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​CHAPTER 1
A1003 
Lavine 
Office of Court Administration  #13
01/27/23  signed chap.1
Repealed & adds §3 sub (i), Chapter 400 of 2014.  Implements certain collective bargaining agreements relating to terms and conditions of employment of certain nonjudicial officers and employees of the unified court system.
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CHAPTER 2
A601     
Thiele
03/03/23 signed chap.2
Amends §3, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.8025 & A.9158). Relates to assessment of certain land parcels for the purposes of determining payments to eligible school, fire, fire protection, and ambulance districts; removes requirement that such assessments be approved by the commissioner of taxation and finance in the same manner as state lands.
 
CHAPTER 3
A602     
Fahy
03/03/23 signed chap.3
Amends §80-b, Highway Law (as proposed in S.3897 & A.8936-A); amends §15, Chap 329 of 1991. Relates to the percentage responsibility of the state for federally assisted projects; relates to the state share of municipal projects where the municipality funds a complete street design.
 
CHAPTER 4
A607     
Barrett
03/03/23 signed chap.4
Amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.7861-A & A.9336-A). Directs the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation with NYSERDA, to produce and distribute guidance and educational materials for farmers on the use of agrivoltaics in farming no later than one year after chapter 629 of the laws of 2022 takes effect.
 
CHAPTER 5
A608     
McDonald
03/03/23 signed chap.5
Amends §6802, Education Law (as proposed in S.4870-B & A.3040-B). Relates to pharmacists administering medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
 
CHAPTER 6
A609     
Dinowitz
03/03/23 signed chap.6
Amends §22, Executive Law (as proposed in S.1086 & A.1905). Clarifies that a plan for the delivery of medical supplies and medications to pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes in affected areas during a state disaster emergency is required.

CHAPTER 7
A610     
Paulin
Amends §87, Public Officers Law (as proposed in S.4863-A & A.4677-A). Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months except for the actual cost of a storage device or media if provided to the requester.
03/03/23 signed chap.7
 
CHAPTER 8
A611     
Paulin
03/03/23 signed chap.8
Amends §203-b, Executive Law; amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.8145 & A.843-A). Requires the commissioner of general services to maintain a list of all state boards; requires each state board to maintain a publicly accessible website; requires each website associated with a state board to include certain information about such state board; changes the effectiveness of chapter 219 to November 1, 2013.
 
CHAPTER 9
A613     
Gunther
03/03/23 signed chap.9
Repealed §7.49, Mental Hygiene Laws (as proposed in S.4253 & A.6506). Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census to the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and to post such report on the office's website.
 
CHAPTER 10
A614     
Peoples-Stokes
03/03/23 signed chap.10
Amends §4310, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.6921-A & A.7916-A). Clarifies that registration in the donate life registry takes effect when entry of the individual's enrollment data is made into the registry.
 
CHAPTER 11
A615     
Thiele
03/03/23 signed chap.11
Amends §16, Agriculture & Markets Law (as proposed in S.549-B & A.3954-B). Clarifies the provisions relating to the establishment and priorities of the New York state council on hunger and food policy.
 
CHAPTER 12
A616     
Jean-Pierre
03/03/23 signed chap.12
Amends §3, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.7360 & A.9821). Relates to the effectiveness of certain curriculum requirements related to human trafficking awareness to be included in alcohol training awareness programs.
 
CHAPTER 13
A617     
Woerner
03/03/23 signed chap.13
Amends §226, Agriculture & Markets Law (as proposed in S.8741-A & A.9649-A). Creates a natural fiber textile development workgroup to study and identify methods of advancing the animal and plant based textile industry in this state.
 
CHAPTER 14
A618     
Barrett
03/03/23 signed chap.14
Repealed §368-b, amends §368-b, Executive Law (as proposed in S.8729 & A.9590); add §29-a, Veterans' Services Law. Authorizes public requests for information from any county, city, town, or village desiring to have a memorial located within their municipality listed within the veterans memorial registry; directs the department of veterans' services to establish a veterans memorial registry.
 
CHAPTER 15
A619     
Reyes
03/03/23 signed chap.15
Amends §37-0117, Environmental Conservation Law (as proposed in S.8291-A & A.8630-A). Provides that no person shall sell or offer for sale any cosmetic product or personal care product containing mercury, other than in trace amounts allowed by the food and drug administration as unavoidable under conditions of good manufacturing practice or necessary for use as a preservative in the absence of an effective and safe nonmercurial preservative substitute.
 
CHAPTER 16
A622     
O'Donnell
03/03/23 signed chap.16
Amends §19-a, State Finance Law; amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.23-B & A.4386-B). Exempts certain projects from requirements for providing EV charging capability and from certain labor law provisions for public projects.
 
CHAPTER 17
A624     
Zebrowski
03/03/23 signed chap.17
Amends §112, State Finance Law; amends §§355, 373, 6218 & 6275, Education Law (as proposed in S.6809-A & A.7925-A). Relates to the oversight of certain contracts by the comptroller; provides for the oversight of contracts by the comptroller based upon the dollar amounts of such contracts.
 
CHAPTER 18
A625     
Thiele
03/03/23 signed chap.18
Amends §378, Executive Law (as proposed in S.7858 & A.8646). Exempts hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain standards of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.
 
CHAPTER 19
A626A   
Otis
03/03/23 signed chap.19
Amends §378, Executive Law (as proposed in S.7582-B & A.9216-B). Relates to standards for the construction of all new buildings and for the construction or renovation of existing buildings that undergo a substantial improvement and which are located wholly or partially in an area designated on the applicable Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") flood insurance rate map, as amended from time to time, as a Special Flood Hazard Area or Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area.
 
CHAPTER 20
A627     
Lunsford
03/03/23 signed chap.20
Amends §2803, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.1785-A & A.6052). Requires nursing homes to follow Federal CDC or medicare and medicaid guidance relating to infectious disease control planning and procedures.
 
CHAPTER 21
A630     
Carroll
03/03/23 signed chap.21
Amends §242, Elder Law (as proposed in S.3483-A & A.928-A). Limits the calculation of increases in income limiting eligibility under the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage to one subsequent calendar year.
 
CHAPTER 22
A631     
Carroll
03/03/23 signed chap.22
Amends §231-b, Real Property Law (as proposed in S.5472-A & A.7876-A). Requires residential leases to include information on prior flood damage due to a natural flood event, such as heavy rainfall, coastal storm surge, tidal inundation, or river overflow, that the lessor knows or reasonable should know has occurred to such premises and the nature of any such damage.
 
CHAPTER 23
A632     
Dinowitz
03/03/23 signed chap.23
Amends §240, Domestic Relations Law; amends §575, Executive Law; amends §4, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.6385-B & A.2375-C). Relates to mandatory training of a forensic evaluator in relation to court ordered forensic evaluations involving child custody and visitation when the child is living out-of-state and is farther than one hundred miles from the New York state border; relates to training in the prevention and intervention of domestic violence required for forensic investigators.
 
CHAPTER 24
A966     
McDonald
03/03/23 signed chap.24
Amends §796-k, Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law; amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.6721 & A.3241). Relates to information available for inspection during certain special proceedings by certain tenants for judgment directing deposit of rents that are in the possession of the department charged with the enforcement of the housing maintenance code of the municipality; relates to the effectiveness of such provisions.

CHAPTER 25
A968     
Bichotte-Hermelyn
03/03/23 signed chap.25
Amends §16-c, Urban Development Corporation Act (as proposed in S.571 & A.6420). Restricts the use of funds received from the minority and women-owned business development and lending program for the purpose of refinancing existing commercial or business related debt.
 
CHAPTER 26
A969     
Burdick
03/03/23 signed chap.26
Amends §70-b, Civil Rights Law (as proposed in A.10094-A & S.9039-A). Relates to the amount of damages recoverable in a cause of action for unlawful interference with protected rights which is up to three times the amount of compensatory damages.
 
CHAPTER 27
A970     
Gunther
03/03/23 signed chap.27
Amends §167, Labor Law; amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.1997-A & A.286-A). Provides for oversight of the use of mandatory overtime during an emergency.
 
CHAPTER 28
A971     
Santabarbara
03/03/23 signed chap.28
Amends §192-e, Agriculture & Markets Law (as proposed in S.8426 & A.1451-A). Requires when delivery is made of liquefied petroleum gas in times of emergency the temporary emergency supplier shall provide written information to the regular supplier; prohibits removing or filling liquefied petroleum gas without consent of the owner.
 
CHAPTER 29
A973     
Gunther
03/03/23 signed chap.29
Amends §§4310 & 4408, Public Health Law; amends §§3216, 3221 & 4306, Insurance Law; amends §5, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.8805 & A.10186). Requires space for donate life registration in the initial process setting up an online member service portal with an insurer.
 
CHAPTER 30
A975     
Buttenschon
03/03/23 signed chap.30
Repealed §250.72, amends §§250.70 & 250.71, Penal Law; amends §52-d, Civil Rights Law (as proposed in S.7211-B & A.1121-C). Provides for the offense of unlawful dissemination of a personal image and a private right of action for such offense.
 
CHAPTER 31
A976     
Paulin
03/03/23 signed chap.31
Amends §2805-i, Public Health Law; amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.7867-A & A.9596-A). Relates to the establishment of the statewide electronic tracking system for evidence collection kits used to collect and preserve evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense that are submitted to the custody of law enforcement; relates to the effectiveness of such provisions.
 
CHAPTER 32
A977     
Solages
03/03/23 signed chap.32
Amends §§859-a & 874, General Municipal Law; amends §§1953-a, 1963-a, 2307 & 2315, Public Authorities Law (as proposed in S.3256 & A.10056). Relates to notice procedures prior to approval of projects by industrial development agencies; includes electronic correspondence with read-receipts.
 
CHAPTER 33
A978     
Paulin
03/03/23 signed chap.33
Renumbered §66-s to be §66-u, amends §66-u, Public Service Law (as proposed in S.1380-A & A.129-A). Requires gas corporations to file annual gas safety reports; authorizes the public service commission to order reasonable improvements to promote public interest, preserve public health and protect those using gas when there is a deficiency in a gas corporation's prioritization or administration of its pipeline replacement projects or operation and maintenance activities related to gas safety.
 
CHAPTER 34
A979     
Paulin
03/03/23 signed chap.34
Amends §§1503, 1505-b, 1518 & 1502, Not for Profit Corporation Law; amends §§4145 & 4200 - 4203, Public Health Law; amends §7, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.5535 & A.382). Clarifies provisions related to the creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations.
 
CHAPTER 35
A981     
Rosenthal L
03/03/23 signed chap.35
Amends §753-f, General Business Law; amends §7, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.1130 & A.4283). Allows reasonable rental fees to be charged by a retail pet shop for showcasing dogs, cats, or rabbits for adoption; adjusts the effectiveness of the prohibition of the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from pet shops.
 
CHAPTER 36
A983     
Magnarelli
03/03/23 signed chap.36
Renumbered Art 7-C to be Art 7-D, amends §§797, 797-b, 797-c, 797-e & 797-j, Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law; amends §204, Uniform City Court Act; amends §204, Uniform District Court Act; amends §204, Uniform Justice Court Act; amends §204, NYC Civil Court Act; amends §7, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.4594-B & A.354-B). Amends the tenant dignity and safe housing act relating to special proceedings for judgment directing repairs of conditions and other relief in residential real property to limit jurisdiction; provides that proceedings may be maintained against any respondent with a legal obligation to maintain the property.
 
CHAPTER 37
A986     
Sayegh
03/03/23 signed chap.37
Amends §73-a, Public Service Law; amends §1020-mm, Public Authorities Law; Repealed §709 sub 2 ¶(v), amends §24, Executive Law; amends §4, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.926-C & A.3318-C). Relates to the restoration of electric power services during a widespread outage; requires electric corporations and the Long Island power authority service provider during a widespread prolonged outage that affects at least twenty thousand customers to notify the village, town or city if certain electric power services are not able to be restored; requires the chief executive to coordinate with affected police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and advanced life support first response services prewired with an appropriate transfer switch for using an alternate generated power source for the emergency deployment of alternate generated power sources.
 
CHAPTER 38
A987     
Sayegh
03/03/23 signed chap.38
Amends §66, Public Service Law; amends §1020-f, Public Authorities Law; amends §3, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.931-A & A.3217-A). Removes requirements that require any medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health; removes such requirements from an emergency response plan.
 
CHAPTER 39
A988     
Rosenthal L
03/03/23 signed chap.39
Repealed §1, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.559 & A.3642). Repeals provisions relating to prescription digital therapeutics which are software-based disease treatments.
 
CHAPTER 40
A989     
Peoples-Stokes
03/03/23 signed chap.40
Repealed §314-a, amends §§311 & 313, Executive Law; amends §97-k, State Finance Law; amends §6, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.3390-A & A.9259-A). Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprise fraud and the monies of the minority and women-owned business enterprise fund; and to the effectiveness of certain provisions related thereto.
 
CHAPTER 41
A997     
Forrest
03/03/23 signed chap.41
Amends §365-k, Social Service Law (as proposed in S.8157 & A.8604). Limits availability and coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing for Medicaid patients based on age if such limits are recommended by the United States food and drug administration, the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, or the United States department of health and human services.
 
CHAPTER 42
A998     
Rosenthal L
03/03/23 signed chap.42
Amends §§48-a & 91, Public Service Law; amends §§399-cccc, 399-yy & 399-yyy, General Business Law; amends §6, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.7157-A & A.6207-B). Clarifies the process for the release of individuals from utility, phone and television contracts in instances of domestic violence; changes the effectiveness of the provisions to June 30, 2023.
 
CHAPTER 43
A1000    
Joyner
03/03/23 signed chap.43
Amends §§218, 780, 781 & 784 - 787, Labor Law; amends §5, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.8922-A & A.10020-A). Makes clarifications to the provisions of the warehouse worker protection act.
 
CHAPTER 44
A1004    
Rivera
03/03/23 signed chap.44
Amends §§1299-a, 1299-c, 1299-bb, 1299-dd, 1301, 1303, 1326 & 1328, Public Authorities Law (as proposed in S.3959-B & A.7822-C). Relates to members of transportation authorities; provides that any local or statewide transit advocacy organization may recommend one or more transit dependent individuals to be considered; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 45
A1007    
McDonough
03/03/23 signed chap.45
Amends §1, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.6035-A & A.6950-A). Makes clarifying changes regarding the authorization for the Bellmore Fire District to file an application for exemption from real property taxes.
 
CHAPTER 46
A1008    
Ra
03/03/23 signed chap.46
Amends §1, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.8940-A & A.9981-A). Requires the approval by the Nassau county legislature for the assessor of the county of Nassau to then accept from the Mineola Union Free School District an application for exemption from real property taxes.
 
CHAPTER 47
A1009    
Paulin
03/03/23 signed chap.47
Amends §396-i, General Business Law (as proposed in S.145-B & A.266-A). Requires the consumer protection division to establish a model notice of potential scams when selling gift cards.
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CHAPTER 48
A1285    
Fahy
03/03/23 signed chap.48
Amends §399-nn, General Business Law; amends §3, Chap of 2022 (as proposed on S.4104-A & A.7006-B). Relates to the sale of digital electronic equipment manufactured and first sold or used in New York on or after July 1, 2023; requires original equipment manufacturers to provide diagnostic and repair information; authorizes original equipment manufacturers to establish reasonable training and certification programs for independent repair providers and to offer parts to independent repair providers or owners with other parts where the individual components may pose a heightened safety risk; relates to the effectiveness thereof.
 
CHAPTER 49
A1286    
Pretlow
03/03/23 signed chap.49
Amends §§1 & 9, Chap of 2022; amends §§8-0105, 8-0109, 8-0113, 70-0118 & 70-0107, Environmental Conservation Law (as proposed in S.8830 & A.2103-D). Relates to minimizing disproportionate impacts of environmental facility siting on disadvantaged communities.

CHAPTER 50
S4000-D
BUDGET
05/12/23 SIGNED CHAP.50
Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Operations Budget.
 
CHAPTER 51
S4001-B 
BUDGET
05/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.51
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Legislature and Judiciary Budget.
 
CHAPTER 52
A3002    
BUDGET
05/03/23 signed chap.52
Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Debt Budget.
 
CHAPTER 53
A3003-D
BUDGET
05/12/23 tabled line veto memo.1
05/12/23 thru line veto memo.33
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Aid to Localities Budget.
 
CHAPTER 54
A3004-D
BUDGET
05/12/23 tabled line veto memo.34
05/12/23 thru line veto memo.36
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Capital Projects Budget.
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​CHAPTER 55
A3005-C
BUDGET (Budget Article VII #6)
05/03/23 signed chap.55
Amends Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; relates to the psychological testing of candidates; relates to expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers; relates to prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom; relates to correctional facilities; relates to inmate work release, furlough and leave; relates to certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget; relates to taxes, surcharges, fees and funding; relates to prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs; relates to taxes; extends the expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee; relates to the ignition interlock device program; extends the expiration date of the merit provisions; relates to prisoner litigation reform and extending the expiration of the inmate filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter; constitutes the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994; relates to extending the expiration of certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence; relates to the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses; extends provisions enacting the sentencing reform act of 1995; relates to electronic court appearance in certain counties; relates to enacting the interstate compact for adult offender supervision; relates to limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities; provides for the custody by the department of correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences; provides for custody of federal prisoners; requires the closing of certain correctional facilities; relates to military funds of the organized militia; relates to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the City of New York (Part A); relates to criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive or restricted location; exempts certain law enforcement and military officers from certain vehicle gun storage requirements (Part F); relates to establishing a hazard mitigation revolving loan fund (Part G); authorizes the payment of a training stipend to volunteer firefighters by a volunteer fire company and the office of fire prevention and control (Part H); expands eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia (Part J); extends certain provisions relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits (Part O); extends provisions of law relating to the state commission on the restoration of the capitol until April 1, 2028 (Part Q); relates to the submission of electronic bids for state procurement purposes (Part R); provides that the civil service department may only establish continuing eligible lists for any class of positions filled through open competitive examination (Part S); relates to employment of certain persons with disabilities (Part T); extends effectiveness of a waiver approval and income limitations on retirees employed in school districts and board of cooperative educational services (Part V); allows participating employers of the New York state and local retirement system to withdraw from the contribution stabilization program (Part W); moves the special accidental death benefit appropriation from the department of audit and control to the general fund's miscellaneous all state department and agencies; adds such benefits paid by counties (Part Y); relates to the duration of initial terms to be served by the first class of the commission on ethics and lobbying in government (Part Z); extends certain provisions relating to sales tax exemptions and real property taxes (Part AA); repeals provisions relating to county-wide shared services panels (Part BB); extends certain provisions relating to the operation and administration of the legislature (Part DD); waives state civil service exam fees between 7/1/2023 and 12/31/2025 (Part EE); provides Suffolk county certain fees generated from certain offenses and violations for the services of the Suffolk county traffic and parking violations agency (Part FF); provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Westchester county (Part GG); authorizes police and fire members of the New York city fire department pension fund to obtain credit for any period of service rendered as an EMT member immediately proceeding a period of service in the uniformed force of the fire department (Part HH); provides certain death benefits to county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, chief fire marshals and division supervising fire marshals employed by Nassau county (Part II); allows certain members of the New York city police pension fund to borrow from contributions (Part JJ); relates to retirement eligibility for deputy sheriffs-civil in the county of Monroe (Part KK); relates to the effect and rebuttal of certain medical presumptions relating to heart disease; provides that, for certain members, any condition of impairment of health caused by a disease of the heart, resulting in disability, shall be presumptive evidence that such disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the natural and proximate result of an accident (Part LL); relates to the transfer and disposal of certain personal property of former members of the senate and assembly (Part MM); relates to reports by the director of the office of counterterrorism; requires the chief information security officer of the state office of information technology services to participate in meetings and supplement the report (Part NN); enacts the "unmarked burial site protection act"; requires the cessation of all ground disturbing activities upon the discovery of a burial ground, human remains or funerary objects; requires the reporting of such discovery to the local coroner; provides that if such remains are more than 50 years old, the state archaeologist shall be notified; requires state archaeologist to determine whether the remains are of Native American origin; provides that the lineal descendants or culturally affiliated group of such remains shall be notified and be given possession thereof; establishes the Native American burial site review committee to provide for notice and disposition of Native American remains; establishes criminal penalties for the violation of such provisions relating to the disturbance or failure to report the discovery of any such site, remains or objects; grants the attorney general and aggrieved parties a civil right of action for the violations of such provisions (Part OO).


CHAPTER 56
A3006-C
BUDGET (Budget Article VII #7)
05/03/23 signed chap.56
Amends Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; relates to contracts for excellence; relates to maintenance of equity aid; provides a state subsidy for the federal community eligibility provision program; relates to the number of charters issued; relates to actual valuation; relates to average daily attendance; relates to supplemental public excess cost aid; relates to building aid for metal detectors, and safety devices for electrically operated partitions, room dividers and doors; relates to academic enhancement aid; relates to high tax aid; relates to prospective prekindergarten enrollment reporting; provides for guidance on utilizing building aid to support-district operated universal prekindergarten programs; extends provisions of the statewide universal full-day pre-kindergarten program; increases aid for certain transportation costs; requires zero emission bus progress reporting; relates to funding a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city, in relation to reimbursement for the 2022-2023 school year, withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid and in relation to the effectiveness thereof; extends aid for employment preparation education for certain persons age twenty-one and older; relates to conditional appointment of school district, charter school or BOCES employees, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; directs the commissioner of education to appoint a monitor for the Rochester city school district; establishes the powers and duties of such monitor and certain other officers; relates to the apportionment of aid to such school district, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to the support of education, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; directs the education department to conduct a comprehensive study of alternative tuition rate-setting methodologies for approved providers operating school age programs receiving funding; provides for special apportionment for salary expenses; provides for special apportionment for public pension accruals; extends the school years to which apportionment for salary expenses apply; provides for an accelerated schedule for certain apportionments payable to Mount Vernon city school district; provides for set-asides from the state funds which certain districts are receiving from the total foundation aid; provides for support of public libraries; relates to the financial stability of the Rochester city school district, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part A); relates to tuition authorization at the state university of New York and the city university of New York (Part B); removes the maximum award caps for the liberty partnerships program (Part D); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for the neighborhood preservation program, the rural preservation program, the rural rental assistance program, and the New York state supportive housing program (Part Q); relates to providing for increases in minimum wage requirements (Part S); expands eligibility for child care assistance; makes related provisions (Part U); extends provisions of law related to restructuring financing for residential school placements (Part V); extends certain provisions of law relating to the juvenile justice services close to home initiative (Part W); eliminates the requirement for combined education and other work/activity assignments; directs approval of certain education and vocational training activities up to two-year post-secondary degree programs; provides for a disregard of earned income received by a recipient of public assistance derived from participating in a qualified work activity or training program; provides for a one-time disregard of earned income following job entry for up to six consecutive months under certain circumstances (Part X); provides reimbursement to victims of public assistance fraud to include additional benefits (Part Y); increases the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part Z); requires the state university of New York trustees and the city university of New York trustees to develop long-term plans to address the impact fluctuations in student enrollment have on the academic and financial sustainability of state-operated institutions and community colleges (Part AA); increases the rent subsidy payable to a foster child living independently (Part BB); extends certain provisions relating to the calculation of weekly employment insurance benefits for workers who are partially unemployed (Part CC); establishes a statewide presumptive eligibility standard for child care assistance (Part DD); makes certain part-time students enrolled at a public agricultural and technical college eligible to receive part-time tuition assistance program awards (Part EE); relates to conducting a study of public and private museums in New York state (Part FF); increases fees for assigned counsel; increases the amount in extraordinary circumstances that the court may provide for compensation in excess of three thousand dollars per investigative, expert of other service provider (Part GG); expands eligibility for the empire state child credit (Part HH); expands the scope of scholarships for the state university of New York maritime college (Part II); relates to the appointment of the western regional off-track betting board of directors (Part JJ); provides state matching contributions to the endowments of the four university centers of the state university of New York; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part KK); authorizes the department of corrections to use body scanners for employees at state correctional facilities, visitors, and incarcerated individuals (Part LL); relates to bus operation-related traffic restrictions and parking infractions; establishes a bus rapid transit demonstration program; extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto; repeals certain provisions relating thereto (Part MM); directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to establish and implement a fare-free bus pilot program within the City of New York to understand certain impacts of fare-free bus routes (Part NN); relates to the utilization of funds in the Capital region off-track betting corporations capital acquisition funds (Part OO); provides for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2023-2024 budget, authorizing certain payments and transfers; extends certain provisions of law; authorizes the issuance of certain bonds and notes (Part PP); advances renewable energy development; establishes the renewable energy access and community help program; provides funding to help prepare workers for employment in the renewable energy field (Part QQ); prohibits fossil-fuel equipment and building systems in certain new construction; provides exceptions for emergency power, manufactured homes and certain commercial buildings; establishes decarbonization action plans for state-owned facilities (Part RR); extends certain provisions relating to the provision of renewable power and energy by the Power Authority of the state of New York (Part SS); creates the New York climate action fund; makes provisions related to climate action fund revenues and accounts; provides wage requirements and a job transition plan for certain climate risk-related and energy transition projects (Part TT); relates to collection of tax revenue on adult-use cannabis products; imposes penalties on retailers and distributors for unauthorized sale of adult-use cannabis products; provides for emergency relief following service of a notice of violation; adds additional regulations to curb illegal cannabis retail establishments; permits removal of commercial tenants for unlicensed cannabis retail sale; authorizes investigators appointed by the cannabis control board to carry, possess, repair, or dispose of a firearm; makes related provisions (Part UU); relates to setting bail (Subpart A); relates to appearances for pretrial proceedings for arrests made without a warrant (Subpart B); requires the chief administrator of the courts to report on certain pretrial commitments to local correctional facilities (Subpart C) (Part VV).
 
