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Relates to judicial wellness and assistance committees

Relates to judicial wellness and assistance committees.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the administration of digital assets

Provides for the administration of digital assets; defines terms; authorizes a user to use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose or not to disclose some or all of the user's digital…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires the New York City Housing Authority to provide a written statement articulating the reasons for denial of any request

Requires the New York City Housing Authority to provide a written statement articulating the reasons for denial of any request when the denial precedes a tenant's right to institute a grievance…

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to attorney requirements regarding revocable trusts

Relates to attorney requirements regarding revocable trusts.

Aravella SimotasSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to required prior notices

Relates to required prior notices; includes reverse mortgage transactions in the definition of home loan.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes.

Linda RosenthalSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2019, the expiration of provisions relating to the estate tax treatment of dispositions to a surviving spouse who is not a United States citizen

Extends from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2019, the expiration of provisions relating to the estate tax treatment of dispositions to a surviving spouse who is not a United States citizen.

Dan QuartSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Makes amendments to certain provisions of the 2016--2017 state budget

Relates to a school tax reduction credit for residents of a city with a population over one million; relates to the school tax relief exemption (Part A); relates to the farm workforce retention…

Herman D. FarrellOn the Assembly floor

Requires state reimbursement to counties the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services

Requires state reimbursement to counties and cities in which a county is located of the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services.

Patricia FahyOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

James F. BrennanRules Committee

Relates to establishing the New York state community restoration fund

Establishes the New York state community restoration fund.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the treatment of heroin and opioid addictions

Relates to providing training in pain management for certain individuals; relates to providing coverage for medically necessary inpatient services for the diagnosis and treatment of substance abuse…

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

Relates to coverage for the detection of breast cancer, requiring certified mammography facilities to provide extended hours and excused leave to undertake a breast cancer screening

Relates to coverage for the detection of breast cancer; requires certified mammography facilities to provide extended hours; allows certain public employees excused leave to undertake a breast…

Didi BarrettOn the Assembly floor

Provides that where a temporary order of spousal support has not been issued the court may, in addition to issuing a temporary order of protection, issue an order for temporary spousal support

Provides that where a temporary order of spousal support has not been issued the court may, in addition to issuing a temporary order of protection, issue an order for temporary spousal support.

Shelley MayerRules Committee

Relates to annual teacher and principal evaluations

Provides that prior to the 2019-2020 school year, a school district shall not be subject to a withholding of yearly increases in general support for public schools from funds appropriated from the…

Catherine NolanOn the Assembly floor

Relates to actions involving public petition and participation

Relates to actions involving public petition and participation.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

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

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

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Prohibits contracts for the purchase or lease of consumer goods from restricting venue in an action relating to such contract

Prohibits contracts for the purchase or lease of consumer goods from restricting venue in an action relating to such contract.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to requiring mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts to be disclosed to the consumer

Requires mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts to be disclosed and explained to the consumer.

Jeffrey DinowitzRules Committee

Relates to requiring mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts to be printed in large font type

Requires mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts to be printed in large font type.

Jeffrey DinowitzRules Committee

Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents relating to the transfer of residential real property

Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents relating to the transfer of residential real property.

Latrice WalkerOn the Assembly floor

Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25

Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25, for the purposes of the runaway and homeless youth program.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to class actions

Addresses prerequisites to a class action; an order allowing class action and appointing class counsel; the dismissal, discontinuance, compromise or settlement of a class action and attorneys' fees.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Establishes the date for the accrual of causes of action based on medical, dental or podiatric malpractice

Establishes the date for the accrual of certain causes of action based on negligence.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Relates to reimbursement costs incurred by licensed transportation carriers in the city of New York

Provides that reimbursement costs incurred by licensed transportation carriers in the city of New York may include fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, qualified tuition reductions…

Helene WeinsteinEducation Committee

Establishes a rebuttable presumption to the right to title of an incumbrancer in certain cases

Establishes a rebuttable presumption to the right to title of an incumbrancer in certain cases.

Walter T. MosleyOn 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…

Latrice WalkerOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits mandatory arbitration agreements in consumer and employment contracts; repealer

Prohibits mandatory arbitration agreements in consumer and employment contracts; repeals existing provisions prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Requires employment and consumer dispute arbitrations to be submitted to neutral third party arbitrators, and establishes prohibited arbitration agreements and provisions

Requires employment and consumer dispute arbitrations to be submitted to neutral third party arbitrators, and establishes prohibited arbitration agreements and provisions; requires disclosure of…

Matthew TitoneOn the Assembly floor

Relates to providing additional enforcement mechanisms for collection of spousal or child support

Relates to providing additional enforcement mechanisms for collection of spousal or child support.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Establishes a private right of action for the insured for unfair insurance settlement practices when the claim relates to loss or injury in an area where the governor has declared a disaster emergency

Establishes a private right of action for the insured for unfair insurance settlement practices when the claim relates to loss or injury in an area where the governor has declared a disaster…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the regulation of distressed home loans

Provides for the regulation of distressed home loans.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to access to reproductive services

Relates to access to reproductive services.

Deborah GlickHealth Committee

Relates to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Relates to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; makes such provisions permanent.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the New York state DREAM Act; repealer

Enacts the New York state DREAM ACT by creating the New York DREAM fund commission and amends eligibility requirements and conditions governing certain awards.

Francisco MoyaHigher Education 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 WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to rates of interest paid by certain governmental entities

Relates to rates of interest paid by certain governmental entities.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Relates to the enforcement and collection of judgments for civil penalties in an action in the housing part

Relates to the enforcement and collection of judgments for civil penalties in an action in the housing part of the NY city civil court.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Makes the affirmative allegation provisions for high-cost loans and subprime home loans, applicable to all mortgage foreclosures

Makes the affirmative allegation provisions for high-cost loans and subprime home loans, applicable to all mortgage foreclosures.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Relates to the development of school codes of conduct and to the treatment of students subject to certain disciplinary actions

Relates to the development of school codes of conduct and to the treatment of students subject to certain disciplinary actions, including suspension of pupils for violation of the school codes of…

Catherine NolanCodes Committee

Relates to service of process upon limited liability corporations and limited liability partnerships

Relates to service of process upon limited liability corporations and limited liability partnerships.

Edward BraunsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan

Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and…

Richard GottfriedHealth 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 WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law

Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Relates to the substitution of the term intellectual disability for the term mental retardation in family court proceedings

Substitutes the term intellectual disability for the term mental retardation in family court proceedings.

Jo Anne SimonSigned by Governor

Signed into law

"Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act of 2016"; relates to the duty of the mortgagee or its loan servicing agent to maintain property secured by delinquent mortgage

Establishes the "Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act of 2016"; relates to the duty of the mortgagee or its loan servicing agent to maintain property secured by a delinquent mortgage.

Helene WeinsteinHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Expands the provisions relating to mandatory settlement conferences in residential foreclosure actions

Expands the provisions relating to mandatory settlement conferences in residential foreclosure actions.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Provides that the defense, in a mortgage foreclosure action, of the plaintiff's lack of standing is not waived because of the defendant's failure to raise such defense in his or her responsive pleading

Provides that the defense, in a mortgage foreclosure action, of the plaintiff's lack of standing is not waived because of the defendant's failure to raise such defense in his or her responsive…

Helene WeinsteinHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee