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                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
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 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  A  BUDGET  BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
   article seven of the Constitution -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Ways and Means

 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to school contracts for
   excellence; to amend the education law, in relation to foundation aid;
   to amend the education law, in relation to maintenance of equity  aid;
   to  amend  the  education law, in relation to building aid and the New
   York state energy research  and  development  authority  P-12  schools
   clean  green  schools  initiative;  to  amend  the  education  law, in
   relation to modifying the length of  school  sessions;  to  amend  the
   education  law, in relation to supplemental public excess cost aid; to
   amend the education law, in relation to academic enhancement  aid;  to
   amend the education law, in relation to high tax aid; to amend chapter
   91  of  the  laws  of  2002  amending the education law and other laws
   relating to reorganization of the New York  city  school  construction
   authority, board of education and community boards, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 345 of the laws of 2009 amend-
   ing  the  education  law  and other laws relating to the New York city
   board of education,  chancellor,  community  councils,  and  community
   superintendents,  in  relation  to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
   the education law, in relation to extending  the  statewide  universal
   full-day  pre-kindergarten  program;  to  amend  the education law, in
   relation to state aid adjustments; to amend chapter 756 of the laws of
   1992, relating to funding a program for work force education conducted
   by the consortium for worker education in New York city,  in  relation
   to  reimbursement for the 2022-2023 school year, withholding a portion
   of employment preparation education aid and in relation to the  effec-
   tiveness  thereof;  to amend chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, relating
   to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state operations, aid  to
   localities,  capital projects and debt service budgets, in relation to
   the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 147 of the laws  of  2001,
   amending  the  education  law  relating  to conditional appointment of
   school district, charter school or BOCES employees, in relation to the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter  425  of  the  laws  of  2002,
   amending  the  education law relating to the provision of supplemental
   educational services, attendance at  a  safe  public  school  and  the
   suspension  of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a
   school, in relation to making certain provisions thereof permanent; to
   amend the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation to making  the
   provisions  thereof  permanent;  to  amend  chapter 552 of the laws of
   1995, amending the education law relating to contracts for the  trans-
   portation  of school children, in relation to the effectiveness there-
   of; providing for school bus driver  training  grants;  providing  for
   special  apportionment  for  salary  expenses;  providing  for special
   apportionment for public pension accruals; to amend the education law,
   in relation to permitting the city school  district  of  the  city  of
   Rochester  to  make  certain  purchases  from the board of cooperative
   educational services of the supervisory district serving its geograph-
   ic region; providing for set-asides from the state funds which certain
   districts are receiving from the total foundation aid;  providing  for
   support  of  public libraries; and providing for the repeal of certain
   provisions upon expiration thereof (Part A); to  amend  the  education
   law  and  the  local  finance law, in relation to zero-emission school
   buses (Part B); to amend the education law, in relation to creating  a
   temporary  professional  permit for employment in a public school; and
   providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
   (Part C); to amend the education law, in relation to  state  appropri-
   ations  for  reimbursement  of  tuition credits (Part D); to amend the
   education law, in relation to the expansion of the  part-time  tuition
   assistance  program  (Part E); to amend the education law, in relation
   to eligibility requirements  and  conditions  for  tuition  assistance
   program  awards; and to repeal certain provisions of the education law
   relating to the ban on incarcerated  individuals  to  be  eligible  to
   receive state aid (Part F); to amend the education law, in relation to
   establishing  the  amount  awarded for the excelsior scholarship (Part
   G); to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  including  certain
   apprenticeships  in  the  definition of "eligible educational institu-
   tion" for the New York state college choice  tuition  savings  program
   (Part  H);  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to prohibiting
   certain practices in the collection of education  debt  (Part  I);  to
   amend  the education law, in relation to registration of a new curric-
   ulum or program of  study  offered  by  a  not-for-profit  college  or
   university  (Part J); to amend the business corporation law, the part-
   nership law and the limited liability  company  law,  in  relation  to
   certified  public  accountants  (Part K); to amend the social services
   law, in relation to child  care  assistance;  and  providing  for  the
   repeal  of  certain  provisions  upon  expiration thereof (Part L); to
   amend part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020,  amending  the  social
   services  law  relating  to  restructuring  financing  for residential
   school placements, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part  M);
   to amend part C of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, amending the execu-
   tive  law  and  other laws relating to funding for children and family
   services, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof (Part N);
   to amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement  for  a
   portion of the costs of social services districts for care provided to
   foster  children  in  institutions, group residences, group homes, and
   agency operated boarding homes (Part O); to amend  the  public  health
   law,  in  relation  to consent for medical services (Part P); to amend
   the executive law and the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  the
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   detention  of  juveniles  (Part  Q);  to  amend  the executive law, in
   relation to increasing the amount of  reimbursement  the  division  of
   veterans'  affairs  shall  provide to local veterans' service agencies
   for  the  cost  of maintenance of such agencies (Part R); to amend the
   social services law, in relation to increasing the standards of month-
   ly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in  the  community
   (Part  S);  to amend part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016 amending
   the social services law relating to  the  powers  and  duties  of  the
   commissioner  of  social  services  relating  to  the appointment of a
   temporary operator, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part T);
   to amend the social services law, in relation to the  public  benefits
   and  requirements; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
   ing thereto (Part U); to amend the labor law and the general  business
   law,  in relation to restrictions on employment (Part V); to amend the
   labor law, in relation to increasing penalties for certain  violations
   of  the labor law (Part W); to amend the executive law, in relation to
   prohibiting discrimination based on status as  a  victim  of  domestic
   violence  (Part X); to amend the executive law, in relation to prohib-
   iting discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status  (Part
   Y);  to  utilize  reserves  in the mortgage insurance fund for various
   housing purposes (Part Z); to amend the real property law, in relation
   to providing for the creation of accessory dwelling units  (Part  AA);
   to  amend  the executive law, in relation to making it unlawful for an
   individual who has been convicted of one or more criminal offenses  to
   be  discriminated  against in housing (Part BB); to amend the multiple
   dwelling law, in relation to the floor area ratio (FAR) in the city of
   New York (Part CC); to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to
   hotel and commercial conversion (Part DD); to amend the  general  city
   law, the town law, and the village law, in relation to transit-orient-
   ed  development (Part EE); to amend the real property law, in relation
   to tenant selection screening guidelines (Part FF); to amend the exec-
   utive law, in relation to the state's  language  access  policy  (Part
   GG);  to  amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   waiving approval and income limitations on retirees employed in public
   schools; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expira-
   tion  thereof  (Part  HH);  and to amend the real property tax law, in
   relation to enacting the affordable neighborhoods for New Yorkers  tax
   incentive (Part II)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 necessary  to  implement  the state education, labor, housing and family
 assistance budget for the 2022-2023 state fiscal year. Each component is
 wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts  A  through  II.  The
 effective  date for each particular provision contained within such Part
 is set forth in the last section of such  Part.  Any  provision  in  any
 section  contained  within  a  Part, including the effective date of the
 Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this act", when  used  in
 connection  with  that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and
 refer to the corresponding section of the Part in  which  it  is  found.
 Section  three of this act sets forth the general effective date of this
 act.
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                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Notwithstanding  paragraphs  a and b of this subdivision, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year  in
 conformity  with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section unless all schools in the  district  are
 identified  as  in  good  standing  and  provided further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 nine--two  thousand  ten school year, unless all schools in the district
 are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall  be not less than the product of the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   nine--two   thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied  by  the
 district's gap elimination adjustment percentage  and  provided  further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand  thir-
 teen  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year and provided further that,  a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand
 fourteen school year, unless all schools in the district are  identified
 as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which   shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand fourteen school year;  and  provided  further  that,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, unless all  schools  in  the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school
 year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)
 of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of this section, provide for the
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 expenditure of an amount  which  shall  be  not  less  than  the  amount
 approved  by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further  that a school district that submitted a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school  year,  unless
 all  schools  in  the district are identified as in good standing, shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year which shall,  notwithstand-
 ing  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision
 two of this section, provide for the  expenditure  of  an  amount  which
 shall  be  not  less than the amount approved by the commissioner in the
 contract for excellence  for  the  two  thousand  sixteen--two  thousand
 seventeen  school year; and provided further that a school district that
 submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand  seventeen--two
 thousand  eighteen  school  year, unless all schools in the district are
 identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year which
 shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)  of  para-
 graph  a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the expenditure
 of an amount which shall be not less than the  amount  approved  by  the
 commissioner  in the contract for excellence for the two thousand seven-
 teen--two thousand eighteen school year; and provided  further  that,  a
 school  district  that  submitted  a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, unless all schools
 in the district are identified as  in  good  standing,  shall  submit  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand nineteen--two thousand
 twenty school year which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements  of
 subparagraph  (vi)  of  paragraph  a of subdivision two of this section,
 provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be  not  less  than
 the  amount  approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
 for the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen  school  year;  and
 provided  further  that, a school district that submitted a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty  school
 year,  unless  all  schools  in  the  district are identified as in good
 standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand
 twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not less than the amount approved by the commissioner  in  the  contract
 for excellence for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
 year;  and  provided  further  that,  a school district that submitted a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twenty--two thousand  twen-
 ty-one school year, unless all schools in the district are identified as
 in  good  standing,  shall  submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school  year  which  shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
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 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two  thousand  twenty--two
 thousand  twenty-one  school  year;  AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  THAT  SUBMITTED A CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL  SCHOOLS  IN
 THE DISTRICT ARE IDENTIFIED AS IN GOOD STANDING, SHALL SUBMIT A CONTRACT
 FOR  EXCELLENCE  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE SCHOOL YEAR  WHICH  SHALL,  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (VI)  OF  PARAGRAPH  A OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
 PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF AN AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE  NOT  LESS  THAN
 THE  AMOUNT  APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE
 FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO  SCHOOL  YEAR.
 For purposes of this paragraph, the "gap elimination adjustment percent-
 age" shall be calculated as the sum of one minus the quotient of the sum
 of the school district's net gap elimination adjustment for two thousand
 ten--two thousand eleven computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws  of  two  thousand  ten,  making  appropriations for the support of
 government, plus the school district's gap  elimination  adjustment  for
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve as computed pursuant to chapter
 fifty-three  of  the  laws of two thousand eleven, making appropriations
 for the support of the local assistance budget,  including  support  for
 general support for public schools, divided by the total aid for adjust-
 ment  computed  pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the laws of two thou-
 sand eleven, making appropriations  for  the  local  assistance  budget,
 including  support  for  general  support  for public schools. Provided,
 further, that such amount shall be  expended  to  support  and  maintain
 allowable programs and activities approved in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand  ten  school  year  or  to  support  new  or expanded allowable
 programs and activities in the current year.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 3602 of  education  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
   J. FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE TOTAL
 FOUNDATION  AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION PLUS THE GREATER OF (A)  THE  PRODUCT  OF  THE  PHASE-IN
 FOUNDATION  INCREASE FACTOR AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
 PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION MULTIPLIED BY THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,
 IF  ANY, OF (I) TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION LESS (II) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR (B) THE  PROD-
 UCT  OF  THREE  HUNDREDTHS (0.03) MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID
 BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  J  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  3.  Section  3602  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  FOUNDATION AID MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY AID.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
   A. "HIGH-NEED LEAS" SHALL MEAN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WITH (1) THE
 HIGHEST  PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AS CALCULATED
 BASED ON THE  MOST  RECENT  SMALL  AREA  INCOME  AND  POVERTY  ESTIMATES
 PROVIDED  BY  THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND (2) THE CUMULATIVE SUM
 OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR IS GREATER THAN
 OR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF FIVE-TENTHS (0.5) AND THE STATEWIDE TOTAL  OF
 SUCH ENROLLMENT.
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   B.  "HIGHEST-POVERTY  LEAS" SHALL MEAN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WITH
 (1) THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  STUDENTS  AS
 CALCULATED  BASED ON THE MOST RECENT SMALL AREA INCOME AND POVERTY ESTI-
 MATES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND (2) THE CUMULATIVE
 SUM  OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR IS GREATER
 THAN OR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF TWO-TENTHS (0.2) AND THE STATEWIDE TOTAL
 OF SUCH ENROLLMENT.
   C. "ELIGIBLE DISTRICTS" SHALL MEAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEFINED  AS  HIGH-
 NEED  LEAS OR HIGHEST-POVERTY LEAS IN THE CURRENT YEAR WHICH ARE SUBJECT
 TO THE STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY  REQUIREMENT  IN  THE  AMERICAN
 RESCUE  PLAN  ACT  OF  2021, SECTION 2004, PART 1, SUBTITLE A, TITLE II,
 (PUBLIC LAW 117-2) FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
   D. "STATE FUNDING" SHALL MEAN ANY APPORTIONMENT PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTIONS  SEVEN  HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-
 ONE, AND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER  PLUS  APPORTIONMENTS
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR, FIVE-A, TEN, TWELVE, AND SIXTEEN OF THIS
 SECTION.
   E. "LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT" SHALL MEAN  THE  UNDUPLICATED
 COUNT  OF  ALL  CHILDREN  REGISTERED  TO RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN
 GRADES KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  TWELVE,  INCLUDING  CHILDREN  IN  UNGRADED
 PROGRAMS,  AS  REGISTERED  ON  THE  DATE PRIOR TO NOVEMBER FIRST THAT IS
 SPECIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS THE ENROLLMENT REPORTING  DATE,  REGIS-
 TERED  IN A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7801
 OF TITLE 20 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.
   2. ELIGIBLE DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE AN APPORTIONMENT OF FOUNDATION AID
 MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY AID IN THE CURRENT YEAR IF  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, DETERMINES THE DISTRICT
 WOULD OTHERWISE RECEIVE A REDUCTION IN STATE  FUNDING  ON  A  PER  PUPIL
 BASIS  INCONSISTENT  WITH  THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT. THIS APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE  AMOUNT  NECESSARY
 TO  ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.   THIS APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE  PAID  IN  THE  CURRENT  YEAR
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED NINE-A OF THIS PART.
   §  4.  Clause  (ii) of paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of
 the education law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter  57  of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  For  aid  payable  in  the two thousand eight--two thousand nine
 school year and thereafter, the total foundation aid  base  shall  equal
 the  total  amount  a  district was eligible to receive in the base year
 pursuant to subdivision four of this section PLUS FOUNDATION AID MAINTE-
 NANCE OF EQUITY AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION.
   § 5. Section 3602-b of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  A.  IN  ADDITION TO APPORTIONMENTS CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYING  FEWER
 THAN  EIGHT  TEACHERS  DEFINED  AS ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF
 SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART  SHALL
 RECEIVE  AN ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT OF PUBLIC MONEY IN THE CURRENT YEAR
 IF THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR  OF  THE  BUDGET,
 DETERMINES  THE  DISTRICT  WOULD  OTHERWISE RECEIVE A REDUCTION IN STATE
 FUNDING, AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH D OF PARAGRAPH  ONE  OF  SUBDIVISION
 FOUR-A  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART, ON A PER PUPIL
 BASIS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL  MAINTENANCE  OF  EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.
   B.  THE  MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY AID SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT NECES-
 SARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL STATE  LEVEL  MAINTENANCE  OF
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 EQUITY  REQUIREMENT  IN  THE  AMERICAN  RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021, SECTION
 2004, PART 1, SUBTITLE A, TITLE II, (PUBLIC LAW 117-2) FOR  THE  CURRENT
 YEAR.
   §  6.  Section  3602  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6-i to read as follows:
   6-I. BUILDING AID AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND  DEVELOP-
 MENT  AUTHORITY P-12 SCHOOLS: CLEAN GREEN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE. 1. FOR AID
 PAYABLE IN THE SCHOOL YEARS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-THREE  AND  THEREAFTER,  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, THE APPORTIONMENT  TO  ANY  DISTRICT  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  SIX,
 SIX-A,  SIX-B, SIX-C, SIX-E, SIX-F, OR SIX-H OF THIS SECTION FOR CAPITAL
 OUTLAYS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS FOR  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  SHALL  NOT
 EXCLUDE GRANTS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH
 AND  DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY P-12 SCHOOLS: CLEAN GREEN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE
 FROM AIDABLE EXPENDITURES, PROVIDED THAT THE SUM OF  APPORTIONMENTS  FOR
 THESE  PROJECTS  CALCULATED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SIX, SIX-A, SIX-B,
 SIX-C, SIX-E, SIX-F, OR SIX-H OF THIS SECTION AND SUCH GRANTS SHALL  NOT
 EXCEED THE ACTUAL PROJECT EXPENDITURES.
   2.  THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHALL
 PROVIDE A LIST OF  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  GRANTS  AWARDED  TO  EACH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT TO THE COMMISSIONER NO LATER THAN ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE END OF
 EACH  CALENDAR  YEAR  AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR.  THIS LIST SHALL INCLUDE THE
 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GRANTS, THE AWARD
 AMOUNTS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT GRANT, THE  DISTRICT  RECEIVING  SUCH
 GRANTS,  THE  SCHOOLS RECEIVING SUCH GRANTS, THE DATE ON WHICH THE GRANT
 WAS RECEIVED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE CALCULATION OF
 AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX, SIX-A, SIX-B, SIX-C, SIX-E,  SIX-F,  OR
 SIX-H OF THIS SECTION.
   § 7. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 3204 of the education law
 is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A  full  time day school or class, except as otherwise prescribed,
 shall be in session for not less than one hundred [ninety]  EIGHTY  days
 each year, [inclusive] EXCLUSIVE of legal holidays that occur during the
 term of said school and exclusive of Saturdays.
   §  8.  Paragraph  s  of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   s.  "Extraordinary  needs  count" shall mean the sum of the product of
 the [limited English proficiency] ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER count  multi-
 plied by fifty percent, plus, the poverty count and the sparsity count.
   §  9. Subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
   K. FINAL COST REPORT PENALTIES. (1)  ALL  ACTS  DONE  AND  PROCEEDINGS
 HERETOFORE  HAD  AND  TAKEN  OR  CAUSED  TO  BE  HAD AND TAKEN BY SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS AND BY ALL ITS OFFICERS OR AGENTS RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH FINAL BUILDING COST REPORTS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH  THE  DEPART-
 MENT  FOR APPROVED BUILDING PROJECTS FOR WHICH A CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTAN-
 TIAL COMPLETION WAS AND/OR IS ISSUED ON OR AFTER APRIL  FIRST,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, WHERE A FINAL COST REPORT WAS NOT SUBMITTED BY JUNE
 THIRTIETH  OF  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR IN WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTANTIAL
 COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT WAS ISSUED BY THE ARCHITECT  OR  ENGINEER,  OR
 SIX  MONTHS AFTER ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, WHICHEVER WAS LATER, AND
 ALL ACTS INCIDENTAL THERETO ARE HEREBY  LEGALIZED,  VALIDATED,  RATIFIED
 AND  CONFIRMED,  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE APPROVAL
 AND FILING PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR ANY OTHER LAW OR ANY OTHER
 STATUTORY AUTHORITY, RULE OR REGULATION, IN RELATION  TO  ANY  OMISSION,
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 ERROR,  DEFECT,  IRREGULARITY  OR ILLEGALITY IN SUCH PROCEEDINGS HAD AND
 TAKEN.
   (2)  THE  DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVED COSTS
 OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROJECTS AS VALID AND PROPER OBLIGATIONS  OF  SUCH
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SHALL NOT RECOVER ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND  THIRTEEN  ANY PENALTY ARISING FROM THE LATE FILING OF A FINAL COST
 REPORT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AMOUNTS ALREADY SO RECOVERED ON OR AFTER  JULY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND THIRTEEN   SHALL BE DEEMED A PAYMENT OF MONEYS DUE
 FOR PRIOR YEARS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION FIVE  OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART AND SHALL BE PAID TO THE APPROPRI-
 ATE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISION, PROVIDED THAT:
   (A) SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBMITTED THE LATE OR MISSING FINAL  BUILDING
 COST REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER;
   (B) SUCH COST REPORT IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   (C)  ALL STATE FUNDS EXPENDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DOCUMENTED IN
 SUCH COST REPORT, WERE PROPERLY EXPENDED FOR SUCH  BUILDING  PROJECT  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH PROJECT AS APPROVED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (D)  THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT SUCH REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER WAS AN INAD-
 VERTENT ADMINISTRATIVE OR MINISTERIAL OVERSIGHT BY THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 AND  THERE  IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FRAUDULENT OR OTHER IMPROPER INTENT BY
 SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 10. Section 3625 of education law is amended by adding a new  subdi-
 vision 5 to read as follows:
   5. TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT PENALTIES. A. ALL ACTS DONE AND PROCEEDINGS
 HERETOFORE HAD AND TAKEN OR CAUSED TO BE HAD AND TAKEN RELATING TO OR IN
 CONNECTION WITH A TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT, AND ALL ACTS INCIDENTAL HERE-
 TO  ARE  HEREBY  LEGALIZED,  VALIDATED, RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE  CONTRACT  AWARD,  APPROVAL  AND
 FILING PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR ANY
 OTHER  LAW  OR  ANY OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITY, RULE OR REGULATION, OTHER
 THAN THOSE FILING PROVISIONS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION  FIVE
 OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, IN RELATION TO ANY
 OMISSION, ERROR, DEFECT, IRREGULARITY OR ILLEGALITY IN  SUCH  PROCEEDING
 HAD AND TAKEN.
   B.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO CONSIDER THE AFOREMENTIONED
 CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORTATION AID AS VALID  AND  PROPER  OBLIGATIONS  AND
 SHALL  NOT  RECOVER  FROM SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANY PENALTY ARISING FROM
 THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSPORTATION  CONTRACT  IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER,
 PROVIDED THAT ANY AMOUNTS ALREADY SO RECOVERED SHALL BE DEEMED A PAYMENT
 OF  MONEYS  DUE  FOR  PRIOR YEARS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS  ARTICLE  AND  SHALL  BE
 PAID TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISION, PROVIDED THAT:
   (1)  SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SUBMITTED THE CONTRACT TO THE COMMISSIONER
 AND SUCH CONTRACT IS FOR SERVICES IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO  THOU-
 SAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR OR THEREAFTER;
   (2) SUCH CONTRACT IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   (3)  ALL  STATE  FUNDS  EXPENDED  BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE PROPERLY
 EXPENDED FOR SUCH TRANSPORTATION AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (4) THE FAILURE TO EXECUTE OR SUBMIT SUCH CONTRACT IN A TIMELY  MANNER
 WAS AN INADVERTENT ADMINISTRATIVE OR MINISTERIAL OVERSIGHT BY THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  AND  THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FRAUDULENT OR OTHER IMPROPER
 INTENT BY SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 11. Subdivision 2 of section 3625 of education law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
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   2.  Filing  of transportation contracts. Every transportation contract
 shall be filed with the department within one hundred twenty days of the
 commencement of service under such contract.  No transportation  expense
 shall be allowed for a period greater than one hundred twenty days prior
 to  the filing of any contract for the transportation of pupils with the
 education department. No contract shall be considered  filed  unless  it
 bears  an  original  signature,  IN THE CASE OF A WRITTEN DOCUMENT, OR A
 CERTIFICATION, IN THE CASE OF AN APPROVED ELECTRONIC FORM, of the super-
 intendent of a school district or the designee of the superintendent and
 the sole trustee or president of the board of education  of  the  school
 district.    The final approval of any such contract by the commissioner
 shall not, however, obligate the state to allow  transportation  expense
 in  an  amount  greater  than the amount that would be allowed under the
 provisions of this part.  The state, acting through  the  department  of
 audit and control, may examine any and all accounts of the contractor in
 connection  with  a contract for the transportation of pupils, and every
 such contract shall contain the  following  provision:  "The  contractor
 hereby consents to an audit of any and all financial records relating to
 this contract by the department of audit and control."
   § 12. Section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the educa-
 tion  law and other laws relating to reorganization of the New York city
 school construction authority, board of education and community  boards,
 as  amended by section 42 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 34. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002; provided, that sections
 one through twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-six through thirty  of  this
 act  shall  expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2022] 2026 provided,
 further, that notwithstanding any provision of article 5 of the  general
 construction law, on June 30, [2022] 2026 the provisions of subdivisions
 3,  5,  and 8, paragraph b of subdivision 13, subdivision 14, paragraphs
 b, d, and e of subdivision 15, and subdivisions 17  and  21  of  section
 2554  of  the  education  law  as repealed by section three of this act,
 subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the  education  law  as  repealed  by
 section  six  of  this  act,  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 2590-b of the education law as repealed by section seven  of  this  act,
 section 2590-c of the education law as repealed by section eight of this
 act, paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2590-d of the education law
 as  repealed by section twenty-six of this act, subdivision 1 of section
 2590-e of the education law as repealed by section twenty-seven of  this
 act,  subdivision  28 of section 2590-h of the education law as repealed
 by section twenty-eight of this act, subdivision 30 of section 2590-h of
 the education law as repealed by section twenty-nine of this act, subdi-
 vision 30-a of section 2590-h  of  the  education  law  as  repealed  by
 section  thirty  of  this  act  shall  be  revived  and  be read as such
 provisions existed in law on the date immediately preceding  the  effec-
 tive  date of this act; provided, however, that sections seven and eight
 of this act shall take effect on November  30,  2003;  provided  further
 that  the  amendments to subdivision 25 of section 2554 of the education
 law made by section two of this act shall be subject to  the  expiration
 and  reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 12 of chapter 147
 of the laws of 2001, as amended, when upon such date the  provisions  of
 section four of this act shall take effect.
   §  13. Subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009
 amending the education law and other laws relating to the New York  city
 board of education, chancellor, community councils, and community super-
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 intendents,  as  amended  by section 43 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   12. any provision in sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
 eight,  nine,  ten  and  eleven  of this act not otherwise set to expire
 pursuant to section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended, or
 section 17 of chapter 123 of the laws of 2003, as amended, shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed June 30, [2022] 2026.
   §  14. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 12-b of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the  product  of
 fifteen  percent  and  the additional apportionment computed pursuant to
 this subdivision for the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year.  For  the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand
 [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO--two thousand [twenty-two]  TWENTY-THREE  school
 years,  each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal
 to the amount set forth for such school district  as  "SUPPLEMENTAL  PUB
 EXCESS  COST"  under  the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school
 aid computer listing produced by the  commissioner  in  support  of  the
 budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and enti-
 tled "SA0910".
   §  15. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended
 by section 13-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   12.  Academic  enhancement  aid. A. A school district that as of April
 first of the base year has been continuously identified as a district in
 need of improvement for at least five years shall, for the two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand  nine  school  year,  be  entitled to an additional
 apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
 of fifteen million dollars or the product of the  total  foundation  aid
 base,  as  defined  by  paragraph  j of subdivision one of this section,
 multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
 the sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to  subdivision
 four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
 apportioned  pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred
 forty-one of this article, less (ii) the total foundation aid base.
   B. For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten  through  two  thousand
 fourteen--two  thousand fifteen school years, each school district shall
 be entitled to an apportionment equal to the amount set forth  for  such
 school  district  as  "EDUCATION  GRANTS, ACADEMIC EN" under the heading
 "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced  by
 the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two
 thousand  ten  school year and entitled "SA0910", and such apportionment
 shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide an apportion-
 ment pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred  forty-
 one of this article.
   C.  For  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen year, each
 school district shall be entitled  to  an  apportionment  equal  to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA141-5",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
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   D.  For  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2015-16 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand fifteen--two thousand  sixteen  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA151-6",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   E.  For the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school  year  and  entitled
 "SA161-7",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   F.  For  the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2017-18 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year  and  entitled
 "SA171-8",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   G.  For  the  two  thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2018-19 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school  year  and  entitled
 "SA181-9",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   H.  For  the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2019-20 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand nineteen--two thousand  twenty  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA192-0",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   I.  For  the  two  thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school
 year AND THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL
 YEAR,  each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal
 to the amount set forth for such school district as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCE-
 MENT"  under  the  heading  "2020-21  ESTIMATED  AIDS" in the school aid
 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of  the  budget
 for  the  two  thousand  twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year and
 entitled "SA202-1", and such apportionment shall be  deemed  to  satisfy
 the state obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision
 eight of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
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   §  16.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 14-a of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   Each  school  district  shall  be  eligible  to receive a high tax aid
 apportionment in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school  year,
 which  shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment  received
 by  the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two thousand
 seven--two thousand eight school year,  multiplied  by  the  due-minimum
 factor,  which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil wealth
 ratio computed pursuant to paragraph b  of  subdivision  three  of  this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts,  fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be eligible
 to receive a high tax aid apportionment in the  two  thousand  nine--two
 thousand  ten  through two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and  entitled  "SA0910".
 Each  school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO--two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE
 school years equal to the greater of (1) the amount set forth  for  such
 school  district  as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR
 AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in
 support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school
 year and entitled "SA0910" or (2) the amount set forth for  such  school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED AIDS" in
 the  school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in support
 of the executive  budget  for  the  2013-14  fiscal  year  and  entitled
 "BT131-4".
   §  17.  Subdivision  16  of  section  3602-ee of the education law, as
 amended by section 23 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   16.  The authority of the department to administer the universal full-
 day pre-kindergarten program shall expire June thirtieth,  two  thousand
 [twenty-two]  TWENTY-THREE; provided that the program shall continue and
 remain in full effect.
   § 18. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
 shall be corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school  district  has
 been  apportioned  less  money  than  that  to which it is entitled, the
 commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
 tled. Whenever a school district has been apportioned  more  money  than
 that  to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order, direct
 such moneys to be paid back to the state to be credited to  the  general
 fund  local  assistance  account  for  state  aid to the schools, or may
 deduct such amount from the  next  apportionment  to  be  made  to  said
 district,  provided, however, that, upon notification of excess payments
 of aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through  deduction
 of  future  aid payments, a school district may request that such excess
 payments be  recovered  by  deducting  such  excess  payments  from  the
 payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
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 (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
 two  succeeding  school  years,  provided further that there shall be no
 interest penalty assessed against such  district  or  collected  by  the
 state.  Such  request  shall be made to the commissioner in such form as
 the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be  based  on  documentation
 that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
 district's  total  general  fund  expenditures  for the preceding school
 year. The amount to be deducted in the first year shall be  the  greater
 of  (i) the sum of the amount of such excess payments that is recognized
 as a liability due to other governments by the district for the  preced-
 ing  school year and the positive remainder of the district's unreserved
 fund balance at the close of the preceding school year less the  product
 of  the  district's  total  general  fund expenditures for the preceding
 school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
 payments. The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal  the
 lesser  of  the remaining amount of such excess payments to be recovered
 or one-third of such excess payments, and the remaining amount  of  such
 excess  payments  shall be recovered in the third year. Provided further
 that, notwithstanding any other  provisions  of  this  subdivision,  any
 pending  payment  of moneys due to such district as a prior year adjust-
 ment payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid  claims
 that  had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess of
 the amount to which the district is entitled and for which  recovery  of
 excess  payments  is  to  be  made  pursuant to this paragraph, shall be
 reduced at the time of  actual  payment  by  any  remaining  unrecovered
 balance  of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled deductions
 of such excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be  reduced  by
 the  commissioner  to reflect the amount so recovered. [The commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later than three years after the close of the school year in which  such
 payment  was first to be made.  For claims for which payment is first to
 be made in the nineteen hundred  ninety-six--ninety-seven  school  year,
 the  commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based on
 a claim submitted later than two years after the close  of  such  school
 year.] For claims for which payment is first to be made [in the nineteen
 hundred  ninety-seven--ninety-eight school year and thereafter] PRIOR TO
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO  SCHOOL  YEAR,  the
 commissioner  shall  certify  no payment to a school district based on a
 claim submitted later than one year after the close of such school year.
 FOR CLAIMS FOR WHICH PAYMENT IS FIRST TO BE MADE  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT  BASED  ON  A
 CLAIM  SUBMITTED  LATER  THAN THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER OF SUCH SCHOOL YEAR.
 Provided, however, no payments shall be barred  or  reduced  where  such
 payment  is  required  as a result of a final audit of the state. [It is
 further provided that, until June thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-
 six,  the  commissioner  may  grant a waiver from the provisions of this
 section for any school district if it is in the best educational  inter-
 ests of the district pursuant to guidelines developed by the commission-
 er and approved by the director of the budget.] FURTHER, PROVIDED, THAT,
 FOR  ANY APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE,
 SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-
 THREE,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO-B, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO-E  AND
 FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
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 TY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEARS,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN  PAYMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS  FOUR,
 SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA
 FILE  USED  TO  PRODUCE  THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET  REQUEST  SUBMITTED  FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE STATE FISCAL YEAR
 AND ENTITLED "BT222-3", AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT FOR ANY APPORTIONMENTS
 PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN,
 SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
 FIFTY,    THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-B, THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED  FIVE  OF
 THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO
 A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  OTHER THAN PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR,
 SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA
 FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER  LISTING  PRODUCED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  SUPPORT  OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST SUBMITTED FOR
 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCES.
   § 19. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
 amended by section 26 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   For  aid  payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school
 year through the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school
 year, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i) the sum  of  one
 hundred  percent  of  the  respective  amount  set forth for each school
 district as payable pursuant to this section in the school aid  computer
 listing  for the current year produced by the commissioner in support of
 the budget which includes the appropriation for the general support  for
 public  schools  for the prescribed payments and individualized payments
 due prior to April first for the current  year  plus  the  apportionment
 payable during the current school year pursuant to subdivision six-a and
 subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this part minus
 any  reductions  to  current  year aids pursuant to subdivision seven of
 section thirty-six hundred four of  this  part  or  any  deduction  from
 apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  this  chapter  for collection of a
 school district basic contribution as defined in  subdivision  eight  of
 section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any grants provided
 pursuant  to  subparagraph  two-a  of paragraph b of subdivision four of
 section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, less any grants  provided
 pursuant  to  subdivision five of section ninety-seven-nnnn of the state
 finance law, less any grants provided pursuant to subdivision twelve  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article, or (ii) the appor-
 tionment  calculated  by  the  commissioner based on data on file at the
 time the payment is processed; provided however, that for  the  purposes
 of  any  payments made pursuant to this section prior to the first busi-
 ness day of June of the  current  year,  moneys  apportioned  shall  not
 include  any  aids payable pursuant to subdivisions six and fourteen, if
 applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of this  part  as  current
 year  aid for debt service on bond anticipation notes and/or bonds first
 issued in the current year or any aids payable for full-day kindergarten
 for the current year pursuant to subdivision nine of section  thirty-six
 hundred  two  of  this part. The definitions of "base year" and "current
 year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred  two
 of  this  part  shall apply to this section. [For aid payable in the two
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 thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year,  reference  to
 such  "school  aid computer listing for the current year" shall mean the
 printouts entitled "SA212-2".] FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, "MONEYS
 APPORTIONED" SHALL MEAN THE SUM OF APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE PLUS
 THE LESSER OF: (1) THE SUM OF ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE  RESPECTIVE
 AMOUNT  SET  FORTH  FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PRODUCED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE  EXECUTIVE  BUDGET  REQUEST  WHICH
 INCLUDES  THE  APPROPRIATION  FOR THE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 FOR THE PRESCRIBED PAYMENTS AND INDIVIDUALIZED  PAYMENTS  DUE  PRIOR  TO
 APRIL  FIRST  FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PLUS THE APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE DURING
 THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX-A  AND  FIFTEEN  OF
 SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS PART MINUS ANY REDUCTIONS TO
 CURRENT YEAR AIDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  FOUR  OF  THIS PART OR ANY DEDUCTION FROM APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE
 PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR  COLLECTION  OF  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BASIC
 CONTRIBUTION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  CHAPTER,  LESS  ANY  GRANTS  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO-A  OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION NINE-
 TY-TWO-C OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-NNNN OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW,
 LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION THIR-
 TY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, LESS  APPORTIONMENTS  PROVIDED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS
 ARTICLE, OR (2) THE APPORTIONMENT CALCULATED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  BASED
 ON  DATA  ON FILE AT THE TIME THE PAYMENT IS PROCESSED, EXCLUDING APPOR-
 TIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 ANY PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRIOR TO THE  FIRST  BUSINESS
 DAY  OF  JUNE  OF THE CURRENT YEAR, MONEYS APPORTIONED SHALL NOT INCLUDE
 ANY AIDS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND FOURTEEN, IF  APPLICA-
 BLE,  OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART AS CURRENT YEAR AID
 FOR DEBT SERVICE ON BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND/OR BONDS FIRST ISSUED IN
 THE CURRENT YEAR OR ANY AIDS PAYABLE FOR FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWO OF THIS PART. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR, REFERENCE TO SUCH "SCHOOL AID COMPUT-
 ER  LISTING  FOR  THE  CURRENT  YEAR"  SHALL MEAN THE PRINTOUTS ENTITLED
 "BT222-3".
   § 20. Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws  of  1992,
 relating  to funding a program for work force education conducted by the
 consortium for worker education in New York city, as amended by  section
 39  of  part  A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with  subdivision
 a  of  this section for the reimbursement for the 2018--2019 school year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,
 reimbursement for the 2019--2020  school  year  shall  not  exceed  57.7
 percent  of  the  lesser  of  such  approvable costs per contact hour or
 fifteen dollars sixty cents per  contact  hour,  reimbursement  for  the
 2020--2021  school  year  shall not exceed 56.9 percent of the lesser of
 such approvable costs per contact hour or sixteen  dollars  and  twenty-
 five  cents  per  contact  hour,  [and] reimbursement for the 2021--2022
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 school year shall not exceed 56.0 percent of the lesser of such approva-
 ble costs per contact hour  or  sixteen  dollars  and  forty  cents  per
 contact hour, AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2022--2023 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT
 EXCEED  55.7  PERCENT OF THE LESSER OF SUCH APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT
 HOUR OR SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AND FIVE CENTS PER CONTACT HOUR, and  where  a
 contact  hour  represents sixty minutes of instruction services provided
 to an eligible adult.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 contrary, for the 2018--2019 school year such contact  hours  shall  not
 exceed  one  million  four  hundred  sixty-three  thousand  nine hundred
 sixty-three (1,463,963); for the 2019--2020  school  year  such  contact
 hours shall not exceed one million four hundred forty-four thousand four
 hundred  forty-four  (1,444,444);  for  the  2020--2021 school year such
 contact hours shall not exceed one million  four  hundred  six  thousand
 nine  hundred  twenty-six  (1,406,926);  [and] for the 2021--2022 school
 year such contact hours  shall  not  exceed  one  million  four  hundred
 sixteen  thousand one hundred twenty-two (1,416,122) ; AND FOR THE 2022-
 -2023 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE MILLION  THREE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-NINE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  (1,369,863).
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  the  appor-
 tionment calculated for the city school district of the city of New York
 pursuant to subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law shall be
 computed  as if such contact hours provided by the consortium for worker
 education, not to exceed the contact hours set forth herein, were eligi-
 ble for aid in accordance with the provisions of such subdivision 11  of
 section 3602 of the education law.
   §  21. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education  in New York city, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion aa to read as follows:
   AA. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION  OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION  SHALL
 WITHHOLD  A  PORTION  OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID DUE TO THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
 TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE  ACCOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($13,000,000).
   §  22. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker education in New York city, as amended by section 41 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6.  This  act  shall  take effect July 1, 1992, and shall be deemed
 repealed on June 30, [2022] 2023.
   § 23. Subdivision 1 of section 167 of chapter 169 of the laws of 1994,
 relating to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state  operations,
 aid to localities, capital projects and debt service budgets, as amended
 by section 33 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1.  Sections  one  through seventy of this act shall be deemed to have
 been in full force and effect as of April  1,  1994  provided,  however,
 that  sections  one,  two,  twenty-four,  twenty-five  and  twenty-seven
 through seventy of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on March
 31, 2000; provided, however, that section twenty of this act shall apply
 only to hearings commenced prior to  September  1,  1994,  and  provided
 further  that  section twenty-six of this act shall expire and be deemed
 repealed on March 31, 1997; and  provided  further  that  sections  four
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 through fourteen, sixteen, and eighteen, nineteen and twenty-one through
 twenty-one-a  of  this  act shall expire and be deemed repealed on March
 31, 1997; and provided further that sections three, fifteen,  seventeen,
 twenty,  twenty-two  and  twenty-three  of  this act shall expire and be
 deemed repealed on March 31, [2022] 2024.
   § 24. Section 12 of chapter 147 of the  laws  of  2001,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to conditional appointment of school district,
 charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 42 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 12. This act shall take effect on the same date as  chapter  180  of
 the laws of 2000 takes effect, and shall expire July 1, [2022] 2023 when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   §  25.  Section  4  of  chapter  425 of the laws of 2002, amending the
 education law relating to  the  provision  of  supplemental  educational
 services,  attendance  at  a  safe  public  school and the suspension of
 pupils who bring a firearm to or possess  a  firearm  at  a  school,  as
 amended  by  section  43 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002 and section one  of  this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2019[, and sections two
 and  three  of  this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on June 30,
 2022].
   § 26. Section 5 of chapter 101 of  the  laws  of  2003,  amending  the
 education law relating to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind
 Act  of  2001,  as  amended by section 44 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately[; provided  that  sections
 one,  two  and  three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on
 June 30, 2022].
   § 27. Section 2 of chapter 552 of  the  laws  of  1995,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to  contracts for the transportation of school
 children, as amended by section 45 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  first  day  of  January  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall remain
 in  full  force  and effect until January 1, [2023] 2028, when upon such
 date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   § 28. School bus driver training. In addition to apportionments other-
 wise provided by section 3602 of the education law, for aid  payable  in
 the  2022-2023  through the 2026-2027 school years, subject to available
 appropriation, the commissioner of education shall allocate  school  bus
 driver  training  grants  to  school districts and boards of cooperative
 educational services pursuant to sections 3650-a, 3650-b and  3650-c  of
 the  education law, or for contracts directly with not-for-profit educa-
 tional organizations for the purposes of  this  section.  Such  payments
 shall  not  exceed  four  hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) per school
 year.
   § 29. Special apportionment for salary  expenses.  a.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of  law,  upon application to the commissioner of
 education, not sooner than the first day of  the  second  full  business
 week  of  June  2023  and  not later than the last day of the third full
 business week of June 2023, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible  to
 receive  an  apportionment pursuant to this section, for the school year
 ending June 30, 2023, for salary expenses incurred between April  1  and
 June 30, 2022 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (i) the
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 deficit  reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus (ii)
 186  percent  of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (iii) 209 percent of
 such amount for a city school district in a city with  a  population  of
 more  than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants accord-
 ing to the latest federal census, plus  (iv)  the  net  gap  elimination
 adjustment  for  2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner of educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (v) the gap elimi-
 nation adjustment for 2011--2012 as determined by  the  commissioner  of
 education  pursuant  to  subdivision 17 of section 3602 of the education
 law, and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed  such
 salary  expenses.  Such  application shall be made by a school district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   b. The claim for an apportionment to be  paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this section shall be submitted to the
 commissioner of education on a form prescribed  for  such  purpose,  and
 shall  be  payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on the same day in September of the school year following  the  year  in
 which  application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph 4
 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c  of  the  state  finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  a  and  b of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of paragraph  a  of  subdivision  1  of  section
 3609-a  of  the education law in the following order: the lottery appor-
 tionment payable pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such  paragraph  followed
 by  the  fixed  fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph 4 of such
 paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the  teachers'
 retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and any
 remainder to be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments  due  the
 district  pursuant  to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be deducted
 on a chronological basis starting with  the  earliest  payment  due  the
 district.
   §  30. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. a.  Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er of education, not later than June 30, 2023, a school district  eligi-
 ble  for  an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law
 shall be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this  section,
 for  the  school  year ending June 30, 2023 and such apportionment shall
 not exceed the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made  by  school
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 districts  in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated with
 changes for such public pension liabilities. The amount  of  such  addi-
 tional  accrual  shall  be certified to the commissioner of education by
 the  president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the case
 of a city school district in a city  with  a  population  in  excess  of
 125,000  inhabitants,  the mayor of such city. Such application shall be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school  district
 in  a  city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   b. The claim for an apportionment to be  paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this section shall be submitted to the
 commissioner of education on a form prescribed  for  such  purpose,  and
 shall  be  payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on the same day in September of the school year following  the  year  in
 which  application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph 4
 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c  of  the  state  finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  a  and  b of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of paragraph  a  of  subdivision  1  of  section
 3609-a  of  the education law in the following order: the lottery appor-
 tionment payable pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such  paragraph  followed
 by  the  fixed  fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph 4 of such
 paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the  teachers'
 retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and any
 remainder to be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments  due  the
 district  pursuant  to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be deducted
 on a chronological basis starting with  the  earliest  payment  due  the
 district.
   §  31.  Section  1950  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8-d to read as follows:
   8-D. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISION OF ANY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION  TO
 THE  CONTRARY,  THE  CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, UPON
 THE CONSENT OF THE BOARD OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  OF  THE
 SUPERVISORY  DISTRICT  SERVING  ITS GEOGRAPHIC REGION, MAY PURCHASE FROM
 SUCH BOARD AS A NON-COMPONENT  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  SERVICES  REQUIRED  BY
 ARTICLE NINETEEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   §  32. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside from
 the state funds which each such district is  receiving  from  the  total
 foundation aid:
   a.  for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools or
 magnet school programs for the 2022--2023  school  year.  For  the  city
 school  district  of  the city of New York there shall be a set-aside of
 foundation aid equal to forty-eight  million  one  hundred  seventy-five
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 thousand  dollars  ($48,175,000) including five hundred thousand dollars
 ($500,000) for the Andrew Jackson High  School;  for  the  Buffalo  city
 school   district,   twenty-one  million  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 ($21,025,000);  for  the Rochester city school district, fifteen million
 dollars ($15,000,000); for the Syracuse city school  district,  thirteen
 million  dollars  ($13,000,000);  for  the Yonkers city school district,
 forty-nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for  the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand  dollars  ($4,645,000);  for the Poughkeepsie city school district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred  ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one  million  eight  hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000); for the Port
 Chester city school district, one million  one  hundred  fifty  thousand
 dollars  ($1,150,000);  for  the White Plains city school district, nine
 hundred thousand dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls  city  school
 district,  six  hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the Albany city
 school district, three  million  five  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars
 ($3,550,000);  for  the  Utica city school district, two million dollars
 ($2,000,000); for the Beacon city school district, five  hundred  sixty-
 six   thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city  school
 district, four hundred thousand dollars  ($400,000);  for  the  Freeport
 union  free  school  district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000);
 for the Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three  hundred  thousand
 dollars  ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district, eight
 hundred thousand dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill  city  school
 district,  two  hundred  thousand dollars ($200,000); and for the Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
   b. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the  contrary,
 a  school  district  setting  aside such foundation aid pursuant to this
 section may use such set-aside  funds  for:  (i)  any  instructional  or
 instructional  support  costs  associated with the operation of a magnet
 school; or (ii) any instructional or instructional support costs associ-
 ated with implementation of an alternative approach to promote diversity
 and/or enhancement of the instructional program and raising of standards
 in elementary and secondary schools of school districts having  substan-
 tial concentrations of minority students.
   c.  The  commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with this paragraph, notwithstanding any inconsistency  with  a  request
 for  proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of attendance
 improvement and dropout prevention for the 2022--2023 school  year,  and
 for  any city school district in a city having a population of more than
 one million,  the  set-aside  for  attendance  improvement  and  dropout
 prevention  shall  equal  the amount set aside in the base year. For the
 2022--2023 school year, it is further  provided  that  any  city  school
 district  in  a  city having a population of more than one million shall
 allocate at least one-third of any increase from  base  year  levels  in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based  organizations.  Any increase required pursuant to this section
 to community-based organizations must  be  in  addition  to  allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   d.  For the purpose of teacher support for the 2022--2023 school year:
 for the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two  million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city
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 school  district,  one  million seven hundred forty-one thousand dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty-six thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers  city  school
 district,   one   million   one  hundred  forty-seven  thousand  dollars
 ($1,147,000); and for the Syracuse city school district,  eight  hundred
 nine  thousand  dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to a school
 district pursuant to this section shall be  distributed  among  teachers
 including  prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational and
 academic subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in  addi-
 tion  to  salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or made available;
 provided, however, that all funds distributed pursuant to  this  section
 for  the  current year shall be deemed to incorporate all funds distrib-
 uted pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the  education
 law  for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are repres-
 ented by certified or  recognized  employee  organizations,  all  salary
 increases  funded  pursuant to this section shall be determined by sepa-
 rate collective negotiations conducted pursuant to  the  provisions  and
 procedures  of  article 14 of the civil service law, notwithstanding the
 existence of a negotiated agreement between  a  school  district  and  a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   §  33.  Support  of  public libraries. The moneys appropriated for the
 support of public libraries by a chapter of the laws  of  2022  enacting
 the  aid  to  localities  budget shall be apportioned for the 2022--2023
 state fiscal year in accordance with the  provisions  of  sections  271,
 272,  273,  282,  284,  and  285  of the education law as amended by the
 provisions of this chapter and the provisions of this section,  provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law  shall  not  be  payable  from the appropriations for the support of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total system or program aid than it received  for  the  year  2001--2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary the moneys
 appropriated for the support of public libraries for the year 2022--2023
 by a chapter of the laws of 2022 enacting the education, labor and fami-
 ly assistance budget shall fulfill the  state's  obligation  to  provide
 such aid and, pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of educa-
 tion  and  approved  by  the  director of the budget, the aid payable to
 libraries and library systems pursuant to such appropriations  shall  be
 reduced  proportionately  to ensure that the total amount of aid payable
 does not exceed the total appropriations for such purpose.
   § 34. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if the application of  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part  of  this  act  to any person or circumstance shall be
 adjudged by any court of competent  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion  of  any  such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or
 part of this act or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to any  other
 person  or  circumstance,  but shall be confined in its operation to the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
 been rendered.
   § 35. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022, provided,
 however, that:
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   1. Sections one, two, seven, eight, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seven-
 teen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thir-
 ty-one, and thirty-two, of this act shall take effect July 1, 2022;
   2.  Sections  three,  four, and five shall take effect immediately and
 shall expire September 30, 2024 when upon such date  the  provisions  of
 such sections shall be deemed repealed; and
   3.  The  amendments  to  chapter  756 of the laws of 1992, relating to
 funding a program for work force education conducted by a consortium for
 worker education in New York city made by sections twenty and twenty-one
 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  chapter  and  shall  be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3638
 to read as follows:
   § 3638. ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.   1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION  "ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL BUS THAT: (A) IS
 PROPELLED BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED  POWER  ELECTRONICS  WHICH
 PROVIDE  ACCELERATION  TORQUE  TO THE DRIVE WHEELS DURING NORMAL VEHICLE
 OPERATIONS; AND (B) DRAWS ELECTRICITY  FROM  A  HYDROGEN  FUEL  CELL  OR
 BATTERY.
   2.  NO  LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, EVERY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL:
   (A) ONLY PURCHASE OR LEASE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES WHEN  PURCHASING
 OR LEASING NEW BUSES; AND
   (B)  INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS IN ANY PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES THAT ANY CONTRACTORS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MUST ONLY PURCHASE OR LEASE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES
 WHEN PURCHASING OR LEASING NEW SCHOOL BUSES.
   3. NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  THIRTY-FIVE,  EVERY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL:
   (A) ONLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES; AND
   (B)  INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS IN ANY PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES THAT ANY CONTRACTORS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MUST  ONLY  OPERATE  ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL  BUSES WHEN
 PROVIDING SUCH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 2. Paragraphs c, d and e of subdivision 2 of section 3623-a  of  the
 education  law,  paragraph  c  as  amended by chapter 453 of the laws of
 2005, paragraph d as added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, and para-
 graph e as amended by section 66 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of
 1997, are amended and a new paragraph f is added to read as follows:
   c. The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district  expense,
 including:  (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and new
 school buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and  new
 school  buses,  (iii) the purchase and installation of seat safety belts
 on school buses in accordance with the provisions of section  thirty-six
 hundred  thirty-five-a  of this article, (iv) the purchase of school bus
 back up beepers, (v) the purchase of school  bus  front  crossing  arms,
 (vi)  the  purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices, (vii) the
 purchase and installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking  on  school
 buses,  (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire extinguishing
 systems for school buses used to transport students who use  wheelchairs
 or  other  assistive  mobility  devices,  and (ix) the purchase of other
 equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner; [and]
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   d. Other transportation capital, debt service and  lease  expense,  as
 approved pursuant to regulations of the commissioner[.];
   e.  Any  approved  cost  of  construction,  reconstruction,  lease  or
 purchase of a transportation storage facility or site in the  amount  of
 ten  thousand dollars or more shall be aidable in accordance with subdi-
 vision six of section thirty-six hundred two of this article  and  shall
 not be aidable as transportation expense[.]; AND
   F.  APPROVED  COSTS  RELATING TO THE LEASE, PURCHASE, CONSTRUCTION, OR
 INSTALLATION OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS ELECTRIC CHARGING  OR  HYDROGEN
 FUELING  STATIONS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, A ZERO-EMISSION
 SCHOOL BUS ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION IS A STATION  THAT  DELIVERS  ELEC-
 TRICITY  FROM  A  SOURCE  OUTSIDE A ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS INTO ONE OR
 MORE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES. AN ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS CHARGING STATION
 MAY INCLUDE SEVERAL  CHARGE  POINTS  SIMULTANEOUSLY  CONNECTING  SEVERAL
 ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL  BUSES  TO  THE  STATION AND ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT
 NEEDED TO FACILITATE CHARGING PLUG-IN ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.
   § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 7 of section  3602  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section  4 of part L of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   e. In determining approved transportation capital,  debt  service  and
 lease expense for aid payable in the two thousand five--two thousand six
 school  year  and  thereafter,  the  commissioner,  after  applying  the
 provisions of paragraph c of this subdivision  to  such  expense,  shall
 establish  an  assumed amortization pursuant to this paragraph to deter-
 mine the approved capital, debt service and lease expense of the  school
 district  that is aidable in the current year, whether or not the school
 district issues debt for such expenditures,  subject  to  any  deduction
 pursuant  to  paragraph d of this subdivision. Such assumed amortization
 shall be for a period of five years, AND FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER SUCH ASSUMED
 AMORTIZATION FOR ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THIR-
 TY-SIX  HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER AND RELATED COSTS PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED  TWENTY-
 THREE-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, and shall
 commence twelve months after the school district enters into a  purchase
 contract[,] OR lease of the school bus, CHARGING STATION, HYDROGEN REFU-
 ELING STATION, or equipment, or a general contract for the construction,
 reconstruction,  lease  or purchase of a transportation storage facility
 or site in an amount less than ten thousand dollars[; except that  where
 expenses  were  incurred  for  the  purchase or lease of a school bus or
 equipment or the construction, reconstruction, lease or  purchase  of  a
 transportation  storage  facility or site prior to July first, two thou-
 sand five and debt service was still outstanding or the lease was  still
 in effect as of such date, the assumed amortization shall commence as of
 July  first,  two thousand five and the period of the amortization shall
 be for a period equal to five years less the number of years, rounded to
 the nearest year, elapsed from the date upon which the  school  district
 first  entered  into such purchase contract or general contract and July
 first, two thousand five, as determined  by  the  commissioner,  or  the
 remaining  term of the lease as of such date]. Such assumed amortization
 shall provide for equal semiannual payments of  principal  and  interest
 based on an assumed interest rate established by the commissioner pursu-
 ant to this paragraph. By the first day of September of the current year
 commencing  with  the  two  thousand five--two thousand six school year,
 each school district shall provide  to  the  commissioner  in  a  format
 prescribed  by  the  commissioner  such  information as the commissioner
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 shall require for all capital debt  incurred  by  such  school  district
 during  the  preceding  school  year  for expenses allowable pursuant to
 subdivision two of section thirty-six  hundred  twenty-three-a  of  this
 article.   Based  on  such  reported  amortizations  and  a  methodology
 prescribed by the commissioner in regulations,  the  commissioner  shall
 compute  an  assumed  interest  rate that shall equal the average of the
 interest rates applied to all such  debt  issued  during  the  preceding
 school  year.  The  assumed  interest rate shall be the interest rate of
 each such school  district  applicable  to  the  current  year  for  the
 purposes  of  this paragraph and shall be expressed as a decimal to five
 places rounded to the nearest eighth of one-one hundredth.
   § 4. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section  3623-a
 of  the  education  law, as added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (7) fuel, oil, tires,  chains,  maintenance  and  repairs  for  school
 buses,  PROVIDED  THAT  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, FUEL SHALL INCLUDE
 ELECTRICITY USED TO CHARGE OR  HYDROGEN  USED  TO  REFUEL  ZERO-EMISSION
 SCHOOL  BUSES  FOR  THE  AIDABLE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS, BUT SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE ELECTRICITY OR HYDROGEN USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
   § 5. Clause (a) of subdivision 29 of paragraph a of section  11.00  of
 the  local  finance  law,  as amended by section 2 of chapter 300 of the
 laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) a passenger vehicle, other than a ZERO-EMISSION school bus, having
 a seating capacity of less than ten persons,
   § 6. Subdivision 21-a of section 1604 of the education law,  as  added
 by chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   21-a.  To  lease a motor vehicle or vehicles to be used for the trans-
 portation of the children of the district from a school district,  board
 of  cooperative  educational services or county vocational education and
 extension board or from any other source, under the conditions specified
 in this subdivision. No such agreement for the lease of a motor  vehicle
 or  vehicles  shall be for a term of more than one school year, provided
 that when authorized by a vote of the qualified voters of  the  district
 such  lease  may  have  a term of up to five years, OR TEN YEARS FOR THE
 LEASE OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.  Where the trustee or board of
 trustees enter into a lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles  pursuant  to
 this  subdivision for a term of one school year or less, such trustee or
 board shall not be authorized to enter into another lease for  the  same
 or  an  equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as determined by the
 commissioner, without obtaining approval of the qualified voters of  the
 school district.
   §  7.  Paragraph  i of subdivision 25 of section 1709 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   i.  In addition to the authority granted in paragraph e of this subdi-
 vision, the board of education shall be  authorized  to  lease  a  motor
 vehicle or vehicles to be used for the transportation of the children of
 the district from sources other than a school district, board of cooper-
 ative  educational services or county vocational education and extension
 board under the conditions specified in this paragraph. No  such  agree-
 ment for the lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles shall be for a term of
 more  than  one  school year, provided that when authorized by a vote of
 the qualified voters of the district such lease may have a term of up to
 five years, OR TEN YEARS FOR THE LEASE OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
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 Where the board of education enters a lease of a motor vehicle or  vehi-
 cles  pursuant  to this paragraph for a term of one school year or less,
 such board shall not be authorized to enter into another  lease  of  the
 same  or an equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as determined by
 the commissioner, without obtaining approval of the voters.
   § 8. Subdivision 29-a of paragraph a of section  11.00  of  the  local
 finance  law, as added by section 1 of part BB of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   29-a. Transit motor vehicles. The purchase of municipally owned  omni-
 bus  or similar surface transit motor vehicles OR A ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL
 BUS OWNED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFINED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A POPULATION OF
 MORE  THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND INHABITANTS, OR BOARD OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, ten years.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3001  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  658  of  the  laws  of 2002, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Not in possession of a teacher's certificate  OR  TEMPORARY  PERMIT
 issued  under  the  authority of this chapter or a diploma issued on the
 completion of a course in state college for teachers or  state  teachers
 college of this state.
   The  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall not prohibit a certified
 teacher from permitting a practice  or  cadet  teacher  enrolled  in  an
 approved  teacher  education  program  from teaching a class without the
 presence of the certified teacher in the classroom provided  the  class-
 room certified teacher is available at all times and retains supervision
 of the practice or cadet teacher. The number of certified teachers shall
 not be diminished by reason of the presence of cadet teachers.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e to
 read as follows:
   § 3001-E. TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL  PERMIT;  APPLICANT  PENDING  CERTIF-
 ICATE.  UPON SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF A COMPLETED APPLICATION AND
 DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY TO DEMONSTRATE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN
 A  TEACHER'S  CERTIFICATE  OR OTHER SCHOOL PROFESSION CERTIFICATE ISSUED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE, AND THE APPLICANT'S WRITTEN ATTESTATION UNDER PENAL-
 TY OF PERJURY THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL REQUIREMENTS  OF  OBTAINING
 SUCH CERTIFICATE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE TO SUCH APPLICANT, WITHIN
 FIVE  BUSINESS  DAYS OF THE APPLICATION'S SUBMISSION, A TEMPORARY PERMIT
 VALIDATING HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT IN A TEACHING CAPACITY OR OTHER PROFES-
 SIONAL CAPACITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.
 SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE IN A FORM REQUIRED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.    A
 TEMPORARY  PERMIT  SHALL EXPIRE ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE, OR UPON
 ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR  UPON  NOTICE  TO  THE
 APPLICANT  BY  THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE HAS
 BEEN DENIED, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST.  THE  HOLDER  OF  A  TEMPORARY
 PERMIT  SHALL  BE  EMPLOYED IN A TEACHING CAPACITY OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL
 CAPACITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL ONLY UNDER  THE  SUPER-
 VISION  AND  MENTORSHIP OF A PROFESSIONAL HOLDING A PERMANENT OR PROFES-
 SIONAL CERTIFICATE IN THE SAME PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE AND EMPLOYED
 IN THE SAME SCHOOL BUILDING, AND WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF  THE  EMPLOYING
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
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   §  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-f to
 read as follows:
   §  3001-F.  EMPLOYMENT  OF  INDIVIDUALS  HOLDING EXPIRED CERTIFICATES.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, REGULATION, OR RULE  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  AN INDIVIDUAL HOLDING A CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE
 WHICH HAS EXPIRED, AND WHO HAS REMAINED OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO HOLD SUCH
 CERTIFICATE, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO BE EMPLOYED IN A  TEACHING  CAPACITY
 OR  OTHER PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE AND AS ALLOWED UNDER
 THEIR EXPIRED CERTIFICATE, IN THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS  OF  THE  STATE  UPON
 NOTIFICATION  TO  THE COMMISSIONER AND PAYMENT OF THE APPLICABLE CERTIF-
 ICATE FEE. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL  BE  IN  A  FORM  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT THE
 COMMISSIONER  FROM  TAKING  ANY  INVESTIGATORY OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AS
 AUTHORIZED UNDER LAW.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 3006 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
   F.  A  TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL PERMIT AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION THREE
 THOUSAND ONE-E OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law;  provided, however, that section three of this act
 shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2024. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 4-b of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law, as added by section 1 of part GG of chapter 56
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (4-b) [(i)] In state fiscal year two thousand twenty-two--two thousand
 twenty-three AND THEREAFTER, the state shall appropriate and make avail-
 able  general  fund  operating  support  in  the amount of [thirty-three
 percent of] the  tuition  credit  calculated  pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred  eighty-nine-a of this chapter [for the two thousand twenty-two-
 -two thousand twenty-three academic year.
   (ii) In state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-three--two  thousand
 twenty-four, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund
 operating  support  in  the amount of sixty-seven percent of the tuition
 credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of  this
 chapter  for  the  two  thousand  twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
 academic year.
   (iii) Beginning in state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-four--two
 thousand  twenty-five  and  thereafter,  the state shall appropriate and
 make available general fund operating  support  in  the  amount  of  the
 tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a
 of this chapter] annually.
   § 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law, as added by section 2 of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (f)  [(i)]  In state fiscal year two thousand twenty-two--two thousand
 twenty-three AND THEREAFTER, the state shall appropriate and make avail-
 able general fund operating  support  in  the  amount  of  [thirty-three
 percent  of]  the  tuition  credit  calculated  pursuant  to section six
 hundred eighty-nine-a of this chapter [for the two thousand  twenty-two-
 -two thousand twenty-three academic year.
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   (ii)  In  state  fiscal  year  two thousand twenty-three--two thousand
 twenty-four, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund
 operating support in the amount of sixty-seven percent  of  the  tuition
 credit  calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this
 chapter  for  the  two  thousand  twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
 academic year.
   (iii) Beginning in state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-four--two
 thousand  twenty-five  and  thereafter,  the state shall appropriate and
 make available general fund operating  support  in  the  amount  of  the
 tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a
 of this chapter] annually.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section 1. Section 667-c of the education law, as added by  section  1
 of  part  N  of  chapter  58  of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 667-c. Part-time tuition assistance program awards. 1. Notwithstand-
 ing any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the  president  of  the
 higher  education  services  corporation  is  authorized to make tuition
 assistance program awards to:
   A. part-time students enrolled at the state  university,  a  community
 college,  the  city  university of New York, and a non-profit college or
 university incorporated by the regents or by the  legislature  who  meet
 all  requirements  for  tuition assistance program awards except for the
 students' part-time attendance; OR
   B. STUDENTS ENROLLED PART-TIME AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN A  NON-DEGREE
 WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE EMPIRE STATE
 DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION AND THE NEW YORK STATE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVEL-
 OPMENT COUNCILS BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL INDUSTRY TRENDS,  WORK-
 FORCE NEEDS AND EXISTING PROGRAM OFFERINGS.
   2. For purposes of this section[, a part-time student is one who]:
   a.  FOR  STUDENTS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, A PART-TIME STUDENT IS ONE WHO: (I) enrolled  as  a  first-time
 freshman  during  the two thousand six--two thousand seven academic year
 or thereafter at a college or university within  the  state  university,
 including  a  statutory  or contract college, a community college estab-
 lished pursuant to article one hundred twenty-six of this  chapter,  the
 city  university  of  New  York,  or  a non-profit college or university
 incorporated by the regents or by the legislature;
   [b. has earned at least twelve credits  in  each  of  two  consecutive
 semesters at one of the institutions named in paragraph a of this subdi-
 vision by the time of the awards;
   c.]  (II)  is  enrolled for at least six but less than twelve semester
 hours, or the equivalent, per  semester  in  an  approved  undergraduate
 degree program; and
   [d.] (III) has a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00.
   B.  FOR  STUDENTS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, A PART-TIME STUDENT IS ONE WHO: (I) MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS  FOR
 TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARDS  EXCEPT FOR THE STUDENT'S PART-TIME
 ATTENDANCE AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT  ARE  INCONSISTENT  WITH  THE
 STUDENT'S ENROLLMENT IN A NON-DEGREE PROGRAM; AND
   (II)  IS  ENROLLED  IN  AN  APPROVED  NON-DEGREE  WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL
 PROGRAM AT A COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
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   3.  a. For part-time students defined in this section, the award shall
 be calculated as provided in section six  hundred  sixty-seven  of  this
 article and shall be in an amount equal to the enrollment factor percent
 of  the  award  the  student would have been eligible for if the student
 were  enrolled  full-time. [The] FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  enrollment  factor
 percent is the percentage obtained by dividing the number of credits the
 student  is  enrolled  in,  as certified by the school, by the number of
 credits required for full-time study in the semester, quarter or term as
 defined by the commissioner.  FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS  DEFINED  IN  PARA-
 GRAPH  B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR SHALL
 BE CALCULATED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE  HIGHER  EDUCA-
 TION SERVICES CORPORATION.
   b. [Any] (I) FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVI-
 SION  ONE  OF  THIS SECTION, ANY semester, quarter or term of attendance
 during which a student receives an award pursuant to this section  shall
 be  counted  as  the enrollment factor percent of a semester, quarter or
 term toward the maximum  term  of  eligibility  for  tuition  assistance
 awards  pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven of this article. The
 total period of study for which payment may be made shall not exceed the
 equivalent of the maximum period authorized for that award.
   (II) FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B  OF  SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF THIS SECTION, THE TOTAL PERIOD OF STUDY FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY BE
 MADE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE EQUIVALENT OF THE  MAXIMUM  PERIOD  AUTHORIZED
 FOR THE NON-DEGREE WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (v)  of  paragraph  b-1 of subdivision 4 of
 section 661 of the education law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph b-1 of subdivision 4 of
 section 661 of the education  law, as added by section 1 of  part  Z  of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (iii) does not maintain good academic standing pursuant to paragraph c
 of  subdivision  six  of section six hundred sixty-five of this subpart,
 and if there is  no  applicable  existing  academic  standards  schedule
 pursuant to such subdivision, then such recipient shall be placed on the
 academic  standards  schedule applicable to students enrolled in a four-
 year or five-year undergraduate program; OR
   (iv) is in default in the repayment of any state  or  federal  student
 loan,  has  failed  to  comply  with  the terms of any service condition
 imposed by an academic performance award made pursuant to this  article,
 or has failed to make a refund of any award[; or].
   §  3. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the education law
 is REPEALED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G

   Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 669-h of the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Amount. Within amounts appropriated therefor and  based  on  avail-
 ability  of  funds, awards shall be granted beginning with the two thou-
 sand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year  and  thereafter  to
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 applicants  that  the corporation has determined are eligible to receive
 such awards. The corporation shall grant such awards in an amount up  to
 five thousand five hundred dollars or actual tuition, whichever is less;
 provided,  however, (a) a student who receives educational grants and/or
 scholarships that cover the student's full cost of attendance shall  not
 be eligible for an award under this program; and (b) an award under this
 program  shall  be  applied to tuition after the application of payments
 received under the tuition assistance program pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred sixty-seven of this subpart, tuition credits pursuant to section
 six  hundred  eighty-nine-a of this article, federal Pell grant pursuant
 to section one thousand seventy of title twenty  of  the  United  States
 code,  et seq., and any other program that covers the cost of attendance
 unless exclusively for non-tuition expenses, and the  award  under  this
 program  shall be reduced in the amount equal to such payments, provided
 that the combined benefits do not  exceed  five  thousand  five  hundred
 dollars.  Upon notification of an award under this program, the institu-
 tion shall defer the amount of tuition. Notwithstanding paragraph  h  of
 subdivision two of section three hundred fifty-five and paragraph (a) of
 subdivision  seven of section six thousand two hundred six of this chap-
 ter, and any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  the  under-
 graduate  tuition  charged  by the institution to recipients of an award
 shall not exceed the tuition rate established by the institution for the
 two thousand sixteen--two thousand  seventeen  academic  year  provided,
 however,  that  in the two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-TWO--two thou-
 sand [twenty-four] TWENTY-THREE academic year and every year thereafter,
 the undergraduate tuition charged by the institution to recipients of an
 award shall be reset to equal the tuition rate established by the insti-
 tution for the forthcoming academic  year,  provided  further  that  the
 tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a
 of this article shall be applied toward the  tuition  rate  charged  for
 recipients  of  an  award under this program.  Provided further that the
 state university of New York and the city university of New  York  shall
 provide  an  additional tuition credit to students receiving an award to
 cover the remaining cost of tuition.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 695-b of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  535  of  the  laws  of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. "Eligible educational institution" shall mean (A)  any  institution
 of  higher  education  defined as an eligible educational institution in
 section 529(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as  amended,  OR
 (B)  ANY  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM  DESCRIBED IN SECTION 529(C)(8) OF THE
 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  article  13-C
 to read as follows:
 
                               ARTICLE 13-C
                    STUDENT DEBT; PROHIBITED PRACTICES
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 SECTION 640. STUDENT DEBT; PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
   §  640.  STUDENT  DEBT;  PROHIBITED  PRACTICES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION,  NO  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION,  INCLUDING  COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
 OFFERING CAREER EDUCATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 SHALL:
   (A)  WITHHOLD  A STUDENT'S TRANSCRIPT FOR FAILURE TO PAY PAST OR PRES-
 ENTLY DUE TUITION;
   (B) CONDITION THE RECEIPT OF A TRANSCRIPT OR OF CREDIT OR OTHER  OFFI-
 CIAL  RECOGNITION  FOR WORK COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY ON THE PAYMENT OF A
 DEBT, OTHER THAN THE CONDITION OF A FEE CHARGED  TO  PROVIDE  THE  TRAN-
 SCRIPT;
   (C)  CHARGE  A  HIGHER FEE FOR OBTAINING A TRANSCRIPT, OR PROVIDE LESS
 FAVORABLE TREATMENT OF A TRANSCRIPT REQUEST BECAUSE  A  STUDENT  OWES  A
 DEBT; OR
   (D) USE TRANSCRIPT ISSUANCE AS A TOOL FOR DEBT COLLECTION.
   2.   THE COMMISSIONER OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MAY,
 AFTER NOTICE AND HEARING, ENJOIN SUCH TRANSCRIPT  WITHHOLDING  PRACTICES
 AND  REQUIRE  ANY  COLLEGE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS ARTICLE OR THE RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED HEREUNDER TO PAY TO
 THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE A PENALTY   OF FIVE HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH
 VIOLATION.
   3. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHT OF ACTION GRANTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OR THE
 SUPERINTENDENT  OF  FINANCIAL  SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION, ANY
 PERSON WHO HAS BEEN INJURED BY REASON OF ANY VIOLATION OF  THIS  SECTION
 MAY  BRING  AN  ACTION  IN THEIR OWN NAME TO ENJOIN SUCH UNLAWFUL ACT OR
 PRACTICE. THE COURT MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, AWARD REASONABLE  ATTORNEY'S
 FEES TO THE PREVAILING PLAINTIFF.
   4.  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  PENALTIES  IMPOSED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION, A
 VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION  OF  THE  LAWS
 AND  RULES  GOVERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AWARD PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGHER  EDUCA-
 TION  SERVICES  CORPORATION  MAY  SUSPEND,  LIMIT OR TERMINATE AN INSTI-
 TUTION'S PARTICIPATION IN STATE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL AID  PROGRAMS
 UNDER SUCH ARTICLE.
   5.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL LIMIT ANY STATUTORY OR COMMON LAW
 RIGHT OF ANY PERSON TO BRING ANY ACTION IN ANY COURT FOR ANY ACT, OR THE
 RIGHT OF THE STATE TO PUNISH ANY PERSON FOR ANY VIOLATION OF LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 210-d
 to read as follows:
   § 210-D. REGISTRATION OF CURRICULA. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY  NEW  CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM OF STUDY
 OFFERED BY ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE OR  UNIVERSITY  CHARTERED  BY  THE
 REGENTS  OR INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT DOES NOT
 REQUIRE A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 SEVEN OF THIS PART, OR CHARTER AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 SIXTEEN  OF  THIS  PART,  OR LEAD TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE; AND THAT IS
 APPROVED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE CITY  UNIVERSITY
 BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES, OR THE TRUSTEES OR GOVERNING BODY OF ANY OTHER NOT-
 FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CHARTERED BY THE REGENTS WHICH (1)  HAS
 MAINTAINED  A  PHYSICAL  PRESENCE  IN NEW YORK STATE FOR THE IMMEDIATELY
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 PRECEDING TEN YEARS AND HAS  BEEN  OPERATED  CONTINUOUSLY  BY  THE  SAME
 GOVERNING BODY DURING THE SAME IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TEN YEAR PERIOD AND
 (2)  IS  ACCREDITED  AND  HAS  CONTINUED  IN ACCREDITATION BY THE MIDDLE
 STATES  COMMISSION  ON  HIGHER EDUCATION ("MSCHE") OR THE DEPARTMENT FOR
 THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TEN YEARS,  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  AUTHORIZED  FOR
 TEMPORARY  OPERATION  PENDING  PROGRAM  APPROVAL  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS AFTER
 CERTIFICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SUBMISSION OF A COMPLETED APPLICATION
 FOR PROGRAM APPROVAL. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "AUTHORIZED FOR TEMPORARY
 OPERATION PENDING PROGRAM APPROVAL" MEANS A COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  MAY
 OPERATE  THE CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM OF STUDY ON A CONTINGENT BASIS DURING
 THE REMAINDER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM REVIEW PROCESS, INCLUDING  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED TO ACCEPTING ADMISSION OF STUDENTS INTO THE PROGRAM, CHARG-
 ING APPLICABLE TUITION AND FEES, AND PROVIDING THE EDUCATIONAL  PROGRAM-
 MING TO STUDENTS.  ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OPERATING A PROGRAM AUTHOR-
 IZED FOR TEMPORARY OPERATION PENDING PROGRAM APPROVAL MUST DISCLOSE THIS
 STATUS AND ITS MEANING TO POTENTIAL STUDENTS IN WRITING. IF THE ACADEMIC
 PROGRAM BEING OPERATED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS IS ULTIMATELY DISAPPROVED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OPERATING SUCH PROGRAM SHALL
 IMMEDIATELY CEASE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM AND REFUND ALL MONIES PAID BY
 STUDENTS TO ATTEND SUCH PROGRAMS. IF THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IS PLACED
 ON PROBATION OR HAS ITS ACCREDITATION TERMINATED BY MSCHE, SUCH  COLLEGE
 OR  UNIVERSITY  SHALL NOTIFY THE REGENTS IN WRITING NO LATER THAN THIRTY
 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE  OF  ITS  PROBATIONARY  STATUS  OR  LOSS  OF
 ACCREDITATION  BY  THE  MSCHE.  ANY  COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WHICH HAS ITS
 ACCREDITATION PLACED ON PROBATION OR TERMINATED  BY  THE  MSCHE  OR  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S PROGRAM APPROVAL AND
 MAY NOT OPERATE A CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM OF STUDY UNDER THE AUTHORITY  OF
 THIS  SECTION  UNTIL  IT  HAS  BEEN  REMOVED  FROM PROBATION OR REGAINED
 ACCREDITATION BY MSCHE OR THE DEPARTMENT, AND SHALL  FURTHER  REMAIN  SO
 RESTRICTED  UNTIL IT HAS CONTINUED WITHOUT PROBATION FOR A PERIOD OF NOT
 LESS THAN SIX YEARS. IF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY SUBJECT TO THIS  SECTION
 INTENDS  TO  OFFER  OR  INSTITUTE  AN ADDITIONAL DEGREE OR PROGRAM WHICH
 CONSTITUTES A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, AS DEFINED AND  DETERMINED  BY  MSCHE,
 THEN  THE  COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  SHALL  PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONER WITH
 COPIES OF ANY REPORTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH  MSCHE  AS  PART  OF
 MSCHE'S  SUBSTANTIVE  CHANGE REVIEW PROCESS AND SHALL INFORM THE COMMIS-
 SIONER WHEN THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IS  APPROVED.  ANY  SUCH  COLLEGE  OR
 UNIVERSITY  THAT  DOES NOT SATISFY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE REGENTS
 AND COMMISSIONER FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAM APPROVAL. NOTHING IN THIS  SECTION
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE DEPARTMENT'S EXISTING AUTHORITY TO INVESTI-
 GATE  A  COMPLAINT  CONCERNING  THE INSTITUTION, OR ANY PROGRAM OFFERED,
 INCLUDING THE AUTHORITY TO DEREGISTER THE PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART K

