

Establishes an emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; establishes $500 fine for failure to comply with such plan within one year of the effective date.

Michael CusickStricken

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A6432Assembly· Moved Jan 14, 2014· Enacting clause stricken

Requires counties to maintain a confidential registry of people of all ages with disabilities for disaster preparedness

Requires counties to maintain a confidential registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters.

Michael CusickStricken

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A6195Assembly· Moved Jan 14, 2014· Enacting clause stricken

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille and large print, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter no less than 30 days prior to each election day.

Michael CusickStricken

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A190Assembly· Moved Jan 14, 2014· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities who have been admitted directly from a facility and who have a chronic mental illness and are…

Michael CusickMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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A8274Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to ways and means

Exempts mortgages of residential real property from taxation when property is purchased by owners receiving state or federal buyout of prior residence destroyed in hurricane Sandy

Exempts mortgages of residential real property from taxation when property is purchased by owners receiving state or federal buyout of their prior residence destroyed in hurricane Sandy.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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A8235Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to insurance

Establishes a small group wellness incentive pilot program to expand the prevalence of employee wellness initiatives by small businesses

Establishes a small group wellness incentive pilot program to expand the prevalence of employee wellness initiatives by small businesses.

Michael CusickInsurance Committee

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A7893Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Establishes a synthetic cannabinoid and substituted cathinone surrender program and relates to controlled substances; repealer

Establishes a synthetic cannabinoid and substituted cathinone surrender program and relates to controlled substances.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

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A7877Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Establishes the crimes of vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter in an active work zone and intrusion into an active work zone

Establishes the crimes of vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter in an active work zone and intrusion into an active work zone.

Michael CusickCodes Committee

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A7840Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to judiciary

Requires real estate teams to be registered with the department of state

Requires real estate teams to be registered with the department of state.

Michael CusickJudiciary Committee

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A7715Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to governmental operations

Enacts the New York emergency responder act

Enacts the New York emergency responder act limiting the liability of certain emergency responders.

Michael CusickGovernmental Operations Committee

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A7422Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-I felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-1 felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole.

Michael CusickCodes Committee

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A7415Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to codes

Elevates promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child and promoting a sexual performance by a child to be class B felonies

Elevates promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child and promoting a sexual performance by a child to be class B felonies; prohibits pleading to a lesser offense after indictment for either…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

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A7414Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to local governments

Provides that all governments and municipalities shall comply with all local, state and federal laws and rules in constructing or leasing facilities

Provides that all governments and municipalities shall comply with all local, state and federal laws and rules in constructing or leasing facilities; defines the term "unit of government".

Michael CusickLocal Governments Committee

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A7303Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to governmental operations

Relates to statewide disaster preparedness plan and emergency response

Relates to statewide disaster preparedness plan and emergency response; adds provisions to improve coordination and response.

Michael CusickGovernmental Operations Committee

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A7169Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Directs the department of health to assign at least 1 narcotics investigator to each county in N.Y. city

Directs the department of health to assign at least 1 narcotics investigator to each county in a city having a population of one million or more.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

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A7032Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to mental health

Creates "Robin's law"; relates to mental health and chemical dependence outpatient treatment of sex offenders

Creates "Robin's law"; relates to mental health and chemical dependence outpatient treatment of sex offenders; requires the development of guidelines and procedures for outpatient group settings.

Michael CusickMental Health Committee

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A6982Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to ways and means

Provides a tax credit for businesses in heightened flood risk zones that purchase flood insurance

Provides a tax credit for businesses in a heightened flood risk zone that purchase flood insurance: 75% of cost for 2014, 50% of cost for 2015, and 25% of cost for 2016.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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A6933Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Prohibits school district employees from having contact with children under the age of eighteen on social media without the consent of a parent or legal guardian

Prohibits school district employees from having contact with children under the age of eighteen on social media without the written consent of a parent or legal guardian unless the child is a family…

Michael CusickEducation Committee

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A6883Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

Defines "severely and permanently disabled" for purposes of state scholarships and education loans

Defines "severely and permanently disabled" for purposes of state scholarships and education loans.

Michael CusickHigher Education Committee

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A6889Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to ways and means

Authorizes the division of the lottery to sell advertising space on lottery tickets

Authorizes the division of lottery to sell advertising space on lottery tickets.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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A6865Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at SUNY and CUNY

Grants volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city university of…

Michael CusickHigher Education Committee

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A6610Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus; requires revocation for second offense.

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

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A6608Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to health

Includes within the schedules of controlled substances, any substances designated as controlled substances pursuant to the federal Analog Act

Includes within the schedules of controlled substances, any substances designated as controlled substances pursuant to the federal Analog Act.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

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A6492Assembly· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

Establishes the crime of aggravated reckless driving

Establishes the crime of aggravated reckless driving; defines aggravated reckless driving to mean driving or using any motor vehicle, motorcycle or any other vehicle propelled by any power other…

Michael CusickTransportation Committee

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