CHAPTER 57
S4007-C
BUDGET (Budget Article VII #8)
05/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.57
Amends Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; relates to the year to year rate of growth of Department of Health state funds and Medicaid funding, relating to the state Medicaid spending cap and related processes (Part A); extends various provisions of laws relating to the provision of health care services, administration and programs (Part B); extends certain provisions of law relating to the health care reform act; extends provisions relating to the distribution of pool allocations and graduate medical education; extends provisions relating to health care initiative pool distributions; extends payment provisions for general hospitals; extends provisions relating to assessments on covered lives (Part C); extends the voluntary indigent care pool; establishes the definition of rural emergency hospital; expands eligibility for vital access provider assurance program funding; relates to Medicaid payments for the operating component of hospital inpatient services and hospital outpatient services (Part E); extends certain provisions of law relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct (Part F); relates to lowering the income threshold for eligibility to participate in private pay protocols for programs and services administered by the office for the aging (Part G); establishes the 1332 state innovation program; defines 1332 state innovation plan and state innovation plan individual; creates the 1332 state innovation fund; makes related provisions (Part H); extends authority to enroll certain recipients in need of more than 120 days of community based-long term care in a managed long term care plan; extends the moratorium on the processing and approval of applications seeking a certificate of authority as a managed long term care plan; provides for performance standards for managed long term care plans; provides for an additional increase in Medicaid payments made for the operating component of residential health care facilities services in addition to the increase provided by Part I of Chapter 57 of the laws of 2022 (Part I); authorizes Medicaid eligibility for certain services provided to individuals who are in a correctional institution, and for certain services provided to individuals who are in an institution for mental disease (Part K); relates to site of service clinical review for determining whether a non-urgent outpatient medical procedures and surgeries procedure will be covered when rendered by a network participating provider at a hospital-based outpatient clinic (Part L); relates to the review and oversight of material transactions (Part M); expands the Medicaid Buy-In program for people with disabilities (Part N); creates the statewide health care facility transformation program; adds debt retirement, working capital or other non-capital projects to existing health care facility transformation programs (Part P); establishes Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers for high-risk populations; permits licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in community health centers to be reimbursed (Part Q); relates to expanding Medicaid coverage of preventative health care for nutrition and osteoarthritis services (Part R); modernizes the emergency medical system and workforce; creates an emergency medical services system and agency performance standards; establishes a public campaign to recruit additional personnel into the emergency medical fields; creates a state emergency medical services task force (Part S); relates to lead testing in certain multiple dwellings; establishes a state rental registry and proactive inspections to identify lead hazards for residential dwellings outside of the city of New York with two or more units built prior to nineteen hundred eighty; expands the powers of the secretary of state with respect to the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code (Part T); provides for the protection of electronic health information; sets requirements for communications to individuals about their electronic health information; prohibits law enforcement agencies and officers from purchasing or obtaining electronic health information without a warrant (Part U); relates to authorizing certain advanced home health aides to perform certain advanced tasks (Part W); provides for the registration of temporary health care services agencies; specifies requirements for registration (Part X); relates to affidavits for medical debt actions (Subpart A); requires hospitals participating in the general hospital indigent care pool to use certain forms for the collection of medical debt (Subpart C); relates to guaranty fund coverage for insurers writing health insurance; directs the superintendent of financial services to develop an assessment offset plan to limit the impact of certain assessments (Subpart D) (Part Y); requires hepatitis C screening and third trimester syphilis testing; extends provisions of law relating thereto (Part AA); adds certain fentanyl analogs to the schedules of controlled substances (Part BB); establishes a cost of living adjustment for designated human services programs (Part DD); extends certain provisions relating to services for individuals with developmental disabilities (Part EE); authorizes community behavioral health clinics to provide coordinated, comprehensive behavioral health care, including mental health and addiction services, primary care screening, and case management services (Part HH); provides for insurance coverage for behavioral health services (Subpart A); enhances utilization review standards for mental health services (Subpart B); expands coverage for substance use disorder treatment (Subpart E); provides for network adequacy for mental health and substance use disorder services (Subpart F) (Part II); authorizes the commissioner of mental hygiene to impose civil penalties and revoke certain operating certificates (Part JJ); establishes the independent developmental disability ombudsman program (Part KK); provides that coverage for abortion services shall include coverage of any drug prescribed for the purpose of an abortion, including both generic and brand name drugs, even if such drug has not been approved by the food and drug administration for abortion, provided, however, that such drug shall be a recognized medication for abortion in one of the following established reference compendia: The WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines; The WHO Abortion Care Guidance; or The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Consensus Study Report (Part LL); clarifies the definition of a clinical peer reviewer (Part MM); relates to wage adjustments for home care aides; provides for electronic visit verification for personal care and home health providers (Part NN); establishes the ten member "Daniel's law task force" to identify potential operational and financial needs to support a trauma-informed, community-led responses and diversions for anyone in the state experiencing a mental health, alcohol use, or substance use crisis; reviewing and recommending programs and systems operating within the state or nationally that could be deployed as a model crisis and emergency services system; and identifying potential funding sources for expanding mental health, alcohol use and substance use crisis response and diversion services (Part OO); directs the commissioner of mental health to establish a maternal mental health workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders (Part PP).

​CHAPTER 58
S4008-C
BUDGET (Budget Article VII #9)
05/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.58
Amends Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to certain tax increment financing provisions; relates to contracts entered into by the metropolitan commuter transportation district; extends certain metropolitan transportation authority procurement provisions; relates to contracts for procurement for the New York city transit authority (Part C); relates to funding for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority 2020-2024 capital program and paratransit operating expenses (Part D); extends provisions related to the resolution of labor disputes (Part G); extends certain provisions relating to motor vehicles equipped with autonomous vehicle technology (Part J); changes retention percentage of certain motor vehicle related fees collected by county clerks (Part M); increases the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax rate for certain employers and individuals (Part Q); provides for the disposition of money from certain gaming activity (Part R); extends provisions of the New York state health insurance continuation assistance demonstration project (Part U); provides for the ability to exempt individuals with disabilities from certain in person meeting participation requirements (Part X); requires the dormitory authority to submit an annual report on the pilot program for the procurement of goods or services from, or for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of facilities by small businesses and minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises, that shall include a description of such procurement; extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto (Part BB); establishes a matching grant program for certain small businesses receiving funding under the federal small business innovation research program or the small business technology transfer program (Part DD); provides for a Battery Park city authority bond cap increase (Part EE); increases amounts of the linked loans in the excelsior linked deposit program (Part FF); extends the authority of the New York state urban development corporation act to make loans (Part GG); extends the authority of the New York state urban development corporation to administer the empire state economic development fund (Part JJ); extends the authority of the dormitory authority to enter into certain design and construction management agreements (Part LL); provides for an increase in fees collected from residents and non-residents registering snowmobiles (Part MM); relates to purchase contracts for New York State grown, harvested, or produced food and food products (Part OO); Extends provisions of the youth deer hunting program (Part RR); relates to pesticide registration timetables and fees (Part SS); enacts the "Suffolk county water quality restoration act" (Part TT); provides a period of probable usefulness of 30 years for lead service line replacement programs as a capital asset (Part UU); authorizes utility and cable television assessments that provide funds to the department of health from cable television assessment revenues and to the department of agriculture and markets, department of environmental conservation, department of state, and the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation from utility assessment revenues (Part VV); provides for expenditures of moneys by the New York state energy research and development authority (Part ZZ); provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles may issue or renew any certificate of registration issued to a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, or to any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity thereof, provided that such certificate shall be issued exclusively for the sale of buses where the purchaser is a public transportation provider (Part BBB); relates to requirements of the transportation authority regarding publishing information on its capital program dashboard website for projects related to accessibility or resiliency, and to requirements of the metropolitan transportation authority regarding publishing certain financial reports on its website (Part CCC); establishes the New York youth jobs connector program to connect unemployed and underemployed individuals between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four with targeted educational, occupational, and training services; and requiring reporting from the office of strategic workforce development (Part DDD); relates to the waterfront commission of New York harbor (Part EEE); recommissions a statewide disparity study regarding the participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises in state contracts (Part FFF); establishes a small business and entrepreneurs grant program (Part GGG); expands eligibility to the site preparation credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit (Part HHH); directs the state inspector general to appoint an independent monitor for the Orange county industrial development agency (Part III).

CHAPTER 59
S4009-C
BUDGET (Budget Article VII #10)
05/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.59
Amends Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; provides the authority to abate interest for taxpayers impacted by declared disasters (Part A); clarifies the definition of limited partner for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax (Part B); makes the investment tax credit refundable for eligible farmers for five years (Part C); amends provisions of the Empire state film production credit and the Empire state film post production credit; extends and increases such credits (Part D); provides for the abatement of penalties for underpayment of estimated tax by a corporation (Part E); extends the deadline for applications for the COVID-19 capital costs tax credit program (Part F); creates a child care creation and expansion tax credit for child care programs made available to employees by a business directly or through a third party (Part G); relates to extending a tax credit for certain businesses engaged in biotechnologies (Part H); extends the current corporate tax rates (Subpart A); extends the rehabilitation of historic properties tax credit (Subpart B); extends the empire state commercial production tax credit for five years (Subpart C); extends provisions of law relating to the grade No. 6 heating oil conversion tax credit (Subpart D); relates to the New York city musical and theatrical production tax credit (Subpart E)(Part I); makes technical corrections to the credit for companies who provide transportation to individuals with disabilities (Subpart A); relates to the eligibility for the brownfield redevelopment tax credit (Subpart B); relates to the pass-through entity tax and city pass-through entity tax (Subpart C)(Part J); simplifies certain senior citizen real property tax exemptions (Part K); extends provisions of law relating to oil and gas charges (Part L); provides for the adoption and use of solar and wind energy system appraisal model for purposes of real property taxation (Part N); eliminates the congestion surcharge registration requirements (Part P); provides for the payment of tax on increased quantities of motor fuel and Diesel fuel on which the taxes pursuant to articles 12-a, 13-a and 28 were not previously paid (Part Q); extends the sales tax exemption for certain sales made through vending machines (Part R); increases the rate of taxes on cigarettes (Part S); relates to the revocation of certain certificates and civil penalties for refusal of a cigarette and tobacco inspection (Part T); relates to extending the tax rate reduction under the New York state real estate transfer tax and the New York city real property transfer tax for conveyances of real property to existing real estate investment funds (Part U); permits the commissioner of taxation and finance to seek judicial review of decisions of the tax appeals tribunal (Part V); clarifies the deposit timeframe for moneys deposited by the commissioner of taxation and finance (Part W); relates to financing of the Belmont Park racetrack renovation and the membership of the franchise oversight board (Part X); extends certain provisions related to the simulcasting of horse races and taxes on pari-mutuel betting (Part BB); relates to the liability of a person who presents false claims for money or property to the state or a local government (Part DD); repeals provisions relating to the transferability of the investment tax credit (Part EE); relates to the amount of credits for cider, wine, and liquor under the alcoholic beverage production credit (Part FF); establishes a permanent rate for the metropolitan transportation business tax surcharge of thirty percent beginning on or after January 1, 2024 (Part GG).
 
CHAPTER 60
A3534
Santabarbara
05/11/23 signed chap.60
Amends §13.42, Mental Hygiene Law. Establishes a three year term limit fthree-year of the autism spectrum disorders advisory board.
 
CHAPTER 61
A1322    
Bichotte-Hermelyn
03/03/23 signed chap.61
Amends §§10.00, 20.20, 60.27 & 80.10, Penal Law; amends §5, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.621-B & A.4947-B). Relates to crimes involving the death or serious physical injury of an employee; defines employee; updates the effectiveness of such provisions.
 
CHAPTER 62
A1975    
Bronson
03/03/23 signed chap.62
Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law (as proposed in S.6574-A & A.1171-A). Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies; removes the requirement that services from creative arts therapists be covered by certain policies.
 
CHAPTER 63
A2200    
McDonald
03/03/23 signed chap.63
Repealed §341-a, amends §§3217-a & 4324, Insurance Law (as proposed in S.4620-C & A.5411-D); amends §4408, Public Health Law. Provides for patient prescription pricing transparency; requires certain insurers or pharmacy benefit managers to furnish required cost, benefit and coverage data upon request of the insured, the insured's health care provider or an authorized third party.
 
CHAPTER 64
A2201    
Cruz
03/03/23 signed chap.64
Amends §§3242 & 4329, Insurance Law (as proposed in S.4856 & A.7469); add §278-a, Public Health Law. Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate a list of prescription drugs for which an emergency thirty-day supply cannot be obtained during a state emergency.
 
CHAPTER 65
A2207    
Eichenstein
03/03/23 signed chap.65
Repealed §3114, add §3422, Insurance Law (as proposed in S. 7658-B & A.8869-B). Prohibits an insurer from cancelling, refusing to issue, refusing to renew, or increasing the premium of a policy or to exclude, limit, restrict, or reduce coverage under such policy solely on the basis that one or more claims have been made against any policy during the preceding sixty months for a loss that is the result of a hate crime.
 
CHAPTER 66
A2377    
Eachus
03/03/23 signed chap.66
Amends §§4370, 4371, 4372 & 207, Public Health Law; amends §365-o, Social Service Law (as proposed in S.1594 & A.146-A). Clarifies certain provisions of the New York state living donor support act.
 
CHAPTER 67
A2896    
Alvarez
03/03/23 signed chap.67
Amends §1-103, Energy Law; amends §709, Executive Law; amends §66, Public Service Law; amends §8, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.5579-A & A.3904-B). Relates to critical energy infrastructure security and responsibility and provides for the protection of critical infrastructure in the state.
 
CHAPTER 68
A2901    
Levenberg
03/03/23 signed chap.68
Amends §§11, 12, 13 & 13-b, add §11-d, Domestic Relations Law; Repealed §110, Executive Law (as proposed in S.739-A & A.6300-A). Provides for the designation of lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages by a town or city clerk.
 
CHAPTER 69
S811      
BRESLIN
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.69
Amends §4223, Insurance Law (as proposed in S.7744-A & A.9128-A). Relates to dividend benefits regarding deferred income annuities.

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CHAPTER 70
S812      
RAMOS
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.70
Amends §410-w, Social Services Law; amends §4, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.9029-A & A.10209-A). Amends provisions for determination of eligibility for extended child care assistance benefits.
 
CHAPTER 71
S813      
LIU
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.71
Amends §2590-b, Education Law (as proposed in S.9459 & A.10499). Relates to dates of commencement of membership of certain positions of school governance in the city of New York.
 
CHAPTER 72
S814      
KENNEDY
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.72
Amends §162-a, State Finance Law; amends §104-d, General Municipal Law; amends §2877-a, Public Health Law; amends §12-a, Highway Law; amends §7, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.9441 & A.7919-A). Directs that when soliciting a contract for the purchase of rock salt or sodium chloride, any department or agency of the state, any department or agency of a political subdivision, any public authority, or the commissioner of transportation, may award such contract to the responsible and reliable bidder offering to supply rock salt or sodium chloride that is mined or hand harvested in the United States, and which offer is within ten percent of the lowest price or best value offer, rather than to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder.
 
CHAPTER 73
S816      
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.73
Amends §871, General Business Law (as proposed in S.687 & A.3998). Makes clarifying changes to the definition of imitation weapon.
 
CHAPTER 74
S817      
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.74
Amends §203, Elder Law (as proposed in S.78-A & A.7855). Clarifies the meaning of the phrase "greatest social need" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, defining it to mean the need caused by non-economic factors which shall include, but not be limited to: physical or mental disability; Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia; language barriers including limited English proficiency and low literacy; and cultural, social, or geographic isolation.

CHAPTER 75
S819      
CLEARE
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.75
Amends §1356, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.8102-A & A.2344-A); add §199-f, Agriculture & Markets Law. Requires the commissioner of public health to post certain notices regarding food allergy awareness in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state.
 
CHAPTER 76
S821      
HARCKHAM
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.76
Amends §498, Tax Law (as proposed in S.7378-A & A.8339-A). Relates to availability of certain reports detailing sales of opioids in this state; excludes the name, address and DEA registration number of the entity to whom the opioid was sold from such publication.
 
CHAPTER 77
S822      
MAY
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.77
Amends §6-154, Election Law (as proposed in S.4413 & A.4261). Permits electronic correspondence with regard to determinations on objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents upon the consent of the objector.


CHAPTER 78
S824      
SANDERS
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.78
Repealed §3216 sub§ (i) ¶11-b, amends §§3221 & 4303, add §339, Insurance Law; Repealed §3, amends §4, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.906-B & A.2085-A). Makes technical amendments to chapter requiring insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screenings.
 
CHAPTER 79
S825      
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.79
Amends §§3221 & 4303, Repealed §3216 sub§ (i) ¶36, Insurance Law; amends §4, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.688 & A.807). Relates to requiring insurance coverage by every large group policy which provides medical, major medical, or comprehensive-type coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection.
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CHAPTER 80
S830      
BRISPORT
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.80
Amends §390-m, Social Services Law (as proposed in S.6900 & A.2150-A). Relates to window coverings required in child day care centers; requires child day care centers to ensure that all window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards are secured and inaccessible to children in accordance with the regulations of the office of children and family services.
 
CHAPTER 81
S831      
RIVERA
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.81
Amends §§1 - 3, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.2534-A & A.1880-A). Requires state approved education or training programs required for certification or recertification of home health aides, personal care aides, and certified nurse aides to include training in working with patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions within twelve months; eliminates the requirement of such training for personal care staff.
 
CHAPTER 82
S834      
KAVANAGH
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.82
Amends §§27-3301, 27-3303, 27-3305, 27-3307, 27-3309, 27-3311, 27-3313 & 27-3317, Environmental Conservation Law; amends §3, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.5027-C & A.9279-A). Relates to the carpet collection program; defines "carpet collection program" as a program financed and implemented by producers, either individually, or through a representative organization, that provides for, but is not limited to, the collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, proper end-of-life management, or an appropriate combination thereof, of discarded carpet; extends the deadlines of certain provisions of law; makes technical corrections.

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CHAPTER 83
S835      
COMRIE
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.83
Repealed §3309-b, amends §3309, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.8633-A & A.9697-A). Directs the commissioner of health to establish guidelines for onsite opioid overdose response capacity in nightlife establishments; repeals provisions establishing the nightlife opioid antagonist program.
 
CHAPTER 84
S838      
RYAN
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.84
Amends §220-i, Labor Law; amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.5994-C & A.1338-C). Clarifies provisions related to a registration system for contractors and subcontractors engaged in public work and covered projects.
 
CHAPTER 85
S842      
KAVANAGH
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.85
Amends §467-c, Real Property Tax Law; amends Part C §1, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.9032-B & A.10414-A). Makes clarifying changes to the exemption of real property of an applicable battery park city property from payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT).
 
CHAPTER 86
S843      
LIU
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.86
Amends §211-d, Education Law; amends §6, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.9460 & A.10498). Provides that in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants, a plan developed in collaboration with the collective bargaining units representing teachers and the principals beginning in September 2022 and signed off on by the chancellor and the presidents of each bargaining unit, to reduce class sizes beginning September 2023 and to be achieved by September 2028 for all classes; requires a report on or before November 15, 2023 and on or before November 15th of each year thereafter; further requires the city school district to submit a financial impact statement on November 15, 2025.

CHAPTER 87
S848      
GIANARIS
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.87
Amends §27-d, Labor Law (as proposed in S.9450 & A.10492). Requires an employer to recognize the establishment of a workplace safety committee within fifteen business days.
 
CHAPTER 88
S849      
PERSAUD
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.88
Amends §376-a, Executive Law (as proposed in S.532-A & A.276-A). Modifies the requirements for in-service training programs designed to assist code enforcement personnel in maintaining skills and being informed of technological advances.
 
CHAPTER 89
S852      
SKOUFIS
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.89
Amends §4-102, Election Law (as proposed in S.4591-A & A.831-A). Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps in downloadable digital file formats compatible with geographic information (GIS) software.
 
CHAPTER 90
S855      
MAY
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.90
Amends §1, Chap of 2022; amends §§2999-u - 2999-y, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.8903 & A.9542). Clarifies provisions related to a state-level program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. 
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CHAPTER 91
S858      
MANNION
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.91
Amends §162, State Finance Law. Requires that when the state is purchasing commodities and such commodities are available and purchased from approved charitable non-profit-making agencies for the blind, the preferred source shall perform fifty percent or more of the work.
 
CHAPTER 92
S859      
RYAN
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.92
Amends §3602, Education Law (as proposed in S.8701 & A.9878); amends §1604, Tax Law. Provides that state lottery and video lottery gaming individual prizes in excess of one million dollars when aggregated exceeds twenty-five percent of a district's adjusted gross income shall be excluded from such district's adjusted gross income for the year.
 
CHAPTER 93
S1318    
BRESLIN
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.93
Amends §2118, Insurance Law (as proposed in S.8127 & A.9088). Clarifies the excess line insurance placement affidavit requirements.
 
CHAPTER 94
S1326    
RAMOS
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.94
Amends §194-b, Labor Law (as proposed in S.9427-A & A.10477). Relates to disclosure and advertisement of a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity that will physically be performed, at least in part, in the state of New York, including a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity that will physically be performed outside of New York but reports to a supervisor, office, or other work site in New York; defines "advertise" to mean to make available to a pool of potential applicants for internal or public viewing, including electronically, a written description of an employment opportunity; makes technical corrections.
 
CHAPTER 95
S1330    
GOUNARDES
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.95
Amends §4235, Insurance Law; amends §4406-c, Public Health Law; amends §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.7199-A & A.8169-A). Provides that no insurance contract or agreement between a health insurance plan and a health care provider, other than a residential health care facility, shall include a provision that: contains a most-favored-nation provision; or restricts the ability of a corporation, an entity that contracts with a corporation for a provider network, or a health care provider to disclose certain costs, prices or information; extends the effective date from January 1, 2023 until July 1, 2023.
 
CHAPTER 96
S1334    
COONEY
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.96
Amends §§1981, 1982 & 1984, Repealed §1982-a, Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law (as proposed in S.9470 & A.5337-A). Repeals alternative notice provisions for certain proceedings to convey title to abandoned commercial and industrial real property to a city, town, or village.
 
CHAPTER 97
S1336    
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.97
Amends §1, Chap of 2022; amends §244, Public Health Law; amends §95-k, State Finance Law (as proposed in S.8884-A & A.9418-A). Makes technical corrections to the Lorena Borjas transgender and non-binary (TGNB) wellness and equity program fund act.
 
CHAPTER 98
S1338    
COMRIE
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.98
Amends §19-159.6, NYC Administrative Code; amends §15, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.4013-A & A.355-A). Requires notice to members of the legislature and certain local officials relating to certain construction and other projects affecting such members' and officials' districts.

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CHAPTER 99
S1343
PARKER
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.99
Repealed 201-a subs 11 & 12, Executive Law (as proposed in S.9382 & A.10450); add §163-c, State Finance Law. Relates to the purchase or lease of zero emission vehicles and charging or fueling infrastructure by state agencies and the necessary requirements when making such procurements.
 
CHAPTER 100
S1348    
RIVERA
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.100
Amends §364-j, Social Services Law (as proposed in S.9207 & A.9442-A). Relates to notification changes to the model contract with managed care providers under the medical assistance program; requires the department to post on its website certain changes required to be submitted to the centers for medicare and medicaid.
 
CHAPTER 101
S1351    
KRUEGER
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.101
Amends §§570.17 & 140.10, Criminal Procedure Law; amends §837-w, Executive Law (as proposed in S.9077-A & A.10372-A). Relates to legal protections against the arrest and extradition of reproductive health service providers who perform services lawfully in the state of New York; prohibits the cooperation with out-of-state investigations related to the performance or aiding in the performance of an abortion performed within the state of New York.
 
CHAPTER 102
S2229    
SANDERS
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.102
Repealed & add §6-p, Banking Law; amends §354-f, Executive Law; amends §29-a, Veterans' Services Law (as proposed in S.8670-A & A.9493-A). Provides that a veteran seeking a housing loan under chapter 37 of title 38 of the United States Code be offered loan counseling services by a counselor certified by the United States department of housing and urban development under Part 214 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations prior to the processing of such application by a banking institution or mortgage lender and that the department of veterans' services shall promulgate regulations to ensure that no conflicts of interest exist between counselors and mortgage companies.
 
CHAPTER 103
S2230    
CLEARE
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.103
Amends §4653-a, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.3932 & A.2211). Specifies procedures for the closure and/or decertification of assisted living residences; requires certain review and disclosures to be completed within a certain time frame.
 
CHAPTER 104
S2233    
THOMAS
03/03/23 SIGNED CHAP.104
Amends §1, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.9196 & A.10419). Authorizes the Bais Torah U'tefillah to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status upon approval by the Nassau county legislature.
 
CHAPTER 105
S615 
MYRIE 
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §14-114, Election Law.  Relates to contribution and receipt limitations applicable to candidates for election to any public office.
 
CHAPTER 106
S823 
MANNION
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §13.07, Mental Hygiene Law (as proposed in S.8442 & A.9920).  Requires that applications submitted by individuals with developmental disabilities for eligibility determinations and service authorizations be processed in a timely manner; provides that where such application is not reasonably clear or omits required information or where the office reasonably suspects fraud based on specific information available, the office shall notify the applicant in writing requesting the specific information needed to process such application; removes reporting requirements.
 
CHAPTER 107
S832 
BRISPORT
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §2504, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.8937 & A.9604).  Excludes certain runaway youths from being able to consent to certain medical, dental, health and hospital services.
 
CHAPTER 108
S833 
BRESLIN
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §2, Chapter of 2022 (as proposed in S.9367 & A.1029).  Amends the effectiveness of a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the insurance law relating to the provision of supplemental spousal liability insurance to persons who are insured for loss resulting from the ownership, maintenance and use of a motor vehicle.
 
CHAPTER 109
S837 
RIVERA
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §§2168, 2169, 2183 & 2180, repealed §2180 subs 13 - 18 & 20, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.6541-A & A.7326-A).  Protects the confidentiality of vaccine information; relates to the sharing of vaccine registry information; provides that anyone requiring an immunization passport shall accept a valid COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card.
 
CHAPTER 110
S857 
MATTERA
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §11-0306-a, Environmental Conservation Law (as proposed in S.9140 & A.10187); repealed §39-b, Navigation Law.  Establishes the Flax Pond tidal wetlands sanctuary; establishes uses for the sanctuary, including the limited use of certain boats; repeals provisions prohibiting boating in the Flax Pond tidal wetlands sanctuary.
 
CHAPTER 111
S1322 
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §§37-0121 & 71-3703, Environmental Conservation Law (as proposed in S.6291-A & A.7063-A).  Prohibits the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in apparel and outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions.
 
CHAPTER 112
S1324 
KRUEGER
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §2999-h, repealed §2999-k, Public Health Law; amends §5, Chapter 517 of 2016 (as proposed in S.8591-A & A.6442-C).  Relates to definitions of certain terms relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund; repeals certain provisions relating to claims for qualifying health care costs under the NYS medical indemnity fund; and relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund.
 
CHAPTER 113
S1327 
KAVANAGH
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends Election Law, generally (as proposed in S.2951-A & A.8858-A).  Relates to certain deadlines for voter registration; changes the amount of time required with respect to certain deadlines for voter registration procedures.

CHAPTER 114
S1331 
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §§367-a & 364-j, Social Service Law; amends §3, Chapter of 2022 (as proposed in S.431-A & A.187).  Provides for the synchronization of multiple prescriptions for recipients of medical assistance.
 
CHAPTER 115
S1346 
PARKER
03/24/23  SIGNED
Repealed §201-a sub 10, Executive Law (as proposed in S.2838-C & A.2412-B); adds §163-d, State Finance Law.  Directs each state agency to prepare a state fleet decarbonization plan for purchase or lease of state agency vehicles.
 
CHAPTER 116
S1349 
RIVERA
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §4012, Public Health Law; amends §461-l, Social Services Law (as proposed in S.7626 & A.8006).  Authorizes residents of assisted living programs to receive hospice services, subject to the availability of federal financial participation.

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CHAPTER 117
S1350 
RIVERA
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law; amends §4, Chapter of 2022 (as proposed in S.5299-A & A.1741-A).  Relates to brand-name drugs with and without an AB generic equivalent; amends the effective date from January to July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
CHAPTER 118
S1353 
BRISPORT
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §§131-a & 36-a, Social Services Law (as proposed in S.5759-B & A.6709-B).  Exempts certain income and resources provided to persons enrolled in certain pilot programs in determining eligibility for public assistance benefits; requires federal waivers be sought where necessary.
 
CHAPTER 119
S2222 
HARCKHAM
03/24/23  SIGNED
Amends §49-0113, Environmental Conservation Law (as proposed in S.6191-A & A.5390-B).  Requires the department of environmental conservation to post draft strategies and methodology developed no later than July 1, 2024; requires at least one public hearing and posting of the final goal strategies and methodology on such department's website.
 
CHAPTER 120
A5057-B 
Bores 
03/31/23  signed
Amends §§6-158 & 6-134, Election Law.  Relates to the dates to file a designating petition; provides for the repeal of such provisions.
 
 
CHAPTER 121
A6063 
Weinstein  (Governor Program # 3)
04/03/23  signed with Press Release
Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2023 through April 10, 2023.
 
CHAPTER 122
S6260 
KRUEGER  Governor Program # 4
04/10/23  SIGNED
Amends §§2 - 8, Chapter 121 of 2023.  Provides for emergency appropriation through April 17, 2023 for the support of government.
 
CHAPTER 123
S6061 
HOYLMAN-SIGAL  Governor Program # 2
04/10/23  SIGNED
Amends §68, Judiciary Law.  Provides for appointments to the office of associate judge of the court of appeals where the vacancy is caused by governor's appointment, upon advice and consent of the senate, for chief judge of the court of appeals.
 
CHAPTER 124
A6550
WEINSTEIN  Governor's Program #5
04/17/23  SIGNED
Amends §§2 - 8 & 10, Chapter 121 of 2023; Amends §§8 & 10, Chapter 122 of 2023.  Provides for emergency appropriation through April 20, 2023 for the support of government.
 
CHAPTER 125
S6440
KRUEGER – Governor's Program #6
04/20/23 SIGNED
Amends §2 - 5, 7, 8 & 10, Chapter 121 of 2023; amends §9, Chapter 124 of 2023; amends §10, Chapter 122 of 2023. Provides for emergency appropriation through April 24, 2023 for the support of government.
 
CHAPTER 126
S6480
KRUEGER – Governor's Program #7
04/24/23 SIGNED
Amends §§2 - 8 & 10, Chapter 121 of 2023; amends §9, Chapter 124 of 2023; amends §8, Chapter 125 of 2023; amends §10, Chapter 122 of 2023. Provides for emergency appropriation through April 28, 2023 for the support of government.
 
CHAPTER 127
S6454
REDISTRICTING
04/24/23 SIGNED
Reports & adds Art 8 Title I §§120 - 122, amends §126, adds §126-a, State Law. Establishes the 150 assembly districts for the 2024 and subsequent elections.
 
CHAPTER 128
A1060-A 
Paulin 
05/02/23  signed with Press Release
Amends §§6527, 6801, 6802 & 6909, Education Law; adds §267-a, Public Health Law.  Relates to the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives; authorizes a licensed physician and a certified nurse practitioner to prescribe and order a non-patient specific order to a pharmacist licensed and located in the state for the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives.
 
CHAPTER 129
A1395-C 
Epstein
05/02/23  signed with Press Release
Adds §6438-b, Education Law.  Provides access to medication abortion prescription drugs at SUNY and CUNY campuses by employing or contracting with individuals authorized to prescribe such drugs, or by providing referrals.
 
CHAPTER 130
A6685 
Weinstein  (Governor Program # 8)
05/02/23  signed
Amends §2, Chapter 121 of 2023.  Provides for emergency appropriation through May 4, 2023 for the support of government.
 
CHAPTER 131
A3777
Paulin
05/11/23 SIGNED
Amends §99-pp, State Finance Law.  Makes a technical correction to the designation of the animal shelter regulation fund.

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CHAPTER 132
A5369
Paulin
05/11/23 SIGNED
Amends §1210, Tax Law.  Extends the period during which the city of White Plains is authorized to impose an additional sales and compensating use tax to 2025.
 
CHAPTER 133
S1498
FERNANDEZ
05/11/23 SIGNED
Amends §§5 & 6, Chapter 566 of 2019.  Relates to the transfer and use of certain state land to the city of New Rochelle for the construction of municipal fire services and affordable housing; extends authority to transfer.
 
CHAPTER 134
S477C
STAVISKY
05/15/23 SIGNED
Add §6912, Education Law. Requires nursing certificate and degree education programs to include clinical education; allows for one-third of such clinical education to be completed through simulation experience.


CHAPTER 135
A7430
Peoples-Stokes
06/01/23  signed
Amends §§68-c & 69-a, Cannabis Law. Extends certain authorizations of conditional adult-use cultivators and processors to minimally process and distribute cannabis products until June 1, 2024.


CHAPTER 136
A6697-B
Fahy
06/22/23 signed
Adds §6907-a, Amends §6526, Education Law. Relates to allowing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician who are currently licensed and in good standing in another state or territory to be granted authorization to practice in this state for a limited period of time pending a determination on licensure. 

CHAPTER 137
S6749-B
RIVERA
06/22/23 SIGNED
Adds §3018, Public Health Law. Establishes a community-based paramedicine demonstration program to operate with the flexibility authorized under Executive Order Number 4 of 2021, and in the same manner and capacity as currently approved for a period of two years. 

CHAPTER 138
S1066-B
MAYER
06/23/23 SIGNED with press release
06/23/23 APPROVAL MEMO.2
Amends §§570.17 & 140.10, Criminal Procedure Law; renumbers §837-w to be §837-x, amends §837-x, Executive Law; amends §§3119 & 3102, adds §4550, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §3436-a, Insurance Law; amends §6531-b, Education Law. Provides certain legal protections for reproductive health service providers who provide legally protected health activities including protection from extradition, arrest and legal proceedings in other states relating to such services; restricts the use of evidence relating to the involvement of a party in providing legally protected health activity to persons located out-of-state.

CHAPTER 139
A1142
Kelles
06/25/23 signed
06/25/23 approval memo.3
Amends §22, General Construction Law. Requires the use of gender-neutral terms in law.

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CHAPTER 140
A1371-A
Rosenthal L
06/25/23 signed
06/25/23 approval memo.4
Adds §103-b, amends §103, State Technology Law. Establishes that state agencies or authorities shall implement gender-neutral terminology on state websites.

CHAPTER 141
S993-A
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
06/25/23 SIGNED with press release
Amends §19.07, Mental Hygiene Law. Requires the office of addiction services and supports to assure that persons who suffer from a substance use disorder have the right to seek and receive addiction services, care, treatment and rehabilitation services based on the individual's gender identity, gender expression and/or sexual orientation.

CHAPTER 142
S2442
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
06/25/23 SIGNED with press release
Amends §292, Executive Law. Relates to the definition of "sexual orientation" as applicable to the human rights law.

CHAPTER 143
S2475-B
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
06/25/23 SIGNED with press release
06/25/23 APPROVAL MEMO.5
Adds §659, Family Court Act; adds §837-x, Executive Law; amends §§3119 & 3102, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §140.10, adds §570.19, Criminal Procedure Law; amends §§6531-b & 6505-d, Education Law; amends §230, Public Health Law; amends §3436-a, Insurance Law. Prohibits consideration of a law of another state that authorizes a child to be removed from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming care in custody cases; prohibits law enforcement agencies from cooperating with or providing information to any individual or out-of-state agency or department regarding the provision of lawful gender-affirming care performed in this state; prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with certain out-of-state proceedings relating to seeking health or related information about people who come to New York to receive gender-affirming care; prohibits the arrest of a person for performing or aiding in the lawful performance of gender-affirming care within this state; relates to the extradition of gender-affirming care providers; relates to licensure of health care providers; prohibits insurance providers from taking adverse action against a health care provider who provides gender-affirming care.


CHAPTER 144
A3238
Jones
06/30/23 signed
Allows out of state health care professionals to perform services at the Ironman Lake Placid 2023.

CHAPTER 145
A3305-B
Clark
06/30/23 signed with press release
Amends §404-p, Vehicle and Traffic Law. Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates to the spouse of a congressional medal of honor recipient, and the transfer of distinctive license plates issues to congressional medal of honor recipients who are now deceased to their surviving spouse.

CHAPTER 146
A4822
Woerner
06/30/23 signed
Amends §14.11, Parks and Recreation Law. Increases the available number of nominations per elected officials for the historic business preservation registry per year. 


CHAPTER 147
A4972-A
Braunstein
06/30/23 signed
Amends §467-a, Real Property Tax Law. Extends certain provisions relating to a partial tax abatement for residential real property held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership in a city having a population of one million or more.

CHAPTER 148
A5821-A
Lavine
06/30/23 signed with press release
Amends §225, Public Health Law. Provides that lifeguards at swimming pools, bathing beaches, and children’s camps may be a minimum of fifteen years of age if directly supervised.


CHAPTER 149
A6107
Thiele
06/30/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 435 of 2014. Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York’s marine and coastal waters. 

CHAPTER 150
A6569
Fall
06/30/23 signed
Amends §6,Chapter 395 of 1978. Extends the moratorium on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas.

​CHAPTER 151
A6587
Lavine
06/30/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 455 of 1997. Extends the authorization for the New York city marshals to exercise the same functions, powers and duties as sheriffs with respect to the execution of money judgements.

CHAPTER 152
A6592
Braunstein
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§54.10, 54.90, 57.00, 90.00 & 107.00, Local Finance Law; amends §10-a, Chapter 868 of 1975; amends §5, Chapter 142 of 2004. Extends certain provisions relating to the sales of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; extends the New York state financial emergency act for the City of New York; makes further amendments relating the effectiveness thereof. 

CHAPTER 153
A6996
Wallace
06/30/23 signed
Amends §6715, Ed L; amends §3, Chap 678 of 2022. Relates to information to be provided by a veterinarian initially prescribing or dispensing a drug to a dog, cat, or rabbit; extends the effective date of such provision.
 
CHAPTER 154
A7107-B
Solages
06/30/23 signed
Renumbered §6438-a to be §6438-c, amends §6438-c, Education Law. Relates to permissible activities for athletic associations, conferences, or other groups or organizations with authority over intercollegiate athletics and to the definition of student-athlete; makes a technical change.
 
CHAPTER 155
A7172
Seawright
06/30/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 223 of 1996. Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to permissible fees in connection with open end loans from June 30, 2023 until June 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 156
A7255
Anderson
06/30/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 673 of 2005. Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to excess medical malpractice insurance.
 
CHAPTER 157
A7290
Chandler-Waterman
06/30/23 signed
Amends Chapter 192 of 2011. Extends authorization for certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by the New York Road Runners
 
CHAPTER 158
A7291
Steck
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§6302 & 6303, Insurance Law. Extends certain exemptions from regulatory requirements necessitating prior approval of rates and forms for large, commercial insureds and special risks and to make change to certain notice requirements.
 
CHAPTER 159
A7292
Stirpe
06/30/23 signed
Amends §139, Economic Development Law; amends §2, Chap 435 of 2017. Extends the reporting deadline of the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises from June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2024; further extends for one year the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises which is tasked with reporting and making recommendations on how best to support such businesses and promote the formation and growth of new employee-owned enterprises in New York state. 

​CHAPTER 160
A7354
Thiele
06/30/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 387 of 2013. Extends the expiration of provisions relating to including the trustees of the Freeholders and Commonality of the town of Southold as municipal corporations for the purposes of permitting them to receive land at no cost from Suffolk County to be placed under their stewardship.
 
CHAPTER 161
A7373
Reyes
06/30/23 signed
Amends §246, Chapter 81 of 1995. Extends provisions of the public health law relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform until 2025.

 
CHAPTER 162
A7400
Pheffer-Amato
06/30/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 130 of 1998. Extends provisions of law relating to temporary investments by local governments.
 
CHAPTER 163
A7401
Wallace
06/30/23 signed
Amends §4, Chapter 109 of 2018. Extends provisions of law relating to certain rental vehicle protections from June 30, 2023, until June 30, 2028
 
CHAPTER 164
A7408
Ramos
06/30/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 719 of 1980. Extends provision relating to period of probably usefulness of certain judgements, compromised claims or settled claims until June 15, 2028
 
CHAPTER 165
A7425
Reyes
06/30/23 signed
Amends §47, Chapter 2 of 1998. Extends certain provisions relating to expanding the child health insurance plan until 2025.
 
CHAPTER 166
A7426
Stern
06/30/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 563 of 2001. Extends provisions relating to providing for an emergency technicians 5 year re-certification program
 
CHAPTER 167
A7427
Jackson
06/30/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 303 of 1999. Extends provisions relating to the New York state medical care facilities finance agency act.

CHAPTER 168
S400
STEWART-COUSINS
06/30/23 signed
Amends §54.40, Local Finance Law. Extends certain provisions relating to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers.
 
CHAPTER 169
S818
MYRIE
06/30/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter of 2022 (as proposed in S.1046-E & A.6678-E). Adjusts the effective date of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York to July 1, 2023.
 
CHAPTER 170
S1319
RIVERA
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§4900, 4401, 4902 & 4403, repealed §4900 sub 11, §4903-a, adds §4406-i, Public Health Law; amends §§4900, 107, 4902 & 4306-i, repealed §4900 sub§ (k), §§4903-a & 3217-j, adds §3217-j, Insurance Law; amends §17, Chap of 2022.Creates clinical standards and special consideration and processes for utilization review related to care for medically fragile children; makes changes to the effectiveness thereof
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CHAPTER 171
S2679-B
BRESLIN
06/30/23 signed
Repealed Chapter 142 of 1952. Authorizes and empowers the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) to merge with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) with CREF ceasing to be a corporate entity and TIAA as the surviving entity.
 
CHAPTER 172
S4596
KENNEDY
06/30/23 signed
Amends §54.50, Local Finance Law. Extends provision providing for the sale of municipal obligations by the county of Erie.
 
CHAPTER 173
S4828
LANZA
06/30/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 759 of 1973. Extends the time period for the conveyance of land for the establishment of the Gateway National Recreation Area until June 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 174
S6151-A
CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK
06/30/23 signed
Amends §2 Chapter 676 of 1978. Extends the expiration of payments in lieu of taxes for Lido Beach in the town of Hempstead until June 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 175
S6475
KENNEDY
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§1210 & 1262-q, Tax Law. Extends the imposition of additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes by Erie County to November 30, 2025

CHAPTER 176
S6564
KENNEDY
06/30/23 signed
Amends §54.30, Local Finance Law. Facilitates the marketing of any issues of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before June 30, 2024.
 
CHAPTER 177
S6764
KENNEDY
06/30/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 756 of 2021. Extend the temporary “commission to prevent childhood drowning” for an additional eighteen months.
 
CHAPTER 178
S6821
STEWART-COUSINS
06/30/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law; amends §7, Chapter 67 of 2015. Extends certain provisions relating to additional sales tax imposed by the city of Yonkers.
 
CHAPTER 179
S6822
STEWART-COUSINS
06/30/23 signed
Amends §253-d, Tax Law. Extends the expiration of the mortgage recording tax imposed by the city of Yonkers
 
CHAPTER 180
S6825
STEWART-COUSINS
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§1321 & 1340, Tax Law; amends §6, Chapter 535 of 1987. Extends the expiration date of the personal income tax surcharge imposed by the city of Yonkers
 
CHAPTER 181
S7157
BRESLIN
06/30/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 490 of 2018, Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to limits on certain supplementary insurance.
 
CHAPTER 182
S7189
BRESLIN
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§2342, 2305, 2344, 2328, 2329, 3425, 5402 & 5412, Insurance Law. Extends provisions of the property/ casualty insurance availability act and the authority of the New York property insurance underwriting association.
 
CHAPTER 183
S7363-A
COONEY
06/30/23 signed
Amends Part X §41, Chapter 62 of 2003. Extends certain provisions of the general municipal law and the local finance law relating to electronic bidding until June 1, 2028.

CHAPTER 184
S7372
JACKSON
06/30/23 signed
Amends §13-638.2, NYC Administrative Code. Relates to the rate of interest used in the actuarial valuation of liabilities for the purpose of calculating contributions to the New York city employees' retirement system, the New York city teachers' retirement system, the police pension fund, subchapter two, the fire department pension fund, subchapter two and the board of education retirement system of such city by public employers and other obligors required to make employer contributions to such retirement systems, the crediting of special interest and additional interest and additional interest to members of such retirement systems, and the allowance of supplementary interest on the funds of such retirement systems; extends such provisions until June 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 185
S7496
BAILEY
06/30/23 signed
Authorizes the office of court administration to pay certain judicial compensation to certain supreme court and appellate division justices for the period January 1, 2021, to June 14, 2021.
 
CHAPTER 186
S7527
CHU
06/30/23 signed
Amends §8610, Education Law. Updates the scope of restricted clinical laboratory licenses to include the practice of molecular testing.
 
CHAPTER 187
S7559
SCARCELLA-SPANTON
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§381-b & 302, Retirement & Social Security Law; amends §1.20, Criminal Procedure Law. Relates to including service rendered by investigators and sworn officers of the waterfront commission of New York harbor in the 20 year retirement plan for officers of the state police; adds investigators and sworn officers to the definition of police officer.t
 
CHAPTER 188
S7561
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
06/30/23 signed
Amends §§131, 132, 133, & 135-c, Executive Law. Relates to procedures for appointment and reappointment of notaries public, certificates of official character, and certification of electron notarial records.
 
CHAPTER 189
S7575
JACKSON
06/30/23 signed
Implements an agreement between the state and an employee organization; provides for the adjustment of salaries of certain incumbents in the professional service in the state university; makes an appropriation for the purpose of effectuating certain provisions thereof.

CHAPTER 190
S7576
JACKSON
06/30/23 signed
Repealed §130 sub 1 ¶c sub¶¶ 1 - 4, ¶d sub¶¶ 1 & 2, amends §130, Civil Service Law; repealed §19 sub 1, amends §19, Correction Law. Implements agreements between the state and an employee organization relating to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; makes an appropriation therefor (Part A); provides for the salaries of certain state officers and employees excluded from collective negotiating units; makes an appropriation therefor (Part B).
 
CHAPTER 191
A3694-A
Rosenthal D
07/11/23 signed
Amends §§6431, 6433, 6434 & 6436, Education Law. Requires colleges to post campus crime statistics on their website; requires colleges to implement a plan to provide investigation of hate crimes on campus; requires colleges to inform incoming students about hate crime prevention measures.
 
CHAPTER 192
A5862
Buttenschon
07/19/23 signed
Authorizes Douglas Brenning of the village of New York Mills to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of New York Mills police department.
 
CHAPTER 193
A6030C
Paulin
07/19/23 signed
Amends §§6527 & 6909, Education Law. Authorizes physicians to prescribe non-patient specific orders that a registered professional nurse may perform including electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndrome, administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia, administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet severe sepsis and sepsis shock criteria, and pregnancy tests.
 
CHAPTER 194
A6616
Zebrowski
07/19/23 signed
Amends §14, Chapter 329 of 2009. Relates to removing special powers granted to the society for the prevention of cruelty to children.
 
CHAPTER 195
A7361
Davila
07/19/23 signed
Amends Part B §153, Chapter 436 of 1997. Extends current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs under the welfare reform act of 1997.
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

​CHAPTER 196
A7362
Davila
07/19/23 signed
Amends §246, Chapter 81 of 1995. Extends provisions relating to enforcement of support obligations through the suspension of driving privileges.
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
 
CHAPTER 197
A7393
Darling
07/19/23 signed
Amends Part FFF Subpart B §2, Chapter 59 of 2018. Extends provisions of the public health law related to the redeployment of excess reserves of certain not-for-profit managed care organizations until 2025.

CHAPTER 198
S2076
ADDABBO
07/19/23 signed
Amends §228, Racing Pari-Mutuel Wagering Breeding Law. Relates to certain payments to the horsemen's organization; extends such provisions to 2024.
 
CHAPTER 199
S4087
HELMING
07/19/23 signed
Authorizes Michael Telesca to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the county of Livingston.

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CHAPTER 200
S5057A
HINCHEY
07/19/23 signed
Allows Benjamin Doty to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of Columbia county deputy sheriff.
 
CHAPTER 201
S6582
MARTINEZ
07/19/23 signed
Amends §§1210 & 1262-j, Tax Law. Extends the authority of the county of Suffolk to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use tax.

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CHAPTER 202
S6622A
HINCHEY
07/19/23 signed
Allows Brian Laurange Jr. to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of deputy sheriff for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time deputy sheriff for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.

CHAPTER 203
S6755A
SKOUFIS
07/19/23 signed
Authorizes the town of Warwick, county of Orange to alienate certain lands held in public trust in the town of Warwick, county of Orange.

CHAPTER 204
S6807A
HINCHEY
07/19/23 signed
Makes eligible for provisional appointment and authorizes Paul Strobel to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a part-time police officer for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.
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CHAPTER 205
S6943
KAVANAGH
07/19/23 signed
Amends §6, Chapter 514 of 1983; amends §7, Chapter 396 of 1984; amends §16, Chapter 915 of 1982; amends §2407, Public Authorities Law; amends §19, Chapter 555 of 1989; amends §2, Chapter 172 of 2002; amends §4, Chapter 208 of 2010; amends §5, Chapter 246 of 2010. Extends certain powers of the New York state housing finance agency.
New York State Homes and Community Renewal

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HAPTER 206
S7285A
SKOUFIS
07/19/23 signed
Authorizes the village of Washingtonville, Orange county, to issue serial bonds, subject to the provisions of section 10.10 of the local finance law, on or before November 30, 2024, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $4,500,000 for the specific object or purpose of liquidating the accumulated deficits of the general fund, water fund, sewer fund and capital projects fund.
CHAPTER 207
S7418
WALCZYK
07/19/23 signed
Authorizes Brett W. Brewer to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Ilion, notwithstanding the age requirements under the civil service law.

CHAPTER 208
S7419
WALCZYK
07/19/23 signed
Authorizes Isaac B. Bertos to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Ilion, notwithstanding the age requirements under the civil service law.

CHAPTER 209
A1313
McDonald
07/28/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993. Includes the North Greenbush Public Library with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority.
 
CHAPTER 210
A3075-A
Magnarelli
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Onondaga to impose an additional rate of ales and compensating use taxes from November 30, 2023 until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 211
A3152
Angelino
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the additional one percent sales and use tax for Chenango county.
 
CHAPTER 212
A3233-A
Gunther
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends authorization to impose certain taxes in the county of Sullivan.
 
CHAPTER 213
A3335-B
Joyner
07/28/23 signed
Amends §208-f, General Municipal Law; amends §361-a, Retirement & Social Security Law. Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members.
 
CHAPTER 214
A3645-A
Manktelow
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the additional one percent sales and compensating use taxes in the county of Wayne.
 
CHAPTER 215
A3691-B
Thiele
07/28/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993. Includes the Shelter Island Public Library Society with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority.
 
CHAPTER 216
A4128-A
Gallahan
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for Ontario county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes until 2025.

CHAPTER 217
A4946-A
Tague
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for Otsego county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes.
 
CHAPTER 218
A4976-A
Simpson
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose and addition one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 219
A5008-A
Gallahan
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the expiration of the authorization for the county of Seneca to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax for two years.
 
CHAPTER 220
A5035
Giglio
07/28/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993. Includes the Olean Public Library with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority.
 
CHAPTER 221
A5279-A
Tague
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for additional sales and use tax for Schoharie county.
 
CHAPTER 222
A5339-A
Jones
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization granted to the county of Franklin to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 223
A5340-A
Jones
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization granted to the county of Clinton to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 224
A5345-A
Santabarbara
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Relates to the imposition of sales and compensating use tax in Schenectady county; extends such authority until November 30, 2025. 

CHAPTER 225
A5872-A
Brabenec
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1210 & 1262-l, Tax Law. Authorizes the county of Rockland to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 226
A6322
Lupardo
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends from November 30, 2023 to November 30, 2025, the authorization granted to the county of Broome to impose an additional one percent of sakes and compensating use taxes.
 
CHAPTER 227
A6659
De Los Santos
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 4, Chapter 470 of 2022. Makes technical amendments relating to authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real property in the county of New York and to grant easements to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority so that it may make handicapped accessible improvements and upgrades to the New York City Transit Authority 168 Street transit station.
 
CHAPTER 228
A6667
Walker
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§3, 5 & 6, Chapter 548 of 2022. Makes technical amendments to a chapter authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland a portion of real property in the borough of Brooklyn and to transfer such lands to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
 
CHAPTER 229
A6781-A
Tague
07/28/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993. Includes The Community Library in Cobleskill, New York with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority.
 
CHAPTER 230
A6822
Stirpe
07/28/23 signed
Amends §11-0907, Environmental Conservation Law. Authorizes big game hunting for deer and bear for the county of Onondaga.
 
CHAPTER 231
A7061-A
Burgos
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1 – 4, repealed §6, adds §3-a, Chapter 544 of 2022. Makes technical corrections relating to the MTA and the Penn Station Access Project; authorizes the city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad services to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county.

CHAPTER 232
A7394
Glick
07/28/23 signed
Amends §467-c, Real Property Tax Law. Relates to applicants eligible for a rent increase exemption order and abatement of taxes pursuant to certain local law, ordinance or resolution in a city with a population of one million or more; provides that such applicants shall be those found eligible before 03/31/2024.
 
CHAPTER 233
S4068-A
Borrello
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the expiration of the authorization to the county of Wyoming to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax from November 30, 2023 to November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 234
S4567-A
Stec
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization granted to the county of St. Lawrence to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 235
S5023-A
Borrello
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the expiration of the authorization to the county of Genesee to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax from 11/30/2023 to 11/30/2025.
 
CHAPTER 236
S5119-A
Helming
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1210 & 1262-p, Tax Law. Authorizes the county of Livingston to impose an additional one percent sales tax.
 
CHAPTER 237
S5183
Ortt
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the period during which county of Orleans is authorized to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes.
 
CHAPTER 238
S5348-A
Harckham
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the one percent increased county sales tax for Putnam county for two years.
 
CHAPTER 239
S5535-A
Oberacker
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Delaware to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes. 

CHAPTER 240
S5609-A
O’Mara
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Yates to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30. 2025.
 
CHAPTER 241
S5611-A
O’Mara
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Schuyler to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 242
S5613-A
O’Mara
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1210 & 1262-h, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Steuben to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 243
S5804-A
O’Mara
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Tioga to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 244
S5805-A
O’Mara
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Chemung to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 245
S5811-A
Borrello
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the expiration of the provisions authorizing the county of Allegany to impose an additional one and one-half percent sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 246
S6023
Griffo
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1210 & 1262-g, Tax Law. Extends the authority of Oneida county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes and to allocate and distribute a portion of net collections from additional rates.
 
CHAPTER 247
S6024
Griffo
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authority of the county of Maidson to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes for two years. 

CHAPTER 248
S6064
Ortt
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Authorizes the county of Niagara to continue to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes.
 
CHAPTER 249
S6079
Borrello
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the expiration of the provisions authorizing the county of Cattaraugus to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 250
S6083-A
Fernandez
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the city of New Rochelle to impose an additional sales and compensating use tax until 2025.
 
CHAPTER 251
S6149-A
Cooney
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for the county of Monroe to impose certain sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 252
S6206
Borrello
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1210 & 1262-o, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for Chautauqua county to impose an additional one percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 253
S6246
Gounardes
07/28/23 signed
Amends §385-a, Vehicle & Traffic Law. Requires that each weigh in motion violation monitoring system undergo a calibration check every six months in accordance with specifications prescribed pursuant to a memorandum of agreement between the New York City Department of Transportation and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, or in accordance with an applicable reference standard as determined by the New York City Department of Transportation.
 
CHAPTER 254
S6272-A
Ashby
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Rensselaer to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025. 

CHAPTER 255
S6276
Webb
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Tompkins to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 256
S6277
Webb
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for imposition of additional sales tax in the county of Cortland until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 257
S6295
Rolison
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authority of Dutchess county to impose a sales and compensating use tax for two additional years.
 
CHAPTER 258
S6345
Walczyk
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Authorizes the county of Jefferson to impose additional sales tax until November 30th, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 259
S6346
Walczyk
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends authorization for the county of Lewis to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 260
S6407
Walczyk
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1210, 1262-s & 1210-E, Tax Law. Extends the period during which the county of Herkimer is authorized to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 261
S6444
Thomas
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§1202-q, 1210 & 1262-e, Tax Law; amends §6, Chapter 179 of 2000. Extends the authority of the county of Nassau to impose hotel and motel taxes; extends the expiration of certain provisions relating to a surcharge on tickets to places of entertainment in such county, a charge for copying and searching for police accident reports, and receipt of service charges by the Nassar county traffic and parking violations agency; extend the authority of Nassau County to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes and local government assistance programs in Nassau County. 

CHAPTER 262
S6446
Hinchley
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law; amends §3, Chapter 200 of 2002. Extends the authority of the county of Ulster to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax by two years.
 
CHAPTER 263
S6447
Hinchley
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authority of the county of Columbia to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax by two years.
 
CHAPTER 264
S6450
Hinchley
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for imposition of additional sales and compensating use taxes in Greene County.
 
CHAPTER 265
S6505
Mannion
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the count of Oswego to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes from 2023 to 2025.
 
CHAPTER 266
S6506
Mannion
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the city of Oswego to impose and additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes from 2023 to 2025.
 
CHAPTER 267
S6533
Walczyk
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization for the county of Fulton to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 268
S6554
Skoufis
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authority of the county of Orange to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes; provides for the use of the tax funds collected.
 
CHAPTER 269
S6572
May
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Cayuga to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes to 11/30/2025. 

​CHAPTER 270
S6595
Walczyk
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization of the county of Hamilton to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 271
S6672
Breslin
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Relates to the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes by the county of Albany; extends authorization for such tax until 11/30/2025.
 
CHAPTER 272
S6823-A
Mayer
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law: amends §4, 5, 6, & 16, Chapter 272 of 1991. Extends the county of Westchester’s additional one percent rate of sales and compensating use tax until November 30th, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 273
S6901
Breslin
07/28/23 signed
Amends §1210, Tax Law. Extends the authorization granted to the county of Montgomery to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 274
S6930
Sanders
07/28/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 591 of 2001. Extends the effectiveness of provisions related to limited the check cashing exemption for national banks and other regulated entities to August 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 275
S7159-A
Hoylman-Sigal
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§101 & 105, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Exempts certain parcels of land from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises and from selling at retail for consumption off the premises.
 
CHAPTER 276
S7384-A
Krueger
07/28/23 signed
Amends §§459-c, 467, 467-b & 467-c, Real Property Tax Law. Relates to income requirements for the senior citizen homeowners' exemption, the disabled homeowners' exemption, the tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by senior citizens, and the tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by persons with disabilities in a city having a population of one million persons or more.

CHAPTER 277
S4329-A
SEPULVEDA
08/13/23 SIGNED
Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states, countries, provinces or territories that issue driver licenses.
 
CHAPTER 278
S4887
GIANARIS
08/16/23 SIGNED
Adds §224-f, amends §220, Labor Law. 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 prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use, excavate, or open a street is required to be issued.
 
CHAPTER 279
S6893
HARCKHAM
08/18/23 SIGNED
Adds Art 30 §§30-0101 & 30-0103, Art 71 §§71-2801 - 71-2805, Environmental Conservation Law. Provides that it shall be unlawful to discharge any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant; provides for attorney general enforcement.
 
CHAPTER 280
A1528A
Woerner
08/23/23 signed
Establishes a youth development agriculture technology challenge.
 
CHAPTER 281
A2935
Woerner
08/23/23 signed
Amends §286, Agriculture & Markets Law. Lowers the threshold for eligibility for the appropriation of moneys for the promotion of agriculture and domestic arts from five thousand dollars to two thousand five hundred dollars.
 
CHAPTER 282
A3164
Magnarelli
08/23/23 signed
Amends Part H1 §4, Chapter 62 of 2003. Extends provisions of law relating to the New York telecommunications relay service center from June 30, 2024 until June 30, 2027.
 
CHAPTER 283
A4038
Eachus
08/23/23 signed
Adds §1202-gg-1, Tax Law. Authorizes the town of Cornwall in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 284
A4100
Sillitti
08/23/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 280 of 2016. Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the authority of the village of Plandome Manor to enter into contracts to sell delinquent tax liens or to pledge such liens as collateral for a loan.
 
CHAPTER 285
A4881A
Simpson
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 368 of 2008. Extends the authorization granted to the county of Warren to impose an additional mortgage recording tax until December 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 286
A4915A
Palmesano
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 366 of 2005. Extends provisions relating to the mortgage tax in the county of Yates until December 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 287
A4918A
Palmesano
08/23/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 365 of 2005. Extends provisions relating to the mortgage tax in the county of Steuben until December 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 288
A5518
Gunther
08/23/23 signed
Amends §5, Chap 371 of 1998. Extends provisions related to the New York State Rehabilitation Association from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2028.
 
CHAPTER 289
A5837A
Brabenec
08/23/23 signed
Adds §1202-ii, Tax Law. Authorizes the town of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 290
A6202A
Maher
08/23/23 signed
Adds §1202-ii, Tax Law. Authorizes the village of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent.
 
CHAPTER 291
A6258A
Eachus
08/23/23 signed
Adds §1202-eee, Tax Law. Permits the village of Woodbury to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

CHAPTER 292
A6547
Gunther
08/23/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 373 of 1998. Extends the authority of NYSARC, Inc. to assign and pledge funds to the dormitory authority and to enter into agreement for the construction of certain facilities.
 
CHAPTER 293
A6551
Conrad
08/23/23 signed
Amends §10, Chapter 413 of 2003. Extends provisions relating to self-employment assistance programs and other matters.
 
CHAPTER 294
A6555
Jacobson
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-nn, Tax Law. Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 295
A6556
Jacobson
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-mm, Tax Law. Authorizes the city of Beacon to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 296
A6558
Hunter
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-zz-1, Tax Law. Authorizes and empowers the town of DeWitt to adopt and amend local laws to impose an occupancy tax.
 
CHAPTER 297
A6565
Thiele
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 643 of 2019. Extends the open auction bond sale pilot program.
 
CHAPTER 298
A6791
Bichotte Hermelyn
08/23/23 signed
Amends §§9 & 11, Chapter 782 of 2021. Amends a chapter establishing a construction industry advisory council on public contracting reform, in relation to requiring a report to be submitted 365 days after the first meeting of the council and to the effectiveness thereof.
 
CHAPTER 299
A6857
Fall
08/23/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 306 of 2011. Extends, from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024, the expiration of the authorization granted to residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their property.

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CHAPTER 300
A7118
Smullen
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 489 of 2004. Extends provisions allowing the county of Fulton to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property.
 
CHAPTER 301
A7171
Gibbs
08/23/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 384 of 1998. Extends provisions of law relating to the Terence Cardinal Cooke health care center until December 31, 2028.
 
CHAPTER 302
A7189
Dilan
08/23/23 signed
Amends §4, Chapter 573 of 2011. Extends certain provisions relating to the boarding of out of state incarcerated individuals until September 1, 2026.
 
CHAPTER 303
A7199
Wallace
08/23/23 signed
Amends §5, Chapter 462 of 2015. Extends provisions of law relating to long term care ombudsman access to assisted living facilities.
 
CHAPTER 304
A7286A
Lemondes
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-hhh, Tax Law. Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Skaneateles, not to exceed five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room.
 
CHAPTER 305
A7355
Simone
08/23/23 signed
Amends §296-c, Executive Law. Adds gender identity or expression as a protected class for purposes of the human rights law.
Division of Human Rights
 
CHAPTER 306
A7380
Thiele
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0328, Environmental Conservation Law. Relates to the issuance of commercial food fish licenses.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 307
A7383
McMahon
08/23/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 307 of 2005. Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the special powers of the New York state environmental facilities corporation to 2026.
Environmental Facilities Corporation
 
CHAPTER 308
A7391A
Lemondes
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-z-2, Tax Law. Authorizes an occupancy tax of seven percent of the per diem rental rate of hotel rooms in the village of Weedsport, county of Cayuga; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 309
A7398
Zebrowski
08/23/23 signed
Amends §1903, Real Property Tax Law. Extends limitations on the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland.
 
CHAPTER 310
A7399
Zebrowski
08/23/23 signed
Amends §1903, Real Property Tax Law. Extends limitations on the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Clarkstown, county of Rockland for 2023--2024.
 
CHAPTER 311
A7432
Lunsford
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0340-b, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation regarding the management of fluke-summer flounder.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 312
A7433
Eachus
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0339-a, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 313
A7434
Williams
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0339-a, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blueback herring.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 314
A7435
Wallace
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0340-f, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass.
Department of Environmental Conservation

CHAPTER 315
A7436
McMahon
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0360, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 316
A7438
Lee
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0339-a, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic Cod.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 317
A7439
Burdick
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0340-e, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scup.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 318
A7440
Simone
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0338, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage sharks.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 319
A7441
Otis
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0339-a, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage squid.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 320
A7442
Levenberg
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0330, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch from 2023 to 2026.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 321
A7443
Williams
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0340-c, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder from 2023 to 2026.
Department of Environmental Conservation

CHAPTER 322
A7477A
Jacobson
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 371 of 2020. Extends the authority of the town of Newburgh to impose a hotel and motel tax for an additional two years.
 
CHAPTER 323
A7661
Wallace
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 363 of 2010. Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection.
 
CHAPTER 324
S1714
MARTINEZ
08/23/23 signed
Amends §1, Chapter 397 of 1996. Extends provisions which authorize the town of Islip to lease certain lands to a business corporation.
 
CHAPTER 325
S3444A
HELMING
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-ii, Tax Law. Authorizes the county of Wayne to impose a hotel or motel room or seasonal rental occupancy tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 326
S4585A
OBERACKER
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 333 of 2006. Extends the authorization for the county of Schoharie to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property.
 
CHAPTER 327
S5734A
BORRELLO
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 579 of 2004. Extends the authorization of the county of Genesee to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property from 2023 to 2025.
 
CHAPTER 328
S5736A
MAY
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-hhh, Tax Law. Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Skaneateles, not to exceed five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room.
 
CHAPTER 329
S6147
BORRELLO
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 98 of 2009. Extends the authorization of the county of Cattaraugus to impose an additional mortgage recording tax until December 1, 2025.

CHAPTER 330
S6245A
SKOUFIS
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 373 of 2020. Extends the authorization for the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%.
 
CHAPTER 331
S6274
WEBB
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 443 of 2007. Extends provisions of law authorizing the county of Cortland to impose an additional mortgage recording tax until December 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 332
S6406
WALCZYK
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 549 of 2005. Extends authorization of the county of Herkimer to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property to 12/01/2025.
 
CHAPTER 333
S6448
HINCHEY
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 556 of 2007. Extends the authority of the county of Columbia to impose an additional real estate transfer tax by two years.
 
CHAPTER 334
S6449
HINCHEY
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 218 of 2009. Extends the authorization of the county of Greene to impose an additional mortgage recording tax.
 
CHAPTER 335
S6626
BORRELLO
08/23/23 signed
Repealed §1202-j subsection 9, amends §1202-j, Tax Law; amends §2, Chapter 405 of 2007. Modifies the allocation of revenue from the hotel and motel taxes in Chautauqua county; extends the authorization for such taxes.
 
CHAPTER 336
S6669
TEDISCO
08/23/23 signed
Amends Chapter 203 of 1957; amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993. Relates to the administration and funding of the town of Ballston Community Public Library; provides for the election of trustees and the approval of a budget; authorizes the Ballston Community Public Library to impose certain taxes; allows the Ballston Community Public Library to be eligible for certain financing of facilities for public libraries.
 
CHAPTER 337
S6687
BRESLIN
08/23/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 105 of 2009. Extends the ability of the county of Albany to impose and collect taxes on occupancy of hotel or motel rooms in Albany county.

CHAPTER 338
S6762
BRESLIN
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 405 of 2005. Extends the authorization to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by a mortgage on real property in Albany County.
 
CHAPTER 339
S6919A
ROLISON
08/23/23 signed
Add §1202-z-4, Tax Law. Authorizes the town of Putnam Valley, in Putnam county to adopt and amend local laws imposing a tax on persons occupying a room for hire in any hotel in an amount not to exceed 2% of the per diem rental rate for each room.
 
CHAPTER 340
S6947
MARTINEZ
08/23/23 signed
Amends §13-0339-a, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic herring.
Department of Environmental Conservation
 
CHAPTER 341
S7065
RYAN
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 581 of 2005. Relates to extending provisions relating to statutory installment bonds to 2026.
Environmental Facilities Corporation
 
CHAPTER 342
S7066
RYAN
08/23/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 492 of 1993. Extends certain provisions relating to installment loans and obligations evidencing installment loans to 2026.
Environmental Facilities Corporation
 
CHAPTER 343
S7067
RYAN
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 629 of 2005. Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to refunding bonds to 2026.
Environmental Facilities Corporation
 
CHAPTER 344
S7095A
BRESLIN
08/23/23 signed
Amends Insurance Law, generally. Relates to group capital calculations, liquidity stress tests and confidentiality; authorizes the promulgation of regulations and the payment of certain expenses.

CHAPTER 345
S7386
SEPULVEDA
Amends §§1212-a, 1301, 1304 & 1304-B, Tax Law; amends §§11-604, 11-1701, 11-1704.1, 11-2002 & 11-2040, NYC Administrative Code; amends §4, Chapter 877 of 1975; amends §6, Chapter 884 of 1975; amends §2, Chapter 882 of 1977. Extends certain provisions of law relating to tax rates and the imposition of income taxes in the city of New York.
 
CHAPTER 346
S7393
STEWART-COUSINS
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 372 of 2020. Extends the authorization of the town of Mount Pleasant to adopt a local law to impose a hotel/motel occupancy tax for hotels not located in a village to September 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 347
S7400
GOUNARDES
08/23/23 signed
Amends §1803-a, Real Property Tax Law. Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities.
 
CHAPTER 348
S7430
WALCZYK
08/23/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 326 of 2006. Extends certain provisions authorizing the county of Hamilton to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by mortgages on real property to December 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 349
S7458
HARCKHAM
08/23/23 signed
Amends §4, Chapter 550 of 2013. Extends provisions of law relating to the mercury thermostat collection act from January 1, 2024 until January 1, 2025.

CHAPTER 350
A68A
Sayegh
09/06/23 signed
Amends §305, Education Law. Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.
 
CHAPTER 351
A1120
Joyner
09/06/23 signed
Amends §27-b, Labor Law. Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.
 
CHAPTER 352
S1161A
SANDERS
09/06/23 SIGNED
Amends §15, Workers’ Compensation Law. Increases compensation schedule in case of disability; provides that compensation after July 1, 2026 shall not be less than one-fifth of the New York state average weekly wage unless the employee's weekly wage is equal to or less than one-fifth the weekly wage, then they shall receive the entire amount.
 
CHAPTER 353
S2832A
BRESLIN
09/06/23 SIGNED
Amends §§155.00 & 155.05, Penal Law. Adds wage theft to the types of activities included in the crime of larceny.
 
CHAPTER 354
S4982
RAMOS
09/06/23 SIGNED
Amends §201-d, Labor Law. Protects employee freedom of speech and conscience by prohibiting employers from coercing employees into attending or participating in meetings sponsored by the employer concerning the employer's views on political or religious matters.
 
CHAPTER 355
A514A
Peoples-Stokes
09/07/23 signed
Adds §817, Education Law. Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity beginning with notification to parents and students on the benefits and opportunities offered as well as automatic enrollment opportunities.
 
CHAPTER 356
A7155
Pheffer Amato
09/07/23 signed
09/07/23 approval memo.6
Amends §63, Civil Service Law. Provides for crediting of probationary service when a person appointed provisionally in accordance with section sixty-five of the civil service law receives a permanent appointment to the same title.
 
CHAPTER 357
S1732
MAYER
09/07/23 SIGNED
Adds §817, Education Law. Relates to student governments in secondary schools that have no districtwide or school building peer selected student government.
 
CHAPTER 358
S5486
JACKSON
09/07/23 SIGNED
09/07/23 APPROVAL MEMO.7
Amends §50, Civil Service Law. Requires civil service examination announcements to be issued to the local board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), high schools, colleges, universities, local social services districts, and job training programs.
 
CHAPTER 359
A7768
Colton
09/09/23 signed
Amends §§3604 & 3635, Education Law. Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.
 
CHAPTER 360
A5223C
Beephan
09/11/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of East Fishkill the "Zone Sergeant James G. Sweeney Memorial Bridge".
 
CHAPTER 361
A6732
Aubry
09/11/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Port Authority Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas Memorial Bridge" located in the neighborhood of East Elmhurst, Queens County.
 
CHAPTER 362
A7410
Fitzpatrick
09/11/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law. Designates a portion of state route 111 in the towns of Islip and Smithtown as the "Port Authority Police Officer Steven J. Tursellino Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 363
S2519
GALLIVAN
09/11/23 SIGNED
Deems an application filed with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system by the widow of Lawrence Lakeman as timely filed.
 
CHAPTER 364
S2946B
KAVANAGH
09/11/23 SIGNED
Add §399-rr, General Business Law. Enacts the "9/11 notice act"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program.
 
CHAPTER 365
A4456
Bores
09/13/23 signed
Amends §399-z, General Business Law. Raises the maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing to twenty thousand dollars.
 
CHAPTER 366
A398A
Burdick
09/14/23 signed
Amends §590, Labor Law. Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits; requires an employer to provide a written notice of the right to file for unemployment benefits to any employee whose employment has been terminated or whose scheduled working hours have been reduced.
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CHAPTER 367
A836
Dinowitz (MS)
09/14/23 signed
Add §201-i, Labor Law. Prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant for employment disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified electronic communications devices.
 
CHAPTER 368
A6543
Seawright
09/14/23 signed
Amends §450, Executive Law. Renames the developmental disabilities planning council to be the state council on developmental disabilities; changes membership.
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
 
CHAPTER 369
S1902A
CLEARE
09/14/23 signed
Amends §540, Labor Law. Requires notice to unemployment applicants of the supplemental nutrition assistance program and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC).
 
CHAPTER 370
S3313B
SKOUFIS
09/14/23 signed
Amends §47-b, Private Housing Finance Law; amends §§1676 & 1680, Public Authorities Law; amends §9-a. Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability".
 
CHAPTER 371
S4041A
MAYER
09/14/23 signed
Amends Education Law, generally. Replaces certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities in relation to children with such disabilities.
 
CHAPTER 372
A343A
Burdick
09/15/23 signed
Add §119-d, Public Service Law Directs the Public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations requiring vine trimming, in addition to other maintenance procedures, for the maintenance of utility poles by the utility company or cable television company that owns such utility pole where such vine growth is likely to disrupt safe and reliable service.
 
CHAPTER 373
A1025
Bichotte Hermelyn
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Buildings Law Prohibits the sale of tobacco products at vending stands or in vending machines in state buildings.

CHAPTER 374
A2137
Peoples-Stokes
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1187, Public Authorities Law Increases the total amount of bonds the Buffalo sewer authority may issue from two hundred fifty million to five hundred million dollars.
 
CHAPTER 375
A2228
Morinello
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 20 of 1985 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Sanborn Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association, Inc.
 
CHAPTER 376
A2311
Morinello
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 363 of 1982 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Lewiston Fire Company No. 2.
 
CHAPTER 377
A2356
Morinello
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 19 of 1985 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Upper Mountain, Inc.
 
CHAPTER 378
A2756A
Gandolfo
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from the East Islip Fire District with respect to a portion of the 2021-2022 assessment roll and the entire 2022-2023 assessment roll.
 
CHAPTER 379
A2884
Magnarelli
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides a liquor license exemption for the Mitzpah Towers property located in the city of Syracuse in the county of Onondaga.
 
CHAPTER 380
A3313
DiPietro
09/15/23 signed
Repealed §925-t, General Municipal Law Repeals provisions of law relating to the town of Concord industrial development agency.
 
CHAPTER 381
A3451
DeStefano
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the Ruth AME Zion Church to file with the town of Brookhaven assessor an application for certain real property tax exemptions.

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CHAPTER 382
A3463A
Santabarbara
09/15/23 signed
Amends §911, Executive Law Adds North Chuctanunda Creek to the definition of inland waterways.
 
CHAPTER 383
A4037
Hunter
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1402, Not For Profit Corporation Law Exempts the Southwood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
 
CHAPTER 384
A4092
Byrnes
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1199-gggg, Public Authorities Law Increases the bond authority of the Livingston county water and sewer authority from $42,000,000 to $70,000,000.
 
CHAPTER 385
A4106
Gallahan
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law Waives the residency requirement for the clerk to the board of supervisors of Seneca county allowing a person holding such office to reside in a county adjoining Seneca county.
 
CHAPTER 386
A4862
Ardila
09/15/23 signed
Add §219-d, Labor Law Provides employers the opportunity to register for emergency alerts from the state of New York Public safety alert mass notification system.
 
CHAPTER 387
A4994
Blankenbush
09/15/23 signed
Amends §182.20, Criminal Procedure Law Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Jefferson.
 
CHAPTER 388
A5326A
Curran
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes Vineyard Christian Fellowship South Shore Inc. to file with the county of Nassau assessor an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2020-2021 assessment roll for all the 2020-2021 school taxes and all the 2021 general taxes.
 
CHAPTER 389
A5355
Maher
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3-300, Village Law; Amends §3, Public Officers Law Permits the village justice of the village of Maybrook, Orange county, to reside outside of the Village boundaries but within the town of Montgomery or the town of Hamptonburgh.


CHAPTER 390
A5609
Rozic
09/15/23 signed
Amends §17-a, Workers’ Compensation Law Relates to providing certain language access services for injured employees with limited English proficiency.
 
CHAPTER 391
A5697
Barrett
09/15/23 signed
Amends §491, Social Services Law Requires every mandated reporter to make a report to the register unless the register has knowledge of the incident.
 
CHAPTER 392
A5742A
Slater
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of planning, development, and Public transportation for Putnam county, provided that such person resides in Putnam county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.
 
CHAPTER 393
A5781
Magnarelli
09/15/23 signed
Amends §2799-hhh, Public Authorities Law Provides that the Syracuse regional airport authority may acquire, hold, own, lease, establish, construct, effectuate, operate, maintain, renovate, improve, extend or repair any of its facilities through, and cause any one or more of its powers, duties, functions or activities to be exercised or performed by, no more than two wholly owned subsidiary corporations of the authority for the purposes of operating parking and concessions including food, beverage, and retail services, and airline and aircraft services including ticketing, baggage and fueling services and other services for the operation of the airport.
 
CHAPTER 394
A5799A
Gandolfo
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, to discontinue as parklands and lease certain lands to J.P. Supreme Caterers, Inc., d/b/a Nicky's on the Bay, or its successors and/or assigns, for operation of a fuel dock and restaurant.
 
CHAPTER 395
A5928
Stirpe
09/15/23 signed
Amends §301, Agriculture & Markets Law Includes certain lands used in single operation for the production of tree nuts in the definition of agricultural land; includes tree nuts in the definition of fruits.
 
CHAPTER 396
A6085A
Brown K
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Permits the state liquor authority to issue a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises.
 
CHAPTER 397
A6095A
DiPietro
09/15/23 signed
Amends §911, Executive Law Includes Silver Lake Outlet within the definition of "inland waterways" as a major creek for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.
 
CHAPTER 398
A6101
Levenberg
09/15/23 signed
Amends §10-1006, Village Law Exempts the Buchanan Engine Company No. 1, within the village of Buchanan, county of Westchester from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
 
CHAPTER 399
A6102
McDonald
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law Relates to removing the residency requirement to hold the position of assistant district attorney in the county of Rensselaer, provided that such assistant district attorney resides in an adjoining county.
Last Act: 09/15/23 signed chap.399
 
CHAPTER 400
A6129A
Blumencranz
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the Gold Coast Public library district to file with the county of Nassau assessor for an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption.
 
CHAPTER 401
A6384A
Gandolfo
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 493 of 1987 Relates to the Ocean Beach Volunteer and Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association, Inc's purpose and use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.
 
CHAPTER 402
A6545
Davila
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§154-c & 304.2, Family Court Act Relates to orders of protection expiration dates and the duration of temporary orders of protection in juvenile delinquency cases; requires expiration dates for orders of protection under certain articles of the family court act to be plainly stated; provides that a temporary order of protection in juvenile delinquency cases may remain in effect for an initial period of up to thirty days and may be extended by the court for good cause, upon notice to the juvenile; provides that the juvenile has a right to counsel upon the extension of the order of protection.
Office of Court Administration


CHAPTER 403
A6693
Shimsky
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Mount Pleasant to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Spectrum Designs Foundation Ltd. for a certain parcel in the village of Pleasantville in the town of Mount Pleasant.
 
CHAPTER 404
A6724
Bronson
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the city of Rochester to convey by appropriate instruments to the Rochester Pure Waters District, an easement in Genesee Valley Park, for installation and maintenance of sanitary sewer facilities.
 
CHAPTER 405
A6725
Tague
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law Exempts persons holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Greene from the requirement that such persons reside in such county.
 
CHAPTER 406
A6751
Jacobson
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises.
 
CHAPTER 407
A6770
Miller
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law Waives the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services, provided that such person remains a resident of an adjoining county.
 
CHAPTER 408
A6793
Bichotte Hermelyn
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises.
 
CHAPTER 409
A6903
Stern
09/15/23 signed
Amends §213, State Finance Law Makes technical corrections to the definition of "certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprise" for purposes of the excelsior linked deposit program.
 
CHAPTER 410
A6907
Buttenschon
09/15/23 signed
Amends §321, Judiciary Law Authorizes the district attorney in the county of Oneida to appoint five stenographers to take and transcribe the testimony given before grand juries.

​CHAPTER 411
A7015
Woerner
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1302, Public Authorities Law Permits Warren county to become a member of the capital district transportation district by action of their governing body.
 
CHAPTER 412
A7046
Santabarbara
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law Relates to qualifications for holding the offices of city controller and city engineer in the city of Amsterdam; provides that a person not living in the city of Amsterdam may hold the office of city controller or city engineer for such city provided he or she lives in Montgomery county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.
 
CHAPTER 413
A7073
Curran
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides an exemption from certain requirements for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises.
 
CHAPTER 414
A7112
Pheffer Amato
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1105, Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act Relates to the compensation of deputy Public administrators in the city of New York; permits them to be paid at least two-thirds the amount paid to Public administrators within the same county.
 
CHAPTER 415
A7274
Blumencranz
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3-300, Village Law; Amends §3, Public Officers Law Relates to residency requirements for village justice and/or associate justice of Laurel Hollow and allows the village board of trustees of Laurel Hollow to appoint a person who resides in the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk.
 
CHAPTER 416
A7275
Vanel
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides an exemption for certain property, known as Nettie's Restaurant, and located at 220-03 Hempstead Avenue in Queens Village, from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a place of worship.
 
CHAPTER 417
A7364
Otis
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§713, 714 & 716, Executive Law Relates to the security and cyber security of certain critical infrastructure, including energy generating and transmission facilities, storage facilities for hazardous substances, and commercial aviation, petroleum and natural gas fuel transmission facilities and pipelines.
 

CHAPTER 418
A7368A
Magnarelli
09/15/23 signed
Enacts the "Syracuse regional airport authority design-build act" allowing for the Syracuse regional airport authority to enter into a design-build contract for the installation, construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, and renovation in connection with a landside improvement project, terminal operational enhancement and aircraft deicing facility located in the towns of Cicero, De Witt and Salina at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport.
 
CHAPTER 419
A7429
Woerner
09/15/23 signed
Amends §2, Chapter 455 of 2011 Relates to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater; extends effectiveness of provisions for two years.
 
CHAPTER 420
A7478A
Levenberg
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law; Amends §3-300, Village Law Authorizes the village clerk/treasurer and the deputy clerk for the village of Cold Spring, Putnam county, to reside outside such village, but within the county in which such village is located or an adjoining county.
 
CHAPTER 421
A7580
Hunter
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§1, 3 & 7, Chapter 746 of 1957 Provides for the purposes of the volunteer and exempt firemen's benevolent association of East Syracuse; changes the title of the association to include firefighters; directs the use of tax monies received to go towards furthering the purposes of such association.
 
CHAPTER 422
S209A
CLEARE
09/15/23 signed
Amends §921-a, Education Law Requires schools to provide teachers with written informational material on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors.
 
CHAPTER 423
S945
GIANARIS
09/15/23 signed
Amends §9-211, Election Law Amends election law to accurately reflect proper cross reference relating to the operational failure of a voting machine.
 
CHAPTER 424
S1068
BORRELLO
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1402, Not For Profit Corporation Law Exempts the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
 
CHAPTER 425
S1138
ORTT
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 658 of 1978 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Lewiston Fire Company No. 1.
 
CHAPTER 426
S1268
ORTT
09/15/23 signed
Amends §182.20, Criminal Procedure Law Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Orleans.
 
CHAPTER 427
S2500B
PALUMBO
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the Jamesport Fire District to file an application for exemption from 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 real property taxes.
 
CHAPTER 428
S3436
SKOUFIS
09/15/23 signed
Amends §8018, Civil Practice Law and Rules Exempts applications for an extreme risk protection order from requiring an index number fee.
 
CHAPTER 429
S4879
MAYER
09/15/23 signed
Amends §400.00, Penal Law Provides that the legislative body of the county of Westchester shall fix the fee to be charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for the disposition of such fees.
 
CHAPTER 430
S5086
MAYER
09/15/23 signed
Amends §17, Public Officers Law Establishes that guardians ad litem in Westchester county are considered employees for the purposes of representation and indemnification in civil actions resulting from actions taken during the scope of their employment.
 
CHAPTER 431
S5164
GALLIVAN
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1402, Not For Profit Corporation Law Exempts the Crittenden Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. located in the town of Alden, county of Erie, from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members.
 
CHAPTER 432
S5176
THOMAS
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the assessor of Nassau county to grant the World Restoration Center Inc. retroactive real property tax exempt status upon an application therefor.

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CHAPTER 433
S5572
GOUNARDES
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§190, 192 & 198-c, Labor Law Increases the threshold for applicability of wage payment protections for certain persons employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, from $900 to $1,300 per week.
 
CHAPTER 434
S5640
RAMOS
09/15/23 signed
Add §203-f, Labor Law Provides that employment provisions that require an employee to assign certain inventions that are made on the employee's own time and which do not use the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information shall be unenforceable.
 
CHAPTER 435
S5652B
ORTT
09/15/23 signed
Repealed §926-o, General Municipal Law Repeals provisions relating to the Town of Niagara industrial development agency.
 
CHAPTER 436
S5795A
MURRAY
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc. for the property located at 72 Neighborhood Road in Mastic Beach.
 
CHAPTER 437
S5932
HARCKHAM
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1640-q, Vehicle & Traffic Law Adds Truesdale Drive, Nordica Drive, Cedar Lane, and Old Post Road South from Truesdale Drive to Morningside Drive to the Croton-on-Hudson residential parking system.
 
CHAPTER 438
S5959B
WEBB
09/15/23 signed
09/15/23 APPROVAL MEMO.8
Amends §5913, Insurance Law; Amends §§311 & 370, Vehicle & Traffic Law Authorizes certain policies issued by a risk retention group not chartered in this state but which is registered with the superintendent of financial services under the federal liability risk retention act of 1986, comprised entirely of organizations to which contributions are eligible for deduction under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and which qualifies as a charitable risk pool under section 501(n) of the internal revenue code.
 
CHAPTER 439
S6026A
SKOUFIS
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3, Public Officers Law; Amends §3-300, Village Law Relates to residency requirements for the village clerk/treasurer and deputy village clerk/treasurer for the village of Otisville, Orange county.

CHAPTER 440
S6126A
MURRAY
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to alienate certain parklands for the purpose of constructing a municipal drainage system and acquire and dedicate certain other lands as parklands.
 
CHAPTER 441
S6150A
COONEY
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the town of Henrietta, county of Monroe to alienate certain lands used as parkland to Forest Creek Equity Corp., and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands.
 
CHAPTER 442
S6167
MURRAY
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§1, 6 & 7, Chapter 47 of 1963 Changes the name of the Bellport Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association to the Bellport Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association; decreases the board of trustees from 7 to 5 members; allows the association to use certain taxes collected and paid in furtherance of its purposes as stated in the association's charter.
 
CHAPTER 443
S6177B
MARTINS
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from New York Jesus Baptist Church with respect to the 2022-2023 assessment roll for all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2023 general taxes.
 
CHAPTER 444
S6289
ASHBY
09/15/23 signed
Relates to incorporating the Salem Volunteer Fire Department Benevolent Association, and providing for its powers and duties.
 
CHAPTER 445
S6329B
MURRAY
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from De Bethesda Eglise for the 2020 and 2021 general taxes.
 
CHAPTER 446
S6360
ROLISON
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1640-h, Vehicle & Traffic Law Adds streets and areas to the residential parking system in the village of Cold Spring in the county of Putnam.
 
CHAPTER 447
S6363A
HARCKHAM
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 538 of 1975 Expands the purposes of the South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association to be to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who are injured, disabled or indigent; provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; promote and safeguard the welfare of the members of the corporation; enhance the morale of the members of the corporation by providing social and recreational activities for members of the association; and promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the South Salem Fire Department, Inc.; relates to certain foreign fire insurance premium taxes.
 
CHAPTER 448
S6410A
RAMOS
09/15/23 signed
Amends §3443, Insurance Law; Amends §§50 & 70, Workers Compensation Law; Amends §30, Volunteer Firefighters Law; Amends §30, Volunteer Ambulance Workers Benefit Law; Amends §119-o, General Municipal Law Authorizes certain groups to adopt a plan for self-insurance as a group to be known as a Public group self-insurer; establishes procedures for insolvency of a Public group self-insurer and for offering deductibles.
 
CHAPTER 449
S6432A
MARTINS
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Torah Ohr Hebrew Academy for a portion of the 2021-2022 school taxes, a portion of the 2021 general taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes.
 
CHAPTER 450
S6493C
GRIFFO
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§1, 2, 3 & 7, Chapter 639 of 1970 Relates to the name and powers of the Oriskany Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Association of Oriskany, county of Oneida; changes the name to the Oriskany Volunteer Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association of Oriskany, county of Oneida and makes conforming changes; expands the powers of such association.
 
CHAPTER 451
S6527A
MURRAY
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the Grace Gospel Church of Suffolk, Inc. to file an application for retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2020--2021 and 2021--2022 assessment rolls.
 
CHAPTER 452
S6535
CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the Shulamith School for Girls to file an application with the Nassau county assessor for a retroactive real property tax exemption.
 
CHAPTER 453
S6661A
WEIK
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the Chabad of Islip Township Inc to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2022--2023 assessment rolls.

CHAPTER 454
S6680
MURRAY
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1, Chapter 638 of 2022 Makes technical corrections relating to the authorization of a real property tax exemption for Word of Truth Church, Inc. in Suffolk county.
 
CHAPTER 455
S6698A
CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the Bais Tefila of Inwood to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status.
 
CHAPTER 456
S6722A
CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the United Church of God Seventh Day to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status.
 
CHAPTER 457
S6741
GIANARIS
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises located at Block 644, p/o Lot 1, Building 13, Queens county.
 
CHAPTER 458
S6743A
HARCKHAM
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value to Homeland Towers, LLC for a term not to exceed 30 years certain lands to make the necessary renovations and operate a radio transmission tower facility.
 
CHAPTER 459
S6793
MARTINS
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§610.0, 610.4 & 610.5, Chapter 273 of 1939 Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Williston Park; makes changes to membership; directs where tax revenues may be used.
 
CHAPTER 460
S6858B
RHOADS
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the East Meadow Fire District with respect to the 2022-2023 assessment roll for all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes.
 