   Section 1. Section 1503 of the business corporation law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED  TO  LAWFULLY  ENGAGE  IN  THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY-NINE  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE
 FIRM,  IN  TERMS  OF  FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE
 FIRM'S OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  PUBLIC
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 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME  STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF A PROFES-
 SIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN  THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE,  HOLD  A  VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED
 FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST"  MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS  OF  A  BUSINESS
 ENTITY.    ALTHOUGH  FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND
 ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM INCORPORATED UNDER THIS
 SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE
 WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"
 OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM
 THAT  IS  INCORPORATED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE A NATURAL PERSON WHO
 ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF  THE  FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS
 TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN
 THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.  SUCH  A  FIRM  SHALL
 HAVE  ATTACHED  TO  ITS  CERTIFICATE  OF  INCORPORATION A CERTIFICATE OR
 CERTIFICATES DEMONSTRATING THE FIRM'S COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, IN
 LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 1507 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING  AS
 A  PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ISSUE  SHARES  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 WHO ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE THE PROFESSION WHICH
 SUCH  CORPORATION  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE AND WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN
 ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFESSION  IN  SUCH  CORPORATION  OR  A
 PREDECESSOR  ENTITY,  OR WHO WILL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFES-
 SION IN SUCH CORPORATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH SHARES  ARE
 ISSUED  AND  MAY  ALSO  ISSUE SHARES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION NOT
 LICENSED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR OFFICERS ARE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS.
 NO  SHAREHOLDER OF A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  ENTER  INTO  A
 VOTING  TRUST AGREEMENT, PROXY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT VESTING IN
 ANOTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN ANOTHER SHAREHOLDER OF THE SAME  CORPORATION,
 THE  AUTHORITY  TO  EXERCISE  VOTING  POWER  OF ANY OR ALL OF HIS OR HER
 SHARES. ALL  SHARES  ISSUED,  AGREEMENTS  MADE  OR  PROXIES  GRANTED  IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID.
   § 3. Section 1508 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  THE  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSI-
 NESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING  AS  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE  MAY  INCLUDE  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
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 ACCOUNTANCY, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT AT LEAST  FIFTY-ONE  PERCENT  OF  THE
 DIRECTORS, AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS AND THE PRESIDENT,
 THE  CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFI-
 CER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW TO PRACTICE IN ANY STATE THE
 PROFESSION WHICH SUCH CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE,  AND  ARE
 EITHER  SHAREHOLDERS  OF  SUCH CORPORATION OR ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF
 THEIR PROFESSIONS IN SUCH CORPORATION.
   § 4. Section 1509 of the business corporation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 § 1509. Disqualification  of  shareholders,  directors,   officers   and
           employees.
   If  any  shareholder,  director, officer or employee of a professional
 service corporation, including  a  design  professional  service  corpo-
 ration,  who  has  been  rendering  professional  service  to the public
 becomes legally disqualified to practice his OR  HER  profession  within
 this  state,  he  OR  SHE shall sever all employment with, and financial
 interests (other than interests as  a  creditor)  in,  such  corporation
 forthwith  or as otherwise provided in section 1510 of this article. All
 provisions of law regulating the rendering of professional services by a
 person elected or appointed to a public office shall be applicable to  a
 shareholder,  director,  officer and employee of such corporation in the
 same manner and to the same extent as if fully set  forth  herein.  Such
 legal  disqualification  to  practice  his OR HER profession within this
 state shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer by the disqual-
 ified shareholder to sell his OR HER shares to the corporation, pursuant
 to the provisions of section 1510 of this article or of the  certificate
 of  incorporation,  by-laws  or  agreement among the corporation and all
 shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms of such
 offer shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this  state.  A
 professional  service  corporation's  failure to enforce compliance with
 this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture of  its  certif-
 icate of incorporation and its dissolution.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of section 1511 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new para-
 graph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No shareholder of a professional service corporation [or], INCLUD-
 ING a design professional service corporation, may sell or transfer  his
 OR  HER  shares  in such corporation except to another individual who is
 eligible to have shares issued to him OR  HER  by  such  corporation  or
 except  in  trust to another individual who would be eligible to receive
 shares if he OR SHE were employed by  the  corporation.  Nothing  herein
 contained shall be construed to prohibit the transfer of shares by oper-
 ation  of  law or by court decree.  No transferee of shares by operation
 of law or court decree may vote the shares for  any  purpose  whatsoever
 except  with  respect to corporate action under sections 909 and 1001 of
 this chapter. The restriction in the preceding sentence shall not apply,
 however, where such transferee would be eligible to have  shares  issued
 to  him  OR HER if he OR SHE were an employee of the corporation and, if
 there are other shareholders, a  majority  of  such  other  shareholders
 shall fail to redeem the shares so transferred, pursuant to section 1510
 of  this  article, within sixty days of receiving written notice of such
 transfer. Any sale or transfer, except by  operation  of  law  or  court
 decree  or  except for a corporation having only one shareholder, may be
 made only after the same shall have been approved by the board of direc-
 tors, or at a shareholders' meeting specially called for such purpose by
 such proportion, not less than a majority, of the outstanding shares  as
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 may be provided in the certificate of incorporation or in the by-laws of
 such professional service corporation. At such shareholders' meeting the
 shares  held by the shareholder proposing to sell or transfer his OR HER
 shares  may  not  be voted or counted for any purpose, unless all share-
 holders consent that such shares be voted or counted. The certificate of
 incorporation or the by-laws of the professional service corporation, or
 the professional service corporation and  the  shareholders  by  private
 agreement,  may  provide,  in  lieu  of  or in addition to the foregoing
 provisions, for the alienation of shares and may require the  redemption
 or purchase of such shares by such corporation at prices and in a manner
 specifically set forth therein. The existence of the restrictions on the
 sale  or transfer of shares, as contained in this article and, if appli-
 cable, in the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, stock  purchase  or
 stock  redemption agreement, shall be noted conspicuously on the face or
 back of every certificate for shares issued by  a  professional  service
 corporation.  Any  sale  or  transfer  in violation of such restrictions
 shall be void.
   (C) A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS  A
 PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE,  SHALL  PURCHASE  OR  REDEEM  THE
 SHARES  OF A NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDER IN THE CASE OF HIS OR
 HER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION.
 A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR  THE  BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A
 PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE
 OR REDEEM THE SHARES OF A TERMINATED  NON-LICENSED  PROFESSIONAL  SHARE-
 HOLDER  IF  SUCH  SHARES, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION, ARE
 SOLD OR TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 6. Section 1514 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) EACH FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A  PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE  EVERY  THREE
 YEARS  ON  OR  BEFORE  THE  DATE  PRESCRIBED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY,
 FURNISH A STATEMENT TO THE LICENSING AUTHORITY  LISTING  THE  NAMES  AND
 RESIDENCE  ADDRESSES  OF  EACH SHAREHOLDER, DIRECTOR AND OFFICER OF SUCH
 CORPORATION AND CERTIFY AS THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION AND  AT  ALL  TIMES
 OVER THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT:
   (I)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF STOCK OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE AND WERE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE AND  WERE  CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE AND WERE CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV) THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND  THE
 CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AND  WERE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS.
 THE STATEMENT SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OR ANY  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT  VICE-PRESIDENT  AND  ATTESTED  TO  BY  THE  SECRETARY OR ANY
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.
   § 7. Paragraph (d) of section 1525 of the business corporation law, as
 added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Foreign professional service corporation"  means  a  professional
 service corporation, whether or not denominated as such, organized under
 the  laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, all of the sharehold-
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 ers, directors and officers of which  are  authorized  and  licensed  to
 practice  the  profession  for  which such corporation is licensed to do
 business; except that all shareholders,  directors  and  officers  of  a
 foreign  professional service corporation which provides health services
 in this state shall be licensed in this state.  A  FOREIGN  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  CORPORATION FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE  IS  DEFINED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED
 FORTY-NINE  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  OR  EQUIVALENT STATE LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE
 FIRM,  IN  TERMS  OF  FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE
 FIRM'S OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME  STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF A FOREIGN
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE, HOLD A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  FOUR  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL  ACCOUNTS,  CAPITAL
 CONTRIBUTIONS,  CAPITAL  INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS
 OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,
 THE  FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE
 BOARD OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM  REGISTERED
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME
 INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE  ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE
 OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS OPERATING UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE A  NATURAL
 PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS
 AFFILIATED ENTITIES, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY  INTER-
 EST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE
 BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  8.  Subdivision  (q) of section 121-1500 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide medical services in this state must be licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state and
 each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle  133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  Each
 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to  provide
 veterinary  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this  state.
 EACH  PARTNER  OF  A  REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE  OF  BUSINESS
 IS  IN  THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. Each partner of a registered limited  liabil-
 ity partnership formed to provide professional engineering, land survey-
 ing,  geological  services, architectural and/or landscape architectural
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 145, article
 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice one or  more  of
 such  professions  in  this  state. Each partner of a registered limited
 liability partnership formed to provide licensed  clinical  social  work
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the
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 education law to practice clinical social work in this state. Each part-
 ner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to  provide
 creative  arts  therapy services in this state must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide marriage and family therapy  services  in  this  state
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered limited liability partnership  formed  to  provide  mental  health
 counseling  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in
 this state. Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership
 formed  to  provide applied behavior analysis service in this state must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state.  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY
 PARTNERSHIP  FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUN-
 TANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE  MAJORITY  OF
 THE  OWNERSHIP  OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING
 RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO
 PRACTICE  PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS OF
 A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS  IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS  STATE,  HOLD  A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 "FINANCIAL  INTEREST"  MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL
 CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN  UNDISTRIBUTED  EARNINGS
 OF  A  BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS,
 THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE  STATE
 BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER
 THIS  SECTION  MAY  NOT  HAVE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE FIRM'S NAME
 INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER
 OF  A  FIRM  THAT  IS  FORMED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS  OF  THE  FIRM  OR  ITS
 AFFILIATED  ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A
 PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL  OWNER
 OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE  FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS
 TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN
 THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  9.  Subdivision  (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each  partner  of  a  foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides medical services in this state must  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131  of the education law to practice medicine in the state and
 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership  which  provides
 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service
 in the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the  education
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 law  to  practice  veterinary  medicine in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign limited liability partnership which provides professional  engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape  architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148  of  the  education  law  to
 practice  one  or  more of such professions.   EACH PARTNER OF A FOREIGN
 REGISTERED  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO  PROVIDE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE
 AND  WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  IN
 THIS  STATE.  Each  partner  of  a foreign limited liability partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. Each partner of a foreign
 limited liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts  therapy
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice creative arts  therapy  in  this  state.  Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of
 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied  behavior
 analysis  services  in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant
 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior  analy-
 sis  in  this state.   A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH  PRACTICE
 IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (1)  THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS OF A FOREIGN LIMIT-
 ED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS  IS  IN  THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE,  HOLD  A  VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED
 FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST"  MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS  OF  A  BUSINESS
 ENTITY.    ALTHOUGH  FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND
 ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 REGENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS
 SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE
 WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"
 OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM
 THAT  IS  FORMED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO
 ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF  THE  FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP
 OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY
 INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN
 THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY  THE  FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE"  MEANS  TO  PROVIDE
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 SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  10.  Subdivision  (h) of section 121-101 of the partnership law, as
 added by chapter 950 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) "Limited partnership" and  "domestic  limited  partnership"  mean,
 unless  the  context otherwise requires, a partnership (i) formed by two
 or more persons pursuant to this article or which complies with subdivi-
 sion (a) of section 121-1202 of this article and (ii) having one or more
 general partners and one or more limited partners.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISIONS OF LAW A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC LIMITED PART-
 NERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A  SIMPLE  MAJORITY  OF  THE
 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND  VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS,
 BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME
 STATE,  AND  (2)  THAT ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC
 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED  FOUR  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION
 SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW.  ALTHOUGH  FIRMS  MAY
 INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH
 RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 FOREGOING,  A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICEN-
 SEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S  NAME  INCLUDES  THE  WORDS  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT,"  OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS
 "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM  THAT  IS  REGISTERED
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTIC-
 IPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN
 ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  A  PARTNERSHIP  OR  PROFESSIONAL
 CORPORATION,  PROVIDED  EACH  BENEFICIAL  OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN
 SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN  THE  BUSI-
 NESS  CONDUCTED  BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES  TO
 CLIENTS  OR  TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 11. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  With  respect to a professional service limited liability company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 131 of the education law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a professional service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide dental services as such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  133
 of  the  education law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect
 to a professional service limited liability company  formed  to  provide
 veterinary  services  as such services are defined in article 135 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary  medicine  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  professional  engineering,
 land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological
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 services  as  such  services are defined in article 145, article 147 and
 article 148 of the education law, each member of such limited  liability
 company  must  be  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or
 article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
 professions in this state.   WITH  RESPECT  TO  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES
 AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  EACH
 MEMBER  OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST
 BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  TO  PRACTICE
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a professional service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide licensed clinical social
 work services as such services are defined in article 154 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company shall be
 licensed pursuant to article  154  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. With respect to a profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy services as such services are defined  in  article  163  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  crea-
 tive  arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to provide marriage and family  therapy
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide mental health counseling
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  mental  health
 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability  company  formed  to  provide  psychoanalysis services as such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  163
 of  the  education  law  to  practice psychoanalysis in this state. With
 respect to a professional service limited liability  company  formed  to
 provide  applied behavior analysis services as such services are defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education law to practice applied behavior analysis  in  this  state.  A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE
 IN  THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY
 DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW
 (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE  FIRM,  IN  TERMS  OF
 FINANCIAL  INTERESTS,  AND  VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE FIRM'S OWNERS,
 BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME
 STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A LIMITED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMIT-
 ED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,  WHOSE  PRINCIPAL  PLACE  OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR  HUNDRED
 FOUR  OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL  CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL  INTEREST,  OR  INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS
 ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS,  THE  FIRM  AND
 ITS  OWNERS  MUST  COMPLY  WITH  RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 REGENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM  REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS
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 SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE
 WORDS  "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,"
 OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A  FIRM
 THAT  IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO
 ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF  THE  FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP
 OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY
 INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN
 THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY  THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE"  MEANS  TO  PROVIDE
 SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 12. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  "Foreign  professional service limited liability company" means a
 professional service limited liability company, whether or  not  denomi-
 nated  as  such,  organized  under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional authorized by law to render a professional  service  within  this
 state  and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession
 in such professional service limited liability company or a  predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional  service limited liability company within thirty days of the date
 such professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and  manag-
 ers,  if  any, is a professional at least one of such members is author-
 ized by law to render a professional service within this state  and  who
 is  or  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice of such profession in such
 professional service limited liability company or a predecessor  entity,
 or  will  engage  in the practice of such profession in the professional
 service limited liability company within thirty days of  the  date  such
 professional  becomes  a  member,  or  (ii)  authorized by, or holding a
 license, certificate, registration or permit  issued  by  the  licensing
 authority  pursuant  to,  the  education  law  to  render a professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides  health services in this state shall be licensed in this state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 135 of the education law, each member of such  foreign  professional
 service  limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine.  With  respect
 to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the education law, each member  of  such  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
 foreign professional service limited liability  company  which  provides
 dental  services  as  such  services  are  defined in article 133 of the
 education law, each member of such foreign professional service  limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion  law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a foreign
 professional service limited liability company  which  provides  profes-
 sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
 scape  architectural  services  as  such services are defined in article
 145, article 147 and article 148 of the education law,  each  member  of
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 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of  the
 education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
 WITH RESPECT TO A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH  PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH FOREIGN PROFES-
 SIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF  BUSI-
 NESS  IS  IN  THIS  STATE  AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES,
 SHALL BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO  PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a foreign profes-
 sional  service  limited liability company which provides licensed clin-
 ical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of
 the education law, each member  of  such  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 of
 the education law to practice clinical social work in this  state.  With
 respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service limited liability company
 which provides creative arts  therapy  services  as  such  services  are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this  state.  With  respect  to  a  foreign professional service limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education  law,  each
 member  of  such  foreign professional service limited liability company
 must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law  to  prac-
 tice  marriage  and  family  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a
 foreign professional service limited liability  company  which  provides
 mental  health counseling services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 163 of the education law, each member of such  foreign  professional
 service  limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which provides psychoanalysis  services  as  such  services  are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRAC-
 TICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH  PRACTICE  IS  RESPECTIVELY  DEFINED
 UNDER  ARTICLE  149  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1)
 THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF  FINAN-
 CIAL  INTERESTS, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO
 INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME  STATE,  AND
 (2)  THAT  ALL MEMBERS OF A FOREIGN LIMITED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN  THIS  STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD  A  VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "FINANCIAL  INTER-
 EST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPI-
 TAL  INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS ENTI-
 TY.  ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE  FIRM  AND  ITS
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 OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY
 NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF  THE  FIRM'S  NAME  INCLUDES  THE  WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES  IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR
 (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP  OR  PROFES-
 SIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST
 IN  SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE
 BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS  OR  TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 13. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,
 there  is hereby established a fee for each non-licensee owner of a firm
 that is incorporating as a professional service  corporation  formed  to
 lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy. Such non-licensee
 owner  shall  pay  a  fee  of three hundred dollars to the department of
 education on an annual basis.
   § 14. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 410-u of the social services  law,
 as  added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. The state block grant for child care  shall  be  divided  into  two
 parts pursuant to a plan developed by the department and approved by the
 director  of  the  budget.    One part shall be retained by the state to
 provide child care on a  statewide  basis  to  special  groups  and  for
 activities  to  increase  the  availability and/or quality of child care
 programs, including, but not limited to,  the  start-up  of  child  care
 programs,  the  operation  of child care resource and referral programs,
 training  activities,  the  regulation  and  monitoring  of  child  care
 programs,  the  development  of  computerized data systems, and consumer
 education, provided however,  that  child  care  resource  and  referral
 programs  funded under title five-B of article six of this chapter shall
 meet additional performance standards developed  by  the  department  of
 social  services  including but not limited to: increasing the number of
 child care placements for persons who are at or below two hundred  TWEN-
 TY-FIVE  percent of the state income standard EFFECTIVE OCTOBER SIXTEEN,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE  STATE  INCOME
 STANDARD  EFFECTIVE  APRIL    FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR, PROVIDED SUCH PERSONS ARE AT OR BELOW EIGHTY-FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME, with emphasis on placements support-
 ing local efforts  in  meeting  federal  and  state  work  participation
 requirements, increasing technical assistance to all modalities of legal
 child  care  to  persons  who  are  at  or below two hundred TWENTY-FIVE
 percent of the state income standard[,] EFFECTIVE OCTOBER  SIXTEEN,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STAN-
 DARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR,  PROVIDED  SUCH PERSONS ARE AT OR BELOW EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT
 OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME,  including  the  provision  of  training  to
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 assist  providers in meeting child care standards or regulatory require-
 ments, and creating new child care opportunities, and  assisting  social
 services  districts  in assessing and responding to child care needs for
 persons  at or below two hundred TWENTY-FIVE percent of the state income
 standard EFFECTIVE OCTOBER SIXTEEN, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED
 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL   FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED  PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME
 STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, PROVIDED  SUCH
 PERSONS  ARE AT OR BELOW EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME.
 The department shall have the authority to  withhold  funds  from  those
 agencies  which  do not meet performance standards. Agencies whose funds
 are withheld may have funds restored upon achieving  performance  stand-
 ards.  The other part shall be allocated to social services districts to
 provide child care assistance to families receiving family    assistance
 and to other low income families.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 410-v of the social services law, as
 added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the  laws  of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  Any portion of a social services district's block grant allocation
 for a particular federal  fiscal  year  that  is  not  claimed  by  such
 district  during  that  federal fiscal year [shall] MAY be added to that
 social services district's block grant allocation for the  next  federal
 fiscal year.
   §  3.  Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 410-w of the social services
 law, as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2001 and paragraph (a)  of
 subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 2007, are amended
 and two new subdivisions 2-a and 10 are added to read as follows:
   1.  A  social services district may use the funds allocated to it from
 the block grant to provide child care assistance to:
   (a) families receiving public assistance when such child care  assist-
 ance is necessary: to enable a parent or caretaker relative to engage in
 work,  participate  in  work  activities  or perform a community service
 pursuant to title nine-B of article five of this chapter;  to  enable  a
 teenage  parent  to  attend  high  school  or  other equivalent training
 program; because the parent  or  caretaker  relative  is  physically  or
 mentally incapacitated; or because family duties away from home necessi-
 tate the parent or caretaker relative's absence; child day care shall be
 provided  during  breaks in activities, for a period of up to two weeks.
 Such child day care may be authorized for a period of up to one month if
 child care arrangements shall be lost if not continued, and the  program
 or employment is scheduled to begin within such period;
   (b) families with incomes up to two hundred TWENTY-FIVE percent of the
 state  income  standard  EFFECTIVE OCTOBER SIXTEEN, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE  INCOME  STANDARD  EFFECTIVE
 APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 STATE  INCOME  STANDARD  EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
 who are attempting through work activities to transition off  of  public
 assistance when such child care is necessary in order to enable a parent
 or  caretaker  relative to engage in work provided such families' public
 assistance has been terminated as a result  of  increased  hours  of  or
 income  from  employment or increased income from child support payments
 or the family voluntarily ended assistance;  [and,]  provided  that  the
 family  received  public  assistance  at  least  three of the six months
 preceding the month in which eligibility for such assistance  terminated
 or ended or provided that such family has received child care assistance
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 under  subdivision four of this section; AND PROVIDED, THE FAMILY INCOME
 DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME;
   (c) families with incomes up to two hundred TWENTY-FIVE percent of the
 state  income  standard  EFFECTIVE OCTOBER SIXTEEN, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE  INCOME  STANDARD  EFFECTIVE
 APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 STATE  INCOME  STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR,
 which are determined in accordance with the regulations of  the  depart-
 ment to be at risk of becoming dependent on family assistance; PROVIDED,
 THE FAMILY INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDI-
 AN INCOME;
   (d) families with incomes up to two hundred TWENTY-FIVE percent of the
 state  income  standard  EFFECTIVE OCTOBER SIXTEEN, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE  INCOME  STANDARD  EFFECTIVE
 APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 STATE  INCOME  STANDARD  EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
 who are attending a post secondary educational program  and  working  at
 least seventeen and one-half hours per week; PROVIDED, THE FAMILY INCOME
 DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME; and
   (e)  other families with incomes up to two hundred TWENTY-FIVE percent
 of the state income standard EFFECTIVE  OCTOBER  SIXTEEN,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO,  TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY  PERCENT  OF  THE STATE INCOME STANDARD
 EFFECTIVE APRIL   FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR which the social services district designates in its consol-
 idated services plan as eligible for child care assistance in accordance
 with criteria established by the department; PROVIDED, THE FAMILY INCOME
 DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME.
   2-A.    A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY, UPON APPROVAL BY THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CRITERIA ESTABLISHED
 BY THE OFFICE, USE THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO IT FROM  THE  BLOCK  GRANT  TO
 PROVIDE  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE  TO  FAMILIES  WITH INCOMES UP TO THREE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME  STANDARD,  PROVIDED  SUCH  FAMILIES
 INCOME  DOES  NOT  EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME
 STANDARD.
   3. A social services district shall guarantee child care assistance to
 families in receipt of public assistance with  children  under  thirteen
 years  of  age when such child care assistance is necessary for a parent
 or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate  in  work  activ-
 ities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of this
 chapter.  Child care assistance shall continue to be guaranteed for such
 a family for a period of twelve months after  the  month  in  which  the
 family's  eligibility for public assistance has terminated or ended when
 such child care is necessary in order to enable the parent or  caretaker
 relative to engage in work, provided that the family's public assistance
 has been terminated as a result of an increase in the hours of or income
 from  employment  or  increased  income  from  child support payments or
 because  the  family  voluntarily  ended  assistance;  that  the  family
 received public assistance in at least three of the six months preceding
 the  month  in which eligibility for such assistance terminated or ended
 or provided that such family has received child  care  assistance  under
 subdivision  four  of  this section; [and] that the family's income does
 not exceed two hundred TWENTY-FIVE percent of the state income  standard
 EFFECTIVE  OCTOBER  SIXTEEN,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL   FIRST, TWO  THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD
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 EFFECTIVE  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR; AND THAT THE FAMILY
 INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE  MEDIAN  INCOME.
 Such  child day care shall recognize the need for continuity of care for
 the child and a district shall not move a child from an existing provid-
 er unless the participant consents to such move.
   4.  (a) Local social services districts shall guarantee applicants who
 would otherwise be eligible for, or are recipients of, public assistance
 benefits and who are employed, the option to choose to receive  continu-
 ing  child day care subsidies in lieu of public assistance benefits, for
 such period of time as the recipient continues to be eligible for public
 assistance. For the purposes of this subdivision, an eligible  applicant
 for,  or  recipient  of,  public assistance benefits and who is employed
 includes a person whose gross earnings equal, or are greater  than,  the
 required  number  of work hours times the state minimum wage. Recipients
 of child care subsidies under this subdivision who are no longer  eligi-
 ble  for  public assistance benefits, shall be eligible for transitional
 child care described in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section
 as if they had been recipients of public assistance.
   (b) Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the right of an  appli-
 cant who chooses to receive continuing child day care subsidies pursuant
 to this section from applying for ongoing public assistance.
   10.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "STATE MEDIAN INCOME"
 MEANS THE MOST RECENT STATE MEDIAN INCOME DATA PUBLISHED BY  THE  BUREAU
 OF  THE CENSUS, FOR A FAMILY OF THE SAME SIZE, UPDATED BY THE DEPARTMENT
 FOR A FAMILY SIZE OF FOUR AND ADJUSTED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  FOR  FAMILY
 SIZE.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect October 16, 2022; provided, however,
 that subdivision 2-a of section 410-w of the  social  services  law,  as
 added  by section three of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed
 April 1, 2024.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of part N of chapter 56  of  the  laws  of  2020,
 amending the social services law relating to restructuring financing for
 residential  school  placements,  as  amended  by section 1 of part I of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed April 1, 2022]; provided however that the amendments to
 subdivision 10 of section 153 of the social services law made by section
 one of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and
 shall be deemed to expire therewith.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. Section 28 of part C of chapter 83 of  the  laws  of  2002,
 amending  the executive law and other laws relating to funding for chil-
 dren and family services, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part K
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 28. This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  sections
 nine  through eighteen and twenty through twenty-seven of this act shall
 be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and  after  April  1,
 2002; provided, however, that section fifteen of this act shall apply to
 claims that are otherwise reimbursable by the state on or after April 1,
 2002  except as provided in subdivision 9 of section 153-k of the social
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 services law as added by section fifteen of this act;  provided  further
 however, that nothing in this act shall authorize the office of children
 and  family  services  to  deny state reimbursement to a social services
 district for violations of the provisions of section 153-d of the social
 services  law  for  services provided from January 1, 1994 through March
 31, 2002; provided that section nineteen of this act shall  take  effect
 September  13,  2002  and  shall  expire and be deemed repealed June 30,
 2012; and, provided further, however, that notwithstanding  any  law  to
 the  contrary, the office of children and family services shall have the
 authority to promulgate, on an emergency  basis,  any  rules  and  regu-
 lations  necessary to implement the requirements established pursuant to
 this act; provided further, however, that the regulations to  be  devel-
 oped  pursuant  to section one of this act shall not be adopted by emer-
 gency rule; and provided further that the provisions  of  sections  nine
 through  eighteen  and  twenty  through  twenty-seven  of this act shall
 expire and be deemed repealed on June 30, [2022] 2027.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section 1. Section 398-a of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   (2-C) THOSE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS THAT AS OF JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO WERE PAYING AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICA-
 BLE  RATES  PUBLISHED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  RATE  YEAR  FOR
 CARE PROVIDED TO FOSTER CHILDREN IN REGULAR, THERAPEUTIC, SPECIAL NEEDS,
 AND EMERGENCY FOSTER BOARDING HOMES SHALL PAY FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR AND FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT RATE
 YEAR  THEREAFTER  AT  LEAST  ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICABLE RATES
 PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  FOR  THAT  RATE
 YEAR.  THOSE  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS THAT AS OF JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO WERE PAYING LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE RATES PUBLISHED  BY
 THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR FOR  CARE  PROVIDED  TO  FOSTER
 CHILDREN  IN  REGULAR,  THERAPEUTIC,  SPECIAL NEEDS AND EMERGENCY FOSTER
 BOARDING HOMES SHALL INCREASE THEIR RATES OF PAYMENT SO THAT:  EFFECTIVE
 JULY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERCENT-
 AGE OF THE APPLICABLE RATES PUBLISHED BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE RATE YEAR AND THE RATES SUCH DISTRICTS  ARE  PAYING  IS  AT  LEAST
 ONE-HALF LESS THAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE APPLICA-
 BLE  RATES  PUBLISHED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR AND THE
 RATES THAT SUCH DISTRICTS WERE PAYING FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON  JULY  FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO; AND EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  RATE
 YEAR  AND  FOR  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  YEAR  THEREAFTER  ALL  SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICTS SHALL PAY AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICABLE RATES
 PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE APPLICA-
 BLE RATE YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART P
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   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2504 of the public health law,  as
 added by chapter 769 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Any person who is eighteen years of age or older, or is the parent
 of a child or has married, OR IS A HOMELESS YOUTH AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  may
 give effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services
 for  himself  or  herself,  and  the consent of no other person shall be
 necessary.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 3 of section 259-i of the
 executive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (ix)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (IX)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AN OFFI-
 CER WHO TAKES INTO CUSTODY PURSUANT TO  A  WARRANT  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
 SECTION  A  JUVENILE  OFFENDER  OR  ADOLESCENT OFFENDER UNDER THE AGE OF
 TWENTY-ONE, OR ANY OTHER DEFENDANT UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, SHALL TAKE
 SUCH PERSON AND HAVE THEM DETAINED IN A PLACE CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AS A SECURE OR SPECIALIZED SECURE DETENTION
 FACILITY, AS APPROPRIATE, EXCEPT THAT A  PERSON  PAROLED,  CONDITIONALLY
 RELEASED, OR RELEASED TO POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION FROM A SECURE FACILITY
 OPERATED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY ALSO BE HELD
 IN SUCH A FACILITY. IF A PERSON SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND  UNDER
 THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  WHO  IS CHARGED WITH A CLASS A FELONY, A VIOLENT
 FELONY OFFENSE, OR A FELONY INVOLVING THE USE OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
 TAKEN INTO CUSTODY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS UNABLE TO  BE  LODGED  IN
 SUCH  A  FACILITY,  THE  OFFICER  HAVING CUSTODY OF SUCH PERSON OR OTHER
 APPROPRIATE OFFICIAL MUST PETITION THE SENTENCING COURT FOR APPROVAL  TO
 LODGE  THE PERSON IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE COURT SHALL HOLD
 A HEARING AT WHICH IT DETERMINES WHETHER IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST  OF
 JUSTICE  FOR THE VIOLATOR TO BE HELD IN SUCH A FACILITY, CONSIDERING (A)
 THE AGE OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR, (B) THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MATURITY OF
 THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR, (C) THE PRESENT MENTAL STATE OF THE ALLEGED VIOLA-
 TOR, INCLUDING WHETHER THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR PRESENTS AN IMMINENT RISK OF
 HARM TO SELF OR OTHERS, (D) THE NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE  ALLEGED
 OFFENSE, (E) THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR'S HISTORY OF PRIOR DELINQUENT OR CRIM-
 INAL  ACTS, (F) THE RELATIVE ABILITY OF THE AVAILABLE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL
 AND DETENTION FACILITIES TO NOT ONLY MEET  THE  SPECIFIC  NEEDS  OF  THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATOR BUT ALSO TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS
 OTHER  DETAINED  YOUTH,  AND (G) ANY OTHER RELEVANT FACTOR. IF THE COURT
 FINDS THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLA-
 TOR TO BE LODGED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE COURT MUST  ISSUE
 A  WRITTEN  ORDER  SO INDICATING, AND SHALL HOLD A HEARING AT LEAST ONCE
 EVERY THIRTY DAYS TO DETERMINE IF SUCH LODGING CONTINUES TO  BE  IN  THE
 INTEREST  OF JUSTICE. NO ALLEGED VIOLATOR TO WHOM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH APPLY MAY BE DETAINED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY  FOR
 LONGER  THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS UNLESS THE VIOLATOR WAIVES SUCH
 LIMITATION OR THE COURT FINDS GOOD CAUSE FOR SUCH  CONTINUED  DETENTION.
 NO  ALLEGED VIOLATOR UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN TO WHOM THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION APPLY MAY HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND CONTACT WITH ADULTS INCARCER-
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 ATED IN THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. NO ALLEGED  VIOLATOR  OVER  THE
 AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND CONTACT WITH
 AN INCARCERATED ADULT WITHOUT A HEARING AS SET FORTH  IN  THIS  SUBPARA-
 GRAPH.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT THE
 SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, DISCIPLINARY ISOLATION, OR PUNITIVE SEGREGATION OF
 SUCH ALLEGED VIOLATOR. THE HEARING PROVIDED FOR BY THIS  SUBDIVISION  IS
 NOT  REQUIRED  FOR YOUTH TO BE DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP, WITH
 SIGHT AND SOUND  SEPARATION  FROM  ADULT  INMATES,  WHEN  THE  YOUTH  IS
 DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX HOURS
 FOR PROCESSING OR RELEASE, WHILE AWAITING TRANSFER TO A JUVENILE FACILI-
 TY,  OR  WHILE  AWAITING A COURT APPEARANCE; OR THE YOUTH IS AWAITING AN
 INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE THAT WILL OCCUR  WITHIN  FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS  OF
 BEING  TAKEN INTO CUSTODY (EXCLUDING SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND LEGAL HOLI-
 DAYS) AND EITHER CONDITIONS OF DISTANCE TO BE TRAVELED OR  THE  LACK  OF
 HIGHWAY,  ROAD,  OR  TRANSPORTATION  DO  NOT ALLOW FOR COURT APPEARANCES
 WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS (EXCLUDING SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND LEGAL  HOLI-
 DAYS) SO THAT A DELAY, NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, IS
 EXCUSABLE, OR CONDITIONS OF SAFETY EXIST (SUCH AS SEVERE, ADVERSE, LIFE-
 THREATENING  WEATHER)  THAT  DO NOT ALLOW FOR REASONABLY SAFE TRAVEL, IN
 WHICH CASE THE TIME FOR AN APPEARANCE MAY BE DELAYED  UNTIL  TWENTY-FOUR
 HOURS  AFTER  THE  TIME  THAT  SUCH CONDITIONS ALLOW FOR REASONABLY SAFE
 TRAVEL.
   § 2. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section  508  of  the  executive  law,
 subdivision  3 as amended by section 82 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2017 and subdivisions 4 and  5  as  amended  by  section  97  of
 subpart  B  of  part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, are amended to
 read as follows:
   3. The office of children and family services shall report in  writing
 to  the sentencing court and district attorney, not less than once every
 six months during the period of confinement, on the status,  adjustment,
 programs and progress of the offender.
   [The  office  of children and family services may transfer an offender
 not less than eighteen years of age to the department of corrections and
 community supervision if the commissioner of the office certifies to the
 commissioner of corrections and community supervision that there  is  no
 substantial  likelihood  that  the  youth will benefit from the programs
 offered by office facilities.]
   4. The office of  children  and  family  services  may  apply  to  the
 sentencing  court  for  permission  to  transfer  a  youth not less than
 [sixteen nor more than] eighteen years  of  age  to  the  department  of
 corrections  and  community  supervision. Such application shall be made
 upon notice to the youth, who shall be entitled to  be  heard  upon  the
 application and to be represented by counsel. [The court shall grant the
 application  if  it is satisfied that there is no substantial likelihood
 that the youth will benefit from the  programs  offered  by  the  office
 facilities.]
   5.  [The office of children and family services may transfer an offen-
 der not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-one years of age to  the
 department  of corrections and community supervision if the commissioner
 of the office certifies to the commissioner of corrections and community
 supervision that there is no substantial likelihood that the youth  will
 benefit  from  the  programs  offered  by  office  facilities.] (A) UPON
 RECEIVING AN APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE  COURT  SHALL HOLD A HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WOULD BE IN THE
 INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR THE YOUTH TO BE TRANSFERRED TO  THE  CUSTODY  OF
 THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
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   (B) IF THE COURT FINDS THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR
 THE  YOUTH  TO  BE  TRANSFERRED  TO  THE  CUSTODY  OF  THE DEPARTMENT OF
 CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, THE COURT SHALL ISSUE  A  WRITTEN
 ORDER SO STATING AND TRANSFERRING THE YOUTH.
   § 3. Section 210.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE, OR SIX
 OF THIS SECTION, WHEN A POLICE OFFICER TAKES INTO CUSTODY PURSUANT TO  A
 WARRANT  ISSUED  BY THE SUPERIOR COURT A DEFENDANT ALLEGED TO BE A JUVE-
 NILE OFFENDER OR ADOLESCENT OFFENDER UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE, OR ANY
 OTHER DEFENDANT UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN,  IF  A  COURT  IN  WHICH  THE
 WARRANT  IS  RETURNABLE  IS  NOT  AVAILABLE, THE EXECUTING OR DELEGATING
 OFFICER SHALL NOT BRING THE DEFENDANT TO THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
 OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH COURT SITS AND  SHALL  BRING  THE  DEFENDANT
 BEFORE  THE  ACCESSIBLE  MAGISTRATE, IF ANY, DESIGNATED BY THE APPELLATE
 DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN  THE  APPLICABLE  DEPARTMENT.  IF  SUCH
 ACCESSIBLE  MAGISTRATE  IS  NOT AVAILABLE, THE OFFICER SHALL TAKE TO AND
 LODGE THE DEFENDANT IN A PLACE CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY SERVICES AS A SECURE OR SPECIALIZED SECURE DETENTION FACILITY.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 510.15 of the criminal procedure law, as
 amended  by chapter 813 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 3 is added to read as follows:
   1. When a principal who is under the age of sixteen  is  committed  to
 the  custody  of the sheriff the court must direct that the principal be
 taken to and lodged in a place certified by the office of  children  and
 family  services  as  a juvenile detention facility for the reception of
 children.  When a principal who (a) commencing October first, two  thou-
 sand eighteen, is sixteen years of age; or (b) commencing October first,
 two  thousand nineteen, is sixteen or seventeen years of age, is commit-
 ted to the custody of the sheriff, the court must direct that the  prin-
 cipal be taken to and lodged in a place certified by the office of chil-
 dren  and  family  services  in conjunction with the state commission of
 correction as a specialized secure juvenile detention facility for older
 youth.  Where such a direction is made the  sheriff  shall  deliver  the
 principal  in accordance therewith and such person shall although lodged
 and cared for in a juvenile detention facility continue to be deemed  to
 be in the custody of the sheriff. No principal [under the age specified]
 to  whom  the  provisions of this section may apply shall be detained in
 any prison, jail, lockup, or other place used for adults convicted of  a
 crime  or under arrest and charged with the commission of a crime [with-
 out the approval of the office of children  and  family  services  which
 shall  consult  with  the  commission  of correction if the principal is
 sixteen years of age or older in the case  of  each  principal  and  the
 statement  of  its  reasons  therefor] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION; nor shall a principal under the age specified who
 is charged solely with a violation as defined in  subdivision  three  of
 section  10.00  of  the  penal law be subject to detention.  The sheriff
 shall not be liable for any acts done to or by such principal  resulting
 from  negligence  in  the detention of and care for such principal, when
 the principal is not in the actual custody of the sheriff.
   3. (A) WHEN A PRINCIPAL SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER CHARGED  WITH  A
 CLASS  A FELONY, A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE, OR A FELONY INVOLVING THE USE
 OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHO IS COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE  SHER-
 IFF  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  IS  UNABLE TO BE LODGED IN A DETENTION
 FACILITY BECAUSE (1) THE PRINCIPAL  HAS  COMMITTED  VIOLENT  ACTS  WHILE
 LODGED IN A DETENTION FACILITY THAT MAKE CONTINUED LODGING IN THE FACIL-
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 ITY A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE PRINCIPAL OR OTHERS OR TO THE SECURITY
 OF THE FACILITY, OR (2) A LACK OF AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE DETENTION BED
 CAPACITY,  THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  SHERIFF  OR DETENTION ADMINISTERING
 AGENCY  MAY  PETITION  THE  COURT  FOR APPROVAL TO TEMPORARILY LODGE THE
 PRINCIPAL IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, SUBJECT TO  THE  LIMITATIONS
 SET FORTH IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED-P OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   (I)  IF  THE BASIS FOR THE REQUEST IS THAT THE YOUTH COMMITTED VIOLENT
 ACTS WHILE LODGED IN A DETENTION  FACILITY  THAT  MAKE  THEIR  CONTINUED
 LODGING  IN  A  DETENTION FACILITY AN IMMINENT THREAT TO OTHERS, OR THAT
 THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE DETENTION BEDS STATEWIDE, SUCH AN APPLICATION MAY
 BE MADE BY ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND THE COURT  SHALL  CONDUCT  A  HEARING
 IMMEDIATELY,  SUBJECT TO CONTINUANCE WHERE NECESSARY, PRIOR TO ISSUING A
 SECURING ORDER.
   (II) IN ALL OTHER INSTANCES, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF A TRANSFER OF  A
 YOUTH  TO  A  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND
 SERVED AT LEAST EIGHT DAYS BEFORE  THE  TIME  AT  WHICH  THE  MOTION  IS
 NOTICED TO BE HEARD. IF THE MOTION IS BASED UPON THE EXISTENCE OR OCCUR-
 RENCE  OF FACTS, THE MOTION PAPERS MUST CONTAIN SWORN ALLEGATIONS THERE-
 OF. SUCH SWORN ALLEGATIONS MAY BE BASED UPON PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE
 AFFIANT  OR  UPON  INFORMATION  AND  BELIEF, PROVIDED THAT IN THE LATTER
 EVENT THE AFFIANT MUST STATE THE SOURCES OF  SUCH  INFORMATION  AND  THE
 GROUNDS  OF  SUCH  BELIEF.  THE  PEOPLE  MAY  FURTHER SUBMIT DOCUMENTARY
 EVIDENCE SUPPORTING OR TENDING TO SUPPORT THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE  MOVING
 PAPERS.  AT  LEAST  TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TIME THE MOTION IS NOTICED TO BE
 HEARD, THE YOUTH MAY FILE WITH THE COURT, AND IN SUCH CASE MUST SERVE  A
 COPY  THEREOF  UPON THE PEOPLE, AN ANSWERING AFFIDAVIT DENYING OR ADMIT-
 TING ANY OR ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE MOVING PAPERS, AND MAY FURTHER
 SUBMIT DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE REFUTING OR TENDING TO REFUTE  SUCH  ALLEGA-
 TIONS.
   (III)  THE  PARTIES  SHALL  HAVE  THE  RIGHT TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, CALL
 WITNESSES, AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE HEARING TO COMPLETE  PRESENTATION
 OF EVIDENCE.
   (IV) THE YOUTH HAS A RIGHT TO BE PRESENT IN PERSON AT SUCH HEARING.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAKE
 AVAILABLE, UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS IT  MAY  DEEM  APPROPRIATE,
 ANY  PART  OF  A SECURE FACILITY OPERATED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE CARE AND
 MAINTENANCE OF A PRINCIPAL DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 UPON REQUEST BY THE SHERIFF OR DETENTION ADMINISTERING AGENCY.
   (C) THE COURT SHALL HOLD A HEARING AT WHICH IT DETERMINES  WHETHER  IT
 WOULD  BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR THE PRINCIPAL TO BE HELD IN THE
 LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, CONSIDERING (I) THE AGE OF  THE  PRINCIPAL,
 (II)  THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MATURITY OF THE PRINCIPAL, (III) THE PRES-
 ENT MENTAL STATE OF  THE  PRINCIPAL,  INCLUDING  WHETHER  THE  PRINCIPAL
 PRESENTS AN IMMINENT RISK OF HARM TO SELF OR OTHERS, (IV) THE NATURE AND
 CIRCUMSTANCES  OF  THE  ALLEGED  OFFENSE, (V) THE PRINCIPAL'S HISTORY OF
 PRIOR DELINQUENT OR CRIMINAL ACTS, (VI)  THE  RELATIVE  ABILITY  OF  THE
 AVAILABLE  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES TO NOT
 ONLY MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE PRINCIPAL BUT ALSO  TO  PROTECT  THE
 SAFETY  OF  THE  PUBLIC  AS  WELL AS OTHER DETAINED YOUTH, AND (VII) ANY
 OTHER RELEVANT FACTOR. THE PEOPLE SHALL HAVE THE BURDEN OF  ESTABLISHING
 THAT  SUCH  TRANSFER IS IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE BY A PREPONDERANCE OF
 THE EVIDENCE.
   (D) IF THE COURT FINDS THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR
 THE PRINCIPAL TO BE LODGED IN THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COURT MUST ISSUE A WRITTEN
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 ORDER TO THAT EFFECT, AND SHALL DIRECT THE SHERIFF TO DELIVER THE  PRIN-
 CIPAL TO SUCH LOCATION.
   (E)  THE COURT SHALL HOLD A HEARING AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THIRTY DAYS TO
 DETERMINE IF THE PRINCIPAL'S LODGING IN THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY
 CONTINUES  TO  BE  IN  THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. NO PRINCIPAL TO WHOM THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLY SHALL BE DETAINED IN  A  LOCAL  CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITY FOR LONGER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS UNLESS THE PRIN-
 CIPAL  WAIVES  SUCH  LIMITATION  OR  THE COURT FINDS GOOD CAUSE FOR SUCH
 CONTINUED DETENTION. NO PRINCIPAL UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN TO WHOM  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION APPLY SHALL HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND CONTACT WITH
 ADULTS INCARCERATED IN THE LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY.  NO  PRINCIPAL
 OVER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  SHALL  BE PERMITTED TO HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND
 CONTACT WITH AN INCARCERATED ADULT WITHOUT A HEARING  AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT
 THE  SOLITARY  CONFINEMENT,  DISCIPLINARY  ISOLATION, OR PUNITIVE SEGRE-
 GATION OF SUCH PRINCIPAL. DURING ANY PERIOD IN WHICH A PRINCIPAL TO WHOM
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLIES IS LODGED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY, THE DETENTION ADMINISTERING AGENCY  SHALL  REMAIN  RESPONSIBLE
 FOR ASSESSING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE PRINCIPAL, CONSISTENT WITH
 REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (F)  FOR  ANY  PRINCIPAL  FOR WHOM A TEMPORARY JAIL PLACEMENT HAS BEEN
 APPROVED UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  DETENTION-ADMINISTERING  AGENCY
 SHALL  ACTIVELY SEEK APPROPRIATE AND AVAILABLE DETENTION OPTIONS. IF THE
 REQUEST WAS BASED ON A LACK OF DETENTION  BED  CAPACITY,  THE  DETENTION
 ADMINISTERING AGENCY OR THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL
 INFORM THE COURT UPON BED CAPACITY BECOMING AVAILABLE. UPON SUCH NOTICE,
 THE COURT SHALL RESCIND THE ORDER APPROVING TRANSFER OF THE PRINCIPAL TO
 THE JAIL AND ISSUE AN ORDER DIRECTING THE SHERIFF TO TRANSPORT THE PRIN-
 CIPAL TO A JUVENILE FACILITY FORTHWITH.
   (G)  THE  HEARING PROVIDED FOR BY THIS SUBDIVISION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR
 YOUTH TO BE DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP, WITH  SIGHT  AND  SOUND
 SEPARATION FROM INCARCERATED ADULTS, WHEN:
   (I)  THE YOUTH IS DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP FOR A PERIOD NOT
 TO EXCEED SIX HOURS FOR: PROCESSING OR RELEASE, WHILE AWAITING  TRANSFER
 TO A JUVENILE FACILITY, OR WHILE AWAITING A COURT APPEARANCE; OR
   (II) THE YOUTH IS AWAITING AN INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE THAT WILL OCCUR
 WITHIN  FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS  AFTER  BEING  TAKEN  INTO CUSTODY (EXCLUDING
 SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS,  AND  LEGAL  HOLIDAYS)  AND  EITHER:  CONDITIONS  OF
 DISTANCE  TO BE TRAVELED OR THE LACK OF HIGHWAY, ROAD, OR TRANSPORTATION
 DO NOT ALLOW FOR COURT APPEARANCES WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS  (EXCLUDING
 SATURDAYS,  SUNDAYS,  AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS) SO THAT A BRIEF (NOT TO EXCEED
 AN ADDITIONAL FORTY-EIGHT HOURS) DELAY IS EXCUSABLE;  OR  CONDITIONS  OF
 SAFETY  EXIST  (SUCH AS SEVERE, ADVERSE, LIFE THREATENING WEATHER CONDI-
 TIONS) THAT DO NOT ALLOW FOR REASONABLY SAFE TRAVEL, IN WHICH  CASE  THE
 TIME  FOR AN APPEARANCE MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE
 TIME THAT SUCH CONDITIONS ALLOW FOR REASONABLY SAFE TRAVEL.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  359  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  section 42 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A local director shall designate the  location  of  the  local  and
 branch  offices  of the local veterans' service agency within his or her
 jurisdiction, which offices shall be open during convenient  hours.  The
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 cost  of  maintenance and operation of a county veterans' service agency
 shall be a county charge and the cost of maintenance and operation of  a
 city veterans' service agency shall be a city charge, excepting that the
 state  director  with  the approval of the veterans' services commission
 shall allot and pay, from state moneys made available to him or her  for
 such  purposes,  to  each  county veterans' service agency and each city
 veterans' service agency, an amount equal to fifty  per  centum  of  its
 expenditures  for maintenance and operation approved by the state direc-
 tor, provided that in no event shall the amount allotted  and  paid  for
 such  approved expenditures incurred in any given year exceed (1) in the
 case of any county veterans' service agency in a county having  a  popu-
 lation  of not more than one hundred thousand or in the case of any city
 veterans' service agency in a city having a population of not more  than
 one hundred thousand, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars, nor
 (2)  in  the  case  of  any  county veterans' service agency in a county
 having a population in excess of  one  hundred  thousand  excluding  the
 population  of any city therein which has a city veterans' service agen-
 cy, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE  thousand  dollars,  and,  in  addition
 thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred thousand,
 or  major  portion thereof, of the population of the county in excess of
 one hundred thousand excluding the population of any city therein  which
 has  a  city  veterans'  service agency, nor (3) in the case of any city
 veterans' service agency in a city having a population in excess of  one
 hundred thousand, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars, and, in
 addition  thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred
 thousand, or major portion thereof, of the population  of  the  city  in
 excess  of  one  hundred thousand. Such population shall be certified in
 the same manner as provided by section fifty-four of the  state  finance
 law.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 expenditures made on and after April 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b),  (c)  and  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  131-o  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 1 of
 part P of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2021,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  in  the  case of each individual receiving family care, an amount
 equal to at least [$152.00] $161.00 for each month beginning on or after
 January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO.
   (b) in the case of each  individual  receiving  residential  care,  an
 amount  equal  to at least [$176.00] $186.00 for each month beginning on
 or after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO.
   (c) in the case of  each  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential
 care,  an  amount  equal  to  at  least [$210.00] $222.00 for each month
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand  [twenty-one]  TWENTY-
 TWO.
   (d) for the period commencing January first, two thousand [twenty-two]
 TWENTY-THREE,  the  monthly  personal needs allowance shall be an amount
 equal to the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one  and  two
 of this paragraph:
   (1)  the  amounts  specified  in  paragraphs  (a), (b) and (c) of this
 subdivision; and
   (2) the amount in subparagraph one of this  paragraph,  multiplied  by
 the  percentage  of  any  federal  supplemental  security income cost of
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 living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
 thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE, but prior  to  June  thirtieth,  two
 thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of
 section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of  part
 P of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 for an eligible individual living alone, [$881.00] $928.00; and  for  an
 eligible couple living alone, [$1,295.00] $1,365.00.
   (b)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 for an eligible individual living with others with  or  without  in-kind
 income, [$817.00] $864.00; and for an eligible couple living with others
 with or without in-kind income, [$1,237.00] $1,307.00.
   (c)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 (i) for  an  eligible  individual  receiving  family  care,  [$1,060.48]
 $1,107.48 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the  county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
 eligible couple receiving family care in the city of  New  York  or  the
 county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount
 set  forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligi-
 ble individual receiving such care in any other  county  in  the  state,
 [$1,022.48]  $1,069.48;  and  (iv) for an eligible couple receiving such
 care in any other county in the state, two times the amount set forth in
 subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (d) On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one]  TWENTY-TWO,
 (i)  for  an eligible individual receiving residential care, [$1,229.00]
 $1,276.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for  an
 eligible  couple  receiving  residential care in the city of New York or
 the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland,  two  times  the
 amount  set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an
 eligible individual receiving such care  in  any  other  county  in  the
 state,  [$1,199.00] $1,246.00; and (iv) for an eligible couple receiving
 such care in any other county in the state, two  times  the  amount  set
 forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (e)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 (i) for an eligible  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,
 [$1,488.00]  $1,535.00;  and  (ii)  for  an  eligible  couple  receiving
 enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in  subpara-
 graph (i) of this paragraph.
   (f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
 vision  shall  be  increased to reflect any increases in federal supple-
 mental security income benefits for individuals or couples which  become
 effective  on  or after January first, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-
 THREE but prior to June thirtieth,  two  thousand  [twenty-two]  TWENTY-
 THREE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2022.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section  1.  Section 4 of part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, as
 amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, amend-
 ing the social services law relating to the powers and duties    of  the
 commissioner  of social services relating to the appointment of a tempo-
 rary operator, is amended to read as follows:
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   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have  been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016, provided
 further that this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  March  31,
 [2022] 2025.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 158 of the social services law, as
 amended  by  section 44 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. Social services officials shall determine  eligibility  for  safety
 net  assistance within [forty-five] THIRTY days of receiving an applica-
 tion for safety net assistance. Such officials shall  notify  applicants
 of  safety  net  assistance about the availability of assistance to meet
 emergency circumstances or to prevent eviction.
   § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 153  of  the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  41  of  the  laws  of  1992, is amended to read as
 follows:
   8. Any inconsistent provision of the law or regulation of the  depart-
 ment  notwithstanding,  state  reimbursement  shall  not be made for any
 expenditure made for the duplication of any grant and allowance for  any
 period,  except  as  authorized  by  subdivision  eleven  of section one
 hundred thirty-one of this chapter[, or for any home relief payment made
 for periods prior to forty-five days after the filing of an  application
 unless  the  district determines pursuant to department regulations that
 such assistance is required to meet emergency circumstances  or  prevent
 eviction].  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, social services
 districts are not required to provide [home relief] SAFETY  NET  ASSIST-
 ANCE  to  any  person, otherwise eligible, if state reimbursement is not
 available in accordance with this subdivision.
   § 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
 section 131-a of the social services law, subparagraph (ii)  as  amended
 by  section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 and subpara-
 graph (iii) as amended by chapter 246 of the laws of 2002,  are  amended
 to read as follows:
   (ii)  FIFTY PERCENT OF THE EARNED INCOME FOR SUCH MONTH OF ANY RECIPI-
 ENT;
   (III) from the earned income of any [child or relative applying for or
 receiving aid pursuant to such  program,  or  of  any  other  individual
 living  in the same household as such relative and child whose needs are
 taken into account in  making  such  determination,  the  first  ninety]
 APPLICANT OR RECIPIENT, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars of the [total of such]
 earned  income for such month THAT REMAINS AFTER APPLICATION OF SUBPARA-
 GRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH;
   [(iii) forty-two percent of the earned income for such  month  of  any
 recipient  in  a  household  containing  a dependent child which remains
 after  application  of  all  other  subparagraphs  of  this   paragraph;
 provided, however, that such percentage amount shall be adjusted in June
 of  each  year,  commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-eight, to reflect
 changes in the most recently issued poverty  guidelines  of  the  United
 States  Bureau  of  the  Census,  such that a household of three without
 special needs, living in a heated apartment in New York city and without
 unearned income would become ineligible for assistance with gross  earn-
 ings  equal  to the poverty level in such guidelines; provided, however,
 that no assistance shall be given to any household with gross earned and
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 unearned income, exclusive of income described in subparagraphs (i)  and
 (vi) of this paragraph, in excess of such poverty level;]
   §  4.  Subdivision  10  of section 131-a of the social services law is
 REPEALED.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the  social  services  law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters    323 and 329 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded  in  calcu-
 lating  the amount of benefits of any household under any public assist-
 ance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thou-
 sand FIVE HUNDRED dollars for  applicants,  [or]  three  thousand  SEVEN
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  dollars  FOR  APPLICANTS  in [the case of] households in
 which any member is sixty years of age or older OR IS  DISABLED  OR  TEN
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR RECIPIENTS, (b) an amount up to four thousand six
 hundred fifty dollars in a separate bank account established by an indi-
 vidual while currently in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose  of
 enabling  the  individual to purchase a first or replacement vehicle for
 the recipient to seek, obtain or maintain employment,  so  long  as  the
 funds  are not used for any other purpose, (c) an amount up to one thou-
 sand four hundred dollars in a separate bank account established  by  an
 individual  while  currently in receipt of assistance for the purpose of
 paying tuition at a  two-year  or  four-year  accredited  post-secondary
 educational institution, so long as the funds are not used for any other
 purpose, (d) the home which is the usual residence of the household, (e)
 one  automobile,  up  to ten thousand dollars fair market value, through
 March thirty-first, two thousand seventeen; one automobile, up to eleven
 thousand dollars fair market  value,  from  April  first,  two  thousand
 seventeen  through  March  thirty-first,  two thousand eighteen; and one
 automobile, up to twelve thousand dollars fair market  value,  beginning
 April  first, two thousand eighteen and thereafter, or such other higher
 dollar value as the local social services district may elect  to  adopt,
 (f)  one burial plot per household member as defined in department regu-
 lations, (g) bona fide funeral agreements up to a total of one  thousand
 five  hundred dollars in equity value per household member, (h) funds in
 an individual development account established in accordance with  subdi-
 vision  five  of  section  three hundred fifty-eight of this chapter and
 section four hundred three of the social security act, (i) for a  period
 of  six months, real property which the household is making a good faith
 effort to sell, in accordance with department regulations  and  tangible
 personal  property  necessary for business or for employment purposes in
 accordance with department regulations, and (j)  funds  in  a  qualified
 tuition  program  that  satisfies  the requirement of section 529 of the
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and [(j)] (K) funds in a  New
 York  achieving  a better life experience savings account established in
 accordance with article eighty-four of the mental hygiene law.
   If federal law or regulations require the exemption  or  disregard  of
 additional  income  and resources in determining need for family assist-
 ance, or medical assistance not exempted or disregarded pursuant to  any
 other  provision  of  this  chapter,  the department may, by regulations
 subject to the approval of the director of the  budget,  require  social
 services  officials  to  exempt  or disregard such income and resources.
 Refunds resulting from earned income tax credits shall be disregarded in
 public assistance programs.
   § 6. This act shall take effect October 1,  2022;  provided,  however,
 that  the  amendments  to  subdivision  1 of section 131-n of the social
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 services law made by section five of this act shall not affect the expi-
 ration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
 
                                  PART V
 
   Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-m to
 read as follows:
   § 202-M. RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "COVERED  EMPLOYEE"  SHALL MEAN AN EMPLOYEE EARNING LESS THAN THE
 MEDIAN WAGE IN NEW YORK STATE AS DETERMINED AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBSITE BY THE COMMISSIONER ON OR BEFORE THE  FIRST  OF  JUNE  OF
 EACH YEAR.
   (B)  "PROSPECTIVE  COVERED  EMPLOYEE"  SHALL  MEAN AN APPLICANT OR JOB
 CANDIDATE FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR A JOB EARNING LESS THAN THE MEDIAN WAGE  IN
 NEW YORK STATE AS DETERMINED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (C)  "NON-COMPETE  AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN AN AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT THAT
 PROHIBITS, DISCOURAGES, OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTS AN EMPLOYEE FROM  OBTAIN-
 ING  EMPLOYMENT  IN ANY SPECIFIED GEOGRAPHIC AREA, FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD
 OF TIME, OR WITH ANY PARTICULAR EMPLOYER OR IN ANY PARTICULAR INDUSTRY.
   (D) "EMPLOYEE" MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED FOR HIRE BY  AN  EMPLOYER  IN
 ANY EMPLOYMENT.
   (E)  "EMPLOYER"  INCLUDES  ANY  PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, OR ASSOCIATION EMPLOYING  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY  OCCUPATION,
 INDUSTRY,  TRADE,  BUSINESS  OR  SERVICE.  THE TERM "EMPLOYER" SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
   2. PROHIBITED NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS. NO EMPLOYER SHALL SEEK,  DEMAND,
 REQUIRE,  OR ACCEPT A NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT WITH A COVERED EMPLOYEE OR A
 PROSPECTIVE COVERED EMPLOYEE.
   3. LIMITATIONS ON PERMISSIBLE NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS. FOR ALL  EMPLOY-
 EES  OTHER  THAN  COVERED  EMPLOYEES,  NO  EMPLOYER SHALL SEEK, REQUIRE,
 DEMAND OR ACCEPT A NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT FROM ANY  EMPLOYEE  UNLESS  THE
 NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT MEETS THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (A)  BE  STRICTLY LIMITED TO BE NO MORE EXPANSIVE THAN AS REQUIRED FOR
 THE PROTECTION OF THE LEGITIMATE INTEREST OF THE EMPLOYER;
   (B) NOT IMPOSE UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE EMPLOYEE;
   (C) NOT BE INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC;
   (D) BE DISCLOSED IN A WRITTEN OFFER OF  EMPLOYMENT  OR  IN  A  WRITTEN
 OFFER OF A PROMOTION AT LEAST TEN DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH
 EMPLOYMENT OR PROMOTION;
   (E) BE WRITTEN IN THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IDENTIFIED BY THE EMPLOYEE;
   (F)  BE WRITTEN AT A READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL NOT EXCEEDING THAT OF
 THE EMPLOYEE;
   (G) NOT CONTAIN A TERM OF MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EMPLOYMENT  HAS
 ENDED;
   (H)  NOT  REQUIRE THAT AN EMPLOYEE ADJUDICATE, INCLUDING LITIGATION OR
 ARBITRATION, OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK A  CLAIM  ARISING  IN  THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK;
   (I)  BE  MAINTAINED  BY THE EMPLOYER FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SIX
 YEARS FROM THE END OF THE AGREEMENT;
   (J) BE VOIDABLE, AT THE OPTION OF THE EMPLOYEE, IF THE EMPLOYER CANNOT
 DEMONSTRATE A CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO EMPLOY THE EMPLOYEE; AND
   (K) NOT DEPRIVE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SUBSTANTIVE PROTECTION OF NEW  YORK
 LAW WITH RESPECT TO A CONTROVERSY ARISING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   4. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
   (A) THE ENFORCEMENT OF COVENANTS NOT TO DISCLOSE TRADE SECRETS;
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   (B) EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO-K OF THIS ARTICLE;
 AND
   (C) AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BONA FIDE OWNERS OR PARTNERS OF A BUSINESS.
   5.  UPON  THE  REQUEST OF THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, ANY
 CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  OPEN  FOR
 INSPECTION  AND COPIES OF WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER TO THE
 COMMISSIONER PROMPTLY UPON SUCH REQUEST.
   6. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION SHALL BE CIVILLY LIABLE  TO  A
 COVERED  EMPLOYEE FOR DAMAGES, ATTORNEY'S FEES, AND COSTS. ANY PROVISION
 OF A CONTRACT THAT VIOLATES SUBDIVISION  ONE,  TWO,  OR  THREE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  VOIDABLE  BY  THE  EMPLOYEE,  AND  IF A PROVISION IS
 RENDERED VOID AT THE REQUEST OF THE EMPLOYEE, ANY MATTERS ARISING THERE-
 FROM SHALL BE ADJUDICATED IN THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  AND  NEW  YORK  LAW
 SHALL GOVERN THE DISPUTE.
   §  2.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 1 of section 218 of the
 labor law, as amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   If  the  commissioner  determines  that  an  employer  has  violated a
 provision of article six (payment of wages), article  nineteen  (minimum
 wage  act),  article  nineteen-A  (minimum wage standards and protective
 labor  practices  for  farm  workers),   SECTION   TWO   HUNDRED   TWO-M
 (RESTRICTIONS  ON EMPLOYMENT), section two hundred twelve-a, section two
 hundred twelve-b, section one hundred sixty-one (day of rest) or section
 one hundred sixty-two (meal periods) of this chapter, or a rule or regu-
 lation promulgated thereunder,  the  commissioner  shall  issue  to  the
 employer  an  order directing compliance therewith, which shall describe
 particularly the nature of the alleged violation. A copy of  such  order
 shall  be  provided  to  any  employee who has filed a complaint and any
 authorized representative of  him  or  her.  In  addition  to  directing
 payment  of  wages,  benefits  or  wage supplements found to be due, and
 liquidated damages in the amount of one hundred percent of unpaid wages,
 such order, if issued to an employer who previously has  been  found  in
 violation  of  those provisions, rules or regulations, or to an employer
 whose violation is willful or egregious, shall  direct  payment  to  the
 commissioner of an additional sum as a civil penalty in an amount not to
 exceed  double  the total amount of wages, benefits, or wage supplements
 found to be due. In no case shall the order direct payment of an  amount
 less  than  the  total  wages, benefits or wage supplements found by the
 commissioner to be due, plus the liquidated damages in the amount of one
 hundred percent of unpaid wages,  the  appropriate  civil  penalty,  and
 interest  at  the  rate of interest then in effect, as prescribed by the
 superintendent of financial services pursuant to section  fourteen-a  of
 the  banking law per annum from the date of the underpayment to the date
 of the payment. Where the violation is  for  a  reason  other  than  the
 employer's  failure  to pay wages, benefits or wage supplements found to
 be due, the order shall direct payment to the commissioner  of  a  civil
 penalty  in  an  amount  not  to exceed one thousand dollars for a first
 violation, two thousand dollars for a second violation or three thousand
 dollars for a third or subsequent violation. In assessing the amount  of
 the  penalty,  the commissioner shall give due consideration to the size
 of the employer's business, the good faith  basis  of  the  employer  to
 believe  that its conduct was in compliance with the law, the gravity of
 the violation, the history of previous violations and, in  the  case  of
 wages,  benefits  or  supplements violations, the failure to comply with
 recordkeeping or other non-wage requirements.
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   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 219 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter  564  of  the  laws  of  2010,  the opening paragraph as further
 amended by part A of section 104 of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  If  the commissioner determines that an employer has failed to pay
 wages, benefits or wage supplements required  pursuant  to  article  six
 (payment  of  wages), SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO-M (RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOY-
 MENT), article nineteen (minimum wage act) or article nineteen-A  (mini-
 mum  wage  standards and protective labor practices for farm workers) of
 this chapter, or  a  rule  or  regulation  promulgated  thereunder,  the
 commissioner  shall  issue to the employer an order directing compliance
 therewith, which shall describe particularly the nature of  the  alleged
 violation.  A  copy  of such order shall be provided to any employee who
 has filed a complaint and to his or her authorized representative.  Such
 order  shall  direct  payment  of  wages or supplements found to be due,
 liquidated damages in the amount of one hundred percent of unpaid wages,
 and interest at the rate of interest then in effect as prescribed by the
 superintendent of financial services pursuant to section  fourteen-a  of
 the  banking law per annum from the date of the underpayment to the date
 of the payment.
   At the discretion of the commissioner,  the  commissioner  shall  have
 full  authority to provide for inclusion of an automatic fifteen percent
 additional amount of damages to come due and owing  upon  expiration  of
 ninety  days  from  an  order to comply becoming final. The commissioner
 shall provide written notice to the employer in the order to  comply  of
 this additional damage.
   §  4.  Section  340 of the general business law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. NO EMPLOYER SHALL ENTER INTO  A  RESTRICTIVE  EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT
 THAT  PROHIBITS  OR  RESTRICTS ANY EMPLOYER'S ABILITY TO SOLICIT OR HIRE
 ANOTHER EMPLOYER'S CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR
 ANY ENTITY TO ENTER INTO SUCH A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  OR  TO
 ENFORCE  OR THREATEN TO ENFORCE SUCH A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERMS  "EMPLOYER"  AND  "EMPLOYEE"
 SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANINGS AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO OF THE
 LABOR LAW.
   § 5. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART W
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 198-a of the labor law, as amended
 by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every  employer who does not pay the wages of all of his employees
 in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and the officers  and
 agents of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company who
 knowingly  permit  the  corporation,  partnership,  or limited liability
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 company to violate this chapter by failing to pay the wages  of  any  of
 its employees in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be guilty
 [of  a  misdemeanor  for  the first offense and upon conviction therefor
 shall  be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty thousand
 dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, and, in the event that
 any second or subsequent offense occurs within six years of the date  of
 conviction  for  a  prior  offense,  shall be guilty of a felony for the
 second or subsequent offense, and upon  conviction  therefor,  shall  be
 fined  not  less than five hundred nor more than twenty thousand dollars
 or imprisoned for not more than one year plus one day,  or  punished  by
 both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense. An indictment of
 a  person  or  corporation  operating  a  steam  surface railroad for an
 offense specified in this section may be found and tried in  any  county
 within  the  state  in  which  such  railroad  ran  at  the time of such
 offense], EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER OR IN  THE  PENAL
 LAW,  OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE LESS
 THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND  DOLLARS  TO
 MORE  THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; OF A CLASS E FELONY FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE
 EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR GREATER  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  TO  MORE  THAN  ONE EMPLOYEE; OF A CLASS D FELONY FOR
 FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS  OR
 ONE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; AND A CLASS C
 FELONY FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN FIFTY  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  OR  GREATER THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE
 EMPLOYEE.  FURTHER, A COURT MAY ORDER RESTITUTION OF WAGES IN THE AMOUNT
 OF THE UNDERPAYMENT AND TOGETHER  WITH  SUCH  AMOUNTS  PROVIDED  FOR  BY
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Section  213 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 729 of the
 laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
   § 213. Violations of provisions of labor law; the  rules,  regulations
 or  orders  of  the [industrial] commissioner and the [industrial] board
 [of appeals]. Any person who  violates  or  does  not  comply  with  any
 provision  of the labor law, any rule, regulation or lawful order of the
 [industrial] commissioner or the [industrial] board  [of  appeals],  and
 the  officers  and  agents  of  any corporation who knowingly permit the
 corporation to violate such provisions, are guilty of a CLASS  A  misde-
 meanor and upon conviction shall be punished, [except as in this chapter
 or in the penal law otherwise provided, for a first offense by a fine of
 not  more than one hundred dollars, provided, however, that if the first
 offense is a violation of a rule or provision for the protection of  the
 safety or health of employees or persons lawfully frequenting a place to
 which  this  chapter applies, the punishment shall be a fine of not more
 than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not  more  than  fifteen
 days  or  by  both  such  fine and imprisonment;] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PENAL LAW AND, for a second [offense by a fine  of  not  less  than  one
 hundred  nor  more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not
 more than thirty days or by both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  for  a
 second  offense  by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars, or by
 imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or  by  both  such  fine  and
 imprisonment]  OR  SUBSEQUENT  OFFENSE COMMITTED WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE
 DATE OF CONVICTION OF PRIOR OFFENSE, ARE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY  AND
 UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE PUNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENAL LAW. This
 section  shall not apply to any person covered by section twenty-seven-a
 of this chapter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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                                  PART X
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  296 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and
 (d) as amended by chapter 8 of  the  laws  of  2019,  paragraph  (h)  as
 amended  by chapter 161 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (a) as separately
 amended by chapter 176 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice:
   (a)  For  an  employer or licensing agency, because of an individual's
 age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender
 identity  or  expression, military status, sex, disability, predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status, or status as a
 victim of domestic violence, to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to
 discharge from employment such individual  or  to  discriminate  against
 such individual in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of
 employment.
   (b)  For  an  employment agency to discriminate against any individual
 because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, [or] marital status, OR
 STATUS AS A VICTIM OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,  in  receiving,  classifying,
 disposing  or  otherwise acting upon applications for its services or in
 referring an applicant or applicants to an employer or employers.
   (c) For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity or expression,
 military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic  characteristics,
 familial  status, [or] marital status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, of any individual, to exclude or to expel from its  membership
 such individual or to discriminate in any way against any of its members
 or against any employer or any individual employed by an employer.
   (d)  For  any  employer  or employment agency to print or circulate or
 cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publi-
 cation, or to use any form of application for employment or to make  any
 inquiry  in  connection  with  prospective  employment,  which expresses
 directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or  discrimination
 as  to  age,  race,  creed,  color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, [or] marital status, OR
 STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or any intent to make any  such
 limitation,  specification  or  discrimination, unless based upon a bona
 fide occupational qualification; provided, however,  that  neither  this
 paragraph  nor  any  provision  of  this  chapter  or other law shall be
 construed to prohibit the department of civil service or the  department
 of personnel of any city containing more than one county from requesting
 information  from  applicants  for civil service examinations concerning
 any of the aforementioned  characteristics,  other  than  sexual  orien-
 tation,  for  the  purpose of conducting studies to identify and resolve
 possible problems in recruitment and  testing  of  members  of  minority
 groups  to  insure  the  fairest  possible  and  equal opportunities for
 employment in the civil service for  all  persons,  regardless  of  age,
 race,  creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender iden-
 tity or  expression,  military  status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital status.
   (e)  For  any  employer,  labor  organization  or employment agency to
 discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because he
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 or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article or because
 he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding
 under this article.
   (f) Nothing in this subdivision shall affect any restrictions upon the
 activities  of  persons  licensed  by  the  state  liquor authority with
 respect to persons under twenty-one years of age.
   (g) For an employer to compel an employee who is pregnant  to  take  a
 leave  of  absence,  unless  the employee is prevented by such pregnancy
 from performing the activities involved in the job or  occupation  in  a
 reasonable manner.
   (h)  For  an  employer,  licensing  agency, employment agency or labor
 organization to subject any individual to harassment because of an indi-
 vidual's age, race, creed, color, national origin,  sexual  orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing  genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status, STATUS
 AS A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status], or because  the  indi-
 vidual has opposed any practices forbidden under this article or because
 the  individual  has  filed  a  complaint,  testified or assisted in any
 proceeding under this article, regardless  of  whether  such  harassment
 would  be  considered  severe  or  pervasive  under precedent applied to
 harassment claims. Such harassment is an unlawful  discriminatory  prac-
 tice  when  it  subjects  an individual to inferior terms, conditions or
 privileges of employment because of the individual's membership  in  one
 or more of these protected categories. The fact that such individual did
 not  make  a  complaint about the harassment to such employer, licensing
 agency, employment agency or labor organization shall not be  determina-
 tive  of  whether  such employer, licensing agency, employment agency or
 labor organization shall be liable. Nothing in this section shall  imply
 that an employee must demonstrate the existence of an individual to whom
 the  employee's  treatment  must be compared. It shall be an affirmative
 defense to liability under this subdivision that the  harassing  conduct
 does  not  rise above the level of what a reasonable victim of discrimi-
 nation with the same protected characteristic or  characteristics  would
 consider petty slights or trivial inconveniences.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1-a of section 296 of the executive law, as amended
 by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015,  paragraphs  (b),  (c)  and  (d)  as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1-a.  It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer,
 labor organization, employment  agency  or  any  joint  labor-management
 committee controlling apprentice training programs:
   (a)  To  select  persons for an apprentice training program registered
 with the state of New York on any basis other than their qualifications,
 as determined by objective criteria which permit review;
   (b) To deny to or withhold from any person  because  of  race,  creed,
 color,   national   origin,   sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or
 expression, military status, sex, age, disability, familial status, [or]
 marital status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, the right to
 be admitted to or participate in a guidance program,  an  apprenticeship
 training   program,  on-the-job  training  program,  executive  training
 program, or other occupational training or retraining program;
   (c) To discriminate against any person in his or her pursuit  of  such
 programs  or  to discriminate against such a person in the terms, condi-
 tions or privileges of such programs  because  of  race,  creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity or expression,
 military status, sex, age, disability,  familial  status  [or],  marital
 status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
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   (d)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for  such  programs or to make any inquiry in connection with such
 program which expresses, directly or indirectly, any  limitation,  spec-
 ification  or  discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin,
 sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex,
 age, disability, familial status [or], marital status, OR  STATUS  AS  A
 VICTIM  OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,  or any intention to make any such limita-
 tion, specification or discrimination, unless based on a bona fide occu-
 pational qualification.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296  of  the  executive
 law,  as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice  for  any  person,
 being  the  owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or
 employee of any place of  public  accommodation,  resort  or  amusement,
 because  of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status,  sex,  disability  [or],
 marital  status,  OR  STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, of any
 person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny to such
 person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities  or  privileges
 thereof,  including the extension of credit, or, directly or indirectly,
 to publish, circulate, issue, display,  post  or  mail  any  written  or
 printed  communication,  notice or advertisement, to the effect that any
 of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any such
 place shall be refused, withheld from or denied to any person on account
 of race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender iden-
 tity or expression, military status, sex, disability or marital  status,
 or  that  the patronage or custom thereat of any person of or purporting
 to be of any particular race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual
 orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military status, sex or
 marital status, or having a disability is  unwelcome,  objectionable  or
 not acceptable, desired or solicited.
   §  4. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of section
 296 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part T  of  chapter
 56 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 hold from any person or group of  persons  such  housing  accommodations
 because  of  the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or expression, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital  status,  STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source
 of income or familial status of such person or persons, or to  represent
 that  any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b) To discriminate against any person because of  his  or  her  race,
 creed,  color,  disability,  national origin, sexual orientation, gender
 identity or expression,  military  status,  age,  sex,  marital  status,
 STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income or
 familial status in the terms, conditions or privileges of any  publicly-
 assisted  housing  accommodations  or in the furnishing of facilities or
 services in connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing the race, creed, color, disability, national origin,  sexual  orien-
 tation,  gender  identity or expression, membership in the reserve armed
 forces of the United States or in the organized militia  of  the  state,
 age,  sex,  marital  status,  STATUS  AS  A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
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 lawful source of income or familial status of a person seeking  to  rent
 or lease any publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however,
 that  nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve
 armed  forces  of  the  United States or in the organized militia of the
 state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
 to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disa-
 bility, marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,  lawful
 source  of  income  or  familial  status, or any intent to make any such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   § 5. Subdivisions 3-b and 4 of section 296 of the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  8 of the laws of 2019, subdivision 4 as separately
 amended by chapter 116 of the laws of  2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3-b.  It  shall  be  an  unlawful discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent  thereof  or
 any  other  individual, corporation, partnership or organization for the
 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 sent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the  composition
 with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, marital
 status,  STATUS  AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or familial status of
 the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which  the
 real property is located, and to represent, directly or indirectly, that
 this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the block,
 neighborhood  or  area  in which the real property is located, including
 but not limited to the lowering of property values, an increase in crim-
 inal or anti-social behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools  or
 other facilities.
   4.  It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an educational
 institution to deny the use of its facilities to  any  person  otherwise
 qualified,  or  to permit the harassment of any student or applicant, by
 reason of his race, color, religion, disability, national origin, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or expression, military  status,  sex,  age
 [or], marital status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, except
 that  any  such  institution  which establishes or maintains a policy of
 educating persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only  one
 sex.
   §  6. Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (a) as amended by  chapter  300
 of  the laws of 2021,  subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph (c) as amended
 by section 5 and paragraph (d) as amended by section  6  of  part  T  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing  agent  of,  or  other  person
 having  the  right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a housing accommodation,
 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
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 of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender
 identity  or  expression, military status, sex, age, disability, marital
 status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income
 or  familial  status of such person or persons, or to represent that any
 housing accommodation or land is not  available  for  inspection,  sale,
 rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status, STATUS AS A
 VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income or familial  status
 in  the  terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of
 any such housing accommodation or in the  furnishing  of  facilities  or
 services in connection therewith.
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful
 source of income or familial status, or any  intent  to  make  any  such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   (4)  (i) The provisions of subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph
 shall not apply (1) to the rental of a housing accommodation in a build-
 ing which contains housing accommodations for not more than two families
 living independently of each other, if the owner resides in one of  such
 housing  accommodations,  (2)  to  the  restriction of the rental of all
 rooms in a housing accommodation to individuals of the same sex  or  (3)
 to  the  rental  of  a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if such
 rental is by the occupant of the housing accommodation or by  the  owner
 of  the  housing  accommodation  and  the  owner resides in such housing
 accommodation or (4) solely with respect to age and familial  status  to
 the  restriction  of the sale, rental or lease of housing accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any such person, or for housing intended and operated for  occupancy  by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five  years  of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.  3607
 (b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended,  shall
 apply.  However, such rental property shall no longer be exempt from the
 provisions of subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph  if  there  is
 unlawful  discriminatory  conduct pursuant to subparagraph three of this
 paragraph.
   (ii) The provisions of subparagraphs one, two, and three of this para-
 graph shall not apply (1) to the restriction of the rental of all  rooms
 in  a  housing  accommodation to individuals of the same sex, (2) to the
 rental of a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if such rental  is
 by  the  occupant  of  the  housing accommodation or by the owner of the
 housing accommodation and the owner resides  in  such  housing  accommo-
 dation,  or  (3)  solely  with respect to age and familial status to the
 restriction of the sale,  rental  or  lease  of  housing  accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any  such  person, or for housing intended and operated for occupancy by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
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 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.    3607
 (b)  (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall
 apply.
   (b)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 lessee, sub-lessee, or managing agent of, or  other  person  having  the
 right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell, rent or lease,
 land or commercial space:
   (1)  To  refuse  to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons land or commercial space because  of
 the  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, gender
 identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disability,  marital
 status,  STATUS  AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or familial status of
 such person or persons, or to represent that any  housing  accommodation
 or  land  is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in
 fact it is so available;
   (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity or expression,
 military status, sex, age,  disability,  marital  status,  STATUS  AS  A
 VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or familial status in the terms, conditions
 or  privileges  of the sale, rental or lease of any such land or commer-
 cial space; or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection
 therewith;
   (3) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such land or commercial  space
 or  to  make  any  record  or inquiry in connection with the prospective
 purchase, rental or  lease  of  such  land  or  commercial  space  which
 expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disa-
 bility, marital status, STATUS AS A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,  or
 familial  status;  or any intent to make any such limitation, specifica-
 tion or discrimination.
   (4) With respect to age and familial status, the  provisions  of  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  the restriction of the sale, rental or
 lease of land or commercial  space  exclusively  to  persons  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  and  the spouse of any such person, or to the
 restriction of the sale, rental or lease of land  to  be  used  for  the
 construction,  or  location  of  housing  accommodations exclusively for
 persons sixty-two years of age or older, or intended  and  operated  for
 occupancy  by  at  least one person fifty-five years of age or older per
 unit. In determining whether housing is intended and operated for  occu-
 pancy  by  persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c)
 (42 U.S.C. 3607(b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988,  as
 amended, shall apply.
   (c)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing  accommodation,  land
 or  commercial  space  to any person or group of persons or to refuse to
 negotiate for the sale, rental or lease, of any  housing  accommodation,
 land  or  commercial  space to any person or group of persons because of
 the race, creed, color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender
 identity  or  expression, military status, sex, age, disability, marital
 status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income
 or familial status of such person or persons, or to represent  that  any
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 housing  accommodation,  land  or  commercial space is not available for
 inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is  so  available,  or
 otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land or commer-
 cial  space  or  any  facilities  of  any housing accommodation, land or
 commercial space from any person or group  of  persons  because  of  the
 race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity
 or  expression,  military  status, sex, age, disability, marital status,
 lawful source of income or familial status of such person or persons.
   (2) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease  of  any  housing  accommodation,
 land  or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in connection
 with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any  housing  accommo-
 dation,  land or commercial space which expresses, directly or indirect-
 ly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race,  creed,
 color,   national   origin,   sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or
 expression, military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status,
 STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income or
 familial status; or any intent to make any such  limitation,  specifica-
 tion or discrimination.
   (3)  With  respect  to age and familial status, the provisions of this
 paragraph shall not apply to the restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space exclusively
 to  persons  fifty-five years of age or older and the spouse of any such
 person, or to the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of any  hous-
 ing accommodation or land to be used for the construction or location of
 housing  accommodations  for persons sixty-two years of age or older, or
 intended and operated for occupancy by at least  one  person  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  per  unit.  In determining whether housing is
 intended and operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years  of  age
 or  older,  Sec.  807  (b)  (2)  (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607 (b) (2) (c)) of the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (d) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
 estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation,  gender  identity or expression, military status, age, sex,
 disability, marital status, STATUS AS A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,
 lawful  source  of  income  or  familial status of any individual who is
 otherwise qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such  individual
 from  membership,  or  to  discriminate  against  such individual in the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   (e) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  the  owner,
 proprietor  or  managing  agent  of, or other person having the right to
 provide care and services in, a private proprietary nursing home, conva-
 lescent home, or home for adults, or an intermediate care  facility,  as
 defined   in   section  two  of  the  social  services  law,  heretofore
 constructed, or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof,  to
 refuse  to  provide  services  and  care in such home or facility to any
 individual or to discriminate  against  any  individual  in  the  terms,
 conditions, and privileges of such services and care solely because such
 individual  is  a blind person. For purposes of this paragraph, a "blind
 person" shall mean a person who is registered as a blind person with the
 commission for the visually handicapped and who meets the definition  of
 a  "blind  person"  pursuant  to  section  three of chapter four hundred
 fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred thirteen  entitled  "An  act  to
 establish a state commission for improving the condition of the blind of
 the state of New York, and making an appropriation therefor".
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   (f)  The  provisions of this subdivision, as they relate to age, shall
 not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years.
   (g)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person
 offering or providing housing accommodations, land or  commercial  space
 as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subdivision to make
 or  cause  to  be  made any written or oral inquiry or record concerning
 membership of any person in the state organized militia in  relation  to
 the  purchase,  rental  or lease of such housing accommodation, land, or
 commercial space, provided, however, that nothing  in  this  subdivision
 shall  prohibit a member of the state organized militia from voluntarily
 disclosing such membership.
   § 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 296  of  the  executive
 law,  as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  fire
 department or fire company therein, through any member or members there-
 of, officers, board of fire commissioners or other body or office having
 power  of appointment of volunteer firefighters, directly or indirectly,
 by ritualistic practice, constitutional or by-law prescription, by tacit
 agreement among its members, or otherwise, to  deny  to  any  individual
 membership  in any volunteer fire department or fire company therein, or
 to expel or discriminate against any volunteer member of a fire  depart-
 ment  or  fire  company  therein,  because  of  the  race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  sex,  marital  status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, or familial status, of such individual.
   § 8. Subdivision 13 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   13. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice (i) for any person
 to boycott or blacklist, or to refuse to buy  from,  sell  to  or  trade
 with, or otherwise discriminate against any person, because of the race,
 creed,  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or
 expression, military  status,  sex,  STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE,  disability, or familial status, or of such person, or of such
 person's partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers, managers,
 superintendents, agents, employees, business  associates,  suppliers  or
 customers, or (ii) for any person wilfully to do any act or refrain from
 doing  any  act  which enables any such person to take such action. This
 subdivision shall not apply to:
   (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes; or
   (b) Boycotts to protest unlawful discriminatory practices.
   § 9. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 296-a of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 8 of the  laws  of  2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or
 any officer, agent or employee thereof:
   a.  In  the  case  of  applications  for  credit  with  respect to the
 purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair  or  mainte-
 nance of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space to discrim-
 inate  against  any  such  applicant  because of the race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,
 military  status, age, sex, marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMES-
 TIC VIOLENCE, disability, or familial status of such applicant or appli-
 cants or any member, stockholder, director, officer or employee of  such
 applicant  or  applicants, or of the prospective occupants or tenants of
 such housing accommodation, land or commercial space, in  the  granting,
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 withholding, extending or renewing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms
 or conditions of, any such credit;
   b.  To  discriminate in the granting, withholding, extending or renew-
 ing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any form  of
 credit,  on  the  basis  of  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or expression, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital  status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, disability, or
 familial status;
   c. To use any form of application for credit or use or make any record
 or inquiry which expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation,
 specification,  or  discrimination  as  to  race, creed, color, national
 origin, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status,  age,  sex,  marital  status,  STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, disability, or familial status;
   d. To make any inquiry of an applicant concerning his or her  capacity
 to reproduce, or his or her use or advocacy of any form of birth control
 or family planning;
   e.  To  refuse  to  consider  sources  of  an applicant's income or to
 subject an applicant's income to  discounting,  in  whole  or  in  part,
 because  of  an  applicant's race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or expression, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital  status,  STATUS  AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, childbearing
 potential, disability, or familial status;
   f. To discriminate  against  a  married  person  because  such  person
 neither uses nor is known by the surname of his or her spouse.
   This  paragraph  shall  not  apply to any situation where the use of a
 surname would constitute or result in a criminal act.
   2. Without limiting the generality of subdivision one of this section,
 it shall be considered discriminatory if, because of an  applicant's  or
 class  of applicants' race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, military status, age, sex,  mari-
 tal  status  [or] , STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, disability,
 or familial status, (i) an applicant or class of  applicants  is  denied
 credit  in  circumstances  where other applicants of like overall credit
 worthiness are granted credit, or (ii) special  requirements  or  condi-
 tions, such as requiring co-obligors or reapplication upon marriage, are
 imposed  upon an applicant or class of applicants in circumstances where
 similar requirements or conditions are not imposed upon other applicants
 of like overall credit worthiness.
   3. It shall not  be  considered  discriminatory  if  credit  differen-
 tiations  or  decisions  are based upon factually supportable, objective
 differences in applicants' overall credit worthiness, which may  include
 reference  to  such  factors  as current income, assets and prior credit
 history of such applicants, as well as reference to any  other  relevant
 factually  supportable  data;  provided, however, that no creditor shall
 consider, in evaluating the credit worthiness of an applicant, aggregate
 statistics or assumptions  relating  to  race,  creed,  color,  national
 origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  or
 disability,  or  to  the  likelihood  of any group of persons bearing or
 rearing children, or for that reason receiving diminished or interrupted
 income in the future.
   § 10. Subdivision 2 of section 296-c of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   2. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to:
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   a. refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from  internship
 an intern or to discriminate against such intern in terms, conditions or
 privileges of employment as an intern because of the intern's age, race,
 creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex,
 disability,  predisposing  genetic  characteristics,  marital status, or
 STATUS AS A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status];
   b. discriminate against an intern in receiving, classifying, disposing
 or otherwise acting upon applications for  internships  because  of  the
 intern's  age,  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic  characteristics,
 marital  status,  or  STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim
 status];
   c. print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any  state-
 ment,  advertisement  or  publication, or to use any form of application
 for employment as an intern or to make any inquiry  in  connection  with
 prospective  employment,  which  expresses  directly  or indirectly, any
 limitation, specification or discrimination  as  to  age,  race,  creed,
 color,  national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disa-
 bility, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status  or  STATUS
 AS  A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status], or any intent to make
 any such limitation, specification or discrimination, unless based  upon
 a  bona fide occupational qualification; provided, however, that neither
 this paragraph nor any provision of this chapter or other law  shall  be
 construed  to prohibit the department of civil service or the department
 of personnel of any city containing more than one county from requesting
 information from applicants for civil service  internships  or  examina-
 tions  concerning  any of the aforementioned characteristics, other than
 sexual orientation, for the purpose of conducting  studies  to  identify
 and  resolve  possible problems in recruitment and testing of members of
 minority groups to insure the fairest possible and  equal  opportunities
 for  employment in the civil service for all persons, regardless of age,
 race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military
 status,  sex,  disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital
 status or STATUS AS A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status];
   d. to discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate  against  any  person
 because he or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article
 or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any
 proceeding under this article; or
   e.  to  compel  an  intern who is pregnant to take a leave of absence,
 unless the intern is prevented by such  pregnancy  from  performing  the
 activities involved in the job or occupation in a reasonable manner.
   §  11.  Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 296-c of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   b.  subject an intern to unwelcome harassment based on age, sex, race,
 creed, color, sexual orientation, military status,  disability,  predis-
 posing  genetic  characteristics,  marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF
 domestic violence [victim status], [or] national origin, OR  where  such
 harassment  has  the  purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with
 the intern's work performance by creating an intimidating,  hostile,  or
 offensive working environment.
   § 12. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
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   Section  1.  Subdivision  37  of  section 292 of the executive law, as
 added by chapter 160 of the laws of 2019, is renumbered  subdivision  40
 and a new subdivision 41 is added to read as follows:
   41. THE TERM "CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS" MEANS THE CITIZENSHIP
 OF ANY PERSON OR THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A CITI-
 ZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL PRECLUDE VERIFI-
 CATION  OF  CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS WHERE REQUIRED BY LAW, NOR
 SHALL AN ADVERSE ACTION BASED ON VERIFICATION OF  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS BE PROHIBITED WHERE SUCH ADVERSE ACTION  IS  REQUIRED BY
 LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended  by
 chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, paragraph (a) as separately amended  by
 chapters  8  and 176 of the laws of 2019, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019 and paragraph (h) as amended by
 chapter 161 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice:
   (a) For an employer or licensing agency, because  of  an  individual's
 age,  race,  creed,  color,  national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION
 STATUS, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status,  sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, familial
 status, marital status, or status as a victim of domestic  violence,  to
 refuse  to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment such
 individual or to discriminate against such individual in compensation or
 in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
   (b) For an employment agency to discriminate  against  any  individual
 because  of  age,  race,  creed,  color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
 familial status, or marital status, in receiving, classifying, disposing
 or otherwise acting upon applications for its services or  in  referring
 an applicant or applicants to an employer or employers.
   (c)  For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed, color,
 national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual  orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing  genetic  characteristics,  familial status, or marital status of
 any individual, to exclude or to expel from its membership such individ-
 ual or to discriminate in any way against any of its members or  against
 any employer or any individual employed by an employer.
   (d)  For  any  employer  or employment agency to print or circulate or
 cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publi-
 cation, or to use any form of application for employment or to make  any
 inquiry  in  connection  with  prospective  employment,  which expresses
 directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or  discrimination
 as  to  age,  race,  creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
 tary status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing  genetic  characteristics,
 familial status, or marital status, or any intent to make any such limi-
 tation,  specification  or discrimination, unless based upon a bona fide
 occupational qualification; provided, however, that neither  this  para-
 graph  nor any provision of this chapter or other law shall be construed
 to prohibit the department of civil service or the department of person-
 nel of any city containing more than one county from requesting informa-
 tion from applicants for civil service examinations  concerning  any  of
 the  aforementioned  characteristics, other than sexual orientation, for
 the purpose of conducting studies to identify and resolve possible prob-
 lems in recruitment and testing of members of minority groups to  insure
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 the fairest possible and equal opportunities for employment in the civil
 service for all persons, regardless of age, race, creed, color, national
 origin,  CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation or gender
 identity  or  expression, military status, sex, disability, predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital status.
   (e) For any employer,  labor  organization  or  employment  agency  to
 discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because he
 or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article or because
 he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding
 under this article.
   (f) Nothing in this subdivision shall affect any restrictions upon the
 activities  of  persons  licensed  by  the  state  liquor authority with
 respect to persons under twenty-one years of age.
   (g) For an employer to compel an employee who is pregnant  to  take  a
 leave  of  absence,  unless  the employee is prevented by such pregnancy
 from performing the activities involved in the job or  occupation  in  a
 reasonable manner.
   (h)  For  an  employer,  licensing  agency, employment agency or labor
 organization to subject any individual to harassment because of an indi-
 vidual's age, race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR  IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
 tary  status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing  genetic characteristics,
 familial status, marital status, domestic  violence  victim  status,  or
 because  the  individual  has opposed any practices forbidden under this
 article or because the individual has filed a  complaint,  testified  or
 assisted  in  any  proceeding  under this article, regardless of whether
 such harassment would be considered severe or pervasive under  precedent
 applied to harassment claims. Such harassment is an unlawful discrimina-
 tory  practice  when it subjects an individual to inferior terms, condi-
 tions or privileges of employment because of the individual's membership
 in one or more of these protected categories. The fact that  such  indi-
 vidual  did  not make a complaint about the harassment to such employer,
 licensing agency, employment agency or labor organization shall  not  be
 determinative  of  whether  such  employer, licensing agency, employment
 agency or labor organization shall be liable. Nothing  in  this  section
 shall  imply that an employee must demonstrate the existence of an indi-
 vidual to whom the employee's treatment must be compared. It shall be an
 affirmative defense to liability under this subdivision that the harass-
 ing conduct does not rise above the level of what a reasonable victim of
 discrimination with the same protected characteristic or characteristics
 would consider petty slights or trivial inconveniences.
   § 3. Subdivision 1-a of section 296 of the executive law,  as  amended
 by  chapter  365  of  the  laws  of 2015, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1-a. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an  employer,
 labor  organization,  employment  agency  or  any joint labor-management
 committee controlling apprentice training programs:
   (a) To select persons for an apprentice  training  program  registered
 with the state of New York on any basis other than their qualifications,
 as determined by objective criteria which permit review;
   (b)  To  deny  to  or withhold from any person because of race, creed,
 color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  familial status, or marital status, the right to be admitted to
 or  participate  in  a  guidance  program,  an  apprenticeship  training
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 program,  on-the-job  training  program,  executive training program, or
 other occupational training or retraining program;
   (c)  To  discriminate against any person in his or her pursuit of such
 programs or to discriminate against such a person in the  terms,  condi-
 tions  or  privileges  of  such  programs because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual  orientation,
 gender  identity  or  expression, military status, sex, age, disability,
 familial status or marital status;
   (d) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for such programs or to make any inquiry in  connection  with  such
 program  which  expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, spec-
 ification or discrimination as to race, creed, color,  national  origin,
 CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity
 or expression, military status, sex, age, disability, familial status or
 marital status, or any intention to make any such limitation, specifica-
 tion or discrimination, unless based on a bona fide occupational  quali-
 fication.
   §  4.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
 being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
 employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
 because of the race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
 tary status, sex, disability or marital status of any  person,  directly
 or  indirectly,  to  refuse, withhold from or deny to such person any of
 the  accommodations,  advantages,  facilities  or  privileges   thereof,
 including  the  extension  of  credit,  or,  directly  or indirectly, to
 publish, circulate, issue, display, post or mail any written or  printed
 communication,  notice  or  advertisement, to the effect that any of the
 accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any such  place
 shall  be  refused,  withheld from or denied to any person on account of
 race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION  STATUS,
 sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex,
 disability or marital status, or that the patronage or custom thereat of
 any  person of or purporting to be of any particular race, creed, color,
 national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual  orientation,
 gender  identity  or expression, military status, sex or marital status,
 or having a disability is unwelcome, objectionable  or  not  acceptable,
 desired or solicited.
   §  5. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of section
 296 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part T  of  chapter
 56 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 hold from any person or group of  persons  such  housing  accommodations
 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, CITIZEN-
 SHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender identity or
 expression, military status, age, sex, marital status, lawful source  of
 income  or  familial  status  of such person or persons, or to represent
 that any housing accommodation or land is not available for  inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b)  To  discriminate  against  any person because of his or her race,
 creed, color, disability, national origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION
 STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
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 status, age, sex, marital status, lawful source of  income  or  familial
 status  in  the terms, conditions or privileges of any publicly-assisted
 housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in
 connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing  the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 membership  in  the  reserve armed forces of the United States or in the
 organized militia of the state, age, sex, marital status, lawful  source
 of  income  or  familial status of a person seeking to rent or lease any
 publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however, that nothing
 in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve armed  forces
 of  the  United  States  or  in  the organized militia of the state from
 voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
 to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of
 income or familial status, or any intent to make  any  such  limitation,
 specification or discrimination.
   §  6.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3  of section 296 of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 369 of the laws of 2015,  is  relettered  para-
 graph (d).
   §  7.  Subdivisions  3-b  and  4  of section 296 of the executive law,
 subdivision 3-b as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019 and subdivi-
 sion 4 as separately amended by chapters 8 and 116 of the laws of  2019,
 are amended to read as follows:
   3-b.  It  shall  be  an  unlawful discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent  thereof  or
 any  other  individual, corporation, partnership or organization for the
 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 sent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the  composition
 with  respect  to  race,  creed,  color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status, sex, disability, marital status, or familial status of
 the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which  the
 real property is located, and to represent, directly or indirectly, that
 this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the block,
 neighborhood  or  area  in which the real property is located, including
 but not limited to the lowering of property values, an increase in crim-
 inal or anti-social behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools  or
 other facilities.
   4.  It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an educational
 institution to deny the use of its facilities to  any  person  otherwise
 qualified,  or  to permit the harassment of any student or applicant, by
 reason of his race, color, religion, disability, national origin,  CITI-
 ZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION  STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or
 expression, military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any
 such institution which establishes or maintains a  policy  of  educating
 persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
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   §  8. Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (a) as amended by  chapter  300
 of  the laws of 2021,  subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph (c) as amended
 by section 5, and paragraph (d) as amended by section 6 of part    T  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing  agent  of,  or  other  person
 having  the  right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a housing accommodation,
 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
 of the race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION
 STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of income or
 familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent  that  any
 housing  accommodation  or  land  is not available for inspection, sale,
 rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status,  sex,  age,  disability,
 marital status, lawful source of income or familial status in the terms,
 conditions  or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any such hous-
 ing accommodation or in the furnishing  of  facilities  or  services  in
 connection therewith.
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source  of
 income  or  familial  status, or any intent to make any such limitation,
 specification or discrimination.
   (4) (i) The provisions of subparagraphs one and two of this  paragraph
 shall not apply (1) to the rental of a housing accommodation in a build-
 ing which contains housing accommodations for not more than two families
 living  independently of each other, if the owner resides in one of such
 housing accommodations, (2) to the restriction  of  the  rental  of  all
 rooms  in  a housing accommodation to individuals of the same sex or (3)
 to the rental of a room or rooms in a  housing  accommodation,  if  such
 rental  is  by the occupant of the housing accommodation or by the owner
 of the housing accommodation and  the  owner  resides  in  such  housing
 accommodation  or  (4) solely with respect to age and familial status to
 the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of  housing  accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any  such  person, or for housing intended and operated for occupancy by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.    3607
 (b)  (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall
 apply. However, such rental property shall no longer be exempt from  the
 provisions  of  subparagraphs  one and two of this paragraph if there is
 unlawful discriminatory conduct pursuant to subparagraph three  of  this
 paragraph.
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   (ii) The provisions of subparagraphs one, two, and three of this para-
 graph  shall not apply (1) to the restriction of the rental of all rooms
 in a housing accommodation to individuals of the same sex,  (2)  to  the
 rental  of a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if such rental is
 by  the  occupant  of  the  housing accommodation or by the owner of the
 housing accommodation and the owner resides  in  such  housing  accommo-
 dation,  or  (3)  solely  with respect to age and familial status to the
 restriction of the sale,  rental  or  lease  of  housing  accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any  such  person, or for housing intended and operated for occupancy by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.    3607
 (b)  (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall
 apply.
   (b) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  the  owner,
 lessee,  sub-lessee,  or  managing  agent of, or other person having the
 right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell, rent or lease,
 land or commercial space:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny  to  or  withhold
 from  any person or group of persons land or commercial space because of
 the race, creed, color,  national  origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION
 STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, or familial status of such
 person or persons, or to represent that  any  housing  accommodation  or
 land is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact
 it is so available;
   (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual  orientation,
 gender  identity  or  expression, military status, sex, age, disability,
 marital status, or familial status in the terms,  conditions  or  privi-
 leges of the sale, rental or lease of any such land or commercial space;
 or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such land or commercial space
 or to make any record or inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  land  or  commercial space which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status,  or  familial
 status;  or  any  intent  to  make any such limitation, specification or
 discrimination.
   (4) With respect to age and familial status, the  provisions  of  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  the restriction of the sale, rental or
 lease of land or commercial  space  exclusively  to  persons  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  and  the spouse of any such person, or to the
 restriction of the sale, rental or lease of land  to  be  used  for  the
 construction,  or  location  of  housing  accommodations exclusively for
 persons sixty-two years of age or older, or intended  and  operated  for
 occupancy  by  at  least one person fifty-five years of age or older per
 unit. In determining whether housing is intended and operated for  occu-
 pancy  by  persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c)
 (42 U.S.C. 3607(b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988,  as
 amended, shall apply.
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   (c)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
   (1)  To  refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space to any person or group of persons or  to  refuse  to
 negotiate  for  the sale, rental or lease, of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space to any person or group of  persons  because  of
 the  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION
 STATUS, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of income or
 familial  status  of  such  person  or persons, or to represent that any
 housing accommodation, land or commercial space  is  not  available  for
 inspection,  sale,  rental  or lease when in fact it is so available, or
 otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land or commer-
 cial space or any facilities  of  any  housing  accommodation,  land  or
 commercial  space  from  any  person  or group of persons because of the
 race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION  STATUS,
 sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex,
 age,  disability,  marital  status,  lawful source of income or familial
 status of such person or persons.
   (2) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease  of  any  housing  accommodation,
 land  or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in connection
 with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any  housing  accommo-
 dation,  land or commercial space which expresses, directly or indirect-
 ly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race,  creed,
 color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orien-
 tation,  gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disa-
 bility, marital status, lawful source of income or familial  status;  or
 any intent to make any such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   (3)  With  respect  to age and familial status, the provisions of this
 paragraph shall not apply to the restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space exclusively
 to  persons  fifty-five years of age or older and the spouse of any such
 person, or to the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of any  hous-
 ing accommodation or land to be used for the construction or location of
 housing  accommodations  for persons sixty-two years of age or older, or
 intended and operated for occupancy by at least  one  person  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  per  unit.  In determining whether housing is
 intended and operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years  of  age
 or  older,  Sec.  807  (b)  (2)  (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607 (b) (2) (c)) of the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (d) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
 estate  board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, CITI-
 ZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or
 expression,  military  status,  age,  sex,  disability,  marital status,
 lawful source of income or familial status  of  any  individual  who  is
 otherwise  qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such individual
 from membership, or to  discriminate  against  such  individual  in  the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   (e)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 proprietor or managing agent of, or other person  having  the  right  to
 provide care and services in, a private proprietary nursing home, conva-
 lescent  home,  or home for adults, or an intermediate care facility, as
 defined  in  section  two  of  the  social  services   law,   heretofore
 constructed,  or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof, to
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 refuse to provide services and care in such  home  or  facility  to  any
 individual  or  to  discriminate  against  any  individual in the terms,
 conditions, and privileges of such services and care solely because such
 individual  is  a blind person. For purposes of this paragraph, a "blind
 person" shall mean a person who is registered as a blind person with the
 commission for the visually handicapped and who meets the definition  of
 a  "blind  person"  pursuant  to  section  three of chapter four hundred
 fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred thirteen  entitled  "An  act  to
 establish a state commission for improving the condition of the blind of
 the state of New York, and making an appropriation therefor".
   (f)  The  provisions of this subdivision, as they relate to age, shall
 not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years.
   (g) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  any  person
 offering  or  providing housing accommodations, land or commercial space
 as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subdivision to make
 or cause to be made any written or oral  inquiry  or  record  concerning
 membership  of  any person in the state organized militia in relation to
 the purchase, rental or lease of such housing  accommodation,  land,  or
 commercial  space,  provided,  however, that nothing in this subdivision
 shall prohibit a member of the state organized militia from  voluntarily
 disclosing such membership.
   §  9.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 9 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any fire
 department or fire company therein, through any member or members there-
 of, officers, board of fire commissioners or other body or office having
 power of appointment of volunteer firefighters, directly or  indirectly,
 by ritualistic practice, constitutional or by-law prescription, by tacit
 agreement  among  its  members,  or otherwise, to deny to any individual
 membership in any volunteer fire department or fire company therein,  or
 to  expel or discriminate against any volunteer member of a fire depart-
 ment or fire  company  therein,  because  of  the  race,  creed,  color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status,  or
 familial status, of such individual.
   §  10.  Subdivision 13 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended
 by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   13. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice (i) for any person
 to boycott or blacklist, or to refuse to buy  from,  sell  to  or  trade
 with, or otherwise discriminate against any person, because of the race,
 creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual
 orientation,  gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disa-
 bility, or familial status, of such person, or of  such  person's  part-
 ners,  members, stockholders, directors, officers, managers, superinten-
 dents, agents, employees, business associates, suppliers  or  customers,
 or  (ii) for any person wilfully to do any act or refrain from doing any
 act which enables any such person to take such action. This  subdivision
 shall not apply to:
   (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes; or
   (b) Boycotts to protest unlawful discriminatory practices.
   §  11.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 296-a of the executive law,
 as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or
 any officer, agent or employee thereof:
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   a.  In  the  case  of  applications  for  credit  with  respect to the
 purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair  or  mainte-
 nance of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space to discrim-
 inate  against  any  such  applicant  because of the race, creed, color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity  or  expression,  military  status,  age,  sex,  marital
 status,  disability,  or familial status of such applicant or applicants
 or any member, stockholder, director, officer or employee of such appli-
 cant or applicants, or of the prospective occupants or tenants  of  such
 housing  accommodation, land or commercial space, in the granting, with-
 holding, extending or renewing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms  or
 conditions of, any such credit;
   b.  To  discriminate in the granting, withholding, extending or renew-
 ing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any form  of
 credit, on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP
 OR   IMMIGRATION   STATUS,   sexual   orientation,  gender  identity  or
 expression, military status, age, sex, marital  status,  disability,  or
 familial status;
   c. To use any form of application for credit or use or make any record
 or  inquiry  which  expresses,  directly  or indirectly, any limitation,
 specification, or discrimination as  to  race,  creed,  color,  national
 origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender
 identity or expression, military status, age, sex, marital status, disa-
 bility, or familial status;
   d. To make any inquiry of an applicant concerning his or her  capacity
 to reproduce, or his or her use or advocacy of any form of birth control
 or family planning;
   e.  To  refuse  to  consider  sources  of  an applicant's income or to
 subject an applicant's income to  discounting,  in  whole  or  in  part,
 because  of an applicant's race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZEN-
 SHIP OR IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or
 expression,  military  status,  age,  sex,  marital status, childbearing
 potential, disability, or familial status;
   f. To discriminate  against  a  married  person  because  such  person
 neither uses nor is known by the surname of his or her spouse.
   This  paragraph  shall  not  apply to any situation where the use of a
 surname would constitute or result in a criminal act.
   2. Without limiting the generality of subdivision one of this section,
 it shall be considered discriminatory if, because of an  applicant's  or
 class of applicants' race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, age, sex, marital status  or  disability,  or  familial
 status,  (i)  an  applicant  or  class of applicants is denied credit in
 circumstances where other applicants of like overall  credit  worthiness
 are  granted credit, or (ii) special requirements or conditions, such as
 requiring co-obligors or reapplication upon marriage, are  imposed  upon
 an  applicant  or  class  of  applicants  in circumstances where similar
 requirements or conditions are not imposed upon other applicants of like
 overall credit worthiness.
   3. It shall not  be  considered  discriminatory  if  credit  differen-
 tiations  or  decisions  are based upon factually supportable, objective
 differences in applicants' overall credit worthiness, which may  include
 reference  to  such  factors  as current income, assets and prior credit
 history of such applicants, as well as reference to any  other  relevant
 factually  supportable  data;  provided, however, that no creditor shall
 consider, in evaluating the credit worthiness of an applicant, aggregate
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 statistics or assumptions  relating  to  race,  creed,  color,  national
 origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender
 identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status or disabil-
 ity,  or  to  the  likelihood of any group of persons bearing or rearing
 children, or for that reason receiving diminished or interrupted  income
 in the future.
   § 12. Subdivision 2 of section 296-c of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   2. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to:
   a.  refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from internship
 an intern or to discriminate against such intern in terms, conditions or
 privileges of employment as an intern because of the intern's age, race,
 creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual
 orientation, military  status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing  genetic
 characteristics, marital status, or domestic violence victim status;
   b. discriminate against an intern in receiving, classifying, disposing
 or  otherwise  acting  upon  applications for internships because of the
 intern's age, race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR  IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS,  sexual  orientation, military status, sex, disability,
 predisposing  genetic  characteristics,  marital  status,  or   domestic
 violence victim status;
   c.  print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any state-
 ment, advertisement or publication, or to use any  form  of  application
 for  employment  as  an intern or to make any inquiry in connection with
 prospective employment, which  expresses  directly  or  indirectly,  any
 limitation,  specification  or  discrimination  as  to age, race, creed,
 color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orien-
 tation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing  genetic  charac-
 teristics,  marital  status  or  domestic violence victim status, or any
 intent to make any such  limitation,  specification  or  discrimination,
 unless  based  upon  a  bona  fide occupational qualification; provided,
 however, that neither this paragraph nor any provision of  this  chapter
 or  other  law  shall  be  construed to prohibit the department of civil
 service or the department of personnel of any city containing more  than
 one county from requesting information from applicants for civil service
 internships or examinations concerning any of the aforementioned charac-
 teristics,  other than sexual orientation, for the purpose of conducting
 studies to identify and resolve possible  problems  in  recruitment  and
 testing of members of minority groups to insure the fairest possible and
 equal opportunities for employment in the civil service for all persons,
 regardless  of  age, race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, military status, sex,  disabili-
 ty,  predisposing  genetic  characteristics,  marital status or domestic
 violence victim status;
   d. to discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate  against  any  person
 because he or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article
 or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any
 proceeding under this article; or
   e.  to  compel  an  intern who is pregnant to take a leave of absence,
 unless the intern is prevented by such  pregnancy  from  performing  the
 activities involved in the job or occupation in a reasonable manner.
   §  13.  Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 296-c of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   b.  subject an intern to unwelcome harassment based on age, sex, race,
 creed, color, sexual orientation, military status,  disability,  predis-
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 posing genetic characteristics, marital status, domestic violence victim
 status,  [or]  national  origin,  OR  CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS,
 where such harassment has the purpose or effect of  unreasonably  inter-
 fering  with  the intern's work performance by creating an intimidating,
 hostile, or offensive working environment.
   § 14. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the  housing
 trust  fund  corporation  may  provide, for purposes of the neighborhood
 preservation program, a sum not to exceed  $12,830,000  for  the  fiscal
 year ending March 31, 2023.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 and  subject to the approval of the New York state director of the budg-
 et, the board of directors of the state  of  New  York  mortgage  agency
 shall  authorize the transfer to the housing trust fund corporation, for
 the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with neighborhood pres-
 ervation program contracts authorized by this section, a total  sum  not
 to  exceed  $12,830,000,  such  transfer to be made from (i) the special
 account of the mortgage  insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to  section
 2429-b  of  the  public  authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the
 actual excess balance in the special account of the  mortgage  insurance
 fund,  as  determined  and  certified  by the state of New York mortgage
 agency for the fiscal year 2021-2022 in accordance with  section  2429-b
 of  the  public  authorities  law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
 reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the  public  authorities  law
 are  sufficient  to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined
 by the state of New York mortgage agency)  required  to  accomplish  the
 purposes  of  such  account,  the  project pool insurance account of the
 mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
 but no later than June 30, 2022.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may  provide,  for purposes of the rural preservation
 program, a sum not to exceed $5,360,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31, 2023.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject  to
 the  approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
 directors of the state of New York mortgage agency shall  authorize  the
 transfer  to  the  housing  trust  fund corporation, for the purposes of
 reimbursing  any  costs  associated  with  rural  preservation   program
 contracts  authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to exceed
 $5,360,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
 mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
 the special account of the mortgage insurance fund,  as  determined  and
 certified  by  the state of New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year
 2021-2022 in accordance with section 2429-b of  the  public  authorities
 law,  if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project pool
 insurance account of the mortgage insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to
 section  2429-b  of  the public authorities law are sufficient to attain
 and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of  New  York
 mortgage  agency)  required  to accomplish the purposes of such account,
 the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund,  such
 transfer  to  be  made as soon as practicable but no later than June 30,
 2022.
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   § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may provide, for purposes of the rural rental assist-
 ance program pursuant to article 17-A of  the  private  housing  finance
 law,  a  sum  not to exceed $21,630,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31,  2023.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to
 the approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board  of
 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
 reimbursing  any  costs  associated with rural rental assistance program
 contracts authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to  exceed
 $21,630,000,  such  transfer  to be made from (i) the special account of
 the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section  2429-b  of  the
 public  authorities  law,  in  an amount not to exceed the actual excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined and certified by the state of New York  mortgage  agency  for  the
 fiscal  year  2021-2022  in accordance with section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves  in  the
 project  pool  insurance  account of the mortgage insurance fund created
 pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient
 to  attain and maintain the credit rating, as determined by the state of
 New York mortgage agency, required to accomplish the  purposes  of  such
 account,  the  project  pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund, such transfer shall be made as soon as practicable  but  no  later
 than June 30, 2022.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART AA
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "accessory dwelling unit act of 2022".
   § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new  article  16  to
 read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 16
                         ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
 SECTION 480. DEFINITIONS.
         481. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS AND LOCAL LAWS.
         482. LOW AND MODERATE-INCOME HOMEOWNERS PROGRAM.
         483. TENANT PROTECTIONS.
   § 480. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHER-
 WISE REQUIRES, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT"  SHALL  MEAN AN ATTACHED OR A DETACHED
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT  THAT  PROVIDES  COMPLETE  INDEPENDENT  LIVING
 FACILITIES  FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE SAME LOT AS
 A SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY  DWELLING  PROPOSED  OR  EXISTING  AS  A
 PRIMARY  RESIDENCE, AND SUCH UNIT SHALL INCLUDE PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR
 LIVING, SLEEPING, EATING, COOKING, BATHING AND WASHING,  AND  SANITATION
 ON THE SAME LOT AS SUCH PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
   2. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" SHALL MEAN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE.
   3.  "LOW-INCOME  HOMEOWNERS"  SHALL  MEAN  HOMEOWNERS  WITH AN INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, NOT EXCEEDING EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDI-
 AN INCOME.
   4. "MODERATE-INCOME HOMEOWNERS" SHALL MEAN HOMEOWNERS WITH AN  INCOME,
 ADJUSTED  FOR  FAMILY  SIZE, NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PERCENT OF
 THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AS DEFINED BY THE DIVISION.
   5. "NONCONFORMING ZONING CONDITION" SHALL MEAN A PHYSICAL  IMPROVEMENT
 ON A PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT CONFORM WITH CURRENT ZONING STANDARDS.
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   6.  "PROPOSED DWELLING" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A
 PERMIT APPLICATION AND THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITTING.
   7.  "DIVISION"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOMES AND
 COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
   8. "REGULATION" SHALL MEAN ANY ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAW, RESOLUTION, RULE,
 POLICY, OR REGULATION ADOPTED OR ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF  A
 GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  CHARTER  OR  OTHER LAW UNLESS THE CONTEXT SUGGESTS A
 DIFFERENT MEANING.
   9. "RENTED" SHALL MEAN TO LEASE, LET, OR HIRE OUT AN ACCESSORY  DWELL-
 ING  UNIT,  A RESIDENCE, OR ANY PORTION OF SUCH UNIT OR RESIDENCE, TO BE
 OCCUPIED OR THAT IS OCCUPIED FOR LIVING PURPOSES.
   §  481.  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  REGULATIONS  AND  LOCAL  LAWS.  1.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, CHARTER, LOCAL OR OTHER LAW, RULE,
 POLICY, OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, INCLUDING ANY LAW AUTHORIZING THE
 ADOPTION  OF  PLANNING,  ZONING,  OR  OTHER LAND USE REGULATION, A LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT SHALL, BY LOCAL LAW, PROVIDE FOR THE  CREATION  OF  ACCESSORY
 DWELLING UNITS. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL:
   (A)  DESIGNATE  AREAS  WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 WHERE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS  SHALL  BE  PERMITTED.  DESIGNATED  AREAS
 SHALL  INCLUDE ALL AREAS ZONED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY RESIDEN-
 TIAL USE, AND ALL LOTS WITH AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USE.
   (B) AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF AT LEAST ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PER
 LOT.
   (C) PROVIDE REASONABLE STANDARDS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT MAY
 INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, HEIGHT, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
 AND MAXIMUM SIZE OF A UNIT. IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH STANDARDS UNREASONABLY
 RESTRICT THE CREATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
   (D) REQUIRE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) SUCH UNIT MAY BE RENTED SEPARATE FROM THE PRIMARY  RESIDENCE,  BUT
 SHALL  NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE CONVEYED SEPARATE FROM THE PRIMARY RESI-
 DENCE;
   (II) SUCH UNIT SHALL BE LOCATED ON A LOT THAT INCLUDES A  PROPOSED  OR
 EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING;
   (III)  SUCH UNIT SHALL NOT BE RENTED FOR A TERM LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS;
 AND
   (IV) IF THERE IS AN EXISTING PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THE TOTAL  FLOOR  AREA
 OF  AN  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE
 EXISTING PRIMARY RESIDENCE, UNLESS SUCH LIMIT WOULD PREVENT THE CREATION
 OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS NO GREATER THAN SIX HUNDRED SQUARE
 FEET.
   2. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT ESTABLISH BY ANY REGULATION ANY OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
   (A) IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR  MORE,
 A  MINIMUM  SQUARE  FOOTAGE  REQUIREMENT  FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
 GREATER THAN TWO HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, OR IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING  A
 POPULATION  OF  LESS THAN ONE MILLION, A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIRE-
 MENT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS GREATER  THAN  FIVE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY SQUARE FEET;
   (B)  A  MAXIMUM  SQUARE  FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNIT THAT IS LESS THAN FIFTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET;
   (C) ANY OTHER MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM SIZE FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNIT,
 INCLUDING  THOSE  BASED  UPON  A  PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPOSED OR EXISTING
 PRIMARY RESIDENCE, OR LIMITS ON LOT COVERAGE,  FLOOR  AREA  RATIO,  OPEN
 SPACE,  AND  MINIMUM  LOT  SIZE,  FOR A DWELLING THAT DOES NOT PERMIT AT
 LEAST AN EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNIT  WITH  FOUR-
 FOOT  SIDE  AND  REAR YARD SETBACKS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH
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 OTHER LOCAL STANDARDS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS
 SECTION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY PROVIDE, WHERE A LOT
 CONTAINS AN EXISTING RESIDENCE, THAT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT  LOCATED
 WITHIN  AND/OR  ATTACHED  TO  THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
 BUILDABLE ENVELOPE FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENCE,  AND  THAT  AN  ACCESSORY
 DWELLING  UNIT  THAT  IS  DETACHED  FROM  AN EXISTING RESIDENCE SHALL BE
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS AS AN EXIST-
 ING STRUCTURE, IF SUCH STRUCTURE EXISTS.
   (D) A CEILING HEIGHT REQUIREMENT GREATER THAN SEVEN FEET,  UNLESS  THE
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  CAN  DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH A REQUIREMENT IS NECESSARY
 FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY;
   (E) IF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR A PORTION THEREOF IS  BELOW  CURB
 LEVEL,  A  REQUIREMENT  THAT MORE THAN TWO FEET OF SUCH UNIT'S HEIGHT BE
 ABOVE CURB LEVEL, UNLESS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT  SUCH
 A REQUIREMENT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY;
   (F) ANY REQUIREMENT THAT A PATHWAY EXIST OR BE CONSTRUCTED IN CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH  THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, UNLESS THE LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH REQUIREMENT IS  NECESSARY  FOR  THE
 PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY;
   (G)  ANY  SETBACK FOR AN EXISTING DWELLING OR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR A
 STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS AS
 AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT IS CONVERTED TO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR
 TO A PORTION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, OR ANY SETBACK OF MORE  THAN
 FOUR  FEET  FROM  THE  SIDE AND REAR LOT LINES FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNIT THAT IS NOT CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING STRUCTURE OR A NEW STRUCTURE
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS AS AN EXIST-
 ING STRUCTURE; OR
   (H) ANY HEALTH OR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ON ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT
 ARE NOT NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE  OCCUPANTS  OF
 SUCH A DWELLING. NOTHING IN THIS PROVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT
 A  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  FROM  REQUIRING THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE,
 WHERE APPLICABLE, SUPPORTED BY SEPTIC CAPACITY NECESSARY TO  MEET  STATE
 HEALTH,  SAFETY, AND SANITARY STANDARDS, THAT THE CREATION OF SUCH UNITS
 COMPORTS WITH FLOOD RESILIENCY POLICIES OR EFFORTS, AND THAT SUCH  UNITS
 ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROTECTION OF WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS.
   3.  NO LOCAL LAW FOR THE CREATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN  THE  APPLICA-
 TION  OF  ANY  LOCAL  REGULATION POLICY, OR PROGRAM TO LIMIT RESIDENTIAL
 GROWTH.
   4. NO PARKING REQUIREMENT SHALL BE IMPOSED ON  AN  ACCESSORY  DWELLING
 UNIT;  EXCEPT  WHERE NO IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PUBLIC STREET PERMITS YEAR-
 ROUND ON-STREET PARKING AND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS GREATER  THAN
 ONE-HALF  MILE  FROM  ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 MAY REQUIRE UP TO ONE OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE PER ACCESSORY UNIT.
   5. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE THAT OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES
 BE REPLACED IF A GARAGE, CARPORT, OR COVERED PARKING STRUCTURE IS DEMOL-
 ISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
 OR CONVERTED TO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   6. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, A  PERMIT  APPLICA-
 TION  TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE LOCAL
 LAW ENACTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED  MINISTERIAL  WITHOUT
 DISCRETIONARY REVIEW OR A HEARING. IF THERE IS AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY
 OR  MULTI-FAMILY  DWELLING  ON  THE LOT, THE LOCAL AGENCY WITH REVIEWING
 AUTHORITY  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  ISSUE  A  DETERMINATION  ON  THE
 COMPLETED APPLICATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WITHIN NINETY
 DAYS  FROM THE DATE THE LOCAL AGENCY RECEIVES SUCH COMPLETED APPLICATION
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 OR, IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,
 WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS.  IF  THE  PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY
 DWELLING UNIT IS SUBMITTED WITH A PERMIT APPLICATION  TO  CREATE  A  NEW
 RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  ON  THE  LOT, THE PERMITTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY
 DELAY ACTING ON THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT
 UNTIL  THE PERMITTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTS ON THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO
 CREATE THE NEW DWELLING, BUT THE APPLICATION  TO  CREATE  THE  ACCESSORY
 DWELLING  UNIT SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW OR HEAR-
 ING. IF THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A DELAY, THE TIME PERIOD FOR REVIEW SHALL
 BE TOLLED FOR THE PERIOD OF THE DELAY. SUCH  REVIEW  SHALL  INCLUDE  ALL
 NECESSARY  PERMITS  AND  APPROVALS  INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE
 RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE  AN
 ADDITIONAL  OR  AMENDED  CERTIFICATE  OF OCCUPANCY IN CONNECTION WITH AN
 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY  CHARGE  A  FEE  NOT  TO
 EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER APPLICATION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE
 ACTUAL COSTS SUCH LOCAL AGENCY INCURS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   7.  LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SHALL ESTABLISH AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESS
 FOR AN APPLICANT TO APPEAL THE DENIAL OF A PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNITS. WHEN A PERMIT TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PURSUANT TO  A
 LOCAL  LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS DENIED, THE LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT AGENCY THAT DENIED THE PERMIT SHALL ISSUE A NOTICE OF DENIAL  WHICH
 SHALL  CONTAIN  THE REASON OR REASONS SUCH PERMIT APPLICATION WAS DENIED
 AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE APPLICANT MAY APPEAL SUCH DENIAL.
   8. NO POLICY OR REGULATION OTHER THAN THE LOCAL LAW  AUTHORIZED  UNDER
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE THE BASIS FOR THE DENIAL OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR
 OTHER PERMISSION TO DEVELOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS  SECTION  EXCEPT  TO
 THE  EXTENT  NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE OCCUPANTS
 OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THE PRIMARY  RESIDENCE  TO  SUCH  DWELLING
 UNIT,  AND  PROVIDED  SUCH  POLICY  OR REGULATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   9. IF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS AN EXISTING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGU-
 LATION THAT FAILS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, THE SECTIONS
 OF SUCH REGULATION THAT CONFLICTS WITH THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  NULL  AND
 VOID.  SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL THEREAFTER APPLY THE STANDARDS ESTAB-
 LISHED IN THIS SECTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT
 UNTIL  SUCH  LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW THAT COMPLIES WITH THIS
 SECTION.
   10. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ENSURE THAT  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNITS
 ARE  NOT  COUNTED  TOWARD  THE  ALLOWABLE  RESIDENTIAL  DENSITY,  OR ANY
 REQUIREMENT RESPECTING LOT COVERAGE OR OPEN  SPACE,  FOR  THE  LOT  UPON
 WHICH  THE  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS LOCATED UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING
 DESIGNATION FOR SUCH LOT. THE  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED  IN  THE APPLICATION OF ANY REGULATION, POLICY, OR PROGRAM TO
 LIMIT RESIDENTIAL GROWTH.
   11. IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION,  THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT  SHALL  CREATE  A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
 THAT WERE CREATED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH
 PROGRAM  MAY  PROVIDE  AMNESTY  TO OWNERS OF BUILDINGS THAT CONTAIN SUCH
 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. SUCH CITY SHALL WAIVE PORTIONS OF THE MULTIPLE
 DWELLING LAW AND RELEVANT REGULATIONS, OTHER THAN THE LOCAL LAW  ADOPTED
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION, AS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER SUCH PROGRAM. SUCH
 WAIVER OR WAIVERS SHALL NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS OR ZONING  OR
 OTHER LAND USE AMENDMENTS.
   12. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE, AS A CONDITION FOR MINISTER-
 IAL  APPROVAL  OF  A PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY
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 DWELLING UNIT, THE CORRECTION  OF  NONCONFORMING  ZONING  CONDITIONS  OR
 MINOR VIOLATIONS OF LOCAL LAW.
   13. WHERE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REQUIRES A NEW OR SEPARATE UTILI-
 TY CONNECTION DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND THE UTIL-
 ITY, AND SUCH CONNECTION IS PROVIDED BY A GOVERNMENTAL OR PUBLIC AUTHOR-
 ITY,  THE  CONNECTION  MAY  BE  SUBJECT  TO A CONNECTION FEE OR CAPACITY
 CHARGE BY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY THAT  SHALL  BE  PROPOR-
 TIONATE  TO  THE  BURDEN  OF THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, BASED
 UPON EITHER ITS SIZE OR THE NUMBER OF ITS  PLUMBING  FIXTURES  UPON  THE
 WATER  OR  SEWER SYSTEM. SUCH FEE OR CHARGE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE REASON-
 ABLE COST OF PROVIDING SUCH UTILITY CONNECTION. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL
 NOT IMPOSE ANY OTHER FEE IN CONNECTION WITH AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   14. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY REQUIRE THAT A UNIT IN  THE  PRIMARY  RESI-
 DENCE  BE  OWNER-OCCUPIED  FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT TO BE LAWFULLY
 RENTED.  IN ADDITION, ANY SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY REQUIRE SUCH  OWNER-
 OCCUPATION MUST CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE FIRST LEGAL
 OCCUPANCY OF THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   15.  A  LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR
 ITS EQUIVALENT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BEFORE THE  LOCAL  GOVERN-
 MENT ISSUES A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR ITS EQUIVALENT FOR THE PRIMARY
 RESIDENCE.
   16.  A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ADOPT A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO THIS ARTI-
 CLE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   17. A PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS BEEN DENIED A PERMIT BY A  LOCAL  GOVERN-
 MENT  IN VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE OR WHO LIVES WITHIN THE LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT THAT FAILS TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE MAY  APPLY
 TO  THE  SUPREME  COURT  FOR  REVIEW OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION BY A
 PROCEEDING UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE  CIVIL  PRACTICE  LAW  AND
 RULES.  COSTS  SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF
 ITS OFFICERS UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE LOCAL  GOVERN-
 MENT  OR  THE  OFFICER OR OFFICERS ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR IN BAD
 FAITH OR WITH MALICE.
   § 482. LOW AND  MODERATE-INCOME  HOMEOWNERS  PROGRAM.  1.  WITHIN  ONE
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE DIVISION
 OR AFFILIATED AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH  A  LENDING  PROGRAM  TO  ASSIST
 LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS AND MODERATE-INCOME HOMEOWNERS IN SECURING FINANC-
 ING  FOR  THE  CREATION  OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
 LIMITATION, FINANCING FOR DESIGN  AND  CONSTRUCTION,  FLOOD  PREVENTION,
 PERMITTING, AND SEPTIC ENHANCEMENT.
   2.  THE  DIVISION  OR  AFFILIATED  AUTHORITY  SHALL PROMULGATE PROGRAM
 CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT SUCH PROGRAM.
   3. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR  OTHER-
 WISE AVAILABLE THEREFOR.
   4.  THE DIVISION SHALL ISSUE AN ANNUAL REPORT, ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST
 OF EACH YEAR, THAT INCLUDES AN  AGGREGATED  LIST  OF  PROJECTS  FINANCED
 THROUGH  THE  PROGRAM,  INCLUDING  THE COUNTIES WHERE SUCH PROJECTS WERE
 FINANCED.
   5. WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  ARTI-
 CLE, THE DIVISION OR AFFILIATED AUTHORITIES SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO
 PROVIDE  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME AND MODERATE-INCOME HOMEOWN-
 ERS SEEKING TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. SUCH  PROGRAM  MAY  BE
 CONTRACTED  OUT TO APPROVED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. TECHNICAL ASSIST-
 ANCE  SHALL  INCLUDE,  WITHOUT  LIMITATION,  GUIDANCE  ON   DESIGN   AND
 CONSTRUCTION,   FLOOD  PREVENTION,  PERMITTING,  FINANCING,  AND  SEPTIC
 ENHANCEMENT.
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   § 483. TENANT PROTECTIONS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "LANDLORD"  SHALL MEAN ANY OWNER, LESSOR, SUBLESSOR, ASSIGNOR, OR
 OTHER PERSON RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RENT FOR THE OCCUPANCY  OF
 ANY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR AN AGENT OF THE FOREGOING.
   (B)  "TENANT"  SHALL  MEAN A TENANT, SUB-TENANT, LESSEE, SUBLESSEE, OR
 ASSIGNEE OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   (C) "RENT" SHALL MEAN ANY CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING ANY BONUS,  BENEFIT
 OR  GRATUITY  DEMANDED  OR  RECEIVED  FOR  OR  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE
 POSSESSION, USE OR OCCUPANCY  OF  AN  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  OR  THE
 EXECUTION OR TRANSFER OF A LEASE FOR SUCH UNIT.
   2.  A  PERMIT  APPLICATION  TO  CREATE  AN  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN
 CONFORMANCE WITH A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE  ACCOM-
 PANIED  BY  A CERTIFICATION IDENTIFYING WHETHER THE UNIT WAS RENTED TO A
 TENANT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE RENT CHARGED FOR
 THE UNIT AS OF SUCH DATE, NOTWITHSTANDING WHETHER THE OCCUPANCY OF  SUCH
 UNIT  WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT USE SUCH CERTIF-
 ICATION AS THE BASIS FOR AN  ENFORCEMENT  ACTION  AGAINST  AN  APPLICANT
 CONCERNING  THE  UNAUTHORIZED  HABITATION  OF  A UNIT. WHERE A TENANT IS
 EVICTED OR OTHERWISE REMOVED FROM A UNIT PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF  A  PERMIT
 APPLICATION  TO  CREATE  AN  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT UNDER THIS ARTICLE,
 SUCH TENANT SHALL HAVE A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO RETURN TO THE UNIT AS
 A TENANT UPON ITS FIRST LAWFUL OCCUPANCY AS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNIT,
 NOTWITHSTANDING WHETHER SUCH PRIOR OCCUPANCY WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   3.  A  TENANT  UNLAWFULLY  DENIED  A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDIC-
 TION FOR COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND DECLARATORY  AND  INJUNC-
 TIVE  RELIEF  AND  SUCH OTHER RELIEF AS THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY IN THE
 INTERESTS OF JUSTICE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART BB
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the  "Housing Non-Discrimination for Justice-Involved Individuals Act of
 2022".
   § 2. Section 296 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
   23.  IT  SHALL  BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE, UNLESS SPECIF-
 ICALLY REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY FEDERAL OR STATE STATUTE  OR  REGULATION
 FOR  ANY  OWNER,  LESSEE, SUB-LESSEE, ASSIGNEE, OR MANAGING AGENT OF, OR
 OTHER PERSON HAVING THE RIGHT TO SELL, RENT OR LEASE A HOUSING  ACCOMMO-
 DATION, CONSTRUCTED OR TO BE CONSTRUCTED, OR ANY AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THER-
 EOF,  OR  ANY REAL ESTATE BROKER, REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON OR EMPLOYEE OR
 AGENT THEREOF TO REFUSE TO SELL, RENT, LEASE OR NEGOTIATE FOR THE  SALE,
 RENTAL,  OR LEASE OF, OR OTHERWISE TO DENY TO OR WITHHOLD FROM ANY INDI-
 VIDUAL SUCH A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, OR  TO  DISCRIMINATE  AGAINST  SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL IN THE TERMS, CONDITIONS OR PRIVILEGES OF THE SALE, RENTAL OR
 LEASE,  OR  TO  TAKE ANY ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST SUCH INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE
 SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ONE  OR  MORE  CRIMINAL
 OFFENSES IN THIS STATE OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, UNLESS:
   (A)  THE  CONVICTION  RESULTED FROM ONE OR MORE OFFENSES THAT INVOLVED
 PHYSICAL DANGER OR VIOLENCE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY; OR
   (B) THE CONVICTION HAD AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON  THE  HEALTH,  SAFETY  AND
 WELFARE OF OTHER PEOPLE OR PROPERTY.
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   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART CC
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 26 of the multiple dwelling law,
 as amended by chapter 748 of the laws of 1961, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Floor  area ratio (FAR). [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE
 ZONING LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION OR MORE, THE floor area ratio (FAR) of any dwelling or dwellings
 on a lot shall not exceed 12.0, except that a fireproof class B dwelling
 in  which six or more passenger elevators are maintained and operated in
 any city having a local zoning law, ordinance or resolution  restricting
 districts  in such city to residential use, may be erected in accordance
 with the provisions of such zoning law, ordinance or resolution, if such
 class B dwelling is erected in a district no part of which is restricted
 by such zoning law, ordinance or resolution to residential uses.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART DD
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited as
 "Creating Housing Opportunities through Building Conversion Act."
   § 2. Section 301 of the multiple dwelling law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. ANY CERTIFICATE BY THE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING OCCUPANCY OF A DWELL-
 ING  AS  A CLASS B HOTEL, WHEN SUCH DWELLING IS LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL  ALSO  AUTHORIZE  OCCUPANCY  OF
 UNITS IN SUCH DWELLING FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE PURPOSES, WHERE: (A) SUCH
 UNITS ARE SUBJECT TO A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH THE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  AFFILIATED  AUTHORITIES, OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 HOUSING AGENCY THAT IS ENTERED INTO ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN;  AND  (B) ANY PORTION OF SUCH A DWELLING IS
 LOCATED WITHIN A DISTRICT THAT UNDER THE  LOCAL  ZONING  REGULATIONS  OR
 ORDINANCES  PERMITS  RESIDENTIAL  USES,  OR WITHIN EIGHT HUNDRED FEET OF
 SUCH A DISTRICT, AND NOT LOCATED WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS  ZONE  AS
 DEFINED  IN  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY STATE LAW,  LOCAL  LAW,
 ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION OR REGULATION THAT WOULD HAVE: (I) PROHIBITED SUCH
 OCCUPANCY;  (II)  REQUIRED  A  CHANGE  OR ALTERATION TO THE DWELLING; OR
 (III) REQUIRED A NEW OR AMENDED CERTIFICATE. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION, ALL DWELLING UNITS WITHIN SUCH BUILDINGS
 SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  RENT  STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
 SIXTY-NINE AND THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN  SEVENTY-
 FOUR  FOR  AS  LONG  AS THE MUNICIPALITY HAS DECLARED A PUBLIC EMERGENCY
 REQUIRING THE REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL RENTS PURSUANT  TO  THESE  LAWS.
 ANY  ALTERATIONS TO ANY SUCH DWELLING SUCH AS THE CREATION OF MULTI-ROOM
 SUITES OR THE ADDITION OF COOKING FACILITIES OR ACCESSORY  SPACES  SHALL
 COMPLY  WITH  ANY  APPLICABLE  REQUIREMENTS OF ANY STATE LAW, LOCAL LAW,
 ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION  OR  REGULATION  RELATING  TO  CLASS  B   HOTELS.
 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN THE CASE OF A PROPERTY AT WHICH ANY HOTEL WORK-
 ERS  ARE REPRESENTED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE, PRIOR TO
 ANY AGENCY OR AUTHORITY ENTERING INTO A REGULATORY  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE
 PROPERTY  OWNER AS A PREREQUISITE TO CONVERSION, THE COLLECTIVE BARGAIN-
 ING REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF THE PROPOSED  CONVER-
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 SION,  AND  THE  PROPERTY OWNER SHALL CERTIFY TO ANY AGENCY OR AUTHORITY
 ENTERING INTO SUCH REGULATORY AGREEMENT THAT THE  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING
 REPRESENTATIVE  HAS MUTUALLY AGREED IN A SEPARATE WRITING WITH THE PROP-
 ERTY OWNER TO UNDERTAKE THE CONVERSION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   §  3.  The  multiple  dwelling  law is amended by adding a new section
 277-a to read as follows:
   § 277-A. TEMPORARY RULES UPON LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS  OF  SPECIAL  STATE
 INTEREST.  1. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY ELIGIBLE
 CONVERSION, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,  FOR  WHICH
 AN  APPLICATION  FOR  A PERMIT, CONTAINING COMPLETE PLANS AND SPECIFICA-
 TIONS, IS FILED WITH THE RELEVANT LOCAL AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLI-
 CABLE LOCAL LAW ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-SEVEN.
   2.  (A)  ANY  BUILDING OR PORTION OF A BUILDING IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE AND AS DESCRIBED IN THIS  SUBDIVISION  MAY
 BE CONVERTED TO A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  OTHER STATE LAW TO THE CONTRARY OR ANY
 PROVISION OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BUT PROVIDED
 THAT WHERE THE CONVERSION RESULTS IN A CLASS A  MULTIPLE  DWELLING,  THE
 CONVERTED  BUILDING  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  A  REGULATORY AGREEMENT FOR
 AFFORDABLE OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WITH THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMU-
 NITY RENEWAL, AFFILIATED AUTHORITIES,  OR  A  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  HOUSING
 AGENCY.
   (B)  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
 (I) ANY BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF EXISTING ON JANUARY FIRST,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY,  THAT,  AS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, WAS
 LAWFULLY OPERATED AS COMMERCIAL OFFICES; OR (II) ANY BUILDING OR PORTION
 THEREOF WHERE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  SECOND,
 NINETEEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY,  PURSUANT  TO  A VALID TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT
 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WAS  ALLOWED  TO  BE  OPERATED  AS  COMMERCIAL
 OFFICES AND SUCH BUILDING IS LOCATED IN THE AREA BEGINNING AT A POINT AT
 THE  INTERSECTION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH STREET
 WITH THE U.S.  PIERHEAD LINE ON BEGINNING AT A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION
 OF THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH  STREET  WITH  THE  U.S.
 PIERHEAD LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER AND RUNS THENCE ALONG
 THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER AND
 RUNS  THENCE  ALONG  THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH STREET
 AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH STREET AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF
 EAST 60TH STREET AND ALONG THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF EAST  60TH
 STREET  TO  THE  U.S.  PIERHEAD LINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE EAST RIVER,
 THENCE ALONG THE U.S. PIERHEAD LINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE  EAST  RIVER
 SOUTHERLY  TO  ITS  INTERSECTION WITH THE U.S. PIERHEAD LINE ON THE EAST
 SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER, THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE U.S.
 PIERHEAD LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE  HUDSON  RIVER  TO  THE  POINT  OF
 BEGINNING.
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 CONVERSION  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  EXCEPT  THAT
 SUBPARAGRAPH D OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN
 OF SUCH SECTION SHALL BE MODIFIED TO NOT REQUIRE A DWELLING UNIT TO BE A
 MINIMUM OF TWELVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, AND EXCEPT THAT SUBPARAGRAPH F OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SUCH SECTION
 SHALL BE MODIFIED TO PROVIDE THAT ANY  YARDS  OR  COURTS  ONTO  WHICH  A
 WINDOW OPENS PURSUANT TO SUCH SUBPARAGRAPH (I) MAY BE EXISTING OR NEW IN
 BUILDINGS  OF  ANY  HEIGHT, AND EXCEPT THAT THE RESTRICTIONS ON ENLARGE-
 MENTS IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF  SUCH  SECTION  SHALL  BE
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 UNDERSTOOD  TO APPLY TO ANY INCREASE IN VOLUME OR FLOOR AREA OF A BUILD-
 ING OR PORTION THEREOF THAT IS CONVERTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (B) ANY LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS SECTION, INCLUDING FOR PURPOSES OF
 EXTENDING OR MODIFYING THE APPLICATION OF BUILDING  CODES,  CONSTRUCTION
 CODES  OR  OTHER  LOCAL LAWS TO ANY CONVERSIONS ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION, SHALL BE CONSONANT WITH THE  MANDATE  AND  INTENTIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART EE
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Transit Oriented Development act of 2022".
   § 2. The general city law is amended by adding a new section  20-h  to
 read as follows:
   §  20-H.  TRANSIT  ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT.  1.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  CHARTER,  LOCAL,  OR  OTHER  LAW,
 INCLUDING  THE  COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY, ALL CITIES SHALL PERMIT THE
 CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF DWELLING UNITS WITH A DENSITY OF AT LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, ON  ANY  LAND  WHEREIN  RESIDENTIAL
 CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IF SUCH LAND IS WITH-
 IN ONE-HALF MILE OF ANY COVERED TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "COVERED TRANSPORTATION
 CENTER" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I) ANY RAIL STATION OWNED, OPERATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED  BY  THE  NEW
 JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION, OR THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION AUTHOR-
 ITY  AND  ITS  AFFILIATED  OR SUBSIDIARY AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD AND  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY   OF  NEW
 YORK  AND  NEW JERSEY, BUT NOT INCLUDING THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, WHERE
 SUCH STATION IS NOT OPERATED ON A SEASONAL BASIS  AND  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  BETWEEN  ONE-HALF MILE AND SIXTY MILES FROM THE  NEAREST BORDER
 OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEAS-
 URED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO   SUCH   RAIL
 STATION; OR
   (II)  ANY  BUS  STOP  OR  STATION  WITH  DESIGNATED PARKING FOR RIDERS
 LOCATED BETWEEN ONE-HALF MILE AND   SIXTY   MILES   FROM   THE   NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A  CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE AS
 MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH  BUS
 STOP OR STATION; OR
   (III) ANY RAIL STATION OWNED, OPERATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY THE LONG
 ISLAND  RAILROAD  THAT  IS  NOT  LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION
 GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE.
   2. NO CITY SHALL IMPOSE  RESTRICTIONS  THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION OR OCCUPATION OF SUCH DWELLINGS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO  HEIGHT,  SETBACKS,  FLOOR  AREA  RATIOS, OR PARKING. NOTHING IN THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  QUALITY REVIEW ACT OR THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION
 AND BUILDING CODE ACT, OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
 SUCH ACT, NOR REQUIRE THE ALTERATION OR DEMOLITION OF  BUILDINGS  DESIG-
 NATED  AS  HISTORICAL  SITES  AS  OF  THE DATE THE ACT THAT CREATED THIS
 SECTION WAS ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED, OR THE NATIONAL HISTORIC  PRESERVATION  ACT  OF
 1966, AS AMENDED.
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   3.  A  CITY'S WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ZONING REGULATIONS,
 SPECIAL USE  PERMIT  REGULATIONS,  SUBDIVISION  REGULATIONS,  SITE  PLAN
 REVIEW  REGULATIONS,  OR  ANY  PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER LAND USE TOOLS
 ENACTED UNDER THIS TITLE, THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  OTHER LAW, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS
 SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   4. (A) UPON A FAILURE OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT UPON AN APPLICATION
 TO CONSTRUCT OR OCCUPY RESIDENCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ACT, OR DENIAL
 OF SUCH APPLICATION IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, ANY PARTY AGGRIEVED BY
 ANY SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL MAY COMMENCE A SPECIAL PROCEEDING AGAINST THE
 SUBJECT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE OFFICER PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  SEVENTY-
 EIGHT  OF  THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN THE SUPREME COURT WITHIN
 THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  OR  THE  GREATER
 PORTION  OF  THE  TERRITORY  IS  LOCATED,  TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR  TO  THE
 COURT  THAT  TESTIMONY  IS  NECESSARY  FOR THE PROPER DISPOSITION OF THE
 MATTER, THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.   ALTERNA-
 TIVELY,  THE  COURT  MAY  APPOINT  A HEARING OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT MAY DIRECT AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH  THE  HEARING  OFFI-
 CER'S  FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT  SHALL
 BE  MADE.    THE  COURT  MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY
 MODIFY ANY DECISION BROUGHT TO THE COURT FOR REVIEW.
   (C) COSTS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  THE
 OFFICER  WHOSE  FAILURE  OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL PROCEEDING,
 UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  ITS
 OFFICER ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR IN BAD FAITH OR WITH MALICE.
   §  3. The town law is amended by adding a new section 261-d to read as
 follows:
   § 261-D. TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.   1.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  CHARTER,  LOCAL,  OR OTHER LAW,
 INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY, ALL TOWNS  SHALL  PERMIT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  AND OCCUPATION OF DWELLING UNITS WITH A DENSITY OF TWENTY-
 FIVE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR MORE, ON ANY  LAND  WHEREIN  RESIDENTIAL
 CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IF SUCH LAND IS WITH-
 IN ONE-HALF MILE OF ANY COVERED TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "COVERED TRANSPORTATION
 CENTER" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I) ANY RAIL STATION OWNED, OPERATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED  BY  THE  NEW
 JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION, OR THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION AUTHOR-
 ITY  AND  ITS  AFFILIATED  OR SUBSIDIARY AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD AND  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY   OF  NEW
 YORK   AND NEW JERSEY, BUT NOT INCLUDING THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, WHERE
 SUCH STATION IS NOT OPERATED ON A SEASONAL BASIS  AND  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  BETWEEN  ONE-HALF MILE AND SIXTY MILES FROM THE  NEAREST BORDER
 OF  A  CITY  WITH  A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION  PEOPLE,  AS
 MEASURED  ON  A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S  NEAREST  BORDER TO  SUCH
 RAIL STATION; OR
   (II) ANY BUS STOP  OR  STATION  WITH  DESIGNATED  PARKING  FOR  RIDERS
 LOCATED  BETWEEN  ONE-HALF MILE AND   SIXTY   MILES   FROM  THE  NEAREST
 BORDER OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE  AS
 MEASURED  ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH BUS
 STOP OR STATION; OR
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   (III) ANY RAIL STATION OWNED, OPERATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY THE LONG
 ISLAND RAILROAD THAT IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN  A  CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION
 GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE.
   2.  NO  TOWN  SHALL  IMPOSE  RESTRICTIONS THAT EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE
 CONSTRUCTION OR OCCUPATION OF SUCH DWELLINGS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING.    NOTHING  IN  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  INTERPRETED  TO OVERRIDE THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRON-
 MENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT OR THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE  PREVENTION
 AND BUILDING CODE ACT, OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
 SUCH  ACT,  NOR REQUIRE THE ALTERATION OR DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS DESIG-
 NATED AS HISTORICAL SITES AS OF THE  DATE  THE  ACT  THAT  CREATED  THIS
 SECTION WAS ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 ACT  OF  1980,  AS AMENDED, OR THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF
 1966, AS AMENDED.
   3. A TOWN'S WRITTEN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,  ZONING  REGULATIONS,  SPECIAL
 USE  PERMIT REGULATIONS, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SITE PLAN REVIEW REGU-
 LATIONS, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER LAND USE TOOLS ENACTED  UNDER
 THIS  TITLE,  THE  MUNICIPAL  HOME  RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 OTHER LAW, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN
 THIS SECTION.
   4. (A) UPON A FAILURE OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT UPON AN APPLICATION
 TO CONSTRUCT OR OCCUPY RESIDENCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ACT, OR DENIAL
 OF SUCH APPLICATION IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, ANY PARTY AGGRIEVED BY
 ANY SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL MAY COMMENCE A SPECIAL PROCEEDING AGAINST THE
 SUBJECT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE OFFICER PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  SEVENTY-
 EIGHT  OF  THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN THE SUPREME COURT WITHIN
 THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  OR  THE  GREATER
 PORTION  OF  THE  TERRITORY  IS  LOCATED,  TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR  TO  THE
 COURT  THAT  TESTIMONY  IS  NECESSARY  FOR THE PROPER DISPOSITION OF THE
 MATTER, THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.   ALTERNA-
 TIVELY,  THE  COURT  MAY  APPOINT  A HEARING OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT MAY DIRECT AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH  THE  HEARING  OFFI-
 CER'S  FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT  SHALL
 BE  MADE.    THE  COURT  MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY
 MODIFY ANY DECISION BROUGHT TO THE COURT FOR REVIEW.
   (C) COSTS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  THE
 OFFICER  WHOSE  FAILURE  OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL PROCEEDING,
 UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  ITS
 OFFICER ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR IN BAD FAITH OR WITH MALICE.
   §  4.  The  village  law is amended by adding a new section 7-700-a to
 read as follows:
   § 7-700-A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.   1. (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  CHARTER,  LOCAL,  OR OTHER LAW,
 INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY, ALL VILLAGES SHALL PERMIT THE
 CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF DWELLING UNITS WITH A DENSITY OF AT LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, ON  ANY  LAND  WHEREIN  RESIDENTIAL
 CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IF SUCH LAND IS WITH-
 IN ONE-HALF MILE OF ANY COVERED TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "COVERED TRANSPORTATION
 CENTER" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I) ANY RAIL STATION OWNED, OPERATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED  BY  THE  NEW
 JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION, OR THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION AUTHOR-
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 ITY  AND  ITS  AFFILIATED  OR SUBSIDIARY AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD AND  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY   OF  NEW
 YORK   AND NEW JERSEY, BUT NOT INCLUDING THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, WHERE
 SUCH  STATION  IS  NOT  OPERATED ON A SEASONAL BASIS AND SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED BETWEEN ONE-HALF MILE AND SIXTY MILES FROM THE   NEAREST  BORDER
 OF   A   CITY  WITH  A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS
 MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S  NEAREST  BORDER TO    SUCH
 RAIL STATION; OR
   (II)  ANY  BUS  STOP  OR  STATION  WITH  DESIGNATED PARKING FOR RIDERS
 LOCATED BETWEEN ONE-HALF MILE AND   SIXTY   MILES   FROM   THE   NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A  CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE AS
 MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH  BUS
 STOP OR STATION; OR
   (III) ANY RAIL STATION OWNED, OPERATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY THE LONG
 ISLAND  RAILROAD  THAT  IS  NOT  LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION
 GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE.
   2. NO VILLAGE SHALL IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION OR OCCUPATION OF SUCH DWELLINGS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO  HEIGHT,  SETBACKS,  FLOOR  AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING.  NOTHING IN THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  QUALITY REVIEW ACT OR THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION
 AND BUILDING CODE ACT, OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
 SUCH ACT, NOR REQUIRE THE ALTERATION OR DEMOLITION OF  BUILDINGS  DESIG-
 NATED  AS  HISTORICAL  SITES  AS  OF  THE DATE THE ACT THAT CREATED THIS
 SECTION WAS ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED, OR THE NATIONAL HISTORIC  PRESERVATION  ACT  OF
 1966, AS AMENDED.
   3.  A  VILLAGE'S  WRITTEN  OR  OTHER  COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ZONING REGU-
 LATIONS, SPECIAL USE PERMIT REGULATIONS, SUBDIVISION  REGULATIONS,  SITE
 PLAN  REVIEW  REGULATIONS,  OR ANY OTHER PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER LAND
 USE TOOLS ENACTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE MUNICIPAL HOME  RULE  LAW,  OR
 ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL OR OTHER LAW, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL CONFORM TO THE
 REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   4. (A) UPON A FAILURE OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT UPON AN APPLICATION
 TO CONSTRUCT OR OCCUPY RESIDENCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ACT, OR DENIAL
 OF SUCH APPLICATION IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, ANY PARTY AGGRIEVED BY
 ANY SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL MAY COMMENCE A SPECIAL PROCEEDING AGAINST THE
 SUBJECT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE OFFICER PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  SEVENTY-
 EIGHT  OF  THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, IN THE SUPREME COURT WITHIN
 THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  OR  THE  GREATER
 PORTION  OF  THE  TERRITORY  IS  LOCATED,  TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR  TO  THE
 COURT  THAT  TESTIMONY  IS  NECESSARY  FOR THE PROPER DISPOSITION OF THE
 MATTER, THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.   ALTERNA-
 TIVELY,  THE  COURT  MAY  APPOINT  A HEARING OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT MAY DIRECT AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH  THE  HEARING  OFFI-
 CER'S  FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT  SHALL
 BE  MADE.    THE  COURT  MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY
 MODIFY ANY DECISION BROUGHT TO THE COURT FOR REVIEW.
   (C) COSTS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  THE
 OFFICER  WHOSE  FAILURE  OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL PROCEEDING,
 UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  ITS
 OFFICER ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR IN BAD FAITH OR WITH MALICE.
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   §  5.  This act shall take effect two years after the date on which it
 shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART FF

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Fair Chance: Reforming the Use of Credit Checks in Tenant Screening
 Act".
   § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 227-g to
 read as follows:
   § 227-G. CREDIT CHECKS IN TENANT SCREENING. 1. NO LANDLORD OF A  RESI-
 DENTIAL  PREMISES  SHALL  REFUSE TO RENT OR OFFER A LEASE TO A POTENTIAL
 TENANT DUE TO A POTENTIAL TENANT'S CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY OR SCORE,  OR
 LACK THEREOF, IF THE POTENTIAL TENANT:
   (A)  MADE FULL RENT PAYMENTS WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE DATE THE RENT WAS
 DUE FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING  THE  SUBMISSION
 OF  THE  POTENTIAL  TENANT'S RENTAL APPLICATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 FOR RENTAL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED DURING OR PRIOR TO JUNE, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO,  MISSED  OR LATE RENTAL PAYMENTS THAT ACCRUED BETWEEN MARCH,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND JUNE,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED CAUSE TO DENY AN APPLICATION. IN LIEU OF PAYMENTS DURING SUCH
 EXEMPTED  TIME  PERIOD,  A  POTENTIAL TENANT MAY USE PAYMENTS MADE IMME-
 DIATELY PRIOR TO MARCH OF TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  TO  DEMONSTRATE  TWELVE
 MONTHS OF CONSECUTIVE TIMELY RENTAL PAYMENTS;
   (B) IS THE RECIPIENT OF OR A BENEFICIARY OF GOVERNMENT PROVIDED SUBSI-
 DY OR PROGRAM THAT IS PAID DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD AND PAYS THE MONTHLY
 RENT IN ITS ENTIRETY;
   (C)  HAS  A  CREDIT  HISTORY  OR  REPORT  WHEREIN  ANY  DELINQUENCIES,
 COLLECTIONS, MONEY JUDGMENTS, LIENS OR OTHER DETRIMENTAL INFORMATION ARE
 SOLELY DUE TO MEDICAL OR STUDENT LOAN DEBT; OR
   (D)  HAS  A  CREDIT  HISTORY  OR  REPORT  WHEREIN  ANY  DELINQUENCIES,
 COLLECTIONS, MONEY JUDGMENTS, LIENS OR OTHER DETRIMENTAL INFORMATION ARE
 THE DIRECT RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT,
 OR STALKING.
   2.  IF  A POTENTIAL LESSOR INTENDS TO DENY A POTENTIAL LESSEE'S RENTAL
 APPLICATION DUE TO CREDIT HISTORY OR SCORE, SUCH LESSOR MUST INFORM  THE
 POTENTIAL  LESSEE  OF  THE REASONS FOR THE DENIED APPLICATION IN WRITING
 AND PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL LESSEE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
 ANY OF THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION APPLY
 TO THEM WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIVING SUCH WRITTEN APPLICATION DENIAL.
   3. THERE SHALL BE  A  REBUTTABLE  PRESUMPTION  THAT  A  PERSON  IS  IN
 VIOLATION  OF  THIS SECTION IF IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT THE LESSOR REFUSED
 TO RENT OR OFFER A  LEASE  TO  A  POTENTIAL  TENANT  AFTER  SUCH  LESSOR
 REQUESTED  CREDIT  REPORT  INFORMATION  AND  THE POTENTIAL TENANT DEMON-
 STRATED THAT ANY OF THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS
 SECTION APPLIED TO THEM.
   4. WHENEVER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL BELIEVE FROM EVIDENCE SATISFAC-
 TORY  TO HIM OR HER THAT ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION OR
 AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF HAS VIOLATED THIS SECTION, HE OR SHE MAY BRING
 AN ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING IN THE  SUPREME  COURT  FOR  A  JUDGMENT
 ENJOINING  THE  CONTINUANCE OF SUCH VIOLATION AND FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF
 NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS,  BUT  NOT  MORE  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
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                                  PART GG
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 202-a
 to read as follows:
   § 202-A. LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES.  1.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  THAT
 PROVIDES  DIRECT  PUBLIC  SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL TRANSLATE ALL
 VITAL DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO SERVICES OFFERED BY THE AGENCY INTO THE  TEN
 MOST  COMMON  NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT
 INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT  AMERICAN
 COMMUNITY  SURVEY  PUBLISHED  BY  UNITED  STATES CENSUS BUREAU. AGENCIES
 SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION, IN THEIR DISCRETION, SHALL OFFER AT  LEAST  TWO
 ADDITIONAL   LANGUAGES  BEYOND  THE  TEN  MOST  COMMON  LANGUAGES.  SUCH
 LANGUAGES SHALL BE DECIDED BY THE  STATE  AGENCY  AND  APPROVED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES BASED ON THE POPULATION OF LIMITED-ENGLISH
 PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY  THE  AGENCY,  FEEDBACK  FROM  IMPACTED
 COMMUNITY  OR  ADVOCACY  GROUPS,  THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION WITHIN WHICH THE
 SERVICES ARE OFFERED, ANY OTHER RELEVANT DATA PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNITED
 STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
   2.  EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL DESIG-
 NATE A LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR WHO WILL  WORK  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF
 GENERAL  SERVICES  TO  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   3. EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL DEVELOP
 A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN AND SUBMIT SUCH PLAN TO  THE  OFFICE  OF  GENERAL
 SERVICES.
   (A)  AN  AGENCY'S  INITIAL LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE
 AGENCY WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS SHALL BE  UPDATED  AND  REISSUED  EVERY  TWO
 YEARS ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST.
   (C) LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS SHALL SET FORTH, AT A MINIMUM:
   (I)  WHEN  AND  BY  WHAT  MEANS  THE AGENCY WILL PROVIDE OR IS ALREADY
 PROVIDING LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES;
   (II)  THE  TITLES  OF  ALL  AVAILABLE  TRANSLATED  DOCUMENTS  AND  THE
 LANGUAGES INTO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED;
   (III)  THE  NUMBER  OF  PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS IN THE AGENCY AND THE
 NUMBER OF BILINGUAL EMPLOYEES  IN  PUBLIC  CONTACT  POSITIONS,  AND  THE
 LANGUAGES SUCH EMPLOYEES SPEAK;
   (IV)  A TRAINING PLAN FOR AGENCY EMPLOYEES WHICH INCLUDES, AT MINIMUM,
 ANNUAL TRAINING ON THE LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICIES OF THE AGENCY AND TRAIN-
 ING IN HOW TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES;
   (V) A PLAN FOR ANNUAL INTERNAL MONITORING OF THE  AGENCY'S  COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS SECTION;
   (VI)  A  DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE AGENCY INTENDS TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF
 THE AGENCY'S OFFERED LANGUAGE ASSISTANT SERVICES;
   (VII) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AGENCY'S SERVICE POPULATIONS  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  ADDITIONAL  LANGUAGES OF TRANSLATION SHOULD BE ADDED BEYOND THE
 TOP TEN LANGUAGES;
   (VIII) AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THE AGENCY DETERMINED IT WOULD PROVIDE
 ANY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE BEYOND THE TOP TEN LANGUAGES  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
 SECTION; AND
   (IX) THE IDENTITY OF THE AGENCY'S LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR.
   4. EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL:
   (A) PROVIDE INTERPRETATION SERVICES BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND AN INDIVID-
 UAL  IN EACH INDIVIDUAL'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION
 OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS BY THE AGENCY; AND
   (B) PUBLISH THE AGENCY'S LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN ON THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
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   5. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "VITAL DOCUMENT" MEANS ANY  PAPER  OR
 DIGITAL  DOCUMENT THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT IS CRITICAL FOR OBTAIN-
 ING AGENCY SERVICES OR BENEFITS OR IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED
 BY LAW.
   6.  THE  OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WILL ENSURE AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH
 THIS SECTION AND SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT,  WHICH  SHALL  BE  MADE
 PUBLIC  ON  THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WEBSITE, DETAILING EACH AGEN-
 CY'S PROGRESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART HH
 
   Section 1. Section 211 of the retirement and social  security  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SECTIONS TWO
 HUNDRED TWELVE AND FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  CHAPTER  AND  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND ANY OTHER LAW, REGULATION, RULE,
 LOCAL LAW, OR CHARTER TO THE CONTRARY, A RETIRED PERSON MAY BE  EMPLOYED
 AND  EARN  COMPENSATION IN A POSITION OR POSITIONS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN
 THE STATE WITHOUT ANY EFFECT ON HIS OR HER STATUS AS RETIRED AND WITHOUT
 SUSPENSION OR DIMINUTION OF HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE AND  WITHOUT
 PRIOR  APPROVAL  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. EARNINGS
 RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF EMPLOYMENT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE SHALL
 NOT BE APPLIED TO A RETIRED PERSON'S EARNINGS WHEN CALCULATING THE EARN-
 INGS LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY SUBDIVISIONS ONE  AND  TWO  OF  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2024.
 
                                  PART II
 
   Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 485-w to read as follows:
   §  485-W.  AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR NEW YORKERS TAX INCENTIVE.  1.
 DEFINITIONS.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR NEW YORKERS TAX  INCENTIVE  BENEFITS
 (HEREINAFTER  REFERRED  TO  AS  "ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS")" SHALL MEAN THE
 EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (B) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION A" SHALL  MEAN  THAT,  WITHIN  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING:  (I) NOT LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNITS; (II) NOT LESS THAN AN  ADDI-
 TIONAL  TEN  PERCENT  OF THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIXTY
 PERCENT UNITS; AND (III) NOT LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING EIGHTY PERCENT UNITS.
   (C) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION B" SHALL  MEAN  THAT,  WITHIN  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING,  NOT  LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NINETY PERCENT UNITS.
   (D) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION C"  SHALL  ONLY  APPLY  TO  A  HOMEOWNERSHIP
 PROJECT,  OF  WHICH ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE UNITS SHALL, UPON INITIAL
 SALE IMMEDIATELY SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMPLETION DATE AND UPON EACH  SUBSE-
 QUENT  SALE  FOR  FORTY  YEARS  IMMEDIATELY SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMPLETION
 DATE, BE AFFORDABLE TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES  WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD  INCOME
 DOES  NOT  EXCEED  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AND WHERE EACH OWNER OF ANY  SUCH  UNIT  SHALL
 AGREE,  IN WRITING, TO MAINTAIN SUCH UNIT AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR
 NO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE ACQUISITION  OF  SUCH  UNIT,  AND  SUCH
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 PROJECT  IS SUBJECT TO A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH A CITY OR STATE AGEN-
 CY.
   (E) "AFFORDABILITY PERCENTAGE" SHALL MEAN A FRACTION, THE NUMERATOR OF
 WHICH  IS THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE
 DWELLING AND THE DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS THE TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  DWELLING
 UNITS IN SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (F) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT
 THAT:  (I)  IS  SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING FOR WHICH
 ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON
 EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD
 IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR  FAMILIES
 WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED FORTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN
 INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY  SIZE,  AT  THE  TIME  THAT  SUCH  HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (G) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIXTY PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT
 THAT:  (I)  IS  SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING FOR WHICH
 ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON
 EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD
 OR EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS  APPLICABLE,  IS  AFFORDABLE  TO  AND
 RESTRICTED  TO  OCCUPANCY  BY  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD
 INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED
 FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH
 DWELLING UNIT.
   (H) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING EIGHTY PERCENT UNIT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  DWELLING
 UNIT  THAT:  (I)  IS  SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING FOR
 WHICH ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II)  UPON  INITIAL  RENTAL
 AND   UPON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  RENTAL  FOLLOWING  A  VACANCY  DURING  THE
 RESTRICTION PERIOD OR EXTENDED RESTRICTION  PERIOD,  AS  APPLICABLE,  IS
 AFFORDABLE  TO  AND  RESTRICTED  TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES
 WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN
 INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY  SIZE,  AT  THE  TIME  THAT  SUCH  HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (I)  "AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  NINETY  PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING
 UNIT THAT: (I) IS SITUATED WITHIN THE  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FOR
 WHICH  ANNY  PROGRAM  BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL
 AND  UPON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  RENTAL  FOLLOWING  A  VACANCY  DURING   THE
 RESTRICTION  PERIOD  OR  EXTENDED  RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS APPLICABLE, IS
 AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY  BY  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES
 WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED NINETY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN
 INCOME,  ADJUSTED  FOR  FAMILY  SIZE,  AT  THE  TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (J) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUAL-
 LY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT  UNITS,  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  SIXTY
 PERCENT  UNITS,  AFFORDABLE HOUSING EIGHTY PERCENT UNITS, AND AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING NINETY PERCENT UNITS.
   (K) "AGENCY" SHALL MEAN THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HOUSING  PRESERVATION  AND
 DEVELOPMENT.
   (L)  "ALTERNATIVE  CONSTRUCTION  WAGE  STANDARD" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A
 WAGE STANDARD FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT MAY,
 AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR,  BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF LABOR. IN PUBLISHING SUCH STANDARD, THE COMMISSIONER OF
 LABOR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL,  SHALL  CONSIDER  ECONOMIC INDICATORS THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
 DEEMS RELEVANT TO ENSURING THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF AFFORDABLE  HOUS-
 ING DEVELOPMENT.
   (M) "APPLICATION" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICATION FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS.
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   (N) "AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE
 AMOUNT  OF ALL WAGES AND ALL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAID TO, OR ON BEHALF OF,
 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION  WORK  DIVIDED  BY  THE  AGGREGATE
 NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK.
   (O)  "BROOKLYN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA"  SHALL MEAN ANY TAX LOTS NOW
 EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED WHICH ARE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN COMMUNI-
 TY BOARDS ONE OR TWO OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS: ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF  LAND  SITUATE  AND  BEING  IN  THE
 BOROUGHS  OF  QUEENS  AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.  BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF
 INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK AND THE WESTERLY  BOUNDS
 OF  THE EAST RIVER; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN
 CREEK, SAID CENTERLINE ALSO BEING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY  TO
 THE  NORTHEAST AND KINGS COUNTY TO THE SOUTHWEST, TO THE POINT OF INTER-
 SECTION WITH GREENPOINT AVENUE; THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG  GREENPOINT
 AVENUE,  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH KINGS LAND AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHERLY
 ALONG KINGSLAND AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH  MEEKER  AVENUE;  THENCE
 SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG  MEEKER  AVENUE  TO  THE  INTERSECTION WITH LEONARD
 STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG LEONARD STREET TO THE  INTERSECTION  WITH
 METROPOLITAN  AVENUE;  THENCE  WESTERLY ALONG METROPOLITAN AVENUE TO THE
 INTERSECTION WITH LORIMER STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG LORIMER  STREET
 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH MONTROSE AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG MONTROSE
 AVENUE  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH UNION AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG
 UNION AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH JOHNSON  AVENUE;  THENCE  WESTERLY
 ALONG JOHNSON AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BROADWAY; THENCE NORTHWES-
 TERLY  ALONG  BROADWAY  TO THE INTERSECTION WITH RUTLEDGE STREET; THENCE
 SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG RUTLEDGE STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH KENT AVENUE
 AND CLASSON AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY  AND  SOUTHERLY  ALONG  CLASSON
 AVENUE  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH DEKALB AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG
 DEKALB AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BOND STREET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY
 ALONG BOND STREET  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH  WYCKOFF  STREET;  THENCE
 NORTHWESTERLY ALONG WYCKOFF STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH HOYT STREET;
 THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG HOYT STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH WARREN
 STREET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG WARREN  STREET  TO  THE  INTERSECTION
 WITH COURT STREET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG COURT STREET TO THE INTER-
 SECTION  WITH  ATLANTIC  AVENUE;  THENCE  NORTHWESTERLY  ALONG  ATLANTIC
 AVENUE, CROSSING UNDER THE BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY, TO  THE  TERMINUS
 OF  ATLANTIC AVENUE AT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK/PIER 6; THENCE NORTHWES-
 TERLY PASSING THROUGH THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK TO THE  BULKHEAD  OF  THE
 EAST  RIVER AT PIER 6; THENCE IN A GENERAL NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG
 THE EASTERLY BULKHEAD OR SHORELINE OF THE EAST RIVER TO THE INTERSECTION
 WITH THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK, AND THE POINT OR PLACE  OF  BEGIN-
 NING.
   (P) "BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO IS REGULARLY
 EMPLOYED  AT,  AND  PERFORMS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARE OR MAINTE-
 NANCE OF, AN ELIGIBLE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  A  WATCHMAN,
 GUARD,  DOORMAN,  BUILDING CLEANER, PORTER, HANDYMAN, JANITOR, GARDENER,
 GROUNDSKEEPER, ELEVATOR OPERATOR AND STARTER, AND  WINDOW  CLEANER,  BUT
 NOT INCLUDING PERSONS REGULARLY SCHEDULED TO WORK FEWER THAN EIGHT HOURS
 PER WEEK AT THE ELIGIBLE SITE.
   (Q)  "COMMENCEMENT  DATE"  SHALL  MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING, THE DATE UPON WHICH EXCAVATION  AND  CONSTRUCTION  OF
 INITIAL  FOOTINGS  AND FOUNDATIONS LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH OR, FOR
 AN ELIGIBLE CONVERSION, THE DATE UPON WHICH THE ACTUAL  CONSTRUCTION  OF
 THE  CONVERSION,  ALTERATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE PRE-EXISTING BUILDING
 OR STRUCTURE LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH.
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   (R) "COMPLETION DATE" SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE  MULTI-
 PLE  DWELLING,  THE  DATE  UPON  WHICH THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS
 ISSUES THE FIRST TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY  COVER-
 ING ALL RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (S)  "CONSTRUCTION  PERIOD"  SHALL  MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING, A PERIOD: (I) BEGINNING ON THE LATER OF THE COMMENCE-
 MENT DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING OR THREE YEARS  BEFORE  THE
 COMPLETION  DATE  OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING; AND (II) ENDING ON
 THE DAY PRECEDING THE COMPLETION DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELL-
 ING.
   (T)  "CONSTRUCTION  WAGE"  SHALL  MEAN,  COLLECTIVELY, THE ALTERNATIVE
 CONSTRUCTION WAGE STANDARD AND THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE.
   (U) "CONSTRUCTION WORK" SHALL MEAN THE PROVISION OF LABOR PERFORMED ON
 AN ELIGIBLE SITE BETWEEN THE COMMENCEMENT DATE AND THE COMPLETION  DATE,
 WHEREBY  MATERIALS AND CONSTITUENT PARTS ARE COMBINED TO INITIALLY FORM,
 MAKE OR BUILD AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, INCLUDING  WITHOUT  LIMITA-
 TION,  PAINTING,  OR PROVIDING OF MATERIAL, ARTICLES, SUPPLIES OR EQUIP-
 MENT IN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, BUT EXCLUDING SECURITY PERSONNEL
 AND WORK RELATED TO THE FIT-OUT OF COMMERCIAL SPACES.
   (V)  "CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS"  SHALL  MEAN   ALL   PERSONS   PERFORMING
 CONSTRUCTION  WORK  WHO (I) ARE PAID ON AN HOURLY BASIS AND (II) ARE NOT
 IN A MANAGEMENT OR EXECUTIVE ROLE OR POSITION.
   (W) "CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED  PAYROLL  REPORT"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  ORIGINAL
 PAYROLL  REPORT SUBMITTED BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR TO THE INDE-
 PENDENT MONITOR SETTING FORTH TO THE BEST OF THE  CONTRACTOR'S  OR  SUB-
 CONTRACTOR'S  KNOWLEDGE,  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK
 PERFORMED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE  AMOUNT  OF  WAGES  AND  EMPLOYEE
 BENEFITS PAID TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
   (X)  "ELIGIBLE  CONVERSION"  SHALL  MEAN THE CONVERSION, ALTERATION OR
 IMPROVEMENT OF A PRE-EXISTING  BUILDING  OR  STRUCTURE  RESULTING  IN  A
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING IN WHICH NO MORE THAN FORTY-NINE PERCENT OF THE FLOOR
 AREA CONSISTS OF SUCH PRE-EXISTING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.
   (Y) "ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING" SHALL MEAN  A  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  OR
 HOMEOWNERSHIP  PROJECT  CONTAINING  SIX  OR  MORE DWELLING UNITS CREATED
 THROUGH NEW CONSTRUCTION OR ELIGIBLE CONVERSION FOR WHICH THE  COMMENCE-
 MENT  DATE  IS  AFTER  JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND ON OR
 BEFORE JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN,  AND  FOR  WHICH  THE
 COMPLETION DATE IS ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE.
   (Z)  "ELIGIBLE  SITE"  SHALL  MEAN EITHER: (I) A TAX LOT CONTAINING AN
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING; OR (II) A ZONING LOT CONTAINING TWO OR  MORE
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLINGS THAT ARE PART OF A SINGLE APPLICATION.
   (AA) "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS" SHALL MEAN ALL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PAID
 BY  THE  EMPLOYER,  ON BEHALF OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, OTHER THAN WAGES,
 INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY PREMIUMS OR CONTRIBUTIONS  MADE  INTO
 PLANS OR FUNDS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH, WELFARE, NON-OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY
 COVERAGE, RETIREMENT, VACATION BENEFITS, HOLIDAY PAY, LIFE INSURANCE AND
 APPRENTICESHIP  TRAINING.  THE  VALUE  OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RECEIVED
 SHALL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE PRORATED HOURLY COST TO THE EMPLOYER OF
 THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RECEIVED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
   (BB) "PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA" SHALL MEAN THE MANHATTAN PRIME  DEVELOP-
 MENT  AREA,  THE  BROOKLYN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT AREA AND THE QUEENS PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT AREA.
   (CC) "FISCAL OFFICER" SHALL MEAN THE COMPTROLLER  OR  OTHER  ANALOGOUS
 OFFICER IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   (DD)  "FLOOR  AREA"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  HORIZONTAL AREAS OF THE SEVERAL
 FLOORS, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, OF A DWELLING OR DWELLINGS, AND ACCESSO-
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 RY STRUCTURES ON A LOT MEASURED FROM  THE  EXTERIOR  FACES  OF  EXTERIOR
 WALLS, OR FROM THE CENTER LINE OF PARTY WALLS.
   (EE)  "FOUR PERCENT TAX CREDITS" SHALL MEAN FEDERAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING
 TAX CREDITS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (II) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  (B)
 OF  PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION FORTY-TWO OF THE INTERNAL
 REVENUE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, AS AMENDED.
   (FF) "FORTY-YEAR BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN: (I) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD,
 A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER  THAN
 ASSESSMENTS  FOR  LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND (II) FOR THE FIRST FORTY YEARS
 OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, A ONE HUNDRED  PERCENT  EXEMPTION  FROM  REAL
 PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   (GG)  "HOMEOWNERSHIP  PROJECT" SHALL MEAN A MULTIPLE DWELLING OPERATED
 AS CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE HOUSING.
   (HH) "HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD" SHALL  MEAN  A  PERIOD
 COMMENCING  ON THE COMPLETION DATE AND EXPIRING ON THE FORTIETH ANNIVER-
 SARY OF THE COMPLETION DATE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY EARLIER TERMINATION  OR
 REVOCATION OF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   (II)  "INDEPENDENT  MONITOR"  SHALL MEAN AN ACCOUNTANT LICENSED AND IN
 GOOD STANDING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF  THE  EDUCA-
 TION LAW.
   (JJ)  "JOB  ACTION" SHALL MEAN ANY DELAY, INTERRUPTION OR INTERFERENCE
 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WORK CAUSED BY THE ACTIONS OF ANY LABOR  ORGANIZA-
 TION  OR CONCERTED ACTION OF ANY EMPLOYEES AT THE ELIGIBLE SITE, INCLUD-
 ING WITHOUT LIMITATION, STRIKES, SYMPATHY STRIKES, WORK STOPPAGES,  WALK
 OUTS,  SLOWDOWNS,  PICKETING,  BANNERING,  HAND BILLING, DEMONSTRATIONS,
 SICKOUTS, REFUSALS TO CROSS A PICKET LINE,  REFUSALS  TO  HANDLE  STRUCK
 BUSINESS,  AND  USE  OF  THE RAT OR OTHER INFLATABLE BALLOONS OR SIMILAR
 DISPLAYS.
   (KK) "LARGE RENTAL PROJECT" SHALL MEAN AN ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING
 CONSISTING  OF  THIRTY  OR  MORE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS IN WHICH ALL
 DWELLING UNITS INCLUDED IN ANY APPLICATION ARE OPERATED AS RENTAL  HOUS-
 ING.
   (LL)  "LARGE  RENTAL  PROJECT  RESTRICTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN A PERIOD
 COMMENCING ON THE COMPLETION DATE AND EXTENDING IN PERPETUITY,  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY EARLIER TERMINATION OR REVOCATION OF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   (MM) "MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA" SHALL MEAN ANY TAX  LOTS,  NOW
 EXISTING  OR HEREAFTER CREATED, LOCATED ENTIRELY SOUTH OF 96TH STREET IN
 THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN.
   (NN)  "MARKET UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE
 DWELLING OTHER THAN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   (OO) "MULTIPLE DWELLING" SHALL HAVE THE  SAME  MEANING  SET  FORTH  IN
 SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   (PP)  "NON-RESIDENTIAL  TAX  LOT"  SHALL  MEAN A TAX LOT THAT DOES NOT
 CONTAIN ANY DWELLING UNITS.
   (QQ) "PROJECT  LABOR  AGREEMENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PRE-HIRE  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING  AGREEMENT  SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOY-
 MENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN ELIGIBLE SITE.
   (RR) "PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT" SHALL  MEAN  A  CERTIFIED
 PAYROLL  REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO THE FISCAL OFFI-
 CER BASED ON EACH CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT WHICH  SETS  FORTH
 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY CONSTRUCTION
 WORKERS,  THE AMOUNT OF WAGES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAID TO CONSTRUCTION
 WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK AND THE CONSTRUCTION WAGE.
   (SS) "QUEENS PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  TAX  LOTS  NOW
 EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED WHICH ARE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN COMMUNI-
 TY  BOARDS  ONE OR TWO OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
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 FOLLOWS: ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF  LAND  SITUATE  AND  BEING  IN  THE
 BOROUGHS OF QUEENS AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.  BEGINNING AT THE POINT BEING
 THE  INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY SHORE OF THE EAST RIVER WITH A LINE OF
 PROLONGATION OF 20TH AVENUE PROJECTED NORTHWESTERLY; THENCE SOUTHEASTER-
 LY  ON  THE LINE OF PROLONGATION OF 20TH AVENUE AND ALONG 20TH AVENUE TO
 THE INTERSECTION WITH  31ST  STREET;  THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG  31ST
 STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH NORTHERN BOULEVARD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY
 ALONG  NORTHERN  BOULEVARD  TO  THE  INTERSECTION WITH QUEENS BOULEVARD;
 THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG QUEENS BOULEVARD TO THE INTERSECTION WITH VAN
 DAM STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG VAN DAM STREET  TO  THE  INTERSECTION
 WITH  BORDEN  AVENUE;  THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG VAN DAM STREET TO THE
 INTERSECTION WITH GREENPOINT AVENUE AND REVIEW AVENUE; THENCE  SOUTHWES-
 TERLY  ALONG  GREENPOINT  AVENUE  TO  THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE
 CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK, SAID CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK ALSO BEING
 THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY TO THE NORTH AND KINGS COUNTY TO  THE
 SOUTH;  THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK, ALSO
 BEING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY AND KINGS COUNTY TO ITS  INTER-
 SECTION  WITH THE EASTERLY BOUNDS OF THE EAST RIVER; THENCE IN A GENERAL
 NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE EASTERLY BULKHEAD OR SHORELINE OF  THE
 EAST RIVER TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   (TT)  "RENT STABILIZATION" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, THE RENT STABILI-
 ZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE, THE RENT STABILIZATION  CODE,
 AND THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, ALL AS
 IN  EFFECT  AS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT ADDED THIS SECTION OR  AS  AMENDED  THEREAFTER,
 TOGETHER  WITH ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTES OR REGULATIONS ADDRESSING SUBSTAN-
 TIALLY THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER.
   (UU) "RENTAL PROJECT" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, LARGE  RENTAL  PROJECT
 AND SMALL RENTAL PROJECT.
   (VV) "RESIDENTIAL TAX LOT" SHALL MEAN A TAX LOT THAT CONTAINS DWELLING
 UNITS.
   (WW)  "SMALL  RENTAL PROJECT" SHALL MEAN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 CONSISTING OF LESS THAN THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS IN  WHICH  ALL
 DWELLING  UNITS INCLUDED IN ANY APPLICATION ARE OPERATED AS RENTAL HOUS-
 ING.
   (XX) "SMALL RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERIOD
 COMMENCING ON THE COMPLETION DATE AND EXPIRING ON THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNI-
 VERSARY  OF THE COMPLETION DATE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY EARLIER TERMINATION
 OR REVOCATION OF ANNY PROJECT BENEFITS.
   (YY) "TAX EXEMPT BOND PROCEEDS" SHALL MEAN THE PROCEEDS OF  AN  EXEMPT
 FACILITY  BOND,  AS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH  SEVEN  OF SUBSECTION (A) OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE  OF  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY-SIX,  AS AMENDED, THE INTEREST UPON WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM
 TAXATION UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
 NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, AS AMENDED.
   (ZZ) "THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR" SHALL BE A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT
 RECEIVES FUNDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION  AND  OVER-
 SEES  AND  MANAGES  THE DISBURSAL OF SUCH FUNDS TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
 THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE A PERSON OR ENTITY  APPROVED
 BY THE FISCAL OFFICER AND RECOMMENDED BY ONE, OR MORE, REPRESENTATIVE OR
 REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE  LARGEST  TRADE ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL REAL
 ESTATE DEVELOPERS, EITHER FOR PROFIT OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, IN NEW YORK CITY
 AND ONE, OR MORE, REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LARGEST TRADE
 LABOR ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS,  WITH
 MEMBERSHIP  IN  NEW YORK CITY.  THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL
 BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF THREE  YEARS,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE
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 ADMINISTRATOR IN PLACE AT THE END OF A THREE-YEAR TERM SHALL CONTINUE TO
 SERVE  BEYOND  THE  END OF THE TERM UNTIL A REPLACEMENT ADMINISTRATOR IS
 APPOINTED.  THE FISCAL OFFICER AFTER PROVIDING NOTICE AND AFTER  MEETING
 WITH  THE  THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR, MAY REMOVE SUCH ADMINISTRATOR
 FOR CAUSE UPON A FISCAL OFFICER DETERMINATION THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS
 BEEN INEFFECTIVE AT OVERSEEING OR MANAGING THE DISBURSAL OF FUNDS TO THE
 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL,  AT  THE
 REQUEST OF THE FISCAL OFFICER, SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE FISCAL OFFICER.
   (AAA)  "THIRTY-FIVE YEAR BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN: (I) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
 PERIOD, A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION  FROM  REAL  PROPERTY  TAXATION,
 OTHER  THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; (II) FOR THE FIRST TWEN-
 TY-FIVE YEARS OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION
 FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR  LOCAL  IMPROVE-
 MENTS;  AND  (III) FOR THE FINAL TEN YEARS OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, AN
 EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR  LOCAL
 IMPROVEMENTS, EQUAL TO THE AFFORDABILITY PERCENTAGE.
   (BBB) "WAGES" SHALL MEAN ALL COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION OR PAYMENTS OF
 ANY  KIND  PAID  TO,  OR  ON BEHALF OF, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, INCLUDING,
 WITHOUT  LIMITATION,  ANY  HOURLY  COMPENSATION  PAID  DIRECTLY  TO  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  WORKER,  TOGETHER  WITH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, SUCH AS HEALTH,
 WELFARE,  NON-OCCUPATIONAL  DISABILITY  COVERAGE,  RETIREMENT,  VACATION
 BENEFITS,  HOLIDAY  PAY, LIFE INSURANCE AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING, AND
 PAYROLL TAXES, INCLUDING, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, ALL  AMOUNTS
 PAID FOR NEW YORK STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, NEW YORK STATE DISABILI-
 TY INSURANCE, METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY TAX, FEDERAL
 UNEMPLOYMENT  INSURANCE  AND  PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL INSURANCE CONTRIB-
 UTIONS ACT OR ANY OTHER PAYROLL TAX THAT IS PAID BY THE EMPLOYER.
   2. BENEFIT. IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION OF THIS SECTION
 OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  NEW  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS,  EXCEPT  HOTELS, THAT COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM REAL  PROPERTY  TAXATION,  OTHER  THAN
 ASSESSMENTS  FOR  LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE AMOUNTS AND FOR THE PERIODS
 SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION. A  RENTAL  PROJECT  THAT  MEETS  ALL  OF  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A THIRTY-FIVE YEAR BENEFIT
 AND A HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT THAT MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS
 SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A FORTY-YEAR BENEFIT.
   3. RENTAL PROJECTS. IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN
 THIS  SECTION,  RENTAL  PROJECTS CONTAINING THREE HUNDRED OR MORE RENTAL
 DWELLING UNITS LOCATED WITHIN THE PRIME DEVELOPMENT  AREA  SHALL  COMPLY
 WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.  FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, "CONTRACTOR" SHALL MEAN ANY ENTITY WHICH BY  AGREEMENT
 WITH  ANOTHER  PARTY,  INCLUDING  SUB-CONTRACTORS, UNDERTAKES TO PERFORM
 CONSTRUCTION WORK AT AN ELIGIBLE SITE  AND  "APPLICANT"  SHALL  MEAN  AN
 APPLICANT FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS AND ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO.
   (A) SUCH RENTAL PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION A.
   (B)  CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS  ON  AN  ELIGIBLE SITE WITHIN THE MANHATTAN
 PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA  SHALL  BE  PAID  ACCORDING  TO  THE  ALTERNATIVE
 CONSTRUCTION  WAGE STANDARD, WHICH MAY, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF LABOR, BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. UNTIL  SUCH
 TIME  AS  SUCH  STANDARD IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, THE
 MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE PAID TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN  ELIGIBLE
 SITE  WITHIN  THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA SHALL BE NO LESS THAN
 SIXTY-THREE DOLLARS PER HOUR. ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THE
 CHAPTER  OF  THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT ADDED THIS SECTION
 AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER, THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE  SHALL
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 BE  INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY BUILDING WITH
 A COMMENCEMENT DATE PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH INCREASE SHALL BE REQUIRED
 TO PAY THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE AS REQUIRED ON  ITS  COMMENCEMENT
 DATE.
   (C) CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN ELIGIBLE SITE WITHIN THE BROOKLYN PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT  AREA  OR  THE  QUEENS  PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA SHALL BE PAID
 ACCORDING TO THE ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION WAGE STANDARD, WHICH  MAY,  AT
 THE  DISCRETION  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR,  BE DETERMINED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. UNTIL SUCH TIME AS SUCH STANDARD IS DETERMINED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, THE  MINIMUM  AVERAGE  HOURLY  WAGE  PAID  TO
 CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS  ON  AN  ELIGIBLE  SITE  WITHIN THE BROOKLYN PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT AREA OR THE QUEENS PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA SHALL BE  NO  LESS
 THAN  FORTY-SEVEN  DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER HOUR. ONE YEAR FROM
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO
 THAT ADDED THIS SECTION AND EVERY THREE YEARS  THEREAFTER,  THE  MINIMUM
 AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE SHALL BE INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT ANY BUILDING WITH A COMMENCEMENT DATE PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH
 INCREASE  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO PAY THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE AS
 REQUIRED ON ITS COMMENCEMENT DATE.
   (D) THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (B) AND  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO:
   (I)  AN  ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF
 THE DWELLING UNITS UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON EACH  SUBSEQUENT  RENTAL
 FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD, ARE AFFORDA-
 BLE  TO  AND  RESTRICTED  TO  OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE
 HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED  EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN
 INCOME,  ADJUSTED  FOR  FAMILY  SIZE,  AT  THE  TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT;
   (II) ANY PORTION OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING WHICH IS  OWNED  AND
 OPERATED AS A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE; OR
   (III) AT THE OPTION OF THE APPLICANT, TO AN ELIGIBLE SITE SUBJECT TO A
 PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.
   (E)  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL CONTRACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR.  SUCH
 INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE FISCAL OFFICER WITHIN  ONE  YEAR
 OF  THE COMPLETION DATE, A PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT. IN THE
 EVENT SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT IS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE
 FISCAL OFFICER WITHIN THE REQUISITE TIME, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE SUBJECT
 TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER  WEEK,  OR  ANY  PORTION  THEREOF;
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 IN THE EVENT THAT THE WAGE PAID IS LESS THAN THE CONSTRUCTION  WAGE  SET
 FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS APPLICABLE, THE
 PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT SHALL ALSO SET FORTH THE AMOUNT OF
 SUCH DEFICIENCY.
   (F) THE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY EACH
 CONTRACTOR AND SUB-CONTRACTOR  NO  LATER  THAN  NINETY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK BY SUCH CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR. IN
 THE EVENT THAT A CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR FAILS OR REFUSES TO SUBMIT
 THE  CONTRACTOR  CERTIFIED  PAYROLL REPORT WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED IN
 THIS PARAGRAPH, THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL NOTIFY THE FISCAL  OFFICER
 AND  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO FINE SUCH CONTRACTOR OR
 SUB-CONTRACTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER  WEEK,  OR  ANY
 PORTION  THEREOF,  PROVIDED  THAT THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (G) IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT  SHOWS
 THAT  THE WAGE PAID AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, AS APPLICABLE, WAS NOT PAID, IF THE WAGE PAID  IS  WITHIN  FIFTEEN
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 PERCENT  OF  THE  CONSTRUCTION  WAGE REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, AS APPLICABLE, THEN NO LATER THAN ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY
 DAYS  FROM THE DATE OF SUBMISSION OF SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL
 REPORT, THE APPLICANT SHALL PAY TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR AN
 AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIENCY SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-
 WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT. THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR  SHALL
 DISTRIBUTE  SUCH  PAYMENT  TO  THE  CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS  WHO PERFORMED
 CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SUCH ELIGIBLE SITE. PRIOR TO MAKING SUCH REPAYMENT,
 THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE FISCAL OFFICER  A
 PLAN  SUBJECT  TO THE FISCAL OFFICER'S APPROVAL SETTING FORTH THE MANNER
 IN WHICH THE THIRD-PARTY FUND  ADMINISTRATOR  WILL  REACH  THE  REQUIRED
 CONSTRUCTION WAGE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DAYS OF RECEIVING THE PAYMENT
 FROM  THE APPLICANT AND HOW ANY REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE DISBURSED IN THE
 EVENT THAT THE THIRD-PARTY  FUND  ADMINISTRATOR  CANNOT  DISTRIBUTE  THE
 FUNDS  TO  THE  CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF RECEIVING FISCAL
 OFFICER APPROVAL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT  FAILS  TO  MAKE  SUCH
 PAYMENT  WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THE APPLI-
 CANT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  A  FINE  OF  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER  WEEK
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 IF THE WAGE PAID IS MORE THAN FIFTEEN  PERCENT  BELOW  THE  CONSTRUCTION
 WAGE  REQUIRED  BY PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS APPLICA-
 BLE, THEN NO LATER THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY  DAYS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF
 SUBMISSION  OF SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT, THE APPLICANT
 SHALL PAY TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL  TO  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  THE DEFICIENCY SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-WIDE PAYROLL REPORT.
 THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL DISTRIBUTE SUCH PAYMENT TO  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS  WHO  PERFORMED CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SUCH ELIGIBLE
 SITE. PRIOR TO MAKING SUCH REPAYMENT, THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR
 SHALL SUBMIT TO THE FISCAL OFFICER A PLAN SUBJECT TO  THE  FISCAL  OFFI-
 CER'S  APPROVAL  SETTING  FORTH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE THIRD-PARTY FUND
 ADMINISTRATOR WILL REACH  THE  REQUIRED  CONSTRUCTION  WAGE  WITHIN  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  DAYS OF RECEIVING THE PAYMENT FROM THE APPLICANT AND HOW
 ANY REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE DISBURSED IN THE EVENT THAT THE  THIRD-PARTY
 FUND ADMINISTRATOR CANNOT DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORK-
 ERS  WITHIN  ONE YEAR OF RECEIVING FISCAL OFFICER APPROVAL. IN ADDITION,
 THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL IMPOSE A PENALTY ON THE APPLICANT IN AN  AMOUNT
 EQUAL  TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIENCY, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL NOT IMPOSE SUCH PENALTY WHERE THE
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A  JOB  ACTION  WHICH
 RESULTS  IN  A WORK DELAY. IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT FAILS TO MAKE
 SUCH PAYMENT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE
 APPLICANT  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WEEK,
 PROVIDED THAT THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE APPLICANT SHALL
 NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY RESPECT  WHATSOEVER  FOR  ANY  PAYMENTS,  FINES  OR
 PENALTIES  RELATED  TO  OR  RESULTING FROM CONTRACTOR FRAUD, MISTAKE, OR
 NEGLIGENCE OR FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCURATE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED  PAYROLL
 REPORTS  OR  FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCURATE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL
 REPORTS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT PAYMENT TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND  ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR  IN  THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL
 REPORT AS DESCRIBED IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  STILL  BE  MADE  BY  THE
 CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR IN THE EVENT OF UNDERPAYMENT RESULTING FROM
 OR  CAUSED  BY  THE CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR, AND THAT THE APPLICANT
 WILL BE LIABLE FOR UNDERPAYMENT TO THE  THIRD-PARTY  FUND  ADMINISTRATOR
 UNLESS  THE  FISCAL OFFICER DETERMINES, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THAT THE
 UNDERPAYMENT WAS THE RESULT OF, OR CAUSED BY, CONTRACTOR FRAUD,  MISTAKE
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 OR  NEGLIGENCE  AND/OR FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCURATE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED
 PAYROLL REPORTS  AND/OR  PROJECT-WIDE  CERTIFIED  PAYROLL  REPORTS.  THE
 APPLICANT  SHALL  OTHERWISE NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER ONCE THE
 PAYMENT  TO  THE  THIRD-PARTY  FUND  ADMINISTRATOR  HAS BEEN MADE IN THE
 AMOUNT SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-WIDE  CERTIFIED  PAYROLL  REPORT.  OTHER
 THAN THE UNDERPAYMENT, WHICH MUST BE PAID TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR,  ALL FINES AND PENALTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION IMPOSED
 BY THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL BE PAID TO THE AGENCY AND USED BY THE AGENCY
 TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
   (H) NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CONFER A PRIVATE
 RIGHT OF ACTION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT THIS SENTENCE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A  WAIVER  OF  ANY
 EXISTING RIGHTS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES RELATED
 TO WAGE AND BENEFIT COLLECTION, WAGE THEFT OR OTHER LABOR PROTECTIONS OR
 RIGHTS  AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION RELIEVES
 ANY OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   (I) THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE  AND
 ENFORCE  ANY  LIABILITY  FOR  UNDERPAYMENT OWING TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND
 ADMINISTRATOR FROM THE APPLICANT AND/OR THE CONTRACTOR, AS A  RESULT  OF
 CONTRACTOR FRAUD, MISTAKE OR NEGLIGENCE AND/OR FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCU-
 RATE  CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORTS AND/OR PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED
 PAYROLL REPORTS, AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE
 FISCAL OFFICER SHALL EXPEDITIOUSLY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND  HEARING
 AT THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRIALS AND HEARINGS, SHALL
 DETERMINE  THE ISSUES RAISED THEREON AND SHALL MAKE AND FILE AN ORDER IN
 HIS OR HER OFFICE STATING SUCH DETERMINATION AND FORTHWITH SERVE A  COPY
 OF  SUCH  ORDER,  EITHER  PERSONALLY OR BY MAIL, TOGETHER WITH NOTICE OF
 FILING, UPON THE PARTIES TO SUCH PROCEEDINGS. THE FISCAL OFFICER IN SUCH
 AN INVESTIGATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE ACTING IN A JUDICIAL CAPACITY AND
 SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS, ADMINISTER  OATHS  AND  EXAMINE
 WITNESSES.  THE  ENFORCEMENT  OF  A SUBPOENA ISSUED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.  THE  FILING  OF
 SUCH ORDER SHALL HAVE THE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OF A JUDGMENT DULY DOCK-
 ETED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. THE ORDER MAY BE ENFORCED BY AND
 IN  THE  NAME  OF  THE  FISCAL OFFICER IN THE SAME MANNER, AND WITH LIKE
 EFFECT, AS THAT PRESCRIBED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES  FOR  THE
 ENFORCEMENT OF A MONEY JUDGMENT.
   4.  TAX PAYMENTS. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF ANY  ELIGIBLE  SITE  RECEIVING  ANNY  PROGRAM
 BENEFITS SHALL PAY, IN EACH TAX YEAR IN WHICH SUCH ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS
 ARE IN EFFECT, REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  WITH  RESPECT  TO  EACH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING CONSTRUCTED ON
 SUCH ELIGIBLE SITE, REAL PROPERTY TAXES ON  THE  ASSESSED  VALUATION  OF
 SUCH  LAND  AND  ANY  IMPROVEMENTS THEREON IN EFFECT DURING THE TAX YEAR
 PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, WITH-
 OUT REGARD TO ANY EXEMPTION FROM OR ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY  TAXATION
 IN  EFFECT  DURING  SUCH  TAX  YEAR,  WHICH REAL PROPERTY TAXES SHALL BE
 CALCULATED USING THE TAX RATE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME SUCH TAXES ARE  DUE;
 AND
   (B) ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   5.  LIMITATION ON BENEFITS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE. IF THE AGGREGATE
 FLOOR AREA OF COMMERCIAL, COMMUNITY FACILITY AND ACCESSORY USE SPACE  IN
 AN  ELIGIBLE  SITE,  OTHER  THAN  PARKING WHICH IS LOCATED NOT MORE THAN
 TWENTY-THREE FEET ABOVE THE CURB LEVEL, EXCEEDS TWELVE  PERCENT  OF  THE
 AGGREGATE  FLOOR  AREA  IN SUCH ELIGIBLE SITE, ANY ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS
 SHALL BE REDUCED BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO SUCH EXCESS.  IF  AN  ELIGIBLE
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 SITE  CONTAINS  MULTIPLE TAX LOTS, THE TAX ARISING OUT OF SUCH REDUCTION
 IN ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL FIRST BE APPORTIONED PRO RATA  AMONG  ANY
 NON-RESIDENTIAL  TAX  LOTS.  AFTER ANY SUCH NON-RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS ARE
 FULLY TAXABLE, THE REMAINDER OF THE TAX ARISING OUT OF SUCH REDUCTION IN
 ANNY  PROGRAM  BENEFITS, IF ANY, SHALL BE APPORTIONED PRO RATA AMONG THE
 REMAINING RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS.
   6. CALCULATION OF BENEFIT. BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION  OF  THE  AGENCY
 CERTIFYING  THE  APPLICANT'S  ELIGIBILITY FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS, THE
 ASSESSORS SHALL CERTIFY TO THE COLLECTING OFFICER THE AMOUNT OF TAXES TO
 BE EXEMPTED.
   7. AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. A LARGE  RENTAL  PROJECT  SHALL  COMPLY
 WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION A FOR THE DURATION OF THE LARGE RENTAL PROJECT
 RESTRICTION PERIOD. A SMALL RENTAL PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH AFFORDABIL-
 ITY  OPTION  B  FOR THE DURATION OF THE SMALL RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION
 PERIOD. A HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION C
 FOR THE DURATION OF THE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT RESTRICTION  PERIOD.  SUCH
 ELECTION  SHALL  BE  MADE IN THE APPLICATION AND SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE
 CHANGED.
   (A) ALL RENTAL DWELLING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL
 SHARE THE SAME COMMON ENTRANCES AND COMMON AREAS AS MARKET RATE UNITS IN
 SUCH  ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING AND SHALL NOT BE ISOLATED TO A SPECIFIC
 FLOOR OR AREA OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.  COMMON ENTRANCES  SHALL
 MEAN  ANY  AREA REGULARLY USED BY ANY RESIDENT OF A RENTAL DWELLING UNIT
 IN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING  FOR  INGRESS  AND  EGRESS  FROM  SUCH
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (B)  UNLESS PREEMPTED BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL
 HOUSING PROGRAM, EITHER (I) THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL  HAVE  A  UNIT  MIX PROPORTIONAL TO THE MARKET
 UNITS, OR (II) AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN
 AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL HAVE TWO OR  MORE  BEDROOMS  AND  NO
 MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL HAVE
 LESS THAN ONE BEDROOM.
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF RENT STABILIZATION TO THE CONTRA-
 RY,  ALL  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNITS  SHALL REMAIN FULLY SUBJECT TO RENT
 STABILIZATION  BOTH  DURING  AND  SUBSEQUENT  TO  THE   SMALL   BUILDING
 RESTRICTION PERIOD OR THE LARGE BUILDING RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS APPLICA-
 BLE.
   (D)  ALL  RENT  STABILIZATION REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED TO BE FILED SHALL
 CONTAIN A DESIGNATION THAT SPECIFICALLY  IDENTIFIES  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING
 UNITS CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AS "ANNY PROGRAM AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING  UNITS"  AND  SHALL  CONTAIN AN EXPLANATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT
 APPLY TO ALL SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
   (E) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  THAT
 REQUIRE  THE  CREATION,  MAINTENANCE,  RENT STABILIZATION COMPLIANCE AND
 OCCUPANCY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS OR FOR PURPOSES OF A HOMEOWNERSHIP
 PROJECT THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION C  SHALL  RESULT
 IN  REVOCATION  OF ANY ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR THE PERIOD OF SUCH NON-
 COMPLIANCE.
   (F) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL (I) PROHIBIT  THE  OCCUPANCY  OF  AN
 AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNIT BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME AT ANY
 TIME IS LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN  INCOME,
 ADJUSTED  FOR  FAMILY  SIZE,  SPECIFIED FOR SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, OR (II) PROHIBIT THE OWNER OF AN ELIGIBLE SITE
 FROM REQUIRING, UPON INITIAL RENTAL  OR  UPON  ANY  RENTAL  FOLLOWING  A
 VACANCY,  THE  OCCUPANCY  OF  ANY  AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT BY SUCH LOWER
 INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES.
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   (G) FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY  CERTIFICATE  OF  OCCUPANCY  AND
 UPON  EACH VACANCY THEREAFTER, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL PROMPTLY
 BE OFFERED FOR RENTAL BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME  DOES  NOT
 EXCEED  THE  MAXIMUM  PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR
 FAMILY SIZE, SPECIFIED FOR SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION  AND  WHO INTEND TO OCCUPY SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT AS THEIR
 PRIMARY RESIDENCE. AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL NOT BE (I) RENTED TO
 A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER ENTITY, OR (II) HELD OFF THE  MARKET
 FOR  A  PERIOD  LONGER  THAN  IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO PERFORM REPAIRS
 NEEDED TO MAKE SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY.
   (H) AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL NOT BE  RENTED  ON  A  TEMPORARY,
 TRANSIENT  OR  SHORT-TERM  BASIS. EVERY LEASE AND RENEWAL THEREOF FOR AN
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF ONE OR TWO YEARS, AT  THE
 OPTION OF THE TENANT.
   (I)  AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL UNIT SHALL NOT BE CONVERTED TO COOP-
 ERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP.
   (J) THE AGENCY MAY ESTABLISH BY RULE SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS  THE  AGENCY
 DEEMS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE FOR (I) THE MARKETING OF AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING  UNITS, BOTH UPON INITIAL OCCUPANCY AND UPON ANY VACANCY, (II) MONI-
 TORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND (III) THE
 MARKETING AND MONITORING OF ANY HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT THAT IS GRANTED AN
 EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH REQUIREMENTS  MAY  INCLUDE,
 BUT  NEED  NOT BE LIMITED TO, RETAINING A MONITOR APPROVED BY THE AGENCY
 AND PAID FOR BY THE OWNER.
   (K) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE  CONTRARY,  A
 MARKET  UNIT  SHALL  NOT BE SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION UNLESS, IN THE
 ABSENCE OF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS, THE UNIT  WOULD  BE  SUBJECT  TO  RENT
 STABILIZATION.
   8.  BUILDING  SERVICE EMPLOYEES. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICANT FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS, ANY
 SUCCESSOR TO SUCH APPLICANT, OR ANY EMPLOYER OF BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOY-
 EES FOR SUCH APPLICANT,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  A  PROPERTY
 MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR CONTRACTOR.
   (B)  ALL  BUILDING  SERVICE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY THE APPLICANT AT THE
 ELIGIBLE SITE SHALL RECEIVE THE APPLICABLE PREVAILING WAGE.
   (C) THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  IN ENFORCING SUCH PROVISIONS, THE FISCAL OFFICER
 SHALL HAVE THE POWER:
   (I) TO INVESTIGATE OR CAUSE AN INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE  TO  DETERMINE
 THE  PREVAILING  WAGES  FOR  BUILDING  SERVICE EMPLOYEES; IN MAKING SUCH
 INVESTIGATION, THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY UTILIZE WAGE  AND  FRINGE  BENEFIT
 DATA  FROM  VARIOUS  SOURCES,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, DATA AND
 DETERMINATIONS  OF  FEDERAL,  STATE  OR  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL   AGENCIES,
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE PROVISION OF A DWELLING UNIT SHALL NOT BE
 CONSIDERED WAGES OR A FRINGE BENEFIT;
   (II) TO INSTITUTE AND CONDUCT INSPECTIONS AT THE SITE OF THE  WORK  OR
 ELSEWHERE;
   (III)  TO  EXAMINE  THE BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE
 WAGES PAID TO, AND THE HOURS OF  WORK  PERFORMED  BY,  BUILDING  SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES;
   (IV)  TO  HOLD HEARINGS AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, TO ISSUE SUBPOE-
 NAS, ADMINISTER OATHS  AND  EXAMINE  WITNESSES;  THE  ENFORCEMENT  OF  A
 SUBPOENA  ISSUED  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE CIVIL
 PRACTICE LAW AND RULES;
   (V) TO MAKE A CLASSIFICATION BY CRAFT, TRADE OR OTHER GENERALLY RECOG-
 NIZED OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY OF THE BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEES  AND  TO
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 DETERMINE  WHETHER  SUCH WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY THE BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES IN SUCH CLASSIFICATION;
   (VI) TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO FILE WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER A RECORD
 OF  THE  WAGES  ACTUALLY  PAID BY SUCH APPLICANT TO THE BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES AND OF THEIR HOURS OF WORK;
   (VII) TO DELEGATE ANY OF THE FOREGOING POWERS TO HIS OR HER DEPUTY  OR
 OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE;
   (VIII)  TO  PROMULGATE RULES AS HE OR SHE SHALL CONSIDER NECESSARY FOR
 THE  PROPER  EXECUTION  OF  THE  DUTIES,  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND   POWERS
 CONFERRED UPON HIM OR HER BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH; AND
   (IX) TO PRESCRIBE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR EACH VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY REQUIRE  THE  PAYMENT  OF:  (A)
 BACK WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; (B) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UP TO THREE TIMES
 THE AMOUNT OF THE BACK WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS;
 AND/OR  (C) REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES. IF THE FISCAL OFFICER FINDS THAT
 THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBPARA-
 GRAPH,  HE  OR  SHE SHALL PRESENT EVIDENCE OF SUCH NON-COMPLIANCE TO THE
 AGENCY.
   (D) PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO:
   (I) AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING OUTSIDE  OF  THE  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT
 AREA;
   (II)  AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING CONTAINING LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED
 DWELLING UNITS; OR
   (III) AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH ALL OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND NOT LESS THAN  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  SUCH
 AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNITS, UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT
 RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY ARE AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY
 BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED NINETY
 PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME
 THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (E) THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SWORN AFFIDAVIT WITH ITS APPLICATION,
 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER,  CERTIFYING  THAT  IT  SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (F)  THE  AGENCY  SHALL  ANNUALLY PUBLISH A LIST OF ALL ELIGIBLE SITES
 SUBJECT TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  AND  THE  AFFIDAVITS
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   9. REPLACEMENT RATIO. IF THE LAND ON WHICH AN ELIGIBLE SITE IS LOCATED
 CONTAINED  ANY DWELLING UNITS THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT DATE
 OF THE FIRST ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE  DWELLING  THEREON,  THEN  SUCH  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING OR DWELLINGS BUILT THEREON SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT THAT EXISTED ON SUCH DATE
 AND WAS THEREAFTER DEMOLISHED, REMOVED OR RECONFIGURED.
   10. CONCURRENT EXEMPTIONS OR ABATEMENTS. AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 RECEIVING ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY EXEMPTION FROM  OR
 ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION UNDER ANY OTHER LAW.
   11.   VOLUNTARY   RENUNCIATION  OR  TERMINATION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  AN
 OWNER  SHALL  NOT  BE ENTITLED TO VOLUNTARILY RENOUNCE OR TERMINATE ANNY
 PROGRAM BENEFITS UNLESS  THE  AGENCY  AUTHORIZES  SUCH  RENUNCIATION  OR
 TERMINATION  IN  CONNECTION WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW TAX EXEMPTION
 PURSUANT TO EITHER THE PRIVATE  HOUSING  FINANCE  LAW  OR  SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED TWENTY-C OF THIS TITLE.
   12. TERMINATION OR REVOCATION. THE AGENCY MAY TERMINATE OR REVOKE ANNY
 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT  THE AGENCY SHALL NOT TERMINATE OR REVOKE ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR
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 A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION  FIFTEEN  OF  THIS
 SECTION.  IF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE TERMINATED OR REVOKED FOR NONCOM-
 PLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION: (A) ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL
 REMAIN  SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION FOR THE RESTRICTION PERIOD OR EXTENDED  RESTRICTION  PERIOD,  AS
 APPLICABLE,  AND  ANY  ADDITIONAL  PERIOD  EXPRESSLY  PROVIDED  IN  THIS
 SECTION, AS IF THE ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS  HAD  NOT  BEEN  TERMINATED  OR
 REVOKED;  (B)  ALL OF THE MARKET RATE HOUSING UNITS SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT
 TO RENT STABILIZATION AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION FOR THE
 RESTRICTION PERIOD OR EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD,  AS  APPLICABLE,  AND
 ANY ADDITIONAL PERIOD EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, AS IF THE ANNY
 PROGRAM  BENEFITS HAD NOT BEEN TERMINATED OR REVOKED, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THE OWNER SHALL STILL BE ENTITLED TO REMOVE SUCH MARKET  UNIT  FROM
 RENT  STABILIZATION UPON VACANCY BY REASON OF THE MONTHLY RENT EXCEEDING
 ANY LIMIT ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER; OR (C) FOR  A  HOMEOWNERSHIP  PROJECT,
 SUCH  PROJECT  SHALL  CONTINUE  TO COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION D OF
 THIS SECTION  AND  ALL  OTHER  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION  FOR  THE
 RESTRICTION  PERIOD AND ANY ADDITIONAL PERIOD EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS
 SECTION, AS IF THE ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS  HAD  NOT  BEEN  TERMINATED  OR
 REVOKED.
   13.  POWERS  CUMULATIVE.  THE  ENFORCEMENT  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE, AND ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER  RIGHTS,  REME-
 DIES,  OR  ENFORCEMENT POWERS SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LAW OR AVAILABLE AT
 LAW OR IN EQUITY.
   14. MULTIPLE TAX LOTS. IF AN ELIGIBLE SITE CONTAINS MULTIPLE TAX LOTS,
 AN APPLICATION MAY BE SUBMITTED WITH RESPECT TO ONE OR MORE OF SUCH  TAX
 LOTS.  THE  AGENCY SHALL DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS
 BASED UPON THE TAX LOTS INCLUDED IN SUCH APPLICATION  AND  BENEFITS  FOR
 EACH  MULTIPLE  DWELLING SHALL BE BASED UPON THE COMPLETION DATE OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   15. APPLICATIONS. (A) THE APPLICATION WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL BE FILED WITH THE AGENCY NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR
 AFTER THE COMPLETION DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE BY RULE THAT APPLICATIONS BE
 FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
   (C) THE AGENCY MAY RELY ON CERTIFICATION BY AN ARCHITECT  OR  ENGINEER
 SUBMITTED  BY  AN APPLICANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING OF AN APPLICA-
 TION. A FALSE CERTIFICATION BY  SUCH  ARCHITECT  OR  ENGINEER  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED  TO  BE  PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT  PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ANY LICENSEE  FOUND  GUILTY  OF  SUCH
 MISCONDUCT UNDER THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED
 TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED IN
 SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND SHALL THERE-
 AFTER BE INELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (D) THE AGENCY  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  DEMONSTRATE
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS
 A CONDITION TO APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION.
   16.  FILING FEE. THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE A FILING FEE OF THREE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS PER DWELLING UNIT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY  APPLICATION.  HOWEVER,
 THE AGENCY MAY PROMULGATE RULES IMPOSING A LESSER FEE FOR ELIGIBLE SITES
 CONTAINING  ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLINGS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL
 ASSISTANCE OF GRANTS, LOANS OR SUBSIDIES PROVIDED BY A FEDERAL, STATE OR
 LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY PURSUANT TO A  PROGRAM  FOR
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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   17.  RULES. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND EIGHT OF THIS
 SECTION, THE AGENCY  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SOLE  AUTHORITY  TO  ENFORCE  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND MAY PROMULGATE RULES TO CARRY OUT THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   18.  ELECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, A SMALL  RENTAL  PROJECT,  LARGE  RENTAL  PROJECT  OR  HOMEOWNERSHIP
 PROJECT  WITH A COMMENCEMENT DATE ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO THAT HAS NOT RECEIVED BENEFITS PURSUANT TO SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE-A  OF  THIS TITLE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
 CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT ADDED  THIS  SECTION
 MAY  ELECT TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION AND RECEIVE ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   19. REPORTING. ON OR BEFORE JUNE THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR,  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND
 DEVELOPMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT  OF  THE  SENATE  AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY SETTING FORTH THE
 NUMBER OF TOTAL PROJECTS AND UNITS CREATED  BY  THIS  SECTION  BY  YEAR,
 LEVEL  OF  AFFORDABILITY,  AND  COMMUNITY  BOARD,  THE  COST OF THE ANNY
 PROGRAM, AND OTHER SUCH FACTORS AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND  DEVELOPMENT  DEEMS  APPROPRIATE.
 THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT MAY
 REQUEST  AND  SHALL  RECEIVE COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE FROM ALL DEPART-
 MENTS, DIVISIONS, BOARDS, BUREAUS, COMMISSIONS,  PUBLIC  BENEFIT  CORPO-
 RATIONS  OR  AGENCIES  OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR
 ANY OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF, OR ANY ENTITY RECEIVING  BENE-
 FITS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through II of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

                             
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     S. 8006--A                                            A. 9006--A
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted  by  the  Governor  pursuant  to
   article  seven  of  the  Constitution -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to school contracts for
   excellence; to amend the education law, in relation to foundation aid;
   to amend the education law, in relation to maintenance of equity  aid;
   to  amend  the  education law, in relation to building aid and the New
   York state energy research  and  development  authority  P-12  schools
   clean  green  schools  initiative;  to  amend  the  education  law, in
   relation to modifying the length of  school  sessions;  to  amend  the
   education  law, in relation to supplemental public excess cost aid; to
   amend the education law, in relation to academic enhancement  aid;  to
   amend the education law, in relation to high tax aid; to amend chapter
   91  of  the  laws  of  2002  amending the education law and other laws
   relating to reorganization of the New York  city  school  construction
   authority, board of education and community boards, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 345 of the laws of 2009 amend-
   ing  the  education  law  and other laws relating to the New York city
   board of education,  chancellor,  community  councils,  and  community
   superintendents,  in  relation  to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
   the education law, in relation to extending  the  statewide  universal
   full-day  pre-kindergarten  program;  to  amend  the education law, in
   relation to state aid adjustments; to amend chapter 756 of the laws of
   1992, relating to funding a program for work force education conducted
   by the consortium for worker education in New York city,  in  relation
   to  reimbursement for the 2022-2023 school year, withholding a portion
   of employment preparation education aid and in relation to the  effec-
   tiveness  thereof;  to amend chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, relating
   to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state operations, aid  to
   localities,  capital projects and debt service budgets, in relation to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 147 of the laws  of  2001,
   amending  the  education  law  relating  to conditional appointment of
   school district, charter school or BOCES employees, in relation to the
   effectiveness  thereof;  to  amend  chapter  425  of the laws of 2002,
   amending the education law relating to the provision  of  supplemental
   educational  services,  attendance  at  a  safe  public school and the
   suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at  a
   school, in relation to making certain provisions thereof permanent; to
   amend  the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation to making the
   provisions thereof permanent; to amend chapter  552  of  the  laws  of
   1995,  amending the education law relating to contracts for the trans-
   portation of school children, in relation to the effectiveness  there-
   of;  providing  for  school  bus driver training grants; providing for
   special apportionment  for  salary  expenses;  providing  for  special
   apportionment for public pension accruals; to amend the education law,
   in  relation  to  permitting  the  city school district of the city of
   Rochester to make certain purchases  from  the  board  of  cooperative
   educational services of the supervisory district serving its geograph-
   ic region; providing for set-asides from the state funds which certain
   districts  are  receiving from the total foundation aid; providing for
   support of public libraries; and providing for the repeal  of  certain
   provisions  upon  expiration  thereof (Part A); to amend the education
   law and the local finance law, in  relation  to  zero-emission  school
   buses  (Part B); to amend the education law, in relation to creating a
   temporary professional permit for employment in a public  school;  and
   providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
   (Part  C);  to amend the education law, in relation to state appropri-
   ations for reimbursement of tuition credits (Part  D);  to  amend  the
   education  law,  in relation to the expansion of the part-time tuition
   assistance program (Part E); to amend the education law,  in  relation
   to  eligibility  requirements  and  conditions  for tuition assistance
   program awards; and to repeal certain provisions of the education  law
   relating  to  the  ban  on  incarcerated individuals to be eligible to
   receive state aid (Part F); to amend the education law, in relation to
   establishing the amount awarded for the  excelsior  scholarship  (Part
   G);  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to including certain
   apprenticeships in the definition of  "eligible  educational  institu-
   tion"  for  the  New York state college choice tuition savings program
   (Part H); to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   certain  practices  in  the  collection of education debt (Part I); to
   amend the education law, in relation to registration of a new  curric-
   ulum  or  program  of  study  offered  by  a not-for-profit college or
   university (Part J); to amend the business corporation law, the  part-
   nership  law  and  the  limited  liability company law, in relation to
   certified public accountants (Part K); to amend  the  social  services
   law,  in  relation  to  child  care  assistance; and providing for the
   repeal of certain provisions upon  expiration  thereof  (Part  L);  to
   amend  part  N  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, amending the social
   services law  relating  to  restructuring  financing  for  residential
   school  placements, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part M);
   to amend part C of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, amending the execu-
   tive law and other laws relating to funding for  children  and  family
   services, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof (Part N);
   to  amend  the social services law, in relation to reimbursement for a
   portion of the costs of social services districts for care provided to
   foster children in institutions, group residences,  group  homes,  and
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   agency  operated  boarding  homes (Part O); to amend the public health
   law, in relation to consent for medical services (Part  P);  to  amend
   the  executive  law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to the
   detention  of  juveniles  (Part  Q);  to  amend  the executive law, in
   relation to increasing the amount of  reimbursement  the  division  of
   veterans'  affairs  shall  provide to local veterans' service agencies
   for the cost of maintenance of such agencies (Part R);  to  amend  the
   social services law, in relation to increasing the standards of month-
   ly  need  for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community
   (Part S); to amend part W of chapter 54 of the laws of  2016  amending
   the  social  services  law  relating  to  the powers and duties of the
   commissioner of social services  relating  to  the  appointment  of  a
   temporary operator, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part T);
   to  amend  the social services law, in relation to the public benefits
   and requirements; and to repeal certain provisions of such law  relat-
   ing  thereto (Part U); to amend the labor law and the general business
   law, in relation to restrictions on employment (Part V); to amend  the
   labor  law, in relation to increasing penalties for certain violations
   of the labor law (Part W); to amend the executive law, in relation  to
   prohibiting  discrimination  based  on  status as a victim of domestic
   violence (Part X); to amend the executive law, in relation to  prohib-
   iting  discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status (Part
   Y); to utilize reserves in the mortgage  insurance  fund  for  various
   housing purposes (Part Z); to amend the real property law, in relation
   to  providing  for the creation of accessory dwelling units (Part AA);
   to amend the executive law, in relation to making it unlawful  for  an
   individual  who has been convicted of one or more criminal offenses to
   be discriminated against in housing (Part BB); to amend  the  multiple
   dwelling law, in relation to the floor area ratio (FAR) in the city of
   New York (Part CC); to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to
   hotel and commercial conversion (Part DD); intentionally omitted (Part
   EE);  to  amend the real property law, in relation to tenant selection
   screening guidelines  (Part  FF);  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in
   relation to the state's language access policy (Part GG); to amend the
   retirement  and  social  security law, in relation to waiving approval
   and income limitations on retirees employed  in  public  schools;  and
   providing  for  the  repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
   (Part HH); and to amend the real property  tax  law,  in  relation  to
   enacting  the  affordable  neighborhoods for New Yorkers tax incentive
   (Part II)

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law major components of legislation
 necessary to implement the state education, labor,  housing  and  family
 assistance budget for the 2022-2023 state fiscal year. Each component is
 wholly  contained  within  a  Part identified as Parts A through II. The
 effective date for each particular provision contained within such  Part
 is  set  forth  in  the  last section of such Part. Any provision in any
 section contained within a Part, including the  effective  date  of  the
 Part,  which  makes a reference to a section "of this act", when used in
 connection with that particular component, shall be deemed to  mean  and
 refer  to  the  corresponding  section of the Part in which it is found.
 S. 8006--A                          4                         A. 9006--A
 
 Section three of this act sets forth the general effective date of  this
 act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Notwithstanding  paragraphs  a and b of this subdivision, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year  in
 conformity  with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section unless all schools in the  district  are
 identified  as  in  good  standing  and  provided further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 nine--two  thousand  ten school year, unless all schools in the district
 are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall  be not less than the product of the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   nine--two   thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied  by  the
 district's gap elimination adjustment percentage  and  provided  further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand  thir-
 teen  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year and provided further that,  a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand
 fourteen school year, unless all schools in the district are  identified
 as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which   shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand fourteen school year;  and  provided  further  that,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, unless all  schools  in  the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
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 excellence  for  the  two  thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school
 year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)
 of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of this section, provide for the
 expenditure  of  an  amount  which  shall  be  not  less than the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further that a school district that submitted a contract for  excellence
 for  the  two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year, unless
 all schools in the district are identified as in  good  standing,  shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of  subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this section,
 provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be  not  less  than
 the  amount  approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school  year;  and
 provided  further  that, a school district that submitted a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand  seventeen  school
 year,  unless  all  schools  in  the  district are identified as in good
 standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand
 seventeen--two  thousand eighteen school year which shall, notwithstand-
 ing the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of  subdivision
 two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an amount which
 shall be not less than the amount approved by the  commissioner  in  the
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two  thousand sixteen--two thousand
 seventeen school year; and provided further that a school district  that
 submitted  a contract for excellence for the two thousand seventeen--two
 thousand eighteen school year, unless all schools in  the  district  are
 identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school  year  which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the
 commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand  seven-
 teen--two  thousand  eighteen  school year; and provided further that, a
 school district that submitted a contract for  excellence  for  the  two
 thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand
 twenty  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding the requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
 year; and provided further that, a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for excellence for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twen-
 ty-one school year, unless all schools in the district are identified as
 in good standing, shall submit a contract for  excellence  for  the  two
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 thousand  twenty-one--two  thousand  twenty-two school year which shall,
 notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a  of
 subdivision  two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two  thousand  twenty--two
 thousand  twenty-one  school  year;  AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT THAT SUBMITTED A CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL SCHOOLS IN
 THE DISTRICT ARE IDENTIFIED AS IN GOOD STANDING, SHALL SUBMIT A CONTRACT
 FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR  WHICH  SHALL,  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 PROVIDE  FOR  THE  EXPENDITURE OF AN AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN
 THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE CONTRACT  FOR  EXCELLENCE
 FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR.
 For purposes of this paragraph, the "gap elimination adjustment percent-
 age" shall be calculated as the sum of one minus the quotient of the sum
 of the school district's net gap elimination adjustment for two thousand
 ten--two thousand eleven computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws of two thousand ten,  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of
 government,  plus  the  school district's gap elimination adjustment for
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve as computed pursuant to chapter
 fifty-three of the laws of two thousand  eleven,  making  appropriations
 for  the  support  of the local assistance budget, including support for
 general support for public schools, divided by the total aid for adjust-
 ment computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the laws of  two  thou-
 sand  eleven,  making  appropriations  for  the local assistance budget,
 including support for general  support  for  public  schools.  Provided,
 further,  that  such  amount  shall  be expended to support and maintain
 allowable programs and activities approved in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten school  year  or  to  support  new  or  expanded  allowable
 programs and activities in the current year.
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of  section 3602 of education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
   J. FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  FOUNDATION  AID  PAYABLE  IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE TOTAL
 FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  THIS  SECTION  PLUS  THE  GREATER OF (A) THE PRODUCT OF THE PHASE-IN
 FOUNDATION INCREASE FACTOR AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II)  OF
 PARAGRAPH  B  OF THIS SUBDIVISION MULTIPLIED BY THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE,
 IF ANY, OF (I) TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION LESS (II) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSU-
 ANT  TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR (B) THE PROD-
 UCT OF THREE HUNDREDTHS (0.03) MULTIPLIED BY THE  TOTAL  FOUNDATION  AID
 BASE  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  J  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS
 SECTION.
   § 3. Section 3602 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.    FOUNDATION  AID  MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY AID. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
   A. "HIGH-NEED LEAS" SHALL MEAN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WITH (1) THE
 HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AS  CALCULATED
 BASED  ON  THE  MOST  RECENT  SMALL  AREA  INCOME  AND POVERTY ESTIMATES
 PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND (2) THE  CUMULATIVE  SUM
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 OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR IS GREATER THAN
 OR  EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF FIVE-TENTHS (0.5) AND THE STATEWIDE TOTAL OF
 SUCH ENROLLMENT.
   B.  "HIGHEST-POVERTY  LEAS" SHALL MEAN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WITH
 (1) THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  STUDENTS  AS
 CALCULATED  BASED ON THE MOST RECENT SMALL AREA INCOME AND POVERTY ESTI-
 MATES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND (2) THE CUMULATIVE
 SUM OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR IS  GREATER
 THAN OR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF TWO-TENTHS (0.2) AND THE STATEWIDE TOTAL
 OF SUCH ENROLLMENT.
   C.  "ELIGIBLE  DISTRICTS" SHALL MEAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEFINED AS HIGH-
 NEED LEAS OR HIGHEST-POVERTY LEAS IN THE CURRENT YEAR WHICH ARE  SUBJECT
 TO  THE  STATE  LEVEL  MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY REQUIREMENT IN THE AMERICAN
 RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021, SECTION 2004, PART 1,  SUBTITLE  A,  TITLE  II,
 (PUBLIC LAW 117-2) FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
   D.  "STATE  FUNDING" SHALL MEAN ANY APPORTIONMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-
 ONE,  AND  SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER PLUS APPORTIONMENTS
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR, FIVE-A, TEN, TWELVE, AND SIXTEEN OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   E.  "LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT" SHALL MEAN THE UNDUPLICATED
 COUNT OF ALL CHILDREN REGISTERED  TO  RECEIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  IN
 GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  TWELVE,  INCLUDING  CHILDREN  IN UNGRADED
 PROGRAMS, AS REGISTERED ON THE DATE PRIOR  TO  NOVEMBER  FIRST  THAT  IS
 SPECIFIED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER AS THE ENROLLMENT REPORTING DATE, REGIS-
 TERED IN A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION  7801
 OF TITLE 20 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.
   2. ELIGIBLE DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE AN APPORTIONMENT OF FOUNDATION AID
 MAINTENANCE  OF  EQUITY  AID IN THE CURRENT YEAR IF THE COMMISSIONER, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET,  DETERMINES  THE  DISTRICT
 WOULD  OTHERWISE  RECEIVE  A  REDUCTION  IN STATE FUNDING ON A PER PUPIL
 BASIS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL  MAINTENANCE  OF  EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.  THIS  APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT NECESSARY
 TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF  EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.    THIS  APPORTIONMENT  SHALL  BE  PAID IN THE CURRENT YEAR
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED NINE-A OF THIS PART.
   § 4. Clause (ii) of paragraph j of subdivision 1 of  section  3602  of
 the  education  law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) For aid payable in the  two  thousand  eight--two  thousand  nine
 school  year  and  thereafter, the total foundation aid base shall equal
 the total amount a district was eligible to receive  in  the  base  year
 pursuant to subdivision four of this section PLUS FOUNDATION AID MAINTE-
 NANCE OF EQUITY AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION.
   §  5.  Section  3602-b of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. A. IN ADDITION TO APPORTIONMENTS CALCULATED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SIONS  ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYING FEWER
 THAN EIGHT TEACHERS DEFINED AS ELIGIBLE PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  ONE  OF
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR-A OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART SHALL
 RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT OF PUBLIC MONEY IN THE CURRENT  YEAR
 IF  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET,
 DETERMINES THE DISTRICT WOULD OTHERWISE RECEIVE  A  REDUCTION  IN  STATE
 FUNDING,  AS  DEFINED  IN SUBPARAGRAPH D OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION
 FOUR-A OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART, ON  A  PER  PUPIL
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 BASIS  INCONSISTENT  WITH  THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.
   B.  THE  MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY AID SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT NECES-
 SARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL STATE  LEVEL  MAINTENANCE  OF
 EQUITY  REQUIREMENT  IN  THE  AMERICAN  RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021, SECTION
 2004, PART 1, SUBTITLE A, TITLE II, (PUBLIC LAW 117-2) FOR  THE  CURRENT
 YEAR.
   §  6.  Section  3602  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6-i to read as follows:
   6-I. BUILDING AID AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND  DEVELOP-
 MENT  AUTHORITY P-12 SCHOOLS: CLEAN GREEN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE. 1. FOR AID
 PAYABLE IN THE SCHOOL YEARS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-THREE  AND  THEREAFTER,  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, THE APPORTIONMENT  TO  ANY  DISTRICT  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  SIX,
 SIX-A,  SIX-B, SIX-C, SIX-E, SIX-F, OR SIX-H OF THIS SECTION FOR CAPITAL
 OUTLAYS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS FOR  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  SHALL  NOT
 EXCLUDE GRANTS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH
 AND  DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY P-12 SCHOOLS: CLEAN GREEN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE
 FROM AIDABLE EXPENDITURES, PROVIDED THAT THE SUM OF  APPORTIONMENTS  FOR
 THESE  PROJECTS  CALCULATED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SIX, SIX-A, SIX-B,
 SIX-C, SIX-E, SIX-F, OR SIX-H OF THIS SECTION AND SUCH GRANTS SHALL  NOT
 EXCEED THE ACTUAL PROJECT EXPENDITURES.
   2.  THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHALL
 PROVIDE A LIST OF  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  GRANTS  AWARDED  TO  EACH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT TO THE COMMISSIONER NO LATER THAN ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE END OF
 EACH  CALENDAR  YEAR  AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR.  THIS LIST SHALL INCLUDE THE
 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GRANTS, THE AWARD
 AMOUNTS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT GRANT, THE  DISTRICT  RECEIVING  SUCH
 GRANTS,  THE  SCHOOLS RECEIVING SUCH GRANTS, THE DATE ON WHICH THE GRANT
 WAS RECEIVED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE CALCULATION OF
 AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX, SIX-A, SIX-B, SIX-C, SIX-E,  SIX-F,  OR
 SIX-H OF THIS SECTION.
   § 7. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 3204 of the education law
 is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A  full  time day school or class, except as otherwise prescribed,
 shall be in session for not less than one hundred [ninety]  EIGHTY  days
 each year, [inclusive] EXCLUSIVE of legal holidays that occur during the
 term of said school and exclusive of Saturdays.
   §  8.  Paragraph  s  of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   s.  "Extraordinary  needs  count" shall mean the sum of the product of
 the [limited English proficiency] ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER count  multi-
 plied by fifty percent, plus, the poverty count and the sparsity count.
   §  9. Subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
   K. FINAL COST REPORT PENALTIES. (1)  ALL  ACTS  DONE  AND  PROCEEDINGS
 HERETOFORE  HAD  AND  TAKEN  OR  CAUSED  TO  BE  HAD AND TAKEN BY SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS AND BY ALL ITS OFFICERS OR AGENTS RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH FINAL BUILDING COST REPORTS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH  THE  DEPART-
 MENT  FOR APPROVED BUILDING PROJECTS FOR WHICH A CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTAN-
 TIAL COMPLETION WAS AND/OR IS ISSUED ON OR AFTER APRIL  FIRST,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, WHERE A FINAL COST REPORT WAS NOT SUBMITTED BY JUNE
 THIRTIETH  OF  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR IN WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTANTIAL
 COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT WAS ISSUED BY THE ARCHITECT  OR  ENGINEER,  OR
 SIX  MONTHS AFTER ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, WHICHEVER WAS LATER, AND
 S. 8006--A                          9                         A. 9006--A
 
 ALL ACTS INCIDENTAL THERETO ARE HEREBY  LEGALIZED,  VALIDATED,  RATIFIED
 AND  CONFIRMED,  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE APPROVAL
 AND FILING PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR ANY OTHER LAW OR ANY OTHER
 STATUTORY  AUTHORITY,  RULE  OR REGULATION, IN RELATION TO ANY OMISSION,
 ERROR, DEFECT, IRREGULARITY OR ILLEGALITY IN SUCH  PROCEEDINGS  HAD  AND
 TAKEN.
   (2)  THE  DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVED COSTS
 OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROJECTS AS VALID AND PROPER OBLIGATIONS  OF  SUCH
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SHALL NOT RECOVER ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND  THIRTEEN  ANY PENALTY ARISING FROM THE LATE FILING OF A FINAL COST
 REPORT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AMOUNTS ALREADY SO RECOVERED ON OR AFTER  JULY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND THIRTEEN   SHALL BE DEEMED A PAYMENT OF MONEYS DUE
 FOR PRIOR YEARS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION FIVE  OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART AND SHALL BE PAID TO THE APPROPRI-
 ATE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISION, PROVIDED THAT:
   (A) SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBMITTED THE LATE OR MISSING FINAL  BUILDING
 COST REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER;
   (B) SUCH COST REPORT IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   (C)  ALL STATE FUNDS EXPENDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DOCUMENTED IN
 SUCH COST REPORT, WERE PROPERLY EXPENDED FOR SUCH  BUILDING  PROJECT  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH PROJECT AS APPROVED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (D)  THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT SUCH REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER WAS AN INAD-
 VERTENT ADMINISTRATIVE OR MINISTERIAL OVERSIGHT BY THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 AND  THERE  IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FRAUDULENT OR OTHER IMPROPER INTENT BY
 SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 10. Section 3625 of education law is amended by adding a new  subdi-
 vision 5 to read as follows:
   5. TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT PENALTIES. A. ALL ACTS DONE AND PROCEEDINGS
 HERETOFORE HAD AND TAKEN OR CAUSED TO BE HAD AND TAKEN RELATING TO OR IN
 CONNECTION WITH A TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT, AND ALL ACTS INCIDENTAL HERE-
 TO  ARE  HEREBY  LEGALIZED,  VALIDATED, RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE  CONTRACT  AWARD,  APPROVAL  AND
 FILING PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR ANY
 OTHER  LAW  OR  ANY OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITY, RULE OR REGULATION, OTHER
 THAN THOSE FILING PROVISIONS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION  FIVE
 OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, IN RELATION TO ANY
 OMISSION, ERROR, DEFECT, IRREGULARITY OR ILLEGALITY IN  SUCH  PROCEEDING
 HAD AND TAKEN.
   B.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO CONSIDER THE AFOREMENTIONED
 CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORTATION AID AS VALID  AND  PROPER  OBLIGATIONS  AND
 SHALL  NOT  RECOVER  FROM SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANY PENALTY ARISING FROM
 THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSPORTATION  CONTRACT  IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER,
 PROVIDED THAT ANY AMOUNTS ALREADY SO RECOVERED SHALL BE DEEMED A PAYMENT
 OF  MONEYS  DUE  FOR  PRIOR YEARS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS  ARTICLE  AND  SHALL  BE
 PAID TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISION, PROVIDED THAT:
   (1)  SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SUBMITTED THE CONTRACT TO THE COMMISSIONER
 AND SUCH CONTRACT IS FOR SERVICES IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO  THOU-
 SAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR OR THEREAFTER;
   (2) SUCH CONTRACT IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   (3)  ALL  STATE  FUNDS  EXPENDED  BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE PROPERLY
 EXPENDED FOR SUCH TRANSPORTATION AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (4) THE FAILURE TO EXECUTE OR SUBMIT SUCH CONTRACT IN A TIMELY  MANNER
 WAS AN INADVERTENT ADMINISTRATIVE OR MINISTERIAL OVERSIGHT BY THE SCHOOL
 S. 8006--A                         10                         A. 9006--A
 
 DISTRICT,  AND  THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FRAUDULENT OR OTHER IMPROPER
 INTENT BY SUCH DISTRICT.
   §  11.  Subdivision  2 of section 3625 of education law, as amended by
 chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Filing of transportation contracts. Every  transportation  contract
 shall be filed with the department within one hundred twenty days of the
 commencement  of service under such contract.  No transportation expense
 shall be allowed for a period greater than one hundred twenty days prior
 to the filing of any contract for the transportation of pupils with  the
 education  department.  No  contract shall be considered filed unless it
 bears an original signature, IN THE CASE OF A  WRITTEN  DOCUMENT,  OR  A
 CERTIFICATION, IN THE CASE OF AN APPROVED ELECTRONIC FORM, of the super-
 intendent of a school district or the designee of the superintendent and
 the  sole  trustee  or president of the board of education of the school
 district.  The final approval of any such contract by  the  commissioner
 shall  not,  however, obligate the state to allow transportation expense
 in an amount greater than the amount that would  be  allowed  under  the
 provisions  of  this part.   The state, acting through the department of
 audit and control, may examine any and all accounts of the contractor in
 connection with a contract for the transportation of pupils,  and  every
 such  contract  shall  contain  the following provision: "The contractor
 hereby consents to an audit of any and all financial records relating to
 this contract by the department of audit and control."
   § 11-a. Subdivision 1 of section 3625 of the education law, as amended
 by section 47 of part L of chapter 405 of the laws of 1999,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Form of transportation contracts. Every contract for transportation
 of school children shall be in writing OR IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM APPROVED
 BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  WHEN AVAILABLE, and before such contract is filed
 with the department as required by subdivision two of this section,  the
 same shall be submitted for approval to the superintendent of schools of
 said  district and such contract shall not be approved and filed by such
 superintendent unless he or she shall first investigate  the  same  with
 particular reference to the type of conveyance, the character and abili-
 ty  of  the  driver, the routes over which the conveyances shall travel,
 the time schedule, and such other matters as in  the  judgement  of  the
 superintendent are necessary for the comfort and protection of the chil-
 dren while being transported to and from school. Every such contract for
 transportation  of  children shall contain an agreement upon the part of
 the contractor that the vehicle shall come to a full stop before  cross-
 ing  the  track  or tracks of any railroad and before crossing any state
 highway.
   § 12. Section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the educa-
 tion law and other laws relating to reorganization of the New York  city
 school  construction authority, board of education and community boards,
 as amended by section 42 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of  2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 34. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002; provided, that sections
 one  through  twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-six through thirty of this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2022]  2026  provided,
 further,  that notwithstanding any provision of article 5 of the general
 construction law, on June 30, [2022] 2026 the provisions of subdivisions
 3, 5, and 8, paragraph b of subdivision 13, subdivision  14,  paragraphs
 b,  d,  and  e  of subdivision 15, and subdivisions 17 and 21 of section
 2554 of the education law as repealed by  section  three  of  this  act,
 subdivision  1  of  section  2590-b  of the education law as repealed by
 S. 8006--A                         11                         A. 9006--A
 
 section six of this act, paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of  section
 2590-b  of  the  education law as repealed by section seven of this act,
 section 2590-c of the education law as repealed by section eight of this
 act, paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2590-d of the education law
 as  repealed by section twenty-six of this act, subdivision 1 of section
 2590-e of the education law as repealed by section twenty-seven of  this
 act,  subdivision  28 of section 2590-h of the education law as repealed
 by section twenty-eight of this act, subdivision 30 of section 2590-h of
 the education law as repealed by section twenty-nine of this act, subdi-
 vision 30-a of section 2590-h  of  the  education  law  as  repealed  by
 section  thirty  of  this  act  shall  be  revived  and  be read as such
 provisions existed in law on the date immediately preceding  the  effec-
 tive  date of this act; provided, however, that sections seven and eight
 of this act shall take effect on November  30,  2003;  provided  further
 that  the  amendments to subdivision 25 of section 2554 of the education
 law made by section two of this act shall be subject to  the  expiration
 and  reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 12 of chapter 147
 of the laws of 2001, as amended, when upon such date the  provisions  of
 section four of this act shall take effect.
   §  13. Subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009
 amending the education law and other laws relating to the New York  city
 board of education, chancellor, community councils, and community super-
 intendents,  as  amended  by section 43 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   12. any provision in sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
 eight, nine, ten and eleven of this act  not  otherwise  set  to  expire
 pursuant to section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended, or
 section  17 of chapter 123 of the laws of 2003, as amended, shall expire
 and be deemed repealed June 30, [2022] 2026.
   § 14. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of  the
 education law, as amended by section 12-b of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district  shall  be entitled to an apportionment equal to the product of
 fifteen percent and the additional apportionment  computed  pursuant  to
 this  subdivision  for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school
 year. For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through  two  thousand
 [twenty-one]  TWENTY-TWO--two  thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE school
 years, each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment  equal
 to  the  amount  set forth for such school district as "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB
 EXCESS COST" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS"  in  the  school
 aid  computer  listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the
 budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and enti-
 tled "SA0910".
   § 15. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law, as  amended
 by  section 13-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   12. Academic enhancement aid. A. A school district that  as  of  April
 first of the base year has been continuously identified as a district in
 need  of improvement for at least five years shall, for the two thousand
 eight--two thousand nine school  year,  be  entitled  to  an  additional
 apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
 of  fifteen  million  dollars or the product of the total foundation aid
 base, as defined by paragraph j of  subdivision  one  of  this  section,
 multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
 the  sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to subdivision
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 four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
 apportioned pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six  hundred
 forty-one of this article, less (ii) the total foundation aid base.
   B.  For  the  two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school years, each school district  shall
 be  entitled  to an apportionment equal to the amount set forth for such
 school district as "EDUCATION GRANTS, ACADEMIC  EN"  under  the  heading
 "2008-09  BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by
 the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910", and  such  apportionment
 shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide an apportion-
 ment  pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred forty-
 one of this article.
   C. For the two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  year,  each
 school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen school year and entitled
 "SA141-5", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   D. For the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen  school  year,
 each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2015-16 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school year and entitled
 "SA151-6", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   E. For the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school  year,
 each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  sixteen--two  thousand seventeen school year and entitled
 "SA161-7", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   F. For the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen  school  year,
 each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2017-18 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year and entitled
 "SA171-8", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   G. For the two thousand nineteen--two  thousand  twenty  school  year,
 each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2018-19 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  eighteen--two  thousand nineteen school year and entitled
 "SA181-9", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
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 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   H.  For  the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2019-20 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand nineteen--two thousand  twenty  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA192-0",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   I.  For  the  two  thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school
 year AND THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL
 YEAR,  each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal
 to the amount set forth for such school district as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCE-
 MENT"  under  the  heading  "2020-21  ESTIMATED  AIDS" in the school aid
 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of  the  budget
 for  the  two  thousand  twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year and
 entitled "SA202-1", and such apportionment shall be  deemed  to  satisfy
 the state obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision
 eight of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   §  16.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 14-a of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   Each school district shall be eligible  to  receive  a  high  tax  aid
 apportionment  in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year,
 which shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax  aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax  aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment received
 by the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two  thousand
 seven--two  thousand  eight  school  year, multiplied by the due-minimum
 factor, which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil  wealth
 ratio  computed  pursuant  to  paragraph  b of subdivision three of this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts, fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be  eligible
 to  receive  a  high tax aid apportionment in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten through two thousand twelve--two thousand  thirteen  school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under  the  heading  "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910".
 Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid  appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO--two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE
 school  years  equal to the greater of (1) the amount set forth for such
 school district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09  BASE  YEAR
 AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in
 support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school
 year  and  entitled "SA0910" or (2) the amount set forth for such school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED AIDS" in
 the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in  support
 of  the  executive  budget  for  the  2013-14  fiscal  year and entitled
 "BT131-4".
   § 17. Subdivision 16 of section  3602-ee  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  23 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
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   16. The authority of the department to administer the universal  full-
 day  pre-kindergarten  program shall expire June thirtieth, two thousand
 [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE; provided that the program shall continue  and
 remain in full effect.
   §  18.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
 shall  be  corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school district has
 been apportioned less money than that  to  which  it  is  entitled,  the
 commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
 tled.  Whenever  a  school district has been apportioned more money than
 that to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order,  direct
 such  moneys  to be paid back to the state to be credited to the general
 fund local assistance account for state  aid  to  the  schools,  or  may
 deduct  such  amount  from  the  next  apportionment  to be made to said
 district, provided, however, that, upon notification of excess  payments
 of  aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through deduction
 of future aid payments, a school district may request that  such  excess
 payments  be  recovered  by  deducting  such  excess  payments  from the
 payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
 (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
 two succeeding school years, provided further that  there  shall  be  no
 interest  penalty  assessed  against  such  district or collected by the
 state. Such request shall be made to the commissioner in  such  form  as
 the  commissioner  shall  prescribe, and shall be based on documentation
 that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
 district's total general fund  expenditures  for  the  preceding  school
 year.  The  amount to be deducted in the first year shall be the greater
 of (i) the sum of the amount of such excess payments that is  recognized
 as  a liability due to other governments by the district for the preced-
 ing school year and the positive remainder of the district's  unreserved
 fund  balance at the close of the preceding school year less the product
 of the district's total general  fund  expenditures  for  the  preceding
 school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
 payments.  The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal the
 lesser of the remaining amount of such excess payments to  be  recovered
 or  one-third  of such excess payments, and the remaining amount of such
 excess payments shall be recovered in the third year.  Provided  further
 that,  notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of this subdivision, any
 pending payment of moneys due to such district as a prior  year  adjust-
 ment  payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid claims
 that had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess  of
 the  amount  to which the district is entitled and for which recovery of
 excess payments is to be made  pursuant  to  this  paragraph,  shall  be
 reduced  at  the  time  of  actual  payment by any remaining unrecovered
 balance of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled  deductions
 of  such  excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be reduced by
 the commissioner to reflect the amount so recovered.  [The  commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later  than three years after the close of the school year in which such
 payment was first to be made.  For claims for which payment is first  to
 be  made  in  the nineteen hundred ninety-six--ninety-seven school year,
 the commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based  on
 a  claim  submitted  later than two years after the close of such school
 year.] For claims for which payment is first to be made [in the nineteen
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 hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight school year and thereafter] PRIOR  TO
 THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, the
 commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district  based  on  a
 claim submitted later than one year after the close of such school year.
 FOR  CLAIMS  FOR  WHICH  PAYMENT IS FIRST TO BE MADE IN THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CERTIFY  NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON A
 CLAIM SUBMITTED LATER THAN THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER OF  SUCH  SCHOOL  YEAR.
 Provided,  however,  no  payments  shall be barred or reduced where such
 payment is required as a result of a final audit of the  state.  [It  is
 further  provided  that,  until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-
 six, the commissioner may grant a waiver from  the  provisions  of  this
 section  for any school district if it is in the best educational inter-
 ests of the district pursuant to guidelines developed by the commission-
 er and approved by the director of the budget.] FURTHER, PROVIDED, THAT,
 FOR ANY APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED  ONE,
 SEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-
 THREE,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-B,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND
 FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-THREE SCHOOL YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY NO  PAYMENT  TO  A
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  OTHER  THAN  PAYMENTS  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR,
 SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA
 FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER  LISTING  PRODUCED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  SUPPORT  OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST SUBMITTED FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE STATE FISCAL YEAR
 AND ENTITLED "BT222-3", AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT FOR ANY APPORTIONMENTS
 PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,
 SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY,   THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO, THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO-B,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-C,  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF
 THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO
 A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN PAYMENTS PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS  FOUR,
 SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA
 FILE  USED  TO  PRODUCE  THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET  REQUEST  SUBMITTED  FOR
 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCES.
   § 19. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
 amended  by  section  26 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year through the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school
 year,  "moneys  apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i) the sum of one
 hundred percent of the respective  amount  set  forth  for  each  school
 district  as payable pursuant to this section in the school aid computer
 listing for the current year produced by the commissioner in support  of
 the  budget which includes the appropriation for the general support for
 public schools for the prescribed payments and  individualized  payments
 due  prior  to  April  first for the current year plus the apportionment
 payable during the current school year pursuant to subdivision six-a and
 subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this part minus
 any reductions to current year aids pursuant  to  subdivision  seven  of
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 section  thirty-six  hundred  four  of  this  part or any deduction from
 apportionment payable pursuant to  this  chapter  for  collection  of  a
 school  district  basic  contribution as defined in subdivision eight of
 section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any grants provided
 pursuant  to  subparagraph  two-a  of paragraph b of subdivision four of
 section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, less any grants  provided
 pursuant  to  subdivision five of section ninety-seven-nnnn of the state
 finance law, less any grants provided pursuant to subdivision twelve  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article, or (ii) the appor-
 tionment  calculated  by  the  commissioner based on data on file at the
 time the payment is processed; provided however, that for  the  purposes
 of  any  payments made pursuant to this section prior to the first busi-
 ness day of June of the  current  year,  moneys  apportioned  shall  not
 include  any  aids payable pursuant to subdivisions six and fourteen, if
 applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of this  part  as  current
 year  aid for debt service on bond anticipation notes and/or bonds first
 issued in the current year or any aids payable for full-day kindergarten
 for the current year pursuant to subdivision nine of section  thirty-six
 hundred  two  of  this part. The definitions of "base year" and "current
 year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred  two
 of  this  part  shall apply to this section. [For aid payable in the two
 thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year,  reference  to
 such  "school  aid computer listing for the current year" shall mean the
 printouts entitled "SA212-2".] FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  "MONEYS
 APPORTIONED"  SHALL  MEAN THE SUM OF APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE  PLUS
 THE  LESSER  OF:  (1)  THE  SUM OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RESPECTIVE
 AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PRODUCED
 BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST WHICH
 INCLUDES THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE GENERAL SUPPORT  FOR  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS
 FOR  THE  PRESCRIBED  PAYMENTS  AND INDIVIDUALIZED PAYMENTS DUE PRIOR TO
 APRIL FIRST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PLUS THE APPORTIONMENT  PAYABLE  DURING
 THE  CURRENT  SCHOOL  YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX-A AND FIFTEEN OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS  PART  MINUS  ANY  REDUCTIONS  TO
 CURRENT  YEAR  AIDS  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART OR ANY DEDUCTION  FROM  APPORTIONMENT  PAYABLE
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER  FOR  COLLECTION  OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BASIC
 CONTRIBUTION AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF  SECTION  FORTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  LESS  ANY  GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH TWO-A OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION  NINE-
 TY-TWO-C  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-NNNN OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW,
 LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION THIR-
 TY-SIX  HUNDRED  FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, LESS APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  OR  (2) THE APPORTIONMENT CALCULATED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED
 ON DATA ON FILE AT THE TIME THE PAYMENT IS PROCESSED,  EXCLUDING  APPOR-
 TIONMENTS  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR THE PURPOSES  OF
 ANY  PAYMENTS  MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRIOR TO THE FIRST BUSINESS
 DAY OF JUNE OF THE CURRENT YEAR, MONEYS APPORTIONED  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE
 ANY  AIDS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND FOURTEEN, IF APPLICA-
 BLE, OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART AS CURRENT YEAR  AID
 FOR DEBT SERVICE ON BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND/OR BONDS FIRST ISSUED IN
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 THE  CURRENT  YEAR OR ANY AIDS PAYABLE FOR FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN FOR THE
 CURRENT YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED
 TWO  OF  THIS  PART. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR, REFERENCE TO SUCH "SCHOOL AID COMPUT-
 ER  LISTING  FOR  THE  CURRENT  YEAR"  SHALL MEAN THE PRINTOUTS ENTITLED
 "BT222-3".
   § 20. Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws  of  1992,
 relating  to funding a program for work force education conducted by the
 consortium for worker education in New York city, as amended by  section
 39  of  part  A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with  subdivision
 a  of  this section for the reimbursement for the 2018--2019 school year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,
 reimbursement for the 2019--2020  school  year  shall  not  exceed  57.7
 percent  of  the  lesser  of  such  approvable costs per contact hour or
 fifteen dollars sixty cents per  contact  hour,  reimbursement  for  the
 2020--2021  school  year  shall not exceed 56.9 percent of the lesser of
 such approvable costs per contact hour or sixteen  dollars  and  twenty-
 five  cents  per  contact  hour,  [and] reimbursement for the 2021--2022
 school year shall not exceed 56.0 percent of the lesser of such approva-
 ble costs per contact hour  or  sixteen  dollars  and  forty  cents  per
 contact hour, AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2022--2023 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT
 EXCEED  55.7  PERCENT OF THE LESSER OF SUCH APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT
 HOUR OR SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AND FIVE CENTS PER CONTACT HOUR, and  where  a
 contact  hour  represents sixty minutes of instruction services provided
 to an eligible adult.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 contrary, for the 2018--2019 school year such contact  hours  shall  not
 exceed  one  million  four  hundred  sixty-three  thousand  nine hundred
 sixty-three (1,463,963); for the 2019--2020  school  year  such  contact
 hours shall not exceed one million four hundred forty-four thousand four
 hundred  forty-four  (1,444,444);  for  the  2020--2021 school year such
 contact hours shall not exceed one million  four  hundred  six  thousand
 nine  hundred  twenty-six  (1,406,926);  [and] for the 2021--2022 school
 year such contact hours  shall  not  exceed  one  million  four  hundred
 sixteen  thousand one hundred twenty-two (1,416,122) ; AND FOR THE 2022-
 -2023 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE MILLION  THREE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-NINE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  (1,369,863).
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  the  appor-
 tionment calculated for the city school district of the city of New York
 pursuant to subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law shall be
 computed  as if such contact hours provided by the consortium for worker
 education, not to exceed the contact hours set forth herein, were eligi-
 ble for aid in accordance with the provisions of such subdivision 11  of
 section 3602 of the education law.
   §  21. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education  in New York city, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion aa to read as follows:
   AA. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION  OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION  SHALL
 WITHHOLD  A  PORTION  OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID DUE TO THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
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 TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE  ACCOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($13,000,000).
   §  22. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker education in New York city, as amended by section 41 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6.  This  act  shall  take effect July 1, 1992, and shall be deemed
 repealed on June 30, [2022] 2023.
   § 23. Subdivision 1 of section 167 of chapter 169 of the laws of 1994,
 relating to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state  operations,
 aid to localities, capital projects and debt service budgets, as amended
 by section 33 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1.  Sections  one  through seventy of this act shall be deemed to have
 been in full force and effect as of April  1,  1994  provided,  however,
 that  sections  one,  two,  twenty-four,  twenty-five  and  twenty-seven
 through seventy of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on March
 31, 2000; provided, however, that section twenty of this act shall apply
 only to hearings commenced prior to  September  1,  1994,  and  provided
 further  that  section twenty-six of this act shall expire and be deemed
 repealed on March 31, 1997; and  provided  further  that  sections  four
 through fourteen, sixteen, and eighteen, nineteen and twenty-one through
 twenty-one-a  of  this  act shall expire and be deemed repealed on March
 31, 1997; and provided further that sections three, fifteen,  seventeen,
 twenty,  twenty-two  and  twenty-three  of  this act shall expire and be
 deemed repealed on March 31, [2022] 2024.
   § 24. Section 12 of chapter 147 of the  laws  of  2001,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to conditional appointment of school district,
 charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 42 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 12. This act shall take effect on the same date as  chapter  180  of
 the laws of 2000 takes effect, and shall expire July 1, [2022] 2023 when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   §  25.  Section  4  of  chapter  425 of the laws of 2002, amending the
 education law relating to  the  provision  of  supplemental  educational
 services,  attendance  at  a  safe  public  school and the suspension of
 pupils who bring a firearm to or possess  a  firearm  at  a  school,  as
 amended  by  section  43 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002 and section one  of  this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2019[, and sections two
 and  three  of  this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on June 30,
 2022].
   § 26. Section 5 of chapter 101 of  the  laws  of  2003,  amending  the
 education law relating to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind
 Act  of  2001,  as  amended by section 44 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately[; provided  that  sections
 one,  two  and  three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on
 June 30, 2022].
   § 27. Section 2 of chapter 552 of  the  laws  of  1995,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to  contracts for the transportation of school
 children, as amended by section 45 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  first  day  of  January  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall remain
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 in  full  force  and effect until January 1, [2023] 2028, when upon such
 date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   § 28. School bus driver training. In addition to apportionments other-
 wise  provided  by section 3602 of the education law, for aid payable in
 the 2022-2023 through the 2026-2027 school years, subject  to  available
 appropriation,  the  commissioner of education shall allocate school bus
 driver training grants to school districts  and  boards  of  cooperative
 educational  services  pursuant to sections 3650-a, 3650-b and 3650-c of
 the education law, or for contracts directly with not-for-profit  educa-
 tional  organizations  for  the  purposes of this section. Such payments
 shall not exceed four hundred thousand  dollars  ($400,000)  per  school
 year.
   §  29.  Special  apportionment for salary expenses. a. Notwithstanding
 any other provision of law, upon  application  to  the  commissioner  of
 education,  not  sooner  than  the first day of the second full business
 week of June 2023 and not later than the last  day  of  the  third  full
 business week of June 2023, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment  pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible to
 receive an apportionment pursuant to this section, for the  school  year
 ending  June  30, 2023, for salary expenses incurred between April 1 and
 June 30, 2022 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (i) the
 deficit reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the  commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus (ii)
 186  percent  of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (iii) 209 percent of
 such amount for a city school district in a city with  a  population  of
 more  than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants accord-
 ing to the latest federal census, plus  (iv)  the  net  gap  elimination
 adjustment  for  2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner of educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (v) the gap elimi-
 nation adjustment for 2011--2012 as determined by  the  commissioner  of
 education  pursuant  to  subdivision 17 of section 3602 of the education
 law, and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed  such
 salary  expenses.  Such  application shall be made by a school district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   b. The claim for an apportionment to be  paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this section shall be submitted to the
 commissioner of education on a form prescribed  for  such  purpose,  and
 shall  be  payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on the same day in September of the school year following  the  year  in
 which  application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph 4
 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c  of  the  state  finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
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   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  a  and  b of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of paragraph  a  of  subdivision  1  of  section
 3609-a  of  the education law in the following order: the lottery appor-
 tionment payable pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such  paragraph  followed
 by  the  fixed  fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph 4 of such
 paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the  teachers'
 retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and any
 remainder to be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments  due  the
 district  pursuant  to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be deducted
 on a chronological basis starting with  the  earliest  payment  due  the
 district.
   §  30. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. a.  Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er of education, not later than June 30, 2023, a school district  eligi-
 ble  for  an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law
 shall be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this  section,
 for  the  school  year ending June 30, 2023 and such apportionment shall
 not exceed the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made  by  school
 districts  in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated with
 changes for such public pension liabilities. The amount  of  such  addi-
 tional  accrual  shall  be certified to the commissioner of education by
 the president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the  case
 of  a  city  school  district  in  a city with a population in excess of
 125,000 inhabitants, the mayor of such city. Such application  shall  be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted  a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school district
 in a city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants,  with  the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   b.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision a of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph  4
 of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district  pursuant  to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   c.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions a and b of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  1,  2,  3,  4  and  5 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the  lottery  appor-
 tionment  payable  pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such paragraph followed
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 by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph  4  of  such
 paragraph  and then followed by the district's payments to the teachers'
 retirement system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and  any
 remainder  to  be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments due the
 district pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall  be  deducted
 on  a  chronological  basis  starting  with the earliest payment due the
 district.
   § 31. Section 1950 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 8-d to read as follows:
   8-D.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISION OF ANY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO
 THE CONTRARY, THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY  OF  ROCHESTER,  UPON
 THE  CONSENT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF THE
 SUPERVISORY DISTRICT SERVING ITS GEOGRAPHIC REGION,  MAY  PURCHASE  FROM
 SUCH  BOARD  AS  A  NON-COMPONENT  SCHOOL DISTRICT, SERVICES REQUIRED BY
 ARTICLE NINETEEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 32. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside  from
 the  state  funds  which  each such district is receiving from the total
 foundation aid:
   a. for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools  or
 magnet  school  programs  for  the  2022--2023 school year. For the city
 school district of the city of New York there shall be  a  set-aside  of
 foundation  aid  equal  to  forty-eight million one hundred seventy-five
 thousand dollars ($48,175,000) including five hundred  thousand  dollars
 ($500,000)  for  the  Andrew  Jackson  High School; for the Buffalo city
 school  district,  twenty-one  million  twenty-five   thousand   dollars
 ($21,025,000);  for  the Rochester city school district, fifteen million
 dollars ($15,000,000); for the Syracuse city school  district,  thirteen
 million  dollars  ($13,000,000);  for  the Yonkers city school district,
 forty-nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for  the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand  dollars  ($4,645,000);  for the Poughkeepsie city school district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred  ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one  million  eight  hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000); for the Port
 Chester city school district, one million  one  hundred  fifty  thousand
 dollars  ($1,150,000);  for  the White Plains city school district, nine
 hundred thousand dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls  city  school
 district,  six  hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the Albany city
 school district, three  million  five  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars
 ($3,550,000);  for  the  Utica city school district, two million dollars
 ($2,000,000); for the Beacon city school district, five  hundred  sixty-
 six   thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city  school
 district, four hundred thousand dollars  ($400,000);  for  the  Freeport
 union  free  school  district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000);
 for the Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three  hundred  thousand
 dollars  ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district, eight
 hundred thousand dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill  city  school
 district,  two  hundred  thousand dollars ($200,000); and for the Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
   b. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the  contrary,
 a  school  district  setting  aside such foundation aid pursuant to this
 section may use such set-aside  funds  for:  (i)  any  instructional  or
 instructional  support  costs  associated with the operation of a magnet
 school; or (ii) any instructional or instructional support costs associ-
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 ated with implementation of an alternative approach to promote diversity
 and/or enhancement of the instructional program and raising of standards
 in elementary and secondary schools of school districts having  substan-
 tial concentrations of minority students.
   c.  The  commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with this paragraph, notwithstanding any inconsistency  with  a  request
 for  proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of attendance
 improvement and dropout prevention for the 2022--2023 school  year,  and
 for  any city school district in a city having a population of more than
 one million,  the  set-aside  for  attendance  improvement  and  dropout
 prevention  shall  equal  the amount set aside in the base year. For the
 2022--2023 school year, it is further  provided  that  any  city  school
 district  in  a  city having a population of more than one million shall
 allocate at least one-third of any increase from  base  year  levels  in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based  organizations.  Any increase required pursuant to this section
 to community-based organizations must  be  in  addition  to  allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   d.  For the purpose of teacher support for the 2022--2023 school year:
 for the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two  million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city
 school  district,  one  million seven hundred forty-one thousand dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty-six thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers  city  school
 district,   one   million   one  hundred  forty-seven  thousand  dollars
 ($1,147,000); and for the Syracuse city school district,  eight  hundred
 nine  thousand  dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to a school
 district pursuant to this section shall be  distributed  among  teachers
 including  prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational and
 academic subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in  addi-
 tion  to  salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or made available;
 provided, however, that all funds distributed pursuant to  this  section
 for  the  current year shall be deemed to incorporate all funds distrib-
 uted pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the  education
 law  for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are repres-
 ented by certified or  recognized  employee  organizations,  all  salary
 increases  funded  pursuant to this section shall be determined by sepa-
 rate collective negotiations conducted pursuant to  the  provisions  and
 procedures  of  article 14 of the civil service law, notwithstanding the
 existence of a negotiated agreement between  a  school  district  and  a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   §  33.  Support  of  public libraries. The moneys appropriated for the
 support of public libraries by a chapter of the laws  of  2022  enacting
 the  aid  to  localities  budget shall be apportioned for the 2022--2023
 state fiscal year in accordance with the  provisions  of  sections  271,
 272,  273,  282,  284,  and  285  of the education law as amended by the
 provisions of this chapter and the provisions of this section,  provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law  shall  not  be  payable  from the appropriations for the support of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total system or program aid than it received  for  the  year  2001--2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
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   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary the moneys
 appropriated for the support of public libraries for the year 2022--2023
 by a chapter of the laws of 2022 enacting the education, labor and fami-
 ly assistance budget shall fulfill the  state's  obligation  to  provide
 such aid and, pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of educa-
 tion  and  approved  by  the  director of the budget, the aid payable to
 libraries and library systems pursuant to such appropriations  shall  be
 reduced  proportionately  to ensure that the total amount of aid payable
 does not exceed the total appropriations for such purpose.
   § 34. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if the application of  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part  of  this  act  to any person or circumstance shall be
 adjudged by any court of competent  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion  of  any  such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or
 part of this act or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to any  other
 person  or  circumstance,  but shall be confined in its operation to the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
 been rendered.
   § 35. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022, provided,
 however, that:
   1. Sections one, two, seven, eight, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seven-
 teen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thir-
 ty-one, and thirty-two, of this act shall take effect July 1, 2022;
   2.  Sections  three,  four, and five shall take effect immediately and
 shall expire September 30, 2024 when upon such date  the  provisions  of
 such sections shall be deemed repealed; and
   3.  The  amendments  to  chapter  756 of the laws of 1992, relating to
 funding a program for work force education conducted by a consortium for
 worker education in New York city made by sections twenty and twenty-one
 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  chapter  and  shall  be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3638
 to read as follows:
   § 3638. ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.   1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION  "ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL BUS THAT: (A) IS
 PROPELLED BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED  POWER  ELECTRONICS  WHICH
 PROVIDE  ACCELERATION  TORQUE  TO THE DRIVE WHEELS DURING NORMAL VEHICLE
 OPERATIONS; AND (B) DRAWS ELECTRICITY  FROM  A  HYDROGEN  FUEL  CELL  OR
 BATTERY.
   2.  NO  LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, EVERY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL:
   (A) ONLY PURCHASE OR LEASE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES WHEN  PURCHASING
 OR LEASING NEW BUSES; AND
   (B)  INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS IN ANY PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES THAT ANY CONTRACTORS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MUST ONLY PURCHASE OR LEASE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES
 WHEN PURCHASING OR LEASING NEW SCHOOL BUSES.
   3. NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  THIRTY-FIVE,  EVERY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL:
   (A) ONLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES; AND
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   (B)  INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS IN ANY PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES THAT ANY CONTRACTORS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MUST  ONLY  OPERATE  ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL  BUSES WHEN
 PROVIDING SUCH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   §  2.  Paragraphs c, d and e of subdivision 2 of section 3623-a of the
 education law, paragraph c as amended by chapter  453  of  the  laws  of
 2005, paragraph d as added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, and para-
 graph e as amended by section 66 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of
 1997, are amended and a new paragraph f is added to read as follows:
   c.  The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district expense,
 including: (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and  new
 school  buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and new
 school buses, (iii) the purchase and installation of seat  safety  belts
 on  school buses in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-six
 hundred thirty-five-a of this article, (iv) the purchase of  school  bus
 back  up  beepers,  (v)  the purchase of school bus front crossing arms,
 (vi) the purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices,  (vii)  the
 purchase  and  installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking on school
 buses, (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire  extinguishing
 systems  for school buses used to transport students who use wheelchairs
 or other assistive mobility devices, and  (ix)  the  purchase  of  other
 equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner; [and]
   d.  Other  transportation  capital, debt service and lease expense, as
 approved pursuant to regulations of the commissioner[.];
   e.  Any  approved  cost  of  construction,  reconstruction,  lease  or
 purchase  of  a transportation storage facility or site in the amount of
 ten thousand dollars or more shall be aidable in accordance with  subdi-
 vision  six  of section thirty-six hundred two of this article and shall
 not be aidable as transportation expense[.]; AND
   F. APPROVED COSTS RELATING TO THE LEASE,  PURCHASE,  CONSTRUCTION,  OR
 INSTALLATION  OF  ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS ELECTRIC CHARGING OR HYDROGEN
 FUELING STATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  A  ZERO-EMISSION
 SCHOOL  BUS  ELECTRIC  CHARGING STATION IS A STATION THAT DELIVERS ELEC-
 TRICITY FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE A ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL  BUS  INTO  ONE  OR
 MORE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES. AN ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS CHARGING STATION
 MAY  INCLUDE  SEVERAL  CHARGE  POINTS  SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECTING SEVERAL
 ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES TO THE  STATION  AND  ANY  RELATED  EQUIPMENT
 NEEDED TO FACILITATE CHARGING PLUG-IN ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.
   §  3.  Paragraph  e  of subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 4 of part L of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  In  determining  approved transportation capital, debt service and
 lease expense for aid payable in the two thousand five--two thousand six
 school  year  and  thereafter,  the  commissioner,  after  applying  the
 provisions  of  paragraph  c  of this subdivision to such expense, shall
 establish an assumed amortization pursuant to this paragraph  to  deter-
 mine  the approved capital, debt service and lease expense of the school
 district that is aidable in the current year, whether or not the  school
 district  issues  debt  for  such expenditures, subject to any deduction
 pursuant to paragraph d of this subdivision. Such  assumed  amortization
 shall  be  for  a period of five years, AND FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER  SUCH  ASSUMED
 AMORTIZATION  FOR ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES AS DEFINED IN SECTION THIR-
 TY-SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER AND RELATED  COSTS  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-
 THREE-A OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF TEN  YEARS,  and  shall
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 commence  twelve months after the school district enters into a purchase
 contract[,] OR lease of the school bus, CHARGING STATION, HYDROGEN REFU-
 ELING STATION, or equipment, or a general contract for the construction,
 reconstruction,  lease  or purchase of a transportation storage facility
 or site in an amount less than ten thousand dollars[; except that  where
 expenses  were  incurred  for  the  purchase or lease of a school bus or
 equipment or the construction, reconstruction, lease or  purchase  of  a
 transportation  storage  facility or site prior to July first, two thou-
 sand five and debt service was still outstanding or the lease was  still
 in effect as of such date, the assumed amortization shall commence as of
 July  first,  two thousand five and the period of the amortization shall
 be for a period equal to five years less the number of years, rounded to
 the nearest year, elapsed from the date upon which the  school  district
 first  entered  into such purchase contract or general contract and July
 first, two thousand five, as determined  by  the  commissioner,  or  the
 remaining  term of the lease as of such date]. Such assumed amortization
 shall provide for equal semiannual payments of  principal  and  interest
 based on an assumed interest rate established by the commissioner pursu-
 ant to this paragraph. By the first day of September of the current year
 commencing  with  the  two  thousand five--two thousand six school year,
 each school district shall provide  to  the  commissioner  in  a  format
 prescribed  by  the  commissioner  such  information as the commissioner
 shall require for all capital debt  incurred  by  such  school  district
 during  the  preceding  school  year  for expenses allowable pursuant to
 subdivision two of section thirty-six  hundred  twenty-three-a  of  this
 article.   Based  on  such  reported  amortizations  and  a  methodology
 prescribed by the commissioner in regulations,  the  commissioner  shall
 compute  an  assumed  interest  rate that shall equal the average of the
 interest rates applied to all such  debt  issued  during  the  preceding
 school  year.  The  assumed  interest rate shall be the interest rate of
 each such school  district  applicable  to  the  current  year  for  the
 purposes  of  this paragraph and shall be expressed as a decimal to five
 places rounded to the nearest eighth of one-one hundredth.
   § 4. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section  3623-a
 of  the  education  law, as added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (7) fuel, oil, tires,  chains,  maintenance  and  repairs  for  school
 buses,  PROVIDED  THAT  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, FUEL SHALL INCLUDE
 ELECTRICITY USED TO CHARGE OR  HYDROGEN  USED  TO  REFUEL  ZERO-EMISSION
 SCHOOL  BUSES  FOR  THE  AIDABLE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS, BUT SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE ELECTRICITY OR HYDROGEN USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
   § 5. Clause (a) of subdivision 29 of paragraph a of section  11.00  of
 the  local  finance  law,  as amended by section 2 of chapter 300 of the
 laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) a passenger vehicle, other than a ZERO-EMISSION school bus, having
 a seating capacity of less than ten persons,
   § 6. Subdivision 21-a of section 1604 of the education law,  as  added
 by chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   21-a.  To  lease a motor vehicle or vehicles to be used for the trans-
 portation of the children of the district from a school district,  board
 of  cooperative  educational services or county vocational education and
 extension board or from any other source, under the conditions specified
 in this subdivision. No such agreement for the lease of a motor  vehicle
 or  vehicles  shall be for a term of more than one school year, provided
 that when authorized by a vote of the qualified voters of  the  district
 such  lease  may  have  a term of up to five years, OR TEN YEARS FOR THE
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 LEASE OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.  Where the trustee or board of
 trustees enter into a lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles  pursuant  to
 this  subdivision for a term of one school year or less, such trustee or
 board shall not be authorized to enter into another lease for  the  same
 or  an  equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as determined by the
 commissioner, without obtaining approval of the qualified voters of  the
 school district.
   §  7.  Paragraph  i of subdivision 25 of section 1709 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   i.  In addition to the authority granted in paragraph e of this subdi-
 vision, the board of education shall be  authorized  to  lease  a  motor
 vehicle or vehicles to be used for the transportation of the children of
 the district from sources other than a school district, board of cooper-
 ative  educational services or county vocational education and extension
 board under the conditions specified in this paragraph. No  such  agree-
 ment for the lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles shall be for a term of
 more  than  one  school year, provided that when authorized by a vote of
 the qualified voters of the district such lease may have a term of up to
 five years, OR TEN YEARS FOR THE LEASE OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
 Where the board of education enters a lease of a motor vehicle or  vehi-
 cles  pursuant  to this paragraph for a term of one school year or less,
 such board shall not be authorized to enter into another  lease  of  the
 same  or an equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as determined by
 the commissioner, without obtaining approval of the voters.
   § 8. Subdivision 29-a of paragraph a of section  11.00  of  the  local
 finance  law, as added by section 1 of part BB of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   29-a. Transit motor vehicles. The purchase of municipally owned  omni-
 bus  or similar surface transit motor vehicles OR A ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL
 BUS OWNED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFINED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A POPULATION OF
 MORE  THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND INHABITANTS, OR BOARD OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, ten years.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3001  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  658  of  the  laws  of 2002, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Not in possession of a teacher's certificate  OR  TEMPORARY  PERMIT
 issued  under  the  authority of this chapter or a diploma issued on the
 completion of a course in state college for teachers or  state  teachers
 college of this state.
   The  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall not prohibit a certified
 teacher from permitting a practice  or  cadet  teacher  enrolled  in  an
 approved  teacher  education  program  from teaching a class without the
 presence of the certified teacher in the classroom provided  the  class-
 room certified teacher is available at all times and retains supervision
 of the practice or cadet teacher. The number of certified teachers shall
 not be diminished by reason of the presence of cadet teachers.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e to
 read as follows:
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   § 3001-E. TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL  PERMIT;  APPLICANT  PENDING  CERTIF-
 ICATE.  UPON SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF A COMPLETED APPLICATION AND
 DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY TO DEMONSTRATE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN
 A  TEACHER'S  CERTIFICATE  OR OTHER SCHOOL PROFESSION CERTIFICATE ISSUED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE, AND THE APPLICANT'S WRITTEN ATTESTATION UNDER PENAL-
 TY  OF  PERJURY THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF OBTAINING
 SUCH CERTIFICATE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE TO SUCH APPLICANT, WITHIN
 FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE APPLICATION'S SUBMISSION, A  TEMPORARY  PERMIT
 VALIDATING HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT IN A TEACHING CAPACITY OR OTHER PROFES-
 SIONAL CAPACITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.
 SUCH  APPLICATION  SHALL  BE  IN A FORM REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  A
 TEMPORARY PERMIT SHALL EXPIRE ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE,  OR  UPON
 ISSUANCE  OF  A  CERTIFICATE  BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR UPON NOTICE TO THE
 APPLICANT BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A  CERTIFICATE  HAS
 BEEN  DENIED,  WHICHEVER  SHALL  OCCUR  FIRST. THE HOLDER OF A TEMPORARY
 PERMIT SHALL BE EMPLOYED IN A TEACHING CAPACITY  OR  OTHER  PROFESSIONAL
 CAPACITY,  AS  THE CASE MAY BE, IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL ONLY UNDER THE SUPER-
 VISION AND MENTORSHIP OF A PROFESSIONAL HOLDING A PERMANENT  OR  PROFES-
 SIONAL CERTIFICATE IN THE SAME PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE AND EMPLOYED
 IN  THE  SAME SCHOOL BUILDING, AND WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE EMPLOYING
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3001-f  to
 read as follows:
   §  3001-F.  EMPLOYMENT  OF  INDIVIDUALS  HOLDING EXPIRED CERTIFICATES.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, REGULATION, OR RULE  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  AN INDIVIDUAL HOLDING A CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE
 WHICH HAS EXPIRED, AND WHO HAS REMAINED OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO HOLD SUCH
 CERTIFICATE, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO BE EMPLOYED IN A  TEACHING  CAPACITY
 OR  OTHER PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE AND AS ALLOWED UNDER
 THEIR EXPIRED CERTIFICATE, IN THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS  OF  THE  STATE  UPON
 NOTIFICATION  TO  THE COMMISSIONER AND PAYMENT OF THE APPLICABLE CERTIF-
 ICATE FEE. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL  BE  IN  A  FORM  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT THE
 COMMISSIONER  FROM  TAKING  ANY  INVESTIGATORY OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AS
 AUTHORIZED UNDER LAW.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 3006 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
   F.  A  TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL PERMIT AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION THREE
 THOUSAND ONE-E OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law;  provided, however, that section three of this act
 shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2024. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 4-b of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law, as added by section 1 of part GG of chapter 56
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (4-b) [(i)] In state fiscal year two thousand twenty-two--two thousand
 twenty-three AND THEREAFTER, the state shall appropriate and make avail-
 able  general  fund  operating  support  in  the amount of [thirty-three
 percent of] the  tuition  credit  calculated  pursuant  to  section  six
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 hundred  eighty-nine-a of this chapter [for the two thousand twenty-two-
 -two thousand twenty-three academic year.
   (ii)  In  state  fiscal  year  two thousand twenty-three--two thousand
 twenty-four, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund
 operating support in the amount of sixty-seven percent  of  the  tuition
 credit  calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this
 chapter for the  two  thousand  twenty-three--two  thousand  twenty-four
 academic year.
   (iii)  Beginning  in  state  fiscal year two thousand twenty-four--two
 thousand twenty-five and thereafter, the  state  shall  appropriate  and
 make  available  general  fund  operating  support  in the amount of the
 tuition credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred  eighty-nine-a
 of this chapter] annually.
   §  2.  Paragraph (f) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
 law, as added by section 2 of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (f) [(i)] In state fiscal year two thousand  twenty-two--two  thousand
 twenty-three AND THEREAFTER, the state shall appropriate and make avail-
 able  general  fund  operating  support  in  the amount of [thirty-three
 percent of] the  tuition  credit  calculated  pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred  eighty-nine-a of this chapter [for the two thousand twenty-two-
 -two thousand twenty-three academic year.
   (ii) In state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-three--two  thousand
 twenty-four, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund
 operating  support  in  the amount of sixty-seven percent of the tuition
 credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of  this
 chapter  for  the  two  thousand  twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
 academic year.
   (iii) Beginning in state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-four--two
 thousand  twenty-five  and  thereafter,  the state shall appropriate and
 make available general fund operating  support  in  the  amount  of  the
 tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a
 of this chapter] annually.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART E

   Section 1. Section 667-c of the education law, as added by  section  1
 of  part  N  of  chapter  58  of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 667-c. Part-time tuition assistance program awards. 1. Notwithstand-
 ing any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the  president  of  the
 higher  education  services  corporation  is  authorized to make tuition
 assistance program awards to:
   A. part-time students enrolled at the state  university,  a  community
 college,  the  city  university of New York, and a non-profit college or
 university incorporated by the regents or by the  legislature  who  meet
 all  requirements  for  tuition assistance program awards except for the
 students' part-time attendance; OR
   B. STUDENTS ENROLLED PART-TIME AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN A  NON-DEGREE
 WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE EMPIRE STATE
 DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION AND THE NEW YORK STATE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVEL-
 OPMENT COUNCILS BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL INDUSTRY TRENDS,  WORK-
 FORCE NEEDS AND EXISTING PROGRAM OFFERINGS.
   2. For purposes of this section[, a part-time student is one who]:
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   a.  FOR  STUDENTS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, A PART-TIME STUDENT IS ONE WHO: (I) enrolled  as  a  first-time
 freshman  during  the two thousand six--two thousand seven academic year
 or thereafter at a college or university within  the  state  university,
 including  a  statutory  or contract college, a community college estab-
 lished pursuant to article one hundred twenty-six of this  chapter,  the
 city  university  of  New  York,  or  a non-profit college or university
 incorporated by the regents or by the legislature;
   [b. has earned at least twelve credits  in  each  of  two  consecutive
 semesters at one of the institutions named in paragraph a of this subdi-
 vision by the time of the awards;
   c.]  (II)  is  enrolled for at least six but less than twelve semester
 hours, or the equivalent, per  semester  in  an  approved  undergraduate
 degree program; and
   [d.] (III) has a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00.
   B.  FOR  STUDENTS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, A PART-TIME STUDENT IS ONE WHO: (I) MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS  FOR
 TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AWARDS  EXCEPT FOR THE STUDENT'S PART-TIME
 ATTENDANCE AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT  ARE  INCONSISTENT  WITH  THE
 STUDENT'S ENROLLMENT IN A NON-DEGREE PROGRAM; AND
   (II)  IS  ENROLLED  IN  AN  APPROVED  NON-DEGREE  WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL
 PROGRAM AT A COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3.  a. For part-time students defined in this section, the award shall
 be calculated as provided in section six  hundred  sixty-seven  of  this
 article and shall be in an amount equal to the enrollment factor percent
 of  the  award  the  student would have been eligible for if the student
 were enrolled full-time. [The] FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS DEFINED  IN  PARA-
 GRAPH  A  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION, THE enrollment factor
 percent is the percentage obtained by dividing the number of credits the
 student is enrolled in, as certified by the school,  by  the  number  of
 credits required for full-time study in the semester, quarter or term as
 defined  by  the commissioner.   FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR  SHALL
 BE  CALCULATED  PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE HIGHER EDUCA-
 TION SERVICES CORPORATION.
   b. [Any] (I) FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION, ANY semester, quarter or  term  of  attendance
 during  which a student receives an award pursuant to this section shall
 be counted as the enrollment factor percent of a  semester,  quarter  or
 term  toward  the  maximum  term  of  eligibility for tuition assistance
 awards pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven of this article.  The
 total period of study for which payment may be made shall not exceed the
 equivalent of the maximum period authorized for that award.
   (II)  FOR  PART-TIME STUDENTS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE TOTAL PERIOD OF STUDY FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY  BE
 MADE  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED THE EQUIVALENT OF THE MAXIMUM PERIOD AUTHORIZED
 FOR THE NON-DEGREE WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of  paragraph  b-1  of  subdivision  4  of
 section 661 of the education law is REPEALED.
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   § 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph b-1 of subdivision 4 of
 section  661  of the education   law, as added by section 1 of part Z of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (iii) does not maintain good academic standing pursuant to paragraph c
 of  subdivision  six  of section six hundred sixty-five of this subpart,
 and if there is  no  applicable  existing  academic  standards  schedule
 pursuant to such subdivision, then such recipient shall be placed on the
 academic  standards  schedule applicable to students enrolled in a four-
 year or five-year undergraduate program; OR
   (iv) is in default in the repayment of any state  or  federal  student
 loan,  has  failed  to  comply  with  the terms of any service condition
 imposed by an academic performance award made pursuant to this  article,
 or has failed to make a refund of any award[; or].
   §  3. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the education law
 is REPEALED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 669-h of the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Amount. Within amounts appropriated therefor and  based  on  avail-
 ability  of  funds, awards shall be granted beginning with the two thou-
 sand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year  and  thereafter  to
 applicants  that  the corporation has determined are eligible to receive
 such awards. The corporation shall grant such awards in an amount up  to
 five thousand five hundred dollars or actual tuition, whichever is less;
 provided,  however, (a) a student who receives educational grants and/or
 scholarships that cover the student's full cost of attendance shall  not
 be eligible for an award under this program; and (b) an award under this
 program  shall  be  applied to tuition after the application of payments
 received under the tuition assistance program pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred sixty-seven of this subpart, tuition credits pursuant to section
 six  hundred  eighty-nine-a of this article, federal Pell grant pursuant
 to section one thousand seventy of title twenty  of  the  United  States
 code,  et seq., and any other program that covers the cost of attendance
 unless exclusively for non-tuition expenses, and the  award  under  this
 program  shall be reduced in the amount equal to such payments, provided
 that the combined benefits do not  exceed  five  thousand  five  hundred
 dollars.  Upon notification of an award under this program, the institu-
 tion shall defer the amount of tuition. Notwithstanding paragraph  h  of
 subdivision two of section three hundred fifty-five and paragraph (a) of
 subdivision  seven of section six thousand two hundred six of this chap-
 ter, and any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  the  under-
 graduate  tuition  charged  by the institution to recipients of an award
 shall not exceed the tuition rate established by the institution for the
 two thousand sixteen--two thousand  seventeen  academic  year  provided,
 however,  that  in the two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-TWO--two thou-
 sand [twenty-four] TWENTY-THREE academic year and every year thereafter,
 the undergraduate tuition charged by the institution to recipients of an
 award shall be reset to equal the tuition rate established by the insti-
 tution for the forthcoming academic  year,  provided  further  that  the
 tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a
 of this article shall be applied toward the  tuition  rate  charged  for
 recipients  of  an  award under this program.  Provided further that the
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 state university of New York and the city university of New  York  shall
 provide  an  additional tuition credit to students receiving an award to
 cover the remaining cost of tuition.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H

   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of section 695-b of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 535 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  "Eligible  educational institution" shall mean (A) any institution
 of higher education defined as an eligible  educational  institution  in
 section  529(e)(5)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, OR
 (B) ANY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN  SECTION  529(C)(8)  OF  THE
 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new article 13-C
 to read as follows:
 
                               ARTICLE 13-C
                    STUDENT DEBT; PROHIBITED PRACTICES

 SECTION 640. STUDENT DEBT; PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
   § 640. STUDENT DEBT;  PROHIBITED  PRACTICES.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 INCONSISTENT  PROVISION  OF  LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION, NO INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION, INCLUDING COLLEGES,  UNIVERSITIES,  AND  ORGANIZATIONS
 OFFERING  CAREER  EDUCATION,  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER
 SHALL:
   (A) WITHHOLD A STUDENT'S TRANSCRIPT FOR FAILURE TO PAY PAST  OR  PRES-
 ENTLY DUE TUITION;
   (B)  CONDITION THE RECEIPT OF A TRANSCRIPT OR OF CREDIT OR OTHER OFFI-
 CIAL RECOGNITION FOR WORK COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY ON THE PAYMENT  OF  A
 DEBT,  OTHER  THAN  THE  CONDITION OF A FEE CHARGED TO PROVIDE THE TRAN-
 SCRIPT;
   (C) CHARGE A HIGHER FEE FOR OBTAINING A TRANSCRIPT,  OR  PROVIDE  LESS
 FAVORABLE  TREATMENT  OF  A  TRANSCRIPT REQUEST BECAUSE A STUDENT OWES A
 DEBT; OR
   (D) USE TRANSCRIPT ISSUANCE AS A TOOL FOR DEBT COLLECTION.
   2.  THE COMMISSIONER OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES  MAY,
 AFTER  NOTICE  AND HEARING, ENJOIN SUCH TRANSCRIPT WITHHOLDING PRACTICES
 AND REQUIRE ANY COLLEGE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS ARTICLE OR THE RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED HEREUNDER TO PAY TO
 THE  PEOPLE  OF  THIS STATE A PENALTY   OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH
 VIOLATION.
   3. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHT OF ACTION GRANTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OR THE
 SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL  SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  ANY
 PERSON  WHO  HAS BEEN INJURED BY REASON OF ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION
 MAY BRING AN ACTION IN THEIR OWN NAME TO ENJOIN  SUCH  UNLAWFUL  ACT  OR
 PRACTICE.  THE COURT MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, AWARD REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S
 FEES TO THE PREVAILING PLAINTIFF.
   4. IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  PENALTIES  IMPOSED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  A
 VIOLATION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF THE LAWS
 AND RULES GOVERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AWARD PROGRAMS FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF
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 ARTICLE  FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGHER EDUCA-
 TION SERVICES CORPORATION MAY SUSPEND,  LIMIT  OR  TERMINATE  AN  INSTI-
 TUTION'S  PARTICIPATION IN STATE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS
 UNDER SUCH ARTICLE.
   5.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL LIMIT ANY STATUTORY OR COMMON LAW
 RIGHT OF ANY PERSON TO BRING ANY ACTION IN ANY COURT FOR ANY ACT, OR THE
 RIGHT OF THE STATE TO PUNISH ANY PERSON FOR ANY VIOLATION OF LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 210-d
 to read as follows:
   § 210-D. REGISTRATION OF CURRICULA. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY  NEW  CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM OF STUDY
 OFFERED BY ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE OR  UNIVERSITY  CHARTERED  BY  THE
 REGENTS  OR INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT DOES NOT
 REQUIRE A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 SEVEN OF THIS PART, OR CHARTER AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 SIXTEEN  OF  THIS  PART,  OR LEAD TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE; AND THAT IS
 APPROVED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE CITY  UNIVERSITY
 BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES, OR THE TRUSTEES OR GOVERNING BODY OF ANY OTHER NOT-
 FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CHARTERED BY THE REGENTS WHICH (1)  HAS
 MAINTAINED  A  PHYSICAL  PRESENCE  IN NEW YORK STATE FOR THE IMMEDIATELY
 PRECEDING TEN YEARS AND HAS  BEEN  OPERATED  CONTINUOUSLY  BY  THE  SAME
 GOVERNING BODY DURING THE SAME IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TEN YEAR PERIOD AND
 (2)  IS  ACCREDITED  AND  HAS  CONTINUED  IN ACCREDITATION BY THE MIDDLE
 STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ("MSCHE") OR  THE  DEPARTMENT  FOR
 THE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  TEN  YEARS,  SHALL BE DEEMED AUTHORIZED FOR
 TEMPORARY OPERATION  PENDING  PROGRAM  APPROVAL  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  AFTER
 CERTIFICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SUBMISSION OF A COMPLETED APPLICATION
 FOR PROGRAM APPROVAL. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "AUTHORIZED FOR TEMPORARY
 OPERATION  PENDING  PROGRAM  APPROVAL" MEANS A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY MAY
 OPERATE THE CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM OF STUDY ON A CONTINGENT BASIS  DURING
 THE  REMAINDER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM REVIEW PROCESS, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO ACCEPTING ADMISSION OF STUDENTS INTO THE PROGRAM,  CHARG-
 ING  APPLICABLE TUITION AND FEES, AND PROVIDING THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM-
 MING TO STUDENTS.  ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OPERATING A PROGRAM AUTHOR-
 IZED FOR TEMPORARY OPERATION PENDING PROGRAM APPROVAL MUST DISCLOSE THIS
 STATUS AND ITS MEANING TO POTENTIAL STUDENTS IN WRITING. IF THE ACADEMIC
 PROGRAM BEING OPERATED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS IS ULTIMATELY DISAPPROVED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OPERATING SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL
 IMMEDIATELY CEASE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM AND REFUND ALL MONIES PAID BY
 STUDENTS TO ATTEND SUCH PROGRAMS. IF THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IS PLACED
 ON  PROBATION OR HAS ITS ACCREDITATION TERMINATED BY MSCHE, SUCH COLLEGE
 OR UNIVERSITY SHALL NOTIFY THE REGENTS IN WRITING NO LATER  THAN  THIRTY
 DAYS  AFTER  RECEIVING  NOTICE  OF  ITS  PROBATIONARY  STATUS OR LOSS OF
 ACCREDITATION BY THE MSCHE. ANY COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  WHICH  HAS  ITS
 ACCREDITATION  PLACED  ON  PROBATION  OR  TERMINATED BY THE MSCHE OR THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S PROGRAM  APPROVAL  AND
 MAY  NOT OPERATE A CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM OF STUDY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
 THIS SECTION UNTIL IT  HAS  BEEN  REMOVED  FROM  PROBATION  OR  REGAINED
 ACCREDITATION  BY  MSCHE  OR THE DEPARTMENT, AND SHALL FURTHER REMAIN SO
 RESTRICTED UNTIL IT HAS CONTINUED WITHOUT PROBATION FOR A PERIOD OF  NOT
 LESS  THAN SIX YEARS. IF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION
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 INTENDS TO OFFER OR INSTITUTE AN  ADDITIONAL  DEGREE  OR  PROGRAM  WHICH
 CONSTITUTES  A  SUBSTANTIVE  CHANGE, AS DEFINED AND DETERMINED BY MSCHE,
 THEN THE COLLEGE OR  UNIVERSITY  SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  COMMISSIONER  WITH
 COPIES  OF  ANY  REPORTS  OR OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH MSCHE AS PART OF
 MSCHE'S SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REVIEW PROCESS AND SHALL INFORM  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  WHEN  THE  SUBSTANTIVE  CHANGE  IS APPROVED. ANY SUCH COLLEGE OR
 UNIVERSITY THAT DOES NOT SATISFY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE REGENTS
 AND  COMMISSIONER FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAM APPROVAL. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE DEPARTMENT'S EXISTING AUTHORITY TO INVESTI-
 GATE A COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE INSTITUTION,  OR  ANY  PROGRAM  OFFERED,
 INCLUDING THE AUTHORITY TO DEREGISTER THE PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section  1. Section 1503 of the business corporation law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING  AS
 A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  FORMED  TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (1)  THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS  OF  A  PROFES-
 SIONAL  SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR  HUNDRED
 FOUR  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL  CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL  INTEREST,  OR  INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS
 ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS,  THE  FIRM  AND
 ITS  OWNERS  MUST  COMPLY  WITH  RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 REGENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM INCORPORATED UNDER  THIS
 SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE
 WORDS  "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,"
 OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM
 THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO
 ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE  BUSINESS  OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATE"  MEANS
 TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN
 THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSINESS  OR  MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM. SUCH A FIRM SHALL
 HAVE ATTACHED TO ITS  CERTIFICATE  OF  INCORPORATION  A  CERTIFICATE  OR
 CERTIFICATES DEMONSTRATING THE FIRM'S COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, IN
 LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 1507 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ISSUE SHARES TO INDIVIDUALS
 WHO ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE THE PROFESSION WHICH
 SUCH CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE AND  WHO  ARE  OR  HAVE  BEEN
 ENGAGED  IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF  SUCH PROFESSION IN SUCH CORPORATION OR A
 PREDECESSOR ENTITY, OR WHO WILL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF  SUCH  PROFES-
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 SION  IN SUCH CORPORATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH SHARES ARE
 ISSUED AND MAY ALSO ISSUE SHARES TO EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  CORPORATION  NOT
 LICENSED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF STOCK OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III)  AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV) THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND  THE
 CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER  OR OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
 NO SHAREHOLDER OF A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF  INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF  SECTION  FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ENTER INTO A
 VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT, PROXY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT VESTING  IN
 ANOTHER  PERSON, OTHER THAN ANOTHER SHAREHOLDER OF THE SAME CORPORATION,
 THE AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE VOTING POWER OF ANY  OR  ALL  OF  HIS  OR  HER
 SHARES.  ALL  SHARES  ISSUED,  AGREEMENTS  MADE  OR  PROXIES  GRANTED IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID.
   § 3. Section 1508 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR  THE  BUSI-
 NESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE MAY INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE  NOT  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT  AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE
 DIRECTORS, AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS AND THE PRESIDENT,
 THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE  OFFI-
 CER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW TO PRACTICE IN ANY STATE THE
 PROFESSION WHICH SUCH CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE,  AND  ARE
 EITHER  SHAREHOLDERS  OF  SUCH CORPORATION OR ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF
 THEIR PROFESSIONS IN SUCH CORPORATION.
   § 4. Section 1509 of the business corporation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 § 1509. Disqualification  of  shareholders,  directors,   officers   and
           employees.
   If  any  shareholder,  director, officer or employee of a professional
 service corporation, including  a  design  professional  service  corpo-
 ration,  who  has  been  rendering  professional  service  to the public
 becomes legally disqualified to practice his OR  HER  profession  within
 this  state,  he  OR  SHE shall sever all employment with, and financial
 interests (other than interests as  a  creditor)  in,  such  corporation
 forthwith  or as otherwise provided in section 1510 of this article. All
 provisions of law regulating the rendering of professional services by a
 person elected or appointed to a public office shall be applicable to  a
 shareholder,  director,  officer and employee of such corporation in the
 same manner and to the same extent as if fully set  forth  herein.  Such
 legal  disqualification  to  practice  his OR HER profession within this
 state shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer by the disqual-
 ified shareholder to sell his OR HER shares to the corporation, pursuant
 to the provisions of section 1510 of this article or of the  certificate
 of  incorporation,  by-laws  or  agreement among the corporation and all
 shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms of such
 offer shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this  state.  A
 professional  service  corporation's  failure to enforce compliance with
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 this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture of  its  certif-
 icate of incorporation and its dissolution.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of section 1511 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new para-
 graph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No shareholder of a professional service corporation [or], INCLUD-
 ING a design professional service corporation, may sell or transfer  his
 OR  HER  shares  in such corporation except to another individual who is
 eligible to have shares issued to him OR  HER  by  such  corporation  or
 except  in  trust to another individual who would be eligible to receive
 shares if he OR SHE were employed by  the  corporation.  Nothing  herein
 contained shall be construed to prohibit the transfer of shares by oper-
 ation  of  law or by court decree.  No transferee of shares by operation
 of law or court decree may vote the shares for  any  purpose  whatsoever
 except  with  respect to corporate action under sections 909 and 1001 of
 this chapter. The restriction in the preceding sentence shall not apply,
 however, where such transferee would be eligible to have  shares  issued
 to  him  OR HER if he OR SHE were an employee of the corporation and, if
 there are other shareholders, a  majority  of  such  other  shareholders
 shall fail to redeem the shares so transferred, pursuant to section 1510
 of  this  article, within sixty days of receiving written notice of such
 transfer. Any sale or transfer, except by  operation  of  law  or  court
 decree  or  except for a corporation having only one shareholder, may be
 made only after the same shall have been approved by the board of direc-
 tors, or at a shareholders' meeting specially called for such purpose by
 such proportion, not less than a majority, of the outstanding shares  as
 may be provided in the certificate of incorporation or in the by-laws of
 such professional service corporation. At such shareholders' meeting the
 shares  held by the shareholder proposing to sell or transfer his OR HER
 shares may not be voted or counted for any purpose,  unless  all  share-
 holders consent that such shares be voted or counted. The certificate of
 incorporation or the by-laws of the professional service corporation, or
 the  professional  service  corporation  and the shareholders by private
 agreement, may provide, in lieu of  or  in  addition  to  the  foregoing
 provisions,  for the alienation of shares and may require the redemption
 or purchase of such shares by such corporation at prices and in a manner
 specifically set forth therein. The existence of the restrictions on the
 sale or transfer of shares, as contained in this article and, if  appli-
 cable,  in  the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, stock purchase or
 stock redemption agreement, shall be noted conspicuously on the face  or
 back  of  every  certificate for shares issued by a professional service
 corporation. Any sale or transfer  in  violation  of  such  restrictions
 shall be void.
   (C)  A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (H)  OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, SHALL PURCHASE OR REDEEM THE
 SHARES OF A NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDER IN THE CASE OF HIS  OR
 HER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION.
 A  FIRM  ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF INCORPORATING AS A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (H)  OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE
 OR  REDEEM  THE  SHARES OF A TERMINATED NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHARE-
 HOLDER IF SUCH SHARES, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER  SUCH  TERMINATION,  ARE
 SOLD  OR  TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
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   § 6. Section 1514 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) EACH FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A  PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE  EVERY  THREE
 YEARS  ON  OR  BEFORE  THE  DATE  PRESCRIBED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY,
 FURNISH A STATEMENT TO THE LICENSING AUTHORITY  LISTING  THE  NAMES  AND
 RESIDENCE  ADDRESSES  OF  EACH SHAREHOLDER, DIRECTOR AND OFFICER OF SUCH
 CORPORATION AND CERTIFY AS THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION AND  AT  ALL  TIMES
 OVER THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT:
   (I)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF STOCK OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE AND WERE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE AND  WERE  CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE AND WERE CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV) THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND  THE
 CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AND  WERE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS.
 THE STATEMENT SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OR ANY  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT  VICE-PRESIDENT  AND  ATTESTED  TO  BY  THE  SECRETARY OR ANY
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.
   § 7. Paragraph (d) of section 1525 of the business corporation law, as
 added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Foreign professional service corporation"  means  a  professional
 service corporation, whether or not denominated as such, organized under
 the  laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, all of the sharehold-
 ers, directors and officers of which  are  authorized  and  licensed  to
 practice  the  profession  for  which such corporation is licensed to do
 business; except that all shareholders,  directors  and  officers  of  a
 foreign  professional service corporation which provides health services
 in this state shall be licensed in this state.  A  FOREIGN  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  CORPORATION FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE  IS  DEFINED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED
 FORTY-NINE  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  OR  EQUIVALENT STATE LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE
 FIRM,  IN  TERMS  OF  FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE
 FIRM'S OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME  STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF A FOREIGN
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE, HOLD A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  FOUR  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL  ACCOUNTS,  CAPITAL
 CONTRIBUTIONS,  CAPITAL  INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS
 OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,
 THE  FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE
 BOARD OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM  REGISTERED
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME
 INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE  ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE
 OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS OPERATING UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE A  NATURAL
 PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS
 AFFILIATED ENTITIES, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY  INTER-
 EST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE
 BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR  PURPOSES
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 OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  8.  Subdivision  (q) of section 121-1500 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide medical services in this state must be licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state and
 each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle  133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  Each
 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to  provide
 veterinary  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this  state.
 EACH  PARTNER  OF  A  REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE  OF  BUSINESS
 IS  IN  THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. Each partner of a registered limited  liabil-
 ity partnership formed to provide professional engineering, land survey-
 ing,  geological  services, architectural and/or landscape architectural
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 145, article
 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice one or  more  of
 such  professions  in  this  state. Each partner of a registered limited
 liability partnership formed to provide licensed  clinical  social  work
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the
 education law to practice clinical social work in this state. Each part-
 ner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to  provide
 creative  arts  therapy services in this state must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this state. Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership
 formed  to  provide  marriage  and family therapy services in this state
 must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law  to  prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered  limited  liability  partnership  formed  to provide mental health
 counseling services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  psychoanalysis  in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide applied behavior analysis service in this  state  must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice  applied  behavior  analysis in this state. A LIMITED LIABILITY
 PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC  ACCOUN-
 TANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE
 EDUCATION  LAW,  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF
 THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS,  AND  VOTING
 RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE  FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO
 PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS  OF
 A  LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE, HOLD A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  FOUR  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL  ACCOUNTS,  CAPITAL
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 CONTRIBUTIONS,  CAPITAL  INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS
 OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,
 THE  FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE
 BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER
 THIS  SECTION  MAY  NOT  HAVE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE FIRM'S NAME
 INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER
 OF  A  FIRM  THAT  IS  FORMED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS  OF  THE  FIRM  OR  ITS
 AFFILIATED  ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A
 PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL  OWNER
 OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE  FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS
 TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN
 THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  9.  Subdivision  (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each  partner  of  a  foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides medical services in this state must  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131  of the education law to practice medicine in the state and
 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership  which  provides
 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service
 in the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the  education
 law  to  practice  veterinary  medicine in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign limited liability partnership which provides professional  engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape  architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148  of  the  education  law  to
 practice  one  or  more of such professions.   EACH PARTNER OF A FOREIGN
 REGISTERED  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO  PROVIDE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE
 AND  WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  IN
 THIS  STATE.  Each  partner  of  a foreign limited liability partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. Each partner of a foreign
 limited liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts  therapy
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice creative arts  therapy  in  this  state.  Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of
 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied  behavior
 analysis  services  in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant
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 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior  analy-
 sis  in  this state.   A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH  PRACTICE
 IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (1)  THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS OF A FOREIGN LIMIT-
 ED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS  IS  IN  THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE,  HOLD  A  VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED
 FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST"  MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS  OF  A  BUSINESS
 ENTITY.    ALTHOUGH  FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND
 ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 REGENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS
 SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE
 WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"
 OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM
 THAT  IS  FORMED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO
 ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF  THE  FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP
 OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY
 INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN
 THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY  THE  FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE"  MEANS  TO  PROVIDE
 SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 10. Subdivision (h) of section 121-101 of the  partnership  law,  as
 added by chapter 950 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (h)  "Limited  partnership"  and  "domestic limited partnership" mean,
 unless the context otherwise requires, a partnership (i) formed  by  two
 or more persons pursuant to this article or which complies with subdivi-
 sion (a) of section 121-1202 of this article and (ii) having one or more
 general  partners and one or more limited partners.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC LIMITED  PART-
 NERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE
 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP  OR  DOMESTIC
 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD  A  VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER  SECTION
 SEVENTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  FIVE  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY
 INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS  MUST  COMPLY  WITH
 RULES  PROMULGATED  BY  THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE
 FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE  NON-LICEN-
 SEE  OWNERS  IF  THE  FIRM'S  NAME  INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE  ABBREVIATIONS
 "CPA"  OR  "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY  PARTIC-
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 IPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN
 ENTITY,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL
 CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN
 SUCH  ENTITY  IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSI-
 NESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 11. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) With respect to a professional service limited  liability  company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  131  of  the  education  law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  dental  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133
 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  With  respect
 to  a  professional  service limited liability company formed to provide
 veterinary services as such services are defined in article 135  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary medicine in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed to provide professional engineering,
 land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological
 services as such services are defined in article 145,  article  147  and
 article  148 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article  145,  article  147  and/or
 article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
 professions in this state.   WITH  RESPECT  TO  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES
 AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  EACH
 MEMBER  OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST
 BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  TO  PRACTICE
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a professional service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide licensed clinical social
 work services as such services are defined in article 154 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company shall be
 licensed pursuant to article  154  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. With respect to a profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy services as such services are defined  in  article  163  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  crea-
 tive  arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to provide marriage and family  therapy
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide mental health counseling
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
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 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  mental  health
 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability  company  formed  to  provide  psychoanalysis services as such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163
 of the education law to practice  psychoanalysis  in  this  state.  With
 respect  to  a  professional service limited liability company formed to
 provide applied behavior analysis services as such services are  defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education  law  to  practice  applied behavior analysis in this state. A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE
 IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS  RESPECTIVELY
 DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW
 (1)  THAT  A  SIMPLE  MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF
 FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND  VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A LIMITED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMIT-
 ED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL  PLACE  OF  BUSINESS  IS  IN  THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE,  HOLD  A  VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED
 FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST"  MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS  OF  A  BUSINESS
 ENTITY.    ALTHOUGH  FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND
 ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 REGENTS.    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS
 SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE
 WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"
 OR  THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM
 THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON  WHO
 ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE  BUSINESS  OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED
 ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP
 OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY
 INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN
 THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE  FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED  ENTITIES.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE
 SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN  THE  DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 12. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) "Foreign professional service limited liability company"  means  a
 professional  service  limited liability company, whether or not denomi-
 nated as such, organized under the laws of  a  jurisdiction  other  than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional  authorized  by  law to render a professional service within this
 state and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such  profession
 in  such professional service limited liability company or a predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional service limited liability company within thirty days of the  date
 such  professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and manag-
 ers, if any, is a professional at least one of such members  is  author-
 ized  by  law to render a professional service within this state and who
 is or has been engaged in  the  practice  of  such  profession  in  such
 professional  service limited liability company or a predecessor entity,
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 or will engage in the practice of such profession  in  the  professional
 service  limited  liability  company within thirty days of the date such
 professional becomes a member, or  (ii)  authorized  by,  or  holding  a
 license,  certificate,  registration  or  permit issued by the licensing
 authority pursuant to,  the  education  law  to  render  a  professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this  state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  135  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to  article
 135  of  the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect
 to a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  131  of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 dental services as such services are  defined  in  article  133  of  the
 education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  foreign
 professional  service  limited  liability company which provides profes-
 sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services as such services  are  defined  in  article
 145,  article  147  and article 148 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
 education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
 WITH RESPECT TO A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE  DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH FOREIGN PROFES-
 SIONAL  SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND  WHO  PROVIDES  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES,
 SHALL  BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a foreign profes-
 sional service limited liability company which provides  licensed  clin-
 ical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article  154  of
 the  education  law to practice clinical social work in this state. With
 respect to a foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company
 which  provides  creative  arts  therapy  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this state. With respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such  services  are  defined  in  article 163 of the education law, each
 member of such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 mental health counseling services as such services are defined in  arti-
 cle  163  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
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 service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  psychoanalysis  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the  education  law  to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRAC-
 TICE  OF  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY,  AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE  REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (1)
 THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINAN-
 CIAL INTERESTS, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS  TO
 INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND
 (2) THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A FOREIGN LIMITED PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  LIMITED
 LIABILITY  COMPANY,  WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED  FOUR  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL INTER-
 EST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPI-
 TAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS  ENTI-
 TY.    ALTHOUGH  FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS
 OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION  MAY
 NOT  HAVE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE  FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES,  OR
 (2)  AN  ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFES-
 SIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST
 IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE
 BUSINESS  CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  13.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary,
 there is hereby established a fee for each non-licensee owner of a  firm
 that  is  incorporating  as a professional service corporation formed to
 lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy. Such non-licensee
 owner shall pay a fee of three hundred  dollars  to  the  department  of
 education on an annual basis.
   § 14. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 410-u of the social services law,
 as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  state  block  grant  for child care shall be divided into two
 parts pursuant to a plan developed by the department and approved by the
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 director of the budget.   One part shall be retained  by  the  state  to
 provide  child  care  on  a  statewide  basis  to special groups and for
 activities to increase the availability and/or  quality  of  child  care
 programs,  including,  but  not  limited  to, the start-up of child care
 programs, the operation of child care resource  and  referral  programs,
 training  activities,  the  regulation  and  monitoring  of  child  care
 programs, the development of computerized  data  systems,  and  consumer
 education,  provided  however,  that  child  care  resource and referral
 programs funded under title five-B of article six of this chapter  shall
 meet  additional  performance  standards  developed by the department of
 social services including but not limited to: increasing the  number  of
 child  care  placements  for  persons  who  are  at or below two hundred
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE percent of
 the state income standard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 TWO,  TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE
 APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,
 PROVIDED  SUCH  PERSONS ARE AT OR BELOW EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE
 MEDIAN INCOME, with emphasis on placements supporting local  efforts  in
 meeting  federal  and  state work participation requirements, increasing
 technical assistance to all modalities of legal child  care  to  persons
 who  are  at  or below two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD,
 TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE percent of the state income  standard[,]  EFFEC-
 TIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF
 THE  STATE  INCOME  STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME  STANDARD  EFFECTIVE
 APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, PROVIDED SUCH PERSONS ARE AT OR
 BELOW EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE  STATE  MEDIAN  INCOME,  including  the
 provision  of  training to assist providers in meeting child care stand-
 ards or regulatory requirements, and creating new  child  care  opportu-
 nities,  and  assisting  social  services  districts  in  assessing  and
 responding to child care needs for  persons  at  or  below  two  hundred
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE percent of
 the  state  income standard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE  INCOME  STANDARD  EFFECTIVE
 APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 STATE  INCOME  STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR,
 PROVIDED SUCH PERSONS ARE AT OR BELOW EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF  THE  STATE
 MEDIAN INCOME. The department shall have the authority to withhold funds
 from  those  agencies  which do not meet performance standards. Agencies
 whose funds are withheld may have funds restored upon achieving perform-
 ance standards. The other part shall be  allocated  to  social  services
 districts  to provide child care assistance to families receiving family
 assistance and to other low income families.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 410-v of the  social  services  law,  as
 added  by  section  52  of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. Any portion of a social services district's block grant  allocation
 for  a  particular  federal  fiscal  year  that  is  not claimed by such
 district during that federal fiscal year [shall] MAY be  added  to  that
 social  services  district's block grant allocation for the next federal
 fiscal year.
   § 3. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 410-w of the  social  services
 law,  as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2001 and paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 2007, are amended
 and two new subdivisions 2-a and 10 are added to read as follows:
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   1. A social services district may use the funds allocated to  it  from
 the block grant to provide child care assistance to:
   (a)  families receiving public assistance when such child care assist-
 ance is necessary: to enable a parent or caretaker relative to engage in
 work, participate in work activities  or  perform  a  community  service
 pursuant  to  title  nine-B of article five of this chapter; to enable a
 teenage parent to  attend  high  school  or  other  equivalent  training
 program;  because  the  parent  or  caretaker  relative is physically or
 mentally incapacitated; or because family duties away from home necessi-
 tate the parent or caretaker relative's absence; child day care shall be
 provided during breaks in activities, for a period of up to  two  weeks.
 Such child day care may be authorized for a period of up to one month if
 child  care arrangements shall be lost if not continued, and the program
 or employment is scheduled to begin within such period;
   (b) families with incomes up to  two  hundred  PERCENT  OF  THE  STATE
 INCOME  STANDARD,  TWO  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE percent of the state income
 standard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  TWO  HUNDRED
 SIXTY  PERCENT  OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE  STATE  INCOME
 STANDARD  EFFECTIVE  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  who  are
 attempting through work activities to transition off of  public  assist-
 ance  when  such  child care is necessary in order to enable a parent or
 caretaker relative to engage in  work  provided  such  families'  public
 assistance  has  been  terminated  as  a result of increased hours of or
 income from employment or increased income from child  support  payments
 or  the  family  voluntarily  ended assistance; [and,] provided that the
 family received public assistance at  least  three  of  the  six  months
 preceding  the month in which eligibility for such assistance terminated
 or ended or provided that such family has received child care assistance
 under subdivision four of this section; AND PROVIDED, THE FAMILY  INCOME
 DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME;
   (c)  families  with  incomes  up  to  two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE
 INCOME STANDARD, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE percent  of  the  state  income
 standard  EFFECTIVE  AUGUST  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED
 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL   FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED  PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME
 STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  which  are
 determined in accordance with the regulations of the department to be at
 risk  of  becoming  dependent on family assistance; PROVIDED, THE FAMILY
 INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME;
   (d) families with incomes up to  two  hundred  PERCENT  OF  THE  STATE
 INCOME  STANDARD,  TWO  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE percent of the state income
 standard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  TWO  HUNDRED
 SIXTY  PERCENT  OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE  STATE  INCOME
 STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR who are attend-
 ing  a post secondary educational program and working at least seventeen
 and one-half hours per week; PROVIDED, THE FAMILY INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED
 EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME; and
   (e) other families with incomes up to two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE
 INCOME STANDARD, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE percent  of  the  state  income
 standard  EFFECTIVE  AUGUST  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED
 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL   FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED  PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME
 STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  which  the
 social services district designates in its consolidated services plan as
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 eligible  for  child  care assistance in accordance with criteria estab-
 lished by the department; PROVIDED, THE FAMILY INCOME  DOES  NOT  EXCEED
 EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME.
   2-A.    A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY, UPON APPROVAL BY THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CRITERIA ESTABLISHED
 BY THE OFFICE, USE THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO IT FROM  THE  BLOCK  GRANT  TO
 PROVIDE  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE  TO  FAMILIES  WITH INCOMES UP TO THREE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME  STANDARD,  PROVIDED  SUCH  FAMILIES
 INCOME  DOES  NOT  EXCEED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME
 STANDARD.
   3. A social services district shall guarantee child care assistance to
 families in receipt of public assistance with  children  under  thirteen
 years  of  age when such child care assistance is necessary for a parent
 or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate  in  work  activ-
 ities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of this
 chapter.  Child care assistance shall continue to be guaranteed for such
 a family for a period of twelve months after  the  month  in  which  the
 family's  eligibility for public assistance has terminated or ended when
 such child care is necessary in order to enable the parent or  caretaker
 relative to engage in work, provided that the family's public assistance
 has been terminated as a result of an increase in the hours of or income
 from  employment  or  increased  income  from  child support payments or
 because  the  family  voluntarily  ended  assistance;  that  the  family
 received public assistance in at least three of the six months preceding
 the  month  in which eligibility for such assistance terminated or ended
 or provided that such family has received child  care  assistance  under
 subdivision  four  of  this section; [and] that the family's income does
 not exceed two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD, TWO HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE percent of the state income standard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE  STATE  INCOME
 STANDARD  EFFECTIVE  APRIL    FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR THREE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR; AND THAT THE FAMILY INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHT-
 Y-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME. Such  child  day  care  shall
 recognize  the  need for continuity of care for the child and a district
 shall not move a child from an existing provider unless the  participant
 consents to such move.
   4.  (a) Local social services districts shall guarantee applicants who
 would otherwise be eligible for, or are recipients of, public assistance
 benefits and who are employed, the option to choose to receive  continu-
 ing  child day care subsidies in lieu of public assistance benefits, for
 such period of time as the recipient continues to be eligible for public
 assistance. For the purposes of this subdivision, an eligible  applicant
 for,  or  recipient  of,  public assistance benefits and who is employed
 includes a person whose gross earnings equal, or are greater  than,  the
 required  number  of work hours times the state minimum wage. Recipients
 of child care subsidies under this subdivision who are no longer  eligi-
 ble  for  public assistance benefits, shall be eligible for transitional
 child care described in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section
 as if they had been recipients of public assistance.
   (b) Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the right of an  appli-
 cant who chooses to receive continuing child day care subsidies pursuant
 to this section from applying for ongoing public assistance.
   10.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "STATE MEDIAN INCOME"
 MEANS THE MOST RECENT STATE MEDIAN INCOME DATA PUBLISHED BY  THE  BUREAU
 OF  THE CENSUS, FOR A FAMILY OF THE SAME SIZE, UPDATED BY THE DEPARTMENT
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 FOR A FAMILY SIZE OF FOUR AND ADJUSTED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  FOR  FAMILY
 SIZE.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 subdivision 2-a of section 410-w of the social services law, as added by
 section three of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed  April 1,
 2024.
 
                                  PART M

   Section 1. Section 3 of part N of chapter 56  of  the  laws  of  2020,
 amending the social services law relating to restructuring financing for
 residential  school  placements,  as  amended  by section 1 of part I of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed April 1, 2022]; provided however that the amendments to
 subdivision 10 of section 153 of the social services law made by section
 one of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and
 shall be deemed to expire therewith.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. Section 28 of part C of chapter 83 of  the  laws  of  2002,
 amending  the executive law and other laws relating to funding for chil-
 dren and family services, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part K
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 28. This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  sections
 nine  through eighteen and twenty through twenty-seven of this act shall
 be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and  after  April  1,
 2002; provided, however, that section fifteen of this act shall apply to
 claims that are otherwise reimbursable by the state on or after April 1,
 2002  except as provided in subdivision 9 of section 153-k of the social
 services law as added by section fifteen of this act;  provided  further
 however, that nothing in this act shall authorize the office of children
 and  family  services  to  deny state reimbursement to a social services
 district for violations of the provisions of section 153-d of the social
 services law for services provided from January 1,  1994  through  March
 31,  2002;  provided that section nineteen of this act shall take effect
 September 13, 2002 and shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  June  30,
 2012;  and,  provided  further, however, that notwithstanding any law to
 the contrary, the office of children and family services shall have  the
 authority  to  promulgate,  on  an  emergency basis, any rules and regu-
 lations necessary to implement the requirements established pursuant  to
 this  act;  provided further, however, that the regulations to be devel-
 oped pursuant to section one of this act shall not be adopted  by  emer-
 gency  rule;  and  provided further that the provisions of sections nine
 through eighteen and twenty  through  twenty-seven  of  this  act  shall
 expire and be deemed repealed on June 30, [2022] 2027.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section  1.  Section  398-a  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   (2-C) THOSE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS THAT AS OF JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO WERE PAYING AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICA-
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 BLE RATES PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  FOR
 THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR FOR
 CARE PROVIDED TO FOSTER CHILDREN IN REGULAR, THERAPEUTIC, SPECIAL NEEDS,
 AND EMERGENCY FOSTER BOARDING HOMES SHALL PAY FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR AND FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT RATE
 YEAR  THEREAFTER  AT  LEAST  ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICABLE RATES
 PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  FOR  THAT  RATE
 YEAR.  THOSE  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS THAT AS OF JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO WERE PAYING LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE RATES PUBLISHED  BY
 THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR FOR  CARE  PROVIDED  TO  FOSTER
 CHILDREN  IN  REGULAR,  THERAPEUTIC,  SPECIAL NEEDS AND EMERGENCY FOSTER
 BOARDING HOMES SHALL INCREASE THEIR RATES OF PAYMENT SO THAT:  EFFECTIVE
 JULY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERCENT-
 AGE OF THE APPLICABLE RATES PUBLISHED BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE RATE YEAR AND THE RATES SUCH DISTRICTS  ARE  PAYING  IS  AT  LEAST
 ONE-HALF LESS THAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE APPLICA-
 BLE  RATES  PUBLISHED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR AND THE
 RATES THAT SUCH DISTRICTS WERE PAYING FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON  JULY  FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO; AND EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  RATE
 YEAR  AND  FOR  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  YEAR  THEREAFTER  ALL  SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICTS SHALL PAY AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICABLE RATES
 PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE APPLICA-
 BLE RATE YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART P
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2504 of the public health law,  as
 added by chapter 769 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Any person who is eighteen years of age or older, or is the parent
 of a child or has married, OR IS A HOMELESS YOUTH AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  may
 give effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services
 for  himself  or  herself,  and  the consent of no other person shall be
 necessary.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 3 of section 259-i of the
 executive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (ix)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (IX)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AN OFFI-
 CER WHO TAKES INTO CUSTODY PURSUANT TO  A  WARRANT  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
 SECTION  A  JUVENILE  OFFENDER  OR  ADOLESCENT OFFENDER UNDER THE AGE OF
 TWENTY-ONE, OR ANY OTHER DEFENDANT UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, SHALL TAKE
 SUCH PERSON AND HAVE THEM DETAINED IN A PLACE CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AS A SECURE OR SPECIALIZED SECURE DETENTION
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 FACILITY, AS APPROPRIATE, EXCEPT THAT A  PERSON  PAROLED,  CONDITIONALLY
 RELEASED, OR RELEASED TO POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION FROM A SECURE FACILITY
 OPERATED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY ALSO BE HELD
 IN  SUCH A FACILITY. IF A PERSON SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND UNDER
 THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO IS CHARGED WITH A  CLASS  A  FELONY,  A  VIOLENT
 FELONY OFFENSE, OR A FELONY INVOLVING THE USE OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
 TAKEN  INTO  CUSTODY  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS UNABLE TO BE LODGED IN
 SUCH A FACILITY, THE OFFICER HAVING CUSTODY  OF  SUCH  PERSON  OR  OTHER
 APPROPRIATE  OFFICIAL MUST PETITION THE SENTENCING COURT FOR APPROVAL TO
 LODGE THE PERSON IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE COURT SHALL  HOLD
 A  HEARING AT WHICH IT DETERMINES WHETHER IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF
 JUSTICE FOR THE VIOLATOR TO BE HELD IN SUCH A FACILITY, CONSIDERING  (A)
 THE AGE OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR, (B) THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MATURITY OF
 THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR, (C) THE PRESENT MENTAL STATE OF THE ALLEGED VIOLA-
 TOR, INCLUDING WHETHER THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR PRESENTS AN IMMINENT RISK OF
 HARM  TO SELF OR OTHERS, (D) THE NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ALLEGED
 OFFENSE, (E) THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR'S HISTORY OF PRIOR DELINQUENT OR CRIM-
 INAL ACTS, (F) THE RELATIVE ABILITY OF THE AVAILABLE LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL
 AND  DETENTION  FACILITIES  TO  NOT  ONLY MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATOR BUT ALSO TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS
 OTHER DETAINED YOUTH, AND (G) ANY OTHER RELEVANT FACTOR.  IF  THE  COURT
 FINDS THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLA-
 TOR  TO BE LODGED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE COURT MUST ISSUE
 A WRITTEN ORDER SO INDICATING, AND SHALL HOLD A HEARING  AT  LEAST  ONCE
 EVERY  THIRTY  DAYS  TO DETERMINE IF SUCH LODGING CONTINUES TO BE IN THE
 INTEREST OF JUSTICE. NO ALLEGED VIOLATOR TO WHOM THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH  APPLY MAY BE DETAINED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR
 LONGER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS  UNLESS  THE  VIOLATOR  WAIVES  SUCH
 LIMITATION  OR  THE COURT FINDS GOOD CAUSE FOR SUCH CONTINUED DETENTION.
 NO ALLEGED VIOLATOR UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN TO WHOM THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS SECTION APPLY MAY HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND CONTACT WITH ADULTS INCARCER-
 ATED  IN  THE  LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. NO ALLEGED VIOLATOR OVER THE
 AGE OF EIGHTEEN SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND  CONTACT  WITH
 AN  INCARCERATED  ADULT  WITHOUT A HEARING AS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBPARA-
 GRAPH. NOTHING IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE  CONSTRUED  TO  PERMIT  THE
 SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, DISCIPLINARY ISOLATION, OR PUNITIVE SEGREGATION OF
 SUCH  ALLEGED  VIOLATOR. THE HEARING PROVIDED FOR BY THIS SUBDIVISION IS
 NOT REQUIRED FOR YOUTH TO BE DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR  LOCKUP,  WITH
 SIGHT  AND  SOUND  SEPARATION  FROM  ADULT  INMATES,  WHEN  THE YOUTH IS
 DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX HOURS
 FOR PROCESSING OR RELEASE, WHILE AWAITING TRANSFER TO A JUVENILE FACILI-
 TY, OR WHILE AWAITING A COURT APPEARANCE; OR THE YOUTH  IS  AWAITING  AN
 INITIAL  COURT  APPEARANCE  THAT  WILL OCCUR WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF
 BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY (EXCLUDING SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND LEGAL  HOLI-
 DAYS)  AND  EITHER  CONDITIONS OF DISTANCE TO BE TRAVELED OR THE LACK OF
 HIGHWAY, ROAD, OR TRANSPORTATION DO  NOT  ALLOW  FOR  COURT  APPEARANCES
 WITHIN  FORTY-EIGHT HOURS (EXCLUDING SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND LEGAL HOLI-
 DAYS) SO THAT A DELAY, NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, IS
 EXCUSABLE, OR CONDITIONS OF SAFETY EXIST (SUCH AS SEVERE, ADVERSE, LIFE-
 THREATENING WEATHER) THAT DO NOT ALLOW FOR REASONABLY  SAFE  TRAVEL,  IN
 WHICH  CASE  THE TIME FOR AN APPEARANCE MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL TWENTY-FOUR
 HOURS AFTER THE TIME THAT SUCH  CONDITIONS  ALLOW  FOR  REASONABLY  SAFE
 TRAVEL.
   §  2.  Subdivisions  3,  4  and 5 of section 508 of the executive law,
 subdivision 3 as amended by section 82 of part WWW of chapter 59 of  the
 laws  of  2017  and  subdivisions  4  and  5 as amended by section 97 of
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 subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  The office of children and family services shall report in writing
 to the sentencing court and district attorney, not less than once  every
 six  months during the period of confinement, on the status, adjustment,
 programs and progress of the offender.
   [The office of children and family services may transfer  an  offender
 not less than eighteen years of age to the department of corrections and
 community supervision if the commissioner of the office certifies to the
 commissioner  of  corrections and community supervision that there is no
 substantial likelihood that the youth will  benefit  from  the  programs
 offered by office facilities.]
   4.  The  office  of  children  and  family  services  may apply to the
 sentencing court for permission  to  transfer  a  youth  not  less  than
 [sixteen  nor  more  than]  eighteen  years  of age to the department of
 corrections and community supervision. Such application  shall  be  made
 upon  notice  to  the  youth, who shall be entitled to be heard upon the
 application and to be represented by counsel. [The court shall grant the
 application if it is satisfied that there is no  substantial  likelihood
 that  the  youth  will  benefit  from the programs offered by the office
 facilities.]
   5. [The office of children and family services may transfer an  offen-
 der  not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-one years of age to the
 department of corrections and community supervision if the  commissioner
 of the office certifies to the commissioner of corrections and community
 supervision  that there is no substantial likelihood that the youth will
 benefit from the  programs  offered  by  office  facilities.]  (A)  UPON
 RECEIVING  AN  APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION,
 THE COURT SHALL HOLD A HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WOULD BE  IN  THE
 INTEREST  OF  JUSTICE  FOR THE YOUTH TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF
 THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
   (B) IF THE COURT FINDS THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR
 THE YOUTH TO  BE  TRANSFERRED  TO  THE  CUSTODY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, THE COURT SHALL ISSUE A WRITTEN
 ORDER SO STATING AND TRANSFERRING THE YOUTH.
   § 3. Section 210.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE,  OR  SIX
 OF  THIS SECTION, WHEN A POLICE OFFICER TAKES INTO CUSTODY PURSUANT TO A
 WARRANT ISSUED BY THE SUPERIOR COURT A DEFENDANT ALLEGED TO BE  A  JUVE-
 NILE OFFENDER OR ADOLESCENT OFFENDER UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE, OR ANY
 OTHER  DEFENDANT  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN, IF A COURT IN WHICH THE
 WARRANT IS RETURNABLE IS NOT  AVAILABLE,  THE  EXECUTING  OR  DELEGATING
 OFFICER SHALL NOT BRING THE DEFENDANT TO THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
 OF  THE  COUNTY  IN  WHICH SUCH COURT SITS AND SHALL BRING THE DEFENDANT
 BEFORE THE ACCESSIBLE MAGISTRATE, IF ANY, DESIGNATED  BY  THE  APPELLATE
 DIVISION  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT  IN THE APPLICABLE DEPARTMENT. IF SUCH
 ACCESSIBLE MAGISTRATE IS NOT AVAILABLE, THE OFFICER SHALL  TAKE  TO  AND
 LODGE  THE  DEFENDANT IN A PLACE CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES AS A SECURE OR SPECIALIZED SECURE DETENTION FACILITY.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 510.15 of the criminal procedure law, as
 amended by chapter 813 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new  subdi-
 vision 3 is added to read as follows:
   1.  When  a  principal who is under the age of sixteen is committed to
 the custody of the sheriff the court must direct that the  principal  be
 taken  to  and lodged in a place certified by the office of children and
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 family services as a juvenile detention facility for  the  reception  of
 children.   When a principal who (a) commencing October first, two thou-
 sand eighteen, is sixteen years of age; or (b) commencing October first,
 two  thousand nineteen, is sixteen or seventeen years of age, is commit-
 ted to the custody of the sheriff, the court must direct that the  prin-
 cipal be taken to and lodged in a place certified by the office of chil-
 dren  and  family  services  in conjunction with the state commission of
 correction as a specialized secure juvenile detention facility for older
 youth.  Where such a direction is made the  sheriff  shall  deliver  the
 principal  in accordance therewith and such person shall although lodged
 and cared for in a juvenile detention facility continue to be deemed  to
 be in the custody of the sheriff. No principal [under the age specified]
 to  whom  the  provisions of this section may apply shall be detained in
 any prison, jail, lockup, or other place used for adults convicted of  a
 crime  or under arrest and charged with the commission of a crime [with-
 out the approval of the office of children  and  family  services  which
 shall  consult  with  the  commission  of correction if the principal is
 sixteen years of age or older in the case  of  each  principal  and  the
 statement  of  its  reasons  therefor] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION; nor shall a principal under the age specified who
 is charged solely with a violation as defined in  subdivision  three  of
 section  10.00  of  the  penal law be subject to detention.  The sheriff
 shall not be liable for any acts done to or by such principal  resulting
 from  negligence  in  the detention of and care for such principal, when
 the principal is not in the actual custody of the sheriff.
   3. (A) WHEN A PRINCIPAL SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER CHARGED  WITH  A
 CLASS  A FELONY, A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE, OR A FELONY INVOLVING THE USE
 OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHO IS COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE  SHER-
 IFF  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  IS  UNABLE TO BE LODGED IN A DETENTION
 FACILITY BECAUSE (1) THE PRINCIPAL  HAS  COMMITTED  VIOLENT  ACTS  WHILE
 LODGED IN A DETENTION FACILITY THAT MAKE CONTINUED LODGING IN THE FACIL-
 ITY A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE PRINCIPAL OR OTHERS OR TO THE SECURITY
 OF THE FACILITY, OR (2) A LACK OF AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE DETENTION BED
 CAPACITY,  THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  SHERIFF  OR DETENTION ADMINISTERING
 AGENCY MAY PETITION THE COURT FOR  APPROVAL  TO  TEMPORARILY  LODGE  THE
 PRINCIPAL  IN  A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS
 SET FORTH IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED-P OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   (I) IF THE BASIS FOR THE REQUEST IS THAT THE YOUTH  COMMITTED  VIOLENT
 ACTS  WHILE  LODGED  IN  A  DETENTION FACILITY THAT MAKE THEIR CONTINUED
 LODGING IN A DETENTION FACILITY AN IMMINENT THREAT TO  OTHERS,  OR  THAT
 THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE DETENTION BEDS STATEWIDE, SUCH AN APPLICATION MAY
 BE  MADE  BY  ORDER  TO SHOW CAUSE AND THE COURT SHALL CONDUCT A HEARING
 IMMEDIATELY, SUBJECT TO CONTINUANCE WHERE NECESSARY, PRIOR TO ISSUING  A
 SECURING ORDER.
   (II)  IN ALL OTHER INSTANCES, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF A TRANSFER OF A
 YOUTH TO A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY  MUST  BE  MADE  IN  WRITING  AND
 SERVED  AT  LEAST  EIGHT  DAYS  BEFORE  THE  TIME AT WHICH THE MOTION IS
 NOTICED TO BE HEARD. IF THE MOTION IS BASED UPON THE EXISTENCE OR OCCUR-
 RENCE OF FACTS, THE MOTION PAPERS MUST CONTAIN SWORN ALLEGATIONS  THERE-
 OF.  SUCH  SWORN ALLEGATIONS MAY BE BASED UPON PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE
 AFFIANT OR UPON INFORMATION AND BELIEF,  PROVIDED  THAT  IN  THE  LATTER
 EVENT  THE  AFFIANT  MUST  STATE THE SOURCES OF SUCH INFORMATION AND THE
 GROUNDS OF SUCH  BELIEF.  THE  PEOPLE  MAY  FURTHER  SUBMIT  DOCUMENTARY
 EVIDENCE  SUPPORTING OR TENDING TO SUPPORT THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE MOVING
 PAPERS. AT LEAST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TIME THE MOTION IS  NOTICED  TO  BE
 HEARD,  THE YOUTH MAY FILE WITH THE COURT, AND IN SUCH CASE MUST SERVE A
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 COPY THEREOF UPON THE PEOPLE, AN ANSWERING AFFIDAVIT DENYING  OR  ADMIT-
 TING ANY OR ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE MOVING PAPERS, AND MAY FURTHER
 SUBMIT  DOCUMENTARY  EVIDENCE REFUTING OR TENDING TO REFUTE SUCH ALLEGA-
 TIONS.
   (III)  THE  PARTIES  SHALL  HAVE  THE  RIGHT TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, CALL
 WITNESSES, AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE HEARING TO COMPLETE  PRESENTATION
 OF EVIDENCE.
   (IV) THE YOUTH HAS A RIGHT TO BE PRESENT IN PERSON AT SUCH HEARING.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAKE
 AVAILABLE, UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS IT  MAY  DEEM  APPROPRIATE,
 ANY  PART  OF  A SECURE FACILITY OPERATED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE CARE AND
 MAINTENANCE OF A PRINCIPAL DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 UPON REQUEST BY THE SHERIFF OR DETENTION ADMINISTERING AGENCY.
   (C) THE COURT SHALL HOLD A HEARING AT WHICH IT DETERMINES  WHETHER  IT
 WOULD  BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR THE PRINCIPAL TO BE HELD IN THE
 LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, CONSIDERING (I) THE AGE OF  THE  PRINCIPAL,
 (II)  THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MATURITY OF THE PRINCIPAL, (III) THE PRES-
 ENT MENTAL STATE OF  THE  PRINCIPAL,  INCLUDING  WHETHER  THE  PRINCIPAL
 PRESENTS AN IMMINENT RISK OF HARM TO SELF OR OTHERS, (IV) THE NATURE AND
 CIRCUMSTANCES  OF  THE  ALLEGED  OFFENSE, (V) THE PRINCIPAL'S HISTORY OF
 PRIOR DELINQUENT OR CRIMINAL ACTS, (VI)  THE  RELATIVE  ABILITY  OF  THE
 AVAILABLE  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES TO NOT
 ONLY MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE PRINCIPAL BUT ALSO  TO  PROTECT  THE
 SAFETY  OF  THE  PUBLIC  AS  WELL AS OTHER DETAINED YOUTH, AND (VII) ANY
 OTHER RELEVANT FACTOR. THE PEOPLE SHALL HAVE THE BURDEN OF  ESTABLISHING
 THAT  SUCH  TRANSFER IS IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE BY A PREPONDERANCE OF
 THE EVIDENCE.
   (D) IF THE COURT FINDS THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR
 THE PRINCIPAL TO BE LODGED IN THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COURT MUST ISSUE A WRITTEN
 ORDER TO THAT EFFECT, AND SHALL DIRECT THE SHERIFF TO DELIVER THE  PRIN-
 CIPAL TO SUCH LOCATION.
   (E)  THE COURT SHALL HOLD A HEARING AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THIRTY DAYS TO
 DETERMINE IF THE PRINCIPAL'S LODGING IN THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY
 CONTINUES  TO  BE  IN  THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. NO PRINCIPAL TO WHOM THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLY SHALL BE DETAINED IN  A  LOCAL  CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITY FOR LONGER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS UNLESS THE PRIN-
 CIPAL  WAIVES  SUCH  LIMITATION  OR  THE COURT FINDS GOOD CAUSE FOR SUCH
 CONTINUED DETENTION. NO PRINCIPAL UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN TO WHOM  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION APPLY SHALL HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND CONTACT WITH
 ADULTS INCARCERATED IN THE LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY.  NO  PRINCIPAL
 OVER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  SHALL  BE PERMITTED TO HAVE SIGHT OR SOUND
 CONTACT WITH AN INCARCERATED ADULT WITHOUT A HEARING  AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT
 THE  SOLITARY  CONFINEMENT,  DISCIPLINARY  ISOLATION, OR PUNITIVE SEGRE-
 GATION OF SUCH PRINCIPAL. DURING ANY PERIOD IN WHICH A PRINCIPAL TO WHOM
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLIES IS LODGED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY, THE DETENTION ADMINISTERING AGENCY  SHALL  REMAIN  RESPONSIBLE
 FOR ASSESSING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE PRINCIPAL, CONSISTENT WITH
 REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (F)  FOR  ANY  PRINCIPAL  FOR WHOM A TEMPORARY JAIL PLACEMENT HAS BEEN
 APPROVED UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  DETENTION-ADMINISTERING  AGENCY
 SHALL  ACTIVELY SEEK APPROPRIATE AND AVAILABLE DETENTION OPTIONS. IF THE
 REQUEST WAS BASED ON A LACK OF DETENTION  BED  CAPACITY,  THE  DETENTION
 ADMINISTERING AGENCY OR THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL
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 INFORM THE COURT UPON BED CAPACITY BECOMING AVAILABLE. UPON SUCH NOTICE,
 THE COURT SHALL RESCIND THE ORDER APPROVING TRANSFER OF THE PRINCIPAL TO
 THE JAIL AND ISSUE AN ORDER DIRECTING THE SHERIFF TO TRANSPORT THE PRIN-
 CIPAL TO A JUVENILE FACILITY FORTHWITH.
   (G)  THE  HEARING PROVIDED FOR BY THIS SUBDIVISION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR
 YOUTH TO BE DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP, WITH  SIGHT  AND  SOUND
 SEPARATION FROM INCARCERATED ADULTS, WHEN:
   (I)  THE YOUTH IS DETAINED IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP FOR A PERIOD NOT
 TO EXCEED SIX HOURS FOR: PROCESSING OR RELEASE, WHILE AWAITING  TRANSFER
 TO A JUVENILE FACILITY, OR WHILE AWAITING A COURT APPEARANCE; OR
   (II) THE YOUTH IS AWAITING AN INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE THAT WILL OCCUR
 WITHIN  FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS  AFTER  BEING  TAKEN  INTO CUSTODY (EXCLUDING
 SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS,  AND  LEGAL  HOLIDAYS)  AND  EITHER:  CONDITIONS  OF
 DISTANCE  TO BE TRAVELED OR THE LACK OF HIGHWAY, ROAD, OR TRANSPORTATION
 DO NOT ALLOW FOR COURT APPEARANCES WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS  (EXCLUDING
 SATURDAYS,  SUNDAYS,  AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS) SO THAT A BRIEF (NOT TO EXCEED
 AN ADDITIONAL FORTY-EIGHT HOURS) DELAY IS EXCUSABLE;  OR  CONDITIONS  OF
 SAFETY  EXIST  (SUCH AS SEVERE, ADVERSE, LIFE THREATENING WEATHER CONDI-
 TIONS) THAT DO NOT ALLOW FOR REASONABLY SAFE TRAVEL, IN WHICH  CASE  THE
 TIME  FOR AN APPEARANCE MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE
 TIME THAT SUCH CONDITIONS ALLOW FOR REASONABLY SAFE TRAVEL.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  359  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  section 42 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A local director shall designate the  location  of  the  local  and
 branch  offices  of the local veterans' service agency within his or her
 jurisdiction, which offices shall be open during convenient  hours.  The
 cost  of  maintenance and operation of a county veterans' service agency
 shall be a county charge and the cost of maintenance and operation of  a
 city veterans' service agency shall be a city charge, excepting that the
 state  director  with  the approval of the veterans' services commission
 shall allot and pay, from state moneys made available to him or her  for
 such  purposes,  to  each  county veterans' service agency and each city
 veterans' service agency, an amount equal to fifty  per  centum  of  its
 expenditures  for maintenance and operation approved by the state direc-
 tor, provided that in no event shall the amount allotted  and  paid  for
 such  approved expenditures incurred in any given year exceed (1) in the
 case of any county veterans' service agency in a county having  a  popu-
 lation  of not more than one hundred thousand or in the case of any city
 veterans' service agency in a city having a population of not more  than
 one hundred thousand, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars, nor
 (2)  in  the  case  of  any  county veterans' service agency in a county
 having a population in excess of  one  hundred  thousand  excluding  the
 population  of any city therein which has a city veterans' service agen-
 cy, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE  thousand  dollars,  and,  in  addition
 thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred thousand,
 or  major  portion thereof, of the population of the county in excess of
 one hundred thousand excluding the population of any city therein  which
 has  a  city  veterans'  service agency, nor (3) in the case of any city
 veterans' service agency in a city having a population in excess of  one
 hundred thousand, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars, and, in
 addition  thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred
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 thousand, or major portion thereof, of the population  of  the  city  in
 excess  of  one  hundred thousand. Such population shall be certified in
 the same manner as provided by section fifty-four of the  state  finance
 law.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 expenditures made on and after April 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b),  (c)  and  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  131-o  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 1 of
 part P of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2021,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  in  the  case of each individual receiving family care, an amount
 equal to at least [$152.00] $161.00 for each month beginning on or after
 January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO.
   (b) in the case of each  individual  receiving  residential  care,  an
 amount  equal  to at least [$176.00] $186.00 for each month beginning on
 or after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO.
   (c) in the case of  each  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential
 care,  an  amount  equal  to  at  least [$210.00] $222.00 for each month
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand  [twenty-one]  TWENTY-
 TWO.
   (d) for the period commencing January first, two thousand [twenty-two]
 TWENTY-THREE,  the  monthly  personal needs allowance shall be an amount
 equal to the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one  and  two
 of this paragraph:
   (1)  the  amounts  specified  in  paragraphs  (a), (b) and (c) of this
 subdivision; and
   (2) the amount in subparagraph one of this  paragraph,  multiplied  by
 the  percentage  of  any  federal  supplemental  security income cost of
 living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
 thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE, but prior  to  June  thirtieth,  two
 thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of
 section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of  part
 P of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 for an eligible individual living alone, [$881.00] $928.00; and  for  an
 eligible couple living alone, [$1,295.00] $1,365.00.
   (b)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 for an eligible individual living with others with  or  without  in-kind
 income, [$817.00] $864.00; and for an eligible couple living with others
 with or without in-kind income, [$1,237.00] $1,307.00.
   (c)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 (i) for  an  eligible  individual  receiving  family  care,  [$1,060.48]
 $1,107.48 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the  county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
 eligible couple receiving family care in the city of  New  York  or  the
 county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount
 set  forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligi-
 ble individual receiving such care in any other  county  in  the  state,
 [$1,022.48]  $1,069.48;  and  (iv) for an eligible couple receiving such
 care in any other county in the state, two times the amount set forth in
 subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
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   (d) On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one]  TWENTY-TWO,
 (i)  for  an eligible individual receiving residential care, [$1,229.00]
 $1,276.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for  an
 eligible  couple  receiving  residential care in the city of New York or
 the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland,  two  times  the
 amount  set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an
 eligible individual receiving such care  in  any  other  county  in  the
 state,  [$1,199.00] $1,246.00; and (iv) for an eligible couple receiving
 such care in any other county in the state, two  times  the  amount  set
 forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (e)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 (i) for an eligible  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,
 [$1,488.00]  $1,535.00;  and  (ii)  for  an  eligible  couple  receiving
 enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in  subpara-
 graph (i) of this paragraph.
   (f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
 vision  shall  be  increased to reflect any increases in federal supple-
 mental security income benefits for individuals or couples which  become
 effective  on  or after January first, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-
 THREE but prior to June thirtieth,  two  thousand  [twenty-two]  TWENTY-
 THREE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2022.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section  1.  Section 4 of part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, as
 amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, amend-
 ing the social services law relating to the powers and duties    of  the
 commissioner  of social services relating to the appointment of a tempo-
 rary operator, is amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have  been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016, provided
 further that this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  March  31,
 [2022] 2025.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 158 of the social services law, as
 amended  by  section 44 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. Social services officials shall determine  eligibility  for  safety
 net  assistance within [forty-five] THIRTY days of receiving an applica-
 tion for safety net assistance. Such officials shall  notify  applicants
 of  safety  net  assistance about the availability of assistance to meet
 emergency circumstances or to prevent eviction.
   § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 153  of  the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  41  of  the  laws  of  1992, is amended to read as
 follows:
   8. Any inconsistent provision of the law or regulation of the  depart-
 ment  notwithstanding,  state  reimbursement  shall  not be made for any
 expenditure made for the duplication of any grant and allowance for  any
 period,  except  as  authorized  by  subdivision  eleven  of section one
 hundred thirty-one of this chapter[, or for any home relief payment made
 for periods prior to forty-five days after the filing of an  application
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 unless  the  district determines pursuant to department regulations that
 such assistance is required to meet emergency circumstances  or  prevent
 eviction].  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, social services
 districts  are  not required to provide [home relief] SAFETY NET ASSIST-
 ANCE to any person, otherwise eligible, if state  reimbursement  is  not
 available in accordance with this subdivision.
   § 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
 section  131-a  of the social services law, subparagraph (ii) as amended
 by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 and  subpara-
 graph  (iii)  as amended by chapter 246 of the laws of 2002, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (ii) FIFTY PERCENT OF THE EARNED INCOME FOR SUCH MONTH OF ANY  RECIPI-
 ENT;
   (III) from the earned income of any [child or relative applying for or
 receiving  aid  pursuant  to  such  program,  or of any other individual
 living in the same household as such relative and child whose needs  are
 taken  into  account  in  making  such  determination, the first ninety]
 APPLICANT OR RECIPIENT, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars of the [total of such]
 earned income for such month THAT REMAINS AFTER APPLICATION OF  SUBPARA-
 GRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH;
   [(iii)  forty-two  percent  of the earned income for such month of any
 recipient in a household containing  a  dependent  child  which  remains
 after   application  of  all  other  subparagraphs  of  this  paragraph;
 provided, however, that such percentage amount shall be adjusted in June
 of each year, commencing in nineteen hundred  ninety-eight,  to  reflect
 changes  in  the  most  recently issued poverty guidelines of the United
 States Bureau of the Census, such that  a  household  of  three  without
 special needs, living in a heated apartment in New York city and without
 unearned  income would become ineligible for assistance with gross earn-
 ings equal to the poverty level in such guidelines;  provided,  however,
 that no assistance shall be given to any household with gross earned and
 unearned  income, exclusive of income described in subparagraphs (i) and
 (vi) of this paragraph, in excess of such poverty level;]
   § 4. Subdivision 10 of section 131-a of the  social  services  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  5.  Subdivision  1  of section 131-n of the social services law, as
 separately amended by chapters   323 and 329 of the  laws  of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  following resources shall be exempt and disregarded in calcu-
 lating the amount of benefits of any household under any public  assist-
 ance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thou-
 sand  FIVE  HUNDRED  dollars  for  applicants, [or] three thousand SEVEN
 HUNDRED FIFTY dollars FOR APPLICANTS in  [the  case  of]  households  in
 which  any  member  is sixty years of age or older OR IS DISABLED OR TEN
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR RECIPIENTS, (b) an amount up to four  thousand  six
 hundred fifty dollars in a separate bank account established by an indi-
 vidual  while currently in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose of
 enabling the individual to purchase a first or replacement  vehicle  for
 the  recipient  to  seek,  obtain or maintain employment, so long as the
 funds are not used for any other purpose, (c) an amount up to one  thou-
 sand  four  hundred dollars in a separate bank account established by an
 individual while currently in receipt of assistance for the  purpose  of
 paying  tuition  at  a  two-year  or four-year accredited post-secondary
 educational institution, so long as the funds are not used for any other
 purpose, (d) the home which is the usual residence of the household, (e)
 one automobile, up to ten thousand dollars fair  market  value,  through
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 March thirty-first, two thousand seventeen; one automobile, up to eleven
 thousand  dollars  fair  market  value,  from  April first, two thousand
 seventeen through March thirty-first, two  thousand  eighteen;  and  one
 automobile,  up  to twelve thousand dollars fair market value, beginning
 April first, two thousand eighteen and thereafter, or such other  higher
 dollar  value  as the local social services district may elect to adopt,
 (f) one burial plot per household member as defined in department  regu-
 lations,  (g) bona fide funeral agreements up to a total of one thousand
 five hundred dollars in equity value per household member, (h) funds  in
 an  individual development account established in accordance with subdi-
 vision five of section three hundred fifty-eight  of  this  chapter  and
 section  four hundred three of the social security act, (i) for a period
 of six months, real property which the household is making a good  faith
 effort  to  sell, in accordance with department regulations and tangible
 personal property necessary for business or for employment  purposes  in
 accordance  with  department  regulations,  and (j) funds in a qualified
 tuition program that satisfies the requirement of  section  529  of  the
 Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and [(j)] (K) funds in a New
 York achieving a better life experience savings account  established  in
 accordance with article eighty-four of the mental hygiene law.
   If  federal  law  or regulations require the exemption or disregard of
 additional income and resources in determining need for  family  assist-
 ance,  or medical assistance not exempted or disregarded pursuant to any
 other provision of this chapter,  the  department  may,  by  regulations
 subject  to  the  approval of the director of the budget, require social
 services officials to exempt or disregard  such  income  and  resources.
 Refunds resulting from earned income tax credits shall be disregarded in
 public assistance programs.
   §  6.  This  act shall take effect October 1, 2022; provided, however,
 that effective immediately, any percentage adjustments reflecting chang-
 es in the poverty guidelines of the United States Bureau of  the  Census
 required  in  subparagraph  (iii)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
 section 131-a of the social  services  law  shall  cease;  and  provided
 further  that  the  amendments  to subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the
 social services law made by section five of this act  shall  not  affect
 the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
 
                                  PART V
 
   Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-m to
 read as follows:
   § 202-M. RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "COVERED  EMPLOYEE"  SHALL MEAN AN EMPLOYEE EARNING LESS THAN THE
 MEDIAN WAGE IN NEW YORK STATE AS DETERMINED AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBSITE BY THE COMMISSIONER ON OR BEFORE THE  FIRST  OF  JUNE  OF
 EACH YEAR.
   (B)  "PROSPECTIVE  COVERED  EMPLOYEE"  SHALL  MEAN AN APPLICANT OR JOB
 CANDIDATE FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR A JOB EARNING LESS THAN THE MEDIAN WAGE  IN
 NEW YORK STATE AS DETERMINED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (C)  "NON-COMPETE  AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN AN AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT THAT
 PROHIBITS, DISCOURAGES, OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTS AN EMPLOYEE FROM  OBTAIN-
 ING  EMPLOYMENT  IN ANY SPECIFIED GEOGRAPHIC AREA, FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD
 OF TIME, OR WITH ANY PARTICULAR EMPLOYER OR IN ANY PARTICULAR INDUSTRY.
   (D) "EMPLOYEE" MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED FOR HIRE BY  AN  EMPLOYER  IN
 ANY EMPLOYMENT.
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   (E)  "EMPLOYER"  INCLUDES  ANY  PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, OR ASSOCIATION EMPLOYING  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY  OCCUPATION,
 INDUSTRY,  TRADE,  BUSINESS  OR  SERVICE.  THE TERM "EMPLOYER" SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
   2.  PROHIBITED NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS. NO EMPLOYER SHALL SEEK, DEMAND,
 REQUIRE, OR ACCEPT A NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT WITH A COVERED EMPLOYEE OR  A
 PROSPECTIVE COVERED EMPLOYEE.
   3.  LIMITATIONS ON PERMISSIBLE NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS. FOR ALL EMPLOY-
 EES OTHER THAN COVERED  EMPLOYEES,  NO  EMPLOYER  SHALL  SEEK,  REQUIRE,
 DEMAND  OR  ACCEPT  A NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT FROM ANY EMPLOYEE UNLESS THE
 NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT MEETS THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (A) BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO BE NO MORE EXPANSIVE THAN AS  REQUIRED  FOR
 THE PROTECTION OF THE LEGITIMATE INTEREST OF THE EMPLOYER;
   (B) NOT IMPOSE UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE EMPLOYEE;
   (C) NOT BE INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC;
   (D)  BE  DISCLOSED  IN  A  WRITTEN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT OR IN A WRITTEN
 OFFER OF A PROMOTION AT LEAST TEN DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH
 EMPLOYMENT OR PROMOTION;
   (E) BE WRITTEN IN THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IDENTIFIED BY THE EMPLOYEE;
   (F) BE WRITTEN AT A READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL NOT EXCEEDING THAT  OF
 THE EMPLOYEE;
   (G)  NOT CONTAIN A TERM OF MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EMPLOYMENT HAS
 ENDED;
   (H) NOT REQUIRE THAT AN EMPLOYEE ADJUDICATE, INCLUDING  LITIGATION  OR
 ARBITRATION,  OUTSIDE  OF  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK A CLAIM ARISING IN THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK;
   (I) BE MAINTAINED BY THE EMPLOYER FOR A PERIOD OF NOT  LESS  THAN  SIX
 YEARS FROM THE END OF THE AGREEMENT;
   (J) BE VOIDABLE, AT THE OPTION OF THE EMPLOYEE, IF THE EMPLOYER CANNOT
 DEMONSTRATE A CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO EMPLOY THE EMPLOYEE; AND
   (K)  NOT DEPRIVE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SUBSTANTIVE PROTECTION OF NEW YORK
 LAW WITH RESPECT TO A CONTROVERSY ARISING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   4. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
   (A) THE ENFORCEMENT OF COVENANTS NOT TO DISCLOSE TRADE SECRETS;
   (B) EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO-K OF THIS ARTICLE;
 AND
   (C) AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BONA FIDE OWNERS OR PARTNERS OF A BUSINESS.
   5. UPON THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR  HER  DESIGNEE,  ANY
 CONTRACT  OR  AGREEMENT  DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE OPEN FOR
 INSPECTION AND COPIES OF WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER TO  THE
 COMMISSIONER PROMPTLY UPON SUCH REQUEST.
   6.  ANY  PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION SHALL BE CIVILLY LIABLE TO A
 COVERED EMPLOYEE FOR DAMAGES, ATTORNEY'S FEES, AND COSTS. ANY  PROVISION
 OF  A  CONTRACT  THAT  VIOLATES  SUBDIVISION  ONE, TWO, OR THREE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE VOIDABLE  BY  THE  EMPLOYEE,  AND  IF  A  PROVISION  IS
 RENDERED VOID AT THE REQUEST OF THE EMPLOYEE, ANY MATTERS ARISING THERE-
 FROM  SHALL  BE  ADJUDICATED  IN  THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND NEW YORK LAW
 SHALL GOVERN THE DISPUTE.
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1  of  section  218  of  the
 labor  law,  as  amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   If the  commissioner  determines  that  an  employer  has  violated  a
 provision  of  article six (payment of wages), article nineteen (minimum
 wage act), article nineteen-A (minimum  wage  standards  and  protective
 labor   practices   for   farm   workers),  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TWO-M
 (RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT), section two hundred twelve-a, section  two
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 hundred twelve-b, section one hundred sixty-one (day of rest) or section
 one hundred sixty-two (meal periods) of this chapter, or a rule or regu-
 lation  promulgated  thereunder,  the  commissioner  shall  issue to the
 employer  an  order directing compliance therewith, which shall describe
 particularly the nature of the alleged violation. A copy of  such  order
 shall  be  provided  to  any  employee who has filed a complaint and any
 authorized representative of  him  or  her.  In  addition  to  directing
 payment  of  wages,  benefits  or  wage supplements found to be due, and
 liquidated damages in the amount of one hundred percent of unpaid wages,
 such order, if issued to an employer who previously has  been  found  in
 violation  of  those provisions, rules or regulations, or to an employer
 whose violation is willful or egregious, shall  direct  payment  to  the
 commissioner of an additional sum as a civil penalty in an amount not to
 exceed  double  the total amount of wages, benefits, or wage supplements
 found to be due. In no case shall the order direct payment of an  amount
 less  than  the  total  wages, benefits or wage supplements found by the
 commissioner to be due, plus the liquidated damages in the amount of one
 hundred percent of unpaid wages,  the  appropriate  civil  penalty,  and
 interest  at  the  rate of interest then in effect, as prescribed by the
 superintendent of financial services pursuant to section  fourteen-a  of
 the  banking law per annum from the date of the underpayment to the date
 of the payment. Where the violation is  for  a  reason  other  than  the
 employer's  failure  to pay wages, benefits or wage supplements found to
 be due, the order shall direct payment to the commissioner  of  a  civil
 penalty  in  an  amount  not  to exceed one thousand dollars for a first
 violation, two thousand dollars for a second violation or three thousand
 dollars for a third or subsequent violation. In assessing the amount  of
 the  penalty,  the commissioner shall give due consideration to the size
 of the employer's business, the good faith  basis  of  the  employer  to
 believe  that its conduct was in compliance with the law, the gravity of
 the violation, the history of previous violations and, in  the  case  of
 wages,  benefits  or  supplements violations, the failure to comply with
 recordkeeping or other non-wage requirements.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 219 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter  564  of  the  laws  of  2010,  the opening paragraph as further
 amended by part A of section 104 of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  If  the commissioner determines that an employer has failed to pay
 wages, benefits or wage supplements required  pursuant  to  article  six
 (payment  of  wages), SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO-M (RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOY-
 MENT), article nineteen (minimum wage act) or article nineteen-A  (mini-
 mum  wage  standards and protective labor practices for farm workers) of
 this chapter, or  a  rule  or  regulation  promulgated  thereunder,  the
 commissioner  shall  issue to the employer an order directing compliance
 therewith, which shall describe particularly the nature of  the  alleged
 violation.  A  copy  of such order shall be provided to any employee who
 has filed a complaint and to his or her authorized representative.  Such
 order  shall  direct  payment  of  wages or supplements found to be due,
 liquidated damages in the amount of one hundred percent of unpaid wages,
 and interest at the rate of interest then in effect as prescribed by the
 superintendent of financial services pursuant to section  fourteen-a  of
 the  banking law per annum from the date of the underpayment to the date
 of the payment.
   At the discretion of the commissioner,  the  commissioner  shall  have
 full  authority to provide for inclusion of an automatic fifteen percent
 additional amount of damages to come due and owing  upon  expiration  of
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 ninety  days  from  an  order to comply becoming final. The commissioner
 shall provide written notice to the employer in the order to  comply  of
 this additional damage.
   §  4.  Section  340 of the general business law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. NO EMPLOYER SHALL ENTER INTO  A  RESTRICTIVE  EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT
 THAT  PROHIBITS  OR  RESTRICTS ANY EMPLOYER'S ABILITY TO SOLICIT OR HIRE
 ANOTHER EMPLOYER'S CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR
 ANY ENTITY TO ENTER INTO SUCH A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  OR  TO
 ENFORCE  OR THREATEN TO ENFORCE SUCH A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERMS  "EMPLOYER"  AND  "EMPLOYEE"
 SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANINGS AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO OF THE
 LABOR LAW.
   § 5. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

