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A8494 Dinowitz 01/26/24 signed Amends §16, Multiple Residence Law; amends §15, Multiple Dwelling Law (as proposed in S.2294-A & A.2134-A) Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to update the list of names and contact information of residents provided to emergency personnel where such owner is an authority as such term is defined in section three of the public housing law, including all such authorities established after the first day of January, nineteen hundred thirty-nine, upon annual recertification. CHAPTER 2 A8495 Hunter 01/26/24 signed Amends §§1203 & 1200, Private Housing Finance Law (as proposed in S.3139-A & A.1686-A) Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs. CHAPTER 3 A8504 Meeks 01/26/24 signed Amends §3239, Insurance Law; amends §2, Chapter 2023 (as proposed in S.5890-A & A.2853-B) Relates to provisions for wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies; provides that a "wellness program" shall not include limited benefits health insurance; authorizes an insurer to contract with a third party for purposes of administering or operating a wellness program on such insurer's behalf. CHAPTER 4 A8507 Solages 01/26/24 signed Amends §162, Civil Service Law; amends §2, Chapter 2023 (as proposed in S.4097-B & A.5817-A) Directs the department of civil service to collect and analyze health care claims data from the Empire Plan or its successor to develop a New York state health benefit plan pricing report; provides that such report shall include a comparative analysis of actual hospital in-network allowed amounts and out-of-network allowed amounts for each hospital facility located in the state of New York; specifies service categories. CHAPTER 5 A8514 Pheffer Amato 01/26/24 signed Amends §63, Civil Service Law (as proposed in S.5494 & A.7155) Provides for crediting of probationary service when a person appointed provisionally receives a permanent appointment to the same title immediately following the provisional period. CHAPTER 6 A8532 Septimo 01/26/24 signed Amends §459-c, Real Property Tax Law (as proposed in S.2574 & A.7164) Allows municipalities to adopt a local law or resolution to establish an adjustment percentage to be applied to the exemption percentage schedule for certain exemptions based upon permanent partial disabilities, after a public hearing. CHAPTER 7 S8001 STEWART-COUSINS 01/26/24 signed Amends Village Law, generally; amends §10, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.7537 & A.7761); amends §96, Executive Law Relates to the village incorporation commission and makes conforming technical changes; amends the effectiveness of legislative bills numbers S. 7537 and A. 7761. CHAPTER 8 S8004 SKOUFIS 01/26/24 signed Amends §2618, Insurance Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.5201 & A.2078) Establishes standards for the prompt investigation and settlement of claims arising out of states of emergency and disasters; relates to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 9 S8005 MAYER 01/26/24 signed Amends §3000-f, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.7424 & A.366-A) Requires camps and youth sports programs have at least one automated external defibrillator; requires camps and youth sports programs to use best efforts to have at least one person trained to use such defibrillators at camps, games and practices. CHAPTER 10 S8007 SKOUFIS 01/26/24 signed Amends §§2-200, 2-202 & 2-206, renumbers §2-260 to be §2-259, repealed §2-206 subchapter 1 g, Village Law; amends §5, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.7538 & A.7754) Relates to the immediate incorporation of villages containing one thousand five hundred persons or less; amends the effective date of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the village law relating to the incorporation of villages, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7538 and A.7754. CHAPTER 11 S8016 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 01/26/24 signed Amends §207, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.5399 & A.5627) Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits. CHAPTER 12 S8026 WEBB 01/26/24 signed Repealed §1, renumbers §§2 & 3 to be §§1 & 2, amends §1, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.4266-A & A.5088-A) Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a task force on missing women and girls who are black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). CHAPTER 13 S8036 THOMAS 01/26/24 signed Amends §390-e, General Business Law (as proposed in S.358-B & A.2258-B) 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; requires notice to occupants of a residential building prior to the installation of keyless security devices; prohibits increasing rent for the purpose of installing keyless security devices. CHAPTER 14 S8053 WEBB 01/26/24 signed Amends §§311 & 370, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §§6 & 7, add §6-a, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.5959-B & A.5718-B) Authorizes certain policies issued by a risk retention group not chartered in this state; requires reporting by certain risk retention groups of other state's examinations, audits, or other investigations and their findings; amends the effective date of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the insurance law and the vehicle and traffic law relating to owner's policies of liability insurance issued by a risk retention group not chartered within this state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.5959-B and A.5718-B, to March 1, 2024. CHAPTER 15 S8057 RIVERA 01/26/24 signed Amends §4174, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.6815 & A.6180-A) Relates to the controlling disposition of a decedent's remains; adds domestic partners and removes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces or nephews from having such controlling interest. CHAPTER 16 S8061 HARCKHAM 01/26/24 signed Amends §3309-b, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.2099-C & A.5200-B) Clarifies provisions relating to dispensing of drug adulterant testing supplies. CHAPTER 17 S8075 COMRIE 01/26/24 signed Amends §§1506-c & 1507, repealed §1506-d subchapter (d), Not for Profit Corporation Law (as proposed in S.490 & A.1477) Relates to the maintenance of abandoned cemeteries. CHAPTER 18 S8080 BROUK 01/26/24 signed Repealed Article 25 Title 6-A, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.1867-A & A.5435-A); add §365-p, Social Services Law Directs the state department of social services to establish and maintain a community doula directory for doulas for the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients. CHAPTER 19 S8086 ADDABBO 01/26/24 signed Amends §1351, Racing Pari-Mutuel Wagering Breeding Law (as proposed in S.4817-A & A.6144-A) Relates to the tax on gaming revenues in region five of zone two; requires any money realized from the decrease in their slot machine tax rate to only be used by the facility to offer childcare for employees, food and beverage conversion, any other project or use that improves the economic infrastructure of the facility, or for rehiring laid off workers, hiring new workers or retaining current workers at the facility. CHAPTER 20 S8087 GOUNARDES 01/26/24 signed Amends §§1300, 1301, 1303, 1304, 1309 & 1310, repealed §1310-a, General Business Law (as proposed in S.2399 & A.4529) Relates to enrollees in the New York state secure choice savings program. CHAPTER 21 S8090 CLEARE 01/26/24 signed Amends §103-b, State Technology Law; amends §3, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.208-A & A.1371-A) Relates to the use of gender-neutral terminology on state websites for website content that is created or modified after a certain date. CHAPTER 22 S8092 CHU 01/26/24 signed Amends §267, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.5913-A & A.113-A) Allows certain non-public schools to be exempt from being required to provide menstrual products in the restrooms of school buildings, upon a demonstration to the commissioner of education that the school does not serve students who need such products, and that such products are otherwise available to students who might need them. CHAPTER 23 S8008 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 01/30/24 SIGNED Amends Penal Law, generally; amends Criminal Procedure Law, generally; amends §168-a, Correction Law; amends §384-b, Social Service Law; amends §509-cc, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §§117, 308.1 & 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; §§65 & 66, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.3161 & A.3340) Relates to certain sex offenses; makes technical changes. CHAPTER 24 A8480 Bronson 02/07/24 signed Amends §§104, 101-b & 63, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law (as proposed in S.3567-A & A.6050-A) Permits the sale or promotional gifting of certain complementary products for wine and liquor by certain persons or businesses licensed to sell wine and liquor; defines the term "item" for purposes of such promotional gifting. CHAPTER 25 A8486 Hevesi 02/07/24 signed Amends §413, Social Services Law (as proposed in S.6463-A & A.7366) Extends time frame to two years to receive updated mandated reporter training to include guidance on identifying an abused or maltreated child when such child is an individual with an intellectual or developmental disability. CHAPTER 26 A8493 Bronson 02/07/24 signed Amends §101, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law (as proposed in S.7085 & A.7293) Authorizes the manufacture of beer, spirits, cider, wine and mead at the community college in Broome county and 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 27 A8497 Paulin 02/07/24 signed Amends §2828, Public Health Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.6897 & A.7328) Relates to a four-year demonstration project to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities; removes provisions regarding a joint labor-management nursing home staffing workgroup to review and assess the impact of such demonstration project. CHAPTER 28 A8501 McDonald 02/07/24 signed Repealed §4902 subsection (a) 14, §4903 subsection (e-1), amends §§4902 & 4903, Insurance Law; repealed §4902 subsection 1(1), §4903 subsection 5-a, amends §§4902 & 4903, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.2677-A & A.463-A) Requires written notice of an adverse determination made by a utilization review agent in relation to a step therapy protocol override determination which includes the clinical review criteria relied upon to make such determination and any applicable alternative prescription drugs subject to the step therapy protocol of the utilization review agent. CHAPTER 29 A8502 Hunter 02/07/24 signed Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law; amends §365-a, Social Services Law; amends §5, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.1196-A & A.1673-A) Requires health insurance policies and medicaid to cover biomarker precision medical testing for diagnosis, treatment, or appropriate management of, or ongoing monitoring to guide treatment decisions for, a covered person's disease or condition when the test has recognized efficacy and appropriateness for such purposes. CHAPTER 30 A8503 Jacobson 02/07/24 signed Amends §3420, Insurance Law; amends §4, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed S.439 & A.1178) Relates to supplementary uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for police agencies; removes provisions of law relating to self-insurance; amends the effective date to remove contracts. CHAPTER 31 A8515 Pheffer Amato 02/07/24 signed Amends §2795, Public Health Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.6521 & A.3089) Establishes the New York state adult cystic fibrosis program which consists of administrative support services for the provision of financial assistance for services such as prescription drug costs, device costs, medical care services, behavioral health services, and insurance premiums for the treatment of cystic fibrosis disease and its conditions. CHAPTER 32 A8519 Kim 02/07/24 signed Amends §§1 & 4, Chapter of 2023; amends §209, Elder Law (as proposed in S.5907 & A.5520) Makes clarifying changes to the study by the state office for the aging 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; changes the effective date to September 1, 2024. CHAPTER 33 A8521 Dinowitz 02/07/24 signed Amends §307, State Technology Law Provides for the remote witnessing of health care proxies utilizing audio-video technology or telephone. CHAPTER 34 A8522 Paulin 02/07/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.6219 & A.2400) Relates to the effectiveness of a chapter of law relating to municipal limited health care service facilities. CHAPTER 35 A8523 Paulin 02/07/24 signed Amends §1114-b, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.5512 & A.6115) Relates to information on service lines to be reported by public water systems. CHAPTER 36 A8524 Paulin 02/07/24 signed Repealed §610, amends §3605, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.6641-A & A.7365) Authorizes certain core public health services to be provided in the home by local health departments without need for licensure; authorizes such services to be eligible to receive reimbursement under title XIX of the federal Social Security Act. CHAPTER 37 A8527 O'Donnell 02/07/24 signed Repealed §13.12, amends §13.10, Parks & Recreation Law (as proposed in S.809-A & A.5022-A) Clarifies what littering on state park lands includes; exempts the use of ash, sand and salt for the purpose of reducing hazards on roads caused by snow and ice. CHAPTER 38 A8531 Sayegh 02/07/24 signed Amends §66, Public Services Law (as proposed in S.7230 & A.237) Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official and to plans to prioritize the securing of downed wires over routine maintenance or other work unrelated to a response to an emergency event. CHAPTER 39 A8533 Pretlow 02/07/24 signed Amends §334, repealed §334 subsection 3-a, Racing Pari-Mutuel Wagering Breeding Law (as proposed in S.2779 & A.3528) Allows New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, either in-state or out-of-state and born in-state. CHAPTER 40 A8536 Gunther 02/07/24 signed Amends §§2994-b, 2994-c, 2994-l & 2994-cc, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.2930 & A.4332); amends §1750-b, Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act Changes the controlling law for orders not to resuscitate for residents of mental hygiene facilities. CHAPTER 41 A8537 Hunter 02/07/24 signed Amends §212, Banking Law; amends §16-k, Urban Development Corporation Act (as proposed in S.1690-A & A.6716-A) 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 42 A8546 Burdick 02/07/24 signed Renumbered §103-b to be §103-d, amends §§103-d & 103, State Technology Law (as proposed in S.3114-A & A.266-A) 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 training on such guidelines. CHAPTER 43 A8550 Rajkumar 02/07/24 signed Repealed §295-a, add §94-d, Executive Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.1051-A & A.3301-A) Establishes a 13 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; provides for the duties of the commission. CHAPTER 44 A8563 Bichotte Hermelyn 02/07/24 signed Amends §310, Executive Law (as proposed in S.1873-A & A.7295-A) Makes technical changes to provisions relating to maximum number of employees that a minority and women-owned business enterprise may have during a declared state disaster emergency. CHAPTER 45 A8564 Otis 02/07/24 signed Amends §210, State Technology Law (as proposed in S.5410 & A.6972) Relates to state agency websites required to offer a mobile friendly form; requires mobile friendly forms for state agency websites created or modified with changes to form or function after the effective date of this act and prior to January 1, 2027, and for all state agency websites thereafter; defines terms. CHAPTER 46 A8567 Palmesano 02/07/24 signed Amends §§1, 2, 5 & 6, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.7542 & A.7756) Relates to the metes and bounds of certain land to be conveyed by the state to the town of Romulus, county of Seneca; provides that such land shall revert to the state if not used for specific purposes; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. CHAPTER 47 A8570 Lee 02/07/24 signed Renumbered §§391-o, 391-r, 391-s & 399-hh to be Article 38-B §§831-834, §399-hhh to be §830, add Article 38-B Article Heading, amends §830, General Business Law (as proposed in S.582 & A.6798) Relates to the sale of certain products for human consumption; provides that the restriction on the sale or offer for sale of sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one shall not apply to foods containing sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite in compliance with the requirements of certain federal regulations. CHAPTER 48 A8604 Clark 02/07/24 signed Amends §858, Judiciary Law; amends §3, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.5935 & A.5040) Relates to the "hope card act" to provide that any protected party of a final order of protection shall be provided either a digital image of the final order of protection as issued in court, delivered via text message, email or other electronic communication; or a durable, wallet-sized physical card that contains a summary of information about a final order of protection; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 49 S8003 CLEARE 02/07/24 signed Amends §2803, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.7211 & A.7218) Requires reporting on the status of issues at residential health care facilities to the state long-term care ombudsman. CHAPTER 61 S8006 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 02/07/24 signed Amends §170-g, Executive Law (as proposed in S.3225 & A.358) Relates to the collection of certain demographic information about the sexual orientation and gender identity or expression of residents by certain state agencies, boards and commissions; requires a progress report by all agencies, boards and commissions who are unable to comply. CHAPTER 62 S8012 HINCHEY 02/07/24 signed Amends §§41, 66-w & 44, renumbered §41-a to be §66-w, Public Service Law; amends §4, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.4234-A & A.4055-A) Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than three months of the monthly billing period; requires utility corporations to provide a thirteen-month usage history in their bills. CHAPTER 63 S8013 THOMAS 02/07/24 signed Repealed & add §1408, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.3285-A & A.1256-A); amends §398-f, General Business Law Requires the department of health to establish and maintain a registry for the purpose of providing education and outreach to children's non-regulated camps. CHAPTER 64 S8014 MAY 02/07/24 signed Amends §741, Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (as proposed in S.3497 & A.3110) Makes a technical change to a provision requiring a petition in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property in the city of Syracuse to allege proof of compliance with local laws requiring the registration or licensure of residential rental dwellings. CHAPTER 65 S8015 MAY 02/07/24 signed Amends §§11-0522, 11-0505, 11-0901 & 11-0931, Environmental Conservation Law; amends §5, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.2630 & A.783) 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 deer cull permit. CHAPTER 66 S8025 BAILEY 02/07/24 signed Amends §397-b, General Business Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.1931-B & A.7456-A) Prohibits residential and commercial properties from erecting or installing 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; relates to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 67 S8028 STEWART-COUSINS 02/07/24 signed Amends §378, Executive Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.264-A & A.6291-A) Establishes standards for the evacuation of individuals with disabilities from high-rise buildings during an emergency; provides factors to be considered in the development of such standards. CHAPTER 68 S8037 PERSAUD 02/07/24 signed Amends §1263, Public Authorities Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.5069-A & A.4504-A) Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual; changes the effectiveness of such provisions to 270 days after it shall have become a law. CHAPTER 69 S8044 MYRIE 02/07/24 signed Amends §§835, 623 & 631-a, Executive Law (as proposed in S.6238-A & A.5791-A) Defines the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding as a shooting incident in which at least four people are murdered with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun. CHAPTER 70 S8050 LIU 02/07/24 signed Amends §390-e, General Business Law (as proposed in S.6088 & A.4023-A); amends §152-d, Social Services Law Specifies information which is required to be contained in the notice to customers warning of possible electronic benefits transfer scams, including skimming; directs the office of temporary disability and assistance to create a model sign to comply with such notice provisions. CHAPTER 71 S8051 HARCKHAM 02/07/24 signed Amends §375, Vehicle & Traffic Law (as proposed in S.5397 & A.5604) Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams and the revocation of authorization to display such light. CHAPTER 72 S8064 SCARCELLA-SPANTON 02/07/24 signed Amends §399-k, General Business Law (as proposed in S.5444 & A.6978) Relates to access to certain restroom facilities by employees of a utility entity who is on duty providing utility-related services; provides that a place of business shall not be immune from certain liabilities resulting from such use; defines "employee of a utility entity". CHAPTER 73 S8066 HINCHEY 02/07/24 signed Amends §151-j, Agriculture & Markets Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.7081 & A.4911) Provides that funding for the agrivoltaics research program shall come from appropriations made to the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences at Cornell university in chapter 53 of 2023 for the purpose of studying ecological impacts of agrivoltaics; places a sunset on such program of December 31, 2030. CHAPTER 74 S8073 JACKSON 02/07/24 signed Amends §50, Civil Services Law (as proposed in S.5486 & A.6855) Clarifies certain requirements for issuing civil service examination announcements. CHAPTER 75 S8078 SANDERS 02/07/24 signed Amends §27-1915, Environmental Conservation Law (as proposed in S.1688 & A.1630) Relates to the use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds; stops certain funds being used by the department of economic development for conducting analysis of waste tire reuse opportunities. CHAPTER 76 S8089 02/07/24 signed HOYLMAN-SIGAL Amends §§1 & 2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.2599 & A.133) Establishes a dyslexia and dysgraphia task force; implements the findings of such task force. CHAPTER 77 A8484 Epstein 02/13/24 signed Amends §17, Social Services Law; amends §3, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.5897 & A.2176) 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; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. CHAPTER 78 A8488 Solages 02/13/24 signed Amends §131-ss, Social Services Law (as proposed in S.4548 & A.4876) Relates to automated identification of OTDA assistance program participants; identifies entities to be defined as a "utility corporation"; requires utility corporations to administer secure transmission of participant data; requires utility corporations to conduct automated file matching with OTDA assistance program participant accounts; directs utility corporations to notify participants of automatic enrollment in utility corporation affordability program; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 79 A8491 Magnarelli 02/13/24 signed Amends §63-a, Railroad Law (as proposed in S.5775 & A.5639) 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 hazardous materials unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals. CHAPTER 80 A8500 Weprin 02/13/24 signed Amends §2327, Insurance Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.5764-B & A.4668-B) Limits third party verification of an applicant's driving history when used as a rating or underwriting factor for private passenger motor vehicle insurance to such applicant's New York State driving history; limits application to policies issued on and after the effective date. CHAPTER 81 A8530 Magnarelli 02/13/24 signed Amends §65, Public Service Law (as proposed in S.6694 & A.3125-A) Provides that every public utility shall provide the public service commission 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 82 A8538 Sillitti 02/13/24 signed Amends §1, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.6309-A & A.6557-A) Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to grant a property tax exemption for the Maritime Administration, a component of the United States Department of Transportation, without an application, if the assessor determines that the property is exempt from taxation due to being owned by the federal government. CHAPTER 83 A8559 Thiele 02/13/24 signed Renumbers §11-0522 to be §11-0522-a, amends §§11-0522-a, 11-0505, 11-0901 & 11-0931, Environmental Conservation Law; amends §5, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.4804-A & A.5542-A) Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold. CHAPTER 84 A8566 Meeks 02/13/24 signed Amends §§631, 625 & 633, Executive Law; amends §7, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.214-A & A.2105-A) Relates to eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds; specifies when awards may be provided and the requirements for such. CHAPTER 85 A8626 Eichenstein 02/13/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.4748-B and A.5939) Changes the effectiveness of provisions relating to religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas to 270 days after such provisions become law. CHAPTER 86 S7689 WEBB 02/13/24 signed Amends §3-300, Village Law; amends §3, Public Officers Law Relates to residency requirements for village justice and/or associate justice of Cayuga Heights; allows the village board of trustees of Cayuga Heights to appoint a person who resides in the county of Tompkins. CHAPTER 87 S8060 HARCKHAM 02/13/24 signed Amends §1, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.6604 & A.6949); amends §§23-0305 & 23-1903, Environmental Conservation Law Directs regulation of closed-loop boreholes installed for the purpose of facilitating a geothermal heating or cooling system by December 31, 2024. CHAPTER 88 S8074 KRUEGER 02/13/24 signed Amends §22, General Obligation Law (as proposed in S.155 & A.1142) Makes technical corrections to a provision requiring the use of gender-neutral terms in law. CHAPTER 89 S8093 MAYER 02/13/24 signed Amends §837-x, Executive Law; amends §3119, Civil Procedure Law & Rules (as proposed in S.1066-B & A.1709-B) Permits the commissioner of health to share deidentified information as strictly necessary to respond to a public health emergency or an imminent threat to public health, or to consult and cooperate with the appropriate agencies of the federal government or of other states in accordance with the functions, powers, and duties of the department, and may share identified information in such circumstances only when strictly necessary and with the consent of the patient. CHAPTER 90 S8096 STAVISKY 02/13/24 signed Amends §6, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.1043-A & A.1060-A) Relates to the effectiveness of a chapter of the laws of 2023 relating to the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives; provides such provisions will take effect January 1, 2024. CHAPTER 91 S8638 MYRIE 02/28/24 SIGNED Amends §506, Civil Practice Law and Rules, amends §§1 & 5, Chapter 773 of 1911 Provides that a proceeding challenging apportionment by the legislature shall be brought in certain designated courts in a judicial department within which at least one petitioner resides. CHAPTER 92 S8653A GIANARIS 02/28/24 SIGNED Repealed & add Article 7 §§110 - 112, State Law Repeals and enacts new provisions creating congressional districts. CHAPTER 93 S8664 MYRIE 02/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§6-134 & 2-120, Election Law Relates to the dates to file a designating petition for Congress and party positions in 2024; provides that signatures for certain offices and party positions made earlier than February 29th made be counted. CHAPTER 94 S8010 BRISPORT 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §783, Family Court Act (as proposed in S.7444 & A.6544) Relates to the sealing and expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court; carves out certain foster care and preventive service records maintained by social services departments. CHAPTER 95 S8011 KAVANAGH 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §26-511, NYC Administrative Code; amends §§10-b & 5, Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974; amends Part B §§2 & 3, add §2-a, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.2980-C & A.6216-B) Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the pre-HSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents and relates to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 96 S8017 STAVISKY 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §13, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.2473-A & A.4189) Amends the effectiveness of a chapter of 2023 relating to allowing for non-CPA ownership of firms; provides that such act shall take effect in 6 months. CHAPTER 97 S8024 WEBB 03/01/24 SIGNED Repealed §264, Public Health Law (as proposed in S.4401-A & A.5985-A); add §6505-e, Education Law Relates to physician coursework or training in nutrition; moves such provisions from the public health law to the education law. CHAPTER 98 S8039 GOUNARDES 03/01/24 SIGNED Repealed §191-d, Labor Law (as proposed in S.5026 & A.6040); add Article 44-A §§1410 - 1415, General Business Law Relates to contracted compensation payments; 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 99 S8043 PARKER 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §393-f, General Business Law (as proposed in S.406-A & A.1368-A) Authorizes cellular phone companies to provide notice of bills to third parties at the request of the customer. CHAPTER 100 S8048 HINCHEY 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §3, Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 (as proposed in S.1684-A & A.6843-A) Authorizes a municipality to impose a civil penalty when an owner or their agent refuses to participate in a vacancy survey or submits knowingly and intentionally false vacancy information. CHAPTER 101 S8058 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §659, Family Court Act; amends §837-x, Executive Law; amends §§3119 & 3102, Civil Practice Law and Rules; amends §§140.10 & 570.19, Criminal Procedure Law; amends §230, Public Health Law; amends §6505-d, Education Law; amends §3436-a, Insurance Law (as proposed in S.2475-B & A.6046-B) Defines gender-affirming care for the purposes of certain prohibitions regarding the legal system and gender-affirming care. CHAPTER 102 S8059 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 03/01/24 SIGNED Add §§1106 - 1108, repealed §102 subsections (ii) - (ll), §810, amends §§203, 211, 215, 802 & 804, Limited Liability Law; repealed §100-b, Executive Law; amends §10, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.995-B & A.3484-A) Relates to the disclosure of beneficial owners of limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies and certain information about such beneficial owners. CHAPTER 103 S8067 SKOUFIS 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §13.19, Parks & Recreation Law (as proposed in S.3309-a & A.6084-a) Defines the term "veteran" and "member of a Gold Star family" for the free use of campsites. CHAPTER 104 S8072 BAILEY 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §8351, Education Law (as proposed in S.942-A & A.219-A) Relates to the scope of the work an athletic trainer is authorized to perform. CHAPTER 105 S8076 PARKER 03/01/24 SIGNED Amends §7.17, Mental Hygiene Law; amends §2, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.7274 & A.793) Requires the office of mental health to identify information and training programs relating to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; requires the office of mental health to publish on their website information and links to the identified relevant training programs. CHAPTER 106 S8020 HINCHEY 03/22/24 SIGNED Amends Article 8 Title 9-C Title Head, §§1910 - 1912, repealed & add §1913, Public Authority Law; repealed §94-c subsection 7(e), Executive Law (as proposed in S.2956-A and A.2888-A) Relates to the renewable energy outreach and community planning program; creates reporting requirements. CHAPTER 107 S8031 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 03/22/24 SIGNED Add Article 37 Title 11 §37-1101, amends §§33-1301 & 71-3703, Environmental Conservation Law; amends §3, Chapter of 2023 (as proposed in S.1856-A & A.7640) Provides for the regulation of certain coated and treated seeds; requires the department of environmental conservation and the department of agriculture and markets to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients. CHAPTER 108 S8045 WALCZYK 03/22/24 SIGNED Amends §205-c, Highway Law (as proposed in S.6249 & A.6412) Provides that provisions relating to minimum maintenance roads in designated towns shall be construed as limiting, diminishing or otherwise affecting the powers of any municipality other than the designated town. CHAPTER 109 S8070 GIANARIS 03/22/24 SIGNED Amends §612, Tax Law (as proposed in S.143 & A.4421) Excludes certain student loan forgiveness amounts authorized under any federal program to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income. CHAPTER 110 S8082 SANDERS 03/22/24 SIGNED Amends §311, NYC Charter (as proposed in S.7563 & A.7334); amends §163, State Finance Law Makes a technical correction to certain provisions of the New York city charter relating to the procurement limit for businesses owned by women and minorities; increases state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority, women and service-disabled veterans to $750,000. CHAPTER 111 S8919 KRUEGER 03/28/24 SIGNED Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 4, 2024 CHAPTER 112 S8920 KRUEGER 03/28/24 SIGNED Amends Part C §8, Chapter 57 of 2022; amends Part U1 §13, Chapter 62 of 2003; amends Part B §2, Chapter 84 of 2002 Extends certain components of legislation necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year CHAPTER 113 A9762 Weinstein 04/04/24 signed Amends §§2 - 6, Chapter 111 of 2024 Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 8, 2024 CHAPTER 114 A9771 Weinstein 04/08/24 signed Amends §§2, 3, 5 & 6, Chapter 111 of 2024; amends §7, Chapter 113 of 2024 Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 11, 2024 CHAPTER 115 S9036 KRUEGER 04/12/24 SIGNED Amends §§2, 3, 5 & 6, Chapter 111 of 2024; amends §4, Chapter 114 of 2024; amends §7, Chapter 113 of 2024 Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 15, 2024 CHAPTER 116 A9851 Weinstein 04/15/24 signed Amends §§2 - 6, Chapter 111 of 2024; amends §4, Chapter 114 of 2024; amends §7, Chapter 113 of 2024 Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 18, 2024 CHAPTER 117 A9852 Weinstein 04/18/24 signed Amends §§2, 3, 5 & 6, Chapter 111 of 2024; amends §4, Chapter 114 of 2024; amends §7, Chapter 113 of 2024 Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 19, 2024 CHAPTER 118 A8993 Thiele 05/23/24 signed Amends Part TT §2, Chapter 58 of 2023; amends §256-b, County Law; amends §1210-A, Tax Law Relates to the Suffolk county water quality restoration act CHAPTER 119 S9241 SERRANO 06/14/24 SIGNED Amends §13, add §§49-d & 63-a, Navigation Law Provides that the inspector shall at least annually inspect any vessel operated on privately or publicly owned underground non-navigable waterways with no navigable inlet or outlet that carry passengers for compensation; makes technical corrections; makes related provisions. Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation CHAPTER 120 S7694A GOUNARDES 06/20/24 SIGNED Add Article 45 §§1500 - 1508, General Business Law Establishes the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) For Kids Act prohibiting the provision of addictive feeds to minors by addictive social media platforms; establishes remedies and penalties. CHAPTER 121 S7695B GOUNARDES 06/20/24 SIGNED Add Article 39-FF §§899-ee - 899-mm, General Business Law Establishes the New York child data protection act to protect minors from having their personal data accessed; provides exceptions in certain circumstances. CHAPTER 122 A3982 Jackson 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §22, Chapter 352 of 2005; amends §8, Chapter 430 of 2006; amends §27, Chapter 378 of 2007 Extends certain provisions relating to implementation of the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004. CHAPTER 123 A7555A Fahy 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §898-a, General Business Law Relates to the dangers to safety and health and the creation of a public nuisance caused by the sale, manufacturing, distribution, importing, and marketing of firearms. CHAPTER 124 A8206 Jones 06/28/24 SIGNED Allows out of state health care professionals to perform services at the Ironman Lake Placid 2024. CHAPTER 125 A8475 Paulin 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2781, Public Health Law Relates to notice of certain medical options and to communication with the person being tested prior to HIV related testing. CHAPTER 126 A8834B Weprin 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §4224, Insurance Law Prohibits discrimination against individuals who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV prevention with respect to life, accident, and health insurance coverage. CHAPTER 127 A8970A Glick 06/28/24 SIGNED Renames the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue line the "Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument station"; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. CHAPTER 128 A8982A Fall 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §88, Navigation Law Adjusts the base pilotage tariffs at Sandy Hook, Sands Point and Execution Rocks for vessels over 1650 pilotage units. CHAPTER 129 A9166B Lavine 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §3, Chapter 455 of 1997; add §749-a, Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Extends certain provisions relating to authorizing New York city marshals to exercise the same functions, powers and duties as sheriffs with respect to the execution of money judgments of the supreme and family courts of the city of New York; requires New York city marshals to post and electronically file notices of eviction. CHAPTER 130 A9455 Zebrowski 06/28/24 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 an additional year. CHAPTER 131 A9466 Pretlow 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §54.40, Local Finance Law Extends certain provisions relating to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers until June 30, 2025. CHAPTER 132 A9469 Benedetto 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §4, Chapter 374 of 2014 Extends provisions allowing BOCES to enter into private leases for real property. CHAPTER 133 A9470 Benedetto 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §4, Chapter 396 of 2012 Extends provisions related to services to out-of-state school districts by boards of cooperative educational services to July 1, 2029. CHAPTER 134 A9516 Pheffer Amato 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §209, Civil Service Law Extends provisions related to public arbitration panels until 2029. CHAPTER 135 A9549 Pheffer Amato 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §6, Chapter 100 of 2013 Extends provisions reinstating prior approved work permits and waiving requirements as such provisions relate to rebuilding and repairing homes devastated by Hurricane Sandy in the city of New York. CHAPTER 136 A9580 Lavine 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §9, Chapter 401 of 2002 Extends provisions related to the assessment and review of assessments in the county of Nassau to June 30, 2026. CHAPTER 137 A9581 Benedetto 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §1735, Public Authorities Law; amends §19, Chapter 738 of 1988 Extends certain provisions relating to the New York city school construction authority to 2028. CHAPTER 138 A9669 Cunningham 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends Part U §2, Chapter 56 of 2018 Extends certain provisions of law relating to requiring regulations to permit tuition waivers for certain firefighters and fire officers for CUNY until July 1, 2026. CHAPTER 139 A9671 Braunstein 06/28/24 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 sale 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 to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 140 A9761 Cruz 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 670 of 2007 Extends provisions of law relating to directing the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations limiting the engines of school vehicles to remain idling while parked or standing on school grounds. CHAPTER 141 A9766 Chandler-Waterman 06/28/24 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 142 A9768 Raga 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §3, Chapter 451 of 2012 Extends provisions of law relating to permitted deductions from wages for an additional two years. CHAPTER 143 A9849 Benedetto 06/28/24 SIGNED Repealed §3020-b, amends §§2-d, 2509, 2573, 3012, 3012-d, 3014 & 3020, add §3012-e, Education Law Relates to annual professional performance reviews of teachers and principals; establishes an optional system of annual professional performance review plans; repeals provisions relating to streamlined removal procedures for teachers rated ineffective. CHAPTER 144 A10141 Rules (Lucas) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends Part U §4, Chapter 55 of 2014; amends §4, Chapter 129 of 2014 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions dealing with tax exemptions for rent regulated properties occupied by senior citizens and persons with disabilities until 2026. CHAPTER 145 A10210 Rules (Alvarez) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §5, Chapter 449 of 1986 Extends certain provisions relating to establishing initial rents in respect of certain loans to owners of existing multiple dwellings to June 30, 2027. CHAPTER 146 A10212A Rules (Davila) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 375 of 1999 Extends provisions of law relating to new owners of buildings for which administrators have been appointed pursuant to article 7-A of the real property actions and proceedings law from June 30, 2024 until June 30, 2027. CHAPTER 147 A10213 Rules (Davila) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 84 of 1993 Extends the existing authority of the local housing agency in the city of New York, the department of housing preservation and development until June 30, 2027 to restructure rents for housing development fund companies that have purchased and are rehabilitating occupied multiple dwellings. CHAPTER 148 A10214A Rules (Jackson) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 613 of 1996 Extends provisions of law related to buildings that are part of urban development action area projects and are rehabilitated with municipal loans. CHAPTER 149 A10218 Rules (Zaccaro) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §6, Chapter 777 of 1986 Extends certain provisions relating to small loans to owners of multiple dwellings to remove substandard or insanitary conditions. CHAPTER 150 A10223A Rules (Zinerman) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 253 of 2004 Extends expiration of authority granted to the department of housing preservation and development of the city of New York to restructure rents of dwelling units in buildings foreclosed upon by the federal government. CHAPTER 151 A10277 Rules (Burke) 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 274 of 2010 Extends certain provisions relating to the repair of damaged pesticide containers. CHAPTER 152 S1001A HOYLMAN-SIGAL 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Prohibits insurers from restricting or imposing delays in the distribution of antiretroviral prescription drugs prescribed to a person for the treatment or prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). CHAPTER 153 S5916 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §10, Court Claims Act; amends §50-e, General Municipal Law; amends §3813, Education Law Exempts a civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules from certain filing and notice requirements. CHAPTER 154 S6409A LIU 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§499-aaa, 499-bbb & 499-ccc, Real Property Tax Law Relates to raising the tax abatement rate and extending certain deadlines for purposes of the green roof tax abatement for certain properties in a city of one million or more persons. CHAPTER 155 S6585 STAVISKY 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 548 of 2004 Extends certain tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York to 2026. CHAPTER 156 S8145 KENNEDY 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §54.50, Local Finance Law Extends provisions providing for the sale of municipal obligations by the county of Erie. CHAPTER 157 S8600 RAMOS 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §4, Chapter 461 of 2017 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the reciprocity of debarments for three additional years. CHAPTER 158 S8644A HARCKHAM 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§11-0705 & 11-0911, Environmental Conservation Law Requires that a person hold a license, tag or privilege in an electronic or other acceptable format pursuant to regulations for the hunting of deer and bears. CHAPTER 159 S8749A BRESLIN 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §5, Chapter 758 of 2022 Extends provisions relating to requiring space for donate life registration on certain insurance forms. CHAPTER 160 S8884A GRIFFO 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§97, 106 & 117-a, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Authorizes the issuance of a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at certain locations once per year. CHAPTER 161 S8900A STEWART-COUSINS 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §1202-x, Tax Law; amends §2, Chapter 62 of 2015 Increases the occupancy tax rate authorized in the city of Yonkers from 3 to 5 7/8ths; extends the effectiveness of the occupancy tax imposed in the city of Yonkers to September 1, 2027. CHAPTER 162 S9076 GOUNARDES 06/28/24 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 163 S9161 STEWART-COUSINS 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §24, Chapter 20 of 2009 Relates to traffic-control signal indications in the city of Yonkers; extends provisions. CHAPTER 164 S9233 COONEY 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends Part C subpart A §9, Chapter 97 of 2011 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions providing centralized service to political subdivisions and the authority of the commissioner of general services to aggregate purchases of energy. CHAPTER 165 S9256 RYAN 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §54.30, Local Finance Law Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before June 30, 2025. CHAPTER 166 S9415 SEPULVEDA 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§693, 694 & 695, General Municipal Law Extends provisions of law relating to certain urban development action areas rehabilitation or conservation projects. CHAPTER 167 S9417 MARTINEZ 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§21.00, 53.00, 54.90 & 107.00, Local Finance Law; amends §81, Chapter 413 of 1991 Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief; extends certain provisions relating to providing relief to local governments for certain mandated programs and services to 2027. CHAPTER 168 S9569A BRESLIN 06/28/24 SIGNED Add Article 8 Title 28-C §§2676 - 2676-x, Public Authorities Law Creates the Albany county pine hills land authority to transition the future use of facilities of the College of Saint Rose in a way to promote and stimulate economic development in the county of Albany and city of Albany; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 169 S9678B GONZALEZ 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §14-106, Election Law Relates to requiring certain notice and disclosure regarding materially deceptive media in political communications. CHAPTER 170 S9739 COMRIE 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §3, Chapter 549 of 1994 Extends certain provisions relating to the membership composition of the metropolitan transportation authority board until 2028. CHAPTER 171 S9749 GONZALEZ 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 427 of 2017 Extends provisions related to the creation of a state information technology innovation center until June 30, 2028. CHAPTER 172 S9777 GOUNARDES 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §139, Economic Development Law; amends §2, Chapter 435 of 2017 Extends the reporting deadline of the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025; 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 173 S9786 COONEY 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 371 of 2009 Extends provisions relating to the residential care off-site facility demonstration project until June 30, 2027. CHAPTER 174 S9818 JACKSON 06/28/24 SIGNED Repealed §130 sub 1 h, amends §130, Civil Service Law; amends §207-d, State Finance Law Provides for compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment for members of the agency police services unit; implements an agreement between the state and the employee organization representing the members of the collective negotiating unit designated as the agency police services unit. Governor's Program CHAPTER 175 S9819 JACKSON 06/28/24 SIGNED Repealed §130 sub 1 f & g, amends §130, Civil Service Law; amends §207-a, State Finance Law Implements the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement binding the state of New York and the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, Inc. ("NYSCOPBA"), representing members of the collective negotiating unit designated as the Security Services Unit for the period covering April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2025. Governor's Program CHAPTER 176 S9820 JACKSON 06/28/24 SIGNED Repealed §130 sub 1 b & i, amends §130, Civil Service Law; amends §207-a, State Finance Law Provides for compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of state officers and employees who are the members of the security supervisors unit; increases salary payable to certain officers and employees; authorizes funding of joint labor-management committees; implements an agreement between the state and the employee organization representing the members of the security supervisors unit. Governor's Program CHAPTER 177 S9821 JACKSON 06/28/24 SIGNED Repealed §130 sub 1 e sub 1 & 2, amends §130, Civil Service Law; amends Part A §10, Chapter 361 of 2022 Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment for members of the district council 37 rent regulation services unit; relates to location pay for certain state officers and employees; implements a collective bargaining agreement between the state of New York and the district council 37 rent regulation services unit; makes appropriations. Governor's Program CHAPTER 178 S9823 STEWART-COUSINS 06/28/24 SIGNED Provides that the Yonkers city school district shall be eligible to receive an apportionment of funds to be used for services and expenses; directs certain reports to be submitted. CHAPTER 179 S9829 STEWART-COUSINS 06/28/24 SIGNED Add §5, Chapter 118 of 1969 Relates to continuance of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District number 12. CHAPTER 180 S9842 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 06/28/24 SIGNED Amends §§3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Relates to copayments for pre-exposure or post-exposure prophylaxis as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent. CHAPTER 181 A9254 Weprin 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §3, Chapter 395 of 2008 Extends the effectiveness of provisions related to licensing of establishments where animals or fowls are slaughtered. CHAPTER 182 A10072 Thiele 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 378 of 2014 Extends provisions of law relating to the taking of sharks. CHAPTER 183 A10073 Hunter 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §13, Chapter 600 of 1993; amends §§11-0903 & 11-0913, Environmental Conservation Law Extends provisions relating to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage deer and bear to December 31, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 184 A10074 Conrad 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §5, Chapter 84 of 2010 Extends certain provisions relating to the management of migratory game birds to December 31, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 185 A10206 Rules (Sillitti) 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §13-0327, Environmental Conservation Law Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scallops to December 31, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 186 A10207 Rules (Burdick) 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §3, Chapter 122 of 2000 Extends the effectiveness of authorized sweepstakes with respect to subscriptions to "The Conservationist" until August 1, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 187 A10269 Rules (Burke) 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 429 of 2021 Extends provisions of law relating to the applicability of the security guard act of 1992 to facilities owned by a public sports venue. CHAPTER 188 A10347 Rules (Glick) 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §13-0329, Environmental Conservation Law; amends §6, Chapter 305 of 2013 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American lobster to December 31, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 189 A10348 Rules (Thiele) 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §11-0303, Environmental Conservation Law Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage striped bass until December 31, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 190 A10349 Rules (Berger) 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §13-0340-g, Environmental Conservation Law Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage monkfish until December 31, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 191 S9250 SERRANO 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §8, Chapter 138 of 1998 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft. CHAPTER 192 S9486 THOMAS 07/03/24 SIGNED Amends §§1803-a & 1903, Real Property Tax Law Relates to base proportions in assessing units in Nassau and Suffolk counties for 2024-2025. CHAPTER 193 S9704 WEBER 07/03/24 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 for the 2024-2025 assessment rolls. CHAPTER 194 S9741A PALUMBO 07/03/24 SIGNED Authorizes the town of East Hampton to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland for the purpose of a Suffolk County roadway improvement project. CHAPTER 195 A4938D Dinowitz 07/11/24 SIGNED Add Article 28-G §§495 & 495-a, General Business Law Prohibits the sale of lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist or limited use motorcycles unless such batteries are manufactured in accordance with certain standards and specifications; provides a civil penalty; authorizes district attorneys, county attorneys, and corporation counsel to have concurrent authority to seek the relief. CHAPTER 196 A7628A Bores 07/11/24 SIGNED Amends §§603, 603-a, 604 & 605, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires the reporting of certain accidents involving vehicles, including electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist; requires reports to include information indicating whether certain accidents involved electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist. CHAPTER 197 A8102A Eachus 07/11/24 SIGNED 07/11/24 approval memo.1 Add §399-nnn, General Business Law Requires micromobility devices, mopeds, and bicycles with electric assist to have a red tag attached to the charging cord which states to unplug when not in use. CHAPTER 198 A8450B Bores 07/11/24 SIGNED Amends §2261, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale. CHAPTER 199 A9337 Taylor 07/11/24 SIGNED 07/11/24 approval memo.2 Amends §156-a, Executive Law Requires the state fire administrator to establish hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries. CHAPTER 200 A9338 De Los Santos 07/11/24 SIGNED 07/11/24 approval memo.3 Add §399-nnn, General Business Law Directs the department of state, in consultation with the division of homeland security and emergency services and the New York state energy research and development authority, to develop and maintain safety resources, information, and protocols in regard to fire hazard prevention relating to, but not limited to, lithium-ion batteries, second-use lithium-ion batteries, bicycles with electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law, mopeds, and micromobility devices. CHAPTER 201 S7503B CLEARE 07/11/24 SIGNED 07/11/24 APPROVAL MEMO.4 Add §391-cc, General Business Law Requires retailers of micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered with lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries intended for use in such devices or bicycles to provide customers with an operating manual. CHAPTER 202 S7744D CHU 07/11/24 SIGNED Add §391-cc, General Business Law Requires retailers to affix a notice on any bicycles with electric assist and micromobility devices which states to always yield to pedestrians and follow traffic laws that you cannot use such device on sidewalks or on highways, except where allowed by local law; authorizes the department of state to promulgate necessary rules and regulations; imposes fines for violations thereof; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 203 S4249 BORRELLO 07/17/24 SIGNED Authorizes the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns. CHAPTER 204 S9839 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 07/17/24 SIGNED Amends §§121 & 131, Family Court Act; amends §102-a, NYC Civil Court Act Increases the number of judges in family court to 67; adds twelve additional judges to the civil court of the city of New York; adds additional family court judges to Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Erie, Jefferson, Nassau, Rensselaer, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester counties. CHAPTER 205 A2487A Hevesi 07/25/24 signed Amends §1203-a, Vehicle & Traffic Law Allows severely disabled individuals to apply for renewal of a parking permit for a handicapped person without providing an updated certification or additional medical documents. CHAPTER 206 A7270 McDonald 07/25/24 signed Authorizes the City of Troy, County of Rensselaer, to enter into a PILOT Agreement with Hillside Redevelopment Associates, granting an exemption from real property taxes. CHAPTER 207 A7271 McDonald 07/25/24 signed Authorizes the City of Troy, County of Rensselaer, to enter into a PILOT Agreement with T.R.I.P. Redevelopment Associates, granting an exemption from real property taxes. CHAPTER 208 S8665 MANNION 07/25/24 signed Makes eligible for provisional appointment and authorizes Matthew A. Jones 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 Liverpool police department. CHAPTER 209 S8903 MARTINEZ 07/25/24 signed Amends §459-c, Real Property Tax Law Adds a person with a disability who has their primary residence in a special needs trust, or a property owner who has a tenant with a disability whose lease provides them with a life interest in the property as long as the tenant remains in residence as eligible for a real property tax exemption pursuant to section 459-c of the real property tax law. CHAPTER 210 S9278 GOUNARDES 07/25/24 signed Amends §1803-a, Real Property Tax Law Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities. CHAPTER 211 S9408C HOYLMAN-SIGAL 07/25/24 signed Amends §§3, 7 & 8, Chapter 592 of 1998 Amends and expands some uses of the Hudson river park; permits additional uses and pier 76. CHAPTER 212 S9699A KAVANAGH 07/25/24 signed Amends §§1201, 1202, 1271 & 1272, Private Housing Finance Law Permits certain home repairs to be financed in conjunction with accessibility improvements through the access to home program. New York State Homes and Community Renewal CHAPTER 213 S8692A GRIFFO 07/30/24 SIGNED Amends §§500-a & 500-c, Correction Law; add §§853 & 854, County Law Relates to the use of the Madison and Oneida county correctional facilities; relates to county-tribal detention agreements between the Oneida Indian Nation and Madison county CHAPTER 214 A3250A Epstein 08/06/24 signed Amends §5-102, Election Law Relates to allowing pre-registered voters to apply for an absentee or early mail ballot. CHAPTER 215 A9409 Wallace 08/06/24 signed Amends §§12-102, 12-104, 12-106 & 12-108, Election Law Moves the date of the meeting of the electors; changes the method for the transmission of the certificates of vote to align with federal law. CHAPTER 216 A10357 Rules (Walker) 08/06/24 signed Repealed §17-204 subsection 10, amends §§17-204, 17-206, 17-210, 17-212, 17-214 & 17-216, add §17-219, Election Law; amends §5, Chapter 226 of 2022 Makes amendments to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York regarding definition of certain terms and enforcement provisions; specifies certain deceptive and fraudulent acts; relates to notification of violations; relates to preclearance of policies by the civil rights bureau or by a designated court; requires notification to the civil rights bureau of actions involving voting rights. CHAPTER 217 S5943 SKOUFIS 08/06/24 signed Amends §7-104, Election Law Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices. CHAPTER 218 S6130A PARKER 08/06/24 signed Amends §8-500, Election Law Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state. CHAPTER 219 S9763 MAYER 08/06/24 signed Amends §9-900, Village Law Relates to when a referendum is required when a village has provided that village elections shall occur on the same day as the general election. CHAPTER 220 S9837 MYRIE 08/06/24 signed Amends §9-209, Election Law Requires the board of elections to provide a domestic postage paid return envelope which a voter may use to return a cure affirmation in paper form by mail; provides that a cure affirmation may be delivered in person, by mail or in electronic form as an attachment to an email. CHAPTER 221 S7679A BORRELLO 08/09/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Sgt Terry James Garigen Memorial Highway." |
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A5550 Thiele 08/09/24 signed Amends §11-2001, Environmental Conservation Law Designates the Montauk Point shoals as an important bird area, and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to designate such area as part of the New York state bird conservation area program CHAPTER 223 S7841 HELMING 08/14/24 SIGNED Authorizes Michael Kurtz, a part-time police officer, with the village of Warsaw police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the village of Warsaw. CHAPTER 224 S9339A COMRIE 08/14/24 SIGNED Enacts the "New York utility corporation securitization act"; allows electric corporations to petition the public service commission for authority to issue storm recovery bonds. CHAPTER 225 S9772 GRIFFO 08/14/24 SIGNED Authorizes Richard Lee Johnson 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 Canastota police department. CHAPTER 226 S2852A SKOUFIS 08/18/24 SIGNED Add §§68, 69, 59-b, 59-c, 35 & 36, amends §§79-c, 79-d & 107-a, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Authorizes the direct intrastate and interstate shipment of alcoholic beverages CHAPTER 227 A4060A Paulin 08/27/24 signed Add Article 2 Title 6 §267-b, Public Health Law Requires menstrual products in public colleges and universities CHAPTER 228 A5729A Paulin 08/27/24 signed Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery CHAPTER 229 A6821 Lupardo 08/28/24 signed Amends §9-0505, Environmental Conservation Law Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to enter into contracts for the lease or use of state lands for the purpose of maple tree tapping and sap production for a term of up to, but not to exceed, ten years. CHAPTER 230 A7020A Lupardo 08/28/24 signed Amends §309-a, Agriculture & Markets Law Expands the young farmer advisory board on agriculture to become the beginning farmer advisory board on agriculture. Department of Agriculture and Markets CHAPTER 231 S9232 MAY 08/28/24 signed Amends §16, Agriculture & Markets Law; amends §§51-a, 58-c & 76-a, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; amends §1136, Tax Law Relates to crop loss determinations for apples used in the production of New York state labeled cider made by the commissioner of agriculture and markets; authorizes use of apples grown outside the state for New York state labeled cider when necessary due to a loss of crops. Department of Agriculture and Markets CHAPTER 232 A6738A Tague 08/28/24 signed Amends §182.20, Criminal Procedure Law Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Delaware, Otsego or Schoharie county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court. CHAPTER 233 A7395 Darling 08/28/24 signed Amends §§7.03 & 7.07, Mental Hygiene Law Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer advocates and requires the office of mental health to establish peer service qualification programs. Office of Mental Health CHAPTER 234 A7411A Hyndman 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides an exemption for certain property, American Legion Post 483, from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school. CHAPTER 235 A8322A Hevesi 08/28/24 signed Amends §§483, 483-a & 483-b, Social Services Law Establishes a council on children and families within the executive department; moves such council from the office of children and family services; defines terms; authorizes the governor to designate the executive director of such council; makes related provisions. Council on Children and Families CHAPTER 236 A8615 Fall 08/28/24 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 237 A8622 Barrett 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Exempts persons holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Columbia from the requirement that such persons reside in such county. CHAPTER 238 A8860 Eachus 08/28/24 signed Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Authorizes the town of New Windsor in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax. CHAPTER 239 A9032A Burdick 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the Town and Village of Mount Kisco, County of Westchester. CHAPTER 240 A9049 Woerner 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides for an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a church. CHAPTER 241 A9076A Santabarbara 08/28/24 signed Amends §273-a, repealed §273-a, Education Law; amends §2, Chapter 498 of 2011 Expands state aid eligibility for library construction for public libraries that are located in economically disadvantaged communities. CHAPTER 242 A9138 Otis 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 89 of 2009 Extends the city of Rye's occupancy tax to September 1, 2027. CHAPTER 243 A9284 Walsh 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Exempts the residency requirement for certain assistant district attorney positions within Saratoga County; provides such exemption does not apply to the positions of first assistant district attorney or chief assistant district attorney. CHAPTER 244 A9360 Gallahan 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Allows the Seneca county attorney to reside in a county in New York adjoining Seneca county. CHAPTER 245 A9394 Burdick 08/28/24 signed Amends §1202-aa, Tax Law Extends the authorization of the city of White Plains to enact a local law imposing an occupancy tax until December 31, 2027. CHAPTER 246 A9584 Stirpe 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Authorizes the sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption at certain premises located in the village of North Syracuse, county of Onondaga. CHAPTER 247 A9670 Dais 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 890 of 1982 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the establishment of certain water charges for hospitals and charities in New York city. CHAPTER 248 A9699 Simon 08/28/24 signed Amends §§1676 & 1680, Public Authorities Law Provides for the financing and construction of facilities for Saint Ann's school through the dormitory authority. CHAPTER 249 A9706 Santabarbara 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Waives the residency requirement for assistant district attorneys in Schenectady county. CHAPTER 250 A9770 Taylor 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Chapter 831 of 1981 Extends provisions of law providing for certain fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings to December 31, 2026. CHAPTER 251 A9828 Maher 08/28/24 signed Amends §23, Town Law; amends §3, Public Officers Law Waives the residency requirement for the comptroller and building inspector in the town of Chester, county of Orange. CHAPTER 252 A9966 McDonald 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 731 of 2019 Extends certain provisions relating to regulatory fines for small businesses to 2027. CHAPTER 253 A10010 Smullen 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Relates to the qualifications for holding the office of assistant county attorney in the county of Herkimer; permits holders of such office to reside outside Herkimer county. CHAPTER 254 A10031 Buttenschon 08/28/24 signed Amends §7, Chapter 3 of 1997; amends §6, Chapter 322 of 2007 Extends certain provisions of the banking law from September 10, 2024 until September 10, 2029. CHAPTER 255 A10060 Burgos 08/28/24 signed Amends §§1 & 4, add §3-b, Chapter 544 of 2022 Authorizes the discontinuance of additional parkland and the granting of additional easements for improvements to the Metro-North railroad. CHAPTER 256 A10110 Lupardo 08/28/24 signed Amends §§90-a - 90-e, Agriculture & Markets Law Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, deal in, sell or rescue cattle, swine, horses, cervids, camelids, sheep, goats or poultry or to operate an auction where such animals are sold unless a valid domestic animal health permit is held. Department of Agriculture and Markets CHAPTER 257 A10129A Bronson 08/28/24 signed Authorizes the county of Monroe to convey appropriate instruments to EH Henrietta Solar 1 LLC and EH Henrietta Solar 2 LLC for an easement across Lehigh Valley Trail Park, for ingress and egress to and from the project site and installation of a medium voltage cable; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 258 A10133 Rules (Fahy) 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Chapter 141 of 2014 Extends provisions authorizing big game hunting in Albany county until October 1, 2026. CHAPTER 259 A10272 Rules (Jones) 08/28/24 signed Amends §11-0907, Environmental Conservation Law Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone to December 31, 2027. Department of Environmental Conservation CHAPTER 260 A10278 Rules (Lucas) 08/28/24 signed Amends §13-0331, Environmental Conservation Law Extends provisions related to the regulation of the amount of Jonah crabs that may be taken for an additional two years. CHAPTER 261 A10284 Rules (Glick) 08/28/24 signed Amends §4, Chapter 550 of 2013 Extends provisions relating to the establishment of the mercury thermostat collection act to January 1, 2026. CHAPTER 262 A10318 Rules (Eachus) 08/28/24 signed Authorizes the town of New Windsor to alienate certain parklands for use as a sewer treatment plant and to dedicate other lands as replacement parklands. CHAPTER 263 A10335 Rules (Stern) 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 402 of 1994 Extends provisions of law relating to requiring certain agencies to submit regulatory agendas for publication in the state register from December 31, 2024 until December 31, 2028. CHAPTER 264 A10352 Rules (Simone) 08/28/24 signed Amends Part PP §4, Chapter 58 of 2020 Extends certain provisions relating to expanded polystyrene foam container and polystyrene loose fill packaging ban and relating to moneys collected for violations of such ban to January 1, 2030. CHAPTER 265 A10462 Rules (Fall) 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Chapter 306 of 2011 Extends, until December 31, 2025, the authorization of residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds. CHAPTER 266 A10470 Rules (Davila) 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises located at 428 S. 5th Street, Brooklyn, Kings county. CHAPTER 267 S5608C STEC 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Essex county including assistant public defender. CHAPTER 268 S6110C BORRELLO 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law; amends §3-300, Village Law Waives the local residency requirement for the village clerk and village treasurer in the village of Portville by permitting such public officers to reside within Cattaraugus county or an adjoining county within the State of New York. CHAPTER 269 S6550A MAYER 08/28/24 signed Amends §1662-c, Vehicle & Traffic Law Relates to the residential parking system in the town of Harrison; extends the area in which such residential parking system can be located. CHAPTER 270 S7669A ORTT 08/28/24 signed Amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993 Includes the Ogden Farmers' Library as an eligible library for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority. CHAPTER 271 S7670 ORTT 08/28/24 signed Amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993 Includes the Parma Public Library with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority. CHAPTER 272 S8343 BORRELLO 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 185 of 2005 Extends the authorization of the county of Wyoming to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by a mortgage on real property from December 1, 2024 to December 1, 2027. CHAPTER 273 S8448 PALUMBO 08/28/24 signed Amends §5, Chapter 672 of 1993 Includes Mattituck-Laurel library within libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority. CHAPTER 274 S8630 STEWART-COUSINS 08/28/24 signed Amends §1, Chapter 334 of 2012 Defines the term "tennis facilities" to mean places that provide programming and services related to tennis and other sports which require the use of racquets or paddles to strike balls or objects in relation to authorization for the town of Greenburgh to lease certain park lands for tennis uses. CHAPTER 275 S8647A MARTINS 08/28/24 signed Amends §125, Private Housing Finance Law Authorizes the granting of an additional real property tax exemption for certain redevelopment company projects within the county of Nassau. CHAPTER 276 S8725A SKOUFIS 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 206 of 2023 Amends the village of Washingtonville deficit financing act to extend the time frames for the issuance of certain bonds by the village of Washingtonville. CHAPTER 277 S8789 FERNANDEZ 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 88 of 2009 Extends the authority of the city of New Rochelle to impose an occupancy tax until September 1, 2027. CHAPTER 278 S8913A GONZALEZ 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Authorizes the sale of liquor for consumption on certain premises located within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship in the borough of Manhattan, county of New York. CHAPTER 279 S9034 COONEY 08/28/24 signed Amends §182.20, Criminal Procedure Law Authorizes the court, in its discretion, to conduct an electronic appearance in connection with a criminal action in Monroe county. CHAPTER 280 S9043A MAYER 08/28/24 signed Add §1640-s, Vehicle & Traffic Law Implements a residential parking system in the village of Port Chester. CHAPTER 281 S9122 STEWART-COUSINS 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Chapter 329 of 2015 Relates to the residential parking system in the village of Dobbs Ferry; makes provisions permanent. CHAPTER 282 S9265 HINCHEY 08/28/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Greene county including assistant public defender. CHAPTER 283 S9282 STEC 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a church within the county of Washington, state of New York. CHAPTER 284 S9322 HARCKHAM 08/28/24 signed Amends §17-1909, Environmental Conservation Law Extends until September 30, 2027 provisions authorizing a fifty percent subsidy in connection with the state water pollution control revolving fund. Environmental Facilities Corporation CHAPTER 285 S9334 WALCZYK 08/28/24 signed Amends §182.20, Criminal Procedure Law Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Oswego. CHAPTER 286 S9428A WEBB 08/28/24 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to an exemption for certain property located in the county of Tompkins from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school or church. CHAPTER 287 S9433 MATTERA 08/28/24 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 288 S9753 O'MARA 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 545 of 2011 Extends provisions relating to the residential-commercial exemption program to September 23, 2027. CHAPTER 289 S9756 WEBB 08/28/24 signed Amends §5, Chapter 152 of 2020 Extends provisions authorizing hunting big game by rifle in the county of Tompkins until 2026. CHAPTER 290 S9775A COONEY 08/28/24 signed Amends §6, Chapter 698 of 1991 Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to the Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc. CHAPTER 291 S9776 PERSAUD 08/28/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 329 of 2020 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to reporting data on child welfare preventive services to September 1, 2027. CHAPTER 292 A9888C McDonald 08/29/24 signed Amends §378, Executive Law Provides that release mechanism standards be developed by the state fire prevention and building code council based on internationally recognized standards. CHAPTER 293 A10334 Rules (Pheffer Amato) 08/29/24 signed Amends §5, Chapter 756 of 2021 Extends the temporary "commission to prevent childhood drowning" to improve water safety in New York state another year. CHAPTER 294 S5815A MANNION 08/29/24 signed Amends §207, Public Health Law Provides that the department of health may conduct education and outreach programs promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning. CHAPTER 295 A4914B Kelles 08/30/24 signed Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in Tompkins county as the "Peter Wheeler Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 296 A8359 Sayegh 08/30/24 signed Add §344-q, Highway Law Designates the Tuckahoe Road overpass above the Sprain Brook Parkway in the city of Yonkers, county of Westchester as the "Detective Sergeant Frank Gualdino Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 297 S7588A PALUMBO 08/30/24 signed Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "NYPD Detective Brian P. Simonsen Memorial Bridge" located in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County. CHAPTER 298 S7707A MURRAY 08/30/24 signed Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Medford FD Commissioner Niel Marturiello Memorial Bridge" in the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk. CHAPTER 299 S8101A WALCZYK 08/30/24 signed Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates the bridge crossing over the Chaumont river on state route 12E in the village of Chaumont, county of Jefferson, as the "Michael J. Finerson Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 300 S9262 MARTINEZ 08/30/24 signed Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates the bridge over the Sagtikos Parkway constituting the Crooked Hill Road Overpass in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, the "Senior Investigator Thomas M. O'Neil Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 301 A4066B Burgos 09/04/24 SIGNED Amends §465, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires motor vehicle dealer franchisors to fully compensate franchised motor vehicle dealers for warranty service agreements. CHAPTER 302 A6146B Buttenschon 09/04/24 SIGNED Amends §87, Public Officers Law Requires an agency responding to a request for public employee disciplinary records to develop a policy to notify the public employee whose personal information is subject to the request. CHAPTER 303 A8876 Pheffer Amato 09/04/24 SIGNED Amends §54, Civil Service Law Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams if they will meet the minimum age requirement or attain the minimum education requirement within twelve months. CHAPTER 304 A9265A Bronson 09/04/24 SIGNED Add §220-j, Labor Law Requires contractors and subcontractors working on covered projects submit their payrolls or transcripts to the fiscal officer; directs the department to create a database for such records that are publicly available for inspection. CHAPTER 305 A9349 Pheffer Amato 09/04/24 SIGNED Amends §50, Civil Service Law Provides that the state civil service department shall review and update the questions contained within the examination, as deemed appropriate by the department, no less than every five years. CHAPTER 306 A9935 Pheffer Amato 09/04/24 SIGNED Amends §72, Civil Service Law Requires certain information regarding judgments about an employee's inability to perform their duties due to a disability to be provided to the employee and the authorized representative of such employee. CHAPTER 307 S8557 JACKSON 09/04/24 SIGNED Amends §52, Civil Service Law Provides for crediting of time spent as a provisional appointee for promotional examinations and eligibility for appointment from the resulting eligible lists. CHAPTER 308 A8947C Reyes 09/05/24 SIGNED 09/05/24 approval memo.6 Add §27-e, Labor Law Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; directs the department of labor to produce a model workplace violence prevention training program; requires employers to provide training on such programs; requires the installation of panic buttons at certain workplaces or wearable or mobile phone-based panic buttons to be provided. CHAPTER 309 A9934 Magnarelli 09/05/24 SIGNED Amends Part B §§1 & 2, Chapter 56 of 2020; amends §3602, Education Law Renames the Syracuse Comprehensive Education and Workforce Training Center as the Syracuse Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics high school. CHAPTER 310 A10209 Rules (McDonald) 09/05/24 SIGNED Amends §695-b, Education Law Provides that the payment of interest on an education loan and Roth IRA deposits shall be qualified withdrawals under the New York state college choice tuition savings program. State Comptroller CHAPTER 311 S9018A MAYER 09/05/24 SIGNED Amends §§1702, 1804, 1901, 2502, 1950, 2552 & 2553, repealed §1702 sub 3-a, §1804 sub 12-a, §1901 sub 3, §2502 sub 10-a, Education Law Allows for the designation of students as ex officio members of school boards; clarifies what such ex officio members are permitted to do. CHAPTER 312 A6563A Clark 09/09/24 signed Add §207-b, Education Law Requires student identification cards to contain the new national suicide prevention lifeline number, 9-8-8, and the crisis text line. CHAPTER 313 S7586A SCARCELLA-SPANTON 09/11/24 SIGNED Deems Anthony Varvaro to have died as the natural and proximate result of an accident sustained in the performance of duty so as to permit accidental death benefits to be awarded to his beneficiaries. CHAPTER 314 S8411 WALCZYK 09/11/24 SIGNED Deems an application filed with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system by the widow of Paul C. Adam as timely filed. CHAPTER 315 S9251A STEC 09/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Captain Christopher J. Garrow Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 316 A5789A Woerner 09/17/24 signed Amends §3003-b, Public Health Law Provides for availability of ambulance services and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and administer blood transfusions, by expanding current provisions for air transport to apply additionally to motor vehicle based ambulance services. CHAPTER 317 S8486C HINCHEY 09/17/24 signed Add §367-y, Social Services Law Provides for medicaid reimbursement for ambulance services when treatment in place is administered and/or when transportation is provided to alternative health care settings instead of a general hospital. CHAPTER 318 A6726A Curran 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau to alienate and sell parklands to Lakeside Inn, Inc. CHAPTER 319 A8585 Thiele 09/20/24 signed Amends §§2, 3 & 4, Chapter 234 of 1907 Relates to appointing instead of electing a treasurer for the park district in the town of Southold, county of Suffolk. CHAPTER 320 A9255B Zebrowski 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the village of Haverstraw to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain lands. CHAPTER 321 A9785A Woerner 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the village of Round Lake, in the town of Malta and the county of Saratoga, to extend the lease of certain park lands in such village for up to an additional thirty years. CHAPTER 322 A9839A Sillitti 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church Queens, Inc. for portions of the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 assessment rolls. CHAPTER 323 A9946 Paulin 09/20/24 signed Provides for the refund of penalties accrued on 2023-2024 real property taxes due to the specific failure by the USPS to deliver bills to owners in the town of Scarsdale, county of Westchester. CHAPTER 324 S7001 BORRELLO 09/20/24 signed Amends §2104, Uniform City Court Act Provides for the selection of a city court judge for the city of Jamestown. CHAPTER 325 S8441 ADDABBO 09/20/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 473 of 2010 Extends the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until fourteen years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack. CHAPTER 326 S8475 HARCKHAM 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the assessor of the town of New Castle to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester; provides a waiver for any interest and penalties accrued in the event that the authorization to exempt is not timely granted. CHAPTER 327 S8583A STEC 09/20/24 signed Amends §253-j, Tax Law; amends §3, Chapter 327 of 2006 Directs the remainder of the balance of certain funds paid to the recording officer of the county of Essex, to be used towards expenditures for county and public safety facility projects; extends certain provisions relating thereto to December 1, 2027. CHAPTER 328 S9106A MATTERA 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint James Long Island NY to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status. CHAPTER 329 S9178 RHOADS 09/20/24 signed Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau for general taxes years 2022 and 2023 and school taxes years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. CHAPTER 330 S9332A MARTINS 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the town of Oyster Bay to discontinue as parklands and convey such parkland to the department of environmental conservation. CHAPTER 331 S9605 CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK 09/20/24 signed Authorizes the acceptance of an application for a retroactive property tax exemption from the Center for Jewish Life of Hewlett Inc. for a portion of the 2021--2022 school year taxes and a portion of the 2022 general year assessment roll. CHAPTER 332 S9822 SEPULVEDA 09/20/24 signed Amends §489-dddddd, Real Property Tax Law; amends §11-271, NYC Administrative Code Extends the application deadlines for tax abatements for certain industrial and commercial properties in a city of one million or more persons. CHAPTER 333 A9827 Barrett 09/25/24 SIGNED Amends §66, Public Service Law Requires the public service commission to publish certain information prior to a major rate change by a public gas or electric utility including an explanation of why the rate change is requested and a summary of how the proposed revenue will be spent. CHAPTER 334 S6710 SKOUFIS 09/25/24 SIGNED Amends §25, Public Service Law Relates to false material statements related to a public utility. CHAPTER 335 A1204A Zebrowski 09/27/24 signed Amends §13-b, Workers Compensation Law Authorizes treatment of workers' compensation injuries by an occupational therapy assistant and a physical therapy assistant; directs certain records to be retained. CHAPTER 336 A2188 Dinowitz 09/27/24 signed Amends §2808-e, Public Health Law Relates to the posting of additional nursing home ratings; provides such posting shall include ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures. CHAPTER 337 A3710 Rajkumar 09/27/24 signed Amends §§301 & 317, Military Law Provides employment protections during the performance of state active duty by members of the national guard; makes technical corrections. CHAPTER 338 A3866B Jackson 09/27/24 signed Amends §402-e, Public Housing Law Requires entities responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is interrupted; includes gas as a vital service. CHAPTER 339 A4245A McDonough 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Maimonides Educational Center to file an application for exemption from real property taxes. CHAPTER 340 A4285 O'Donnell 09/27/24 signed Amends §3.09, Parks & Recreation Law Authorizes the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a resident curator program for the rehabilitation of state park buildings. CHAPTER 341 A5265A Lavine 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Lubavitch of Old Westbury for all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2023 general taxes. CHAPTER 342 A5802A Solages 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from 786 Muhammadi Masjid, Inc. for certain school and general taxes. CHAPTER 343 A6834A Jean-Pierre 09/27/24 signed Add Article XXIII, §1 of Chapter 154 of 1921 Provides for military leave for all represented and non-represented persons employed by the port authority of New York and New Jersey. CHAPTER 344 A7041A Sillitti 09/27/24 signed Authorizes Saddle Rock Minyan to file an application for retroactive real property tax exemption with respect to the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 assessment rolls. CHAPTER 345 A7476 Steck 09/27/24 signed Permits the Albany Cemetery Association to file a certificate of amendment of certificate of incorporation with the department of state within one year of the effective date. CHAPTER 346 A7716A Hyndman 09/27/24 signed Amends §6502, Education Law Allows for the education department to provide registration applications to licensees for each profession by means other than mail; requires the state education department to mail applications prior to the end date of such registration period. CHAPTER 347 A7860 Sillitti 09/27/24 signed Amends §18, Public Health Law Authorizes qualified persons to receive physical copies of patient information. CHAPTER 348 A8029C Epstein 09/27/24 signed Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 23rd Street subway station to the 23 St-Baruch College station. CHAPTER 349 A8330 Levenberg 09/27/24 signed Add §1202-nnn, Tax Law Authorizes the town of Cortlandt, in the county of Westchester, to levy an occupancy tax on hotels, motels, or boarding houses. CHAPTER 350 A8391A Zebrowski 09/27/24 signed Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Allows the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland to levy a five percent hotel or motel tax upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such town. CHAPTER 351 A8842A Shimsky 09/27/24 signed Amends §§1, 2 & 8, Chapter 624 of 1940 Relates to the name and purpose of the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Valhalla, New York; provides that any firefighter who has been removed for cause, expelled or dropped from the rolls of such fire department and who has not been reinstated, shall not be eligible in such corporation; relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by such association. CHAPTER 352 A9125 Burdick 09/27/24 signed Provides for the incorporation of the Bedford Hills Fire Department Benevolent Association and for its powers and duties. CHAPTER 353 A9330A Burdick 09/27/24 signed Amends §396-s, General Business Law; amends §462, Real Property Law Provides that a health pamphlet shall be delivered to a vendee regarding sewage disposal systems; provides information on septic system operation and maintenance on the property condition disclosure statement. CHAPTER 354 A9345 Kelles 09/27/24 signed Amends §1402, Not for Profit Corporation Law Exempts the Varna Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., within the town of Dryden, Tompkins county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members. CHAPTER 355 A9403A Santabarbara 09/27/24 signed Amends §1609, Not for Profit Corporation Law Permits a land bank prioritize the use of property for a community garden. CHAPTER 356 A9407A Weprin 09/27/24 signed Amends §3420, Insurance Law Provides supplemental spousal liability insurance coverage for the spouse of an insured who has indicated that such insured has a spouse on the insurance application. CHAPTER 357 A9505 McMahon 09/27/24 signed Amends §§413 & 451, Family Court Act; amends §§240 & 236, Domestic Relations Law Relates to the establishment and modification of child support orders; requires the court to consider the specific circumstances of the parent. CHAPTER 358 A9533A Solages 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Lighthouse International Christian Gathering. CHAPTER 359 A9573 Shimsky 09/27/24 signed Amends §1, Chapter 54 of 1938 Permits the Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association of Hastings-on-Hudson, Inc. to use funds raised through collecting taxes on various projects. CHAPTER 360 A9705 Barrett 09/27/24 signed Add §1202-nnn, Tax Law Authorizes the town of Poughkeepsie to impose a 5% hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. CHAPTER 361 A9777B Benedetto 09/27/24 signed Amends §305, Education Law Requires the commissioner of education to establish uniform statewide protocols for diapering and toileting of students in public schools. CHAPTER 362 A9812 Burgos 09/27/24 signed Amends §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 363 A10056 Barrett 09/27/24 signed Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Authorizes the county of Columbia to impose a 4% tax on hotels and motels. CHAPTER 364 A10070 Burdick 09/27/24 signed Amends Chapter 620 of 1938 Amends the purposes and duties of the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Millwood, New York; makes certain technical corrections. CHAPTER 365 A10071 Sillitti 09/27/24 signed Amends §§614.0, 614.1, 614.3 & 614.6, Chapter 273 of 1939 Relates to the name and the funds of the Alert Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Great Neck, New York. CHAPTER 366 A10222 Rules (Fahy) 09/27/24 signed Amends §2014, Tax Law Relates to expanding the list of individuals who may appear on behalf of taxpayers before the division of tax appeals. Department of Taxation and Finance CHAPTER 367 A10271 Rules (Lupardo) 09/27/24 signed Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Authorizes the city of Binghamton to establish hotel and motel taxes of up to five percent. CHAPTER 368 A10297 Rules (Ramos) 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Calvary Tabernacle Church of God to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 assessment rolls. CHAPTER 369 A10342 Rules (Burgos) 09/27/24 signed Amends §§1113, 2105, 4101, 4103 & 4107, Insurance Law Authorizes stand-alone business interruption insurance. Department of Financial Services CHAPTER 370 A10362B Rules (Wallace) 09/27/24 signed Amends §2504, Insurance Law Authorizes the use of owner-controlled and contractor-controlled insurance for certain construction projects; requires a report on the use of such insurance. CHAPTER 371 A10467A Rules (Braunstein) 09/27/24 signed Add §233-c, Real Property Law Relates to ground lease contracts; allows for the extension or renewal of such contracts prior to the expiration of such contracts. CHAPTER 372 S2862A MARTINEZ 09/27/24 signed Add §466-l, Real Property Tax Law Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption to certain volunteers who live in that municipality but who serve in neighboring municipalities. CHAPTER 373 S3604A WEBB 09/27/24 signed Amends §§922, 974 & 1338, Real Property Tax Law Relates to the payment of real property and school district taxes in installments; provides that if a property owner has elected to pay taxes in installments, the statement of taxes shall include the due dates for such payments without interest or penalties. CHAPTER 374 S4289A OBERACKER 09/27/24 signed Add §253-z, Tax Law Authorizes the county of Otsego to impose an additional mortgage recording tax of 25 cents per $100 of principal debt or obligation. CHAPTER 375 S4999B HELMING 09/27/24 signed Amends §§101 & 106, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Exempts certain parcels of land containing the Smith Opera House from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises. CHAPTER 376 S5780A OBERACKER 09/27/24 signed Add §253-z, Tax Law Relates to establishing an additional mortgage recording tax in Chenango county; provides for the repeal of such provisions. CHAPTER 377 S5850C RHOADS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Seaford Fire District to file with the county of Nassau assessor an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption. CHAPTER 378 S5865 MURRAY 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to accept from the Post-Morrow Foundation, Inc. an application for exemption from real property taxes for 2022-2023 for property located at 0 and 25 Orchard Road. CHAPTER 379 S6251A MATTERA 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Halesite Fire District to file an application for exemption from real property taxes. CHAPTER 380 S6619 OBERACKER 09/27/24 signed Amends §10-1012, Village Law Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement; provides that chief, first and second assistant chiefs and any additional chiefs of the fire department of the village of Hancock need not be a resident of the state of New York. CHAPTER 381 S6624B WEBER 09/27/24 signed Authorizes Congregation RSK to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status. CHAPTER 382 S6670A SEPULVEDA 09/27/24 signed Establishes the COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act; provides any entity issuing for-hire vehicle licenses shall, for a minimum of one year upon the effective date of this act, allow for the renewal of livery vehicle licenses which expired during the COVID-19 pandemic, under the same vehicle type requirement that existed at the time of expiration unless the livery vehicle owner opts to renew at the current requirement; provides that livery vehicle owners seeking a renewal of an expired license during this open window shall not be penalized, such as through additional charges or fees. CHAPTER 383 S6678B ROLISON 09/27/24 signed Add §77-j, General Municipal Law Permits the town of Putnam Valley, Putnam county, to lease sports field fences at Leonard Wagner Memorial Park for advertisements with the revenues to be used solely by such town's department of parks and recreation for such sports field. CHAPTER 384 S7555A RHOADS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Friendship Engine and Hose Company to file an application for exemption from real property taxes. CHAPTER 385 S7680A THOMAS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Innovative Resources for Independence for a portion of the 2021 school taxes, all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes. CHAPTER 386 S7748C BRESLIN 09/27/24 signed Amends §3449, Insurance Law Relates to wireless communications equipment protection plans offered for sale by wireless communication equipment vendors; defines terms; requires certain notices and consumer protections. CHAPTER 387 S7861A MARTINS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Rock Community Church, Inc. for all of the 2023 general taxes and all of the 2022-2023 school taxes. CHAPTER 388 S8336 BORRELLO 09/27/24 signed Amends §25.05, Parks & Recreation Law Permits the use of snowmobiles on the right-of-way of certain portions of state route nine hundred fifty-four-h within the village of Bemus Point in Chautauqua county. CHAPTER 389 S8382B ORTT 09/27/24 signed Amends §11-0907, Environmental Conservation Law Authorizes hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara except within the city of Niagara Falls, the city of Lockport and the city of North Tonawanda. CHAPTER 390 S8576 MARTINEZ 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Church of the Living God Pillar & Ground to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for the 2022-2023 assessment rolls. CHAPTER 391 S8602 RAMOS 09/27/24 signed Amends §§651 & 190, Labor Law Provides certain exemptions for individuals having entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and who is compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement; includes exemptions under the labor law from minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements and under article 6 of the labor law including but not limited to, recordkeeping requirements, wage statement requirements, and weekly pay requirements for "manual workers". CHAPTER 392 S8708A RHOADS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the John Theissen Children Foundation, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for a parcel located at 1492 Wantagh Avenue, hamlet of Wantagh, town of Hempstead, county of Nassau. CHAPTER 393 S8947A HINCHEY 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the town of Kinderhook to alienate certain parklands and to convey such land to the Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad for the purpose of providing emergency medical services to the town of Kinderhook. CHAPTER 394 S9031 HELMING 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the commissioner of general services, subject to the consent of the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, to transfer and convey certain state land to the Livingston County Water & Sewer Authority. CHAPTER 395 S9035A MURRAY 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands for the purposes of developing a wastewater treatment plant. CHAPTER 396 S9040 GOUNARDES 09/27/24 signed Amends §280-a, Public Health Law Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from penalizing pharmacies for providing customers certain information relating to the costs of prescription medications and services. CHAPTER 397 S9047 BAILEY 09/27/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 783 of 1974 Relates to the offering of installment payment plans for tax delinquent property in the city of Mount Vernon, subject to a first payment equal to at least ten percent of delinquent taxes, assessments or other legal charges, and subject to specific periods of duration. CHAPTER 398 S9063B ORTT 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and transfer the property to The Papermill, LLC. CHAPTER 399 S9085 MARTINS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Korean Evangelical Church. CHAPTER 400 S9089 MAY 09/27/24 signed Amends §3, Public Officers Law Exempts persons holding the office of code enforcement officer of the city of Auburn from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised. CHAPTER 401 S9145 WEBB 09/27/24 signed Amends §174, Town Law Clarifies procedures affecting the first annual election of fire district officials to a board of fire commissioners to allow voters to cast one vote for each open position on such board of fire commissioners to be filled in such election. CHAPTER 402 S9153 BRESLIN 09/27/24 signed Amends §2, Chapter 440 of 2012 Extends provisions relating to the health savings account pilot program to December 31, 2027. CHAPTER 403 S9160 WALCZYK 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District to transfer certain lands to the village of Northville, town of Northampton, county of Fulton, for the use and maintenance of the dam, roadway, and bridge located on such lands, in consideration of $1. CHAPTER 404 S9163A BRESLIN 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the Praise Tabernacle Church of God to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status with respect to the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 assessment rolls. CHAPTER 405 S9212A HARCKHAM 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands. CHAPTER 406 S9219B HARCKHAM 09/27/24 signed Add §77-j, General Municipal Law Permits the town of Kent, Putnam county, to lease sports field fences for advertisements with the revenues to be used solely for the care of Guglielmo Field. CHAPTER 407 S9221A PALUMBO 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to discontinue a portion of real property currently used as parkland to West Ferry Office, LLC for the construction of sewer facilities. CHAPTER 408 S9269A TEDISCO 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the village of Ballston Spa to transfer ownership of the Woods Hollow Nature Preserve to the town of Milton; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 409 S9291 MAYER 09/27/24 signed Amends §§1 & 2, Chapter 471 of 2023 Relates to the parcels that may be alienated by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of White Plains public parking garage. CHAPTER 410 S9425B WEBER 09/27/24 signed Authorizes Kolel Rachmistrivka to file an application for exemption from real property taxes. CHAPTER 411 S9546 HARCKHAM 09/27/24 signed Amends §§1, 2, 3 & 8, Chapter 260 of 1954 Relates to the purposes and duties of the Mount Kisco firefighter's benevolent association and the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. CHAPTER 412 S9643A KRUEGER 09/27/24 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 413 S9710 SEPULVEDA 09/27/24 signed Amends §5, Chapter 259 of 2004 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of the coordinated construction act for lower Manhattan relating to joint bidding on contracts for public work projects. CHAPTER 414 S9807 STEWART-COUSINS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the state to exchange parcels of land located in the city of Yonkers, county of Westchester, with 140 Warburton LLC for land of equal or greater value. CHAPTER 415 S9808 MARTINEZ 09/27/24 signed Amends §7, Chapter 535 of 1968 Relates to the source of tax revenues paid to the Deer Park Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association for fire department use and benefit. CHAPTER 416 S9809 THOMAS 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of certain parkland constituting the town marina to the village of Freeport. CHAPTER 417 S9830 MARTINEZ 09/27/24 signed Add §§1-c & 8-c, amends §7, Chapter 719 of 1982 Exempts a certain parcel of land in the town of Islip from certain use restrictions (Part A); alienates certain parklands in the town of Islip (Part B). CHAPTER 418 A9442 Wallace 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the city of Buffalo to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to firefighters Rhiannon Maguire and Jeffrey Brett. CHAPTER 419 A10263 Rules (Fall) 09/27/24 signed Authorizes the office of court administration to pay certain judicial compensation to Hon. Joseph J. Maltese for the period of January 1, 2021 to November 7, 2021. CHAPTER 420 A2656 Walker 10/01/24 signed Amends §4328, Insurance Law Permits pregnant women to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time without penalty. CHAPTER 421 A3865A Gunther 10/01/24 signed 10/01/24 approval memo.7 Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Requires certain health and casualty insurers to provide coverage for prenatal vitamins. CHAPTER 422 A7790A Solages 10/01/24 signed Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Expands insurance coverage requirements for human donor milk; removes the requirement for inpatient use. CHAPTER 423 A1118 Vanel 10/01/24 signed Amends §§1363 & 111, Racing Wagering Breeding Law Requires all advertisements for gambling and sports betting to include warnings about potential harmful and addictive effects of gambling; requires the state gaming commission to cooperate with the commissioner of addiction services and supports to ensure that all advertisements for gaming activity state a problem gambling hotline number. CHAPTER 424 A1696C Hunter 10/01/24 signed Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, repealed §3216 sub §(i) 11 sub (F), §3221 sub §(l) 11 sub (F), §4303 sub §(p)5, Insurance Law Requires certain insurance policies allow patients additional screenings for breast cancer when the provider deems such screening is necessary under nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines. CHAPTER 425 A7717B Wallace 10/09/24 SIGNED Amends §§6340 & 6341, Civil Practice Law & Rules Relates to who can be a petitioner for an extreme risk protection order. CHAPTER 426 A8427A Epstein 10/09/24 SIGNED Amends §97-a, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Eliminates the two year restriction on temporary retail permits for applications subject to the 500 foot law; provides that a temporary retail permit may not be issued in a city with a population of one million or more people if a retail license at the location was canceled, suspended or revoked by the authority for two consecutive licensees at such location. CHAPTER 427 S3340 MAYER 10/09/24 SIGNED Amends §§6342 & 6343, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §221-a, Executive Law Requires extreme risk protection orders to be reported to the statewide computerized registry of orders of protection and certain warrants of arrest. CHAPTER 428 S6649 GIANARIS 10/09/24 SIGNED 10/09/24 APPROVAL MEMO.8 Amends §400.00, Penal Law Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home. CHAPTER 429 S7365B HOYLMAN-SIGAL 10/09/24 SIGNED 10/09/24 APPROVAL MEMO.9 Amends §265.00, Penal Law; amends §898-a, General Business Law Requires reasonable controls and procedures to be taken to prevent the installation and use of a pistol converter. CHAPTER 430 S8479A MYRIE 10/09/24 SIGNED 10/09/24 APPROVAL MEMO.10 Add Article 29-BBB §§529 & 529-a, General Business Law Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm and ammunition dealers. CHAPTER 431 S9685 SKOUFIS 10/09/24 SIGNED Amends §97-a, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Extends the length of temporary retail permits from 90 to 180 days. CHAPTER 432 S9760 MAYER 10/09/24 SIGNED 10/09/24 APPROVAL MEMO.11 Renumber §265.50 to be §265.46, amends §400.00, Penal Law; add Article 35 §847, Executive Law Directs that statewide resources and information relating to safe storage of firearms, child access prevention and firearm violence prevention and information on county and local specific laws and regulations related to child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms shall be provided to individuals at the time of issuance of a firearm license; directs the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to develop and implement a public awareness campaign on the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and prevention. CHAPTER 433 A3120A Magnarelli 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §1174, Vehicle & Traffic Law Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus. Criminal Sanction Impact. CHAPTER 434 A8557 Magnarelli 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §1229-c, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires that seat belts be available and used on charter buses for persons age 8 through 16. CHAPTER 435 A10132 Rules (Paulin) 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §15, Chapter 222 of 2015 Relates to traffic-control signal indications in the city of White Plains; extends provisions. CHAPTER 436 S760B LIU 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §1212, Vehicle & Traffic Law Prohibits reckless driving in parking lots. CHAPTER 437 S2812A GOUNARDES 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §1111-a, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §19-210, NYC Administrative Code; amends §17, Chapter 746 of 1988; amends §2, NYC, Local Law 46 of 1989 Increases the number of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices that may be installed in New York city to six hundred intersections; extends certain provisions authorizing photo-monitoring devices until December 1, 2027. CHAPTER 438 S8607A HINCHEY 10/23/24 SIGNED Add §1180-g, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §87, Public Officers Law Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Kingston; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2029. CHAPTER 439 S9108 BRESLIN 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §15, Chapter 123 of 2014 Relates to traffic-control signal indications in the city of Albany; extends provisions. CHAPTER 440 S9146 FERNANDEZ 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §15, Chapter 99 of 2014 Relates to traffic-control signal indications in the city of New Rochelle; extends provisions. CHAPTER 441 S9176 MARTINS 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §10, Chapter 19 of 2009 Relates to traffic-control signal indications in Nassau County; extends provisions to 2029. CHAPTER 442 S9305A STEWART-COUSINS 10/23/24 SIGNED Add §1111-h, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §87, Public Officers Law Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the town of Greenburgh. CHAPTER 443 S9735 BAILEY 10/23/24 SIGNED Amends §15, Chapter 101 of 2014 Relates to traffic-control signal indications in the city of Mt. Vernon; extends provisions. CHAPTER 444 A4089A Maher 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Montgomery, county of Orange, the "Steve Nicoli Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 445 A4611B Jean-Pierre 11/11/24 SIGNED Amends §168, Social Service Law; amends §404-a, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §§13 & 15, Veterans' Services Law Removes the requirement that a veteran served during wartime to be granted certain benefits. CHAPTER 446 A4924B Angelino 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on state route 79, crossing over the Chenango River and connecting the town of Greene, county of Chenango, with the town of Fenton, county of Broome, as the "SP4 Herman Emil Anders, Jr. Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 447 A7173 Jean-Pierre 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §29-b, amends §4, Veterans' Services Law Directs all state agencies to designate a veterans' liaison to provide information and assistance to veterans regarding benefits and services available to veterans within the various state agencies. CHAPTER 448 A9578 Jean-Pierre 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates all that portion of the state highway system constituting New York state route 109 bridge over the southern state parkway in the town of Babylon, Suffolk county, as the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 449 A9850 Jean-Pierre 11/11/24 SIGNED Amends §7, Veterans' Services Law; amends §508, Vehicle & Traffic Law Provides that individuals requesting and obtaining a veteran notation on such individual's driver's license or non-driver identification card shall be advised that the department of veterans' services and local veterans' service agencies provide assistance to veterans regarding benefits under federal and state law. CHAPTER 450 S2413C BAILEY 11/11/24 SIGNED Amends §148, General Municipal Law Provides for an annual adjustment for reimbursements for certain veterans funerals. CHAPTER 451 S4563A SKOUFIS 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Wallkill as the "Private First Class Richard Cleveland Dunn Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 452 S8338A BORRELLO 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the village of Gainesville as the "T Sgt Walter Shearing Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 453 S8596A SCARCELLA-SPANTON 11/11/24 SIGNED 11/11/24 APPROVAL MEMO.12 Amends §669-a, Education Law Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to all New York resident veterans, regardless of combat service. CHAPTER 454 S8939A ASHBY 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §345-c, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Assemblyman Pat M. Casale Memorial Highway" on state route 40 in the town of Schaghticoke. CHAPTER 455 S9338 ASHBY 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the state highway system in the city of Rensselaer, county of Rensselaer, as the "CW2 Casey N. Frankoski Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 456 S9764 SCARCELLA-SPANTON 11/11/24 SIGNED Add §344-p, Highway Law Designates a portion of the highway system in Kings county as the "Fort Hamilton Veterans Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 457 A7402B Peoples-Stokes 11/15/24 signed Amends §§6608 & 6902, Education Law Permits dental assistants and licensed practical nurses to perform the application of topical fluoride varnish. CHAPTER 458 A222 Rosenthal L 11/22/24 SIGNED Repealed §26-405 sub a 9, NYC Administrative Code Relates to hearings regarding biennial maximum base rent adjustments. CHAPTER 459 A362A Bronson 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §2.10, Criminal Procedure Law Grants peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Rochester Regional Health or its subsidiaries, on or adjacent to the grounds, buildings or property owned, controlled, or administered by Rochester Regional Health. CHAPTER 460 A2866 Pheffer Amato 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §3445, Insurance Law Provides that the superintendent of financial services shall establish standards for hurricane windstorm deductibles, creating uniformity in the operation of such deductibles with respect to the triggering event. CHAPTER 461 A2885A Rosenthal L 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 approval memo.13 Amends §§225 & 3000-c, Public Health Law Requires that functional epinephrine auto-injector devices be made available in places of public assembly and that at least one employee or volunteer of such place of public assembly be trained in its proper operation and use and be present at each facility function. CHAPTER 462 A4714 Lavine 11/22/24 SIGNED Repealed §255.17, Penal Law Repeals the crime of adultery. |
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A5396 Gunther 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §71, Correction Law Provides information regarding termination of medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration to individuals committed to the department of corrections and community supervision. CHAPTER 464 A5576 Sillitti 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §2803-j, Public Health Law Requires certain information about the facility and what types of plans and procedures such facility has in place to be provided to prospective maternity patients. CHAPTER 465 A5730B Zaccaro 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 approval memo.14 Amends §378, Executive Law Requires the installation of smoke detectors in common places of certain multiple dwellings. CHAPTER 466 A5984B McDonald 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §3342, Public Health Law Allows a practitioner in a hospital without a full-time pharmacy to dispense to a patient in a hospital emergency room for use off the premises a 24 hour supply of certain drugs, unless the federal drug enforcement administration has authorized a longer time period for the purpose of initiating maintenance treatment, detoxification treatment, or both. CHAPTER 467 A6310A Brown K 11/22/24 SIGNED Establishes the power plant tax assessment challenge reserve fund to prevent increases in the Northport-East Northport union free 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 468 A6854 Gibbs 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §137, Correction Law Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish a program to purchase fresh produce from farms located in the state and distribute such fresh produce to correctional facilities in the state to be utilized in the provision of wholesome and nutritious food to incarcerated individuals. CHAPTER 469 A7071A Giglio JM 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-uu, Tax Law Authorizes the city of Olean to impose a hotel and motel tax not exceeding five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room. CHAPTER 470 A7341B Hevesi 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §421, Social Service Law Allows for child protective services workers to complete the required training on the fundamentals of child protection through distance learning methods beginning April 1, 2025. CHAPTER 471 A7872A Paulin 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §2997-c, Public Health Law Requires health care practitioners to offer health care proxy information to palliative care patients. CHAPTER 472 A7961 Rosenthal L 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §3000-c, Public Health Law Relates to the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injector devices; increases the maximum population size for counties, cities, towns and villages which are permitted to purchase, acquire, possess and use epinephrine auto-injector devices. CHAPTER 473 A8081B Bores 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends Rule 306, Civil Practice Law & Rules Enacts the stop civil discrimination act requiring proof of service to include the server's perception of certain characteristics of the person to whom personal service of a summons was delivered. CHAPTER 474 A8168 Paulin 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §365-a, Social Service Law Provides Medicaid coverage for remote ultrasound scans and remote fetal non-stress tests. CHAPTER 475 A8232A Paulin 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§343 & 357, Public Health Law Expands eligibility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants; expands to residents in the county or residents of a contiguous county who have a background in a health-related field and perform substantial work in the county associated with their health-related background. CHAPTER 476 A8247C Paulin 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §3501, Public Health Law Authorizes the intravenous administration of contrast media when such administration is an integral part of the x-ray or imaging procedure by a radiographer when done under the direct supervision of a licensed physician, certified nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant. CHAPTER 477 A8275A Berger 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §502, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires the distribution of information in the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle on how to register as an organ and tissue donor. CHAPTER 478 A8346A Fahy 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§355 & 6206, Education Law Establishes experiential learning opportunities in the state university of New York and the city university of New York. CHAPTER 479 A8374 McDonald 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §239-h, General Municipal Law Authorizes regional planning council's eligibility to apply for federal and/or state grants. CHAPTER 480 A8410 Sillitti 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §1356, Public Health Law; amends §199-f, Agriculture & Markets Law Relates to food intolerances. CHAPTER 481 A8425 Bores 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§265.00, 120.55, 265.01 & 265.10, Penal Law Makes technical corrections to the definition of the weapon designated as a "throwing star" or "shuriken"; updates such term from the outdated term "Kung Fu star" to reflect such term's correct etymology. CHAPTER 482 A8435 Bores 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§103 & 101, add §103-c, State Technology Law Relates to the definition of cloud computing and agency considerations regarding contracting with cloud service providers. CHAPTER 483 A8864A Rajkumar 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §326, NYC Charter Requires public notice and comment for any contract for goods, services or construction to be awarded by other than competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed bids from prequalified vendors in excess of a threshold established by the procurement policy board by rule; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. CHAPTER 484 A9144 Thiele 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §101, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Exempts certain parcels of land from licensing restrictions for manufacturers and wholesalers who sell at retail for on-premises consumption in the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk. CHAPTER 485 A9186A Dilan 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §125, Correction Law Provides for the return of any identification materials to an individual upon release from custody. CHAPTER 486 A9218 Norris 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §6-n, General Municipal Law Permits the Clarence central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund. CHAPTER 487 A9269B Berger 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 approval memo.15 Amends §21-a, Social Service Law Requires electronic benefit transfer systems to allow for benefit recipients to cancel or lock a credit or debit card when fraud has been suspected or reported; directs that any interactive voice response system associated with an electronic benefit transfer system which benefit recipients may call for support or assistance shall include an option for benefit recipients to report fraud and cancel, lock or unlock their electronic benefit transfer credit or debit card. CHAPTER 488 A9329 Jackson 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 approval memo.16 Add §235-j, Real Property Law Requires landlords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation within twenty-four hours of having knowledge of such infestation. CHAPTER 489 A9458B Pretlow 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §507, Racing Pari-Mutuel Wagering Breeding Law Increases the discretionary spending threshold for regional off-track betting corporations to $35,000. CHAPTER 490 A9678 Dilan 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §17, Correction Law Requires the department of corrections and community supervision within twenty-four hours of the attempted suicide or hospitalization of an incarcerated individual or any other individual occurring in the custody of the department, to notify the emergency contacts of such incarcerated individual or other such individual. CHAPTER 491 A9729 McDonald 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§6802 & 6808-b, add §6809, Education Law Establishes conditions under which resident or non-resident pharmacists and pharmacies may participate in shared pharmacy services. CHAPTER 492 A9886 Peoples-Stokes 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §2805-h, Public Health Law Increases the eligibility of admitted persons age 50 or older in general hospitals to receive immunizations against influenza virus. CHAPTER 493 A9919 Zinerman 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §1, Chapter 696 of 1887 Exempts certain other than for-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 licensed by or registered with such city's department of parks and recreation from payment for water usage and supply. CHAPTER 494 A9959 Stern 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§89-ss & 603, Retirement & Social Security Law Relates to the retirement of certain 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. CHAPTER 495 A10136 Rules (Thiele) 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §384-d, Retirement & Social Security Law Exempts the chief of police of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, from mandatory age requirements; authorizes such chief of police to remain in service until such member has attained the age of 65. CHAPTER 496 A10137 Rules (Zebrowski) 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§2053-b, 2053-c, 2053-e & 2053-g, Public Authority Law; amends §§114 & 400, Agriculture & Markets Law Relates to the name of the Rockland County Solid Waste Authority; subjects such authority to regulation by the department of agriculture and markets; eliminates the ability of the authority to allow a subsidiary to perform certain functions relating to the care of unwanted animals; makes a technical change; relates to public authorities providing shelter services for the care of unwanted animals. CHAPTER 497 A10173A Rules (Thiele) 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §58.10, Local Finance Law Provides that for the purposes of the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program, the term "municipality" shall mean a county or a city or town with a population of one hundred thousand or more. CHAPTER 498 A10219 Rules (McDonald) 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §1407, Abandoned Property Law Provides for expedited payments of abandoned property under a certain monetary threshold by the state comptroller pursuant to an abandoned property expedited payment program. CHAPTER 499 S126 RYAN 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §259-b, Executive Law Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole; provides that members can have either a degree and at least five years of experience in several fields or at least ten years of experience in such fields. CHAPTER 500 S610 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 APPROVAL MEMO.17 Add §8-416, amends §§8-410 & 8-412, Election Law Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations. CHAPTER 501 S940 BAILEY 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §296, Executive Law; amends §313, Education Law Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances. CHAPTER 502 S2271 LIU 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§299, 299-a, 311 & 312, Real Property Law; amends §2309, Civil Practice Law & Rules Clarifies requirements for acknowledgements, proofs, oaths and affirmations without the state. CHAPTER 503 S2922 CLEARE 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §130.05, Penal Law Deems a person who engages in sexual conduct during the period of their probation with his or her supervising probation officer as being incapable of consent. CHAPTER 504 S6504A CHU 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 APPROVAL MEMO.18 Amends §207, Public Health Law Establishes an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program. CHAPTER 505 S7071A O'MARA 11/22/24 SIGNED Authorizes the county of Steuben to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to Erica M. McCoy, a deputy sheriff employed by such county. CHAPTER 506 S7409 BRESLIN 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §8, Chapter 453 of 1977 Relates to increasing the membership of the special district operations and development committee; provides that the committee shall consist of no less than nine members and no more than fifteen. CHAPTER 507 S7721A OBERACKER 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §46-a, Navigation Law Permits the town of Springfield to adopt and enforce regulations restricting docks, boathouses and moorings on Otsego lake within such town. CHAPTER 508 S8065 HINCHEY 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §1202-l, Tax Law (as proposed in S.6896 & A.7200) Removes certain provisions relating to maximum rates for certain hotel and motel taxes in Ulster county; removes certain provisions exempting short-term rentals from such taxes. CHAPTER 509 S8160 SKOUFIS 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Permits the village of Greenwood Lake to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. CHAPTER 510 S8162 SKOUFIS 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Permits the village of South Blooming Grove to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. CHAPTER 511 S8163 SKOUFIS 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Authorizes the town of Wawayanda in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax. CHAPTER 512 S8164 SKOUFIS 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-hh-1, Tax Law Authorizes the town of Chester to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. CHAPTER 513 S8366 RYAN 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §14, repealed §14 sub 2, Chapter 560 of 1998 Relates to the application of provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law and other laws to certain crematoriums located in the town of Tonawanda; provides that provisions of this chapter will apply to a crematory or crematorium operated by a funeral entity in the town of Tonawanda that has been subject to a consent order issued by the department of environmental conservation. CHAPTER 514 S8373A RIVERA 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 APPROVAL MEMO.19 Amends §380-a, General Business Law; amends §4925, Public Health Law Exempts credit card debt from the definition of medical debt unless the credit card is issued under an open-ended or closed-ended plan offered specifically for the payment of health care services, products, or devices provided to a person. CHAPTER 515 S8398 GALLIVAN 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §6-n, General Municipal Law Authorizes the Iroquois central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund. CHAPTER 516 S8768A WEBB 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §7101-a, Education Law Includes nasal sprays in topical therapeutic pharmaceutical agents optometrists are authorized to use. CHAPTER 517 S8851 O'MARA 11/22/24 SIGNED Add Article 5 Title 6-E §§1149 - 1149-w, Public Authority Law Enacts the "Seneca county water and sewer authority act"; establishes the Seneca county water and sewer authority district and the Seneca county water and sewer authority. CHAPTER 518 S8881 SANDERS 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§625-b, 840 & 214-h, Executive Law Requires the office of victim services to provide notification of potential eligibility for crime victims' awards; directs the state police and the municipal police training council to develop procedures for notifying next of kin of available programs and services upon in-person death notifications. CHAPTER 519 S8950A MAY 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-nnn, Tax Law Allows the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, to impose a two percent hotel and motel tax upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such city. CHAPTER 520 S9038A MAY 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§6542 & 6810, Education Law; amends §3702, Public Health Law Relates to amending physician assistant practice standards; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof. CHAPTER 521 S9107A MAYER 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §4405, Education Law Relates to reserved funds for special educational services for certain children with disabilities. CHAPTER 522 S9175 WEBB 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Authorizes the city of Cortland to establish hotel and motel taxes of up to three percent. CHAPTER 523 S9181 ROLISON 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §1, Chapter 208 of 1983 Increases the tax the county of Dutchess can impose and collect on the occupancy of hotels, motels, boarding houses, conference centers and tourist homes from 4 percent to 5 percent. CHAPTER 524 S9246 MANNION 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §13.33, Mental Hygiene Law Requires boards of visitors provide greater transparency to the public regarding such boards' activities including when it meets and providing materials to the public. CHAPTER 525 S9247 MANNION 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §6-n, General Municipal Law Permits the Fulton city school district to establish an insurance reserve fund. CHAPTER 526 S9263 HINCHEY 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §1202-dd, Tax Law Authorizes the city of Hudson to increase hotel and motel taxes from four percent to five percent. CHAPTER 527 S9300 WALCZYK 11/22/24 SIGNED Authorizes the village of Clayton to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Joshua David, a police officer employed by such village. CHAPTER 528 S9475 MARTINEZ 11/22/24 SIGNED 11/22/24 APPROVAL MEMO.20 Amends §402, Transportation Law Relates to the membership of the Republic airport commission; removes certain provisions of law requiring the commission to conduct a study on payments in lieu of taxes and improvement district taxes and charges with respect to aviation facilities which locate at Republic airport and existing aviation facilities whose leases were renewed. CHAPTER 529 S9707 SKOUFIS 11/22/24 SIGNED Authorizes Chang Zhu 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 Mount Hope police department. CHAPTER 530 S9714 ORTT 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-z-4, Tax Law Relates to authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Medina in Orleans county not to exceed two percent of the per diem rental rate for each room; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. CHAPTER 531 S9730 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §8-b, Chapter 1 of 2023 Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees of the unified court system who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer; categorizes such allowance as compensation for retirement purposes, rather than part of the employee's basic annual salary. CHAPTER 532 S9740 WEBER 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Authorizes the town of Ramapo, in the county of Rockland, to levy a five percent hotel or motel tax upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such town. CHAPTER 533 S9773 HARCKHAM 11/22/24 SIGNED Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Authorizes a hotel occupancy tax for the town of Ossining, in the county of Westchester. CHAPTER 534 S9849 COMRIE 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §§2, 3, 6, 9 & 14, add §13-a, Chapter 749 of 2019 Authorizes the use of certain alternative project delivery methods for the New York city public works investment act. CHAPTER 535 A8365A Woerner 11/22/24 SIGNED Amends §207, Public Health Law Establishes a campaign to promote public awareness of the importance of good oral health, including but not limited to, the impact of oral disease, causes of oral disease and its prevention, oral health across the lifespan, the total body connection, the value of early detection and the availability of oral health services in the community. CHAPTER 536 A1010B Weprin 11/25/24 SIGNED Amends Article 38-A, §820, General Business Law Makes it illegal to knowingly alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate, obstruct or remove by means of a price sticker or otherwise the whole or any part of the label, including where applicable the expiration date displayed thereon, of any over-the-counter drug or cosmetic. CHAPTER 537 A4667B Dinowitz 11/25/24 SIGNED Amends §624, General Business Law Requires health clubs accept cancellation of a membership within ten business days of receiving notice of the cancellation. CHAPTER 538 A7167 Solages 11/25/24 SIGNED Amends §337, Personal Property Law Provides that with respect to leases on motor vehicles, no lease shall provide that the lessee would be charged a turn-in fee at the expiration of the term which constitutes solely an additional fee for administrative, handling or clerical charges. CHAPTER 539 A7939B Cunningham 11/25/24 SIGNED Amends §§399-z & 399-pp, General Business Law Requires telemarketers to provide certain information within the first thirty seconds of a call; requires telemarketers to disclose the address of any company on whose behalf the telemarketer is providing telemarketing services on any website owned or operated by the telemarketer and in written communication to customers. CHAPTER 540 S509B THOMAS 11/25/24 SIGNED Add §17-195.1, NYC Administrative Code; add §139-e, General Municipal Law Requires restaurants that offer online delivery services via the internet or mobile application to post on their website or mobile application a hyperlink to view recent sanitary inspection grades on their website. CHAPTER 541 S6288 HINCHEY 11/25/24 SIGNED Amends §812, Family Court Act; amends §530.11, Criminal Procedure Law Enacts "Melanie's law"; relates to orders of protection; allows courts to issue orders of protection for immediate family members or household members of the named victims, regardless of age. CHAPTER 542 A6583A Shrestha 11/26/24 SIGNED Amends §168-a, Executive Law Establishes November twenty-sixth of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Sojourner Truth Day". CHAPTER 543 A8994A Paulin 11/26/24 SIGNED Add §399-eee, General Business Law Enacts "Detective Brian Simonsen's Law"; requires wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless phones. CHAPTER 544 S4598D BAILEY 11/26/24 SIGNED Amends §2814, Education Law Provides funding for school anti-violence education programs through the omnibus school violence prevention grant program. CHAPTER 545 S5302 FERNANDEZ 11/26/24 SIGNED Amends §240.30, Penal Law Includes removal or threat of removal of religious clothing as aggravated harassment in the second degree. CHAPTER 546 S6635 RAMOS 12/06/24 SIGNED CHAP.546 12/06/24 APPROVAL MEMO.21 Amends §10, Workers’ Compensation Law Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work CHAPTER 547 A43C Rosenthal L 12/11/24 signed Add §399-aaaaaa, General Business Law Requires a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients listed in order of predominance on diapers sold in the state; imposes a civil penalty of one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not to exceed one thousand dollars per package or box on the manufacturer. CHAPTER 548 A2898A Carroll 12/11/24 signed 12/11/24 approval memo.22 Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Requires insurance policies to cover neuropsychological exams for dyslexia under certain circumstances; caps coverage amount. CHAPTER 549 A4099A Clark 12/11/24 signed 12/11/24 approval memo.23 Amends §410-w, Social Services Law Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard; authorizes local social services districts to utilize child care block grant funds for the presumptive eligibility period. CHAPTER 550 S5992A PERSAUD 12/11/24 signed 12/11/24 APPROVAL MEMO.24 Add §2500-m, Public Health Law Requires maternal health care facilities provide expecting and new mothers access to their doulas. CHAPTER 551 S8855 JACKSON 12/11/24 signed Amends §13-501, NYC Administrative Code; add §2575-f, Education Law Provides for the transfer of New York City board of education employees to the teachers' retirement system of the city of New York. CHAPTER 552 S5331A HARCKHAM 12/12/24 SIGNED 12/12/24 APPROVAL MEMO.25 Amends §§27-2201 & 27-2203, Environmental Conservation Law Expands the food donation and food scraps recycling program by scaling down the annual average tonnage requirement every two years until 2028; removes exceptions regarding recycler capacity. CHAPTER 553 S7114A RIVERA 12/12/24 SIGNED 12/12/24 APPROVAL MEMO.26 Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Requires health insurance plans to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices; caps the cost to an insured at $100 per year. CHAPTER 554 A117A Paulin 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §4364, Public Health Law Adds additional factors to be considered by the department of health for applications for a license to operate a bank or storage facility. CHAPTER 555 A4138A McMahon 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.27 Amends §207, Public Health Law Creates a Down syndrome awareness program to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information on Down syndrome to health care providers who order tests for a pregnant woman or infants to screen for Down syndrome. CHAPTER 556 A4674A Fahy 12/13/24 SIGNED Provides that the governing body of an assessing unit with a population greater than 97,000 and less than 100,000 is authorized to enact a local law or resolution, authorizing the assessor of such assessing unit to extend the taxable status date applicable to such assessing unit by no more than 90 days. CHAPTER 557 A5073A Hunter 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.28 Add §283, Real Property Law Prohibits mortgagees from requiring mortgagors of certain residential real property to purchase flood insurance exceeding a coverage amount that exceeds the balance as of the beginning of the year for which the policy shall be in effect, or that includes coverage for contents. CHAPTER 558 A5790B Paulin 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.29 Amends §4656, Public Health Law Requires reporting and posting by assisted living facilities relating to quality measures and information concerning rates, rent, and service fees; requires a scoring system of the assisted living quality reporting. CHAPTER 559 A6957A Dinowitz 12/13/24 SIGNED Add §399-eee, General Business Law Requires car washes to disclose when promotions expire as well as any costs which will be incurred upon the expiration of such promotion and how often such costs will be incurred upon someone taking part in such promotion. CHAPTER 560 A7516A Fall 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.30 Amends §2803-j, Public Health Law Includes information on congenital heart defect births in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity patients by hospitals and birth centers. CHAPTER 561 A9169A Burdick 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.31 Amends §112, Correction Law Directs the commission of corrections and community supervision to establish an annual heat mitigation plan; directs the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environmental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerated individuals and people working in prisons. CHAPTER 562 A9235A Paulin 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.32 Amends §§572, 573, 575 & 576-a, Public Health Law Amends various provisions governing certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks; provides for the department of health to prescribe minimum qualifications; provides that certificates shall cover all laboratory work; increases fees; requires work standards for cytotechnologists to be as stringent as federal regulations; removes registration requirement. CHAPTER 563 A9238A Woerner 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§1604, 1709 & 3602, Education Law; amends §11.00, Local Finance Law Lowers the period of probable usefulness of zero-emission school buses from twelve years to eight years. CHAPTER 564 A9522 Solages 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.33 Amends §131-ss, Social Services Law Includes water-works corporations in the definition of "utility corporation" for purposes of automated identification of OTDA assistance program participants; provides for automated identification of OTDA assistance program participants for participation in water service affordability programs. CHAPTER 565 A9632 Paulin 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §99-f, State Finance Law Requires at least $8,500,000 credited to the spinal cord injury research trust fund from the mandatory surcharges and crime victim assistance fees required in certain vehicle and traffic cases. CHAPTER 566 A9686 Weprin 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.34 Add §35, Banking Law Requires the development of a "what mortgage applicants need to know" pamphlet on residential mortgages; provides such pamphlet shall be posted and printed in the 6 most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in New York state. CHAPTER 567 A10042A Thiele 12/13/24 SIGNED Authorizes the trustees of the Tuckahoe Common School district to submit a proposition to reorganize as the Tuckahoe-Shinnecock Union Free School District. CHAPTER 568 A10198 Rules (Hevesi) 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§115 & 439, Family Court Act; amends §§60 & 62, Civil Rights Law Authorizes an application to be made in family court for the name change of a child under eighteen as part of a pending, related proceeding; makes related provisions. Office of Court Administration CHAPTER 569 A10344 Rules (Sillitti) 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§1113, 2105, 3425, 4101, 4102, 4103 & 4107, add §3416, Insurance Law Relates to parametric insurance; requires insurers providing parametric insurance include certain disclosures in the application for the policy; makes related provisions. Department of Financial Services CHAPTER 570 S204 CLEARE 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.35 Add §627, amends §140, Correction Law Provides incarcerated individuals with access to breast cancer screenings every two years and information about breast self-examinations. CHAPTER 571 S1160 SKOUFIS 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §2002, Education Law Provides that school districts may hold elections in any building owned or leased by the district, in addition to any district schoolhouse. CHAPTER 572 S3472 RIVERA 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.36 Amends §2995-a, Public Health Law Provides that health care plan participation by physicians shall be reported, for purposes of physician profiles, by the health care plans; requires physicians to periodically submit information for his or her physician profile within 6 months of his or her triennial re-registration to practice; authorizes physicians to designate a designee to submit his or her information for the physician profile. CHAPTER 573 S4674A HOYLMAN-SIGAL 12/13/24 SIGNED Add Article 20-B §§2010 - 2014, Public Health Law Establishes a state Parkinson's disease registry; directs certain health professionals and general hospitals to report instances of Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonisms to the department of health; directs the department of health to create and manage the Parkinson's disease registry; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 574 S5502 SCARCELLA-SPANTON 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.37 Amends §646-a, Executive Law Provides additional crime victims' rights; requires certain notifications. CHAPTER 575 S5808A FERNANDEZ 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §8011, Civil Practice Law & Rules Increases the various fixed fees for the provision of certain services by the sheriff. CHAPTER 576 S6141B JACKSON 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§89-f & 604, Retirement & Social Security Law Provides additional benefits for certain county correction officers in Suffolk county; provides benefits to retirement system members with credited service of thirty years. CHAPTER 577 S7128B GOUNARDES 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §209-fff, General Municipal Law Relates to allowing certain members of the New York city fire department pension fund to receive a membership date in such fund attributable to service in the titles of police cadet program and police cadet program II in the New York city police department cadet program. CHAPTER 578 S7462B RYAN 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §503, Education Law Allows retired employees of the New York state teachers' retirement system who return to active service and suspend their pension benefit to elect to combine their service credit earned prior to retirement with the service credit earned after their restoration to active service, provided they have earned at least two years of service credit since such restoration. New York State Teachers' Retirement System CHAPTER 579 S7524 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §212, Judiciary Law; repealed §2111 sub (b) 1 - 2-a, amends §§2111 & 2112, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §11-b, Court of Claims Act; add §42, NYC Criminal Court Act; add §2103-a, Uniform District Court Act; add §2103-a, Uniform City Court Act; add §2103-a, Uniform Justice Court Act; amends §10.40, repealed §10.40 sub 2(b), Criminal Procedure Law; repealed §214 sub (b), amends §214, Family Court Act; amends §11, Chapter 237 of 2015 Relates to filing by electronic means. Office of Court Administration CHAPTER 580 S7598B MAY 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§827 & 826, add §§842 & 843, Public Authorities Law Requires the central New York regional market authority to work with the department of agriculture and markets to assure proper development of agriculture and regional market facilities, in the Central New York Regional Market district; requires such authority to furnish an annual real estate report detailing all real estate holdings and detailed property information, including but not limited to the tenants, important lease terms, rents, durations of leases, as well as copies of each lease; authorizes the state comptroller to examine the accounts and books of the authority; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 581 S7676B RAMOS 12/13/24 SIGNED Add §5-302, General Obligation Law Establishes contract requirements for contracts involving the creation and use of digital replicas. CHAPTER 582 S8320A MAYER 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.38 Amends §5414, Insurance Law Increases the number of properties eligible for the coastal market assistance program by providing eligibility to properties within one mile of the shore. CHAPTER 583 S8484B HOYLMAN-SIGAL 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§101 & 106, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Relates to licensing restrictions for manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages on licensees who sell at retail for on-premises consumption; provides an exemption for 10 Cipriani restaurants; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof. CHAPTER 584 S8649 GOUNARDES 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §12-126, NYC Administrative Code Provides health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of fire protection inspectors of the New York city fire department. CHAPTER 585 S8650 CLEARE 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.39 Amends §367-a, Social Services Law Provides that low-income subsidy data transmitted from the social security administration to local departments of social services in accordance with section 1144(c)(3) of the federal social security act shall be treated as an application for the medicare savings program, without requiring submission of another application. CHAPTER 586 S8989 SKOUFIS 12/13/24 SIGNED Authorizes Lee Weinstein to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law. CHAPTER 587 S9077A BRESLIN 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §1, Chapter 693 of 1980; amends §3, Chapter 105 of 2009 Increases the percentage of hotel and motel tax authorized to be collected by the county of Albany from 6% to 6.5%; extends the authority of the county of Albany to impose and collect such tax for an additional three years. CHAPTER 588 S9205 GOUNARDES 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §363-d, Retirement & Social Security Law Expands disability benefits for firefighters who suffered any condition or impairment of health caused by endocrine/thyroid cancer resulting in total or partial disability. CHAPTER 589 S9452 SALAZAR 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends Article 11 Article Head, §§1101, 1102 & 1103, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §380.55, Criminal Procedure Law Relates to the waiver of costs, fees, and expenses for persons of insufficient means; removes the phrase "poor persons" from article 11 of the civil practice law and rules and the criminal procedure law. Office of Court Administration CHAPTER 590 S9688 FERNANDEZ 12/13/24 SIGNED Add §421-q, Real Property Tax Law Provides for an exemption from taxation for capital improvements to residential buildings to reduce carbon emissions where the governing board of the applicable county, city, town or village adopts a local law and a school district, other than a school district subject to article fifty-two of the education law, adopts a resolution to grant the exemption. CHAPTER 591 S9709 SEPULVEDA 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §7, Chapter 322 of 2014 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to joint bidding on contracts for public work projects. CHAPTER 592 S9785 CLEARE 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§459-c, 467, 467-b & 467-c, Real Property Tax Law Relates to assessments for certain real property tax exemptions to include years where there is sufficient data to determine an applicant's eligibility for exemptions. CHAPTER 593 S9812A SKOUFIS 12/13/24 SIGNED Amends §§70 & 370, Retirement & Social Security Law Authorizes beneficiaries to choose pension benefits or a death benefit in certain circumstances; provides for the benefit if multiple beneficiaries cannot agree. State Comptroller CHAPTER 594 A4943A Epstein 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 approval memo.40 Amends Article 27 Title 30 Title Head, §§27-3001, 27-3003, 27-3005 & 27-3007, Environmental Conservation Law Relates to prohibiting the sale or distribution of expanded polystyrene containers that are designed or intended to be used for cold storage beginning January 1, 2026. CHAPTER 595 S2063A STAVISKY 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.41 Amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law Provides coverage for scalp cooling systems used to preserve hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment. CHAPTER 596 S3397A SKOUFIS 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.42 Add §409-n, amends §2801-a, Education Law Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities; provides a definition of extreme heat condition days and the standard to measure room temperature. CHAPTER 597 S5969A HARCKHAM 12/13/24 SIGNED 12/13/24 APPROVAL MEMO.43 Add §2831, Public Health Law Relates to medically fragile young adults and pediatric specialized nursing facilities; allows for such young adults to remain in such facilities from age twenty-one until age thirty-six. CHAPTER 598 A8467A McDonald 12/17/24 SIGNED Amends §3309-b, Public Health Law Includes xylazine and other substances in the definition of drug adulterant testing supplies for the purposes of the dispensing of such supplies by health care professionals or pharmacists to any person. CHAPTER 599 S3112A MANNION 12/17/24 SIGNED Amends §140, Public Buildings Law; amends §3309, Public Health Law Requires public institutions and buildings to be equipped with opioid antagonists; directs the commissioner of general services to promulgate regulations to address the appropriate number of opioid antagonists for such buildings based on the size or occupancy of the buildings, the training of personnel and use of opioid antagonists, and any other matter deemed necessary. CHAPTER 600 S4393 MARTINEZ 12/17/24 SIGNED Amends §3309, Public Health Law Provides that when informational cards or sheets about opioid antagonists are distributed, such information shall include information about fentanyl strips and their uses. CHAPTER 601 A10215A Rules (Bores) 12/19/24 signed chap.601 12/19/24 approval memo.44 Add §391-w, General Business Law Prohibits third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments CHAPTER 602 A1035B Bichotte Hermelyn 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §601, General Business Law Prohibits the use of social media websites for the purposes of debt collection. CHAPTER 603 A1057C Vanel 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.45 Amends §394-c, General Business Law Relates to how online dating services handle fraudulent members; requires certain disclosures. CHAPTER 604 A1080B Woerner 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.46 Amends §374, Executive Law Relates to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council. CHAPTER 605 A1234 Lupardo 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.47 Amends §301, Agriculture & Markets Law Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis. CHAPTER 606 A1353A Thiele 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.48 Provides that enrolled members of Southampton Village Ocean Rescue shall be eligible for the tax exemption on real property authorized by section 466-c of the real property tax law. CHAPTER 607 A1640A Thiele 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.49 