CHAPTER 461
S6885A
MARTINS
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the North Shore Land Alliance, Inc. to file with the county of Nassau assessor an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption.
 
CHAPTER 462
S7077A
ORTT
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 584 of 1996 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association.
 
CHAPTER 463
S7219
HINCHEY
09/15/23 signed
Amends §1402, Not For Profit Corporation Law Exempts the Leeds Hose Company No. 1, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
 
CHAPTER 464
S7395C
WEBER
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate Inc.
 
CHAPTER 465
S7439
PALUMBO
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, to alienate certain parklands for the purpose of installing an algae skimmer in Lake Agawam, and to replace such alienated parkland with a new, dedicated parkland.
 
CHAPTER 466
S7440
RYAN
09/15/23 signed
Amends §§3 & 7, Chapter 430 of 1963 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Grand Island Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association.
 
CHAPTER 467
S7454
MARTINEZ
09/15/23 signed
Repealed Article 8 Title 16, Public Authorities Law Repeals provisions relating to the Suffolk county judicial facilities agency.
 
CHAPTER 468
S7505
BAILEY
09/15/23 signed
Amends §440.46-a, Criminal Procedure Law Makes technical corrections regarding the unlawful possession and sale of cannabis.
 
CHAPTER 469
S7510
COMRIE
09/15/23 signed
Amends §7, Increases the authorization of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ("DASNY"), as successor to the New York State Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency ("MCFFA") pursuant to the Health Care Financing Consolidation Act of 1995, to issue hospital and nursing home project bonds and notes from $17.4 billion to $18.2 billion.

CHAPTER 470
S7511
KAVANAGH
09/15/23 signed
Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a church for a condominium building in Manhattan.
 
CHAPTER 471
S7521
MAYER
09/15/23 signed
Authorizes the City of White Plains to alienate property owned by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of White Plains Public parking garage.
 
CHAPTER 472
A1177
Paulin
09/20/23 signed
Amends §9-209, Election Law Relates to ballots submitted in envelopes that are sealed with tape, paste or any other binding agent or device and have no indication of tampering.
 
CHAPTER 473
A4009A
Gibbs
09/20/23 signed
Amends §510, Correction Law Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails.
 
CHAPTER 474
A7690
Heastie
09/20/23 signed
Repealed §8-308 subdivision 2, Amends Election Law, generally Relates to the presidential primary, to provide for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in 2024; schedules the presidential primary election for April 2, 2024; updates the political calendar accordingly; requires cure affirmations for curing ballots to be received by the board of elections no later than 7 business days after the board's mailing of the curable rejection notice or the day before the election, whichever is later; provides that any write-in vote for a candidate whether or not such candidate's name is on the ballot for that contest shall be counted for such candidate unless such write-in vote creates an invalid overvote in the contest; allows ballot envelopes without a postmark to be a curable defect; requires additional attestations to cure such defect; relates to the ability and proceeding to contest certain certificates to fill a vacancy in a designation; provides that absentee ballots may be canvassed at the poll site on election day; provides that no board of elections shall commence a full manual recount of a particular contest unless and until such board has completed and announced the results of the recanvas otherwise required, for each applicable election district.
 
CHAPTER 475
S350
JACKSON
09/20/23 signed
Add §16-101, Election Law Provides that for any legal challenge to the constitutionality of a provision of the election law, venue shall be brought in the following designated court in the judicial department within which at least one plaintiff is located: first judicial department: New York county; second judicial department: Westchester county; third judicial department: Albany county; and fourth judicial department: Erie county.
 
CHAPTER 476
S438
SKOUFIS
09/20/23 signed
Amends §12-106, Election Law Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector.
 
CHAPTER 477
S587
COMRIE
09/20/23 signed
Amends §3-412, Election Law Relates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers; requires the state board of elections to develop and provide to each county materials for a model poll worker training program which the counties may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers in state and county elections.
 
CHAPTER 478
S1733A
MAYER
09/20/23 signed
Amends §5-507, Election Law Requires local boards of education, BOCES, charter schools and non-public schools to adopt policies to promote student voter registration and pre-registration, including procedures for providing access to voter registration and pre-registration applications during the school year and assistance with filing such applications and informing students of the state requirements for voter registration and pre-registration.
 
CHAPTER 479
S5984A
KAVANAGH
09/20/23 signed
Amends §§8-302 & 9-209, add §8-604, Election Law Provides for conditional registration of voters during early voting.
 
CHAPTER 480
S6519A
KAVANAGH
09/20/23 signed
Amends §8-600, Election Law Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting by requiring that no location change may occur within forty-eight hours of the commencement of an early voting period unless there is a disaster or a declared state of emergency.
 
CHAPTER 481
S7394A
GIANARIS
09/20/23 signed
Amends Election Law, generally; Amends Education Law, generally; Amends §§84 & 84-a, add §84-b, Town Law; Amends §§1053, 1054, 1057-a, 1057-d, 1057-e & 1057-g, NYC Charter Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online.

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CHAPTER 482
A703A
Dinowitz
09/20/23 signed
Amends §349-d, General Business Law Relates to requiring certain notices prior to changes in energy service pricing.
 
CHAPTER 483
A6949
Glick
09/21/23 signed
09/21/23 approval memo.9
Amends §23-0305, Environmental Conservation Law Exempts certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements for wells drilled deeper than five hundred feet below the earth's surface.
 
CHAPTER 484
A1967
Carroll
09/22/23 signed
Amends §§462 & 465, repealed §467, Real Property Law Requires disclosure of information concerning flood insurance on property condition disclosure statements; relates to liability with respect to property disclosures.
 
CHAPTER 485
A6113B
Carroll
09/22/23 signed
Amends §§499-aaaa, 499-bbbb & 499-cccc, Real Property Tax Law Updates and modifies the tax abatements for certain solar and electric storage systems; grants real property tax abatements for solar parking canopy structures.
 
CHAPTER 486
S3365
HARCKHAM
09/22/23 signed
Amends §24-0703, Environmental Conservation Law Requires the disclosure of insurance information, including the name of the insurance company, the amount of coverage and what is covered under their plan, on permit applications for the construction of pipelines upon any freshwater wetlands.
 
CHAPTER 487
S5186A
MAYER
09/22/23 signed
Amends §§1-0303 & 3-0301, Environmental Conservation Law Requires the department of environmental conservation to authorize and encourage the use of nature-based solutions as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines in the state; provides such solutions should be considered when promulgating and implementing rules and regulations relating to such.
 
CHAPTER 488
A7254
Lavine
09/22/23 signed
Amends §§1803-a & 1903, Real Property Tax Law Relates to base proportions in assessing units in Nassau county.
 
CHAPTER 489
S5607A
BRESLIN
09/22/23 signed
Provides for a taxpayer assistance authorization for households in the county of Schenectady; provides for a $250 rebate for property owners in Schenectady county with a qualifying STAR exemption or school tax relief credit.
 
CHAPTER 490
A3227
Paulin
09/27/23 signed
Amends §4-b, Chapter 802 of 1947 Relates to information concerning services for human trafficking victims in lactation rooms in Port of New York Authority terminals.
 
CHAPTER 491
A3720
Paulin
09/27/23 signed
Add §1266-m, Public Authorities Law Provides for information concerning services for human trafficking victims in transit facilities operated by the metropolitan transportation authority.
 
CHAPTER 492
A4264
Paulin
09/27/23 signed
Amends §390-d, General Business Law Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be posted in lactation rooms at truck stops; defines "lactation room".
 
CHAPTER 493
A4265
Paulin
09/27/23 signed
Amends §14-n, Transportation Law Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be made available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports.
 
CHAPTER 494
A4586
Paulin
09/27/23 signed
Amends §389, Public Authorities Law Provides that lactation rooms in service areas which are maintained or operated by the New York state thruway authority shall display information for services related to human trafficking.
 
CHAPTER 495
A4669
Paulin
09/27/23 signed
Amends Article IV, §1 of Chapter 154 of 1921 Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be provided in lactation rooms in Port Authority bus terminals.
 
CHAPTER 496
A7360
Lee
09/27/23 signed
Amends §483-ee, Social Service Law; amends §14, Chapter 74 of 2007 Relates to the composition of the interagency task force on human trafficking; extends provisions related to the effectiveness of such task force.

CHAPTER 497
S395
CLEARE
09/27/23 signed
Amends §483-ee, Social Service Law Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking.
 
CHAPTER 498
S7460
PALUMBO
09/27/23 signed
Amends §3, Chapter 438 of 2022 Extends provisions of law relating to the adoption and submission of an annual budget by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton from January 1, 2024 until January 1, 2025.
 
CHAPTER 499
A6686
Magnarelli
09/29/23 signed
Add §1111-g, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §87, Public Officers Law Authorizes adjudication of traffic control signal indications at no more than thirty-six intersections in the city of Syracuse.

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CHAPTER 500
A7043A
Fahy
09/29/23 signed
Add §1180-f, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §87, Public Officers Law Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Albany; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2028.
 
CHAPTER 501
A7206B
Pretlow
09/29/23 signed
Amends §1803, add §1111-g, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §87, Public Officers Law Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the county of Westchester. 
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CHAPTER 502
S6632
MAY
09/29/23 signed
Add §1180-f, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §87, Public Officers Law Authorizes the city of Syracuse to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone.

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CHAPTER 503
A2943
Simpson
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates the bridge on the portion of Charley Hill Road which crosses interstate route 87 in the town of Schroon, county of Essex as the "Trooper Lawrence P. Gleason Memorial Bridge".
CHAPTER 504
A3162
Woerner
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates the bridge over the Battenkill River on state route three hundred seventy-two between Barber Avenue and Mill Street in the village of Greenwich, county of Washington, as the "Deputy Chief Brian Buell Memorial Bridge".
 
CHAPTER 505
A3288
Slater
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Names a portion of route 202 in the town of Yorktown the "Captain Kenneth Sgroi Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 506
A3528
Pretlow
09/29/23 signed
09/29/23 approval memo.10
Amends §334, Racing Pari-Mutual Wagering Breeding Law Allows New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, either in-state or out-of-state.
 
CHAPTER 507
A4212
McDonough
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in Nassau county as the "Trooper James R. Gohery Memorial Bridge".
 
CHAPTER 508
A4793
McGowan
09/29/23 signed
Add §345-b, Highway Law Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Doc Schelin Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 509
A4928
Rajkumar
09/29/23 signed
Amends §27-0712, Environmental Conservation Law Requires putrescible and non-putrescible waste to be covered by a hard tarp when transported by rail.
 
CHAPTER 510
A5897B
Rivera
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper William P. Keane Memorial Bridge".
 
CHAPTER 511
A5948
Shimsky
09/29/23 signed
Amends §40, Navigation Law Relates to equipment to be carried on certain vessels; requires a whistle to be carried on all vessels, rowboats, canoes and kayaks; requires fire extinguishers and use of engine cut-off switches on certain vessels.
 
CHAPTER 512
S289
MAY
09/29/23 signed
Amends §11.00, Local Finance Law Provides a 10 year period of probable usefulness for broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure.
 
CHAPTER 513
S1042A
HINCHEY
09/29/23 signed
Amends §245.15, repealed §245.15 sub 2-a, Penal Law Includes "deep fake" images created by digitization within the definition of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image.
 
CHAPTER 514
S2077
ADDABBO
09/29/23 signed
Amends §2, Chap 473 of 2010 Extends the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until twelve years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack.
 
CHAPTER 515
S2202A
THOMAS
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper Theodore A. Dobbs Memorial Bridge" in the town of North Hempstead, county of Nassau.
 
CHAPTER 516
S4707A
WALCZYK
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Firefighter Peyton L. S. Morse Memorial Highway" in the hamlet of La Fargeville, town of Orleans, Jefferson county.
 
CHAPTER 517
S5129A
WEBB
09/29/23 signed
Amends §1144-a, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires an operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vehicle which is parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder of a parkway or controlled-access highway.
 
CHAPTER 518
S5670
GALLIVAN
09/29/23 signed
Amends §25.05, Parks & Recreation Law Authorizes the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to designate a snowmobile trail within the right-of-way of state route 219 in the town of Concord, Erie county.
 
CHAPTER 519
S7421
ORTT
09/29/23 signed
Add §3-a, Veterans' Services Law Establishes a task force on veterans employment opportunities in the department of veterans' services.
 
CHAPTER 520
S7531
MARTINEZ
09/29/23 signed
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates the bridge over the Sagtikos Parkway on G Road in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, the "Trooper Fabio Buttitta Memorial Bridge".
 
CHAPTER 521
A6480
Burdick
10/05/23 signed
Amends §§55-b, 55-c & 59-d, Civil Service Law Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment.
 
CHAPTER 522
A2902
Cunningham
10/13/23 signed
Amends §106, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to the utilization of a pressurized mixing and dispensing system; permits a retail licensee for on-premises consumption to prepare and keep drinks containing alcoholic beverages in dispensing machines, having a capacity of not less than a gallon, utilizing a pressurized mixing and dispensing system.
 
CHAPTER 523
A6134
Clark
10/13/23 signed
Amends §§57-a & 67, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides the liquor authority the ability to set the duration of brewer's licenses, farm brewery licenses and restaurant-brewer licenses to three years.
 
CHAPTER 524
A6941
Bronson
10/13/23 signed
Repealed §105-a, §117-a sub 6, amends §§34, 54-b, 59-a & 130, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Permits the sale of beer at retail on Sundays.
 
CHAPTER 525
S2854
SKOUFIS
10/13/23 signed
Amends §105, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Expands the hours during which liquor and/or wine stores may be open on Sunday to 10 A.M. to 10 P.M.
 
CHAPTER 526
S3567A
SKOUFIS
10/13/23 signed
10/13/23 APPROVAL MEMO.11
Amends §§104, 101-b & 63, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Permits the sale or promotional gifting of certain complementary products for wine and spirits by certain persons or businesses licensed to sell wine and spirits.
 
CHAPTER 527
S6993A
RYAN
10/13/23 signed
Amends §106, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to licensing restrictions for on-premises alcohol consumption for manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages at specific locations.
 
CHAPTER 528
S4817A
ADDABBO
10/13/23 signed
10/13/23 APPROVAL MEMO.12
Amends §1351, Racing Pari-Mutual Wagering Breeding Law; amends §1612, Tax Law; amends Part EE §3, Chapter 59 of 2019 Relates to the tax on gaming revenues in region five of zone two and to the tax rates on certain facilities within the Tioga county portion of such region; adds additional vendor fees for a certain track located within Oneida county; extends the effectiveness of such additional vendor fees.
 
CHAPTER 529
A286A
Paulin
10/17/23 SIGNED
Amends §§2814 & 3602, Education Law Enacts the safe schools by design act; directs the use of design principles and strategies, pursuant to guidance issued by the commissioner of education, as part of a comprehensive approach to provide a safe, secure and healthy school environment.
 
CHAPTER 530
A4117
Paulin
10/17/23 SIGNED
Amends §§1394-d, 1392-a, 1394-a & 1394-b, Public Health Law Requires children's non-regulated camps to ascertain whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the sex offender registry using the United States department of justice national sex offender public website.
 
CHAPTER 531
S580A
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
10/17/23 SIGNED
Adds §367-x, Social Services Law Makes community violence prevention services available, to the extent permitted by federal law, to any Medicaid beneficiary who has received medical treatment for an injury sustained as a result of an act of community violence and has been referred by a certified or licensed health care provider or social services provider to receive community violence prevention services from a qualified violence prevention professional.
 
CHAPTER 532
S2712B
KENNEDY
10/17/23 SIGNED
Amends §§1197, 1803, 1809-c & 1809-e, Vehicle & Traffic Law Pays drug-impaired driving surcharges to counties for programs and initiatives to reduce drug-impaired driving incidences.
 
CHAPTER 533
S6082A
FERNANDEZ
10/17/23 SIGNED
Amends §207, Public Health Law Includes within the health care and wellness education and outreach program offered by the department of health resources for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss.
 
CHAPTER 534
A7359
Lucas
10/23/23 signed
Amends §656, Private Housing Finance Law Increases the bonding authority of the New York city housing development corporation.
 
CHAPTER 535
S2985C
KAVANAGH
10/23/23 signed
Amends §696-a, adds §§696-e & 696-f, General Municipal Law; amends §11.00, Local Finance Law; amends Private Housing Finance Law, generally; amends §1802, NYC Charter Enacts the "housing affordability, resiliency, and energy efficiency investment act"; relates to the modernization of affordable housing financing authorities that authorize financing for the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing.
 
CHAPTER 536
S4709A
KAVANAGH
10/23/23 signed
Amends §489, Real Property Tax Law Authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing.
 
CHAPTER 537
S5915
GONZALEZ
10/23/23 signed
Adds §576, Executive Law Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence to distribute informational materials on recognizing economic abuse and the support available to victims.
 
CHAPTER 538
S5935
CLEARE
10/23/23 SIGNED
10/23/23 APPROVAL MEMO.13
Adds Article 22-B §858, Judiciary Law Enacts the "hope card act" directing the office of court administration to develop a program to issue hope cards containing the information regarding and content of a final order of protection to requesting petitioners who have received final orders of protection at no cost to such petitioner.
 
CHAPTER 539
A150
Paulin
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§2409 & 2410, Vehicle & Traffic Law Increases age for use of ATVs by minors from age ten to fourteen.
 
CHAPTER 540
A1153A
Vanel
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§590 & 598, Banking Law Relates to unregistered and unlicensed mortgage brokers; establishes additional penalties against unlicensed or unregistered persons or entities engaging in activities after receiving a cease and desist notice.
 
CHAPTER 541
A1261
Kelles
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add Article 31-I §§1449-aaaaaaa - 1449-ppppppp, Tax Law Authorizes the county of Cortland to impose a tax of one dollar per five hundred dollars on real estate transfers.
 
CHAPTER 542
A1297B
Bichotte Hermelyn
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add §2803-o-1, Public Health Law Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.
 
CHAPTER 543
A1753A
Dinowitz
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §5-1501B, General Obligations Law; amends §307, State Technology Law Permits the electronic execution of a power of attorney for the purpose of transferring a salvage certificate of title and the execution of an odometer and disclosure statement.
 
CHAPTER 544
A3110
Magnarelli
10/25/23 SIGNED
10/25/23 approval memo.14
Amends §741, Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law Requires that in order to commence a summary proceeding for eviction in the city of Syracuse pursuant to article 7 of the real property actions and proceedings law, the party must plead and prove compliance with any local law requiring the registration or licensure of residential rental dwellings.
 
CHAPTER 545
A3125A
Magnarelli
10/25/23 SIGNED
10/25/23 approval memo.15
Amends §65, Public Service Law Provides that every public utility shall provide the commissioner of public service an affidavit annually, that no call centers or other facilities providing customer service have been closed without notice and hearing before the commission; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 546
A3158A
Bores
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §7105, Education Law Clarifies the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements.
 
CHAPTER 547
A3302
McDonald
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §220, Public Health Law Increases the number of members of the public health and health planning council from 25 to 26; requires that a representative of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers be selected as a member of the public health and health planning council.
 
CHAPTER 548
A4868
Peoples-Stokes
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add §§209-Q & 630-l, Tax Law; add §89-k, State Finance Law Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes the diabetes research and education fund.
 
CHAPTER 549
A4942B
Forrest
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§355 & 6206, Education Law Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career.
 
CHAPTER 550
A4984B
Rosenthal D
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §5, Chapter 630 of 1988; amends §2130, Insurance Law Authorizes an examination of records maintained by the excess line broker by the excess line association; extends the expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 551
A5010A
Lavine
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§1125 & 305, Education Law Prohibits the use of corporal punishment, as defined by the commissioner of education, in schools.
 
CHAPTER 552
A5036
Eichenstein
10/25/23 SIGNED
Requires the city of New York to reduce the interest accrued on certain charges assessed by the NYC department of health for inspections, clean-ups, examinations and other services performed between 1/21/97 and 11/9/99 on real property located at 1690 60th Street in Brooklyn.
 
CHAPTER 553
A5042
Hevesi
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §2500-a, Public Health Law Requires that newborns are tested for duchenne muscular dystrophy using a test validated by the Wadsworth center for laboratories and research; directs the Wadsworth center for laboratories and research to begin the process of testing validation upon the development of a test for duchenne muscular dystrophy.
 
CHAPTER 554
A5142B
Brown E
10/25/23 SIGNED
Establishes the power plant tax assessment reserve fund to reserve against, lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy and/or tax rate resulting from decreases in revenue or taxes or a significant shift in tax liability due to a tax certiorari settlement or judgment; defines terms; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 555
A5516
Hunter
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §96-d, Banking Law Provides that a community which is underbanked shall be criteria for the establishment of banking development districts.
 
CHAPTER 556
A5519
Hunter
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §9-y, Banking Law Authorizes the department of financial services to prescribe by regulation the order of payment of checks and other debts, insufficient funds charges and return deposit item charges.
 
CHAPTER 557
A5606
Magnarelli
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §1803, Vehicle & Traffic Law Provides that within a county that has established a traffic and parking violations agency and a liability is disposed of by such agency, eighty percent of such fine or penalty shall be paid to the thruway authority, and twenty percent of such fine or penalty shall be paid to the county in which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 558
A5610D
Rozic
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add §391-oo, General Business Law Relates to establishing restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building; prohibits the sale of over-the-counter diet pills or dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building to people under 18; exempts certain protein powders, protein drinks and foods.
 
CHAPTER 559
A5772
Lavine
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends Rule 2106, Civil Practice Law & Rules Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, to be used in a civil action in New York in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.
 
CHAPTER 560
A5792
Stern
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§4 & 5, Chapter 431 of 2018 Extends provisions relating to certain real property to be conveyed to the town of Huntington for one year.

CHAPTER 561
A5801
Woerner
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§190, 193, 198, 202, 209-a & 209-d, Town Law Includes aquatic invertebrate species and aquatic plants within the meaning of aquatic growth control permitted by towns through improvement districts.
 
CHAPTER 562
A5806
Burdick
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §13, Chapter 405 of 2011 Expands the permitted use of proceeds from the lease of lands located at the state university of New York at Purchase to support current full-time faculty positions.
 
CHAPTER 563
A5927
Thiele
10/25/23 SIGNED
Permits the village board of the village of Southampton to provide health insurance coverage for enrolled members of the Southampton Village Ocean Rescue as is currently authorized for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
 
CHAPTER 564
A5931
Thiele
10/25/23 SIGNED
Permits the town board of the town of East Hampton to provide health insurance coverage for enrolled members of the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as is currently authorized for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
 
CHAPTER 565
A5969
Williams
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §561-a, Real Property Tax Law Exempts notices for certain payments in lieu of taxes in New York city.
 
CHAPTER 566
A5994B
Darling
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add Article 24-D §375, General Business Law; add §1399-bb-1, Public Health Law Prohibits clauses restricting certain research and restricts advertisement and promotion of electronic cigarettes.
 
CHAPTER 567
A6017
Paulin
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §230, Public Health Law Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness.
 
CHAPTER 568
A6164
Weprin
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§6901, 6902 & 6904, Insurance Law Relates to financial guaranty insurance single risk limits for municipal obligation bonds, special revenue bonds and similar obligations of debt issuers in highly rated member countries of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development; makes certain technical corrections.
 
CHAPTER 569
A6431
Magnarelli
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends Part A-4 §5, Chapter 58 of 2006 Increases from three million dollars to four millions dollars the cost of 10 projects which shall be located at the STEM at Blodgett Middle School, the Corcoran High School, the Delaware Primary School, the Henninger High School, the Syracuse Latin School, the Lincoln Middle School, the Nottingham High School, the Roberts PreK-8 School, the Seymour Dual Language Academy and the Webster Elementary School.
 
CHAPTER 570
A6672A
Epstein
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §503, Civil Practice Law & Rules Establishes venue in actions to recover student debt; provides that in actions to recover student debt owed to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of the defendant, if one resides in the state.
 