                                  PART W
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 198-a of the labor law, as amended
 by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every  employer who does not pay the wages of all of his employees
 in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and the officers  and
 agents of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company who
 knowingly  permit  the  corporation,  partnership,  or limited liability
 company to violate this chapter by failing to pay the wages  of  any  of
 its employees in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be guilty
 [of  a  misdemeanor  for  the first offense and upon conviction therefor
 shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty  thousand
 dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, and, in the event that
 any  second or subsequent offense occurs within six years of the date of
 conviction for a prior offense, shall be guilty  of  a  felony  for  the
 second  or  subsequent  offense,  and upon conviction therefor, shall be
 fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty  thousand  dollars
 or  imprisoned  for  not more than one year plus one day, or punished by
 both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense. An indictment of
 a person or corporation  operating  a  steam  surface  railroad  for  an
 offense  specified  in this section may be found and tried in any county
 within the state in  which  such  railroad  ran  at  the  time  of  such
 offense],  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER OR IN THE PENAL
 LAW, OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE  LESS
 THAN  ONE  THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
 MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; OF A CLASS E FELONY FOR FAILURE TO PAY A  SINGLE
 EMPLOYEE  GREATER  THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; OF  A  CLASS  D  FELONY  FOR
 FAILURE  TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR
 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; AND  A  CLASS  C
 FELONY  FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN FIFTY THOUSAND
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 DOLLARS OR GREATER THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE  THAN  ONE
 EMPLOYEE.  FURTHER, A COURT MAY ORDER RESTITUTION OF WAGES IN THE AMOUNT
 OF  THE  UNDERPAYMENT  AND  TOGETHER  WITH  SUCH AMOUNTS PROVIDED FOR BY
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Section  213 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 729 of the
 laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
   § 213. Violations of provisions of labor law; the  rules,  regulations
 or  orders  of  the [industrial] commissioner and the [industrial] board
 [of appeals]. Any person who  violates  or  does  not  comply  with  any
 provision  of the labor law, any rule, regulation or lawful order of the
 [industrial] commissioner or the [industrial] board  [of  appeals],  and
 the  officers  and  agents  of  any corporation who knowingly permit the
 corporation to violate such provisions, are guilty of a CLASS  A  misde-
 meanor and upon conviction shall be punished, [except as in this chapter
 or in the penal law otherwise provided, for a first offense by a fine of
 not  more than one hundred dollars, provided, however, that if the first
 offense is a violation of a rule or provision for the protection of  the
 safety or health of employees or persons lawfully frequenting a place to
 which  this  chapter applies, the punishment shall be a fine of not more
 than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not  more  than  fifteen
 days  or  by  both  such  fine and imprisonment;] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PENAL LAW AND, for a second [offense by a fine  of  not  less  than  one
 hundred  nor  more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not
 more than thirty days or by both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  for  a
 second  offense  by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars, or by
 imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or  by  both  such  fine  and
 imprisonment]  OR  SUBSEQUENT  OFFENSE COMMITTED WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE
 DATE OF CONVICTION OF PRIOR OFFENSE, ARE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY  AND
 UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE PUNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENAL LAW. This
 section  shall not apply to any person covered by section twenty-seven-a
 of this chapter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART X
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  296  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and
 (d)  as  amended  by  chapter  8  of  the laws of 2019, paragraph (h) as
 amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (a) as  separately
 amended  by  chapter  176  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice:
   (a) For an employer or licensing agency, because  of  an  individual's
 age,  race,  creed,  color,  national origin, sexual orientation, gender
 identity or expression, military status, sex,  disability,  predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status, or status as a
 victim of domestic violence, to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to
 discharge  from  employment  such  individual or to discriminate against
 such individual in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of
 employment.
   (b) For an employment agency to discriminate  against  any  individual
 because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, [or] marital status, OR
 STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, in receiving, classifying,
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 disposing or otherwise acting upon applications for its services  or  in
 referring an applicant or applicants to an employer or employers.
   (c)  For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,
 military  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
 familial status, [or] marital status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF  DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE,  of any individual, to exclude or to expel from its membership
 such individual or to discriminate in any way against any of its members
 or against any employer or any individual employed by an employer.
   (d) For any employer or employment agency to  print  or  circulate  or
 cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publi-
 cation,  or to use any form of application for employment or to make any
 inquiry in  connection  with  prospective  employment,  which  expresses
 directly  or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination
 as to age, race, creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, [or] marital status, OR
 STATUS  AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or any intent to make any such
 limitation, specification or discrimination, unless based  upon  a  bona
 fide  occupational  qualification;  provided, however, that neither this
 paragraph nor any provision of  this  chapter  or  other  law  shall  be
 construed  to prohibit the department of civil service or the department
 of personnel of any city containing more than one county from requesting
 information from applicants for civil  service  examinations  concerning
 any  of  the  aforementioned  characteristics,  other than sexual orien-
 tation, for the purpose of conducting studies to  identify  and  resolve
 possible  problems  in  recruitment  and  testing of members of minority
 groups to insure  the  fairest  possible  and  equal  opportunities  for
 employment  in  the  civil  service  for all persons, regardless of age,
 race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender  iden-
 tity  or  expression,  military  status,  sex,  disability, predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital status.
   (e) For any employer,  labor  organization  or  employment  agency  to
 discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because he
 or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article or because
 he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding
 under this article.
   (f) Nothing in this subdivision shall affect any restrictions upon the
 activities  of  persons  licensed  by  the  state  liquor authority with
 respect to persons under twenty-one years of age.
   (g) For an employer to compel an employee who is pregnant  to  take  a
 leave  of  absence,  unless  the employee is prevented by such pregnancy
 from performing the activities involved in the job or  occupation  in  a
 reasonable manner.
   (h)  For  an  employer,  licensing  agency, employment agency or labor
 organization to subject any individual to harassment because of an indi-
 vidual's age, race, creed, color, national origin,  sexual  orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing  genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status, STATUS
 AS A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status], or because  the  indi-
 vidual has opposed any practices forbidden under this article or because
 the  individual  has  filed  a  complaint,  testified or assisted in any
 proceeding under this article, regardless  of  whether  such  harassment
 would  be  considered  severe  or  pervasive  under precedent applied to
 harassment claims. Such harassment is an unlawful  discriminatory  prac-
 tice  when  it  subjects  an individual to inferior terms, conditions or
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 privileges of employment because of the individual's membership  in  one
 or more of these protected categories. The fact that such individual did
 not  make  a  complaint about the harassment to such employer, licensing
 agency,  employment agency or labor organization shall not be determina-
 tive of whether such employer, licensing agency,  employment  agency  or
 labor  organization shall be liable. Nothing in this section shall imply
 that an employee must demonstrate the existence of an individual to whom
 the employee's treatment must be compared. It shall  be  an  affirmative
 defense  to  liability under this subdivision that the harassing conduct
 does not rise above the level of what a reasonable victim  of  discrimi-
 nation  with  the same protected characteristic or characteristics would
 consider petty slights or trivial inconveniences.
   § 2. Subdivision 1-a of section 296 of the executive law,  as  amended
 by  chapter  365  of  the  laws  of 2015, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1-a. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an  employer,
 labor  organization,  employment  agency  or  any joint labor-management
 committee controlling apprentice training programs:
   (a) To select persons for an apprentice  training  program  registered
 with the state of New York on any basis other than their qualifications,
 as determined by objective criteria which permit review;
   (b)  To  deny  to  or withhold from any person because of race, creed,
 color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,   gender   identity   or
 expression, military status, sex, age, disability, familial status, [or]
 marital status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, the right to
 be  admitted  to or participate in a guidance program, an apprenticeship
 training  program,  on-the-job  training  program,  executive   training
 program, or other occupational training or retraining program;
   (c)  To  discriminate against any person in his or her pursuit of such
 programs or to discriminate against such a person in the  terms,  condi-
 tions  or  privileges  of  such  programs because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability, familial status [or], marital
 status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
   (d) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for such programs or to make any inquiry in  connection  with  such
 program  which  expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, spec-
 ification or discrimination as to race, creed, color,  national  origin,
 sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex,
 age,  disability,  familial  status [or], marital status, OR STATUS AS A
 VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,  or any intention to make any such  limita-
 tion, specification or discrimination, unless based on a bona fide occu-
 pational qualification.
   §  3.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
 being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
 employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
 because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,
 gender  identity  or  expression, military status, sex, disability [or],
 marital status, OR STATUS AS A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,  of  any
 person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny to such
 person  any  of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges
 thereof, including the extension of credit, or, directly or  indirectly,
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 to  publish,  circulate,  issue,  display,  post  or mail any written or
 printed communication, notice or advertisement, to the effect  that  any
 of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any such
 place shall be refused, withheld from or denied to any person on account
 of race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender iden-
 tity  or expression, military status, sex, disability or marital status,
 or that the patronage or custom thereat of any person of  or  purporting
 to  be  of  any  particular  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or  expression,  military  status,  sex  or
 marital  status,  or  having a disability is unwelcome, objectionable or
 not acceptable, desired or solicited.
   § 4. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of  section
 296  of  the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part T of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or  with-
 hold  from  any  person  or group of persons such housing accommodations
 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national  origin,  sexual
 orientation,  gender  identity or expression, military status, age, sex,
 marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,  lawful  source
 of  income or familial status of such person or persons, or to represent
 that any housing accommodation or land is not available for  inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b)  To  discriminate  against  any person because of his or her race,
 creed, color, disability, national origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender
 identity  or  expression,  military  status,  age,  sex, marital status,
 STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,  lawful  source  of  income  or
 familial  status in the terms, conditions or privileges of any publicly-
 assisted housing accommodations or in the furnishing  of  facilities  or
 services in connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing  the  race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, membership in the  reserve  armed
 forces  of  the  United States or in the organized militia of the state,
 age, sex, marital status, STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,
 lawful  source  of income or familial status of a person seeking to rent
 or lease any publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however,
 that nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the  reserve
 armed  forces  of  the  United States or in the organized militia of the
 state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
 to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disa-
 bility, marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,  lawful
 source  of  income  or  familial  status, or any intent to make any such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   § 5. Subdivisions 3-b and 4 of section 296 of the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  8 of the laws of 2019, subdivision 4 as separately
 amended by chapter 116 of the laws of  2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3-b.  It  shall  be  an  unlawful discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent  thereof  or
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 any  other  individual, corporation, partnership or organization for the
 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 sent  that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition
 with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, marital
 status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or familial  status  of
 the  owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which the
 real property is located, and to represent, directly or indirectly, that
 this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the block,
 neighborhood or area in which the real property  is  located,  including
 but not limited to the lowering of property values, an increase in crim-
 inal  or anti-social behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools or
 other facilities.
   4. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an  educational
 institution  to  deny  the use of its facilities to any person otherwise
 qualified, or to permit the harassment of any student or  applicant,  by
 reason of his race, color, religion, disability, national origin, sexual
 orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military status, sex, age
 [or], marital status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, except
 that any such institution which establishes or  maintains  a  policy  of
 educating  persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only one
 sex.
   § 6. Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended  by
 chapter  8  of the laws of 2019, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 300
 of the laws of 2021,  subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph (c) as  amended
 by  section  5  and  paragraph  (d) as amended by section 6 of part T of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5. (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the  owner,
 lessee,  sub-lessee,  assignee,  or  managing  agent of, or other person
 having the right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a  housing  accommodation,
 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
 of  the  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender
 identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disability,  marital
 status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income
 or  familial  status of such person or persons, or to represent that any
 housing accommodation or land is not  available  for  inspection,  sale,
 rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status, STATUS AS A
 VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income or familial  status
 in  the  terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of
 any such housing accommodation or in the  furnishing  of  facilities  or
 services in connection therewith.
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful
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 source of income or familial status, or any  intent  to  make  any  such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   (4)  (i) The provisions of subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph
 shall not apply (1) to the rental of a housing accommodation in a build-
 ing which contains housing accommodations for not more than two families
 living independently of each other, if the owner resides in one of  such
 housing  accommodations,  (2)  to  the  restriction of the rental of all
 rooms in a housing accommodation to individuals of the same sex  or  (3)
 to  the  rental  of  a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if such
 rental is by the occupant of the housing accommodation or by  the  owner
 of  the  housing  accommodation  and  the  owner resides in such housing
 accommodation or (4) solely with respect to age and familial  status  to
 the  restriction  of the sale, rental or lease of housing accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any such person, or for housing intended and operated for  occupancy  by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five  years  of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.  3607
 (b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended,  shall
 apply.  However, such rental property shall no longer be exempt from the
 provisions of subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph  if  there  is
 unlawful  discriminatory  conduct pursuant to subparagraph three of this
 paragraph.
   (ii) The provisions of subparagraphs one, two, and three of this para-
 graph shall not apply (1) to the restriction of the rental of all  rooms
 in  a  housing  accommodation to individuals of the same sex, (2) to the
 rental of a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if such rental  is
 by  the  occupant  of  the  housing accommodation or by the owner of the
 housing accommodation and the owner resides  in  such  housing  accommo-
 dation,  or  (3)  solely  with respect to age and familial status to the
 restriction of the sale,  rental  or  lease  of  housing  accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any  such  person, or for housing intended and operated for occupancy by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.    3607
 (b)  (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall
 apply.
   (b) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  the  owner,
 lessee,  sub-lessee,  or  managing  agent of, or other person having the
 right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell, rent or lease,
 land or commercial space:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny  to  or  withhold
 from  any person or group of persons land or commercial space because of
 the race, creed, color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender
 identity  or  expression, military status, sex, age, disability, marital
 status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or familial  status  of
 such  person  or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation
 or land is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease  when  in
 fact it is so available;
   (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status, STATUS AS A
 VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or familial status in the terms, conditions
 or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any such land  or  commer-
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 cial space; or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection
 therewith;
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such land or commercial space
 or to make any record or inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  land  or  commercial space which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital  status,  STATUS  AS  A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or
 familial status; or any intent to make any such  limitation,  specifica-
 tion or discrimination.
   (4)  With  respect  to age and familial status, the provisions of this
 paragraph shall not apply to the restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease  of  land  or  commercial  space exclusively to persons fifty-five
 years of age or older and the spouse of  any  such  person,  or  to  the
 restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or lease of land to be used for the
 construction, or location  of  housing  accommodations  exclusively  for
 persons  sixty-two  years  of age or older, or intended and operated for
 occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age  or  older  per
 unit.  In determining whether housing is intended and operated for occu-
 pancy by persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b)  (2)  (c)
 (42  U.S.C. 3607(b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as
 amended, shall apply.
   (c) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
   (1)  To  refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space to any person or group of persons or  to  refuse  to
 negotiate  for  the sale, rental or lease, of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space to any person or group of  persons  because  of
 the  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, gender
 identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disability,  marital
 status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, lawful source of income
 or  familial  status of such person or persons, or to represent that any
 housing accommodation, land or commercial space  is  not  available  for
 inspection,  sale,  rental  or lease when in fact it is so available, or
 otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land or commer-
 cial space or any facilities  of  any  housing  accommodation,  land  or
 commercial  space  from  any  person  or group of persons because of the
 race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity
 or expression, military status, sex, age,  disability,  marital  status,
 lawful source of income or familial status of such person or persons.
   (2)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for  the  purchase,  rental or lease of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in  connection
 with  the  prospective purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommo-
 dation, land or commercial space which expresses, directly or  indirect-
 ly,  any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, creed,
 color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,   gender   identity   or
 expression,  military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  marital status,
 STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,  lawful  source  of  income  or
 familial  status;  or any intent to make any such limitation, specifica-
 tion or discrimination.
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   (3) With respect to age and familial status, the  provisions  of  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  the restriction of the sale, rental or
 lease of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space exclusively
 to persons fifty-five years of age or older and the spouse of  any  such
 person,  or to the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of any hous-
 ing accommodation or land to be used for the construction or location of
 housing accommodations for persons sixty-two years of age or  older,  or
 intended  and  operated  for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five
 years of age or older  per  unit.  In  determining  whether  housing  is
 intended  and  operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years of age
 or older, Sec. 807 (b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.  3607  (b)  (2)  (c))  of  the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (d)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or expression, military status,  age,  sex,
 disability,  marital  status,  STATUS  AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
 lawful source of income or familial status  of  any  individual  who  is
 otherwise  qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such individual
 from membership, or to  discriminate  against  such  individual  in  the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   (e)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 proprietor or managing agent of, or other person  having  the  right  to
 provide care and services in, a private proprietary nursing home, conva-
 lescent  home,  or home for adults, or an intermediate care facility, as
 defined  in  section  two  of  the  social  services   law,   heretofore
 constructed,  or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof, to
 refuse to provide services and care in such  home  or  facility  to  any
 individual  or  to  discriminate  against  any  individual in the terms,
 conditions, and privileges of such services and care solely because such
 individual is a blind person. For purposes of this paragraph,  a  "blind
 person" shall mean a person who is registered as a blind person with the
 commission  for the visually handicapped and who meets the definition of
 a "blind person" pursuant to  section  three  of  chapter  four  hundred
 fifteen  of  the  laws  of nineteen hundred thirteen entitled "An act to
 establish a state commission for improving the condition of the blind of
 the state of New York, and making an appropriation therefor".
   (f) The provisions of this subdivision, as they relate to  age,  shall
 not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years.
   (g)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person
 offering or providing housing accommodations, land or  commercial  space
 as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subdivision to make
 or  cause  to  be  made any written or oral inquiry or record concerning
 membership of any person in the state organized militia in  relation  to
 the  purchase,  rental  or lease of such housing accommodation, land, or
 commercial space, provided, however, that nothing  in  this  subdivision
 shall  prohibit a member of the state organized militia from voluntarily
 disclosing such membership.
   § 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 296  of  the  executive
 law,  as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  fire
 department or fire company therein, through any member or members there-
 of, officers, board of fire commissioners or other body or office having
 power  of appointment of volunteer firefighters, directly or indirectly,
 by ritualistic practice, constitutional or by-law prescription, by tacit
 agreement among its members, or otherwise, to  deny  to  any  individual
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 membership  in any volunteer fire department or fire company therein, or
 to expel or discriminate against any volunteer member of a fire  depart-
 ment  or  fire  company  therein,  because  of  the  race, creed, color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity or expression,
 military status, sex, marital status, STATUS AS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, or familial status, of such individual.
   § 8. Subdivision 13 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   13. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice (i) for any person
 to  boycott  or  blacklist,  or  to refuse to buy from, sell to or trade
 with, or otherwise discriminate against any person, because of the race,
 creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or
 expression,  military  status,  sex,  STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM  OF DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, disability, or familial status, or of such person, or of  such
 person's partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers, managers,
 superintendents,  agents,  employees,  business associates, suppliers or
 customers, or (ii) for any person wilfully to do any act or refrain from
 doing any act which enables any such person to take  such  action.  This
 subdivision shall not apply to:
   (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes; or
   (b) Boycotts to protest unlawful discriminatory practices.
   § 9. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 296-a of the executive law, as
 amended  by  chapter  8  of  the  laws  of  2019, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or
 any officer, agent or employee thereof:
   a. In the  case  of  applications  for  credit  with  respect  to  the
 purchase,  acquisition,  construction, rehabilitation, repair or mainte-
 nance of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space to discrim-
 inate against any such applicant because  of  the  race,  creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity or expression,
 military status, age, sex, marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF  DOMES-
 TIC VIOLENCE, disability, or familial status of such applicant or appli-
 cants  or any member, stockholder, director, officer or employee of such
 applicant or applicants, or of the prospective occupants or  tenants  of
 such  housing  accommodation, land or commercial space, in the granting,
 withholding, extending or renewing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms
 or conditions of, any such credit;
   b. To discriminate in the granting, withholding, extending  or  renew-
 ing,  or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any form of
 credit, on the basis of race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual
 orientation,  gender  identity or expression, military status, age, sex,
 marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, disability,  or
 familial status;
   c. To use any form of application for credit or use or make any record
 or  inquiry  which  expresses,  directly  or indirectly, any limitation,
 specification, or discrimination as  to  race,  creed,  color,  national
 origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, age, sex,  marital  status,  STATUS  AS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, disability, or familial status;
   d.  To make any inquiry of an applicant concerning his or her capacity
 to reproduce, or his or her use or advocacy of any form of birth control
 or family planning;
   e. To refuse to consider  sources  of  an  applicant's  income  or  to
 subject  an  applicant's  income  to  discounting,  in whole or in part,
 because of an applicant's race, creed, color,  national  origin,  sexual
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 orientation,  gender  identity or expression, military status, age, sex,
 marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,  childbearing
 potential, disability, or familial status;
   f.  To  discriminate  against  a  married  person  because such person
 neither uses nor is known by the surname of his or her spouse.
   This paragraph shall not apply to any situation where  the  use  of  a
 surname would constitute or result in a criminal act.
   2. Without limiting the generality of subdivision one of this section,
 it  shall  be considered discriminatory if, because of an applicant's or
 class of applicants' race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  gender identity or expression, military status, age, sex, mari-
 tal status [or] , STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,  disability,
 or  familial  status,  (i) an applicant or class of applicants is denied
 credit in circumstances where other applicants of  like  overall  credit
 worthiness  are  granted  credit, or (ii) special requirements or condi-
 tions, such as requiring co-obligors or reapplication upon marriage, are
 imposed upon an applicant or class of applicants in circumstances  where
 similar requirements or conditions are not imposed upon other applicants
 of like overall credit worthiness.
   3.  It  shall  not  be  considered  discriminatory if credit differen-
 tiations or decisions are based upon  factually  supportable,  objective
 differences  in applicants' overall credit worthiness, which may include
 reference to such factors as current income,  assets  and  prior  credit
 history  of  such applicants, as well as reference to any other relevant
 factually supportable data; provided, however, that  no  creditor  shall
 consider, in evaluating the credit worthiness of an applicant, aggregate
 statistics  or  assumptions  relating  to  race,  creed, color, national
 origin, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status,  sex, marital status, STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE or
 disability, or to the likelihood of any  group  of  persons  bearing  or
 rearing children, or for that reason receiving diminished or interrupted
 income in the future.
   § 10. Subdivision 2 of section 296-c of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   2. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to:
   a.  refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from internship
 an intern or to discriminate against such intern in terms, conditions or
 privileges of employment as an intern because of the intern's age, race,
 creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex,
 disability, predisposing genetic  characteristics,  marital  status,  or
 STATUS AS A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status];
   b. discriminate against an intern in receiving, classifying, disposing
 or  otherwise  acting  upon  applications for internships because of the
 intern's age, race, creed, color, national origin,  sexual  orientation,
 military  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
 marital status, or STATUS AS  A  VICTIM  OF  domestic  violence  [victim
 status];
   c.  print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any state-
 ment, advertisement or publication, or to use any  form  of  application
 for  employment  as  an intern or to make any inquiry in connection with
 prospective employment, which  expresses  directly  or  indirectly,  any
 limitation,  specification  or  discrimination  as  to age, race, creed,
 color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex,  disa-
 bility,  predisposing  genetic characteristics, marital status or STATUS
 AS A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status], or any intent to  make
 any  such limitation, specification or discrimination, unless based upon
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 a bona fide occupational qualification; provided, however, that  neither
 this  paragraph  nor any provision of this chapter or other law shall be
 construed to prohibit the department of civil service or the  department
 of personnel of any city containing more than one county from requesting
 information  from  applicants  for civil service internships or examina-
 tions concerning any of the aforementioned characteristics,  other  than
 sexual  orientation,  for  the purpose of conducting studies to identify
 and resolve possible problems in recruitment and testing of  members  of
 minority  groups  to insure the fairest possible and equal opportunities
 for employment in the civil service for all persons, regardless of  age,
 race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military
 status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic  characteristics,  marital
 status or STATUS AS A VICTIM OF domestic violence [victim status];
   d.  to  discharge,  expel or otherwise discriminate against any person
 because he or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article
 or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any
 proceeding under this article; or
   e. to compel an intern who is pregnant to take  a  leave  of  absence,
 unless  the  intern  is  prevented by such pregnancy from performing the
 activities involved in the job or occupation in a reasonable manner.
   § 11. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 296-c of  the  executive
 law,  as  added by chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. subject an intern to unwelcome harassment based on age, sex,  race,
 creed,  color,  sexual orientation, military status, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, marital status, STATUS AS  A  VICTIM  OF
 domestic  violence  [victim status], [or] national origin, OR where such
 harassment has the purpose or effect of  unreasonably  interfering  with
 the  intern's  work performance by creating an intimidating, hostile, or
 offensive working environment.
   § 12. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Y
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 37 of section 292  of  the  executive  law,  as
 added  by  chapter 160 of the laws of 2019, is renumbered subdivision 40
 and a new subdivision 41 is added to read as follows:
   41. THE TERM "CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS" MEANS THE CITIZENSHIP
 OF ANY PERSON OR THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A CITI-
 ZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL PRECLUDE VERIFI-
 CATION OF CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS WHERE REQUIRED BY  LAW,  NOR
 SHALL  AN  ADVERSE  ACTION BASED ON VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP OR IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS BE PROHIBITED WHERE SUCH ADVERSE ACTION  IS  REQUIRED  BY
 LAW.
   §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, paragraph (a) as separately amended  by
 chapters 8 and 176 of the laws of 2019, paragraphs (b), (c) and  (d)  as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019 and paragraph (h) as amended by
 chapter 161 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice:
   (a)  For  an  employer or licensing agency, because of an individual's
 age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION
 STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,  familial
 status,  marital  status, or status as a victim of domestic violence, to
 refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment  such
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 individual or to discriminate against such individual in compensation or
 in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
   (b)  For  an  employment agency to discriminate against any individual
 because of age, race, creed,  color,  national  origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR
 IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic  characteristics,
 familial status, or marital status, in receiving, classifying, disposing
 or  otherwise  acting upon applications for its services or in referring
 an applicant or applicants to an employer or employers.
   (c) For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed,  color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, or  marital  status  of
 any individual, to exclude or to expel from its membership such individ-
 ual  or to discriminate in any way against any of its members or against
 any employer or any individual employed by an employer.
   (d) For any employer or employment agency to  print  or  circulate  or
 cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publi-
 cation,  or to use any form of application for employment or to make any
 inquiry in  connection  with  prospective  employment,  which  expresses
 directly  or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination
 as to age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
 tary  status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing  genetic characteristics,
 familial status, or marital status, or any intent to make any such limi-
 tation, specification or discrimination, unless based upon a  bona  fide
 occupational  qualification;  provided, however, that neither this para-
 graph nor any provision of this chapter or other law shall be  construed
 to prohibit the department of civil service or the department of person-
 nel of any city containing more than one county from requesting informa-
 tion  from  applicants  for civil service examinations concerning any of
 the aforementioned characteristics, other than sexual  orientation,  for
 the purpose of conducting studies to identify and resolve possible prob-
 lems  in recruitment and testing of members of minority groups to insure
 the fairest possible and equal opportunities for employment in the civil
 service for all persons, regardless of age, race, creed, color, national
 origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation or  gender
 identity  or  expression, military status, sex, disability, predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital status.
   (e) For any employer,  labor  organization  or  employment  agency  to
 discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because he
 or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article or because
 he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding
 under this article.
   (f) Nothing in this subdivision shall affect any restrictions upon the
 activities  of  persons  licensed  by  the  state  liquor authority with
 respect to persons under twenty-one years of age.
   (g) For an employer to compel an employee who is pregnant  to  take  a
 leave  of  absence,  unless  the employee is prevented by such pregnancy
 from performing the activities involved in the job or  occupation  in  a
 reasonable manner.
   (h)  For  an  employer,  licensing  agency, employment agency or labor
 organization to subject any individual to harassment because of an indi-
 vidual's age, race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR  IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
 tary  status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing  genetic characteristics,
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 familial status, marital status, domestic  violence  victim  status,  or
 because  the  individual  has opposed any practices forbidden under this
 article or because the individual has filed a  complaint,  testified  or
 assisted  in  any  proceeding  under this article, regardless of whether
 such harassment would be considered severe or pervasive under  precedent
 applied to harassment claims. Such harassment is an unlawful discrimina-
 tory  practice  when it subjects an individual to inferior terms, condi-
 tions or privileges of employment because of the individual's membership
 in one or more of these protected categories. The fact that  such  indi-
 vidual  did  not make a complaint about the harassment to such employer,
 licensing agency, employment agency or labor organization shall  not  be
 determinative  of  whether  such  employer, licensing agency, employment
 agency or labor organization shall be liable. Nothing  in  this  section
 shall  imply that an employee must demonstrate the existence of an indi-
 vidual to whom the employee's treatment must be compared. It shall be an
 affirmative defense to liability under this subdivision that the harass-
 ing conduct does not rise above the level of what a reasonable victim of
 discrimination with the same protected characteristic or characteristics
 would consider petty slights or trivial inconveniences.
   § 3. Subdivision 1-a of section 296 of the executive law,  as  amended
 by  chapter  365  of  the  laws  of 2015, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1-a. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an  employer,
 labor  organization,  employment  agency  or  any joint labor-management
 committee controlling apprentice training programs:
   (a) To select persons for an apprentice  training  program  registered
 with the state of New York on any basis other than their qualifications,
 as determined by objective criteria which permit review;
   (b)  To  deny  to  or withhold from any person because of race, creed,
 color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  familial status, or marital status, the right to be admitted to
 or  participate  in  a  guidance  program,  an  apprenticeship  training
 program,  on-the-job  training  program,  executive training program, or
 other occupational training or retraining program;
   (c) To discriminate against any person in his or her pursuit  of  such
 programs  or  to discriminate against such a person in the terms, condi-
 tions or privileges of such programs  because  of  race,  creed,  color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status,  sex,  age,  disability,
 familial status or marital status;
   (d)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for  such  programs or to make any inquiry in connection with such
 program which expresses, directly or indirectly, any  limitation,  spec-
 ification  or  discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin,
 CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,  gender  identity
 or expression, military status, sex, age, disability, familial status or
 marital status, or any intention to make any such limitation, specifica-
 tion  or discrimination, unless based on a bona fide occupational quali-
 fication.
   § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296  of  the  executive
 law,  as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice  for  any  person,
 being  the  owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or
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 employee of any place of  public  accommodation,  resort  or  amusement,
 because of the race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
 tary  status,  sex, disability or marital status of any person, directly
 or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny to such  person  any  of
 the   accommodations,  advantages,  facilities  or  privileges  thereof,
 including the extension  of  credit,  or,  directly  or  indirectly,  to
 publish,  circulate, issue, display, post or mail any written or printed
 communication, notice or advertisement, to the effect that  any  of  the
 accommodations,  advantages, facilities and privileges of any such place
 shall be refused, withheld from or denied to any person  on  account  of
 race,  creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS,
 sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex,
 disability or marital status, or that the patronage or custom thereat of
 any person of or purporting to be of any particular race, creed,  color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex or  marital  status,
 or  having  a  disability is unwelcome, objectionable or not acceptable,
 desired or solicited.
   § 5. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of  section
 296  of  the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part T of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or  with-
 hold  from  any  person  or group of persons such housing accommodations
 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, CITIZEN-
 SHIP OR IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or
 expression,  military status, age, sex, marital status, lawful source of
 income or familial status of such person or  persons,  or  to  represent
 that  any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b) To discriminate against any person because of  his  or  her  race,
 creed,  color,  disability,  national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION
 STATUS, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status,  age,  sex,  marital status, lawful source of income or familial
 status in the terms, conditions or privileges of  any  publicly-assisted
 housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in
 connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing  the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 membership  in  the  reserve armed forces of the United States or in the
 organized militia of the state, age, sex, marital status, lawful  source
 of  income  or  familial status of a person seeking to rent or lease any
 publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however, that nothing
 in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve armed  forces
 of  the  United  States  or  in  the organized militia of the state from
 voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
 to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of
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 income or familial status, or any intent to make  any  such  limitation,
 specification or discrimination.
   §  6.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3  of section 296 of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 369 of the laws of 2015,  is  relettered  para-
 graph (d).
   §  7.  Subdivisions  3-b  and  4  of section 296 of the executive law,
 subdivision 3-b as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019 and subdivi-
 sion 4 as separately amended by chapters 8 and 116 of the laws of  2019,
 are amended to read as follows:
   3-b.  It  shall  be  an  unlawful discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent  thereof  or
 any  other  individual, corporation, partnership or organization for the
 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 sent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the  composition
 with  respect  to  race,  creed,  color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status, sex, disability, marital status, or familial status of
 the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which  the
 real property is located, and to represent, directly or indirectly, that
 this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the block,
 neighborhood  or  area  in which the real property is located, including
 but not limited to the lowering of property values, an increase in crim-
 inal or anti-social behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools  or
 other facilities.
   4.  It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an educational
 institution to deny the use of its facilities to  any  person  otherwise
 qualified,  or  to permit the harassment of any student or applicant, by
 reason of his race, color, religion, disability, national origin,  CITI-
 ZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION  STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or
 expression, military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any
 such institution which establishes or maintains a  policy  of  educating
 persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
   §  8. Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (a) as amended by  chapter  300
 of  the laws of 2021,  subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph (c) as amended
 by section 5, and paragraph (d) as amended by section 6 of part    T  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing  agent  of,  or  other  person
 having  the  right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a housing accommodation,
 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
 of the race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION
 STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of income or
 familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent  that  any
 housing  accommodation  or  land  is not available for inspection, sale,
 rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status,  sex,  age,  disability,
 marital status, lawful source of income or familial status in the terms,
 conditions  or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any such hous-
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 ing accommodation or in the furnishing  of  facilities  or  services  in
 connection therewith.
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source  of
 income  or  familial  status, or any intent to make any such limitation,
 specification or discrimination.
   (4) (i) The provisions of subparagraphs one and two of this  paragraph
 shall not apply (1) to the rental of a housing accommodation in a build-
 ing which contains housing accommodations for not more than two families
 living  independently of each other, if the owner resides in one of such
 housing accommodations, (2) to the restriction  of  the  rental  of  all
 rooms  in  a housing accommodation to individuals of the same sex or (3)
 to the rental of a room or rooms in a  housing  accommodation,  if  such
 rental  is  by the occupant of the housing accommodation or by the owner
 of the housing accommodation and  the  owner  resides  in  such  housing
 accommodation  or  (4) solely with respect to age and familial status to
 the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of  housing  accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any  such  person, or for housing intended and operated for occupancy by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.    3607
 (b)  (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall
 apply. However, such rental property shall no longer be exempt from  the
 provisions  of  subparagraphs  one and two of this paragraph if there is
 unlawful discriminatory conduct pursuant to subparagraph three  of  this
 paragraph.
   (ii) The provisions of subparagraphs one, two, and three of this para-
 graph  shall not apply (1) to the restriction of the rental of all rooms
 in a housing accommodation to individuals of the same sex,  (2)  to  the
 rental  of a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if such rental is
 by the occupant of the housing accommodation or  by  the  owner  of  the
 housing  accommodation  and  the  owner resides in such housing accommo-
 dation, or (3) solely with respect to age and  familial  status  to  the
 restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or  lease of housing accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any such person, or for housing intended and operated for  occupancy  by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five  years  of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.  3607
 (b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended,  shall
 apply.
   (b)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 lessee, sub-lessee, or managing agent of, or  other  person  having  the
 right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell, rent or lease,
 land or commercial space:
   (1)  To  refuse  to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons land or commercial space because  of
 the  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION
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 STATUS, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, or familial status of such
 person  or  persons,  or  to represent that any housing accommodation or
 land is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact
 it is so available;
   (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual  orientation,
 gender  identity  or  expression, military status, sex, age, disability,
 marital status, or familial status in the terms,  conditions  or  privi-
 leges of the sale, rental or lease of any such land or commercial space;
 or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such land or commercial space
 or to make any record or inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  land  or  commercial space which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status,  or  familial
 status;  or  any  intent  to  make any such limitation, specification or
 discrimination.
   (4) With respect to age and familial status, the  provisions  of  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  the restriction of the sale, rental or
 lease of land or commercial  space  exclusively  to  persons  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  and  the spouse of any such person, or to the
 restriction of the sale, rental or lease of land  to  be  used  for  the
 construction,  or  location  of  housing  accommodations exclusively for
 persons sixty-two years of age or older, or intended  and  operated  for
 occupancy  by  at  least one person fifty-five years of age or older per
 unit. In determining whether housing is intended and operated for  occu-
 pancy  by  persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c)
 (42 U.S.C. 3607(b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988,  as
 amended, shall apply.
   (c)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing  accommodation,  land
 or  commercial  space  to any person or group of persons or to refuse to
 negotiate for the sale, rental or lease, of any  housing  accommodation,
 land  or  commercial  space to any person or group of persons because of
 the race, creed, color,  national  origin,  CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION
 STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of income or
 familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent  that  any
 housing  accommodation,  land  or  commercial space is not available for
 inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is  so  available,  or
 otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land or commer-
 cial  space  or  any  facilities  of  any housing accommodation, land or
 commercial space from any person or group  of  persons  because  of  the
 race,  creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS,
 sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex,
 age, disability, marital status, lawful source  of  income  or  familial
 status of such person or persons.
   (2)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for  the  purchase,  rental or lease of any housing accommodation,
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 land or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in  connection
 with  the  prospective purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommo-
 dation, land or commercial space which expresses, directly or  indirect-
 ly,  any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, creed,
 color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orien-
 tation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital  status, lawful source of income or familial status; or
 any intent to make any such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   (3) With respect to age and familial status, the  provisions  of  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  the restriction of the sale, rental or
 lease of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space exclusively
 to persons fifty-five years of age or older and the spouse of  any  such
 person,  or to the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of any hous-
 ing accommodation or land to be used for the construction or location of
 housing accommodations for persons sixty-two years of age or  older,  or
 intended  and  operated  for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five
 years of age or older  per  unit.  In  determining  whether  housing  is
 intended  and  operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years of age
 or older, Sec. 807 (b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C.  3607  (b)  (2)  (c))  of  the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (d)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin,  CITI-
 ZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION  STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity or
 expression, military  status,  age,  sex,  disability,  marital  status,
 lawful  source  of  income  or  familial status of any individual who is
 otherwise qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such  individual
 from  membership,  or  to  discriminate  against  such individual in the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   (e) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  the  owner,
 proprietor  or  managing  agent  of, or other person having the right to
 provide care and services in, a private proprietary nursing home, conva-
 lescent home, or home for adults, or an intermediate care  facility,  as
 defined   in   section  two  of  the  social  services  law,  heretofore
 constructed, or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof,  to
 refuse  to  provide  services  and  care in such home or facility to any
 individual or to discriminate  against  any  individual  in  the  terms,
 conditions, and privileges of such services and care solely because such
 individual  is  a blind person. For purposes of this paragraph, a "blind
 person" shall mean a person who is registered as a blind person with the
 commission for the visually handicapped and who meets the definition  of
 a  "blind  person"  pursuant  to  section  three of chapter four hundred
 fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred thirteen  entitled  "An  act  to
 establish a state commission for improving the condition of the blind of
 the state of New York, and making an appropriation therefor".
   (f)  The  provisions of this subdivision, as they relate to age, shall
 not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years.
   (g) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  any  person
 offering  or  providing housing accommodations, land or commercial space
 as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subdivision to make
 or cause to be made any written or oral  inquiry  or  record  concerning
 membership  of  any person in the state organized militia in relation to
 the purchase, rental or lease of such housing  accommodation,  land,  or
 commercial  space,  provided,  however, that nothing in this subdivision
 shall prohibit a member of the state organized militia from  voluntarily
 disclosing such membership.
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   §  9.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 9 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any fire
 department or fire company therein, through any member or members there-
 of, officers, board of fire commissioners or other body or office having
 power of appointment of volunteer firefighters, directly or  indirectly,
 by ritualistic practice, constitutional or by-law prescription, by tacit
 agreement  among  its  members,  or otherwise, to deny to any individual
 membership in any volunteer fire department or fire company therein,  or
 to  expel or discriminate against any volunteer member of a fire depart-
 ment or fire  company  therein,  because  of  the  race,  creed,  color,
 national  origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status,  or
 familial status, of such individual.
   §  10.  Subdivision 13 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended
 by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   13. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice (i) for any person
 to boycott or blacklist, or to refuse to buy  from,  sell  to  or  trade
 with, or otherwise discriminate against any person, because of the race,
 creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual
 orientation,  gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disa-
 bility, or familial status, of such person, or of  such  person's  part-
 ners,  members, stockholders, directors, officers, managers, superinten-
 dents, agents, employees, business associates, suppliers  or  customers,
 or  (ii) for any person wilfully to do any act or refrain from doing any
 act which enables any such person to take such action. This  subdivision
 shall not apply to:
   (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes; or
   (b) Boycotts to protest unlawful discriminatory practices.
   §  11.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 296-a of the executive law,
 as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or
 any officer, agent or employee thereof:
   a.  In  the  case  of  applications  for  credit  with  respect to the
 purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair  or  mainte-
 nance of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space to discrim-
 inate  against  any  such  applicant  because of the race, creed, color,
 national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual  orientation,
 gender  identity  or  expression,  military  status,  age,  sex, marital
 status, disability, or familial status of such applicant  or  applicants
 or any member, stockholder, director, officer or employee of such appli-
 cant  or  applicants, or of the prospective occupants or tenants of such
 housing accommodation, land or commercial space, in the granting,  with-
 holding,  extending or renewing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms or
 conditions of, any such credit;
   b. To discriminate in the granting, withholding, extending  or  renew-
 ing,  or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any form of
 credit, on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP
 OR  IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual   orientation,   gender   identity   or
 expression,  military  status,  age, sex, marital status, disability, or
 familial status;
   c. To use any form of application for credit or use or make any record
 or inquiry which expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation,
 specification,  or  discrimination  as  to  race, creed, color, national
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 origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender
 identity or expression, military status, age, sex, marital status, disa-
 bility, or familial status;
   d.  To make any inquiry of an applicant concerning his or her capacity
 to reproduce, or his or her use or advocacy of any form of birth control
 or family planning;
   e. To refuse to consider  sources  of  an  applicant's  income  or  to
 subject  an  applicant's  income  to  discounting,  in whole or in part,
 because of an applicant's race, creed, color, national origin,  CITIZEN-
 SHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION  STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender identity or
 expression, military status,  age,  sex,  marital  status,  childbearing
 potential, disability, or familial status;
   f.  To  discriminate  against  a  married  person  because such person
 neither uses nor is known by the surname of his or her spouse.
   This paragraph shall not apply to any situation where  the  use  of  a
 surname would constitute or result in a criminal act.
   2. Without limiting the generality of subdivision one of this section,
 it  shall  be considered discriminatory if, because of an applicant's or
 class of applicants' race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  age,  sex,  marital status or disability, or familial
 status, (i) an applicant or class of  applicants  is  denied  credit  in
 circumstances  where  other applicants of like overall credit worthiness
 are granted credit, or (ii) special requirements or conditions, such  as
 requiring  co-obligors  or reapplication upon marriage, are imposed upon
 an applicant or class  of  applicants  in  circumstances  where  similar
 requirements or conditions are not imposed upon other applicants of like
 overall credit worthiness.
   3.  It  shall  not  be  considered  discriminatory if credit differen-
 tiations or decisions are based upon  factually  supportable,  objective
 differences  in applicants' overall credit worthiness, which may include
 reference to such factors as current income,  assets  and  prior  credit
 history  of  such applicants, as well as reference to any other relevant
 factually supportable data; provided, however, that  no  creditor  shall
 consider, in evaluating the credit worthiness of an applicant, aggregate
 statistics  or  assumptions  relating  to  race,  creed, color, national
 origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS,  sexual  orientation,  gender
 identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status or disabil-
 ity,  or  to  the  likelihood of any group of persons bearing or rearing
 children, or for that reason receiving diminished or interrupted  income
 in the future.
   § 12. Subdivision 2 of section 296-c of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   2. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to:
   a.  refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from internship
 an intern or to discriminate against such intern in terms, conditions or
 privileges of employment as an intern because of the intern's age, race,
 creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual
 orientation, military  status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing  genetic
 characteristics, marital status, or domestic violence victim status;
   b. discriminate against an intern in receiving, classifying, disposing
 or  otherwise  acting  upon  applications for internships because of the
 intern's age, race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR  IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS,  sexual  orientation, military status, sex, disability,
 predisposing  genetic  characteristics,  marital  status,  or   domestic
 violence victim status;
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   c.  print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any state-
 ment, advertisement or publication, or to use any  form  of  application
 for  employment  as  an intern or to make any inquiry in connection with
 prospective employment, which  expresses  directly  or  indirectly,  any
 limitation,  specification  or  discrimination  as  to age, race, creed,
 color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orien-
 tation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing  genetic  charac-
 teristics,  marital  status  or  domestic violence victim status, or any
 intent to make any such  limitation,  specification  or  discrimination,
 unless  based  upon  a  bona  fide occupational qualification; provided,
 however, that neither this paragraph nor any provision of  this  chapter
 or  other  law  shall  be  construed to prohibit the department of civil
 service or the department of personnel of any city containing more  than
 one county from requesting information from applicants for civil service
 internships or examinations concerning any of the aforementioned charac-
 teristics,  other than sexual orientation, for the purpose of conducting
 studies to identify and resolve possible  problems  in  recruitment  and
 testing of members of minority groups to insure the fairest possible and
 equal opportunities for employment in the civil service for all persons,
 regardless  of  age, race, creed, color, national origin, CITIZENSHIP OR
 IMMIGRATION STATUS, sexual orientation, military status, sex,  disabili-
 ty,  predisposing  genetic  characteristics,  marital status or domestic
 violence victim status;
   d. to discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate  against  any  person
 because he or she has opposed any practices forbidden under this article
 or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any
 proceeding under this article; or
   e.  to  compel  an  intern who is pregnant to take a leave of absence,
 unless the intern is prevented by such  pregnancy  from  performing  the
 activities involved in the job or occupation in a reasonable manner.
   §  13.  Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 296-c of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 97 of the laws of 2014, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   b.  subject an intern to unwelcome harassment based on age, sex, race,
 creed, color, sexual orientation, military status,  disability,  predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, marital status, domestic violence victim
 status,  [or]  national  origin,  OR  CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS,
 where such harassment has the purpose or effect of  unreasonably  inter-
 fering  with  the intern's work performance by creating an intimidating,
 hostile, or offensive working environment.
   § 14. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the  housing
 trust  fund  corporation  may  provide, for purposes of the neighborhood
 preservation program, a sum not to exceed  $12,830,000  for  the  fiscal
 year ending March 31, 2023.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 and  subject to the approval of the New York state director of the budg-
 et, the board of directors of the state  of  New  York  mortgage  agency
 shall  authorize the transfer to the housing trust fund corporation, for
 the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with neighborhood pres-
 ervation program contracts authorized by this section, a total  sum  not
 to  exceed  $12,830,000,  such  transfer to be made from (i) the special
 account of the mortgage  insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to  section
 2429-b  of  the  public  authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the
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 actual excess balance in the special account of the  mortgage  insurance
 fund,  as  determined  and  certified  by the state of New York mortgage
 agency for the fiscal year 2021-2022 in accordance with  section  2429-b
 of  the  public  authorities  law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
 reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the  public  authorities  law
 are  sufficient  to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined
 by the state of New York mortgage agency)  required  to  accomplish  the
 purposes  of  such  account,  the  project pool insurance account of the
 mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
 but no later than June 30, 2022.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may  provide,  for purposes of the rural preservation
 program, a sum not to exceed $5,360,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31, 2023.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject  to
 the  approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
 directors of the state of New York mortgage agency shall  authorize  the
 transfer  to  the  housing  trust  fund corporation, for the purposes of
 reimbursing  any  costs  associated  with  rural  preservation   program
 contracts  authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to exceed
 $5,360,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
 mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
 the special account of the mortgage insurance fund,  as  determined  and
 certified  by  the state of New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year
 2021-2022 in accordance with section 2429-b of  the  public  authorities
 law,  if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project pool
 insurance account of the mortgage insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to
 section  2429-b  of  the public authorities law are sufficient to attain
 and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of  New  York
 mortgage  agency)  required  to accomplish the purposes of such account,
 the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund,  such
 transfer  to  be  made as soon as practicable but no later than June 30,
 2022.
   § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may provide, for purposes of the rural rental assist-
 ance program pursuant to article 17-A of  the  private  housing  finance
 law,  a  sum  not to exceed $21,630,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31, 2023.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject  to
 the  approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
 directors of the state of New York mortgage agency shall  authorize  the
 transfer  to  the  housing  trust  fund corporation, for the purposes of
 reimbursing any costs associated with rural  rental  assistance  program
 contracts  authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to exceed
 $21,630,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the  special  account  of
 the  mortgage  insurance  fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the
 public authorities law, in an amount not to  exceed  the  actual  excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined  and  certified  by  the state of New York mortgage agency for the
 fiscal year 2021-2022 in accordance with section 2429-b  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the
 project pool insurance account of the mortgage  insurance  fund  created
 pursuant  to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are sufficient
 to attain and maintain the credit rating, as determined by the state  of
 New  York  mortgage  agency, required to accomplish the purposes of such
 account, the project pool insurance account of  the  mortgage  insurance
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 fund,  such  transfer  shall be made as soon as practicable but no later
 than June 30, 2022.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART AA
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "equitable and sustainable land use act of 2022".
   § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new  article  16  to
 read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 16
                         ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
 SECTION 480. DEFINITIONS.
         481. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS AND LOCAL LAWS.
         482. TENANT PROTECTIONS.
   § 480. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHER-
 WISE REQUIRES, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT"  SHALL  MEAN AN ATTACHED OR A DETACHED
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT  THAT  PROVIDES  COMPLETE  INDEPENDENT  LIVING
 FACILITIES  FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE SAME LOT AS
 A SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY  DWELLING  PROPOSED  OR  EXISTING  AS  A
 PRIMARY  RESIDENCE, AND SUCH UNIT SHALL INCLUDE PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR
 LIVING, SLEEPING, EATING, COOKING, BATHING AND WASHING,  AND  SANITATION
 ON THE SAME LOT AS SUCH PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
   2. "REGULATION" SHALL MEAN ANY ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAW, RESOLUTION, RULE,
 POLICY,  OR REGULATION ADOPTED OR ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF A
 GENERAL, SPECIAL, CHARTER OR OTHER LAW UNLESS  THE  CONTEXT  SUGGESTS  A
 DIFFERENT MEANING.
   3.  "RENTED" SHALL MEAN TO LEASE, LET, OR HIRE OUT AN ACCESSORY DWELL-
 ING UNIT, A RESIDENCE, OR ANY PORTION OF SUCH UNIT OR RESIDENCE,  TO  BE
 OCCUPIED OR THAT IS OCCUPIED FOR LIVING PURPOSES.
   § 481. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS AND LOCAL LAWS.
   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  STATE  OR LOCAL LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION  GREATER  THAN  ONE  MILLION,  THE
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS, AS
 APPROPRIATE, THE LEGALIZATION OF SPECIFIED ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNITS  IN
 EXISTENCE  PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH PROGRAM MAY
 PROVIDE AMNESTY TO OWNERS  OF  BUILDINGS  THAT  CONTAIN  SUCH  ACCESSORY
 DWELLING UNITS FROM VIOLATIONS, AS APPLICABLE, OF LOCAL LAW, REGULATION,
 AND  THE  ZONING  RESOLUTION  OF  THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SUCH PROGRAM MAY
 PROVIDE THAT ANY PROVISION OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW  AND  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  LOCAL  LAW, REGULATION, AND THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF SUCH
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE, AS  NECESSARY,  TO  ADMINISTER
 AND  IMPLEMENT  THIS  PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
 ZONING ACTIONS OR DISCRETIONARY LAND USE OR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
   § 482. TENANT PROTECTIONS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "LANDLORD"  SHALL MEAN ANY OWNER, LESSOR, SUBLESSOR, ASSIGNOR, OR
 OTHER PERSON RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RENT FOR THE OCCUPANCY  OF
 ANY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR AN AGENT OF THE FOREGOING.
   (B)  "TENANT"  SHALL  MEAN A TENANT, SUB-TENANT, LESSEE, SUBLESSEE, OR
 ASSIGNEE OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   (C) "RENT" SHALL MEAN ANY CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING ANY BONUS,  BENEFIT
 OR  GRATUITY  DEMANDED  OR  RECEIVED  FOR  OR  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE
 POSSESSION, USE OR OCCUPANCY  OF  AN  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  OR  THE
 EXECUTION OR TRANSFER OF A LEASE FOR SUCH UNIT.
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   2.  A  PERMIT  APPLICATION  TO  CREATE  AN  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN
 CONFORMANCE WITH A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE  ACCOM-
 PANIED  BY  A CERTIFICATION IDENTIFYING WHETHER THE UNIT WAS RENTED TO A
 TENANT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE RENT CHARGED FOR
 THE  UNIT AS OF SUCH DATE, NOTWITHSTANDING WHETHER THE OCCUPANCY OF SUCH
 UNIT WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT USE SUCH  CERTIF-
 ICATION  AS  THE  BASIS  FOR  AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST AN APPLICANT
 CONCERNING THE UNAUTHORIZED HABITATION OF A  UNIT.  WHERE  A  TENANT  IS
 EVICTED  OR  OTHERWISE REMOVED FROM A UNIT PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF A PERMIT
 APPLICATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNIT  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE,
 SUCH TENANT SHALL HAVE A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO RETURN TO THE UNIT AS
 A  TENANT UPON ITS FIRST LAWFUL OCCUPANCY AS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT,
 NOTWITHSTANDING WHETHER SUCH PRIOR OCCUPANCY WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   3. A TENANT UNLAWFULLY DENIED A RIGHT  OF  FIRST  REFUSAL  UNDER  THIS
 ARTICLE SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDIC-
 TION  FOR  COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND DECLARATORY AND INJUNC-
 TIVE RELIEF AND SUCH OTHER RELIEF AS THE COURT DEEMS  NECESSARY  IN  THE
 INTERESTS OF JUSTICE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART BB
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Housing Non-Discrimination for Justice-Involved Individuals Act  of
 2022".
   §  2.  Section  296  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
   23. IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY  PRACTICE,  UNLESS  SPECIF-
 ICALLY  REQUIRED  OR PERMITTED BY FEDERAL OR STATE STATUTE OR REGULATION
 FOR ANY OWNER, LESSEE, SUB-LESSEE, ASSIGNEE, OR MANAGING  AGENT  OF,  OR
 OTHER  PERSON HAVING THE RIGHT TO SELL, RENT OR LEASE A HOUSING ACCOMMO-
 DATION, CONSTRUCTED OR TO BE CONSTRUCTED, OR ANY AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THER-
 EOF, OR ANY REAL ESTATE BROKER, REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON OR  EMPLOYEE  OR
 AGENT  THEREOF TO REFUSE TO SELL, RENT, LEASE OR NEGOTIATE FOR THE SALE,
 RENTAL, OR LEASE OF, OR OTHERWISE TO DENY TO OR WITHHOLD FROM ANY  INDI-
 VIDUAL  SUCH  A  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION, OR TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL IN THE TERMS, CONDITIONS OR PRIVILEGES OF THE SALE, RENTAL OR
 LEASE, OR TO TAKE ANY ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL,  BECAUSE
 SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  HAS  BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ONE OR MORE CRIMINAL
 OFFENSES IN THIS STATE OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, UNLESS:
   (A) THE CONVICTION RESULTED FROM ONE OR MORE  OFFENSES  THAT  INVOLVED
 PHYSICAL DANGER OR VIOLENCE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY; OR
   (B)  THE  CONVICTION  HAD  AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
 WELFARE OF OTHER PEOPLE OR PROPERTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART CC
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 26 of the multiple dwelling law,
 as amended by chapter 748 of the laws of 1961, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Floor  area ratio (FAR). [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE
 ZONING LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION OR MORE, THE floor area ratio (FAR) of any dwelling or dwellings
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 on a lot shall not exceed 12.0, except that a fireproof class B dwelling
 in  which six or more passenger elevators are maintained and operated in
 any city having a local zoning law, ordinance or resolution  restricting
 districts  in such city to residential use, may be erected in accordance
 with the provisions of such zoning law, ordinance or resolution, if such
 class B dwelling is erected in a district no part of which is restricted
 by such zoning law, ordinance or resolution to residential uses.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART DD
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited as
 "Creating Housing Opportunities through Building Conversion Act."
   § 2. Section 301 of the multiple dwelling law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. ANY CERTIFICATE BY THE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING OCCUPANCY OF A DWELL-
 ING  AS  A CLASS B HOTEL, WHEN SUCH DWELLING IS LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL  ALSO  AUTHORIZE  OCCUPANCY  OF
 UNITS IN SUCH DWELLING FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE PURPOSES, WHERE: (A) SUCH
 UNITS ARE SUBJECT TO A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH THE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  AFFILIATED  AUTHORITIES, OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 HOUSING AGENCY THAT IS ENTERED INTO ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN;  AND  (B) ANY PORTION OF SUCH A DWELLING IS
 LOCATED WITHIN A DISTRICT THAT UNDER THE  LOCAL  ZONING  REGULATIONS  OR
 ORDINANCES  PERMITS  RESIDENTIAL  USES,  OR WITHIN EIGHT HUNDRED FEET OF
 SUCH A DISTRICT, AND NOT LOCATED WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS  ZONE  AS
 DEFINED  IN  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY STATE LAW,  LOCAL  LAW,
 ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION OR REGULATION THAT WOULD HAVE: (I) PROHIBITED SUCH
 OCCUPANCY;  (II)  REQUIRED  A  CHANGE  OR ALTERATION TO THE DWELLING; OR
 (III) REQUIRED A NEW OR AMENDED CERTIFICATE. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION, ALL DWELLING UNITS WITHIN SUCH BUILDINGS
 SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  RENT  STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
 SIXTY-NINE AND THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN  SEVENTY-
 FOUR  FOR  AS  LONG  AS THE MUNICIPALITY HAS DECLARED A PUBLIC EMERGENCY
 REQUIRING THE REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL RENTS PURSUANT  TO  THESE  LAWS.
 ANY  ALTERATIONS TO ANY SUCH DWELLING SUCH AS THE CREATION OF MULTI-ROOM
 SUITES OR THE ADDITION OF COOKING FACILITIES OR ACCESSORY  SPACES  SHALL
 COMPLY  WITH  ANY  APPLICABLE  REQUIREMENTS OF ANY STATE LAW, LOCAL LAW,
 ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION  OR  REGULATION  RELATING  TO  CLASS  B   HOTELS.
 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN THE CASE OF A PROPERTY AT WHICH ANY HOTEL WORK-
 ERS  ARE REPRESENTED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE, PRIOR TO
 ANY AGENCY OR AUTHORITY ENTERING INTO A REGULATORY  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE
 PROPERTY  OWNER AS A PREREQUISITE TO CONVERSION, THE COLLECTIVE BARGAIN-
 ING REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF THE PROPOSED  CONVER-
 SION,  AND  THE  PROPERTY OWNER SHALL CERTIFY TO ANY AGENCY OR AUTHORITY
 ENTERING INTO SUCH REGULATORY AGREEMENT THAT THE  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING
 REPRESENTATIVE  HAS MUTUALLY AGREED IN A SEPARATE WRITING WITH THE PROP-
 ERTY OWNER TO UNDERTAKE THE CONVERSION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   § 3. The multiple dwelling law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 277-a to read as follows:
   §  277-A.  TEMPORARY  RULES UPON LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS OF SPECIAL STATE
 INTEREST. 1. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY  ELIGIBLE
 CONVERSION,  AS  SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR WHICH
 AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT, CONTAINING COMPLETE  PLANS  AND  SPECIFICA-
 TIONS, IS FILED WITH THE RELEVANT LOCAL AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLI-
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 CABLE  LOCAL  LAW ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-SEVEN.
   2.  (A)  ANY  BUILDING OR PORTION OF A BUILDING IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE AND AS DESCRIBED IN THIS  SUBDIVISION  MAY
 BE CONVERTED TO A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  OTHER STATE LAW TO THE CONTRARY OR ANY
 PROVISION OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BUT PROVIDED
 THAT WHERE THE CONVERSION RESULTS IN A CLASS A  MULTIPLE  DWELLING,  THE
 CONVERTED  BUILDING  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  A  REGULATORY AGREEMENT FOR
 AFFORDABLE OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WITH THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMU-
 NITY RENEWAL, AFFILIATED AUTHORITIES,  OR  A  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  HOUSING
 AGENCY.
   (B)  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
 (I) ANY BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF EXISTING ON JANUARY FIRST,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY,  THAT,  AS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, WAS
 LAWFULLY OPERATED AS COMMERCIAL OFFICES; OR (II) ANY BUILDING OR PORTION
 THEREOF WHERE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  SECOND,
 NINETEEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY,  PURSUANT  TO  A VALID TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT
 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WAS  ALLOWED  TO  BE  OPERATED  AS  COMMERCIAL
 OFFICES AND SUCH BUILDING IS LOCATED IN THE AREA BEGINNING AT A POINT AT
 THE  INTERSECTION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH STREET
 WITH THE U.S.  PIERHEAD LINE ON BEGINNING AT A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION
 OF THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH  STREET  WITH  THE  U.S.
 PIERHEAD LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER AND RUNS THENCE ALONG
 THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER AND
 RUNS  THENCE  ALONG  THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH STREET
 AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 60TH STREET AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF
 EAST 60TH STREET AND ALONG THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF EAST  60TH
 STREET  TO  THE  U.S.  PIERHEAD LINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE EAST RIVER,
 THENCE ALONG THE U.S. PIERHEAD LINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE  EAST  RIVER
 SOUTHERLY  TO  ITS  INTERSECTION WITH THE U.S. PIERHEAD LINE ON THE EAST
 SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER, THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE U.S.
 PIERHEAD LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE  HUDSON  RIVER  TO  THE  POINT  OF
 BEGINNING.
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 CONVERSION  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  EXCEPT  THAT
 SUBPARAGRAPH D OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN
 OF SUCH SECTION SHALL BE MODIFIED TO NOT REQUIRE A DWELLING UNIT TO BE A
 MINIMUM OF TWELVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, AND EXCEPT THAT SUBPARAGRAPH F OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SUCH SECTION
 SHALL BE MODIFIED TO PROVIDE THAT ANY  YARDS  OR  COURTS  ONTO  WHICH  A
 WINDOW OPENS PURSUANT TO SUCH SUBPARAGRAPH (I) MAY BE EXISTING OR NEW IN
 BUILDINGS  OF  ANY  HEIGHT, AND EXCEPT THAT THE RESTRICTIONS ON ENLARGE-
 MENTS IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF  SUCH  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 UNDERSTOOD  TO APPLY TO ANY INCREASE IN VOLUME OR FLOOR AREA OF A BUILD-
 ING OR PORTION THEREOF THAT IS CONVERTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (B) ANY LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 EXTENDING  OR  MODIFYING THE APPLICATION OF BUILDING CODES, CONSTRUCTION
 CODES OR OTHER LOCAL LAWS TO ANY CONVERSIONS ALLOWED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION,  SHALL  BE  CONSONANT  WITH  THE MANDATE AND INTENTIONS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
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                                  PART EE
 
 Intentionally omit
 
                                  PART FF
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Fair Chance: Reforming the Use of Credit Checks in Tenant Screening
 Act".
   § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 227-g to
 read as follows:
   § 227-G. CREDIT CHECKS IN TENANT SCREENING. 1. NO LANDLORD OF A  RESI-
 DENTIAL  PREMISES  SHALL  REFUSE TO RENT OR OFFER A LEASE TO A POTENTIAL
 TENANT DUE TO A POTENTIAL TENANT'S CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY OR SCORE,  OR
 LACK THEREOF, IF THE POTENTIAL TENANT:
   (A)  MADE FULL RENT PAYMENTS WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE DATE THE RENT WAS
 DUE FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING  THE  SUBMISSION
 OF  THE  POTENTIAL  TENANT'S RENTAL APPLICATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 FOR RENTAL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED DURING OR PRIOR TO JUNE, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO,  MISSED  OR LATE RENTAL PAYMENTS THAT ACCRUED BETWEEN MARCH,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND JUNE,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED CAUSE TO DENY AN APPLICATION. IN LIEU OF PAYMENTS DURING SUCH
 EXEMPTED  TIME  PERIOD,  A  POTENTIAL TENANT MAY USE PAYMENTS MADE IMME-
 DIATELY PRIOR TO MARCH OF TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  TO  DEMONSTRATE  TWELVE
 MONTHS OF CONSECUTIVE TIMELY RENTAL PAYMENTS;
   (B) IS THE RECIPIENT OF OR A BENEFICIARY OF GOVERNMENT PROVIDED SUBSI-
 DY OR PROGRAM THAT IS PAID DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD AND PAYS THE MONTHLY
 RENT IN ITS ENTIRETY;
   (C)  HAS  A  CREDIT  HISTORY  OR  REPORT  WHEREIN  ANY  DELINQUENCIES,
 COLLECTIONS, MONEY JUDGMENTS, LIENS OR OTHER DETRIMENTAL INFORMATION ARE
 SOLELY DUE TO MEDICAL OR STUDENT LOAN DEBT; OR
   (D)  HAS  A  CREDIT  HISTORY  OR  REPORT  WHEREIN  ANY  DELINQUENCIES,
 COLLECTIONS, MONEY JUDGMENTS, LIENS OR OTHER DETRIMENTAL INFORMATION ARE
 THE DIRECT RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT,
 OR STALKING.
   2.  IF  A POTENTIAL LESSOR INTENDS TO DENY A POTENTIAL LESSEE'S RENTAL
 APPLICATION DUE TO CREDIT HISTORY OR SCORE, SUCH LESSOR MUST INFORM  THE
 POTENTIAL  LESSEE  OF  THE REASONS FOR THE DENIED APPLICATION IN WRITING
 AND PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL LESSEE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
 ANY OF THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION APPLY
 TO THEM WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIVING SUCH WRITTEN APPLICATION DENIAL.
   3. THERE SHALL BE  A  REBUTTABLE  PRESUMPTION  THAT  A  PERSON  IS  IN
 VIOLATION  OF  THIS SECTION IF IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT THE LESSOR REFUSED
 TO RENT OR OFFER A  LEASE  TO  A  POTENTIAL  TENANT  AFTER  SUCH  LESSOR
 REQUESTED  CREDIT  REPORT  INFORMATION  AND  THE POTENTIAL TENANT DEMON-
 STRATED THAT ANY OF THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS
 SECTION APPLIED TO THEM.
   4. WHENEVER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL BELIEVE FROM EVIDENCE SATISFAC-
 TORY  TO HIM OR HER THAT ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION OR
 AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF HAS VIOLATED THIS SECTION, HE OR SHE MAY BRING
 AN ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING IN THE  SUPREME  COURT  FOR  A  JUDGMENT
 ENJOINING  THE  CONTINUANCE OF SUCH VIOLATION AND FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF
 NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS,  BUT  NOT  MORE  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
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                                  PART GG
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 202-a
 to read as follows:
   § 202-A. LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES.  1.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  THAT
 PROVIDES  DIRECT  PUBLIC  SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL TRANSLATE ALL
 VITAL DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO SERVICES OFFERED BY THE AGENCY INTO THE  TEN
 MOST  COMMON  NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT
 INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT  AMERICAN
 COMMUNITY  SURVEY  PUBLISHED  BY  UNITED  STATES CENSUS BUREAU. AGENCIES
 SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION, IN THEIR DISCRETION, SHALL OFFER AT  LEAST  TWO
 ADDITIONAL   LANGUAGES  BEYOND  THE  TEN  MOST  COMMON  LANGUAGES.  SUCH
 LANGUAGES SHALL BE DECIDED BY THE  STATE  AGENCY  AND  APPROVED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES BASED ON THE POPULATION OF LIMITED-ENGLISH
 PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY  THE  AGENCY,  FEEDBACK  FROM  IMPACTED
 COMMUNITY  OR  ADVOCACY  GROUPS,  THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION WITHIN WHICH THE
 SERVICES ARE OFFERED, ANY OTHER RELEVANT DATA PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNITED
 STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
   2.  EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL DESIG-
 NATE A LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR WHO WILL  WORK  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF
 GENERAL  SERVICES  TO  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   3. EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL DEVELOP
 A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN AND SUBMIT SUCH PLAN TO  THE  OFFICE  OF  GENERAL
 SERVICES.
   (A)  AN  AGENCY'S  INITIAL LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE
 AGENCY WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS SHALL BE  UPDATED  AND  REISSUED  EVERY  TWO
 YEARS ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST.
   (C) LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS SHALL SET FORTH, AT A MINIMUM:
   (I)  WHEN  AND  BY  WHAT  MEANS  THE AGENCY WILL PROVIDE OR IS ALREADY
 PROVIDING LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES;
   (II)  THE  TITLES  OF  ALL  AVAILABLE  TRANSLATED  DOCUMENTS  AND  THE
 LANGUAGES INTO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED;
   (III)  THE  NUMBER  OF  PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS IN THE AGENCY AND THE
 NUMBER OF BILINGUAL EMPLOYEES  IN  PUBLIC  CONTACT  POSITIONS,  AND  THE
 LANGUAGES SUCH EMPLOYEES SPEAK;
   (IV)  A TRAINING PLAN FOR AGENCY EMPLOYEES WHICH INCLUDES, AT MINIMUM,
 ANNUAL TRAINING ON THE LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICIES OF THE AGENCY AND TRAIN-
 ING IN HOW TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES;
   (V) A PLAN FOR ANNUAL INTERNAL MONITORING OF THE  AGENCY'S  COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS SECTION;
   (VI)  A  DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE AGENCY INTENDS TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF
 THE AGENCY'S OFFERED LANGUAGE ASSISTANT SERVICES;
   (VII) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AGENCY'S SERVICE POPULATIONS  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  ADDITIONAL  LANGUAGES OF TRANSLATION SHOULD BE ADDED BEYOND THE
 TOP TEN LANGUAGES;
   (VIII) AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THE AGENCY DETERMINED IT WOULD PROVIDE
 ANY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE BEYOND THE TOP TEN LANGUAGES  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
 SECTION; AND
   (IX) THE IDENTITY OF THE AGENCY'S LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR.
   4. EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL:
   (A) PROVIDE INTERPRETATION SERVICES BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND AN INDIVID-
 UAL  IN EACH INDIVIDUAL'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION
 OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS BY THE AGENCY; AND
   (B) PUBLISH THE AGENCY'S LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN ON THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
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   5. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "VITAL DOCUMENT" MEANS ANY  PAPER  OR
 DIGITAL  DOCUMENT THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT IS CRITICAL FOR OBTAIN-
 ING AGENCY SERVICES OR BENEFITS OR IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED
 BY LAW.
   6.  THE  OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WILL ENSURE AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH
 THIS SECTION AND SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT,  WHICH  SHALL  BE  MADE
 PUBLIC  ON  THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WEBSITE, DETAILING EACH AGEN-
 CY'S PROGRESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART HH
 
   Section 1. Section 211 of the retirement and social  security  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SECTIONS TWO
 HUNDRED TWELVE AND FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  CHAPTER  AND  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND ANY OTHER LAW, REGULATION, RULE,
 LOCAL LAW, OR CHARTER TO THE CONTRARY, A RETIRED PERSON MAY BE  EMPLOYED
 AND  EARN  COMPENSATION IN A POSITION OR POSITIONS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN
 THE STATE WITHOUT ANY EFFECT ON HIS OR HER STATUS AS RETIRED AND WITHOUT
 SUSPENSION OR DIMINUTION OF HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE AND  WITHOUT
 PRIOR  APPROVAL  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. EARNINGS
 RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF EMPLOYMENT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE SHALL
 NOT BE APPLIED TO A RETIRED PERSON'S EARNINGS WHEN CALCULATING THE EARN-
 INGS LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY SUBDIVISIONS ONE  AND  TWO  OF  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2024.
 
                                  PART II
 
   Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 485-w to read as follows:
   §  485-W.  AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR NEW YORKERS TAX INCENTIVE.  1.
 DEFINITIONS.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR NEW YORKERS TAX  INCENTIVE  BENEFITS
 (HEREINAFTER  REFERRED  TO  AS  "ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS")" SHALL MEAN THE
 EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (B) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION A" SHALL  MEAN  THAT,  WITHIN  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING:  (I) NOT LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNITS; (II) NOT LESS THAN AN  ADDI-
 TIONAL  TEN  PERCENT  OF THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIXTY
 PERCENT UNITS; AND (III) NOT LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING EIGHTY PERCENT UNITS.
   (C) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION B" SHALL  MEAN  THAT,  WITHIN  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING,  NOT  LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NINETY PERCENT UNITS.
   (D) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION C"  SHALL  ONLY  APPLY  TO  A  HOMEOWNERSHIP
 PROJECT,  OF  WHICH ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE UNITS SHALL, UPON INITIAL
 SALE IMMEDIATELY SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMPLETION DATE AND UPON EACH  SUBSE-
 QUENT  SALE  FOR  FORTY  YEARS  IMMEDIATELY SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMPLETION
 DATE, BE AFFORDABLE TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES  WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD  INCOME
 DOES  NOT  EXCEED  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AND WHERE EACH OWNER OF ANY  SUCH  UNIT  SHALL
 AGREE,  IN WRITING, TO MAINTAIN SUCH UNIT AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR
 NO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE ACQUISITION  OF  SUCH  UNIT,  AND  SUCH
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 PROJECT  IS SUBJECT TO A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH A CITY OR STATE AGEN-
 CY.
   (E) "AFFORDABILITY PERCENTAGE" SHALL MEAN A FRACTION, THE NUMERATOR OF
 WHICH  IS THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE
 DWELLING AND THE DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS THE TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  DWELLING
 UNITS IN SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (F) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT
 THAT:  (I)  IS  SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING FOR WHICH
 ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON
 EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD
 IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR  FAMILIES
 WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED FORTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN
 INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY  SIZE,  AT  THE  TIME  THAT  SUCH  HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (G) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIXTY PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT
 THAT:  (I)  IS  SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING FOR WHICH
 ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON
 EACH  SUBSEQUENT  RENTAL  FOLLOWING  A  VACANCY  DURING  THE  APPLICABLE
 RESTRICTION  PERIOD,  IS  AFFORDABLE  TO  AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY
 INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME  DOES  NOT  EXCEED  SIXTY
 PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME
 THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (H)  "AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  EIGHTY  PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING
 UNIT THAT: (I) IS SITUATED WITHIN THE  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FOR
 WHICH  ANNY  PROGRAM  BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL
 AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE  APPLICA-
 BLE  RESTRICTION PERIOD, IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY
 INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES  NOT  EXCEED  EIGHTY
 PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME
 THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (I)  "AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  NINETY  PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING
 UNIT THAT: (I) IS SITUATED WITHIN THE  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FOR
 WHICH  ANNY  PROGRAM  BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL
 AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE  APPLICA-
 BLE  RESTRICTION PERIOD, IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY
 INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES  NOT  EXCEED  NINETY
 PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME
 THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (J) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUAL-
 LY,  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  FORTY  PERCENT UNITS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIXTY
 PERCENT UNITS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING EIGHTY PERCENT UNITS,  AND  AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING NINETY PERCENT UNITS.
   (K)  "AGENCY"  SHALL  MEAN  THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND
 DEVELOPMENT.
   (L) "ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION WAGE STANDARD" SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS  A
 WAGE STANDARD FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT MAY,
 AT  THE  DISCRETION  OF  THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, BE DETERMINED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. IN PUBLISHING SUCH STANDARD, THE COMMISSIONER  OF
 LABOR,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL, SHALL CONSIDER ECONOMIC INDICATORS THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR
 DEEMS  RELEVANT TO ENSURING THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING DEVELOPMENT.
   (M) "APPLICATION" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICATION FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   (N) "AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE
 AMOUNT OF ALL WAGES AND ALL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAID TO, OR ON BEHALF  OF,
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 CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS  FOR  CONSTRUCTION  WORK  DIVIDED BY THE AGGREGATE
 NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK.
   (O)  "BROOKLYN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA"  SHALL MEAN ANY TAX LOTS NOW
 EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED WHICH ARE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN COMMUNI-
 TY BOARDS ONE OR TWO OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS: ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF  LAND  SITUATE  AND  BEING  IN  THE
 BOROUGHS  OF  QUEENS  AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.  BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF
 INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK AND THE WESTERLY  BOUNDS
 OF  THE EAST RIVER; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN
 CREEK, SAID CENTERLINE ALSO BEING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY  TO
 THE  NORTHEAST AND KINGS COUNTY TO THE SOUTHWEST, TO THE POINT OF INTER-
 SECTION WITH GREENPOINT AVENUE; THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG  GREENPOINT
 AVENUE,  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH KINGS LAND AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHERLY
 ALONG KINGSLAND AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH  MEEKER  AVENUE;  THENCE
 SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG  MEEKER  AVENUE  TO  THE  INTERSECTION WITH LEONARD
 STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG LEONARD STREET TO THE  INTERSECTION  WITH
 METROPOLITAN  AVENUE;  THENCE  WESTERLY ALONG METROPOLITAN AVENUE TO THE
 INTERSECTION WITH LORIMER STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG LORIMER  STREET
 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH MONTROSE AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG MONTROSE
 AVENUE  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH UNION AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG
 UNION AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH JOHNSON  AVENUE;  THENCE  WESTERLY
 ALONG JOHNSON AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BROADWAY; THENCE NORTHWES-
 TERLY  ALONG  BROADWAY  TO THE INTERSECTION WITH RUTLEDGE STREET; THENCE
 SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG RUTLEDGE STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH KENT AVENUE
 AND CLASSON AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY  AND  SOUTHERLY  ALONG  CLASSON
 AVENUE  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH DEKALB AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG
 DEKALB AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BOND STREET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY
 ALONG BOND STREET  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH  WYCKOFF  STREET;  THENCE
 NORTHWESTERLY ALONG WYCKOFF STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH HOYT STREET;
 THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG HOYT STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH WARREN
 STREET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG WARREN  STREET  TO  THE  INTERSECTION
 WITH COURT STREET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG COURT STREET TO THE INTER-
 SECTION  WITH  ATLANTIC  AVENUE;  THENCE  NORTHWESTERLY  ALONG  ATLANTIC
 AVENUE, CROSSING UNDER THE BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY, TO  THE  TERMINUS
 OF  ATLANTIC AVENUE AT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK/PIER 6; THENCE NORTHWES-
 TERLY PASSING THROUGH THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK TO THE  BULKHEAD  OF  THE
 EAST  RIVER AT PIER 6; THENCE IN A GENERAL NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG
 THE EASTERLY BULKHEAD OR SHORELINE OF THE EAST RIVER TO THE INTERSECTION
 WITH THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK, AND THE POINT OR PLACE  OF  BEGIN-
 NING.
   (P) "BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO IS REGULARLY
 EMPLOYED  AT,  AND  PERFORMS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARE OR MAINTE-
 NANCE OF, AN ELIGIBLE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  A  WATCHMAN,
 GUARD,  DOORMAN,  BUILDING CLEANER, PORTER, HANDYMAN, JANITOR, GARDENER,
 GROUNDSKEEPER, ELEVATOR OPERATOR AND STARTER, AND  WINDOW  CLEANER,  BUT
 NOT INCLUDING PERSONS REGULARLY SCHEDULED TO WORK FEWER THAN EIGHT HOURS
 PER WEEK AT THE ELIGIBLE SITE.
   (Q)  "COMMENCEMENT  DATE"  SHALL  MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING, THE DATE UPON WHICH EXCAVATION  AND  CONSTRUCTION  OF
 INITIAL  FOOTINGS  AND FOUNDATIONS LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH OR, FOR
 AN ELIGIBLE CONVERSION, THE DATE UPON WHICH THE ACTUAL  CONSTRUCTION  OF
 THE  CONVERSION,  ALTERATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE PRE-EXISTING BUILDING
 OR STRUCTURE LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH.
   (R) "COMPLETION DATE" SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE  MULTI-
 PLE  DWELLING,  THE  DATE  UPON  WHICH THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS
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 ISSUES THE FIRST TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY  COVER-
 ING ALL RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (S)  "CONSTRUCTION  PERIOD"  SHALL  MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING, A PERIOD: (I) BEGINNING ON THE LATER OF THE COMMENCE-
 MENT DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING OR THREE YEARS  BEFORE  THE
 COMPLETION  DATE  OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING; AND (II) ENDING ON
 THE DAY PRECEDING THE COMPLETION DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELL-
 ING.
   (T)  "CONSTRUCTION  WAGE"  SHALL  MEAN,  COLLECTIVELY, THE ALTERNATIVE
 CONSTRUCTION WAGE STANDARD AND THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE.
   (U) "CONSTRUCTION WORK" SHALL MEAN THE PROVISION OF LABOR PERFORMED ON
 AN ELIGIBLE SITE BETWEEN THE COMMENCEMENT DATE AND THE COMPLETION  DATE,
 WHEREBY  MATERIALS AND CONSTITUENT PARTS ARE COMBINED TO INITIALLY FORM,
 MAKE OR BUILD AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, INCLUDING  WITHOUT  LIMITA-
 TION,  PAINTING,  OR PROVIDING OF MATERIAL, ARTICLES, SUPPLIES OR EQUIP-
 MENT IN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, BUT EXCLUDING SECURITY PERSONNEL
 AND WORK RELATED TO THE FIT-OUT OF COMMERCIAL SPACES.
   (V)  "CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS"  SHALL  MEAN   ALL   PERSONS   PERFORMING
 CONSTRUCTION  WORK  WHO (I) ARE PAID ON AN HOURLY BASIS AND (II) ARE NOT
 IN A MANAGEMENT OR EXECUTIVE ROLE OR POSITION.
   (W) "CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED  PAYROLL  REPORT"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  ORIGINAL
 PAYROLL  REPORT SUBMITTED BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR TO THE INDE-
 PENDENT MONITOR SETTING FORTH TO THE BEST OF THE  CONTRACTOR'S  OR  SUB-
 CONTRACTOR'S  KNOWLEDGE,  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK
 PERFORMED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE  AMOUNT  OF  WAGES  AND  EMPLOYEE
 BENEFITS PAID TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
   (X)  "ELIGIBLE  CONVERSION"  SHALL  MEAN THE CONVERSION, ALTERATION OR
 IMPROVEMENT OF A PRE-EXISTING  BUILDING  OR  STRUCTURE  RESULTING  IN  A
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING IN WHICH NO MORE THAN FORTY-NINE PERCENT OF THE FLOOR
 AREA CONSISTS OF SUCH PRE-EXISTING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.
   (Y) "ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING" SHALL MEAN  A  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  OR
 HOMEOWNERSHIP  PROJECT  CONTAINING  SIX  OR  MORE DWELLING UNITS CREATED
 THROUGH NEW CONSTRUCTION OR ELIGIBLE CONVERSION FOR WHICH THE  COMMENCE-
 MENT  DATE  IS  AFTER  JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND ON OR
 BEFORE JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN,  AND  FOR  WHICH  THE
 COMPLETION DATE IS ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE.
   (Z)  "ELIGIBLE  SITE"  SHALL  MEAN EITHER: (I) A TAX LOT CONTAINING AN
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING; OR (II) A ZONING LOT CONTAINING TWO OR  MORE
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLINGS THAT ARE PART OF A SINGLE APPLICATION.
   (AA) "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS" SHALL MEAN ALL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PAID
 BY  THE  EMPLOYER,  ON BEHALF OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, OTHER THAN WAGES,
 INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY PREMIUMS OR CONTRIBUTIONS  MADE  INTO
 PLANS OR FUNDS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH, WELFARE, NON-OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY
 COVERAGE, RETIREMENT, VACATION BENEFITS, HOLIDAY PAY, LIFE INSURANCE AND
 APPRENTICESHIP  TRAINING.  THE  VALUE  OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RECEIVED
 SHALL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE PRORATED HOURLY COST TO THE EMPLOYER OF
 THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RECEIVED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
   (BB) "FISCAL OFFICER" SHALL MEAN THE COMPTROLLER  OR  OTHER  ANALOGOUS
 OFFICER IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   (CC)  "FLOOR  AREA"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  HORIZONTAL AREAS OF THE SEVERAL
 FLOORS, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, OF A DWELLING OR DWELLINGS, AND ACCESSO-
 RY STRUCTURES ON A LOT MEASURED FROM  THE  EXTERIOR  FACES  OF  EXTERIOR
 WALLS, OR FROM THE CENTER LINE OF PARTY WALLS.
   (DD)  "FOUR PERCENT TAX CREDITS" SHALL MEAN FEDERAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING
 TAX CREDITS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (II) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  (B)
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 OF  PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION FORTY-TWO OF THE INTERNAL
 REVENUE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, AS AMENDED.
   (EE) "FORTY-YEAR BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN: (I) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD,
 A  ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN
 ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND (II) FOR THE FIRST  FORTY  YEARS
 OF  THE  RESTRICTION  PERIOD,  A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL
 PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   (FF) "HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT" SHALL MEAN A MULTIPLE  DWELLING  OPERATED
 AS CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE HOUSING.
   (GG)  "HOMEOWNERSHIP  PROJECT  RESTRICTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN A PERIOD
 COMMENCING ON THE COMPLETION DATE AND EXPIRING ON THE FORTIETH  ANNIVER-
 SARY  OF THE COMPLETION DATE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY EARLIER TERMINATION OR
 REVOCATION OF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   (HH) "INDEPENDENT MONITOR" SHALL MEAN AN ACCOUNTANT  LICENSED  AND  IN
 GOOD  STANDING  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW.
   (II) "JOB ACTION" SHALL MEAN ANY DELAY, INTERRUPTION  OR  INTERFERENCE
 WITH  THE CONSTRUCTION WORK CAUSED BY THE ACTIONS OF ANY LABOR ORGANIZA-
 TION OR CONCERTED ACTION OF ANY EMPLOYEES AT THE ELIGIBLE SITE,  INCLUD-
 ING  WITHOUT LIMITATION, STRIKES, SYMPATHY STRIKES, WORK STOPPAGES, WALK
 OUTS, SLOWDOWNS, PICKETING,  BANNERING,  HAND  BILLING,  DEMONSTRATIONS,
 SICKOUTS,  REFUSALS  TO  CROSS  A PICKET LINE, REFUSALS TO HANDLE STRUCK
 BUSINESS, AND USE OF THE RAT OR OTHER  INFLATABLE  BALLOONS  OR  SIMILAR
 DISPLAYS.
   (JJ)  "LARGE  RENTAL PROJECT" SHALL MEAN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 CONSISTING OF THIRTY OR MORE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING  UNITS  IN  WHICH  ALL
 DWELLING  UNITS INCLUDED IN ANY APPLICATION ARE OPERATED AS RENTAL HOUS-
 ING.
   (KK) "LARGE RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERIOD
 COMMENCING  ON THE COMPLETION DATE AND EXTENDING IN PERPETUITY, NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY EARLIER TERMINATION OR REVOCATION OF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   (LL) "MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA" SHALL MEAN ANY TAX  LOTS,  NOW
 EXISTING  OR HEREAFTER CREATED, LOCATED ENTIRELY SOUTH OF 96TH STREET IN
 THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN.
   (MM) "MARKET UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT IN AN ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE
 DWELLING OTHER THAN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   (NN)  "MULTIPLE  DWELLING"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANING SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   (OO) "NON-RESIDENTIAL TAX LOT" SHALL MEAN A  TAX  LOT  THAT  DOES  NOT
 CONTAIN ANY DWELLING UNITS.
   (PP)  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT AREA" SHALL MEAN THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOP-
 MENT AREA, THE BROOKLYN PRIME DEVELOPMENT  AREA  AND  THE  QUEENS  PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT AREA.
   (QQ)  "PROJECT  LABOR  AGREEMENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PRE-HIRE COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING AGREEMENT SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS  OF  EMPLOY-
 MENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN ELIGIBLE SITE.
   (RR)  "PROJECT-WIDE  CERTIFIED  PAYROLL REPORT" SHALL MEAN A CERTIFIED
 PAYROLL REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO THE FISCAL  OFFI-
 CER  BASED  ON EACH CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT WHICH SETS FORTH
 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY CONSTRUCTION
 WORKERS, THE AMOUNT OF WAGES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAID TO  CONSTRUCTION
 WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK AND THE CONSTRUCTION WAGE.
   (SS)  "QUEENS  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA"  SHALL  MEAN ANY TAX LOTS NOW
 EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED WHICH ARE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN COMMUNI-
 TY BOARDS ONE OR TWO OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS BOUNDED AND  DESCRIBED  AS
 FOLLOWS:  ALL  THAT  PIECE  OR  PARCEL  OF LAND SITUATE AND BEING IN THE
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 BOROUGHS OF QUEENS AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.  BEGINNING AT THE POINT BEING
 THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY SHORE OF THE EAST RIVER WITH A LINE  OF
 PROLONGATION OF 20TH AVENUE PROJECTED NORTHWESTERLY; THENCE SOUTHEASTER-
 LY  ON  THE LINE OF PROLONGATION OF 20TH AVENUE AND ALONG 20TH AVENUE TO
 THE INTERSECTION WITH  31ST  STREET;  THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY  ALONG  31ST
 STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH NORTHERN BOULEVARD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY
 ALONG  NORTHERN  BOULEVARD  TO  THE  INTERSECTION WITH QUEENS BOULEVARD;
 THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG QUEENS BOULEVARD TO THE INTERSECTION WITH VAN
 DAM STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG VAN DAM STREET  TO  THE  INTERSECTION
 WITH  BORDEN  AVENUE;  THENCE  SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG VAN DAM STREET TO THE
 INTERSECTION WITH GREENPOINT AVENUE AND REVIEW AVENUE; THENCE  SOUTHWES-
 TERLY  ALONG  GREENPOINT  AVENUE  TO  THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE
 CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK, SAID CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK ALSO BEING
 THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY TO THE NORTH AND KINGS COUNTY TO  THE
 SOUTH;  THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK, ALSO
 BEING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY AND KINGS COUNTY TO ITS  INTER-
 SECTION  WITH THE EASTERLY BOUNDS OF THE EAST RIVER; THENCE IN A GENERAL
 NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE EASTERLY BULKHEAD OR SHORELINE OF  THE
 EAST RIVER TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   (TT)  "RENT STABILIZATION" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, THE RENT STABILI-
 ZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE, THE RENT STABILIZATION  CODE,
 AND THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, ALL AS
 IN  EFFECT  AS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT ADDED THIS SECTION OR  AS  AMENDED  THEREAFTER,
 TOGETHER  WITH ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTES OR REGULATIONS ADDRESSING SUBSTAN-
 TIALLY THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER.
   (UU) "RENTAL PROJECT" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, LARGE  RENTAL  PROJECT
 AND SMALL RENTAL PROJECT.
   (VV) "RESIDENTIAL TAX LOT" SHALL MEAN A TAX LOT THAT CONTAINS DWELLING
 UNITS.
   (WW)  "SMALL  RENTAL PROJECT" SHALL MEAN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 CONSISTING OF LESS THAN THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS IN  WHICH  ALL
 DWELLING  UNITS INCLUDED IN ANY APPLICATION ARE OPERATED AS RENTAL HOUS-
 ING.
   (XX) "SMALL RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERIOD
 COMMENCING ON THE COMPLETION DATE AND EXPIRING ON THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNI-
 VERSARY  OF THE COMPLETION DATE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY EARLIER TERMINATION
 OR REVOCATION OF ANNY PROJECT BENEFITS.
   (YY) "TAX EXEMPT BOND PROCEEDS" SHALL MEAN THE PROCEEDS OF  AN  EXEMPT
 FACILITY  BOND,  AS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH  SEVEN  OF SUBSECTION (A) OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE  OF  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY-SIX,  AS AMENDED, THE INTEREST UPON WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM
 TAXATION UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
 NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, AS AMENDED.
   (ZZ) "THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR" SHALL BE A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT
 RECEIVES FUNDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION  AND  OVER-
 SEES  AND  MANAGES  THE DISBURSAL OF SUCH FUNDS TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
 THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE A PERSON OR ENTITY  APPROVED
 BY THE FISCAL OFFICER AND RECOMMENDED BY ONE, OR MORE, REPRESENTATIVE OR
 REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE  LARGEST  TRADE ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL REAL
 ESTATE DEVELOPERS, EITHER FOR PROFIT OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, IN NEW YORK CITY
 AND ONE, OR MORE, REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LARGEST TRADE
 LABOR ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS,  WITH
 MEMBERSHIP  IN  NEW YORK CITY.  THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL
 BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF THREE  YEARS,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE
 ADMINISTRATOR IN PLACE AT THE END OF A THREE-YEAR TERM SHALL CONTINUE TO
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 SERVE  BEYOND  THE  END OF THE TERM UNTIL A REPLACEMENT ADMINISTRATOR IS
 APPOINTED.  THE FISCAL OFFICER AFTER PROVIDING NOTICE AND AFTER  MEETING
 WITH  THE  THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR, MAY REMOVE SUCH ADMINISTRATOR
 FOR CAUSE UPON A FISCAL OFFICER DETERMINATION THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS
 BEEN INEFFECTIVE AT OVERSEEING OR MANAGING THE DISBURSAL OF FUNDS TO THE
 CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS.  THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL, AT THE
 REQUEST OF THE FISCAL OFFICER, SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE FISCAL OFFICER.
   (AAA) "THIRTY-FIVE YEAR BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN: (I) FOR THE  CONSTRUCTION
 PERIOD,  A  ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION,
 OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; (II) FOR THE FIRST  TWEN-
 TY-FIVE  YEARS  OF  THE  SMALL  RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD OR THE
 LARGE RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS APPLICABLE,  A  ONE  HUNDRED
 PERCENT  EXEMPTION  FROM  REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS
 FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND (III) FOR THE FINAL TEN YEARS OF  THE  SMALL
 RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD OR FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF THE LARGE
 RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS APPLICABLE, AN EXEMPTION FROM REAL
 PROPERTY  TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, EQUAL
 TO THE AFFORDABILITY PERCENTAGE.
   (BBB) "WAGES" SHALL MEAN ALL COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION OR PAYMENTS OF
 ANY KIND PAID TO, OR ON  BEHALF  OF,  CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS,  INCLUDING,
 WITHOUT  LIMITATION,  ANY  HOURLY  COMPENSATION  PAID  DIRECTLY  TO  THE
 CONSTRUCTION WORKER, TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS,  SUCH  AS  HEALTH,
 WELFARE,  NON-OCCUPATIONAL  DISABILITY  COVERAGE,  RETIREMENT,  VACATION
 BENEFITS, HOLIDAY PAY, LIFE INSURANCE AND APPRENTICESHIP  TRAINING,  AND
 PAYROLL  TAXES, INCLUDING, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, ALL AMOUNTS
 PAID FOR NEW YORK STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, NEW YORK STATE DISABILI-
 TY INSURANCE, METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY TAX, FEDERAL
 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND PURSUANT TO THE  FEDERAL  INSURANCE  CONTRIB-
 UTIONS ACT OR ANY OTHER PAYROLL TAX THAT IS PAID BY THE EMPLOYER.
   2.  BENEFIT.  IN  CITIES  HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION OF THIS  SECTION
 OR  OF  ANY  GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NEW ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLINGS, EXCEPT HOTELS, THAT COMPLY WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN
 ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE AMOUNTS AND FOR  THE  PERIODS
 SPECIFIED  IN  THIS  SECTION.  A  RENTAL  PROJECT  THAT MEETS ALL OF THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A  THIRTY-FIVE  YEAR  BENEFIT
 AND  A  HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT THAT MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A FORTY-YEAR BENEFIT.
   3. RENTAL PROJECTS. IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN
 THIS SECTION, RENTAL PROJECTS CONTAINING THREE HUNDRED  OR  MORE  RENTAL
 DWELLING  UNITS  LOCATED  WITHIN THE PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.   FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION, "CONTRACTOR" SHALL MEAN ANY ENTITY WHICH BY AGREEMENT
 WITH ANOTHER PARTY, INCLUDING  SUB-CONTRACTORS,  UNDERTAKES  TO  PERFORM
 CONSTRUCTION  WORK  AT  AN  ELIGIBLE  SITE AND "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN AN
 APPLICANT FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS AND ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO.
   (A) SUCH RENTAL PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION A.
   (B) CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN  ELIGIBLE  SITE  WITHIN  THE  MANHATTAN
 PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA  SHALL  BE  PAID  ACCORDING  TO THE ALTERNATIVE
 CONSTRUCTION WAGE STANDARD, WHICH MAY, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF LABOR, BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. UNTIL SUCH
 TIME AS SUCH STANDARD IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR,  THE
 MINIMUM  AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE PAID TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN ELIGIBLE
 SITE WITHIN THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA SHALL BE NO  LESS  THAN
 SIXTY-THREE  DOLLARS  PER  HOUR. ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
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 CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT ADDED  THIS  SECTION
 AND  EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER, THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE SHALL
 BE INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY BUILDING  WITH
 A COMMENCEMENT DATE PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH INCREASE SHALL BE REQUIRED
 TO  PAY  THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE AS REQUIRED ON ITS COMMENCEMENT
 DATE.
   (C) CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN ELIGIBLE SITE WITHIN THE BROOKLYN PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT AREA OR THE QUEENS PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA  SHALL  BE  PAID
 ACCORDING  TO  THE ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION WAGE STANDARD, WHICH MAY, AT
 THE DISCRETION OF THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR,  BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. UNTIL SUCH TIME AS SUCH STANDARD IS DETERMINED BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR,  THE  MINIMUM  AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE PAID TO
 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN  ELIGIBLE  SITE  WITHIN  THE  BROOKLYN  PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT  AREA  OR THE QUEENS PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA SHALL BE NO LESS
 THAN FORTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER HOUR. ONE  YEAR  FROM
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO
 THAT  ADDED  THIS  SECTION AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER, THE MINIMUM
 AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE SHALL BE INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT ANY BUILDING WITH A COMMENCEMENT DATE PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH
 INCREASE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE MINIMUM  AVERAGE  HOURLY  WAGE  AS
 REQUIRED ON ITS COMMENCEMENT DATE.
   (D)  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  PARAGRAPHS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO:
   (I) AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH AT LEAST FIFTY  PERCENT  OF
 THE  DWELLING  UNITS UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL
 FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE LARGE RENTAL PROJECT RESTRICTION  PERIOD,
 ARE AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES
 WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED NINETY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN
 INCOME,  ADJUSTED  FOR  FAMILY  SIZE,  AT  THE  TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT;
   (II) ANY PORTION OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING WHICH IS  OWNED  AND
 OPERATED AS A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE; OR
   (III) AT THE OPTION OF THE APPLICANT, TO AN ELIGIBLE SITE SUBJECT TO A
 PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.
   (E)  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL CONTRACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR.  SUCH
 INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE FISCAL OFFICER WITHIN  ONE  YEAR
 OF  THE COMPLETION DATE, A PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT. IN THE
 EVENT SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT IS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE
 FISCAL OFFICER WITHIN THE REQUISITE TIME, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE SUBJECT
 TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER  WEEK,  OR  ANY  PORTION  THEREOF;
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 IN THE EVENT THAT THE WAGE PAID IS LESS THAN THE CONSTRUCTION  WAGE  SET
 FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS APPLICABLE, THE
 PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT SHALL ALSO SET FORTH THE AMOUNT OF
 SUCH DEFICIENCY.
   (F) THE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY EACH
 CONTRACTOR AND SUB-CONTRACTOR  NO  LATER  THAN  NINETY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK BY SUCH CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR. IN
 THE EVENT THAT A CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR FAILS OR REFUSES TO SUBMIT
 THE  CONTRACTOR  CERTIFIED  PAYROLL REPORT WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED IN
 THIS PARAGRAPH, THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL NOTIFY THE FISCAL  OFFICER
 AND  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO FINE SUCH CONTRACTOR OR
 SUB-CONTRACTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER  WEEK,  OR  ANY
 PORTION  THEREOF,  PROVIDED  THAT THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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   (G) IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT  SHOWS
 THAT  THE WAGE PAID AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, AS APPLICABLE, WAS NOT PAID, IF THE WAGE PAID  IS  WITHIN  FIFTEEN
 PERCENT  OF  THE  CONSTRUCTION  WAGE REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AS APPLICABLE, THEN NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SUBMISSION OF SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED  PAYROLL
 REPORT, THE APPLICANT SHALL PAY TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR AN
 AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIENCY SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-
 WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT. THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR  SHALL
 DISTRIBUTE  SUCH  PAYMENT  TO  THE  CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS  WHO PERFORMED
 CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SUCH ELIGIBLE SITE. PRIOR TO MAKING SUCH REPAYMENT,
 THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE FISCAL OFFICER  A
 PLAN  SUBJECT  TO THE FISCAL OFFICER'S APPROVAL SETTING FORTH THE MANNER
 IN WHICH THE THIRD-PARTY FUND  ADMINISTRATOR  WILL  REACH  THE  REQUIRED
 CONSTRUCTION WAGE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DAYS OF RECEIVING THE PAYMENT
 FROM  THE APPLICANT AND HOW ANY REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE DISBURSED IN THE
 EVENT THAT THE THIRD-PARTY  FUND  ADMINISTRATOR  CANNOT  DISTRIBUTE  THE
 FUNDS  TO  THE  CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF RECEIVING FISCAL
 OFFICER APPROVAL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT  FAILS  TO  MAKE  SUCH
 PAYMENT  WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THE APPLI-
 CANT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  A  FINE  OF  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER  WEEK
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 IF THE WAGE PAID IS MORE THAN FIFTEEN  PERCENT  BELOW  THE  CONSTRUCTION
 WAGE  REQUIRED  BY PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS APPLICA-
 BLE, THEN NO LATER THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY  DAYS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF
 SUBMISSION  OF SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT, THE APPLICANT
 SHALL PAY TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL  TO  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  THE DEFICIENCY SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-WIDE PAYROLL REPORT.
 THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL DISTRIBUTE SUCH PAYMENT TO  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  WORKERS  WHO  PERFORMED CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SUCH ELIGIBLE
 SITE. PRIOR TO MAKING SUCH REPAYMENT, THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR
 SHALL SUBMIT TO THE FISCAL OFFICER A PLAN SUBJECT TO  THE  FISCAL  OFFI-
 CER'S  APPROVAL  SETTING  FORTH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE THIRD-PARTY FUND
 ADMINISTRATOR WILL REACH  THE  REQUIRED  CONSTRUCTION  WAGE  WITHIN  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  DAYS OF RECEIVING THE PAYMENT FROM THE APPLICANT AND HOW
 ANY REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE DISBURSED IN THE EVENT THAT THE  THIRD-PARTY
 FUND ADMINISTRATOR CANNOT DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORK-
 ERS  WITHIN  ONE YEAR OF RECEIVING FISCAL OFFICER APPROVAL. IN ADDITION,
 THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL IMPOSE A PENALTY ON THE APPLICANT IN AN  AMOUNT
 EQUAL  TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIENCY, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL NOT IMPOSE SUCH PENALTY WHERE THE
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A  JOB  ACTION  WHICH
 RESULTS  IN  A WORK DELAY. IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT FAILS TO MAKE
 SUCH PAYMENT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE
 APPLICANT  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WEEK,
 PROVIDED THAT THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE APPLICANT SHALL
 NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY RESPECT  WHATSOEVER  FOR  ANY  PAYMENTS,  FINES  OR
 PENALTIES  RELATED  TO  OR  RESULTING FROM CONTRACTOR FRAUD, MISTAKE, OR
 NEGLIGENCE OR FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCURATE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED  PAYROLL
 REPORTS  OR  FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCURATE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL
 REPORTS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT PAYMENT TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND  ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR  IN  THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL
 REPORT AS DESCRIBED IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  STILL  BE  MADE  BY  THE
 CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR IN THE EVENT OF UNDERPAYMENT RESULTING FROM
 OR  CAUSED  BY  THE CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR, AND THAT THE APPLICANT
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 WILL BE LIABLE FOR UNDERPAYMENT TO THE  THIRD-PARTY  FUND  ADMINISTRATOR
 UNLESS  THE  FISCAL OFFICER DETERMINES, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THAT THE
 UNDERPAYMENT WAS THE RESULT OF, OR CAUSED BY, CONTRACTOR FRAUD,  MISTAKE
 OR  NEGLIGENCE  AND/OR FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCURATE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED
 PAYROLL REPORTS  AND/OR  PROJECT-WIDE  CERTIFIED  PAYROLL  REPORTS.  THE
 APPLICANT  SHALL  OTHERWISE NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER ONCE THE
 PAYMENT TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND  ADMINISTRATOR  HAS  BEEN  MADE  IN  THE
 AMOUNT  SET  FORTH  IN  THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT. OTHER
 THAN THE UNDERPAYMENT, WHICH MUST BE PAID TO THE THIRD-PARTY FUND ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR, ALL FINES AND PENALTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION  IMPOSED
 BY THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL BE PAID TO THE AGENCY AND USED BY THE AGENCY
 TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
   (H) NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CONFER A PRIVATE
 RIGHT OF ACTION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  THIS  SENTENCE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A WAIVER OF ANY
 EXISTING RIGHTS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES RELATED
 TO WAGE AND BENEFIT COLLECTION, WAGE THEFT OR OTHER LABOR PROTECTIONS OR
 RIGHTS AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION  RELIEVES
 ANY OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   (I)  THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE AND
 ENFORCE ANY LIABILITY FOR UNDERPAYMENT OWING  TO  THE  THIRD-PARTY  FUND
 ADMINISTRATOR  FROM  THE APPLICANT AND/OR THE CONTRACTOR, AS A RESULT OF
 CONTRACTOR FRAUD, MISTAKE OR NEGLIGENCE AND/OR FOR FRAUDULENT OR INACCU-
 RATE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORTS AND/OR PROJECT-WIDE  CERTIFIED
 PAYROLL REPORTS, AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE
 FISCAL  OFFICER SHALL EXPEDITIOUSLY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND HEARING
 AT THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRIALS AND HEARINGS, SHALL
 DETERMINE THE ISSUES RAISED THEREON AND SHALL MAKE AND FILE AN ORDER  IN
 HIS  OR HER OFFICE STATING SUCH DETERMINATION AND FORTHWITH SERVE A COPY
 OF SUCH ORDER, EITHER PERSONALLY OR BY MAIL,  TOGETHER  WITH  NOTICE  OF
 FILING, UPON THE PARTIES TO SUCH PROCEEDINGS. THE FISCAL OFFICER IN SUCH
 AN INVESTIGATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE ACTING IN A JUDICIAL CAPACITY AND
 SHALL  HAVE  THE  RIGHT TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS, ADMINISTER OATHS AND EXAMINE
 WITNESSES. THE ENFORCEMENT OF A SUBPOENA  ISSUED  UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH
 SHALL  BE  REGULATED  BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES. THE FILING OF
 SUCH ORDER SHALL HAVE THE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OF A JUDGMENT DULY DOCK-
 ETED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. THE ORDER MAY BE ENFORCED BY AND
 IN THE NAME OF THE FISCAL OFFICER IN THE  SAME  MANNER,  AND  WITH  LIKE
 EFFECT,  AS  THAT PRESCRIBED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES FOR THE
 ENFORCEMENT OF A MONEY JUDGMENT.
   4. TAX PAYMENTS. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SECTION,  THE  OWNER  OF  ANY ELIGIBLE SITE RECEIVING ANNY PROGRAM
 BENEFITS SHALL PAY, IN EACH TAX YEAR IN WHICH SUCH ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS
 ARE IN EFFECT, REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS AS FOLLOWS:
   (A) WITH RESPECT TO EACH ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  CONSTRUCTED  ON
 SUCH  ELIGIBLE  SITE,  REAL  PROPERTY TAXES ON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF
 SUCH LAND AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON IN EFFECT  DURING  THE  TAX  YEAR
 PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, WITH-
 OUT  REGARD TO ANY EXEMPTION FROM OR ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
 IN EFFECT DURING SUCH TAX YEAR,  WHICH  REAL  PROPERTY  TAXES  SHALL  BE
 CALCULATED  USING THE TAX RATE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME SUCH TAXES ARE DUE;
 AND
   (B) ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   5. LIMITATION ON BENEFITS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE. IF THE  AGGREGATE
 FLOOR  AREA OF COMMERCIAL, COMMUNITY FACILITY AND ACCESSORY USE SPACE IN
 AN ELIGIBLE SITE, OTHER THAN PARKING WHICH  IS  LOCATED  NOT  MORE  THAN
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 TWENTY-THREE  FEET  ABOVE  THE CURB LEVEL, EXCEEDS TWELVE PERCENT OF THE
 AGGREGATE FLOOR AREA IN SUCH ELIGIBLE SITE, ANY  ANNY  PROGRAM  BENEFITS
 SHALL  BE  REDUCED  BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO SUCH EXCESS. IF AN ELIGIBLE
 SITE  CONTAINS  MULTIPLE TAX LOTS, THE TAX ARISING OUT OF SUCH REDUCTION
 IN ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL FIRST BE APPORTIONED PRO RATA  AMONG  ANY
 NON-RESIDENTIAL  TAX  LOTS.  AFTER ANY SUCH NON-RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS ARE
 FULLY TAXABLE, THE REMAINDER OF THE TAX ARISING OUT OF SUCH REDUCTION IN
 ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS, IF ANY, SHALL BE APPORTIONED PRO RATA  AMONG  THE
 REMAINING RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS.
   6.  CALCULATION  OF  BENEFIT. BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY
 CERTIFYING THE APPLICANT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR ANNY  PROGRAM  BENEFITS,  THE
 ASSESSORS SHALL CERTIFY TO THE COLLECTING OFFICER THE AMOUNT OF TAXES TO
 BE EXEMPTED.
   7.  AFFORDABILITY  REQUIREMENTS.  A  LARGE RENTAL PROJECT SHALL COMPLY
 WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION A FOR THE DURATION OF THE LARGE RENTAL PROJECT
 RESTRICTION PERIOD. A SMALL RENTAL PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH AFFORDABIL-
 ITY OPTION B FOR THE DURATION OF THE SMALL  RENTAL  PROJECT  RESTRICTION
 PERIOD. A HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION C
 FOR  THE  DURATION OF THE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT RESTRICTION PERIOD. SUCH
 ELECTION SHALL BE MADE IN THE APPLICATION AND SHALL  NOT  THEREAFTER  BE
 CHANGED.
   (A)  ALL  RENTAL DWELLING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL
 SHARE THE SAME COMMON ENTRANCES AND COMMON AREAS AS MARKET RATE UNITS IN
 SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING AND SHALL NOT BE ISOLATED TO A  SPECIFIC
 FLOOR  OR AREA OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.  COMMON ENTRANCES SHALL
 MEAN ANY AREA REGULARLY USED BY ANY RESIDENT OF A RENTAL  DWELLING  UNIT
 IN  THE  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FOR  INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM SUCH
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (B) UNLESS PREEMPTED BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF A FEDERAL, STATE OR  LOCAL
 HOUSING  PROGRAM, EITHER (I) THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL HAVE A  UNIT  MIX  PROPORTIONAL  TO  THE  MARKET
 UNITS, OR (II) AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN
 AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL HAVE TWO OR MORE BEDROOMS AND NO
 MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL HAVE
 LESS THAN ONE BEDROOM.
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF RENT STABILIZATION TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL  REMAIN  FULLY  SUBJECT  TO  RENT
 STABILIZATION   BOTH   DURING  AND  SUBSEQUENT  TO  THE  SMALL  BUILDING
 RESTRICTION PERIOD OR THE LARGE BUILDING RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS APPLICA-
 BLE.
   (D) ALL RENT STABILIZATION REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED TO  BE  FILED  SHALL
 CONTAIN  A  DESIGNATION  THAT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNITS CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AS "ANNY PROGRAM AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING UNITS" AND SHALL CONTAIN AN EXPLANATION  OF  THE  REQUIREMENTS  THAT
 APPLY TO ALL SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
   (E)  FAILURE  TO  COMPLY  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION THAT
 REQUIRE THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE,  RENT  STABILIZATION  COMPLIANCE  AND
 OCCUPANCY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS OR FOR PURPOSES OF A HOMEOWNERSHIP
 PROJECT  THE  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY OPTION C SHALL RESULT
 IN REVOCATION OF ANY ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR THE PERIOD OF  SUCH  NON-
 COMPLIANCE.
   (F)  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL (I) PROHIBIT THE OCCUPANCY OF AN
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME  AT  ANY
 TIME  IS  LESS  THAN  THE  MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, SPECIFIED FOR  SUCH  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNIT
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, OR (II) PROHIBIT THE OWNER OF AN ELIGIBLE SITE
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 FROM  REQUIRING,  UPON  INITIAL  RENTAL  OR  UPON ANY RENTAL FOLLOWING A
 VACANCY, THE OCCUPANCY OF ANY AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNIT  BY  SUCH  LOWER
 INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES.
   (G)  FOLLOWING  ISSUANCE  OF  A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND
 UPON EACH VACANCY THEREAFTER, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL  PROMPTLY
 BE  OFFERED  FOR RENTAL BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME DOES NOT
 EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA MEDIAN  INCOME,  ADJUSTED  FOR
 FAMILY SIZE, SPECIFIED FOR SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION  AND  WHO INTEND TO OCCUPY SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT AS THEIR
 PRIMARY RESIDENCE. AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL NOT BE (I) RENTED TO
 A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER ENTITY, OR (II) HELD OFF THE  MARKET
 FOR  A  PERIOD  LONGER  THAN  IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO PERFORM REPAIRS
 NEEDED TO MAKE SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY.
   (H) AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL NOT BE  RENTED  ON  A  TEMPORARY,
 TRANSIENT  OR  SHORT-TERM  BASIS. EVERY LEASE AND RENEWAL THEREOF FOR AN
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF ONE OR TWO YEARS, AT  THE
 OPTION OF THE TENANT.
   (I)  AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL UNIT SHALL NOT BE CONVERTED TO COOP-
 ERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP.
   (J) THE AGENCY MAY ESTABLISH BY RULE SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS  THE  AGENCY
 DEEMS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE FOR (I) THE MARKETING OF AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING  UNITS, BOTH UPON INITIAL OCCUPANCY AND UPON ANY VACANCY, (II) MONI-
 TORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND (III) THE
 MARKETING AND MONITORING OF ANY HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT THAT IS GRANTED AN
 EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH REQUIREMENTS  MAY  INCLUDE,
 BUT  NEED  NOT BE LIMITED TO, RETAINING A MONITOR APPROVED BY THE AGENCY
 AND PAID FOR BY THE OWNER.
   (K) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE  CONTRARY,  A
 MARKET  UNIT  SHALL  NOT BE SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION UNLESS, IN THE
 ABSENCE OF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS, THE UNIT  WOULD  BE  SUBJECT  TO  RENT
 STABILIZATION.
   8.  BUILDING  SERVICE EMPLOYEES. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICANT FOR ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS, ANY
 SUCCESSOR TO SUCH APPLICANT, OR ANY EMPLOYER OF BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOY-
 EES FOR SUCH APPLICANT,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  A  PROPERTY
 MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR CONTRACTOR.
   (B)  ALL  BUILDING  SERVICE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY THE APPLICANT AT THE
 ELIGIBLE SITE SHALL RECEIVE THE APPLICABLE PREVAILING WAGE FOR THE DURA-
 TION OF THE APPLICABLE BENEFIT PERIOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH  BENE-
 FITS ARE REVOKED OR TERMINATED.
   (C)  THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IN ENFORCING SUCH PROVISIONS,  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER
 SHALL HAVE THE POWER:
   (I)  TO  INVESTIGATE OR CAUSE AN INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE TO DETERMINE
 THE PREVAILING WAGES FOR BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEES;  IN  MAKING  SUCH
 INVESTIGATION,  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER MAY UTILIZE WAGE AND FRINGE BENEFIT
 DATA FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  DATA  AND
 DETERMINATIONS   OF  FEDERAL,  STATE  OR  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL  AGENCIES,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISION OF A DWELLING UNIT  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED WAGES OR A FRINGE BENEFIT;
   (II)  TO  INSTITUTE AND CONDUCT INSPECTIONS AT THE SITE OF THE WORK OR
 ELSEWHERE;
   (III) TO EXAMINE THE BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS  PERTAINING  TO  THE
 WAGES  PAID  TO,  AND  THE  HOURS OF WORK PERFORMED BY, BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES;
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   (IV) TO HOLD HEARINGS AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, TO  ISSUE  SUBPOE-
 NAS,  ADMINISTER  OATHS  AND  EXAMINE  WITNESSES;  THE  ENFORCEMENT OF A
 SUBPOENA ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE REGULATED BY  THE  CIVIL
 PRACTICE LAW AND RULES;
   (V) TO MAKE A CLASSIFICATION BY CRAFT, TRADE OR OTHER GENERALLY RECOG-
 NIZED  OCCUPATIONAL  CATEGORY  OF  THE BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND TO
 DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY THE  BUILDING  SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES IN SUCH CLASSIFICATION;
   (VI) TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO FILE WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER A RECORD
 OF  THE  WAGES  ACTUALLY  PAID BY SUCH APPLICANT TO THE BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES AND OF THEIR HOURS OF WORK;
   (VII) TO DELEGATE ANY OF THE FOREGOING POWERS TO HIS OR HER DEPUTY  OR
 OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE;
   (VIII)  TO  PROMULGATE RULES AS HE OR SHE SHALL CONSIDER NECESSARY FOR
 THE  PROPER  EXECUTION  OF  THE  DUTIES,  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND   POWERS
 CONFERRED UPON HIM OR HER BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH; AND
   (IX) TO PRESCRIBE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR EACH VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY REQUIRE  THE  PAYMENT  OF:  (A)
 BACK WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; (B) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UP TO THREE TIMES
 THE AMOUNT OF THE BACK WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS;
 AND/OR  (C) REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES. IF THE FISCAL OFFICER FINDS THAT
 THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBPARA-
 GRAPH,  HE  OR  SHE SHALL PRESENT EVIDENCE OF SUCH NON-COMPLIANCE TO THE
 AGENCY.
   (D) PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO:
   (I) AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING CONTAINING LESS THAN  THREE  HUNDRED
 DWELLING UNITS; OR
   (II)  AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH ALL OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND NOT LESS THAN  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  SUCH
 AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNITS, UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT
 RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY ARE AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY
 BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED NINETY
 PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME
 THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   (E) THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SWORN AFFIDAVIT WITH ITS APPLICATION,
 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER,  CERTIFYING  THAT  IT  SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (F)  THE  AGENCY  SHALL  ANNUALLY PUBLISH A LIST OF ALL ELIGIBLE SITES
 SUBJECT TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  AND  THE  AFFIDAVITS
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   9. REPLACEMENT RATIO. IF THE LAND ON WHICH AN ELIGIBLE SITE IS LOCATED
 CONTAINED  ANY DWELLING UNITS THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT DATE
 OF THE FIRST ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE  DWELLING  THEREON,  THEN  SUCH  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING OR DWELLINGS BUILT THEREON SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT THAT EXISTED ON SUCH DATE
 AND WAS THEREAFTER DEMOLISHED, REMOVED OR RECONFIGURED.
   10. CONCURRENT EXEMPTIONS OR ABATEMENTS. AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 RECEIVING ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY EXEMPTION FROM  OR
 ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION UNDER ANY OTHER LAW.
   11.   VOLUNTARY   RENUNCIATION  OR  TERMINATION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  AN
 OWNER  SHALL  NOT  BE ENTITLED TO VOLUNTARILY RENOUNCE OR TERMINATE ANNY
 PROGRAM BENEFITS UNLESS  THE  AGENCY  AUTHORIZES  SUCH  RENUNCIATION  OR
 TERMINATION  IN  CONNECTION WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW TAX EXEMPTION
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 PURSUANT TO EITHER THE PRIVATE  HOUSING  FINANCE  LAW  OR  SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED TWENTY-C OF THIS TITLE.
   12. TERMINATION OR REVOCATION. THE AGENCY MAY TERMINATE OR REVOKE ANNY
 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT  THE AGENCY SHALL NOT TERMINATE OR REVOKE ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR
 A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION THREE OF  THIS  SECTION,  WITH  THE
 EXCEPTION  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUCH SUBDIVISION. IF AN APPLICANT HAS
 COMMITTED THREE VIOLATIONS OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH B OF  SUBDI-
 VISION  8  OF  THIS  SECTION  WITHIN  A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, THE AGENCY MAY
 REVOKE ANY BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,
 A  "VIOLATION"  OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION 8 OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 DEEMED A FINDING BY THE FISCAL OFFICER THAT THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED  TO
 COMPLY  WITH PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION 8 OF THIS SECTION AND HAS FAILED
 TO CURE THE DEFICIENCY WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF SUCH FINDING.    PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  AFTER  A  SECOND  SUCH VIOLATION, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE
 NOTIFIED THAT ANY FURTHER VIOLATION MAY  RESULT  IN  THE  REVOCATION  OF
 BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION AND THAT THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL PUBLISH ON
 ITS  WEBSITE  A LIST OF ALL APPLICANTS WITH TWO VIOLATIONS AS DEFINED IN
 THIS PARAGRAPH. IF ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE TERMINATED OR  REVOKED  FOR
 NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION: (A) ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
 SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS  SECTION  FOR THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION PERIOD, AND ANY ADDITIONAL
 PERIOD EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, AS IF THE ANNY PROGRAM  BENE-
 FITS  HAD  NOT  BEEN  TERMINATED  OR REVOKED; OR (B) FOR A HOMEOWNERSHIP
 PROJECT, SUCH  PROJECT  SHALL  CONTINUE  TO  COMPLY  WITH  AFFORDABILITY
 REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS SECTION AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SECTION FOR  THE  RESTRICTION  PERIOD  AND  ANY  ADDITIONAL  PERIOD
 EXPRESSLY  PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, AS IF THE ANNY PROGRAM BENEFITS HAD
 NOT BEEN TERMINATED OR REVOKED.
   13. POWERS CUMULATIVE. THE  ENFORCEMENT  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  NOT  BE EXCLUSIVE, AND ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER RIGHTS, REME-
 DIES, OR ENFORCEMENT POWERS SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LAW OR  AVAILABLE  AT
 LAW OR IN EQUITY.
   14. MULTIPLE TAX LOTS. IF AN ELIGIBLE SITE CONTAINS MULTIPLE TAX LOTS,
 AN  APPLICATION MAY BE SUBMITTED WITH RESPECT TO ONE OR MORE OF SUCH TAX
 LOTS. THE AGENCY SHALL DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR ANNY  PROGRAM  BENEFITS
 BASED  UPON  THE  TAX LOTS INCLUDED IN SUCH APPLICATION AND BENEFITS FOR
 EACH MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL BE BASED UPON THE COMPLETION DATE  OF  SUCH
 MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   15.  APPLICATIONS.  (A)  THE  APPLICATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL BE FILED WITH THE AGENCY NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR
 AFTER THE COMPLETION DATE OF SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE BY RULE THAT APPLICATIONS BE
 FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
   (C)  THE  AGENCY MAY RELY ON CERTIFICATION BY AN ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER
 SUBMITTED BY AN APPLICANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING OF  AN  APPLICA-
 TION.  A  FALSE  CERTIFICATION  BY  SUCH  ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO BE PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  NINE  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW. ANY LICENSEE FOUND GUILTY OF SUCH
 MISCONDUCT UNDER THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED
 TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED IN
 SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND SHALL  THERE-
 AFTER BE INELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (D)  THE  AGENCY  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE  THAT  THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATE
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF  THIS  SECTION,
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 WITH  THE  EXCEPTION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUCH SUBDIVISION AS A CONDITION
 TO APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION.
   16.  FILING FEE. THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE A FILING FEE OF THREE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS PER DWELLING UNIT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY  APPLICATION.  HOWEVER,
 THE AGENCY MAY PROMULGATE RULES IMPOSING A LESSER FEE FOR ELIGIBLE SITES
 CONTAINING  ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLINGS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL
 ASSISTANCE OF GRANTS, LOANS OR SUBSIDIES PROVIDED BY A FEDERAL, STATE OR
 LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY PURSUANT TO A  PROGRAM  FOR
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
   17.  RULES. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND EIGHT OF THIS
 SECTION, THE AGENCY  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SOLE  AUTHORITY  TO  ENFORCE  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND MAY PROMULGATE RULES TO CARRY OUT THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   18. ELECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS SECTION TO THE  CONTRA-
 RY,  A  SMALL  RENTAL  PROJECT,  LARGE  RENTAL  PROJECT OR HOMEOWNERSHIP
 PROJECT WITH A COMMENCEMENT DATE ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIFTEENTH, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-TWO THAT HAS NOT RECEIVED BENEFITS PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-A OF THIS TITLE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THE
 CHAPTER  OF  THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT ADDED THIS SECTION
 MAY ELECT TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION AND RECEIVE ANNY PROGRAM  BENEFITS
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   19.  REPORTING.  ON OR BEFORE JUNE THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF THE NEW YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF  HOUSING  PRESERVATION  AND
 DEVELOPMENT  SHALL  ISSUE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  SETTING  FORTH  THE
 NUMBER  OF  TOTAL  PROJECTS  AND  UNITS CREATED BY THIS SECTION BY YEAR,
 LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY, AND  COMMUNITY  BOARD,  THE  COST  OF  THE  ANNY
 PROGRAM, AND OTHER SUCH FACTORS AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HOUSING  PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
 THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT MAY
 REQUEST AND SHALL RECEIVE COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE  FROM  ALL  DEPART-
 MENTS,  DIVISIONS,  BOARDS,  BUREAUS, COMMISSIONS, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
 RATIONS OR AGENCIES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK  OR
 ANY  OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF, OR ANY ENTITY RECEIVING BENE-
 FITS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   20. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF  LARGE  RENTAL  PROJECT  AFFORDABILITY
 REQUIREMENTS.  (A)  ON  AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE THIRTY-FIVE
 YEAR BENEFIT FOR A LARGE RENTAL PROJECT, THE AGENCY  MAY  IMPOSE,  AFTER
 NOTICE  AND  AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, A FINE FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE
 AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION BY  SUCH
 LARGE RENTAL PROJECT.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 224-a of the labor law is amended to
 read as follows:
    3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "PAID FOR IN WHOLE OR IN PART OUT OF
 PUBLIC FUNDS" SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
   A. BENEFITS UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-A OF THE REAL  PROP-
 ERTY TAX LAW;
   B.  FUNDS  THAT ARE NOT PROVIDED PRIMARILY TO PROMOTE, INCENTIVIZE, OR
 ENSURE THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK IS PERFORMED,  WHICH  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE
 CAPTURED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
   C. FUNDS USED TO INCENTIVIZE OR ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHEN-
 SIVE  SEWAGE  SYSTEM,  INCLUDING  CONNECTION  TO EXISTING SEWER LINES OR
 CREATION OF NEW SEWAGE LINES OR SEWER CAPACITY, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT
 SUCH  WORK  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  BE  A  PUBLIC  WORK COVERED UNDER THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE;
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   D. TAX BENEFITS PROVIDED FOR PROJECTS THE LENGTH OR VALUE OF WHICH ARE
 NOT ABLE TO BE CALCULATED AT THE TIME THE WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED;
   E.  TAX BENEFITS RELATED TO BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION OR BROWNFIELD REDE-
 VELOPMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, ONE HUNDRED EIGHT-
 Y-SEVEN-G OR ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN-H  OF  THE  TAX  LAW,  SUBDIVISION
 SEVENTEEN  OR  EIGHTEEN  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED TEN-B OF THE TAX LAW,
 SUBSECTION (DD) OR (EE) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE  TAX  LAW,  OR
 SUBDIVISION (U) OR (V) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE TAX LAW;
   F.  FUNDS  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWENTY-
 EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW; [and]
   G. ANY OTHER PUBLIC MONIES, CREDITS, SAVINGS OR LOANS,  DETERMINED  BY
 THE PUBLIC SUBSIDY BOARD CREATED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR-C OF
 THIS ARTICLE AS EXEMPT FROM THIS DEFINITION[.]; AND
   H. BENEFITS UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE-W OF THE REAL PROP-
 ERTY TAX LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through II of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

                             
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                                  9006--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 A  BUDGET  BILL,  submitted by the Governor pursuant to article seven of
   the Constitution -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Ways
   and  Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from  said
   committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
   ted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school  contracts  for
   excellence; to amend the education law, in relation to foundation aid;
   to  amend the education law, in relation to maintenance of equity aid;
   to amend the education law, in relation to potable water  testing  and
   standards  in  schools; to amend the education law, in relation to aid
   for career education; to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to
   building  aid  and  the New York state energy research and development
   authority P-12 schools clean green schools initiative;  to  amend  the
   education law, in relation to the additional apportionment of building
   aid  for  certain projects; to amend the education law, in relation to
   modifying the length of school sessions; to amend the  education  law,
   in  relation  to  supplemental  public  excess  cost aid; to amend the
   education law, in relation to academic enhancement aid; to  amend  the
   education  law,  in  relation  to high tax aid; to amend the education
   law, in relation to reimbursement  methodologies  for  special  educa-
   tional  services for certain children with handicapping conditions; to
   amend the education law, in relation to eliminating  annual  reconcil-
   iation of tuition rates and designing a new tuition rate setting meth-
   odology  with stakeholder input; to establish a task force to design a
   reimbursement methodology for tuition  for  certain  approved  private
   schools  and programs for the education of students with disabilities;
   to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  statewide  universal
   full-day  pre-kindergarten  program;  to amend part B of chapter 57 of
   the laws of 2008 amending the education law relating to the  universal
   pre-kindergarten program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to
   amend  the education law, in relation to increasing incarcerated youth
   funding and expanding such  funding  to  youth  detained  in  juvenile
   detention facilities; to amend the education law, in relation to state
   aid adjustments; to amend chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to
   funding a program for work force education conducted by the consortium
   for  worker  education  in New York city, in relation to reimbursement
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   for the 2022-2023 school year, withholding  a  portion  of  employment
   preparation  education aid and in relation to the effectiveness there-
   of; to amend chapter 169 of the laws  of  1994,  relating  to  certain
   provisions related to the 1994-95 state operations, aid to localities,
   capital  projects  and debt service budgets, in relation to the effec-
   tiveness thereof; to amend chapter 147 of the laws of  2001,  amending
   the  education  law  relating  to  conditional  appointment  of school
   district, charter school or BOCES employees, in relation to the effec-
   tiveness thereof; to amend chapter 425 of the laws of  2002,  amending
   the  education  law  relating  to the provision of supplemental educa-
   tional services, attendance at a safe public school and the suspension
   of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school,  in
   relation  to  making  certain  provisions  thereof permanent; to amend
   chapter 101 of the laws of 2003, amending the education  law  relating
   to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation
   to  making  the  provisions thereof permanent; to amend chapter 552 of
   the laws of 1995, amending the education law relating to contracts for
   the transportation of school children, in relation to  the  effective-
   ness  thereof;  providing  for  school  bus driver training grants; to
   amend the education law, in relation to contracts for the  transporta-
   tion of school children; providing for special apportionment for sala-
   ry  expenses;  providing  for special apportionment for public pension
   accruals; to amend chapter 121 of the laws of 1996 relating to author-
   izing the Roosevelt union free school district to finance deficits  by
   the issuance of serial bonds, in relation to apportionments for salary
   expenses;  to  amend  the education law, in relation to permitting the
   city school  district  of  the  city  of  Rochester  to  make  certain
   purchases  from  the  board of cooperative educational services of the
   supervisory district serving its geographic region; to  amend  chapter
   537  of  the laws of 1976, relating  to  paid, free  and reduced price
   breakfast for eligible pupils in certain school districts, in relation
   to meal subsidies; to amend chapter 82 of the laws of  1995,  amending
   the  education  law  and  certain  other laws relating to state aid to
   school districts and the appropriation of funds  for  the  support  of
   government,  in  relation  to the effectiveness thereof; providing for
   set-asides from the state funds which certain districts are  receiving
   from  the  total  foundation  aid;  providing  for  support  of public
   libraries; to amend chapter 566 of  the  laws  of  1967,  relating  to
   providing for the apportionment of funds to certain special act school
   districts,  in  relation to eliminating reference to union free school
   district number eight of the  town  of  Canaan,  Columbia  county;  to
   provide  for the payment of the debts and obligations and the handling
   of records of the union free school district number eight in the  town
   of Canaan, Columbia County; to repeal certain provisions of the educa-
   tion  law relating thereto; to repeal chapter 486 of the laws of 1964,
   relating to establishing union free school district  number  eight  of
   the  town  of  Canaan in the county of Columbia; and providing for the
   repeal of certain provisions upon  expiration  thereof  (Part  A);  to
   amend  the  education  law  and  the local finance law, in relation to
   zero-emission school buses (Part B); intentionally omitted  (Part  C);
   to  amend  the  education law, in relation to state appropriations for
   reimbursement of tuition credits (Part D); to amend the education law,
   in relation to the  expansion  of  the  part-time  tuition  assistance
   program (Part E); to amend the education law, in relation to eligibil-
   ity requirements and conditions for tuition assistance program awards;
   and  to repeal certain provisions of the education law relating to the
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   ban on incarcerated individuals to be eligible to  receive  state  aid
   (Part  F); to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the
   amount awarded for the excelsior scholarship (Part G);  to  amend  the
   education law, in relation to including certain apprenticeships in the
   definition  of  "eligible  educational  institution"  for the New York
   state college choice tuition savings program (Part  H);  intentionally
   omitted  (Part I); intentionally omitted (Part J); intentionally omit-
   ted (Part K); to amend the social services law, in relation  to  child
   care  assistance;  and  providing for the repeal of certain provisions
   upon expiration thereof (Part L); intentionally omitted (Part  M);  to
   amend part C of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, amending the executive
   law  and  other  laws  relating  to  funding  for  children and family
   services, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof (Part N);
   to amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement  for  a
   portion of the costs of social services districts for care provided to
   foster  children  in  institutions, group residences, group homes, and
   agency operated boarding homes (Part O); intentionally  omitted  (Part
   P);  intentionally  omitted  (Part  Q); to amend the executive law, in
   relation to increasing the amount of  reimbursement  the  division  of
   veterans'  affairs  shall  provide to local veterans' service agencies
   for the cost of maintenance of such agencies (Part R);  to  amend  the
   social services law, in relation to increasing the standards of month-
   ly  need  for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community
   (Part S); to amend part W of chapter 54 of the laws of  2016  amending
   the  social  services  law  relating  to  the powers and duties of the
   commissioner of social services  relating  to  the  appointment  of  a
   temporary operator, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part T);
   to  amend  the social services law, in relation to the public benefits
   and requirements; and to repeal certain provisions of such law  relat-
   ing  thereto  (Part  U); intentionally omitted (Part V); intentionally
   omitted (Part W); intentionally omitted (Part X); intentionally  omit-
   ted  (Part  Y); to utilize reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for
   various housing purposes (Part Z); intentionally  omitted  (Part  AA);
   intentionally  omitted  (Part  BB);  intentionally  omitted (Part CC);
   intentionally omitted (Part  DD);  intentionally  omitted  (Part  EE);
   intentionally  omitted  (Part  FF);  to  amend  the  executive law, in
   relation to the state's  language  access  policy  (Part  GG);  inten-
   tionally  omitted (Part HH); intentionally omitted (Part II); to amend
   the social services law, in relation  to  providing  that  a  homeless
   individual  or  family  applying  for  or  receiving temporary housing
   assistance shall not be required to pay room and board  or  contribute
   any  earned  or  unearned  income,  available benefits or resources to
   eliminate their need for temporary housing assistance or as  a  condi-
   tion  to  receive temporary housing assistance from such provider; and
   to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto  (Part  JJ);
   in  relation  to  constituting  chapter 13 of the consolidated law, in
   relation to establishing the veterans' services law and the department
   of veterans' services; to amend the domestic relations law, the educa-
   tion law, the election law, the environmental  conservation  law,  the
   executive  law,  the  general municipal law, the labor law, the mental
   hygiene law, the not-for-profit corporation  law,  the  public  health
   law,  the  social  services  law,  the state finance law, the New York
   state defense emergency act, the administrative code of  the  city  of
   New York, the New York city charter, the cannabis law, the state tech-
   nology  law,  the  county  law,  the  economic  development  law,  the
   correction law, the civil service law, the general business  law,  the
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   general  construction  law,  the  highway  law, the insurance law, the
   judiciary law, the military law, the public housing  law,  the  public
   officers  law,  the private housing finance law, the real property tax
   law,  the  tax law, the town law, the vehicle and traffic law, and the
   workers' compensation law, in relation to replacing all  instances  of
   the  term "division of veterans services" with the term "department of
   veterans' services" and to making related conforming technical  chang-
   es;  and to repeal certain provisions of the executive law relating to
   veterans' services and of the military law relating to certain  awards
   and  medals  (Part KK); requiring the state university of New York and
   the city university of New York to report on  the  hiring  of  faculty
   pursuant  to  any  state  funding appropriated for such purposes (Part
   LL); to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing  the
   housing  access  voucher program (Part MM); to amend the state finance
   law, in relation to five-year capital plans for the  state  university
   of  New  York  and the city university of New York (Part NN); to amend
   the education law, in relation to state appropriations  to  the  state
   university  of New York and the city university of New York (Part OO);
   to amend the public housing law, in relation to an affordable  housing
   five-year  capital  plan  (Part  PP);  to  amend the education law, in
   relation to student loan forgiveness for licensed social workers (Part
   QQ); to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  granting  tuition
   assistance  program awards (Part RR); and to amend the private housing
   finance law, in relation to establishing the foundations  for  futures
   housing program (Part SS)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 necessary  to  implement  the state education, labor, housing and family
 assistance budget for the 2022-2023 state fiscal year. Each component is
 wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts  A  through  SS.  The
 effective  date for each particular provision contained within such Part
 is set forth in the last section of such  Part.  Any  provision  in  any
 section  contained  within  a  Part, including the effective date of the
 Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this act", when  used  in
 connection  with  that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and
 refer to the corresponding section of the Part in  which  it  is  found.
 Section  three of this act sets forth the general effective date of this
 act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   e. Notwithstanding paragraphs a and b of this  subdivision,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 eight--two thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for  excel-
 lence  for  the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school year in
 conformity with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a  of
 subdivision  two  of this section unless all schools in the district are
 identified as in good standing  and  provided  further  that,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
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 nine--two thousand ten school year, unless all schools in  the  district
 are  identified  as in good standing, shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall  be not less than the product of the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   nine--two   thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied  by  the
 district's gap elimination adjustment percentage  and  provided  further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand  thir-
 teen  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year and provided further that,  a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand
 fourteen school year, unless all schools in the district are  identified
 as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which   shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand fourteen school year;  and  provided  further  that,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, unless all  schools  in  the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school
 year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)
 of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of this section, provide for the
 expenditure of an amount  which  shall  be  not  less  than  the  amount
 approved  by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further  that a school district that submitted a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school  year,  unless
 all  schools  in  the district are identified as in good standing, shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
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 excellence  for  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 seventeen--two  thousand eighteen school year which shall, notwithstand-
 ing the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of  subdivision
 two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an amount which
 shall be not less than the amount approved by the  commissioner  in  the
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two  thousand sixteen--two thousand
 seventeen school year; and provided further that a school district  that
 submitted  a contract for excellence for the two thousand seventeen--two
 thousand eighteen school year, unless all schools in  the  district  are
 identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school  year  which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the
 commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand  seven-
 teen--two  thousand  eighteen  school year; and provided further that, a
 school district that submitted a contract for  excellence  for  the  two
 thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand
 twenty  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding the requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
 year; and provided further that, a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for excellence for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twen-
 ty-one school year, unless all schools in the district are identified as
 in good standing, shall submit a contract for  excellence  for  the  two
 thousand  twenty-one--two  thousand  twenty-two school year which shall,
 notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a  of
 subdivision  two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an
 amount which shall be not less than the amount approved by  the  commis-
 sioner  in  the contract for excellence for the two thousand twenty--two
 thousand twenty-one school year; AND PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT,  A  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  THAT  SUBMITTED A CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL  SCHOOLS  IN
 THE DISTRICT ARE IDENTIFIED AS IN GOOD STANDING, SHALL SUBMIT A CONTRACT
 FOR  EXCELLENCE  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE SCHOOL YEAR  WHICH  SHALL,  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (VI)  OF  PARAGRAPH  A OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
 PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF AN AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE  NOT  LESS  THAN
 THE  AMOUNT  APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE
 FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO  SCHOOL  YEAR.
 For purposes of this paragraph, the "gap elimination adjustment percent-
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 age" shall be calculated as the sum of one minus the quotient of the sum
 of the school district's net gap elimination adjustment for two thousand
 ten--two thousand eleven computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws  of  two  thousand  ten,  making  appropriations for the support of
 government, plus the school district's gap  elimination  adjustment  for
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve as computed pursuant to chapter
 fifty-three  of  the  laws of two thousand eleven, making appropriations
 for the support of the local assistance budget,  including  support  for
 general support for public schools, divided by the total aid for adjust-
 ment  computed  pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the laws of two thou-
 sand eleven, making appropriations  for  the  local  assistance  budget,
 including  support  for  general  support  for public schools. Provided,
 further, that such amount shall be  expended  to  support  and  maintain
 allowable programs and activities approved in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand  ten  school  year  or  to  support  new  or expanded allowable
 programs and activities in the current year.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
   J. FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE TOTAL
 FOUNDATION  AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION PLUS THE GREATER OF (A)  THE  PRODUCT  OF  THE  PHASE-IN
 FOUNDATION  INCREASE FACTOR AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
 PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION MULTIPLIED BY THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,
 IF  ANY, OF (I) TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION LESS (II) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR (B) THE  PROD-
 UCT  OF  THREE  HUNDREDTHS (0.03) MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID
 BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  J  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  3.  Section  3602  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  FOUNDATION AID MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY AID.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
   A. "HIGH-NEED LEAS" SHALL MEAN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WITH (1) THE
 HIGHEST  PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AS CALCULATED
 BASED ON THE  MOST  RECENT  SMALL  AREA  INCOME  AND  POVERTY  ESTIMATES
 PROVIDED  BY  THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND (2) THE CUMULATIVE SUM
 OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR IS GREATER THAN
 OR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF FIVE-TENTHS (0.5) AND THE STATEWIDE TOTAL  OF
 SUCH ENROLLMENT.
   B.  "HIGHEST-POVERTY  LEAS" SHALL MEAN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WITH
 (1) THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  STUDENTS  AS
 CALCULATED  BASED ON THE MOST RECENT SMALL AREA INCOME AND POVERTY ESTI-
 MATES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND (2) THE CUMULATIVE
 SUM OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR IS  GREATER
 THAN OR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF TWO-TENTHS (0.2) AND THE STATEWIDE TOTAL
 OF SUCH ENROLLMENT.
   C.  "ELIGIBLE  DISTRICTS" SHALL MEAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEFINED AS HIGH-
 NEED LEAS OR HIGHEST-POVERTY LEAS IN THE CURRENT YEAR WHICH ARE  SUBJECT
 TO  THE  STATE  LEVEL  MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY REQUIREMENT IN THE AMERICAN
 RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021, SECTION 2004, PART 1,  SUBTITLE  A,  TITLE  II,
 (PUBLIC LAW 117-2) FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
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   D.  "STATE  FUNDING" SHALL MEAN ANY APPORTIONMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-
 ONE,  AND  SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER PLUS APPORTIONMENTS
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR, FIVE-A, TEN, TWELVE, AND SIXTEEN OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   E.  "LOCAL  EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ENROLLMENT" SHALL MEAN THE UNDUPLICATED
 COUNT OF ALL CHILDREN REGISTERED  TO  RECEIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  IN
 GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  TWELVE,  INCLUDING  CHILDREN  IN UNGRADED
 PROGRAMS, AS REGISTERED ON THE DATE PRIOR  TO  NOVEMBER  FIRST  THAT  IS
 SPECIFIED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER AS THE ENROLLMENT REPORTING DATE, REGIS-
 TERED IN A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION  7801
 OF TITLE 20 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.
   2. ELIGIBLE DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE AN APPORTIONMENT OF FOUNDATION AID
 MAINTENANCE  OF  EQUITY  AID IN THE CURRENT YEAR IF THE COMMISSIONER, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET,  DETERMINES  THE  DISTRICT
 WOULD  OTHERWISE  RECEIVE  A  REDUCTION  IN STATE FUNDING ON A PER PUPIL
 BASIS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL  MAINTENANCE  OF  EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.  THIS  APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT NECESSARY
 TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF  EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.    THIS  APPORTIONMENT  SHALL  BE  PAID IN THE CURRENT YEAR
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED NINE-A OF THIS PART.
   § 4. Clause (ii) of paragraph j of subdivision 1 of  section  3602  of
 the  education  law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) For aid payable in the  two  thousand  eight--two  thousand  nine
 school  year  and  thereafter, the total foundation aid base shall equal
 the total amount a district was eligible to receive  in  the  base  year
 pursuant to subdivision four of this section PLUS FOUNDATION AID MAINTE-
 NANCE OF EQUITY AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION.
   §  5.  Section  3602-b of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. A. IN ADDITION TO APPORTIONMENTS CALCULATED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SIONS  ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYING FEWER
 THAN EIGHT TEACHERS DEFINED AS ELIGIBLE PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  ONE  OF
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR-A OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART SHALL
 RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT OF PUBLIC MONEY IN THE CURRENT  YEAR
 IF  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET,
 DETERMINES THE DISTRICT WOULD OTHERWISE RECEIVE  A  REDUCTION  IN  STATE
 FUNDING,  AS  DEFINED  IN SUBPARAGRAPH D OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION
 FOUR-A OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART, ON  A  PER  PUPIL
 BASIS  INCONSISTENT  WITH  THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY
 REQUIREMENT.
   B. THE MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY AID SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE  AMOUNT  NECES-
 SARY  TO  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE OF
 EQUITY REQUIREMENT IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE  PLAN  ACT  OF  2021,  SECTION
 2004,  PART  1, SUBTITLE A, TITLE II, (PUBLIC LAW 117-2) FOR THE CURRENT
 YEAR.
   § 5-a. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 1950 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 130 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   b. The cost of services herein referred to shall be the  amount  allo-
 cated  to  each  component  school  district by the board of cooperative
 educational  services  to  defray  expenses  of  such  board,  including
 approved  expenses from the testing of potable water systems of occupied
 school buildings under the board's jurisdiction as required pursuant  to
 section  eleven hundred ten of the public health law, provided that such
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 expenses for testing of potable water systems are not reimbursable  from
 another state or federal source except that that part of the salary paid
 any  teacher,  supervisor  or other employee of the board of cooperative
 educational  services which is, (I) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS, in excess of thirty thousand
 dollars, (II) FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR IN EXCESS OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, (III)
 FOR  AID  PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 FOUR SCHOOL YEAR IN EXCESS OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, (IV) FOR AID PAYA-
 BLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  SCHOOL
 YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER, IN EXCESS OF SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, shall not be
 such an approved expense, and except also that administrative and  cler-
 ical  expenses  shall  not  exceed ten percent of the total expenses for
 purposes of this computation. Any gifts, donations or interest earned by
 the board of cooperative educational services or on behalf of the  board
 of  cooperative  educational  services by the dormitory authority or any
 other source shall not be deducted in determining the cost  of  services
 allocated  to  each  component  school  district. Any payments made to a
 component school  district  by  the  board  of  cooperative  educational
 services  pursuant to subdivision eleven of section six-p of the general
 municipal law attributable to  an  approved  cost  of  service  computed
 pursuant to this subdivision shall be deducted from the cost of services
 allocated to such component school district.  The expense of transporta-
 tion  provided by the board of cooperative educational services pursuant
 to paragraph q of subdivision four of this section shall be eligible for
 aid apportioned pursuant to  subdivision  seven  of  section  thirty-six
 hundred  two  of  this  chapter  and no board of cooperative educational
 services transportation expense shall be an approved  cost  of  services
 for  the  computation  of  aid  under  this  subdivision. Transportation
 expense pursuant to paragraph q of  subdivision  four  of  this  section
 shall  be  included  in the computation of the ten percent limitation on
 administrative and clerical expenses.
   § 5-b. Paragraph b of subdivision 10 of section 3602 of the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 16 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   b. Aid for career education. There shall be apportioned to  such  city
 school districts and other school districts which were not components of
 a  board of cooperative educational services in the base year for pupils
 in grades [ten] NINE through twelve in attendance  in  career  education
 programs  as  such programs are defined by the commissioner, subject for
 the purposes of this paragraph to the approval of the  director  of  the
 budget,  an amount for each such pupil to be computed by multiplying the
 career education aid ratio by three thousand nine hundred dollars.  Such
 aid  will  be  payable  for  weighted  pupils attending career education
 programs operated by the school district and  for  weighted  pupils  for
 whom  such  school  district contracts with boards of cooperative educa-
 tional services to attend career education programs operated by a  board
 of cooperative educational services. Weighted pupils for the purposes of
 this  paragraph  shall mean the sum of (I) THE PRODUCT OF the attendance
 of STUDENTS IN GRADE NINE MULTIPLIED BY THE  SPECIAL  SERVICES  PHASE-IN
 FACTOR PLUS (II) THE ATTENDANCE OF students in grades ten through twelve
 in  career education sequences in trade, industrial, technical, agricul-
 tural or health programs plus the product of sixteen  hundredths  multi-
 plied  by  THE  SUM OF (I) THE PRODUCT OF the attendance of  STUDENTS IN
 GRADE NINE MULTIPLIED BY THE SPECIAL SERVICES PHASE-IN FACTOR PLUS  (II)
 THE ATTENDANCE OF students in grades ten through twelve in career educa-
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 tion  sequences in business and marketing as defined by the commissioner
 in regulations; PROVIDED THAT THE SPECIAL SERVICES PHASE-IN FACTOR SHALL
 BE:  (I)   FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE
 SCHOOL  YEAR,  THIRTY-THREE  PERCENT  (0.33),  (II) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL  YEAR,  SIXTY-SIX  PERCENT
 (0.66),  (III)  FOR THE TWO   THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 FIVE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (1.0).  The  career
 education  aid ratio shall be computed by subtracting from one the prod-
 uct obtained by multiplying fifty-nine percent by  the  combined  wealth
 ratio.  This  aid ratio shall be expressed as a decimal carried to three
 places without rounding, but not less than thirty-six percent.
   Any school district that receives aid pursuant to this paragraph shall
 be required to use such amount to support career education  programs  in
 the current year.
   A board of education which spends less than its local funds as defined
 by regulations of the commissioner for career education in the base year
 during the current year shall have its apportionment under this subdivi-
 sion  reduced  in an amount equal to such deficiency in the current or a
 succeeding school year, provided however that the commissioner may waive
 such reduction upon determination that overall expenditures per pupil in
 support of career education programs were continued at a level equal  to
 or  greater than the level of such overall expenditures per pupil in the
 preceding school year.
   § 6. Section 3602 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 6-i to read as follows:
   6-I.  BUILDING AID AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
 MENT AUTHORITY P-12 SCHOOLS: CLEAN GREEN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE. 1. FOR  AID
 PAYABLE  IN THE SCHOOL YEARS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-THREE AND THEREAFTER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  THE  APPORTIONMENT  TO  ANY  DISTRICT  UNDER SUBDIVISION SIX,
 SIX-A, SIX-B, SIX-C, SIX-E, SIX-F, OR SIX-H OF THIS SECTION FOR  CAPITAL
 OUTLAYS  FOR  SCHOOL  BUILDING  PROJECTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY SHALL NOT
 EXCLUDE GRANTS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH
 AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY P-12 SCHOOLS: CLEAN GREEN  SCHOOLS  INITIATIVE
 FROM  AIDABLE  EXPENDITURES, PROVIDED THAT THE SUM OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR
 THESE PROJECTS CALCULATED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  SIX,  SIX-A,  SIX-B,
 SIX-C,  SIX-E, SIX-F, OR SIX-H OF THIS SECTION AND SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT
 EXCEED THE ACTUAL PROJECT EXPENDITURES.
   2. THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY  SHALL
 PROVIDE  A  LIST  OF  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  GRANTS  AWARDED TO EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT TO THE COMMISSIONER NO LATER THAN ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE END OF
 EACH CALENDAR YEAR AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR.   THIS LIST SHALL  INCLUDE  THE
 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GRANTS, THE AWARD
 AMOUNTS  OF  EACH  INDIVIDUAL PROJECT GRANT, THE DISTRICT RECEIVING SUCH
 GRANTS, THE SCHOOLS RECEIVING SUCH GRANTS, THE DATE ON WHICH  THE  GRANT
 WAS RECEIVED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE CALCULATION OF
 AID  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SIX, SIX-A, SIX-B, SIX-C, SIX-E, SIX-F, OR
 SIX-H OF THIS SECTION.
   § 6-a. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of  subdivision  6-f  of  section
 3602  of  the education law, as added by section 19 of part H of chapter
 83 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) has a total project cost of [one hundred] TWO HUNDRED FIFTY  thou-
 sand  dollars  or less; provided however, that for any district, no more
 than one project shall be eligible pursuant to this subparagraph for  an
 apportionment within the same school year; and/or
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   § 7. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 3204 of the education law
 is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A  full  time day school or class, except as otherwise prescribed,
 shall be in session for not less than one hundred [ninety]  EIGHTY  days
 each year, [inclusive] EXCLUSIVE of legal holidays that occur during the
 term of said school and exclusive of Saturdays.
   §  8.  Paragraph  s  of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   s.  "Extraordinary  needs  count" shall mean the sum of the product of
 the [limited English proficiency] ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER count  multi-
 plied by fifty percent, plus, the poverty count and the sparsity count.
   §  9. Subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
   K. FINAL COST REPORT PENALTIES. (1)  ALL  ACTS  DONE  AND  PROCEEDINGS
 HERETOFORE  HAD  AND  TAKEN,  OR  CAUSED  TO BE HAD AND TAKEN, BY SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS AND BY ALL ITS OFFICERS OR AGENTS RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH FINAL BUILDING COST REPORTS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  FOR  APPROVED  BUILDING  PROJECTS  FOR  WHICH  A  CERTIFICATE OF
 SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WAS ISSUED ON  OR  AFTER  APRIL  FIRST,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  NINETY-FIVE, AND WHERE A FINAL COST REPORT WAS NOT SUBMITTED BY
 JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE CERTIFICATE  OF  SUBSTAN-
 TIAL  COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT WAS ISSUED BY THE ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER,
 OR SIX MONTHS AFTER ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, WHICHEVER  WAS  LATER,
 AND  ALL  ACTS INCIDENTAL THERETO ARE HEREBY LEGALIZED, VALIDATED, RATI-
 FIED AND CONFIRMED, NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  FAILURE  TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE
 APPROVAL  AND FILING PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR ANY OTHER LAW OR
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITY, RULE OR REGULATION, IN  RELATION  TO  ANY
 OMISSION,  ERROR, DEFECT, IRREGULARITY OR ILLEGALITY IN SUCH PROCEEDINGS
 HAD AND TAKEN.
   (2) THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVED COSTS
 OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROJECTS AS VALID AND PROPER OBLIGATIONS  OF  SUCH
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SHALL NOT RECOVER ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND  THIRTEEN  ANY PENALTY ARISING FROM THE LATE FILING OF A FINAL COST
 REPORT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AMOUNTS ALREADY SO RECOVERED ON OR AFTER  JULY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND THIRTEEN   SHALL BE DEEMED A PAYMENT OF MONEYS DUE
 FOR PRIOR YEARS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION FIVE  OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART AND SHALL BE PAID TO THE APPROPRI-
 ATE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISION, PROVIDED THAT:
   (A) SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBMITTED THE LATE OR MISSING FINAL  BUILDING
 COST REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER;
   (B) SUCH COST REPORT IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   (C)  ALL STATE FUNDS EXPENDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DOCUMENTED IN
 SUCH COST REPORT, WERE PROPERLY EXPENDED FOR SUCH  BUILDING  PROJECT  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH PROJECT AS APPROVED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (D)  THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT SUCH REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER WAS AN INAD-
 VERTENT ADMINISTRATIVE OR MINISTERIAL OVERSIGHT BY THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 AND  THERE  IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FRAUDULENT OR OTHER IMPROPER INTENT BY
 SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 10. Section 3625 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT PENALTIES. A. ALL ACTS DONE AND PROCEEDINGS
 HERETOFORE  HAD  AND  TAKEN,  OR  CAUSED  TO BE HAD AND TAKEN, BY SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS AND BY ALL ITS OFFICERS OR AGENTS RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH A TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT, TO BE FILED WITH THE  DEPARTMENT,  WHERE
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 SUCH  CONTRACT  WAS  NOT TIMELY EXECUTED AND/OR FILED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED
 TWENTY DAYS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF SERVICE UNDER SUCH CONTRACT  PURSUANT
 TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF THIS SECTION AND/OR WHERE THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR
 BIDS  FOR SUCH CONTRACT DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN PARA-
 GRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FIVE  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER, AND ALL ACTS INCIDENTAL HERETO ARE HEREBY LEGALIZED, VALIDATED,
 RATIFIED  AND CONFIRMED, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH
 FILING AND/OR ADVERTISING PROVISION OR  PROVISIONS,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE
 CONDITIONS  IN SUBPARAGRAPHS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR OF PARAGRAPH B OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION ARE MET.
   B. THE DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO  CONSIDER  THE  AFOREMENTIONED
 CONTRACTS  FOR  TRANSPORTATION  AID  AS VALID AND PROPER OBLIGATIONS AND
 SHALL NOT RECOVER FROM SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANY  PENALTY  ARISING  FROM
 THE FAILURE TO EXECUTE AND/OR FILE A TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT IN A TIMELY
 MANNER  AND/OR  MEET  SUCH ADVERTISEMENT REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDED THAT ANY
 AMOUNTS ALREADY SO RECOVERED SHALL BE DEEMED A PAYMENT OF MONEYS DUE FOR
 PRIOR YEARS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THIR-
 TY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL  BE  PAID  TO  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISION, PROVIDED THAT:
   (1)  SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SUBMITTED THE CONTRACT TO THE COMMISSIONER
 AND SUCH CONTRACT IS FOR SERVICES IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO  THOU-
 SAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR OR THEREAFTER;
   (2) SUCH CONTRACT IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   (3)  ALL  STATE  FUNDS  EXPENDED  BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE PROPERLY
 EXPENDED FOR SUCH TRANSPORTATION AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (4) THE FAILURE TO EXECUTE OR FILE SUCH CONTRACT IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER
 AND/OR  MEET SUCH ADVERTISEMENT REQUIREMENTS WAS AN INADVERTENT ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE OR MINISTERIAL OVERSIGHT BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR DUE TO EXTEN-
 UATING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THERE IS NO  EVIDENCE  OF  ANY  FRAUDULENT  OR
 OTHER IMPROPER INTENT BY SUCH DISTRICT, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER.
   § 10-a. Subdivision 4 of section 3627 of the education law, as amended
 by  section 14-f of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended
 to read as follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  any
 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
 two  thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year and thereafter
 and otherwise eligible for transportation aid  pursuant  to  subdivision
 seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be consid-
 ered  approved  transportation expenses eligible for transportation aid,
 provided further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand  four-
 teen  school year such aid shall be limited to eight million one hundred
 thousand dollars and for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen
 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twelve  million  six
 hundred  thousand  dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand
 fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year  through  two  thousand  eigh-
 teen--two thousand nineteen school year such aid shall be limited to the
 sum  of  eighteen  million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the
 base amount[,] and for the two thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty
 school  year  such  aid  shall be limited to the sum of nineteen million
 three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount[,] and for the
 two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year [and  thereaft-
 er]  such  aid  shall  be  limited  to the sum of nineteen million eight
 hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base  amount  AND  FOR  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFT-
 ER  SUCH  AID  SHALL  BE  LIMITED TO THE SUM OF TWENTY-TWO MILLION THREE
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 HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS THE BASE  AMOUNT.  For  purposes  of
 this  subdivision,  "base amount" means the amount of transportation aid
 paid to the school district for expenditures incurred in the  two  thou-
 sand  twelve--two  thousand thirteen school year for transportation that
 would have been eligible for aid  pursuant  to  this  section  had  this
 section  been in effect in such school year, except that subdivision six
 of this section shall be deemed not to have been in effect. And provided
 further that the school district shall continue to annually  expend  for
 the transportation described in subdivision one of this section at least
 the expenditures used for the base amount.
   §  11.  Subdivision 2 of section 3625 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Filing of transportation contracts. Every  transportation  contract
 shall be filed with the department within one hundred twenty days of the
 commencement  of service under such contract.  No transportation expense
 shall be allowed for a period greater than one hundred twenty days prior
 to the filing of any contract for the transportation of pupils with  the
 education  department.  No  contract shall be considered filed unless it
 bears an original signature, IN THE CASE OF A  WRITTEN  DOCUMENT,  OR  A
 CERTIFICATION, IN THE CASE OF AN APPROVED ELECTRONIC FORM, of the super-
 intendent of a school district or the designee of the superintendent and
 the  sole  trustee  or president of the board of education of the school
 district.  The final approval of any such contract by  the  commissioner
 shall  not,  however, obligate the state to allow transportation expense
 in an amount greater than the amount that would  be  allowed  under  the
 provisions  of  this part.   The state, acting through the department of
 audit and control, may examine any and all accounts of the contractor in
 connection with a contract for the transportation of pupils,  and  every
 such  contract  shall  contain  the following provision: "The contractor
 hereby consents to an audit of any and all financial records relating to
 this contract by the department of audit and control."
   § 11-a. Subdivision 1 of section 3625 of the education law, as amended
 by section 47 of part L of chapter 405 of the laws of 1999,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Form of transportation contracts. Every contract for transportation
 of school children shall be in writing OR IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM APPROVED
 BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  WHEN AVAILABLE, and before such contract is filed
 with the department as required by subdivision two of this section,  the
 same shall be submitted for approval to the superintendent of schools of
 said  district and such contract shall not be approved and filed by such
 superintendent unless he or she shall first investigate  the  same  with
 particular reference to the type of conveyance, the character and abili-
 ty  of  the  driver, the routes over which the conveyances shall travel,
 the time schedule, and such other matters as in  the  judgement  of  the
 superintendent are necessary for the comfort and protection of the chil-
 dren while being transported to and from school. Every such contract for
 transportation  of  children shall contain an agreement upon the part of
 the contractor that the vehicle shall come to a full stop before  cross-
 ing  the  track  or tracks of any railroad and before crossing any state
 highway.
   § 12. Intentionally omitted.
   § 12-a. Paragraph c of subdivision 9 of section 3602 of the  education
 law,  as  added  by  section 12 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this  subdivision,
 school  districts  receiving an apportionment pursuant to paragraph a of
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 this subdivision in the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen [or
 two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty]  THROUGH  THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  school  [year]  YEARS shall be
 eligible  for (A) an apportionment in the following school year equal to
 the product of sixty-five percent multiplied by the aid received by  the
 district pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision in the prior school
 year,  and  (B)  an apportionment in the school year after the following
 year equal to the product of thirty-five percent multiplied by  the  aid
 received  by the district pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision in
 the year preceding the prior year.
   § 13. Intentionally omitted.
   § 14. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of  the
 education law, as amended by section 12-b of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district  shall  be entitled to an apportionment equal to the product of
 fifteen percent and the additional apportionment  computed  pursuant  to
 this  subdivision  for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school
 year. For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through  two  thousand
 [twenty-one]  TWENTY-TWO--two  thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE school
 years, each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment  equal
 to  the  amount  set forth for such school district as "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB
 EXCESS COST" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS"  in  the  school
 aid  computer  listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the
 budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and enti-
 tled "SA0910".
   § 15. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law, as  amended
 by  section 13-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   12. Academic enhancement aid. A. A school district that  as  of  April
 first of the base year has been continuously identified as a district in
 need  of improvement for at least five years shall, for the two thousand
 eight--two thousand nine school  year,  be  entitled  to  an  additional
 apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
 of  fifteen  million  dollars or the product of the total foundation aid
 base, as defined by paragraph j of  subdivision  one  of  this  section,
 multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
 the  sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to subdivision
 four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
 apportioned pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six  hundred
 forty-one of this article, less (ii) the total foundation aid base.
   B.  For  the  two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school years, each school district  shall
 be  entitled  to an apportionment equal to the amount set forth for such
 school district as "EDUCATION GRANTS, ACADEMIC  EN"  under  the  heading
 "2008-09  BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by
 the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910", and  such  apportionment
 shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide an apportion-
 ment  pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred forty-
 one of this article.
   C. For the two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  year,  each
 school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
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 two  thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen school year and entitled
 "SA141-5", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   D.  For  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2015-16 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand fifteen--two thousand  sixteen  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA151-6",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   E.  For the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school  year  and  entitled
 "SA161-7",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   F.  For  the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2017-18 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year  and  entitled
 "SA171-8",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   G.  For  the  two  thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2018-19 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school  year  and  entitled
 "SA181-9",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   H.  For  the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2019-20 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand nineteen--two thousand  twenty  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA192-0",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   I.  For  the  two  thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school
 year AND THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL
 YEAR,  each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal
 to the amount set forth for such school district as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCE-
 MENT"  under  the  heading  "2020-21  ESTIMATED  AIDS" in the school aid
 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of  the  budget
 for  the  two  thousand  twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year and
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 entitled "SA202-1", and such apportionment shall be  deemed  to  satisfy
 the state obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision
 eight of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   §  16.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 14-a of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   Each school district shall be eligible  to  receive  a  high  tax  aid
 apportionment  in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year,
 which shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax  aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax  aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment received
 by the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two  thousand
 seven--two  thousand  eight  school  year, multiplied by the due-minimum
 factor, which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil  wealth
 ratio  computed  pursuant  to  paragraph  b of subdivision three of this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts, fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be  eligible
 to  receive  a  high tax aid apportionment in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten through two thousand twelve--two thousand  thirteen  school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under  the  heading  "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910".
 Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid  appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO--two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE
 school  years  equal to the greater of (1) the amount set forth for such
 school district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09  BASE  YEAR
 AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in
 support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school
 year  and  entitled "SA0910" or (2) the amount set forth for such school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED AIDS" in
 the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in  support
 of  the  executive  budget  for  the  2013-14  fiscal  year and entitled
 "BT131-4".
   § 16-a. Paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the  education
 law, as amended by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 follows:
   c.  The  director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner
 [of education], the commissioner of social services, and any other state
 agency or other source the director may deem appropriate, shall  approve
 reimbursement methodologies for tuition and for maintenance. Any modifi-
 cation  in  the approved reimbursement methodologies shall be subject to
 the approval of the director of the budget. [Notwithstanding  any  other
 provision  of  law,  rule  or  regulation to the contrary, tuition rates
 established for the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six school year
 shall exclude the two percent cost of living  adjustment  authorized  in
 rates  established  for  the  nineteen  hundred ninety-four--ninety-five
 school year.] TUITION AND REGIONAL RATES APPROVED FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR AND THEREAFTER FOR
 SPECIAL SERVICES OR PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS BY APPROVED
 PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL  SCHOOLS  FOR  THE  EDUCATION  OF
 STUDENTS  WITH  DISABILITIES  THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, SPECIAL
 ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, JULY AND AUGUST PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS  WITH  DISA-
 BILITIES  APPROVED  PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS
 ARTICLE, AND SPECIAL SERVICES OR PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO PRESCHOOL STUDENTS
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 BY PROGRAMS SERVING PRESCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES APPROVED PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, SPECIAL CLASS AND SPECIAL CLASS  IN  AN  INTEGRATED  SETTING
 PROGRAMS,  MULTI-DISCIPLINARY  EVALUATION  PROGRAMS,  SPECIAL  EDUCATION
 ITINERANT SERVICES, AND  PRESCHOOL  TRANSPORTATION  SERVICES  FOR  WHICH
 TUITION AND/OR REGIONAL RATES ARE DETERMINED, SHALL GROW BY A PERCENTAGE
 EQUAL  TO  THE GREATER OF: (I) THE DIFFERENCE OF THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT
 WHEN DIVIDING THE  STATEWIDE  APPORTIONMENTS  FOR  GENERAL  SUPPORT  FOR
 PUBLIC  SCHOOLS,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED NINE-A OF THIS CHAPTER, FOR THE CURRENT YEAR BY SUCH  APPORTION-
 MENTS FOR THE BASE YEAR, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, AS COMPUTED BASED ON AN
 ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE  SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER  LISTING
 PRODUCED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE
 CURRENT YEAR, LESS ONE; OR (II) ZERO.
   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, COMMENCING WITH THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL YEAR, TUITION AND REGIONAL RATES APPROVED
 FOR SPECIAL SERVICES OR PROGRAMS  PROVIDED  TO  SCHOOL-AGE  STUDENTS  BY
 APPROVED  PRIVATE  RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCA-
 TION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT ARE LOCATED  WITHIN  THE  STATE,
 SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, JULY AND AUGUST PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH
 DISABILITIES  APPROVED  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT OF
 THIS ARTICLE, AND SPECIAL SERVICES  OR  PROGRAMS  PROVIDED  BY  PROGRAMS
 SERVING  PRESCHOOL  STUDENTS  WITH  DISABILITIES  APPROVED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO,  SPECIAL  CLASS  AND  SPECIAL  CLASS  IN  AN  INTEGRATED  SETTING
 PROGRAMS,  SHALL  NOT  BE  SUBJECT TO ANNUAL RECONCILIATION.   PROVIDED,
 FURTHER, FOR EACH FIVE-YEAR PERIOD  COMMENCING  WITH  THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR,  THE  TUITION AND
 REGIONAL RATES APPROVED FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE  ESTAB-
 LISHED  AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S RATE PLUS THE APPROVED GROWTH PERCENTAGE.
 PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT  FUNDED  TUITION  FOR  EACH  FIVE-YEAR  PERIOD
 COMMENCING  WITH  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE RECONCILED AGAINST THE ALLOWABLE EXPENSES  FOR  THE
 SAME FIVE-YEAR PERIOD PER THE APPROVED TUITION METHODOLOGY AS PROMULGAT-
 ED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.  PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT
 IF THE RECONCILED EXPENSES FOR EACH FIVE-YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING WITH THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR ARE LOWER
 THAN  THE  PROVIDED  FUNDING  BY GREATER THAN ONE PERCENT, REIMBURSEMENT
 SHALL BE ADJUSTED TO RECOVER  THE  AMOUNT  OF  UNDERSPENDING  ABOVE  ONE
 PERCENT.
   § 16-b. Subdivision 2 of section 4003 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 947 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner
 [of education], the commissioner of social services, the commissioner of
 health, the commissioner of mental health, and any other state agency or
 other source he may deem appropriate, shall approve reimbursement  meth-
 odologies  for  tuition  and  maintenance.  Any modification in any such
 methodology which has previously been approved shall be subject  to  the
 approval  of  the director of the budget.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, COMMENCING
 WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR,
 THE TUITION AND REGIONAL RATES APPROVED FOR SPECIAL SERVICES OR PROGRAMS
 PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS BY APPROVED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL  SCHOOLS
 FOR  THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN
 THE STATE OR BY SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SHALL NOT  BE  SUBJECT  TO
 ANNUAL RECONCILIATION. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT FOR EACH FIVE-YEAR PERIOD
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 COMMENCING  WITH  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
 SCHOOL YEAR, THE TUITION AND REGIONAL RATES APPROVED FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT
 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S  RATE  PLUS  THE
 APPROVED  GROWTH  PERCENTAGE. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT FUNDED TUITION FOR
 EACH FIVE-YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING WITH THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE RECONCILED AGAINST THE ALLOW-
 ABLE  EXPENSES  FOR  THE  SAME FIVE-YEAR PERIOD PER THE APPROVED TUITION
 METHODOLOGY AS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE  COMMISSIONER.
 PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT  IF THE RECONCILED EXPENSES FOR EACH FIVE-YEAR
 PERIOD COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR ARE LOWER THAN THE PROVIDED FUNDING BY GREATER THAN
 ONE  PERCENT,  REIMBURSEMENT  SHALL BE ADJUSTED TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT OF
 UNDERSPENDING ABOVE ONE PERCENT.
   § 16-c. 1. The commissioner of education shall convene a task force to
 design a reimbursement methodology for  implementation  in  the  2027-28
 school  year  for  tuition for preschool and school-age approved private
 schools and programs for the education of  students  with  disabilities.
 The  commissioner shall ensure that all regions of the state are repres-
 ented on the task force  and  include  members  from  school  districts,
 approved programs serving preschool students with disabilities, approved
 private  residential  or  non-residential  schools  for the education of
 students  with  disabilities,  special  act  school  districts,  munici-
 palities, and other interested stakeholders.  The task force shall exam-
 ine  components  essential  to  ensuring  the  fiscal  stability of such
 schools and programs when designing a  methodology  including,  but  not
 limited  to, cost screens, cost parameters, trend or growth factors, and
 reserves.
   2. The task force shall issue a report of its findings and recommenda-
 tions to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  and  the
 speaker of the assembly on or before July 1, 2026.
   §  16-d.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law or regulation to the
 contrary, if approved private schools serving students   with  disabili-
 ties  subject  to  articles  81 and 89 of the education law, special act
 school districts, and approved preschool special class and special class
 in an integrated setting programs pursuant to section 4410 of the educa-
 tion law experience an enrollment decrease as a percentage of  operating
 capacity  of  5 percentage points or more during the 2021-22 school year
 as compared to the three-year period from the 2016-17 through the  2018-
 19 school years, the commissioner of education shall apply an enrollment
 adjustment  factor as part of the tuition rate reconciliation process to
 stabilize tuition revenue, provided that the commissioner  of  education
 shall submit a plan for the implementation of such enrollment adjustment
 factor to the director of the budget for approval.
   §  17.  Subdivision  16  of  section  3602-ee  of the education law is
 REPEALED.
   § 17-a. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section
 3602-ee of the education law, as amended by section 23-b of  part  A  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  Provided  that, notwithstanding any provisions of this paragraph
 to the contrary, for the two thousand  seventeen-two  thousand  eighteen
 through  the two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO--two thousand [twenty-
 two]  TWENTY-THREE  school  years  an  exemption  to  the  certification
 requirement  of  subparagraph  (i)  of  this paragraph may be made for a
 teacher without certification valid for service in the  early  childhood
 grades  who possesses a written plan to obtain certification and who has
 registered in the ASPIRE workforce  registry  as  required  under  regu-
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 lations  of  the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  children and family
 services. Notwithstanding any exemption provided by  this  subparagraph,
 certification  shall be required for employment no later than June thir-
 tieth, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE; provided that for the two
 thousand   twenty-one--two   thousand  twenty-two  school  year,  school
 districts with  teachers  seeking  an  exemption  to  the  certification
 requirement  of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall submit a report
 to the commissioner regarding (A) the barriers to certification, if any,
 (B) the number of uncertified teachers registered in  the  ASPIRE  work-
 force  registry  teaching  pre-kindergarten  in  the district, including
 those employed by a community-based  organization,  (C)  the  number  of
 previously  uncertified  teachers  who  have  completed certification as
 required  by  this  subdivision,  and  (D)  the  expected  certification
 completion date of such teachers.
   §  17-b.  Subdivision  4  of section 51 of part B of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2008 amending the education law relating to the universal  prek-
 indergarten  program, as amended by section 23-a of part A of chapter 56
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   4. section twenty-three of this act shall take effect July 1, 2008 and
 shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2022] 2023;
   § 17-c. Subparagraph (viii) of the opening paragraph of subdivision 10
 of section 3602-e of the education law, as amended by  section  23-c  of
 part  A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subpara-
 graph (ix) is added to read as follows:
   (viii) for the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school
 year [and thereafter], each school district shall be eligible to receive
 a grant amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount  set  forth  for  such
 school district as "UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN ALLOCATION" on the comput-
 er  file  produced  by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget
 for the prior year  excluding  amounts  subject  to  section  thirty-six
 hundred  two-ee of this part and further excluding amounts paid pursuant
 to subdivision nineteen of this section plus (B) the Full-day 4-Year-Old
 Universal Prekindergarten Expansion added pursuant  to  paragraph  e  of
 subdivision nineteen of this section, provided that such school district
 has  met all requirements pursuant to this section and such grants shall
 be added into a four-year-old grant amount  based  on  the  amount  each
 district was eligible to receive in the base year to serve four-year-old
 prekindergarten  pupils,  [plus  (C)  the  amount awarded to such school
 district, subject to an available appropriation, through the  prekinder-
 garten  expansion  grant  for  the prior year, provided that such school
 district has met all requirements  pursuant  to  this  section  and  for
 purposes  of calculating the maintenance of effort reduction in subdivi-
 sion eleven of this section that such grant  amounts  shall  be  divided
 into  a four-year-old grant amount based on the amount each district was
 eligible to receive in the base year to serve  four-year-old  prekinder-
 garten pupils and a three-year-old grant amount based on the amount each
 district  was  eligible to receive in the base year to serve three-year-
 old pupils,] and provided further  that  the  maximum  grant  shall  not
 exceed  the  total  actual  grant  expenditures  incurred  by the school
 district in the current school year as approved by the  commissioner[.],
 AND
   (IX) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL
 YEAR AND THEREAFTER, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A
 GRANT  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO  THE  SUM  OF (A) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH
 SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN ALLOCATION" ON THE COMPUT-
 ER FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF  THE  ENACTED  BUDGET
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 FOR  THE  PRIOR  YEAR  EXCLUDING  AMOUNTS  SUBJECT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART AND FURTHER EXCLUDING AMOUNTS PAID  PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION NINETEEN OF THIS SECTION PLUS (B) THE FULL-DAY 4-YEAR-OLD
 UNIVERSAL  PREKINDERGARTEN  EXPANSION  ADDED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH E OF
 SUBDIVISION NINETEEN OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT
 HAS MET ALL REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SUCH GRANTS  SHALL
 BE  ADDED  INTO  A  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  GRANT AMOUNT BASED ON THE AMOUNT EACH
 DISTRICT WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IN THE BASE YEAR TO SERVE FOUR-YEAR-OLD
 PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS, PLUS (C) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH  FOR  SUCH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  AS  "UPK  ENHANCEMENT"  IN  THE  SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER LISTING
 PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED  BUDGET  FOR  THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTI-
 TLED "SA222-3", PROVIDED THAT SUCH GRANT AMOUNTS SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO A
 FOUR-YEAR-OLD  GRANT AMOUNT BASED ON THE AMOUNT EACH DISTRICT WAS ELIGI-
 BLE TO RECEIVE IN THE BASE YEAR TO SERVE  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  PREKINDERGARTEN
 PUPILS  AND  A  THREE-YEAR-OLD  GRANT  AMOUNT  BASED  ON THE AMOUNT EACH
 DISTRICT WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IN THE BASE YEAR TO  SERVE  THREE-YEAR-
 OLD PUPILS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE MAXIMUM GRANT SHALL NOT EXCEED
 THE  TOTAL  ACTUAL GRANT EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
 THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 17-d. Section 3602-e of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN EXPANSIONS.   A. FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR, A SCHOOL DISTRICT
 SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ENHANCED FUNDING FOR UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN AID
 EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF (I) THE PRODUCT OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS (0.05) MULTI-
 PLIED BY THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AS  "UNIVERSAL
 PREKINDERGARTEN ALLOCATION" ON THE COMPUTER FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  IN  SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "BT222-3"
 EXCLUDING AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE  OF  THIS
 PART, OR (II) THE PRODUCT OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSANDTHS (0.185)
 MULTIPLIED  BY  THE  TARGETED AMOUNT, PROVIDED THAT NO DISTRICT SHALL BE
 ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN THE TARGETED AMOUNT AS DEFINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
   B. (I) "TARGETED AMOUNT" SHALL EQUAL THE POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE  OF  (1)
 THE  PRODUCT OF TWO MULTIPLIED BY SELECTED AID PER PREKINDERGARTEN PUPIL
 AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION,  FURTHER  MULTI-
 PLIED  BY  MAXIMUM  ELIGIBLE AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, LESS
 (2) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "UNIVERSAL  PREKIN-
 DERGARTEN  ALLOCATION" ON THE COMPUTER FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  ENTITLED  "BT222-3"
 EXCLUDING AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE  OF  THIS
 PART.
   (II)  "MAXIMUM  ELIGIBLE"  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 DEFINED AS THE SUM OF THE PREKINDERGARTEN FOUR-YEAR-OLD  MAINTENANCE  OF
 EFFORT  BASE  AND  PREKINDERGARTEN  THREE-YEAR-OLD MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT
 BASE DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF PARAGRAPH B OF  SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF
 THIS  SECTION  ADDED TO THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
 "ADDITIONAL SLOTS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING  PRODUCED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA212-2".
   § 18. Intentionally omitted.
   §  18-a.  Subdivision 7 of section 3202 of the education law, as added
 by chapter 683 of the laws of 1986, the subdivision  heading  and  para-
 graph  a  as amended and paragraph f as added by chapter 564 of the laws
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 of 2001 and paragraph b as amended by section 27 of part B of chapter 57
 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Youth  incarcerated  OR DETAINED in county correctional facilities
 [or], youth shelters, OR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES.    a.  A  person
 under twenty-one years of age who has not received a high school diploma
 and  who  is  incarcerated  OR DETAINED in a correctional facility main-
 tained by a county or by the city of New York [or], in a youth  shelter,
 OR IN A JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY is eligible for educational services
 pursuant  to  this subdivision and in accordance with the regulations of
 the commissioner. Such services shall be provided by the school district
 in which the facility [or], youth shelter, OR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILI-
 TY is located, within the limits of the funds allocated by  the  commis-
 sioner  for  such purposes pursuant to section thirty-six hundred two of
 this chapter and pursuant  to  a  plan  approved  by  the  commissioner.
 School districts shall submit such plan by July fifteenth of each school
 year.  Boards  of education are authorized to contract for the provision
 of such educational services  by  a  board  of  cooperative  educational
 services or by another public school district.
   b. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the school district
 in  which the child resided at the time of the child's commitment to the
 custody of the sheriff or local commissioner of corrections [or],  youth
 shelter,  OR  JUVENILE  DETENTION FACILITY shall reimburse the education
 department for its expenditure for the full time  equivalent  attendance
 of  such  child  pursuant  to subdivision thirteen of section thirty-six
 hundred two of this chapter on behalf of such child, in an amount  equal
 to  the  product  of such full time equivalent attendance and the school
 district basic contribution, as such  term  is  defined  in  subdivision
 eight  of  section  forty-four  hundred  one  of this chapter, provided,
 however, that such basic contribution shall be multiplied  by  the  full
 time  equivalent  attendance multiplied by one hundred twenty per centum
 for such children attending programs which operate  between  July  first
 and  June  thirtieth.  If at the applicable time specified in this para-
 graph a school district other than the  school  district  in  which  the
 child resides is responsible for the cost of instruction of the child or
 for  reimbursement  of  the  state  for its expenditure on behalf of the
 child pursuant to any provision of this chapter, then such other  school
 district shall be responsible for reimbursement of the education depart-
 ment  in  accordance  with  this  paragraph.  Upon  certification by the
 commissioner, the comptroller shall deduct from any  state  funds  which
 become  due  to  a  school district an amount equal to the reimbursement
 required to be made by such school  district  in  accordance  with  this
 paragraph, and the amount so deducted shall not be included in the oper-
 ating expense of such district for the purpose of computing the approved
 operating  expense pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision one of section
 thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
   c. After admission of a child eligible for educational services pursu-
 ant to this subdivision, but within a time prescribed by the commission-
 er in regulations, the correctional facility maintained by the county or
 the city of New York OR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY shall  furnish  such
 child  with  information concerning the availability of such educational
 services and shall submit a request  for  educational  services  to  the
 school  district  in  which  the facility is located. Such request shall
 conform to requirements prescribed by the commissioner by regulation  in
 consultation  with the state commission of correction and shall include,
 but shall not be limited to, notice of:  the name of the child, the name
 and location of the facility in which  such  child  is  incarcerated  OR
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 DETAINED,  the  last  grade  completed  by  the child as reported by the
 child, the anticipated duration of the incarceration and the last  known
 residence of such child at the time of the child's DETAINMENT OR commit-
 ment  to  custody.  The school district in which the facility is located
 shall notify other appropriate agencies, including, but not limited  to,
 the  education  department  and  the school district identified as being
 responsible for the educational costs of such child  pursuant  to  para-
 graph  b  of  this  subdivision,  that  such  a  request for educational
 services has been received.  The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  regu-
 lations  specifying  the time within which such notice shall be provided
 and the contents of such notice, and establishing a procedure by which a
 school district may request the commissioner to review  its  identifica-
 tion  as  the  school  district responsible for the educational costs of
 such child.
   d. Upon release or discharge  of  a  child  eligible  for  educational
 services  pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  the correctional facility OR
 JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY shall apprise such child that further educa-
 tional services may be available pursuant to this  section  through  the
 school  district  in  which  the  child resides or in which the child is
 otherwise entitled to attend school, and shall, at the  request  of  the
 student,  notify  such  district of the child's desire to enroll in such
 district.
   e. The state commission of correction shall promulgate rules and regu-
 lations in consultation with the commissioner which shall  require  each
 correctional  facility  operated by a county or the city of New York AND
 JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY to cooperate with  the  school  district  or
 board of cooperative educational services providing educational services
 and to comply with the requirements of this subdivision.
   f. As used in this subdivision, "youth shelter" shall mean an alterna-
 tive  residential  facility  for the incarceration of youths between the
 ages of sixteen and twenty-one who are remanded by the criminal courts.
   G. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "JUVENILE  DETENTION  FACILITY"  SHALL
 MEAN  A  SECURE  DETENTION FACILITY FOR YOUTH CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR SPECIALIZED  SECURE  JUVENILE  DETENTION
 FACILITY  FOR OLDER YOUTH CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF  CORRECTIONS  AND
 COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION  AND  "DETENTION"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF  THE  EXECU-
 TIVE LAW.
   §  18-b.  Subdivision  13  of  section  3602  of the education law, as
 amended by section 16 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws  of  2007,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   13.  Youth  incarcerated OR DETAINED in county correctional facilities
 AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES apportionment.  a. In addition to  any
 other  apportionment  under  this  section,  a  school district shall be
 eligible for an apportionment  for  current  year  educational  services
 provided  between July first and June thirtieth to youth incarcerated in
 correctional facilities maintained by a county or the city of  New  York
 [or]  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS CHAPTER, in a youth shelter[,] as defined in paragraph f of  subdi-
 vision  seven of section thirty-two hundred two of this chapter, [pursu-
 ant to subdivision seven of section thirty-two hundred two of this chap-
 ter] OR IN A JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH  G  OF
 SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
 Such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of the following:   (i)  for
 programs  which  operate between September first and June thirtieth, the
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 product of the district's [expense per pupil] APPROVED OPERATING EXPENSE
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH T OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  and  the
 number  of pupils in full-time equivalent attendance as defined in regu-
 lations  of  the  commissioner multiplied by one hundred twenty-five per
 centum plus (ii) for programs which operate between July first and  June
 thirtieth,  the  product  of the district's [expense per pupil] APPROVED
 OPERATING EXPENSE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH T OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  and  the  number  of pupils in full-time equivalent attendance,
 multiplied by one hundred fifty per centum. Such apportionment shall  be
 in  accordance  with  regulations  promulgated  by  the commissioner and
 approved by the director of the budget and shall be the  lesser  of  the
 amount computed pursuant to this paragraph or the actual amount expended
 by  the  district  for  such  approved educational services and approved
 administrative costs as reported to the commissioner provided,  however,
 that  the  minimum  allocation  in any school year for a school district
 providing educational services to such children shall be  [fifteen]  ONE
 HUNDRED  TEN thousand dollars.  The educational costs for these children
 shall not be otherwise aidable or reimbursable under  any  provision  of
 law;  provided,  however,  that a city school district which operates an
 academy or an alternative high school at such a facility, may  elect  to
 receive  applicable  aid pursuant to other provisions of this section in
 lieu of any aid under this subdivision.
   b. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-six hundred nine-a
 of this part, the payment  of  such  apportionment  shall  be  based  on
 reports  required  by  the  commissioner for the periods ending November
 thirtieth, March thirty-first and June thirtieth of  each  school  year.
 For  the city school district of the city of New York, computations made
 pursuant to this subdivision shall be computed on a city-wide basis.
   [d.] C. The commissioner shall  adopt  regulations  to  implement  the
 provisions of this subdivision.
   § 19. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
 amended  by  section  26 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year  through  the  two  thousand  [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO--two thousand
 [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE school year, "moneys apportioned"  shall  mean
 the  lesser  of  (i)  the  sum  of one hundred percent of the respective
 amount set forth for each school district as payable  pursuant  to  this
 section in the school aid computer listing for the current year produced
 by  the  commissioner in support of the budget which includes the appro-
 priation for the general support for public schools for  the  prescribed
 payments  and  individualized  payments due prior to April first for the
 current year plus the apportionment payable during  the  current  school
 year  pursuant  to  subdivision six-a and subdivision fifteen of section
 thirty-six hundred two of this part minus any reductions to current year
 aids pursuant to subdivision seven of section thirty-six hundred four of
 this part or any deduction from apportionment payable pursuant  to  this
 chapter  for  collection  of  a  school  district  basic contribution as
 defined in subdivision eight of section forty-four hundred one  of  this
 chapter,  less  any  grants  provided  pursuant to subparagraph two-a of
 paragraph b of subdivision four of section  ninety-two-c  of  the  state
 finance  law,  less  any grants provided pursuant to subdivision five of
 section ninety-seven-nnnn of the state  finance  law,  less  any  grants
 provided  pursuant  to  subdivision twelve of section thirty-six hundred
 forty-one of this article, or (ii) the apportionment calculated  by  the
 commissioner based on data on file at the time the payment is processed;
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 provided however, that for the purposes of any payments made pursuant to
 this  section  prior  to  the  first business day of June of the current
 year, moneys apportioned shall not include any aids payable pursuant  to
 subdivisions  six  and  fourteen,  if  applicable, of section thirty-six
 hundred two of this part as current year aid for debt  service  on  bond
 anticipation  notes and/or bonds first issued in the current year or any
 aids payable for full-day kindergarten for the current year pursuant  to
 subdivision  nine  of  section  thirty-six hundred two of this part. The
 definitions of "base year" and "current year" as set forth  in  subdivi-
 sion  one  of section thirty-six hundred two of this part shall apply to
 this section. For aid payable in the two thousand  [twenty-one]  TWENTY-
 TWO--two  thousand  [twenty-two]  TWENTY-THREE school year, reference to
 such "school aid computer listing for the current year" shall  mean  the
 printouts entitled ["SA212-2"] "SA222-3".
   §  19-a. Paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   c.  Payment  of moneys due for prior years. State aid payments due for
 prior years in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision  shall
 be  paid  EITHER:  (I)  FROM  FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR
 PUBLIC SCHOOL APPROPRIATION AS A  RESULT  OF  THE  DEDUCTION  OF  EXCESS
 PAYMENTS  OF  AID  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION; OR (II)
 within the limit of  the  appropriation  designated  therefor  provided,
 however,  that each eligible claim shall be payable in the order that it
 has been approved for payment by the commissioner, but in no case  shall
 a single claim draw down more than forty percent of the appropriation so
 designated  for  a single year, and provided further that no claim shall
 be set aside for insufficiency of funds to make a complete payment,  but
 shall be eligible for a partial payment in one year and shall retain its
 priority  date status for appropriations designated for such purposes in
 future years.
   § 20. Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws  of  1992,
 relating  to funding a program for work force education conducted by the
 consortium for worker education in New York city, as amended by  section
 39  of  part  A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with  subdivision
 a  of  this section for the reimbursement for the 2018--2019 school year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,
 reimbursement for the 2019--2020  school  year  shall  not  exceed  57.7
 percent  of  the  lesser  of  such  approvable costs per contact hour or
 fifteen dollars sixty cents per  contact  hour,  reimbursement  for  the
 2020--2021  school  year  shall not exceed 56.9 percent of the lesser of
 such approvable costs per contact hour or sixteen  dollars  and  twenty-
 five  cents  per  contact  hour,  [and] reimbursement for the 2021--2022
 school year shall not exceed 56.0 percent of the lesser of such approva-
 ble costs per contact hour  or  sixteen  dollars  and  forty  cents  per
 contact hour, AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2022--2023 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT
 EXCEED  55.7  PERCENT OF THE LESSER OF SUCH APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT
 HOUR OR SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS PER CONTACT HOUR,  and  where  a
 contact  hour  represents sixty minutes of instruction services provided
 to an eligible adult.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 contrary, for the 2018--2019 school year such contact  hours  shall  not
 exceed  one  million  four  hundred  sixty-three  thousand  nine hundred
 sixty-three (1,463,963); for the 2019--2020  school  year  such  contact
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 hours shall not exceed one million four hundred forty-four thousand four
 hundred  forty-four  (1,444,444);  for  the  2020--2021 school year such
 contact hours shall not exceed one million  four  hundred  six  thousand
 nine  hundred  twenty-six  (1,406,926);  [and] for the 2021--2022 school
 year such contact hours  shall  not  exceed  one  million  four  hundred
 sixteen  thousand one hundred twenty-two (1,416,122) ; AND FOR THE 2022-
 -2023 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE  MILLION  FOUR
 HUNDRED  SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX (1,406,926). Notwithstand-
 ing any other provision of law to the contrary, the apportionment calcu-
 lated for the city school district of the city of New York  pursuant  to
 subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law shall be computed as
 if  such  contact hours provided by the consortium for worker education,
 not to exceed the contact hours set forth herein, were eligible for  aid
 in accordance with the provisions of such subdivision 11 of section 3602
 of the education law.
   §  21. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education  in New York city, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion aa to read as follows:
   AA. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION  OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION  SHALL
 WITHHOLD  A  PORTION  OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID DUE TO THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
 TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE  ACCOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($13,000,000).
   §  22. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker education in New York city, as amended by section 41 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6.  This  act  shall  take effect July 1, 1992, and shall be deemed
 repealed on June 30, [2022] 2023.
   § 22-a. Paragraph a-1 of subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the  educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 41-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   a-1.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of paragraph a of this subdivi-
 sion, for aid payable in the school years two thousand--two thousand one
 through two thousand nine--two thousand ten, and two  thousand  eleven--
 two thousand twelve [through two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twen-
 ty-two]  AND THEREAFTER, the commissioner may set aside an amount not to
 exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars from the  funds  appro-
 priated  for  purposes  of  this  subdivision for the purpose of serving
 persons twenty-one years of age or older who have not been  enrolled  in
 any  school  for  the  preceding school year, including persons who have
 received a high school diploma or high school  equivalency  diploma  but
 fail  to  demonstrate basic educational competencies as defined in regu-
 lation by the  commissioner,  when  measured  by  accepted  standardized
 tests, and who shall be eligible to attend employment preparation educa-
 tion programs operated pursuant to this subdivision.
   § 23. Subdivision 1 of section 167 of chapter 169 of the laws of 1994,
 relating  to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state operations,
 aid to localities, capital projects and debt service budgets, as amended
 by section 33 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 read as follows:
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   1. Sections one through seventy of this act shall be  deemed  to  have
 been  in  full  force  and effect as of April 1, 1994 provided, however,
 that  sections  one,  two,  twenty-four,  twenty-five  and  twenty-seven
 through seventy of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on March
 31, 2000; provided, however, that section twenty of this act shall apply
 only  to  hearings  commenced  prior  to September 1, 1994, and provided
 further that section twenty-six of this act shall expire and  be  deemed
 repealed  on  March  31,  1997;  and provided further that sections four
 through fourteen, sixteen, and eighteen, nineteen and twenty-one through
 twenty-one-a of this act shall expire and be deemed  repealed  on  March
 31,  1997; and provided further that sections three, fifteen, seventeen,
 twenty, twenty-two and twenty-three of this  act  shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed on March 31, [2022] 2024.
   §  24.  Section  12  of  chapter 147 of the laws of 2001, amending the
 education law relating to conditional appointment  of  school  district,
 charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 42 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  12.  This  act shall take effect on the same date as chapter 180 of
 the laws of 2000 takes effect, and shall expire July 1, [2022] 2023 when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   § 25. Section 4 of chapter 425 of  the  laws  of  2002,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to  the  provision of supplemental educational
 services, attendance at a safe  public  school  and  the  suspension  of
 pupils  who  bring  a  firearm  to  or possess a firearm at a school, as
 amended by section 43 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002 and section one of this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2019[, and sections two
 and three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed  on  June  30,
 2022].
   §  26.  Section  5  of  chapter  101 of the laws of 2003, amending the
 education law relating to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind
 Act of 2001, as amended by section 44 of part A of  chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately[; provided that sections
 one, two and three of this act shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  on
 June 30, 2022].
   §  27.  Section  2  of  chapter  552 of the laws of 1995, amending the
 education law relating to contracts for  the  transportation  of  school
 children, as amended by section 45 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the first day of January next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall remain
 in full force and effect until January 1, [2023] 2028,  when  upon  such
 date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   § 28. School bus driver training. In addition to apportionments other-
 wise  provided  by section 3602 of the education law, for aid payable in
 the 2022-2023 through the 2026-2027 school years, subject  to  available
 appropriation,  the  commissioner of education shall allocate school bus
 driver training grants to school districts  and  boards  of  cooperative
 educational  services  pursuant to sections 3650-a, 3650-b and 3650-c of
 the education law, or for contracts directly with not-for-profit  educa-
 tional  organizations  for  the  purposes of this section. Such payments
 shall not exceed four hundred thousand  dollars  ($400,000)  per  school
 year.
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   §  28-a. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a.  (1)  All  contracts for the transportation of school children, all
 contracts to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school  district
 that  are  used for the transportation of school children, all contracts
 for mobile instructional units, and all contracts to  provide,  maintain
 and  operate  cafeteria  or restaurant service by a private food service
 management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner,
 who may disapprove a proposed contract if, in his OR  HER  opinion,  the
 best  interests  of  the  district  will  be promoted thereby. Except as
 provided in paragraph e of this subdivision, all such contracts  involv-
 ing an annual expenditure in excess of the amount specified for purchase
 contracts in the bidding requirements of the general municipal law shall
 be  awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, which responsibility shall
 be determined by the board of education or the trustee  of  a  district,
 with  power  hereby vested in the commissioner to reject any or all bids
 if, in his OR HER opinion, the best interests of the  district  will  be
 promoted  thereby and, upon such rejection of all bids, the commissioner
 shall order the board of education or trustee of the district  to  seek,
 obtain  and  consider  new proposals. All proposals for such transporta-
 tion, maintenance, mobile instructional units, or cafeteria and  restau-
 rant  service  shall  be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe.
 Advertisement for bids shall be published in a newspaper  or  newspapers
 designated  by  the board of education or trustee of the district having
 general circulation within the district for such  purpose.  Such  adver-
 tisement  shall contain a statement of the time when and place where all
 bids received pursuant to such advertisement will be publicly opened and
 read either by the school authorities or by a person or  persons  desig-
 nated  by  them.  All bids received shall be publicly opened and read at
 the time and place so specified. At least five days shall elapse between
 the first publication of such advertisement and the  date  so  specified
 for  the  opening  and  reading of bids. The requirement for competitive
 bidding shall not apply to an award of a contract for the transportation
 of pupils or a contract for mobile instructional units, if such award is
 based on an evaluation  of  proposals  in  response  to  a  request  for
 proposals  pursuant  to paragraph e of this subdivision. The requirement
 for competitive bidding shall not apply to annual, biennial, or trienni-
 al extensions of a contract nor shall the  requirement  for  competitive
 bidding  apply  to  quadrennial  or  quinquennial  year  extensions of a
 contract involving transportation of pupils, maintenance of school buses
 or mobile instructional units secured either through competitive bidding
 or through  evaluation  of  proposals  in  response  to  a  request  for
 proposals  pursuant to paragraph e of this subdivision, when such exten-
 sions [(1)] (I) are made by the board of education or the trustee  of  a
 district,  under  rules  and regulations prescribed by the commissioner,
 and, [(2)] (II) do not extend the original contract period  beyond  five
 years  from  the  date cafeteria and restaurant service commenced there-
 under and in the case of contracts for the transportation of pupils, for
 the maintenance of school buses or for mobile instructional units,  that
 such  contracts  may  be extended, except that power is hereby vested in
 the commissioner, in addition to his OR HER existing statutory authority
 to approve or disapprove transportation or maintenance contracts,  [(i)]
 (A) to reject any extension of a contract beyond the initial term there-
 of  if  he  OR  SHE  finds that amount to be paid by the district to the
 contractor in any year of such proposed extension fails to  reflect  any
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 decrease   in   the   regional   consumer  price  index  for  the  N.Y.,
 N.Y.-Northeastern, N.J. area, based upon the index for all urban consum-
 ers (CPI-U) during the preceding twelve month period; and [(ii)] (B)  to
 reject  any extension of a contract after ten years from the date trans-
 portation  or  maintenance  service  commenced  thereunder,  or   mobile
 instructional  units  were first provided, if in his OR HER opinion, the
 best interests of the district  will  be  promoted  thereby.  Upon  such
 rejection  of  any  proposed  extension,  the commissioner may order the
 board of education or trustee  of  the  district  to  seek,  obtain  and
 consider  bids  pursuant to the provisions of this section. The board of
 education or the trustee of a  school  district  electing  to  extend  a
 contract as provided herein, may, in its discretion, increase the amount
 to  be  paid  in each year of the contract extension by an amount not to
 exceed  the  regional  consumer  price  index  increase  for  the  N.Y.,
 N.Y.-Northeastern, N.J. area, based upon the index for all urban consum-
 ers  (CPI-U),  during the preceding twelve month period, provided it has
 been satisfactorily established by the contractor that there has been at
 least an equivalent increase in the amount of his OR HER cost of  opera-
 tion, during the period of the contract.
   (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE BOARD
 OF  EDUCATION  OF  A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN A CITY WITH AT LEAST ONE
 MILLION INHABITANTS SHALL INCLUDE IN CONTRACTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE  TWELVE,  WHETHER  AWARDED
 THROUGH  COMPETITIVE  BIDDING  OR  THROUGH  EVALUATION  OF  PROPOSALS IN
 RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  E  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  PROVISIONS  FOR  THE  RETENTION OR PREFERENCE IN HIRING OF
 SCHOOL BUS WORKERS AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF  WAGES,  HEALTH,  WELFARE
 AND  RETIREMENT  BENEFITS  AND  SENIORITY FOR SCHOOL BUS WORKERS WHO ARE
 HIRED PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISIONS FOR RETENTION OR PREFERENCE IN HIRING,
 IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH CONTRACTS. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH,
 "SCHOOL  BUS  WORKER"  SHALL  MEAN  AN OPERATOR, MECHANIC, DISPATCHER OR
 ATTENDANT WHO: (I) WAS EMPLOYED AS OF JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO  THOUSAND  TEN
 OR  AT  ANY  TIME  THEREAFTER  BY (A) A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS A PARTY TO A
 CONTRACT WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED  IN  A
 CITY  WITH  AT  LEAST  ONE MILLION INHABITANTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE, IN CONNECTION WITH
 SUCH CONTRACT, OR (B) A SUBCONTRACTOR OF A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS  A  PARTY
 TO  A  CONTRACT WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED
 IN A CITY WITH AT LEAST ONE MILLION INHABITANTS FOR  THE  TRANSPORTATION
 OF  SCHOOL  CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE, IN CONNECTION
 WITH SUCH CONTRACT, AND (II) HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED OR BECOME UNEMPLOYED AS
 A RESULT OF A LOSS OF SUCH CONTRACT, OR A PART OF SUCH CONTRACT, BY SUCH
 CONTRACTOR OR SUCH SUBCONTRACTOR, OR AS  A  RESULT  OF  A  REDUCTION  IN
 SERVICE  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH  BOARD  OF EDUCATION DURING THE TERM OF SUCH
 CONTRACT.
   § 29. Special apportionment for salary  expenses.  a.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of  law,  upon application to the commissioner of
 education, not sooner than the first day of  the  second  full  business
 week  of  June  2023  and  not later than the last day of the third full
 business week of June 2023, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible  to
 receive  an  apportionment pursuant to this section, for the school year
 ending June 30, 2023, for salary expenses incurred between April  1  and
 June 30, 2022 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (i) the
 deficit  reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
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 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus (ii)
 186 percent of such amount for a city school district in a city  with  a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (iii) 209 percent of
 such  amount  for  a city school district in a city with a population of
 more than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants  accord-
 ing  to  the  latest  federal  census, plus (iv) the net gap elimination
 adjustment for 2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner  of  educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (v) the gap elimi-
 nation  adjustment  for  2011--2012 as determined by the commissioner of
 education pursuant to subdivision 17 of section 3602  of  the  education
 law,  and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed such
 salary expenses. Such application shall be made by  a  school  district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   b.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision a of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph  4
 of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district  pursuant  to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   c.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions a and b of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  1,  2,  3,  4  and  5 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the  lottery  appor-
 tionment  payable  pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such paragraph followed
 by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph  4  of  such
 paragraph  and then followed by the district's payments to the teachers'
 retirement system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and  any
 remainder  to  be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments due the
 district pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall  be  deducted
 on  a  chronological  basis  starting  with the earliest payment due the
 district.
   § 30. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. a.   Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er  of education, not later than June 30, 2023, a school district eligi-
 ble for an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the  education  law
 shall  be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this section,
 for the school year ending June 30, 2023 and  such  apportionment  shall
 not  exceed  the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made by school
 districts in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated  with
 changes  for  such  public pension liabilities. The amount of such addi-
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 tional accrual shall be certified to the commissioner  of  education  by
 the  president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the case
 of a city school district in a city  with  a  population  in  excess  of
 125,000  inhabitants,  the mayor of such city. Such application shall be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school  district
 in  a  city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   b. The claim for an apportionment to be  paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this section shall be submitted to the
 commissioner of education on a form prescribed  for  such  purpose,  and
 shall  be  payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on the same day in September of the school year following  the  year  in
 which  application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph 4
 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c  of  the  state  finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  a  and  b of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of paragraph  a  of  subdivision  1  of  section
 3609-a  of  the education law in the following order: the lottery appor-
 tionment payable pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such  paragraph  followed
 by  the  fixed  fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph 4 of such
 paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the  teachers'
 retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and any
 remainder to be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments  due  the
 district  pursuant  to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be deducted
 on a chronological basis starting with  the  earliest  payment  due  the
 district.
   § 30-a. Subdivision a of section 5 of chapter 121 of the laws of 1996,
 relating  to  authorizing  the  Roosevelt  union free school district to
 finance deficits by the issuance of serial bonds, as amended by  section
 46-a  of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,  upon  application  to
 the  commissioner of education submitted not sooner than April first and
 not later than June thirtieth of the applicable school year, the  Roose-
 velt  union  free school district shall be eligible to receive an appor-
 tionment pursuant to this chapter for salary expenses, including related
 benefits, incurred between April first and June thirtieth of such school
 year.  Such apportionment shall not exceed: for the 1996-97 school  year
 [through  the  2021-22 school year] AND THEREAFTER, four million dollars
 ($4,000,000)[; for the 2022-23    school  year,  three  million  dollars
 ($3,000,000);   for   the  2023-24  school  year,  two  million  dollars
 ($2,000,000);  for  the  2024-25  school  year,  one   million   dollars
 ($1,000,000); and for the 2025-26 school year, zero dollars]. Such annu-
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 al  application shall be made after the board of education has adopted a
 resolution to do so with the approval of the commissioner of education.
   §  31.  Section  1950  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8-d to read as follows:
   8-D. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISION OF ANY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION  TO
 THE  CONTRARY,  THE  CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, UPON
 THE CONSENT OF THE BOARD OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  OF  THE
 SUPERVISORY  DISTRICT  SERVING  ITS GEOGRAPHIC REGION, MAY PURCHASE FROM
 SUCH BOARD AS A NON-COMPONENT  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  SERVICES  REQUIRED  BY
 ARTICLE NINETEEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   §  31-a.  Section  5  of  chapter 537 of the laws of 1976, relating to
 paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible  pupils  in  certain
 school  districts,  as added by section 2 of part B of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. a. Notwithstanding  any  monetary  limitations  with  respect  to
 school  lunch  programs  contained  in any law or regulation, for school
 lunch meals served in the school year commencing July 1, 2019 and  [each
 July  1  thereafter] ENDING JUNE 30, 2022, a school food authority shall
 be eligible for a lunch meal State subsidy of twenty-five  cents,  which
 shall  include  any  annual  State  subsidy received by such school food
 authority under any other provision of State law, for any  school  lunch
 meal served by such school food authority; provided that the school food
 authority certifies to the State Education Department through the appli-
 cation submitted pursuant to subdivision [b] C of this section that such
 food  authority  has purchased at least thirty percent of its total cost
 of food products for its school lunch  service  program  from  New  York
 state  farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding school
 year.
   b. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY MONETARY LIMITATIONS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  SCHOOL
 MEAL  PROGRAMS  CONTAINED  IN  ANY LAW OR REGULATION, COMMENCING JULY 1,
 2022 AND EACH JULY 1 THEREAFTER, A SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY SHALL BE ELIGI-
 BLE FOR A LUNCH MEAL STATE SUBSIDY OF TWENTY-FIVE CENTS AND A  BREAKFAST
 MEAL  STATE  SUBSIDY OF TWENTY-ONE CENTS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANY ANNUAL
 STATE SUBSIDY RECEIVED BY SUCH SCHOOL FOOD  AUTHORITY  UNDER  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  STATE LAW, FOR ANY SCHOOL LUNCH AND SCHOOL BREAKFAST MEAL
 SERVED BY SUCH SCHOOL AUTHORITY; PROVIDED THAT THE SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY
 CERTIFIES TO THE STATE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  THROUGH  THE  APPLICATION
 SUBMITTED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  C  OF  THIS SECTION THAT SUCH FOOD
 AUTHORITY HAS PURCHASED AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF  ITS  TOTAL  COST  OF
 FOOD  PRODUCTS  FOR ITS SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM FROM NEW YORK STATE FARMERS,
 GROWERS, PRODUCERS OR PROCESSORS IN THE PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR.
   C. The State Education Department, in cooperation with the  Department
 of Agriculture and Markets, shall develop an application for school food
 authorities to seek an additional State subsidy pursuant to this section
 in  a  timeline  and format prescribed by the commissioner of education.
 Such application shall include, but not  be  limited  to,  documentation
 demonstrating  the  school food authority's total food purchases for its
 school [lunch service] MEAL program, and documentation demonstrating its
 total food purchases and percentages for  such  program  from  New  York
 State  farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding school
 year. The application shall also include an attestation from the  school
 food  authority's  chief  operating  officer  that it purchased at least
 thirty percent of its total cost of food products for its school  [lunch
 service] MEAL program from New York State farmers, growers, producers or
 processors  in  the  preceding school year in order to meet the require-
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 ments for this additional State subsidy. School food  authorities  shall
 be required to annually apply for this subsidy.
   [c.] D. The State Education Department shall annually publish informa-
 tion on its website commencing on September 1, 2019 and each September 1
 thereafter,  relating to each school food authority that applied for and
 received this additional State subsidy, including but  not  limited  to:
 the  school food authority name, student enrollment, average daily lunch
 AND BREAKFAST participation, total food costs  for  its  school  [lunch]
 MEAL service program, total cost of food products for its school [lunch]
 MEAL  service  program  purchased  from New York State farmers, growers,
 producers or processors, and the percent of total food costs  that  were
 purchased  from New York State farmers, growers, producers or processors
 for its school [lunch] MEAL service program.
   § 31-b. Subdivision 6-a of section 140 of chapter 82 of  the  laws  of
 1995,  amending  the  education  law  and certain other laws relating to
 state aid to school districts and the appropriation  of  funds  for  the
 support  of  government, as amended by section 41 of part YYY of chapter
 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (6-a) Section seventy-three of this act shall take effect July 1, 1995
 and shall be deemed repealed June 30, [2022] 2027;
   § 32. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside  from
 the  state  funds  which  each such district is receiving from the total
 foundation aid:
   a. for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools  or
 magnet  school  programs  for  the  2022--2023 school year. For the city
 school district of the city of New York there shall be  a  set-aside  of
 foundation  aid  equal  to  forty-eight million one hundred seventy-five
 thousand dollars ($48,175,000) including five hundred  thousand  dollars
 ($500,000)  for  the  Andrew  Jackson  High School; for the Buffalo city
 school  district,  twenty-one  million  twenty-five   thousand   dollars
 ($21,025,000);  for  the Rochester city school district, fifteen million
 dollars ($15,000,000); for the Syracuse city school  district,  thirteen
 million  dollars  ($13,000,000);  for  the Yonkers city school district,
 forty-nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for  the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand  dollars  ($4,645,000);  for the Poughkeepsie city school district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred  ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one  million  eight  hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000); for the Port
 Chester city school district, one million  one  hundred  fifty  thousand
 dollars  ($1,150,000);  for  the White Plains city school district, nine
 hundred thousand dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls  city  school
 district,  six  hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the Albany city
 school district, three  million  five  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars
 ($3,550,000);  for  the  Utica city school district, two million dollars
 ($2,000,000); for the Beacon city school district, five  hundred  sixty-
 six   thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city  school
 district, four hundred thousand dollars  ($400,000);  for  the  Freeport
 union  free  school  district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000);
 for the Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three  hundred  thousand
 dollars  ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district, eight
 hundred thousand dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill  city  school
 district,  two  hundred  thousand dollars ($200,000); and for the Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
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   b. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the  contrary,
 a  school  district  setting  aside such foundation aid pursuant to this
 section may use such set-aside  funds  for:  (i)  any  instructional  or
 instructional  support  costs  associated with the operation of a magnet
 school; or (ii) any instructional or instructional support costs associ-
 ated with implementation of an alternative approach to promote diversity
 and/or enhancement of the instructional program and raising of standards
 in  elementary and secondary schools of school districts having substan-
 tial concentrations of minority students.
   c. The commissioner of education shall not be authorized  to  withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with  this  paragraph,  notwithstanding any inconsistency with a request
 for proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of  attendance
 improvement  and  dropout prevention for the 2022--2023 school year, and
 for any city school district in a city having a population of more  than
 one  million,  the  set-aside  for  attendance  improvement  and dropout
 prevention shall equal the amount set aside in the base  year.  For  the
 2022--2023  school  year,  it  is  further provided that any city school
 district in a city having a population of more than  one  million  shall
 allocate  at  least  one-third  of any increase from base year levels in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based organizations. Any increase required pursuant to  this  section
 to  community-based  organizations  must  be  in addition to allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   d. For the purpose of teacher support for the 2022--2023 school  year:
 for  the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city
 school district, one million seven hundred  forty-one  thousand  dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty-six  thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers  city school
 district,  one  million  one  hundred   forty-seven   thousand   dollars
 ($1,147,000);  and  for the Syracuse city school district, eight hundred
 nine thousand dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to  a  school
 district  pursuant  to  this section shall be distributed among teachers
 including prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational  and
 academic  subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in addi-
 tion to salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or  made  available;
 provided,  however,  that all funds distributed pursuant to this section
 for the current year shall be deemed to incorporate all  funds  distrib-
 uted  pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the education
 law for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are  repres-
 ented  by  certified  or  recognized  employee organizations, all salary
 increases funded pursuant to this section shall be determined  by  sepa-
 rate  collective  negotiations  conducted pursuant to the provisions and
 procedures of article 14 of the civil service law,  notwithstanding  the
 existence  of  a  negotiated  agreement  between a school district and a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   § 33. Support of public libraries. The  moneys  appropriated  for  the
 support  of  public  libraries by a chapter of the laws of 2022 enacting
 the aid to localities budget shall be  apportioned  for  the  2022--2023
 state  fiscal  year  in  accordance with the provisions of sections 271,
 272, 273, 282, 284, and 285 of the  education  law  as  amended  by  the
 provisions  of this chapter and the provisions of this section, provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law shall not be payable from the  appropriations  for  the  support  of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
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 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total  system  or  program  aid than it received for the year 2001--2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary the moneys
 appropriated for the support of public libraries for the year 2022--2023
 by a chapter of the laws of 2022 enacting the education, labor and fami-
 ly assistance budget shall fulfill the  state's  obligation  to  provide
 such aid and, pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of educa-
 tion  and  approved  by  the  director of the budget, the aid payable to
 libraries and library systems pursuant to such appropriations  shall  be
 reduced  proportionately  to ensure that the total amount of aid payable
 does not exceed the total appropriations for such purpose.
   § 33-a. Chapter 486 of the laws of 1964 relating to establishing union
 free school district number eight in the town of Canaan in the county of
 Columbia is REPEALED.
   § 33-b. Section 1 of chapter 566 of the  laws  of  1967,  relating  to
 providing  for  the  apportionment  of  funds  to certain special school
 districts, as amended by section 6 of chapter 446 of the laws  of  2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3602 and 3602-b
 of the education law, and in lieu of any apportionments  to  which  such
 school  districts  might  otherwise  be  entitled under such sections or
 under any other provisions of law,  the  commissioner  of  education  is
 hereby authorized to include the following school districts in the annu-
 al  apportionment  of  public  moneys  and  such  apportionment shall be
 computed in accordance with the provisions of sections  two,  three  and
 four  of this act: union free school district number twenty-seven of the
 town of Dryden, Tompkins county;  [union  free  school  district  number
 eight  of  the  town  of  Canaan,  Columbia  county;]  union free school
 districts numbers ten, eleven and twelve  of  the  town  of  Greenburgh,
 Westchester  county;  union free school districts numbers three and four
 of the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester  county;  union  free  school
 district  number  six,  Blythedale,  town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester
 county; and Randolph Children's Home union free school district  of  the
 town  of  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county;  West  Park  union free school
 district number two,  town  of  Esopus,  Ulster  county;  common  school
 district  number  seven  of  the  town of Oyster Bay, Nassau county; the
 Hopevale union free school district, town of Hamburg, Erie  county;  and
 union  free  school  district  number  three, town of Riverhead, Suffolk
 county.
   § 33-c. Section 1 of chapter 566 of the  laws  of  1967,  relating  to
 providing  for  the  apportionment  of  funds  to certain special school
 districts, as amended by section 7 of chapter 446 of the laws  of  2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3602 and 3602-b
 of the education law, and in lieu of any apportionments  to  which  such
 school  districts  might  otherwise  be  entitled under such sections or
 under any other provisions of law,  the  commissioner  of  education  is
 hereby authorized to include the following school districts in the annu-
 al  apportionment  of  public  moneys  and  such  apportionment shall be
 computed in accordance with the provisions of sections  two,  three  and
 four  of this act: union free school district number twenty-seven of the
 town of Dryden, Tompkins county;  [union  free  school  district  number
 eight  of  the  town  of  Canaan,  Columbia  county;]  union free school
 districts numbers ten, eleven and twelve  of  the  town  of  Greenburgh,
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 Westchester  county;  union free school districts numbers three and four
 of the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester  county;  union  free  school
 district  number  six,  Blythedale,  town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester
 county;  and  Randolph Children's Home union free school district of the
 town of Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county;  West  Park  union  free  school
 district  number  two,  town  of  Esopus,  Ulster  county; common school
 district number seven of the town of  Oyster  Bay,  Nassau  county;  and
 union  free  school  district  number  three, town of Riverhead, Suffolk
 county.
   § 33-d. Any funds remaining in the possession of the union free school
 district number eight in the town of Canaan in the county  of  Columbia,
 after  all  of  its  debts and obligations have been paid, shall be paid
 over to each social services district and school district  having  resi-
 dent  children  served by the union free school district number eight in
 the town of Canaan in the county of Columbia  in  the  2019-2020  school
 year  in  the  same  proportion as the number of students placed by each
 such social services district or school district and served by the union
 free school district number eight in the town of Canaan in the county of
 Columbia in the 2019-2020 school year  bears  to  the  total  number  of
 students  served  by  the union free school district number eight in the
 town of Canaan in the county of Columbia in the 2019-2020  school  year.
 Though the union free school district number eight in the town of Canaan
 in  the county of Columbia be dissolved, the board of cooperative educa-
 tional services of the sole supervisory district of  Rensselaer,  Colum-
 bia,  Greene  Counties (Questar III BOCES) shall be authorized to act on
 behalf of the school district pursuant to section five of this act.
   § 33-e. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,
 during  any period in which there is no duly constituted board of educa-
 tion of the union free school district  number  eight  of  the  town  of
 Canaan,  Columbia  County, Questar III BOCES shall be authorized to take
 any actions on behalf of the school district  that  are  reasonable  and
 necessary to complete the closedown and dissolution of the district that
 the  board  of  education  would have, including but not limited to, the
 power to enter into contracts, pay outstanding  debts  for  reimbursable
 costs  incurred  for closedown of the school district under this section
 and subparagraph (i) of paragraph j of subdivision 4 of section 4405  of
 the education law, provided however that the Questar III BOCES shall not
 pay  for  outstanding  debts using its own funds and shall not be liable
 for any outstanding debt or claims incurred by  the  union  free  school
 district  number eight of the town of Canaan, Columbia County. The Ques-
 tar III BOCES may sell school district property, if any,  with  approval
 of  the commissioner, and bill for and receive any reimbursement due and
 owing for tuition pursuant to article 81 of the  education  law  or  any
 other  provision  of  law for services rendered to students on or before
 the school district ceased operation on June 30, 2020 and  reimbursement
 for  close  down  costs determined pursuant to this section and subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph j of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the  educa-
 tion  law.    The Questar III BOCES shall be reimbursed the actual docu-
 mented cost to the Questar III BOCES of carrying out  its  duties  under
 the  provisions  of  this section and subparagraph (i) of paragraph j of
 subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the education law  to  close  down  the
 school district. The Questar III BOCES shall review the business records
 of the school district, including any claims, invoices and bills submit-
 ted  to the school district during any period in which there was no duly
 constituted board of education and shall audit any expenses  or  claims,
 based  on invoices, bills or other documentation, that were not included
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 in an audited financial statement or financial reports submitted to  the
 department  by  the  school  district,  to determine if such expenses or
 claims are duplicative of claims previously submitted for  reimbursement
 and,  if  not,  whether  they  are supported by documentation that would
 substantiate a claim  that  the  expense  was  incurred  by  the  school
 district  or  is  otherwise  an outstanding debt of the school district.
 Such audit may be conducted by the claims auditor of the BOCES or,  with
 the  approval of the commissioner, by an independent auditor retained by
 the BOCES. The BOCES shall report to the department any  audited  claims
 that  were  not  included in an audited financial statement or financial
 report,  together  with  the  documentation  supporting   such   claims.
 Reimbursement  for  costs  incurred for closedown of the school district
 shall include only: (i) any allowable costs approved by the commissioner
 that were included in the  audited  financial  statement  and  financial
 reports  submitted  by the school district in conformity with the finan-
 cial reporting requirements; (ii) additional allowable costs incurred in
 the 2019-2020 school year or subsequently during  the  closedown  period
 that  are approved by the commissioner in accordance with the reimbursa-
 ble cost manual in effect for the 2019-2020 school year  and  relate  to
 claims  that  were  audited  by  the  Questar III BOCES pursuant to this
 section and subparagraph (i) of paragraph j of subdivision 4 of  section
 4405 of the education law and are based on supporting documentation that
 would  substantiate  a claim that the expense was incurred by the school
 district and not duplicative of claims previously reimbursed; and  (iii)
 the  actual documented cost to the Questar III BOCES of carrying out its
 duties under the provisions of this  section  and  subparagraph  (i)  of
 paragraph  j  of  subdivision  4 of section 4405 of the education law to
 close down the school district, as approved by the commissioner based on
 documentation that such costs were necessary to carry out  such  duties,
 shall be included in a closedown rate payable by each school district or
 social  services district responsible for tuition for students attending
 the special act school district in the 2019-2020 school  year.  Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 such  closedown rate may be payable in three installments which shall be
 as equal as practicable, over three consecutive years after  the  close-
 down  rate is established; provided that any reimbursement costs remain-
 ing due to Questar III BOCES for carrying out its administrative  duties
 under  this  act and subparagraph (i) of paragraph j of subdivision 4 of
 section 4405 of the education law may be paid in the first  installment.
 In such capacity, such board of cooperative educational services and its
 officers  and employees shall be entitled to defense and indemnification
 by the state pursuant to section 18 of the public officers law. Services
 provided by the Questar III BOCES under this act and subparagraph (i) of
 paragraph j of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the education law  shall
 not  result  in  any  additional costs being imposed on component school
 districts, except those costs imposed on  a  component  school  district
 pursuant to a closedown rate calculated under this section.
   §  33-f. The records of union free school district number eight of the
 town of Canaan in the county of Columbia,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the
 district  superintendent  of schools for the board of cooperative educa-
 tional services for the sole supervisory district of Rensselaer,  Colum-
 bia,   Greene  Counties  for  preservation.  Notwithstanding  any  other
 provision of law to the contrary, such records shall  be  deemed  to  be
 records of the sole supervisory district of Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene
 Counties  for purposes of the management and disposition of such records
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 and any local government management grants issued  pursuant  to  section
 57.35 of the arts and cultural affairs law.
   § 34. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if  the  application  of  any  clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part of this act to  any  person  or  circumstance  shall  be
 adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion of any such clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or
 part  of this act or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to any other
 person or circumstance, but shall be confined in its  operation  to  the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
 been rendered.
   §  35.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022, provided,
 however, that:
   1. Sections one, two, five-a,  five-b,  six-a,  seven,  eight,  ten-a,
 fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen-a, seventeen-c, seventeen-d, nine-
 teen,  twenty-two-a,  twenty-eight,  thirty-a, thirty-one, thirty-one-a,
 and thirty-two of this act shall take effect July 1, 2022;
   2. Sections three, four, and five of this act shall take effect  imme-
 diately  and  shall  expire  September  30, 2024 when upon such date the
 provisions of such sections shall be deemed repealed;
   3. The amendments to chapter 756 of the  laws  of  1992,  relating  to
 funding a program for work force education conducted by a consortium for
 worker education in New York city made by sections twenty and twenty-one
 of  this  act  shall  not affect the repeal of such chapter and shall be
 deemed repealed therewith;
   4. Sections eighteen-a and eighteen-b of this act  shall  take  effect
 September 1, 2022; and
   5.  The  amendments  to  section 1 of chapter 566 of the laws of 1967,
 made by section thirty-three-c of this act, shall  take  effect  on  the
 same date and in the same manner as section 5 of chapter 213 of the laws
 of 2011, as amended, takes effect.
 
