Sponsored bills

Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes

Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes.

Ruben DiazWays And Means Committee

Provides for a financial exploitation prevention outreach, education and training program and fund

Provides for a financial exploitation prevention outreach, education and training program and fund; authorizes the director of the office of the aging to award grants to qualified agencies to…

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Establishes a senior housing task force

Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of…

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Authorizes the establishment of a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers

Creates a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers who are providing primary care for children aged 18 and under either formally or informally to provide…

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Enacts the senior anti-violence and enforcement act

Enacts the Senior Anti-Violence and Enforcement Act (SAVE); establishes a central registry for access to reports of maltreatment of seniors; creates a council on elder abuse; establishes penal…

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Renames and broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence

Broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence; renames the program to be the geriatric mental health and…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Requires applicants for public assistance to be fully informed that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received

Requires applicants for public assistance to be fully informed, orally and in writing, that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received; requires an informed acknowledgment form…

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Relates to mercantile establishments and the defense of lawful detention

Relates to mercantile establishments and the defense of lawful detention.

Ruben DiazConsumer Protection Committee

Prohibits secondary schools and colleges from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition

Prohibits secondary schools and higher education institutions from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition.

Ruben DiazEducation Committee

Establishes a senior dental services grant program

Establishes a senior dental services grant program; authorizes the director to establish the program and, upon the availability of appropriations, provide grants to eligible elderly persons who are…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the employment of large numbers of Chinese laborers on the construction of the Central Pacific portion of the transcontinental railroad on April 12, 2016

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

Celebrating Taiwan Heritage Day to strengthen the friendship and bilateral relationship between the State of New York and Taiwan

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

Establishes the crime of patronizing a prostitute in a school zone and including daycare facilities within the definitition of a school zone

Establishes the crime of patronizing a prostitute in a school zone and includes daycare facilities within the definition of a school zone.

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Honoring Major Marisol M. Torres upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

Provides a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars

Provides a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars by a resident owner of real property who is a qualified senior citizen; sets forth a credit schedule; defines qualified…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Relates to the registration status of voters

Relates to the registration status of voters; establishes additional requirements for the cancellation of a voter's registration and allows voters who have an inactive status to have their…

Ruben DiazElections Committee

Provides that stalking by technological means shall be prohibited and shall be included in the crimes of stalking in the first, second and third degrees

Provides that stalking by technological means, including illegal wiretapping, cell phones, caller ID, Internet, cameras and GPS systems, shall be prohibited and shall be included in the crimes of…

Ruben DiazCodes Committee

Relates to instruction on the Garifuna people

Relates to instruction on the Garifuna people.

Ruben DiazEducation Committee

Establishes a gift for preserving religious landmarks on state income tax returns, and provides for grants to preserve certain inner-city houses of worship

Establishes a gift for preserving religious landmarks option on state income tax returns; establishes the "preserving religious landmarks fund" into which all revenue from such gifts shall be…

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Relates to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination

Relates to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination.

Ruben DiazCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills

Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills; establishes career ladders for persons holding such positions; establishes supervisory positions for…

Ruben DiazCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides a tax credit for certain newly hired SUNY college faculty members and administrators

Provides a tax credit for newly hired SUNY college faculty members and administrators who are minorities and who have relocated to New York to work at a SUNY campus.

Ruben DiazInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for classified civil service positions in the service of the state

Relates to implementing equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for classified civil service positions in the service of the state.

Ruben DiazCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to requiring the hiring of a professional search firm with a history of recruiting minority candidates

Requires a SUNY institution using a search firm for candidate recruitment to select a firm with a demonstrated history of recruiting minority candidates; requires the search firm be approved by the…

Ruben DiazHigher Education Committee

Requires certain agencies to employ a competitive class affirmative action officer or administrator

Requires agencies which employ 100 or more employees to employ a competitive class affirmative action officer or administrator.