CHAPTER 571
A6807
Woerner
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §711, Education Law Includes digital materials within school library materials.
 
CHAPTER 572
A6833
Jean-Pierre
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §160-u, Executive Law Relates to violations of the human rights law by a real estate appraiser.
 
CHAPTER 573
A6940
Simone
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §704, Not For Profit Corporation Law Authorizes non-membership not-for-profit corporations to classify boards through the by-laws and not solely through the certificate of incorporation.
 
CHAPTER 574
A7007A
Bichotte Hermelyn
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §1265-b, Public Authorities Law Increases the number of years a small business can participate in the small business mentor program from four years to five years for Tier 1 and from four years to five years for Tier 2; increases cap on awards under MTA's small business mentor program from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars for Tier 2 contracts; requires a report to the legislature and the governor.
 
CHAPTER 575
A7016B
Magnarelli
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §10, Highway Law Requires the commissioner of transportation to report on collisions that have occurred between motor vehicles and bridges or elevated structures on or crossing highways under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation in the annual report to the legislature.
 
CHAPTER 576
A7038
Woerner
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §5, Chapter 589 of 2015; amends §5, Chapter 588 of 2015 Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups.
 
CHAPTER 577
A7121
Zebrowski
10/25/23 SIGNED
Authorizes the state cemetery board to accept from the town of Clarkstown an application for funding from the state cemetery vandalism restoration, monument repair or removal and administration fund for three abandoned cemeteries.
 
CHAPTER 578
A7246
Woerner
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §273, Education Law Relates to changing the time for calculating amounts for awards of grants to support preservation and/or conservation of library research materials from being calculated for each state fiscal year, to each academic year.
 
CHAPTER 579
A7265A
Jacobson
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §741, Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law Requires a petition in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property in the city of Newburgh to allege proof of compliance with local laws requiring rental residential property registration and licensure.
 
CHAPTER 580
A7349
Hevesi
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §458-a, Social Services Law Relates to kinship guardianship of children whose parental rights were surrendered or terminated.
Office of Court Administration
 
CHAPTER 581
A7376
Weprin
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add §578-a, Banking Law Allows the use of electronic notices and documents in premium finance transactions; sets guidelines for consent to the use of electronic notices and documents.
 
CHAPTER 582
S1898
STAVISKY
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add §630-l, Tax Law; amends §99-z, State Finance Law Requires the commissioner of taxation and finance to include space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make a contribution to the cure childhood cancer research fund.
 
CHAPTER 583
S2391
RIVERA
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §366, Social Services Law Modifies income limits for medical assistance to certain disabled individuals.
 
CHAPTER 584
S2683A
BRESLIN
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §1110, Insurance Law Provides that certain charitable annuities may be unisex in nature and shall be computed on the basis of currently applicable mortality tables for calculating the reserves for individual annuities; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 585
S2997
RIVERA
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends Rule 2106, Civil Practice Law & Rules Provides that an affirmation of a health care practitioner may be served or filed in an action in lieu of and with same force and effect as an affidavit (changes the current reference in existing provisions from "physician, osteopath or dentist" to "health care practitioner").
 
CHAPTER 586
S3392
MAY
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §209, Elder Law Relates to the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program.
 
CHAPTER 587
S3594
HARCKHAM
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §259, Education Law Sets the number of petitioners necessary to call for a vote on increasing the amount of funding of the annual contribution for the operating budget of a registered public or free association library at twenty-five qualified voters of a municipality.
 
CHAPTER 588
S3608A
WEBB
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §2803-j, Public Health Law Relates to establishing a video on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children to be viewed by a parent and/or parents of newborn children.
 
CHAPTER 589
S3611
KENNEDY
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §6-n, General Municipal Law Permits the Cleveland Hill union free school district to establish an insurance reserve fund.
 
CHAPTER 590
S5036A
MAY
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §6808, Education Law Relates to supervising the transfilling of medical oxygen; requires registered wholesalers who transfill medical oxygen to ensure any person responsible for supervising such process meets certain qualifications.

CHAPTER 591
S5621B
MAY
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §73-a, Public Officers Law Relates to reporting of digital assets on the annual statement of financial disclosure filed with the legislative ethics commission or the joint commission on public ethics.
 
CHAPTER 592
S5655
MARTINEZ
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §99-d, General Municipal Law Removes the requirement that where a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation issues indebtedness to finance certain costs of preparation of plans and specifications for a proposed capital improvement there must be a waiting period of at least one year authorizing the undertaking of the capital improvement.
 
CHAPTER 593
S5881A
SKOUFIS
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §233-a, Real Property Law Removes certain requirements for prospective purchasers of manufactured home parks.
 
CHAPTER 594
S6220B
STAVISKY
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§6734 & 6743, Education Law Updates the educational requirements for the practice of physical therapy; requires individuals to have received a doctoral degree or an education determined equivalent in physical therapy.
 
CHAPTER 595
S6441B
SKOUFIS
10/25/23 SIGNED
Approves certain employee benefit costs for transportation employees for the Goshen Central school district.
 
CHAPTER 596
S6549
MAYER
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §104.00, Local Finance Law Relates to the contracting of indebtedness by city school districts; removes provisions relating thereto.
 
CHAPTER 597
S6552
SKOUFIS
10/25/23 SIGNED
Repealed & add Article 7 Title 21 §§1621-a - 1621-t, Public Authorities Law Establishes the Middletown parking authority; provides for its powers, duties and obligations; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
 
CHAPTER 598
S6667
MAY
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §6-n, General Municipal Law Permits the Auburn enlarged city school district to establish an insurance reserve fund.
CHAPTER 599
S6879A
WALCZYK
10/25/23 SIGNED
Repealed Article 13 Title 149, amends §471, Public Housing Law Transfers the village of West Carthage housing authority to the town of Wilna housing authority.
 
CHAPTER 600
S6970
SANDERS
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §96-d, Banking Law Permits the submission of applications for banking development district designations regardless of the date the applicant opened, banks and trust companies need not have opened after December 31, 1996.
 
CHAPTER 601
S7381
SKOUFIS
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§607 & 609, Executive Law Provides for federal program compliance relating to civil penalties associated with manufactured homes.
Department of State
 
CHAPTER 602
S7385
SANDERS
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §2504, Insurance Law Exempts the city of New York, the city school district of the city of New York, the New York city industrial development agency, the New York city health and hospitals corporation, or the New York city housing authority in connection with construction contracts that have an estimated cost of no less than five million dollars or is subject to an owner-controlled insurance program for projects from requirements regarding application to a particular insurance company, agent or broker.
 
CHAPTER 603
S7443A
RYAN
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §3602, Education Law Authorizes the state university of New York to lease a portion of the lands on the campus of SUNY Buffalo State University for the relocation and operation of the Leonardo da Vinci High School; relates to the computation of building aid for the renovation and equipping of the Leonardo da Vinci high school.
 
CHAPTER 604
S7526
COMRIE
10/25/23 SIGNED
Add §1309, NYC Charter; amends §2590-h, Education Law; add §402-g, Public Housing Law; amends §8, NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation Act Relates to construction and mentoring programs; provides that an agency may establish a mentoring program for small businesses in construction trades; directs the New York city housing authority to establish and implement reasonable procedures to secure meaningful participation of minority and women owned enterprises and small businesses in its procurement process; provides the New York city health and hospitals corporation to use the same measures to enhance mentoring opportunities for small businesses as are available to the city of New York.

CHAPTER 605
S7541
COMRIE
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends §§2401, 2402, 2405-b & 2428, Public Authorities Law Facilitates the purchase by the state of New York mortgage agency of mortgages on manufactured homes.
New York State Homes and Community Renewal
 
CHAPTER 606
S7562
GIANARIS
10/25/23 SIGNED
Amends Part D §10, Chapter 59 of 2023; amends §24, Tax Law Relates to the claiming of credits under the empire state film production credit; provides for the application of certain provisions of the tax law related to the empire state film production credit and the empire state film post-production credit.
Governor's Program
 
CHAPTER 607
A5435A
Solages
11/06/23 signed
11/06/23 approval memo.16
Add Article 25 Title 6-A §§2594-a - 2594-c, Public Health Law Requires the department of health to establish and maintain the New York state community doula directory for doulas on such department's website for the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients; establishes criteria for admittance into the New York state community doula directory; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 608
S5399
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
11/08/23 SIGNED
11/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.17
Amends §207, Public Health Law Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics.
 
CHAPTER 609
A119A
Magnarelli
11/10/23 SIGNED
Amends §247, Military Law Relates to the issuance of a New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal.
 
CHAPTER 610
A121A
Magnarelli
11/10/23 SIGNED
Amends §247, Military Law Relates to the issuance of a New York State Afghanistan War Commemorative Medal.
 
CHAPTER 611
A3381A
Woerner
11/10/23 SIGNED
Amends §458-a, Real Property Tax Law Clarifies the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces for purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption by considering individuals who meet certain conditions to have been discharged or released from active military service of the United States despite the fact that no discharge may have been issued.
 
CHAPTER 612
A4033
Simpson
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a bridge on state Route 22, crossing over interstate eighty-seven in the town of Chesterfield, county of Essex as the "Lance Cpl. Scott Lee Schultz Memorial Bridge".
 
CHAPTER 613
A5039A
Clark
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Major General Norbert J. Rappl Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 614
A5261A
Beephan
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §345-b, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 615
A5673
Eachus
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in Orange county as the "Catholic War Veterans Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 616
A6084A
Jean-Pierre
11/10/23 SIGNED
11/10/23 approval memo.18
Amends §13.19, Parks & Recreation Law Permits Gold Star families to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation in this state free of charge; defines "veteran".
 
CHAPTER 617
A6140A
Cook
11/10/23 SIGNED
Amends §16-t, Urban Development Corporation Act Requires the small business revolving loan fund to target and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service disabled veteran-owned enterprises.
 
CHAPTER 618
A7379
Pheffer Amato
11/10/23 SIGNED
Amends §55-c, Civil Service Law Eliminates the "wartime service" requirement to expand the number of qualified veterans eligible for certain civil service positions.
Division of Veterans Services

CHAPTER 619
S291
TEDISCO
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add Article 6-A §95, Legislative Law Establishes a veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans.
 
CHAPTER 620
S454A
GIANARIS
11/10/23 SIGNED
Amends §148, General Municipal Law; amends §4, Veterans' Services Law Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran when such veteran has no next of kin or other person designated to provide for the disposition of his or her remains; provides process.
 
CHAPTER 621
S2372
BAILEY
11/10/23 SIGNED
Amends §31, Private Housing Finance Law Requires the publication of the number of veterans or surviving spouses of veterans on certain housing waiting lists.
 
CHAPTER 622
S4085A
HARCKHAM
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Lewisboro as the "John Jay High School Veterans Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 623
S4897A
ROLISON
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §345-b, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Corporal Derick Franklin Brinckerhoff Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 624
S4899A
ROLISON
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §345-b, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Chief Daniel Nimham Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 625
S6579A
GALLIVAN
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Boston, county of Erie, as the "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge".
 
CHAPTER 626
S6580
GALLIVAN
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Specialist Peter J. Loretto, Jr. Memorial Bridge" in the town of Eden, county of Erie.
 
CHAPTER 627
S7070
BORRELLO
11/10/23 SIGNED
Add §344-o, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Genesee, as the "SP4 George Harold Fry Memorial Highway".
 
CHAPTER 628
A7200
Shrestha
11/14/23 signed
11/14/23 approval memo.19
Amends §1202-l, Tax Law Relates to hotel and motel taxes in Ulster county and to the deposit of revenue resulting from the imposition of such tax.
 
CHAPTER 629
A7769
Rajkumar
11/14/23 signed
Add §2586-a, amends §3635, Education Law Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.
 
CHAPTER 630
S6577
KAVANAGH
11/14/23 signed
Add §756-a, amends §1501, Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law; amends §§265-a, 265-b & 266, Real Property Law; amends §420.45, Criminal Procedure Law; amends §6501, Civil Practice Law & Rules Relates to the theft of real property; provides certain protections for victims of real property theft; authorizes a stay of foreclosure proceedings pending an investigation into theft or fraud.
 
CHAPTER 631
A1029C
Cruz
11/16/23 signed
Add §160.57, Civil Procedure Law; amends §§845-d, 296 & 837-n, Executive Law; amends §212, Judiciary Law; amends §9, Correction Law; add §50-g, Civil Rights Law Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.
 
CHAPTER 632
A458
Epstein
11/17/23 signed
Add §236-a, Real Property Law Provides a deceased tenant's legal representative the option to terminate such tenant's lease upon notice to the landlord.

CHAPTER 633
A1686A
Hunter
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 approval memo.20
Add §1203, amends §1200, Private Housing Finance Law Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs.
 
CHAPTER 634
A1909
Zinerman
11/17/23 signed
Amends §1, Chapter 696 of 1887 Relates to exempting certain non-profit community gardens from payment for water usage and supply; exempts non-profit community gardens located on property in the city of New York and registered with and licensed by such city's department of parks and recreation from payment for water usage and supply.
 
CHAPTER 635
A2134A
Dinowitz
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 approval memo.21
Add §16, Multiple Residence Law; add §15, Multiple Dwelling Law Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel upon the request of such personnel, where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts.
 
CHAPTER 636
A2190
Dinowitz
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 approval memo.22
Amends §2981, Public Health Law Provides for the remote witnessing of health care proxies utilizing audio-video technology or telephone.
 
CHAPTER 637
A2258B
Simon
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 approval memo.23
Add §390-e, General Business Law Prohibits the installation of certain security devices used to control access to common areas of a residential building without the written permission of the owners, board of managers, board of directors, or authorized party of such property.
 
CHAPTER 638
A3172A
Zebrowski
11/17/23 signed
Amends §3411, Insurance Law Provides that an automobile insurer may waive the inspection of a private passenger automobile prior to providing physical damage coverage.
 
CHAPTER 639
A3301A
Rajkumar
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 approval memo.24
Add §295-a, Executive Law Establishes the 15 member New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission to develop policies to improve the community, economic and social well-being, and the health and educational needs important to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state; to develop and coordinate statewide programs, recognizing the continuing contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals in the state; to create and implement public education campaigns regarding Asian American and Pacific Islander issues and culture; to increase the awareness among Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals of state and local resources that may benefit Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals and communities as a whole; and to undertake any other activities the commission deems necessary and applicable to support Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state.
 
CHAPTER 640
A5022A
O'Donnell
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 approval memo.25
Add §13.12, amends §13.10, Parks & Recreation Law Prohibits littering and dumping on state park lands and provides for penalties for violations.
 
CHAPTER 641
A5056
Conrad
11/17/23 signed
Amends §§124.10 & 136.00, Local Finance Law Extends the period of time for which a municipality has the power to exclude indebtedness contracted for sewage facilities.
State Comptroller
 
CHAPTER 642
A5075
McDonald
11/17/23 signed
Authorizes William Schumaker and Mark Hennessy to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
 
CHAPTER 643
A5308A
McDonald
11/17/23 signed
Amends §73-a, Public Officers Law Relates to the filing of financial disclosure statements; relates to the definition of "filing rate".
 
CHAPTER 644
A5762
Lupardo
11/17/23 signed
Authorizes the city of Binghamton to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to firefighter Scott Pavlick.
 
CHAPTER 645
A7273
Rosenthal L
11/17/23 signed
Amends §402-e, Public Housing Law Requires the New York city housing authority to provide written notice to residents of disruptions to water services when water is not safe for drinking or cooking; requires the New York city housing authority to establish measures to ensure all contractors and subcontractors who deal with the collection and examining of water samples to comply with federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations regarding the examination of water quality.
 
CHAPTER 646
A7366
Hevesi
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 approval memo.26
Amends §§413 & 421, Social Services Law Requires statewide training for mandated reporters to include how to identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or developmental disability.
 
CHAPTER 647
A7388
Peoples-Stokes
11/17/23 signed
Amends §11, Cannabis Law Relates to sharing information obtained from applicants and licensees and requesting financial institutions for the purpose of consideration and compliance.
 
CHAPTER 648
S1381A
COMRIE
11/17/23 signed
Amends §§4-108 & 4-116, Election Law Requires a proposed amendment to the constitution or other question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote be submitted to the people for their approval in plain language which is deemed to be no higher than an eighth grade reading level.
 
CHAPTER 649
S1466
BRESLIN
11/17/23 signed
Amends §§3224-a, 3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Authorizes payments to nonparticipating or nonpreferred providers of ambulance services licensed under article 30 of the public health law.
 
CHAPTER 650
S1522
PERSAUD
11/17/23 signed
Amends §625, Correction Law; amends §267, Public Health Law; amends §1115, Tax Law Replaces all instances of the words or variations of the words feminine hygiene products and sanitary napkins with the words menstrual products and pads, respectively, or a variation thereof.
 
CHAPTER 651
S1688
SANDERS
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 APPROVAL MEMO.27
Amends §27-1915, Environmental Conservation Law Relates to the use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds; directs certain funds to be used by the department of economic development for funding demonstration projects relating to reuse in agricultural settings and for conducting analysis of waste tire reuse opportunities.
 
CHAPTER 652
S1792
HINCHEY
11/17/23 signed
Amends §168-a, Executive Law Designates March 8th each year as a day of commemoration, to be known as International Women's Day.
 
CHAPTER 653
S1794
HINCHEY
11/17/23 signed
Amends §10, Town Law Relates to the classification of the town of Ulster in the county of Ulster.
 
CHAPTER 654
S2099C
HARCKHAM
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 APPROVAL MEMO.28
Add §3309-b, Public Health Law Enacts Matthew's law which provides for the dispensing of drug adulterant testing supplies by health care professionals or pharmacists to any person.
 
CHAPTER 655
S2330B
MAYER
11/17/23 signed
Amends §1117, Insurance Law Requires the superintendent of financial services to make public any rate filing or application submitted by long term care insurance carriers; requires certain notices be provided to policyholders and certificate holders regarding premium rate increases.
 
CHAPTER 656
S3255
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
11/17/23 signed
Amends §297, Executive Law Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years.
 
CHAPTER 657
S3539
BRESLIN
11/17/23 signed
Amends §§756-a & 756-c, General Business Law Relates to payment and retainage in construction contracts; authorizes contractors to invoice owners upon substantial completion of a project.
 
CHAPTER 658
S4516
FERNANDEZ
11/17/23 signed
Amends §5-336, General Obligation Law Prohibits settlement agreements in any claim involving sexual harassment or any other form of discrimination prohibited by law from containing any condition that requires the complainant to pay the defendant liquidated damages in the event that the plaintiff violates any nondisclosure agreement included in such settlement agreement.
 
CHAPTER 659
S4715A
STEWART-COUSINS
11/17/23 signed
Authorizes the village of Dobbs Ferry to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Gabriel Bonilla, former police officer employed by such village.

CHAPTER 660
S5444
SCARCELLA-SPANTON
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 APPROVAL MEMO.29
Add §399-k, General Business Law Permits employees of public utility corporations or public utility companies access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer.
 
CHAPTER 661
S5907
CLEARE
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 APPROVAL MEMO.30
Amends §209, Elder Law Directs the state office for the aging to conduct a study on the number of older adults residing in naturally occurring retirement communities or neighborhood naturally occurring retirement communities who are suffering from social isolation and loneliness; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 662
S5913A
CHU
11/17/23 signed
11/17/23 APPROVAL MEMO.31
Amends §267, Public Health Law Requires menstrual products to be offered for free in non-public schools.
 
CHAPTER 663
S6188
RHOADS
11/17/23 signed
Grants retroactive tier V membership in the NY state and local employees' retirement system for Daniel Miller.
 
CHAPTER 664
S6528A
BAILEY
11/17/23 signed
Amends §§404 & 407, General Business Law Requires the secretary of state to promulgate rules and regulations requiring that education and testing for cosmetologists or natural hair stylists include education and testing regarding the provision of services to individuals with all hair types and textures, including, but not limited to, various curl or wave patterns, hair strand thicknesses, and volumes of hair.
 
CHAPTER 665
S6788
HELMING
11/17/23 signed
Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore.
 
CHAPTER 666
S7050
SKOUFIS
11/17/23 signed
Add §99-z, General Municipal Law; add §147, Public Building Law Prohibits municipal officers or employees from displaying political advertisements on or within public buildings and various other locations.

CHAPTER 667
S7358
STEWART-COUSINS
11/17/23 signed
Allows Tammy Sciavillo, wife of deceased firefighter Vito Sciavillo, who was employed by the Greenville Fire Department in the county of Westchester, to file an application for continuation of state health insurance benefits.
 
CHAPTER 668
S7362A
COONEY
11/17/23 signed
Amends §103, General Municipal Law Allows a city with a population of one million inhabitants or more, or any district, board or agency with jurisdiction exclusively within such city, to authorize or require bids and offers for any contract to be submitted in an electronic format; provides such city, district, board or agency may conduct a public opening and reading of bids or identification of offerers.
 
CHAPTER 669
S7387B
PARKER
11/17/23 signed
Add Chapter 79 §§3501 & 3502, NYC Charter; amends §2590-h, Education Law; amends §917, General Municipal Law, amends §816-b, Labor Law; amends §1728, Public Authorities Law; amends §5, NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation Act Provides for employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged candidates and economically disadvantaged region candidates and apprenticeship utilization on public transactions; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
 
CHAPTER 670
S7468
BRESLIN
11/17/23 signed
Authorizes Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system for Marc Del Prado.
 
CHAPTER 671
S7508
SEPULVEDA
11/17/23 signed
Amends §§11-506, 11-602 & 11-652, NYC Administrative Code Permits certain tax deductions related to the sale, production, or distribution of cannabis products.
 
CHAPTER 672
A4504A
Epstein
11/20/23 signed
11/20/23 approval memo.32
Amends §1263, Public Authorities Law Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual.
 
CHAPTER 673
A237
Sayegh
11/21/23 signed
11/21/23 approval memo.33
Amends §66, Public Service Law Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official or individual.

CHAPTER 674
A358
Bronson
Add §170-g, Executive Law Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions
 
CHAPTER 675
A6806
Pheffer Amato
11/21/23 signed
Amends §165-a, Civil Service Law Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority.
 
CHAPTER 676
A6856
Pheffer Amato
11/21/23 signed
Amends §§80, 81, 81-a, 81-b, 85 & 131, repealed §80-a, Civil Service Law; amends §3556, Public Authorities Law; amends §243, Military Law Conforms the suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of non-competitive or labor class positions in the state service with such treatment for competitive class positions.
 
CHAPTER 677
A7157
Pheffer Amato
11/21/23 signed
Amends §208, Civil Service Law Directs employers to provide the home address of employees of a bargaining unit to the employee organization.
 
CHAPTER 678
S5026
GOUNARDES
11/22/23 signed
11/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.35
Add §191-d, Labor Law Enacts the "freelance isn't free act"; provides for the payment of freelance workers as independent contractors, including requiring written contracts; timely payment of compensation and handling controversies relating to payment, complaint procedures, and penalties; excludes construction contracts.
 
CHAPTER 679
S6491
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
11/22/23 signed
Amends §7510, add §7510-a, Civil Practice Law & Rules Provides that the court shall confirm an award in a public sector arbitration proceeding upon application of a party made within one year after delivery to the party, unless an application to vacate or modify the award upon certain grounds is made.
 
CHAPTER 680
S7566B
KENNEDY
11/22/23 SIGNED
Authorizes the governor to execute a settlement relating to certain land claims between the state and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, and the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs.
Governor's Program
  
CHAPTER 681
S7424
MAYER
11/24/23 SIGNED
11/24/23 APPROVAL MEMO.36
Add §3000-f, Public Health Law Requires camps and youth sports programs to establish an automated external defibrillator implementation plan; requires camps and youth sports programs to have at least one person trained to use such defibrillators at camps, games and practices.
 