Relates to the eligibility of enrolled members of the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad for the tax exemption on real property authorized by section 466-c of the real property tax law, as added by chapter 670 of the laws of 2002. CHAPTER 608 A2833 Otis 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.50 Amends §165, State Finance Law Directs that state agencies require that procurement of personal computing goods, services and solutions meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. CHAPTER 609 A2852A Zebrowski 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.51 Add Article 13-E §300, amends §30, General Municipal Law Requires municipalities to maintain municipal websites. CHAPTER 610 A3499B Carroll 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.52 Amends §§736, 738, 741-a, 741-b & 743, add §§736-b, 741-c, 741-d & 745, General Business Law; amends §415, Vehicle & Traffic Law Requires automobile brokers to maintain a place of business; requires certain notices and recordkeeping; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 611 A3580A Hevesi 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.53 Amends §453, Social Service Law Authorizes the social services department to terminate the subsidies that may be provided to a parent who adopts a disabled or hard to place child under certain circumstances. CHAPTER 612 A4098B Cunningham 12/21/24 SIGNED Add §399-yyyy, General Business Law Directs the wireless service industry to report on current and future plans to pursue renewable energy technology to power macrocells; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. CHAPTER 613 A4737B Lavine 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.54 Amends §§190.77 - 190.80, Penal Law; amends §899-aa, General Business Law; amends §208, State Technology Law Adds medical and health insurance information within the definitions of identity theft. Criminal Sanction Impact. CHAPTER 614 A4763A Peoples-Stokes 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.55 Amends §9, Correction Law Requires that websites providing incarcerated individual information be searchable by the incarcerated individual's name, former name or alias. CHAPTER 615 A5311 Zebrowski 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §376-a, Executive Law Requires the secretary of state to offer code enforcement training programs for code enforcement personnel to be completed online, with flexible options for when such training programs may be completed. CHAPTER 616 A6799B Paulin 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.56 Amends §207, Public Health Law Establishes a drug-induced movement disorder screening education program; provides that the department shall develop such program to educate the public about the importance of screening for drug-induced movement disorders, develop and disseminate educational materials for healthcare providers regarding treatment for drug-induced movement disorders, and eliminate bias and reduction of stigma for people living with drug-induced movement disorders related to the treatment of mental health conditions. CHAPTER 617 A6947A Pretlow 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §382, add §386, Agriculture & Markets Law Strengthens enforcement efforts of the state's anti-slaughter of race horses and race horse breeding stock law; requires the posting of signage that states it is illegal to sell or transfer such animals for the purposes of slaughter. CHAPTER 618 A7091 Simon 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.57 Amends §1005, Public Authority Law Requires electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle capable parking spaces to have handicap accessible spaces that are large enough to accommodate such wheelchair accessible electric vehicles, including but not limited to, vans and minivans. CHAPTER 619 A7184A Paulin 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.58 Amends Public Health Law, generally Makes technical, minor and coordinating amendments regarding health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act, and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate. CHAPTER 620 A7194 Dilan 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §§702 & 703, Correction Law Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by courts or by the department of corrections and community supervision. CHAPTER 621 A7348 Dickens 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.59 Amends §1051, Family Court Act Updates the provisions providing notice to respondents in child abuse and neglect proceedings in family court. Office of Court Administration CHAPTER 622 A7495 Lavine 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.60 Amends §270.15, Criminal Procedure Law Permits the court to withhold the names and addresses of jurors in certain proceedings; sets factors for determining good cause to issue protective orders for juries. CHAPTER 623 A8162A Cunningham 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.61 Amends §19, add §29-b, Veterans' Services Law; add §2509-d, amends §2522, Public Health Law Establishes a maternity care coordination program to provide community maternity care providers with training and support with respect to the unique needs of pregnant and postpartum veterans including veteran reproductive mental health care. CHAPTER 624 A8560A Burdick 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.62 Amends §2803-t, Public Health Law Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act on patient intake forms and what reasonable accommodations are required. CHAPTER 625 A8837C Cruz 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.63 Add §29-b, amends §4, Veterans' Services Law; add §256, Military Law; amends §94-b, Executive Law Establishes the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program within the department of veterans' services. CHAPTER 626 A8866 Kelles 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §23-0501, Environmental Conservation Law Prohibits well permits from being issued to an applicant that uses carbon dioxide to complete or recomplete natural gas or oil resources. CHAPTER 627 A8913 Epstein 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.64 Add Article 9 §§901 - 905, Financial Services Law Directs the superintendent of financial services to create a private education debt registry which shall contain information and documentation relating to loans issued by creditors including interest rates and copies of the notes and instruments used by such creditors for education loans. CHAPTER 628 A8939B Bronson 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.65 Add Article 21-B §§790 - 794, Labor Law Prevents the displacement of call center workers who provide call center services for the government in certain circumstances; provides protections for call center workers when contracts with call center contractors are terminated; requires new call center contractors to hire existing call center workers; protects collective bargaining agreements. CHAPTER 629 A8978A Woerner 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.66 Amends §3.03, Arts & Cultural Affairs Law Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state; allows members appointed prior to the effective date to complete the natural end of their term before appointments shall be made in accordance with such requirement. CHAPTER 630 A9043 Kelles 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.67 Add §142-b, Agriculture & Markets Law Establishes the native plant seed supply, development and enhancement program. CHAPTER 631 A9229 Zebrowski 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §1263, Public Authority Law Allows the alternate non-voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority who is recommended by the labor organization representing the majority of employees of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company to be a resident of any state in which the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company operates. CHAPTER 632 A9259 Lupardo 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.68 Amends §451, Agriculture & Markets Law Expands the definitions of surplus agricultural products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program to include certain milk and other non-alcoholic farm produced beverages. CHAPTER 633 A9369A McDonald 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.69 Add §245, Elder Law Relates to the automatic identification of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program enrollees who are eligible for HEAP and automatic enrollment of such eligible enrollees in HEAP. CHAPTER 634 A9616C Rosenthal L 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.70 Add §399-ccccc, General Business Law Requires that vehicle manufacturers and/or dealers terminate an individual's access to remote vehicle technology upon request by domestic violence victims who provide an order of protection and proof of ownership of a vehicle. CHAPTER 635 A10036 Woerner 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.71 Amends §§152 & 153, Economic Development Law Creates an "I Love NY Historic Small Business" niche brand to highlight small businesses listed on the registry of historic businesses maintained pursuant to section 14.11 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law. CHAPTER 636 A10105B Berger 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §130.00, Penal Law Expands the definition of mental health care provider to include licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists, for purposes of certain sex offenses committed during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination. CHAPTER 637 A10189B Rules (Gunther) 12/21/24 SIGNED Add §2808-f, Public Health Law Establishes an advanced residential health care for aging adults medical fragility demonstration program to construct a new facility or repurpose part of an existing facility to operate as an adult residential health care facility for the purpose of improving the quality of care for aging adults with medical fragility. CHAPTER 638 A10353 Rules (Dinowitz) 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §509, add Rule 515, Civil Practice Law & Rules Relates to venue in matrimonial actions regarding the children of the parties; provides that the place of the trial shall be in a county in which either party resides or, if there are minor children of the marriage, the place of trial may also be in the county where one of such children resides. Office of Court Administration CHAPTER 639 S612D MAYER 12/21/24 SIGNED Add §3-304, Election Law Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office. CHAPTER 640 S895B HOYLMAN-SIGAL 12/21/24 SIGNED Add Article 42 §§1100 - 1104, General Business Law Requires social media companies to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service; requires social media companies to submit to the attorney general certain terms of service reports; provides remedies for violations. CHAPTER 641 S1267A BRESLIN 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.72 Amends §§4902 & 4903, Insurance Law; amends §§4902 & 4903, Public Health Law Requires a utilization review agent to follow certain rules when establishing a step therapy protocol; requires that the protocol accepts any attestation submitted by the insured's health care professional stating that a required drug has failed as prima facie evidence that the required drug has failed. CHAPTER 642 S1478 HINCHEY 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.73 Directs the commissioner of health and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services to individuals with traumatic brain injury. CHAPTER 643 S1736E KRUEGER 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.74 Amends §378, Executive Law Requires new construction that includes dedicated off-street parking to provide electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle ready parking spaces. CHAPTER 644 S2039B BROUK 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.75 Amends §2500-k, Public Health Law Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the office of mental health and other relevant stakeholders, to develop guidance and standards for routine maternal depression screenings, referrals, diagnosis and treatment, and to provide training and materials on issues related to maternal depression. CHAPTER 645 S2094A PALUMBO 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.76 Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, to enact by local law a homestead exemption; provides that such exemption shall not exceed $50,000 in full assessed value. CHAPTER 646 S2498A MANNION 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.77 Amends §874, General Municipal Law; amends §§1963-a & 2315, Public Authorities Law Includes providing onsite child daycare facilities by a project into a uniform tax exemption policy. CHAPTER 647 S2659B COMRIE 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.78 Amends §899-aa, General Business Law Provides that a business must provide notification of a data breach within 30 days of such breach; includes the department of financial services to the list of entities that must be notified of a data breach that affects any New York resident. CHAPTER 648 S2747 BAILEY 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.79 Add §214-i, amends §840, Executive Law; add §§120.85 & 140.17, Criminal Procedure Law Directs the superintendent of state police to develop and institute child-sensitive arrest policies and procedures for instances where police are arresting an individual who is a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child. CHAPTER 649 S2867 RIVERA 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.80 Amends §364-j, Social Services Law Provides that services to medical assistance recipients suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services shall be provided outside of managed care programs. CHAPTER 650 S4550B MAY 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §§408 & 2556, Education Law Enacts the "schools impacted by gross highways (SIGH) act"; prohibits the commissioner of education from approving the plans for the erection of any new schoolhouse within five hundred feet of a controlled-access highway unless the commissioner of education determines that space limitations are so severe that there is no other site to erect such new schoolhouse, and there are adequate engineering controls to address air quality; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 651 S4636 MAY 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.81 Amends Article 13-BB Article Head, §277, General Municipal Law Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs. CHAPTER 652 S5081C RAMOS 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.82 Amends §§780 & 786, add §789, Labor Law Establishes the warehouse worker injury reduction program; requires employers to establish an injury reduction program designed to identify and minimize the risks of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders among workers involved in performing manual materials handling tasks. CHAPTER 653 S5779E OBERACKER 12/21/24 SIGNED Add §485-y, Real Property Tax Law Establishes a vacant residential investment exemption in cities with a population of not less than seven thousand fifty and not more than seven thousand sixty, determined in accordance with the two thousand twenty census. CHAPTER 654 S5991A PERSAUD 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.83 Add §2500-m, Public Health Law Requires maternal healthcare facilities to permit doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed. CHAPTER 655 S6199B MYRIE 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.84 Amends §6-134, Election Law Relates to notifying candidates of designation for certain county committees; requires the board of elections of the city of New York to provide notice to each candidate designated in a petition for election to a party position of a county committee located within the city of New York. CHAPTER 656 S6285 COMRIE 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §1507, Not for Profit Corporation Law Relates to cemetery trust funds and the maintenance and preservation of cemetery grounds. CHAPTER 657 S6584C GIANARIS 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.85 Add §170-h, Executive Law Requires separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups in NYS. CHAPTER 658 S6648 SANDERS 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.86 Amends §28-b, Banking Law Includes participation in a banking development district as a factor when assessing a banking institution's record of performance in relation to the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. CHAPTER 659 S7212A KRUEGER 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §180-a, Military Law; amends §39, Urban Development Corporation Act Authorizes legacy cadet corps programs to access and use for a permanent headquarters the seventh regiment armory for the purposes of programming during periods which are not periods of civil or military emergency. CHAPTER 660 S7532 SANDERS 12/21/24 SIGNED Repealed & add §41, Banking Law Provides for the removal and prohibition of directors, trustees, officers, members or partners of certain entities. CHAPTER 661 S7702A WEBB 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.87 Requires the department of health to convene a maternal health care and birthing standards workgroup to study, evaluate and make recommendations related to the development of maternal health care and birthing standards to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care. CHAPTER 662 S8456 RIVERA 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.88 Amends §§206 & 4310, Public Health Law Provides for allowing patients to register in the "donate life registry" through their electronic health records. CHAPTER 663 S8679A MANNION 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.89 Amends §372, Social Services Law Requires that every court, and every public board, commission, institution, or officer having powers or charged with duties in relation to abandoned, delinquent, destitute, neglected or dependent children who shall receive, accept or commit any child shall provide and keep a record showing if such child has a developmental disability; requires a study of the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disability. CHAPTER 664 S8724B HOYLMAN-SIGAL 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.90 Amends §§249, 255, 355.5, 756-a, 1015-a, 1088, 1089 & 1090, Family Court Act; amends §358-a, Social Services Law Relates to enacting the "safe landings for youth leaving foster care act" or "safe landings act", which provides protections for youth transitioning out of foster care who bring certain legal proceedings. CHAPTER 665 S9032A RYAN 12/21/24 SIGNED Repealed Rule 2106, amends §3020, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §302, State Administrative Procedure Act Allows for the use of an affirmation of truth of statement in an administrative proceeding; repeals certain provisions needed to make a technical correction in law. CHAPTER 666 S9065A PALUMBO 12/21/24 SIGNED Repealed §64-e subs 9, 9-a & 11, amends §64-e, Town Law Relates to the Peconic Bay region community preservation funds; defines "disadvantaged communities"; provides that funds utilized for water quality improvement projects may be carried forward from year to year for utilization in future budgets and not less than ten percent of the annual proceeds of the fund shall be utilized to benefit disadvantaged communities; provides that management and stewardship funds may only be expended for projects related to lands acquired for open space preservation and historic preservation purposes; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 667 S9264A HINCHEY 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.91 Add §1202-bbb, Tax Law Establishes an occupancy tax in the village of Catskill, in the county of Greene. CHAPTER 668 S9271A HINCHEY 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.92 Add §1202-jj, Tax Law Establishes an occupancy tax in the village of Coxsackie, in the county of Greene. CHAPTER 669 S9679A HINCHEY 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.93 Add §130-a, Cannabis Law Authorizes the cannabis control board to issue a cannabis showcase event permit to certain licensees authorized to conduct retail sales of adult-use cannabis, cannabis products and cannabis merchandise. CHAPTER 670 S9738A BRESLIN 12/21/24 SIGNED Authorizes the lease of certain lands on the SUNY Albany campus for the Albany NanoTech Complex. CHAPTER 671 A4921C Paulin 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 approval memo.94 Amends Family Court Act, generally; amends §123, Domestic Relations Law; amends §§1400, 1401, 1403 & 1404, General Business Law Relates to the requirements of surrogacy programs and criteria for surrogacy arrangements. CHAPTER 672 S885C HINCHEY 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.95 Add Article 12-D §§447-a - 447-g, Real Property Law; amends §§1101, 1105, 1131, 1132, 1136 & 1142, add Article 29 Part 1 Subpart A §1200, Tax Law Relates to short-term residential rentals of private dwellings in certain municipalities; requires registration and records. CHAPTER 673 S7515A STEWART-COUSINS 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.96 Add §467-n, Real Property Tax Law Enacts the "climate change property tax relief act"; provides assessment relief to property owners within eligible municipalities; relates to payments of real property tax refunds and credits as a result of participating in the climate change property tax relief act. CHAPTER 674 S7543B GONZALEZ 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.97 Add Article 4 §§401 - 404, State Technology Law Enacts the legislative oversight of automated decision-making in government act (LOADinG Act) to regulate the use of automated decision-making systems and artificial intelligence techniques by state agencies. CHAPTER 675 S8626A MANNION 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.98 Amends §§65 & 25, Public Service Law Relates to call centers for gas and electric corporations; sets penalties for violations. CHAPTER 676 S9832 HOYLMAN-SIGAL 12/21/24 SIGNED 12/21/24 APPROVAL MEMO.99 Add Article 36 §§1030 - 1039, Labor Law Provides for the registration and duties of model management companies; provides complaint procedures and penalties for violations. CHAPTER 677 A717A Gibbs 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §3.05, Arts & Cultural Affairs Law Empowers the council on the arts to designate East Harlem as a cultural district. CHAPTER 678 A860 Gibbs 12/21/24 SIGNED Amends §161, Economic Development Law Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball. CHAPTER 679 S2129B KRUEGER 12/26/24 SIGNED CHAP.679 12/26/24 APPROVAL MEMO.101 Add Article 76 §§76-0101 - 76-0105, Environmental Conservation Law; add §97-m, State Finance Law Establishes the climate change adaptation cost recovery program and the climate change adaptation fund. |