Ruben DiazCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 2016, as Bangladeshi-American Heritage Month in the State of New York

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

Celebrating March 26, 2016, as Bangladesh Day

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Commending Henry Pelayo, Jr. for his 40 years of service to the Castle Hill Little League

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Memorializing the Governor to declare March 11, 2016, to April 12, 2016, as Garifuna-American Heritage Month in the State of New York

Ruben DiazAdopted

Adopted

Enacts the pharmaceutical cost transparency act of 2016

Enacts the pharmaceutical cost transparency act requiring prescription drug manufacturers to file a report disclosing certain financial information pertaining to prescription drugs which have a…

Ruben DiazHealth Committee

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to repeal the authorization of internet technologies as a training method for the administration and completion of approved accident prevention courses

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to repeal the authorization of internet technologies as a training method for the administration and completion of approved accident prevention courses for…

Ruben DiazTransportation Committee

Requires a warning instruction by entities which manufacture, assemble and sell roller skates and skate boards

Requires a warning instruction by a person, firm, corporation, or other legal entities which manufacture and assemble roller skates and skate boards; requires the warning to be contained on a label,…

Ruben DiazConsumer Protection Committee

Relates to notice and filing of application for a real property tax exemption for senior citizens

Provides additional notice of the real property tax exemption for senior citizens under section 467 of the real property tax law and requires municipal corporations to permit late filings within 60…

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects, or colliding with…

Ruben DiazTransportation Committee

Provides that the commissioner of education shall provide students who are in fifth grade or below remain in the building unless released to an authorized person

Provides that the commissioner of education shall promulgate rules and regulations which require that students who are in fifth grade or below shall remain in their school building unless released…

Ruben DiazEducation Committee

Relates to a study on requiring credit card companies to collect certain taxes

Relates to a study on requiring credit card companies to collect certain taxes and requires the results of the study to be submitted to the legislature.

Ruben DiazInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes department of transportation to survey areas with a high incidence of pedestrian accidents involving senior citizens

Authorizes department of transportation to conduct a statewide survey to determine areas with a high incidence of pedestrian accidents involving senior citizens; requires commissioner to undertake a…

Ruben DiazTransportation Committee

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens whose household income does not exceed $70,000 in cases where their rent is more than one half of their income

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens whose household income does not exceed $70,000 in cases where their rent is more than one-half of their income.

Ruben DiazAging Committee

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects, or colliding with…

Ruben DiazTransportation Committee

Relates to establishing the New York state seniors trust fund and directing certain moneys to be deposited into such fund

Relates to establishing the New York state seniors trust fund and directing certain moneys to be deposited into such fund.

Ruben DiazFinance Committee

Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

Prohibits the deferral of awards granted under the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP); ensures that a TAP award will be paid on time so that the student may pay his or her tuition bill on time.

Ruben DiazHigher Education Committee

Relates to increasing the availability of adult day health care programs in certain counties

Relates to increasing the availability of adult day care programs in counties with a population of more than 1,332,650 and less than 1,334,544.

Ruben DiazHealth Committee

Enacts the woman's right to know act; repealer

Enacts the "woman's right to know act"; provides women facing unplanned pregnancies who are considering abortion with full information and reflection time prior to having an abortion performed upon…

Ruben DiazHealth Committee

Relates to the use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in nursing homes and adult homes

Relates to the use of environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in nursing homes, residential care facilities, senior centers and adult homes; requires commissioner to establish…

Ruben DiazHealth Committee

Requires that all persons working on contracts valued at $250,000 or more receive at least ten hours of OSHA training prior to their performance of work

Requires that all persons working on contracts valued at $250,000 or more receive at least ten hours of OSHA training prior to their performance of work.

Ruben DiazLabor Committee

Establishes the office for diversity and educational equity within the state university of New York administration

Establishes the office for diversity and educational equity within the state university of New York administration.

Ruben DiazHigher Education Committee

Provides for an additional franchise tax on certain life insurance policies

Provides for an additional franchise tax on life insurance policies obtained by companies on its employees and/or retirees.

Ruben DiazInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to authorizing school districts to establish policies prohibiting the wearing of gang-related apparel, markings or symbols

Authorizes school districts to establish policies prohibiting the wearing of gang-related apparel, markings or symbols.

Ruben DiazEducation Committee