CHAPTER 682
S1783A
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
11/30/23 SIGNED
Add §2803-c-2, Public Health Law Establishes the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and people living with HIV long-term care facility residents' bill of rights
 
CHAPTER 683
A783
Hunter
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 approval memo.37
Add §11-0522, amends §§11-0505, 11-0901 & 11-0931, Environmental Conservation Law Relates to establishing an urban deer management pilot program; authorizes the department of environmental conservation, after a review of the site-specific deer management plan, and upon a finding that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare, to issue a certified nuisance wildlife specialist a deer cull permit; defines terms.
 
CHAPTER 684
A2609A
Hyndman
12/08/23 signed
Amends §§243 & 207, Public Health Law Directs the health equity council to advise the commissioner regarding sickle cell disease.
 
CHAPTER 685
A4008
Pheffer Amato
12/08/23 signed
Amends §605-a, Retirement & Social Security Law Provides that uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system shall be entitled to accidental disability retirement if they sustain injuries as the result of a physical assault by an assailant suffered while in service.
 
CHAPTER 686
A5604
Magnarelli
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 approval memo.38
Amends §375, Vehicle & Traffic Law Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams.

CHAPTER 687
A5939
Eichenstein
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 approval memo.39
Add §134, Correction Law Requires commissaries at correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase through the commissary that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; requires correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase from vending machines located in the visitor's area of the facility that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; and requires that the cost of such food options be comparable to food options that are ordinarily available.
 
CHAPTER 688
A6081
Pheffer Amato
12/08/23 signed
Add §605-g, Retirement & Social Security Law Provides for accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Nassau county.
 
CHAPTER 689
A6156
Pheffer Amato
12/08/23 signed
Amends §§445-d & 604-c, Retirement & Social Security Law Relates to reopening the age 55 improved benefit retirement program and the 25-year early retirement program to active and retired members and staff of the NYC council.
 
CHAPTER 690
A6412
Barclay
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 approval memo.40
Add §205-c, Highway Law; add §124, amends §1683, Vehicle & Traffic Law Permits designated towns to designate minimum maintenance roads by a local law passed by the town board following a hearing.
 
CHAPTER 691
A6544
Hevesi
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 approval memo.41
Amends §§783 & 784, Family Court Act Relates to expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court.
Office of Court Administration
 
CHAPTER 692
A6557A
Sillitti
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 approval memo.42
Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Maritime Administration, a component of the United States Department of Transportation with respect to the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 assessment rolls for the parcel conveyed to such organization located at 307 Steamboat Road, Great Neck, county of Nassau.

CHAPTER 693
A6571
Pheffer Amato
12/08/23 signed
Amends §604-c, Retirement & Social Security Law; amends §2.10, Criminal Procedure Law Modifies the retirement program for Triborough bridge and tunnel members to a twenty-year retirement program; clarifies the statutory peace officer designation of certain employees of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority.
 
CHAPTER 694
A6731
Stern
12/08/23 signed
Add §605-g, Retirement & Social Security Law Provides for accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county.
 
CHAPTER 695
S214A
MYRIE
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.43
Amends §§621, 625, 627, 633 & 631, Executive Law Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records.
 
CHAPTER 696
S1054
HINCHEY
12/08/23 signed
Amends §284-a, Agriculture & Markets Law Increases the number of cuisine trails in the state.
 
CHAPTER 697
S1451
SANDERS
12/08/23 signed
Amends §2805-x, Public Health Law Relates to collaborative models for addressing health care disparities.
 
CHAPTER 698
S1684A
HINCHEY
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.44
Amends §3, Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 Relates to the information to be included in vacancy rate studies.
 
CHAPTER 699
S1690A
SANDERS
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.45
Amends §212, Banking Law; amends §16-k, Urban Development Corporation Act Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program.
 
CHAPTER 700
S1873A
WEBB
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.46
Amends §310, Executive Law Relates to the maximum number of employees that a minority and women-owned business enterprise may have during a declared state disaster emergency or other emergency or critical need; changes such maximum from three hundred employees to three hundred employees who work thirty or more hours per week over the period of fifty-two weeks for a total of 1,560 hours worked.
 
CHAPTER 701
S2473A
STAVISKY
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.47
Amends §§1503, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1511, 1514 & 1525, Business Corporation Law; amends §§121-1500 & 121-1502, Partnership Law; amends §§1207 & 1301, Limited Liability Law Relates to certified public accountants; requires that a majority of the ownership of a professional service corporation formed to lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm are individuals licensed to practice public accountancy in some state; enacts similar provisions for partnerships and LLCs.
 
CHAPTER 702
S3609B
WEBB
12/08/23 signed
Amends §2802-b, Public Health Law Enhances the scope of health equity impact assessments to require consideration of reproductive health services and maternal health care.
 
CHAPTER 703
S4097B
GOUNARDES
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.48
Amends §162, Civil Service Law Directs the president of the civil service commission to collect health care claims data relating to the price and utilization of hospital benefits by active employees, retired employees and their dependents and to publish a New York State health benefit plan hospital pricing report.
 
CHAPTER 704
S4804A
PALUMBO
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.49
Add §11-0522, amends §§11-0505, 11-0901 & 11-0931, Environmental Conservation Law Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold.
 
CHAPTER 705
S4972
GOUNARDES
12/08/23 signed
Amends §1209, Retirement & Social Security Law Provides that certain members of the police and fire retirement system shall have final average salary be calculated as the regular compensation earned during the twelve months of actual service immediately preceding the date of such member's retirement.
 
CHAPTER 706
S5678
GOUNARDES
12/08/23 signed
Amends §12-126, NYC Administrative Code Provides for health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of deceased active members of the New York city fire department who are enrolled in a health insurance plan.
 
CHAPTER 707
S5775
KENNEDY
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.50
Add §63-a, Railway Law Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of freight unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals; provides exemptions; defines terms; imposes civil penalties.
 
CHAPTER 708
S6097
GOUNARDES
12/08/23 signed
Amends §604-d, Retirement & Social Security Law Relates to additional member contributions for certain members under the age fifty-seven retirement program; provides that members holding certain titles who due to their age at the time of enrollment in the age fifty-seven retirement program will not obtain twenty-five years of service credit and therefore will not be eligible for a refund of their additional member contributions shall not be required to make additional member contributions.
 
CHAPTER 709
S6238A
MYRIE
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.51
Amends §835, Executive Law Defines the term "mass shooting" for purposes of access to emergency funding as a shooting incident involving one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns during which four or more people, other than the individual or individuals alleged to have committed such incident, were injured or killed.
 
CHAPTER 710
S6293
JACKSON
12/08/23 signed
Amends §513, Retirement & Social Security Law Relates to a child care leave credit for New York city uniformed correction officers who are members of the New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan.

CHAPTER 711
S6877
GOUNARDES
12/08/23 signed
Add §13-638.7, NYC Administrative Code Permits a member of the New York city teachers' retirement system, the New York city employees' retirement system, or the New York city board of education retirement system who is eligible to join any other retirement system maintained by the city due to a separate, concurrent eligible employment with a participating employer to become a member of the subsequent city funded retirement system provided such benefits in the first system of membership are suspended during their active membership in the subsequent retirement system.
 
CHAPTER 712
S7081
HINCHEY
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.52
Add §151-j, Agriculture & Markets Law Establishes an agrivoltaics research program to develop innovative science-based solutions to facilitate the co-location of crops and photovoltaics while promoting the biodiversity of endemic flora and fauna.
 
CHAPTER 713
S7085
WEBB
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.53
Amends §101, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Authorizes the manufacture of beer, spirits, cider, wine and mead at the community college in Broome county and the Cornell university, acting on behalf of the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences and the New York state agricultural experiment station.
 
CHAPTER 714
S7242A
MARTINEZ
12/08/23 signed
Add §89-ss, amends §§445, 603 & 604, Retirement & Social Security Law Provides members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district with the eligibility to retire upon the completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service; makes related provisions.
 
CHAPTER 715
S7289A
GOUNARDES
12/08/23 signed
Amends §207-kk, General Municipal Law Includes thyroid cancer in the list of cancers presumed to be incurred in the performance of duty for purposes of disability retirement for firefighters in a city with a population of one million or more.
 
CHAPTER 716
S7509
JACKSON
12/08/23 signed
Amends §§488, 508 & 606, Retirement & Social Security Law Updates certain death benefit provisions of the New York city employees' retirement system, the New York city teachers' retirement system, and the board of education retirement system of New York city to ensure continued compliance with the federal older workers' benefit protection act.
 
CHAPTER 717
S7512
JACKSON
12/08/23 signed
Amends §522, Education Law; amends §§43 & 343, Retirement & Social Security Law; amends §§13-143 & 13-144, NYC Administrative Code; amends §3, Chapter 666 of 1990 Relates to the transfer of reserves between public employee retirement systems of the state.
New York State Teachers' Retirement System
 
CHAPTER 718
S7542
O'MARA
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.54
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus for the purposes of operating and maintaining a water treatment plant.
 
CHAPTER 719
S7563
SANDERS
12/08/23 signed
12/08/23 APPROVAL MEMO.55
Amends §311, NYC Charter Increases the city of New York procurement limit for businesses owned by women and minorities from one million dollars to one million, five hundred thousand dollars.
 
CHAPTER 720
A6499
Pheffer Amato
12/08/23 signed
Amends §208-f, General Municipal Law Provides for special accidental death benefits for widows or widowers of certain deputy sheriff members of the New York city sheriff's department.
 
CHAPTER 721
A7156
Pheffer Amato
12/08/23 signed
Amends §2575, Education Law Provides for the automatic enrollment of employees of the city of New York eligible to join the New York city board of education retirement system.
 
CHAPTER 722
A3983
Thiele
12/12/23 signed
Amends §§511 & 510, Vehicle & Traffic Law Adds when a person commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and is operating a motor vehicle while such person has in effect five or more suspensions or revocations, imposed on at least five separate dates, to the crime of first degree aggravated unlicensed operation (AUO) of a motor vehicle.
 
CHAPTER 723
A2672B
Paulin
12/13/23 signed
Amends §518, General Business Law Requires sellers to clearly post the credit card price inclusive of any surcharge at the location a sale occurs; does not prohibit merchants from offering a two-tier pricing system; establishes civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each violation.
 
CHAPTER 724
A3552A
Pretlow
12/13/23 signed
Amends §358, Agriculture & Markets Law Increases fines for selling disabled Equidae.
 
CHAPTER 725
S608C
SALAZAR
12/13/23 signed
Amends §396-r, General Business Law Prohibits selling a drug subject to a shortage for an unconscionably excessive price.
 
CHAPTER 726
S2163B
ADDABBO
12/13/23 signed
Add §385, Agriculture & Markets Law Prohibits any person, corporation, association, or other entity from slaughtering a horse where such person, corporation, association, or other entity knows or has reason to know that such horse will be used for human or animal consumption; prohibits any person, corporation, association, or other entity from possessing, selling, importing, etc., a horse or horseflesh if such person, corporation, association, or other entity knows or should have known that any part of such horse or horseflesh will be used for human or animal consumption; provides penalties for violation.
 
CHAPTER 727
S4907A
RIVERA
12/13/23 signed
Add Article 49-A §§4925 - 4927, Public Health Law; amends §§380-a & 380-j, General Business Law Prohibits medical debt from being collected by a consumer reporting agency or included in a consumer report and prohibits medical service providers from reporting medical debt directly or indirectly to a consumer reporting agency.

CHAPTER 728
S5941B
KAVANAGH
12/13/23 signed
Amends §527-a, General Business Law Requires businesses to notify consumers of an upcoming automatic renewal or continuous service charge to the consumer's account forty-five days prior to such charge; requires businesses to include instructions on how to cancel such renewal or charge in the notice to the consumer.
 
CHAPTER 729
A7691
Solages
12/19/23 signed
Establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies
 
CHAPTER 730
S5512
RIVERA
12/19/23 signed
Add §1114-b, Public Health Law Enacts the lead pipe right to know act
 
CHAPTER 731
A4023A
Rozic
12/21/23 signed
12/21/23 approval memo.57
Add §390-e, General Business Law Relates to requiring a notice to be posted regarding skimming; requires every person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who is engaged in a sales transaction and accepts electronic benefit transfer cards to place a sign at the point of sale containing a notice regarding skimming; defines terms; establishes the issuing of a warning and for additional violations a civil penalty.
 
CHAPTER 732
S4266A
WEBB
12/21/23 SIGNED
12/21/23 APPROVAL MEMO.58
Establishes a task force on missing women and girls who are black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) to develop policy changes that will work to address the lack of care and concern for missing and murdered BIPOC women and girls with New York state governmental agencies.
 
CHAPTER 733
A219A
Solages
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.59
Amends Education Law, generally; amends §413, Social Services Law Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; adds athletic trainers to the list of persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.
 
CHAPTER 734
A266A
Burdick
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.60
Add §103-b, amends §103, State Technology Law Requires state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility; requires the office of information technology services to provide a report to the governor and legislature every two years.
 
CHAPTER 735
A463A
McDonald
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.61
Amends §§4902 & 4903, Insurance Law; amends §§4902 & 4903, Public Health Law Requires written notice of an adverse determination made by a utilization review agent in relation to a step therapy protocol override determination.
 
CHAPTER 736
A793
Hunter
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.62
Amends §7.17, Mental Hygiene Law Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; the program shall include a component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians; certification of the completion of the program may be provided to participants through the office.
 
CHAPTER 737
A1368A
Rozic (MS)
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.63
Amends §40, Public Service Law; add §393-f, General Business Law; amends §1020-f, Public Authorities Law Authorizes utility corporations, telegraph and telephone corporations, and cable television corporations to provide notice of bills to third parties at the request of the customer.
 
CHAPTER 738
A1707A
Rosenthal D
12/22/23 signed
Add §111-a, Insurance Law Requires certain manufacturers of prescription drugs to notify the superintendent of any proposed increase of the wholesale acquisition cost of such prescription drugs.
 
CHAPTER 739
A2176
Epstein
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.64
Repealed §2, Chapter 11 of 2021; amends §17, Social Services Law Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; repeals provisions relating to directing the office of children and family services to make information publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effectiveness thereof.
 
CHAPTER 740
A2400
Paulin
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.65
Amends §2801-a, Public Health Law Relates to municipal limited health care service facilities; diagnostic or treatment centers or other facilities managed and administered by a local health department for the purpose of providing limited health care services.
 
CHAPTER 741
A4282B
Paulin
12/22/23 signed
Amends §80, Town Law; amends §17-1703-a, Village Law; amends §400, County Law; amends §34, Municipal Home Rule Law Provides that certain local elections outside of New York City shall be in an even-numbered year.
 
CHAPTER 742
A4332
Gunther
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.66
Repealed Article 29-B, amends §§2994-b, 2994-cc & 2994-ff, Public Health Law Changes the controlling law for orders not to resuscitate for residents of mental hygiene facilities.
 
CHAPTER 743
A5985A
Rosenthal L
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.67
Add §264, Public Health Law Requires the department of health to develop, maintain, and distribute to practicing and licensed physicians in the state a resource library related to continuing medical education and training opportunities regarding nutrition.
 
CHAPTER 744
A6180A
Braunstein
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.68
Amends §4174, Public Health Law Adds domestic partner, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of the deceased individual or the lawful representative of such persons to receive death certificates.
  
CHAPTER 745
A6291A
Burdick
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.69
Amends §378, Executive Law Establishes an emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; establishes $500 fine for a knowing failure to comply with such standards.
 
CHAPTER 746
A6779A
McDonald
12/22/23 signed
Amends §§6802 & 6801, Education Law; amends §3, Chapter 802 of 2022 Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist; requires the administering pharmacist to notify the prescribing physician of the administration of the medication.
 
CHAPTER 747
A7328
Paulin
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.70
Amends §2828, Public Health Law Establishes a four-year demonstration project to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities and a joint labor-management nursing home staffing workgroup to review and assess the impact of such demonstration project.
 
CHAPTER 748
A7365
Paulin
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 approval memo.71
Add §610, Public Health Law Provides for reimbursements for certain home health services that meet the definition of core public health services.
 
CHAPTER 749
A7669
Bores
12/22/23 signed
Amends §140-a, Judiciary Law; amends §§121 & 131, Family Court Act; amends §20, NYC Criminal Court Act; amends §102-a, NYC Civil Court Act Increases the number of judges in the second, ninth and eleventh districts; provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and certain counties; provides for additional city and civil court judges in New York city.
 
CHAPTER 750
S143
GIANARIS
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.72
Amends §612, Tax Law Enacts the "Tax-free debt forgiveness act"; excludes certain student loan forgiveness amounts authorized under 20 U.S.C. Sections 1098aa, 1098bb, 1098cc, 1098dd or 1098ee from state income tax.
 
CHAPTER 751
S439
SKOUFIS
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.73
Amends §3420, Insurance Law; amends §388, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires bodily injury be covered under supplementary uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance coverage for police vehicles.
 
CHAPTER 752
S490
COMRIE
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.74
Amends §§1507 & 1506-d, Not For Profit Corporation Law Relates to the maintenance of abandoned cemeteries; authorizes a solvent not-for-profit cemetery corporation that merges with an abandoned cemetery in a city to apply for state funds for the maintenance of an abandoned cemetery.
 
CHAPTER 753
S582
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.75
Add §399-hhh, General Business Law Prohibits the sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one.
 
CHAPTER 754
S1196A
PERSAUD
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.76
Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law; amends §365-a, Social Services Law Requires health insurance policies and medicaid to cover biomarker testing for diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of a covered person's disease or condition when the test is supported by medical and scientific evidence.
 
CHAPTER 755
S1856A
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.77
Amends §33-1301, Environmental Conservation Law Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients.
 
CHAPTER 756
S1931B
BAILEY
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.78
Add §397-b, General Business Law Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing within a city with a population of one million or more.

CHAPTER 757
S2574
GOUNARDES
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.79
Amends §459-c, Real Property Tax Law Permits a claimant to submit an order determining compensation from the workers' compensation board as proof of disability for purposes of real property tax exemptions.
 
CHAPTER 758
S2599
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.80
Establishes a dyslexia and dysgraphia task force; implements the findings of such task force.
 
CHAPTER 759
S2956A
HINCHEY
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.81
Add Article 8 Title 9-C §§1910 - 1914, Public Authorities Law; amends §94-c, Executive Law Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop a clean energy outreach and community planning program.
 
CHAPTER 760
S2980C
KAVANAGH
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.82
Amends §§26-511 & 26-517, NYC Administrative Code, amends §§10-b, 5 & 12-a, Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974; amends §14, repealed §14 subdivision 4(d), Public Housing Law Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; defines permanently vacated; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to public hearings by the city rent agency (Part A); relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the pre-HSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents (Part B); relates to the failure of owners to file rent registration statements and the enforcement powers of the commissioner of housing and community renewal (Part C).
 
CHAPTER 761
S3285A
THOMAS
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.83
Add §1408, Public Health Law Requires children's non-regulated camps to register annually with the department of health; imposes civil penalties for violations.
 
CHAPTER 762
S4099
KENNEDY
12/22/23 signed
Amends §§11-0901 & 71-0921, Environmental Conservation Law Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to organize, sponsor, conduct, promote, or participate in any contest, competition, tournament or derby where the objective of such contest or competition is to take wildlife.
Criminal Sanction Impact.
 
CHAPTER 763
S4234A
HINCHEY
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.84
Amends §§41 & 44, add §41-a, Public Service Law Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the first bill to the customer; requires utility corporations to provide a two-year history of charges in their bills.
 
CHAPTER 764
S4548
PARKER
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.85
Add §131-ss, Social Services Law Provides for the automated identification of affordability program participants to enable such participants to be automatically entered into utility corporation energy affordability programs.
 
CHAPTER 765
S5410
FERNANDEZ
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.86
Add §210, State Technology Law Requires state agency websites to be mobile friendly.
 
CHAPTER 766
S5591A
COMRIE
12/22/23 signed
Amends §5106, Insurance Law Enacts the "fairness for accident victims act"; provides that with respect to a serious personal injury action still permissible under the no-fault insurance system, the award or decision of an arbitrator or master arbitrator rendered in a no-fault arbitration will not constitute a collateral estoppel of the issues arbitrated.
 
CHAPTER 767
S5764B
BRESLIN
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.87
Add §2327, Insurance Law Requires third party verification of driving history when used as a rating or underwriting factor for private passenger motor vehicle insurance.
 
CHAPTER 768
S5890A
BRESLIN
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.88
Amends §3239, Insurance Law Authorizes life insurers to establish wellness programs in conjunction with the issuance of life insurance policies; provides for full or partial reimbursement for the cost of a device and associated subscription that can be used to track activity or biometric data; provides for discounts on life insurance and on products or services intended to incent positive behavioral changes.

CHAPTER 769
S6521
THOMAS
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.89
Add Article 27-G §2795, Public Health Law Re-establishes the adult cystic fibrosis assistance program to reimburse the cost of providing health care or health insurance to eligible individuals who have cystic fibrosis.
 
CHAPTER 770
S7211
CLEARE
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.90
Amends §2803, Public Health Law; amends §218, Elder Law Relates to the reporting and resolution of issues at residential health care facilities; requires long-term care ombudsmen to receive training in cultural competency and diversity; establishes an outreach and awareness program to promote and recruit long-term care ombudsmen.
 
CHAPTER 771
S7441A
THOMAS
12/22/23 signed
Amends §83-n, Legislative Law Extends provisions of law relating to reports by the legislative commission on the future of the Long Island Power Authority.
 
CHAPTER 772
S995B
HOYLMAN-SIGAL
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.91
Amends §§102, 203, 211, 802 & 804, add §§215 & 810, Limited Liability Law; add §100-b, Executive Law Relates to the disclosure of beneficial owners of limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies and certain information about such beneficial owners; requires the secretary of state to maintain a public database of all business entities organized in the state and all foreign business entities with authority to do business in the state.
 
CHAPTER 773
S7537
STEWART-COUSINS
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.92
Amends §§2-200, 2-202, 2-204, 2-206, 2-208, 2-210 & 2-236, add §2-259, Village Law; amends §239-bb, General Municipal Law Establishes the village incorporation commission to evaluate and make decisions regarding village incorporation elections.
 
CHAPTER 774
S7538
SKOUFIS
12/22/23 signed
12/22/23 APPROVAL MEMO.93
Amends §§2-200, 2-202 & 2-206, add §2-260, Village Law Relates to the immediate incorporation of villages.

CHAPTER 775
A2078
Stern
01/26/24 signed
01/26/24 approval memo.94
Add §2618, Insurance Law Establishes standards for the prompt investigation and settlement of claims arising out of states of emergency and disasters.
 
CHAPTER 776
S2399
GOUNARDES
01/26/24 signed
01/26/24 APPROVAL MEMO.95
Amends §§1300, 1301, 1303, 1304, 1309 & 1310, add §1310-a, General Business Law Relates to the secure choice savings program and participating individuals; authorizes freelancers and the self-employed the option of enrolling in such program.
 
CHAPTER 777
A3340
Cruz
01/30/24 signed
01/30/24 approval memo.96
Repealed §§130.40, 130.45 & 130.50, amends Penal Law, generally; amends Criminal Procedure Law, generally; amends §168-a, Correction Law; amends §384-b, Social Services Law; amends §509-cc, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §§117, 308.1, 347.1, 344.4 & 1052, Family Court Act; amends §64, Civil Rights Law; amends §§213-c & 215, Civil Practice Law and Rules; amends §123, Agriculture & Markets Law; amends §4, Judiciary Law; amends §§170 & 200, Domestic Relations Law Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees.
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