                                  PART B

   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3638
 to read as follows:
   § 3638. ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.   1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION  "ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL BUS THAT: (A) IS
 PROPELLED BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED  POWER  ELECTRONICS  WHICH
 PROVIDE  ACCELERATION  TORQUE  TO THE DRIVE WHEELS DURING NORMAL VEHICLE
 OPERATIONS; AND (B) DRAWS ELECTRICITY  FROM  A  HYDROGEN  FUEL  CELL  OR
 BATTERY.
   2.  NO  LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, EVERY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL:
   (A) ONLY PURCHASE OR LEASE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES WHEN  PURCHASING
 OR LEASING NEW BUSES; AND
   (B)  INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS IN ANY PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES THAT ANY CONTRACTORS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MUST ONLY PURCHASE OR LEASE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES
 WHEN PURCHASING OR LEASING NEW SCHOOL BUSES.
   3. NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  THIRTY-FIVE,  EVERY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL:
   (A) ONLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES; AND
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   (B)  INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS IN ANY PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES THAT ANY CONTRACTORS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MUST  ONLY  OPERATE  ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL  BUSES WHEN
 PROVIDING SUCH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   4.  (A) ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE  ENERGY
 RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY,  SHALL  DETERMINE  WHETHER SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS  SECTION
 WITHOUT INCURRING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR DISRUPTING THE TRANSPORTATION OF
 STUDENTS.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WHEN
 MAKING SUCH DETERMINATION:
   (I) THE ACTUAL ANTICIPATED COSTS OF TRANSITIONING TO,  AND  OPERATING,
 ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL BUSES INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE, FUEL, ELECTRICITY,
 HYDROGEN, NEED TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BUSES  TO  COVER  EXISTING  ROUTES
 CURRENTLY COVERED BY DIESEL BUSES, AND MAINTENANCE;
   (II) THE AVAILABILITY OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES ON THE MARKET;
   (III)  THE  ABILITY  OF  ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES TO OPERATE SAFELY,
 EFFICIENTLY, AND EFFECTIVELY IN ALL CONDITIONS INCLUDING  HILLY  TERRAIN
 AND COLD WEATHER;
   (IV) THE LONGEVITY OF ZERO-EMISSION BUSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING
 YEARLY BATTERY DEGRADATION; AND
   (V)  THE  ABILITY  FOR ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES TO ADHERE TO MILEAGE
 RANGES REQUIRED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS  TO  AND  FROM
 SCHOOL, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND FIELD TRIPS.
   (B)  IF  THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL NOT BE ABLE
 TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 DELAY  IMPLEMENTATION  UNTIL  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO FULLY COMPLY
 WITHOUT INCURRING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR DISRUPTING THE TRANSPORTATION OF
 STUDENTS.
   5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  RIGHTS
 AND BENEFITS, INCLUDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, AND PROTECTION OF CIVIL SERVICE AND COLLEC-
 TIVE  BARGAINING    AGREEMENTS  OF  ALL  EXISTING  EMPLOYEES  OF  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  OR  ANY  ENTITY  CONTRACTED  TO  PROVIDE PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES SHALL BE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL
 RESULT IN THE: (A) DISPLACEMENT OF ANY CURRENTLY EMPLOYED WORKER OR LOSS
 OF POSITION INCLUDING PARTIAL DISPLACEMENT SUCH AS A  REDUCTION  IN  THE
 HOURS  OF  NON-OVERTIME WORK, WAGES, OR EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OR RESULT IN
 THE IMPAIRMENT OF EXISTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS; (B)  TRANS-
 FER  OF  EXISTING  DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATED TO MAINTENANCE AND OPER-
 ATIONS CURRENTLY PERFORMED BY EXISTING EMPLOYEES;  OR  (C)  TRANSFER  OF
 FUTURE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS ORDINARILY PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEES.
   6.  ON  JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE OR UPON IMPLEMENTATION OF
 THIS SECTION AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHICHEVER IS LATER,  AND
 PRIOR  TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR NEW ZERO-EMISSION
 SCHOOL BUSES OR ZERO-EMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS  ELEC-
 TRIC CHARGING OR HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD
 OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  OR ENTITY CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE
 PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT  THAT  PURCHASES  OR
 LEASES  A ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS SHALL PREPARE A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 REPORT THAT: (A) ESTIMATES THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WOULD  BE  ELIMINATED
 OR  SUBSTANTIALLY  CHANGED AFTER THE PURCHASE OR LEASE OF SUCH BUSES, AS
 WELL AS THE NUMBER OF JOBS EXPECTED TO  BE  CREATED  UPON  THE  PROPOSED
 PURCHASE OR LEASE OF SUCH BUSES OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM THE DATE OF
 THE PUBLICATION OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REPORT; (B) IDENTIFIES GAPS
 IN  SKILLS NEEDED TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES AND
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 ZERO-EMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS ELECTRIC  CHARGING  OR
 HYDROGEN  FUELING STATIONS; (C) INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO TRANSI-
 TION, TRAIN, OR RETRAIN EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS SECTION; AND
 (D) INCLUDES AN ESTIMATED COST TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PLAN. NOTHING CONTAINED
 HEREIN  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO AFFECT THE EXISTING RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES
 PURSUANT TO AN EXISTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR THE  EXISTING
 REPRESENTATIONAL  RELATIONSHIPS  AMONG  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATIONS  OR  THE
 BARGAINING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER AND AN EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZA-
 TION.
   7.  ANY WORK RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION OF ZERO-EMIS-
 SION SCHOOL BUS ELECTRIC CHARGING OR HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS SHALL  BE
 DEEMED  A  PUBLIC WORK TO BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE LABOR LAW, AND ENFORCEMENT  OF  PREVAILING  WAGE
 REQUIREMENTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
   §  2.  Paragraphs c, d and e of subdivision 2 of section 3623-a of the
 education law, paragraph c as amended by chapter  453  of  the  laws  of
 2005, paragraph d as added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, and para-
 graph e as amended by section 68 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of
 1997, are amended and a new paragraph f is added to read as follows:
   c.  The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district expense,
 including: (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and  new
 school  buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and new
 school buses, (iii) the purchase and installation of seat  safety  belts
 on  school buses in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-six
 hundred thirty-five-a of this article, (iv) the purchase of  school  bus
 back  up  beepers,  (v)  the purchase of school bus front crossing arms,
 (vi) the purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices,  (vii)  the
 purchase  and  installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking on school
 buses, (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire  extinguishing
 systems  for school buses used to transport students who use wheelchairs
 or other assistive mobility devices, and  (ix)  the  purchase  of  other
 equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner; [and]
   d.  Other  transportation  capital, debt service and lease expense, as
 approved pursuant to regulations of the commissioner[.];
   e.  Any  approved  cost  of  construction,  reconstruction,  lease  or
 purchase  of  a transportation storage facility or site in the amount of
 ten thousand dollars or more shall be aidable in accordance with  subdi-
 vision  six  of section thirty-six hundred two of this article and shall
 not be aidable as transportation expense[.]; AND
   F. APPROVED COSTS RELATING TO THE LEASE,  PURCHASE,  CONSTRUCTION,  OR
 INSTALLATION  OF  ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS ELECTRIC CHARGING OR HYDROGEN
 FUELING STATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  A  ZERO-EMISSION
 SCHOOL  BUS  ELECTRIC  CHARGING STATION IS A STATION THAT DELIVERS ELEC-
 TRICITY FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE A ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL  BUS  INTO  ONE  OR
 MORE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES. AN ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS CHARGING STATION
 MAY  INCLUDE  SEVERAL  CHARGE  POINTS  SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECTING SEVERAL
 ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES TO THE  STATION  AND  ANY  RELATED  EQUIPMENT
 NEEDED TO FACILITATE CHARGING PLUG-IN ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.
   §  3.  Paragraph  e  of subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 4 of part L of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  In  determining  approved transportation capital, debt service and
 lease expense for aid payable in the two thousand five--two thousand six
 school  year  and  thereafter,  the  commissioner,  after  applying  the
 provisions  of  paragraph  c  of this subdivision to such expense, shall
 establish an assumed amortization pursuant to this paragraph  to  deter-
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 mine  the approved capital, debt service and lease expense of the school
 district that is aidable in the current year, whether or not the  school
 district  issues  debt  for  such expenditures, subject to any deduction
 pursuant  to  paragraph d of this subdivision. Such assumed amortization
 shall be for a period of five years, AND FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER SUCH ASSUMED
 AMORTIZATION FOR ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THIR-
 TY-SIX  HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER AND RELATED COSTS PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED  TWENTY-
 THREE-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, and shall
 commence twelve months after the school district enters into a  purchase
 contract[,] OR lease of the school bus, CHARGING STATION, HYDROGEN REFU-
 ELING STATION, or equipment, or a general contract for the construction,
 reconstruction,  lease  or purchase of a transportation storage facility
 or site in an amount less than ten thousand dollars[; except that  where
 expenses  were  incurred  for  the  purchase or lease of a school bus or
 equipment or the construction, reconstruction, lease or  purchase  of  a
 transportation  storage  facility or site prior to July first, two thou-
 sand five and debt service was still outstanding or the lease was  still
 in effect as of such date, the assumed amortization shall commence as of
 July  first,  two thousand five and the period of the amortization shall
 be for a period equal to five years less the number of years, rounded to
 the nearest year, elapsed from the date upon which the  school  district
 first  entered  into such purchase contract or general contract and July
 first, two thousand five, as determined  by  the  commissioner,  or  the
 remaining  term of the lease as of such date]. Such assumed amortization
 shall provide for equal semiannual payments of  principal  and  interest
 based on an assumed interest rate established by the commissioner pursu-
 ant to this paragraph. By the first day of September of the current year
 commencing  with  the  two  thousand five--two thousand six school year,
 each school district shall provide  to  the  commissioner  in  a  format
 prescribed  by  the  commissioner  such  information as the commissioner
 shall require for all capital debt  incurred  by  such  school  district
 during  the  preceding  school  year  for expenses allowable pursuant to
 subdivision two of section thirty-six  hundred  twenty-three-a  of  this
 article.   Based  on  such  reported  amortizations  and  a  methodology
 prescribed by the commissioner in regulations,  the  commissioner  shall
 compute  an  assumed  interest  rate that shall equal the average of the
 interest rates applied to all such  debt  issued  during  the  preceding
 school  year.  The  assumed  interest rate shall be the interest rate of
 each such school  district  applicable  to  the  current  year  for  the
 purposes  of  this paragraph and shall be expressed as a decimal to five
 places rounded to the nearest eighth of one-one hundredth.
   § 4. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section  3623-a
 of  the  education  law, as added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (7) fuel, oil, tires,  chains,  maintenance  and  repairs  for  school
 buses,  PROVIDED  THAT  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, FUEL SHALL INCLUDE
 ELECTRICITY USED TO CHARGE OR  HYDROGEN  USED  TO  REFUEL  ZERO-EMISSION
 SCHOOL  BUSES  FOR  THE  AIDABLE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS, BUT SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE ELECTRICITY OR HYDROGEN USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
   § 5. Subdivision 21-a of section 1604 of the education law,  as  added
 by chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   21-a.  To  lease a motor vehicle or vehicles to be used for the trans-
 portation of the children of the district from a school district,  board
 of  cooperative  educational services or county vocational education and
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 extension board or from any other source, under the conditions specified
 in this subdivision. No such agreement for the lease of a motor  vehicle
 or  vehicles  shall be for a term of more than one school year, provided
 that  when  authorized by a vote of the qualified voters of the district
 such lease may have a term of up to five years, OR  TEN  YEARS  FOR  THE
 LEASE  OF  ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL  BUSES AS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER. Where  the  trustee  or  board  of
 trustees  enter  into a lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles pursuant to
 this subdivision for a term of one school year or less, such trustee  or
 board  shall  not be authorized to enter into another lease for the same
 or an equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as determined  by  the
 commissioner,  without obtaining approval of the qualified voters of the
 school district.
   § 6. Paragraph i of subdivision 25 of section 1709  of  the  education
 law,  as added by chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 follows:
   i. In addition to the authority granted in paragraph e of this  subdi-
 vision,  the  board  of  education  shall be authorized to lease a motor
 vehicle or vehicles to be used for the transportation of the children of
 the district from sources other than a school district, board of cooper-
 ative educational services or county vocational education and  extension
 board  under  the conditions specified in this paragraph. No such agree-
 ment for the lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles shall be for a term of
 more than one school year, provided that when authorized by  a  vote  of
 the qualified voters of the district such lease may have a term of up to
 five  years, OR TEN YEARS FOR THE LEASE OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.
 Where  the board of education enters a lease of a motor vehicle or vehi-
 cles pursuant to this paragraph for a term of one school year  or  less,
 such  board  shall  not be authorized to enter into another lease of the
 same or an equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as determined  by
 the commissioner, without obtaining approval of the voters.
   §  7.  Subdivision  29-a  of paragraph a of section 11.00 of the local
 finance law, as added by section 1 of part BB of chapter 58 of the  laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   29-a.  Transit motor vehicles. The purchase of municipally owned omni-
 bus or similar surface transit motor vehicles OR A ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL
 BUS  OWNED  BY  A SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A POPULATION OF
 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  INHABITANTS,  OR  BOARD  OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, ten years.
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART C
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 4-b of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
 355 of the education law, as added by section 1 of part GG of chapter 56
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (4-b) [(i)] In state fiscal year two thousand twenty-two--two thousand
 twenty-three AND THEREAFTER, the state shall appropriate and make avail-
 able  general  fund  operating  support  in  the amount of [thirty-three
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 percent of] the  tuition  credit  calculated  pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred  eighty-nine-a of this chapter [for the two thousand twenty-two-
 -two thousand twenty-three academic year.
   (ii)  In  state  fiscal  year  two thousand twenty-three--two thousand
 twenty-four, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund
 operating support in the amount of sixty-seven percent  of  the  tuition
 credit  calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this
 chapter for the  two  thousand  twenty-three--two  thousand  twenty-four
 academic year.
   (iii)  Beginning  in  state  fiscal year two thousand twenty-four--two
 thousand twenty-five and thereafter, the  state  shall  appropriate  and
 make  available  general  fund  operating  support  in the amount of the
 tuition credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred  eighty-nine-a
 of this chapter] annually.
   §  2.  Paragraph (f) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
 law, as added by section 2 of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (f) [(i)] In state fiscal year two thousand  twenty-two--two  thousand
 twenty-three AND THEREAFTER, the state shall appropriate and make avail-
 able  general  fund  operating  support  in  the amount of [thirty-three
 percent of] the  tuition  credit  calculated  pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred  eighty-nine-a of this chapter [for the two thousand twenty-two-
 -two thousand twenty-three academic year.
   (ii) In state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-three--two  thousand
 twenty-four, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund
 operating  support  in  the amount of sixty-seven percent of the tuition
 credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of  this
 chapter  for  the  two  thousand  twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
 academic year.
   (iii) Beginning in state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-four--two
 thousand  twenty-five  and  thereafter,  the state shall appropriate and
 make available general fund operating  support  in  the  amount  of  the
 tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a
 of this chapter] annually.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section 1. Section 667-c of the education law, as added by  section  1
 of  part  N  of  chapter  58  of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 667-c. Part-time tuition assistance program awards. 1. Notwithstand-
 ing any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the  president  of  the
 higher  education  services  corporation  is  authorized to make tuition
 assistance program awards to part-time students enrolled  at  the  state
 university,  a community college, the city university of New York, and a
 non-profit college or university incorporated by the regents or  by  the
 legislature  who  meet  all  requirements for tuition assistance program
 awards except for the students' part-time attendance.
   2. For purposes of this section, a part-time student is one who:
   a. enrolled as a first-time freshman during the two thousand  six--two
 thousand  seven  academic  year or thereafter at a college or university
 within the state university, including a statutory or contract  college,
 a  community college established pursuant to article one hundred twenty-
 six of this chapter, the city university of New York,  or  a  non-profit
 college or university incorporated by the regents or by the legislature;
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   b.  [has  earned  at  least  twelve credits in each of two consecutive
 semesters at one of the institutions named in paragraph a of this subdi-
 vision by the time of the awards;
   c.]  is enrolled for at least six but less than twelve semester hours,
 or the equivalent, per semester  in  an  approved  undergraduate  degree
 program; and
   [d.]C. has a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00.
   3.  a. For part-time students defined in this section, the award shall
 be calculated as provided in section six  hundred  sixty-seven  of  this
 article and shall be in an amount equal to the enrollment factor percent
 of  the  award  the  student would have been eligible for if the student
 were enrolled full-time. The enrollment factor percent is the percentage
 obtained by dividing the number of credits the student is  enrolled  in,
 as  certified by the school, by the number of credits required for full-
 time study in the semester, quarter or term as defined  by  the  commis-
 sioner.
   b.  Any semester, quarter or term of attendance during which a student
 receives an award pursuant to this  section  shall  be  counted  as  the
 enrollment  factor  percent  of  a  semester, quarter or term toward the
 maximum term of eligibility for tuition assistance  awards  pursuant  to
 section  six  hundred  sixty-seven  of this article. The total period of
 study for which payment may be made shall not exceed the  equivalent  of
 the maximum period authorized for that award.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (v)  of  paragraph  b-1 of subdivision 4 of
 section 661 of the education law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph b-1 of subdivision 4 of
 section 661 of the education  law, as added by section 1 of  part  Z  of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (iii) does not maintain good academic standing pursuant to paragraph c
 of  subdivision  six  of section six hundred sixty-five of this subpart,
 and if there is  no  applicable  existing  academic  standards  schedule
 pursuant to such subdivision, then such recipient shall be placed on the
 academic  standards  schedule applicable to students enrolled in a four-
 year or five-year undergraduate program; OR
   (iv) is in default in the repayment of any state  or  federal  student
 loan,  has  failed  to  comply  with  the terms of any service condition
 imposed by an academic performance award made pursuant to this  article,
 or has failed to make a refund of any award[; or].
   §  3. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 661 of the education law
 is REPEALED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 669-h of the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Amount. Within amounts appropriated therefor and  based  on  avail-
 ability  of  funds, awards shall be granted beginning with the two thou-
 sand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year  and  thereafter  to
 applicants  that  the corporation has determined are eligible to receive
 such awards. The corporation shall grant such awards in an amount up  to
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 five thousand five hundred dollars or actual tuition, whichever is less;
 provided,  however, (a) a student who receives educational grants and/or
 scholarships that cover the student's full cost of attendance shall  not
 be eligible for an award under this program; and (b) an award under this
 program  shall  be  applied to tuition after the application of payments
 received under the tuition assistance program pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred sixty-seven of this subpart, tuition credits pursuant to section
 six  hundred  eighty-nine-a of this article, federal Pell grant pursuant
 to section one thousand seventy of title twenty  of  the  United  States
 code,  et seq., and any other program that covers the cost of attendance
 unless exclusively for non-tuition expenses, and the  award  under  this
 program  shall be reduced in the amount equal to such payments, provided
 that the combined benefits do not  exceed  five  thousand  five  hundred
 dollars.  Upon notification of an award under this program, the institu-
 tion shall defer the amount of tuition. Notwithstanding paragraph  h  of
 subdivision two of section three hundred fifty-five and paragraph (a) of
 subdivision  seven of section six thousand two hundred six of this chap-
 ter, and any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  the  under-
 graduate  tuition  charged  by the institution to recipients of an award
 shall not exceed the tuition rate established by the institution for the
 two thousand sixteen--two thousand  seventeen  academic  year  provided,
 however,  that  in the two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-TWO--two thou-
 sand [twenty-four] TWENTY-THREE academic year and every year thereafter,
 the undergraduate tuition charged by the institution to recipients of an
 award shall be reset to equal the tuition rate established by the insti-
 tution for the forthcoming academic  year,  provided  further  that  the
 tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a
 of this article shall be applied toward the  tuition  rate  charged  for
 recipients  of  an  award under this program.  Provided further that the
 state university of New York and the city university of New  York  shall
 provide  an  additional tuition credit to students receiving an award to
 cover the remaining cost of tuition.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 695-b of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  535  of  the  laws  of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. "Eligible educational institution" shall mean (A)  any  institution
 of  higher  education  defined as an eligible educational institution in
 section 529(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as  amended,  OR
 (B)  ANY  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM  DESCRIBED IN SECTION 529(C)(8) OF THE
 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART I
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART J
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
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                                  PART K
 
                           Intentionally Omitted

                                  PART L
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 410-u of the social services law,
 as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  state  block  grant  for child care shall be divided into two
 parts pursuant to a plan developed by the department and approved by the
 director of the budget.   One part shall be retained  by  the  state  to
 provide  child  care  on  a  statewide  basis  to special groups and for
 activities to increase the availability and/or  quality  of  child  care
 programs,  including,  but  not  limited  to, the start-up of child care
 programs, the operation of child care resource  and  referral  programs,
 training  activities,  the  regulation  and  monitoring  of  child  care
 programs, the development of computerized  data  systems,  and  consumer
 education,  provided  however,  that  child  care  resource and referral
 programs funded under title five-B of article six of this chapter  shall
 meet  additional  performance  standards  developed by the department of
 social services including but not limited to: increasing the  number  of
 child  care  placements  for  persons  who  are  at or below two hundred
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD, OR TWO HUNDRED  SIXTY  percent  of
 the  state  income standard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO, OR THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE  INCOME  STANDARD
 EFFECTIVE  APRIL    FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE, OR FOUR HUNDRED
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR with emphasis on  placements  supporting  local  efforts  in
 meeting  federal  and  state work participation requirements, increasing
 technical assistance to all modalities of legal child  care  to  persons
 who are at or below two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD OR,
 TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY  percent  of  the state income standard[,] EFFECTIVE
 AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE,  OR  FOUR  HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE STATE INCOME STANDARD
 EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, including the provision
 of training to assist providers in meeting child care standards or regu-
 latory requirements, and creating  new  child  care  opportunities,  and
 assisting social services districts in assessing and responding to child
 care  needs  for  persons  at  or below two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE
 INCOME STANDARD OR, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY percent of the state income stand-
 ard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE, OR FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME
 STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR. The department
 shall have the authority to withhold funds from those agencies which  do
 not  meet  performance  standards. Agencies whose funds are withheld may
 have funds restored upon achieving performance standards. The other part
 shall be allocated to social services districts to  provide  child  care
 assistance  to  families  receiving family   assistance and to other low
 income families.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 410-w of the  social  services
 law,  as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2001 and paragraph (a) of
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 subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 2007, are amended
 and a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   1.  A  social services district may use the funds allocated to it from
 the block grant to provide child care assistance to:
   (a) families receiving public assistance when such child care  assist-
 ance is necessary: to enable a parent or caretaker relative to engage in
 work,  participate  in  work  activities  or perform a community service
 pursuant to title nine-B of article five of this chapter;  to  enable  a
 teenage  parent  to  attend  high  school  or  other equivalent training
 program; because the parent  or  caretaker  relative  is  physically  or
 mentally incapacitated; or because family duties away from home necessi-
 tate the parent or caretaker relative's absence; child day care shall be
 provided  during  breaks in activities, for a period of up to two weeks.
 Such child day care may be authorized for a period of up to one month if
 child care arrangements shall be lost if not continued, and the  program
 or employment is scheduled to begin within such period;
   (b)  families  with  incomes  up  to  two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE
 INCOME STANDARD, OR TWO HUNDRED SIXTY percent of the state income stand-
 ard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE, OR FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME
 STANDARD  EFFECTIVE  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  who  are
 attempting  through  work activities to transition off of public assist-
 ance when such child care is necessary in order to enable  a  parent  or
 caretaker  relative  to  engage  in  work provided such families' public
 assistance has been terminated as a result  of  increased  hours  of  or
 income  from  employment or increased income from child support payments
 or the family voluntarily ended assistance;  [and,]  provided  that  the
 family  received  public  assistance  at  least  three of the six months
 preceding the month in which eligibility for such assistance  terminated
 or ended or provided that such family has received child care assistance
 under subdivision four of this section;
   (c)  families  with  incomes  up  to  two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE
 INCOME STANDARD, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY percent of the state income  standard
 EFFECTIVE  AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, OR THREE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STAN-
 DARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, which  are  deter-
 mined in accordance with the regulations of the department to be at risk
 of becoming dependent on family assistance;
   (d)  families  with  incomes  up  to  two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE
 INCOME STANDARD, OR TWO HUNDRED SIXTY percent of the state income stand-
 ard EFFECTIVE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO,  OR  THREE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE, OR FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME
 STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR who are attend-
 ing a post secondary educational program and working at least  seventeen
 and one-half hours per week; and
   (e) other families with incomes up to two hundred PERCENT OF THE STATE
 INCOME STANDARD, OR TWO HUNDRED SIXTY percent of the state income stand-
 ard  EFFECTIVE  AUGUST  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, OR THREE HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, OR FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE  STATE  INCOME
 STANDARD  EFFECTIVE  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR which the
 social services district designates in its consolidated services plan as
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 eligible for child care assistance in accordance  with  criteria  estab-
 lished by the department.
   2-A.    A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY, UPON APPROVAL BY THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, USE THE FUNDS ALLOCATED  TO  IT  FROM  THE
 BLOCK GRANT TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH INCOMES UP
 TO FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD.
   3. A social services district shall guarantee child care assistance to
 families  in  receipt  of public assistance with children under thirteen
 years of age when such child care assistance is necessary for  a  parent
 or  caretaker  relative  to engage in work or participate in work activ-
 ities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of this
 chapter. Child care assistance shall continue to be guaranteed for  such
 a  family  for  a  period  of twelve months after the month in which the
 family's eligibility for public assistance has terminated or ended  when
 such  child care is necessary in order to enable the parent or caretaker
 relative to engage in work, provided that the family's public assistance
 has been terminated as a result of an increase in the hours of or income
 from employment or increased  income  from  child  support  payments  or
 because  the  family  voluntarily  ended  assistance;  that  the  family
 received public assistance in at least three of the six months preceding
 the month in which eligibility for such assistance terminated  or  ended
 or  provided  that  such family has received child care assistance under
 subdivision four of this section; [and] that the  family's  income  does
 not  exceed  two  hundred  PERCENT  OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD, OR TWO
 HUNDRED SIXTY percent of the  state  income  standard  EFFECTIVE  AUGUST
 FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, OR THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE APRIL  FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE,  OR  FOUR  HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD EFFECTIVE
 APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR. Such child day care shall  recog-
 nize  the need for continuity of care for the child and a district shall
 not move a child  from  an  existing  provider  unless  the  participant
 consents to such move.
   4.  (a) Local social services districts shall guarantee applicants who
 would otherwise be eligible for, or are recipients of, public assistance
 benefits and who are employed, the option to choose to receive  continu-
 ing  child day care subsidies in lieu of public assistance benefits, for
 such period of time as the recipient continues to be eligible for public
 assistance. For the purposes of this subdivision, an eligible  applicant
 for,  or  recipient  of,  public assistance benefits and who is employed
 includes a person whose gross earnings equal, or are greater  than,  the
 required  number  of work hours times the state minimum wage. Recipients
 of child care subsidies under this subdivision who are no longer  eligi-
 ble  for  public assistance benefits, shall be eligible for transitional
 child care described in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section
 as if they had been recipients of public assistance.
   (b) Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the right of an  appli-
 cant who chooses to receive continuing child day care subsidies pursuant
 to this section from applying for ongoing public assistance.
   §   3.   Subdivision 4 of section 410-x of the social services law, as
 added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the  laws  of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   4.  The  amount to be paid or allowed for child care assistance funded
 under the block grant shall be the actual cost of  care  but  no  [more]
 LESS  than  NINETY PERCENT OF the applicable market-related payment rate
 [established by the department in regulations]. The payment rates estab-
 lished by the department shall be sufficient to ensure equal access  for
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 eligible  children  to  comparable child care assistance in the substate
 area that are provided to children whose parents  are  not  eligible  to
 receive  assistance  under  any  federal or state programs. Such payment
 rates  shall  take into account the variations in the costs of providing
 child care in different  settings  and  to  children  of  different  age
 groups,  and  the  additional costs of providing child care for children
 with special needs.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 subdivision 2-a of section 410-w of the social services law, as added by
 section  two  of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed  April 1,
 2024.
 
                                  PART M
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. Section 28 of part C of chapter 83 of  the  laws  of  2002,
 amending  the executive law and other laws relating to funding for chil-
 dren and family services, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part K
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 28. This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  sections
 nine  through eighteen and twenty through twenty-seven of this act shall
 be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and  after  April  1,
 2002; provided, however, that section fifteen of this act shall apply to
 claims that are otherwise reimbursable by the state on or after April 1,
 2002  except as provided in subdivision 9 of section 153-k of the social
 services law as added by section fifteen of this act;  provided  further
 however, that nothing in this act shall authorize the office of children
 and  family  services  to  deny state reimbursement to a social services
 district for violations of the provisions of section 153-d of the social
 services law for services provided from January 1,  1994  through  March
 31,  2002;  provided that section nineteen of this act shall take effect
 September 13, 2002 and shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  June  30,
 2012;  and,  provided  further, however, that notwithstanding any law to
 the contrary, the office of children and family services shall have  the
 authority  to  promulgate,  on  an  emergency basis, any rules and regu-
 lations necessary to implement the requirements established pursuant  to
 this  act;  provided further, however, that the regulations to be devel-
 oped pursuant to section one of this act shall not be adopted  by  emer-
 gency  rule;  and  provided further that the provisions of sections nine
 through eighteen and twenty  through  twenty-seven  of  this  act  shall
 expire and be deemed repealed on June 30, [2022] 2027.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section  1.  Section  398-a  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   (2-C) THOSE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS THAT AS OF JULY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO WERE PAYING AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICA-
 BLE RATES PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  FOR
 THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR FOR
 CARE PROVIDED TO FOSTER CHILDREN IN REGULAR, THERAPEUTIC, SPECIAL NEEDS,
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 AND EMERGENCY FOSTER BOARDING HOMES SHALL PAY FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR AND FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT RATE
 YEAR THEREAFTER AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT  OF  THE  APPLICABLE  RATES
 PUBLISHED  BY  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THAT RATE
 YEAR. THOSE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS THAT AS OF JULY FIRST,  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-TWO WERE PAYING LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE RATES PUBLISHED BY
 THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  RATE  YEAR FOR CARE PROVIDED TO FOSTER
 CHILDREN IN REGULAR, THERAPEUTIC, SPECIAL  NEEDS  AND  EMERGENCY  FOSTER
 BOARDING  HOMES SHALL INCREASE THEIR RATES OF PAYMENT SO THAT: EFFECTIVE
 JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE  PERCENT-
 AGE  OF  THE  APPLICABLE  RATES  PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE  RATE  YEAR  AND  THE  RATES SUCH DISTRICTS ARE PAYING IS AT LEAST
 ONE-HALF LESS THAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE APPLICA-
 BLE RATES PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE RATE YEAR AND THE
 RATES  THAT  SUCH DISTRICTS WERE PAYING FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JULY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO; AND EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR RATE
 YEAR AND  FOR  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  YEAR  THEREAFTER  ALL  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 DISTRICTS SHALL PAY AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE APPLICABLE RATES
 PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE APPLICA-
 BLE  RATE  YEAR.    PROVIDED FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL ASSUME ONE HUNDRED
 PERCENT OF THE COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE  APPLICABLE  RATES  REQUIRED
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND THE DATE ON WHICH THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY SERVICES PUBLISHES SUCH RATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART P
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART Q
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  359 of the executive law, as
 amended by section 42 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  local  director  shall  designate the location of the local and
 branch offices of the local veterans' service agency within his  or  her
 jurisdiction,  which  offices shall be open during convenient hours. The
 cost of maintenance and operation of a county veterans'  service  agency
 shall  be a county charge and the cost of maintenance and operation of a
 city veterans' service agency shall be a city charge, excepting that the
 state director with the approval of the  veterans'  services  commission
 shall  allot and pay, from state moneys made available to him or her for
 such purposes, to each county veterans' service  agency  and  each  city
 veterans'  service  agency,  an  amount equal to fifty per centum of its
 expenditures for maintenance and operation approved by the state  direc-
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 tor,  provided  that  in no event shall the amount allotted and paid for
 such approved expenditures incurred in any given year exceed (1) in  the
 case  of  any county veterans' service agency in a county having a popu-
 lation  of not more than one hundred thousand or in the case of any city
 veterans' service agency in a city having a population of not more  than
 one hundred thousand, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars, nor
 (2)  in  the  case  of  any  county veterans' service agency in a county
 having a population in excess of  one  hundred  thousand  excluding  the
 population  of any city therein which has a city veterans' service agen-
 cy, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE  thousand  dollars,  and,  in  addition
 thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred thousand,
 or  major  portion thereof, of the population of the county in excess of
 one hundred thousand excluding the population of any city therein  which
 has  a  city  veterans'  service agency, nor (3) in the case of any city
 veterans' service agency in a city having a population in excess of  one
 hundred thousand, the sum of [ten] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars, and, in
 addition  thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred
 thousand, or major portion thereof, of the population  of  the  city  in
 excess  of  one  hundred thousand. Such population shall be certified in
 the same manner as provided by section fifty-four of the  state  finance
 law.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 expenditures made on and after April 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b),  (c)  and  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  131-o  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 1 of
 part P of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2021,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  in  the  case of each individual receiving family care, an amount
 equal to at least [$152.00] $161.00 for each month beginning on or after
 January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO.
   (b) in the case of each  individual  receiving  residential  care,  an
 amount  equal  to at least [$176.00] $186.00 for each month beginning on
 or after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO.
   (c) in the case of  each  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential
 care,  an  amount  equal  to  at  least [$210.00] $222.00 for each month
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand  [twenty-one]  TWENTY-
 TWO.
   (d) for the period commencing January first, two thousand [twenty-two]
 TWENTY-THREE,  the  monthly  personal needs allowance shall be an amount
 equal to the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one  and  two
 of this paragraph:
   (1)  the  amounts  specified  in  paragraphs  (a), (b) and (c) of this
 subdivision; and
   (2) the amount in subparagraph one of this  paragraph,  multiplied  by
 the  percentage  of  any  federal  supplemental  security income cost of
 living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
 thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE, but prior  to  June  thirtieth,  two
 thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of
 section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of  part
 P of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
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   (a)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 for an eligible individual living alone, [$881.00] $928.00; and  for  an
 eligible couple living alone, [$1,295.00] $1,365.00.
   (b)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 for an eligible individual living with others with  or  without  in-kind
 income, [$817.00] $864.00; and for an eligible couple living with others
 with or without in-kind income, [$1,237.00] $1,307.00.
   (c)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 (i) for  an  eligible  individual  receiving  family  care,  [$1,060.48]
 $1,107.48 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the  county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
 eligible couple receiving family care in the city of  New  York  or  the
 county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount
 set  forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligi-
 ble individual receiving such care in any other  county  in  the  state,
 [$1,022.48]  $1,069.48;  and  (iv) for an eligible couple receiving such
 care in any other county in the state, two times the amount set forth in
 subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (d) On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one]  TWENTY-TWO,
 (i)  for  an eligible individual receiving residential care, [$1,229.00]
 $1,276.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for  an
 eligible  couple  receiving  residential care in the city of New York or
 the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland,  two  times  the
 amount  set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an
 eligible individual receiving such care  in  any  other  county  in  the
 state,  [$1,199.00] $1,246.00; and (iv) for an eligible couple receiving
 such care in any other county in the state, two  times  the  amount  set
 forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (e)  On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO,
 (i) for an eligible  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,
 [$1,488.00]  $1,535.00;  and  (ii)  for  an  eligible  couple  receiving
 enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in  subpara-
 graph (i) of this paragraph.
   (f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
 vision  shall  be  increased to reflect any increases in federal supple-
 mental security income benefits for individuals or couples which  become
 effective  on  or after January first, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-
 THREE but prior to June thirtieth,  two  thousand  [twenty-two]  TWENTY-
 THREE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2022.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section  1.  Section 4 of part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, as
 amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, amend-
 ing the social services law relating to the powers and duties    of  the
 commissioner  of social services relating to the appointment of a tempo-
 rary operator, is amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have  been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016, provided
 further that this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  March  31,
 [2022] 2025.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART U
 A. 9006--B                         52
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 158 of the social services law, as
 amended  by  section 44 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4.  Social  services  officials shall determine eligibility for safety
 net assistance within [forty-five] THIRTY days of receiving an  applica-
 tion  for  safety net assistance. Such officials shall notify applicants
 of safety net assistance about the availability of  assistance  to  meet
 emergency circumstances or to prevent eviction.
   §  2.  Subdivision  8  of  section  153 of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 41 of the  laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   8.  Any inconsistent provision of the law or regulation of the depart-
 ment notwithstanding, state reimbursement shall  not  be  made  for  any
 expenditure  made for the duplication of any grant and allowance for any
 period, except as  authorized  by  subdivision  eleven  of  section  one
 hundred thirty-one of this chapter[, or for any home relief payment made
 for periods prior to forty-five days after the filing of an application]
 unless  the  district determines pursuant to department regulations that
 such assistance is required to meet emergency circumstances  or  prevent
 eviction.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, social services
 districts are not required to provide [home relief] SAFETY  NET  ASSIST-
 ANCE  to  any  person, otherwise eligible, if state reimbursement is not
 available in accordance with this subdivision.
   § 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
 section 131-a of the social services law, subparagraph (ii)  as  amended
 by  section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 and subpara-
 graph (iii) as amended by chapter 246 of the laws of 2002,  are  amended
 to read as follows:
   (ii)  FIFTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE EARNED INCOME FOR SUCH MONTH OF ANY
 RECIPIENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  PERCENTAGE  AMOUNT  SHALL  BE
 ADJUSTED  IN  JUNE  OF EACH YEAR, COMMENCING IN NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-
 EIGHT, TO REFLECT CHANGES IN  THE  MOST RECENTLY ISSUED  POVERTY  GUIDE-
 LINES  OF  THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, SUCH THAT A HOUSEHOLD
 OF THREE WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS, LIVING IN A HEATED APARTMENT IN NEW YORK
 CITY AND WITHOUT UNEARNED  INCOME WOULD BECOME INELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE
 WITH GROSS EARNINGS EQUAL TO  THE  POVERTY  LEVEL  IN  SUCH  GUIDELINES;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO ASSISTANCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO ANY HOUSEHOLD
 WITH GROSS EARNED AND UNEARNED INCOME, EXCLUSIVE OF INCOME DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPHS  (I) AND (VI) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IN EXCESS OF SUCH POVERTY
 LEVEL;
   (III) from the earned income of any  APPLICANT,  RECIPIENT,  child  or
 relative  applying  for or receiving aid pursuant to such program, or of
 any other individual living in the same household as such  relative  and
 child  whose  needs are taken into account in making such determination,
 [the first ninety] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars  of  the  [total  of  such]
 earned  income for such month THAT REMAINS AFTER APPLICATION OF SUBPARA-
 GRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH;
   [(iii) forty-two percent of the earned income for such  month  of  any
 recipient  in  a  household  containing  a dependent child which remains
 after  application  of  all  other  subparagraphs  of  this   paragraph;
 provided, however, that such percentage amount shall be adjusted in June
 of  each  year,  commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-eight, to reflect
 changes in the most recently issued poverty  guidelines  of  the  United
 States  Bureau  of  the  Census,  such that a household of three without
 special needs, living in a heated apartment in New York city and without
 unearned income would become ineligible for assistance with gross  earn-
 A. 9006--B                         53

 ings  equal  to the poverty level in such guidelines; provided, however,
 that no assistance shall be given to any household with gross earned and
 unearned income, exclusive of income described in subparagraphs (i)  and
 (vi) of this paragraph, in excess of such poverty level;]
   §  4.  Subdivision  10  of section 131-a of the social services law is
 REPEALED.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the  social  services  law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters    323 and 329 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded  in  calcu-
 lating  the amount of benefits of any household under any public assist-
 ance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thou-
 sand FIVE HUNDRED dollars for  applicants,  [or]  three  thousand  SEVEN
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  dollars  FOR  APPLICANTS  in [the case of] households in
 which any member is sixty years of age or older OR IS  DISABLED  OR  TEN
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR RECIPIENTS, (b) an amount up to four thousand six
 hundred fifty dollars in a separate bank account established by an indi-
 vidual while currently in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose  of
 enabling  the  individual to purchase a first or replacement vehicle for
 the recipient to seek, obtain or maintain employment,  so  long  as  the
 funds  are not used for any other purpose, (c) an amount up to one thou-
 sand four hundred dollars in a separate bank account established  by  an
 individual  while  currently in receipt of assistance for the purpose of
 paying tuition at a  two-year  or  four-year  accredited  post-secondary
 educational institution, so long as the funds are not used for any other
 purpose, (d) the home which is the usual residence of the household, (e)
 one  automobile,  up  to ten thousand dollars fair market value, through
 March thirty-first, two thousand seventeen; one automobile, up to eleven
 thousand dollars fair market  value,  from  April  first,  two  thousand
 seventeen  through  March  thirty-first,  two thousand eighteen; and one
 automobile, up to twelve thousand dollars fair market  value,  beginning
 April  first, two thousand eighteen and thereafter, or such other higher
 dollar value as the local social services district may elect  to  adopt,
 (f)  one burial plot per household member as defined in department regu-
 lations, (g) bona fide funeral agreements up to a total of one  thousand
 five  hundred dollars in equity value per household member, (h) funds in
 an individual development account established in accordance with  subdi-
 vision  five  of  section  three hundred fifty-eight of this chapter and
 section four hundred three of the social security act, (i) for a  period
 of  six months, real property which the household is making a good faith
 effort to sell, in accordance with department regulations  and  tangible
 personal  property  necessary for business or for employment purposes in
 accordance with department regulations, and (j)  funds  in  a  qualified
 tuition  program  that  satisfies  the requirement of section 529 of the
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and [(j)] (K) funds in a  New
 York  achieving  a better life experience savings account established in
 accordance with article eighty-four of the mental hygiene law.
   If federal law or regulations require the exemption  or  disregard  of
 additional  income  and resources in determining need for family assist-
 ance, or medical assistance not exempted or disregarded pursuant to  any
 other  provision  of  this  chapter,  the department may, by regulations
 subject to the approval of the director of the  budget,  require  social
 services  officials  to  exempt  or disregard such income and resources.
 Refunds resulting from earned income tax credits shall be disregarded in
 public assistance programs.
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   § 6. Sections 341 and 341-a of the social services  law  are  REPEALED
 and a new section 341 is added to read as follows:
   §  341. RE-ENGAGEMENT; CONCILIATION; REFUSAL  TO  PARTICIPATE.  1. (A)
 CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS AND THIS TITLE, IF A PARTIC-
 IPANT HAS FAILED OR REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE   REQUIREMENTS   OF  THIS
 TITLE  AND THE DISTRICT HAS DETERMINED THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT EXEMPT FROM
 SUCH REQUIREMENTS AND HAS VERIFIED   THAT   APPROPRIATE   CHILD    CARE,
 TRANSPORTATION,  AND  ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABILITY WERE IN PLACE AT THE
 TIME OF SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL,  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL
 ISSUE  A  RE-ENGAGEMENT  NOTICE  IN  PLAIN LANGUAGE INDICATING THAT SUCH
 FAILURE OR REFUSAL HAS TAKEN PLACE AND OF THE RIGHT OF SUCH  PARTICIPANT
 TO  AVOID A PRO-RATA REDUCTION IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS THROUGH THE
 RE-ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. "RE-ENGAGEMENT PROCESS" SHALL  MEAN  THE  PROCESS
 THROUGH  WHICH  A  PARTICIPANT  MAY AVOID A PRO-RATA REDUCTION IN PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE BENEFITS BY AGREEING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS
 TITLE CONSISTENT WITH ANY MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH MAY LIMIT THE INDIVID-
 UAL'S  ABILITY  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  WORK  ACTIVITIES,  BY NOTIFYING THE
 DISTRICT THAT HE OR SHE HAS BECOME EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS
 TITLE,  OR  BY  RESOLVING  THE  REASONS FOR SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL AT A
 CONCILIATION CONFERENCE. THE NOTICE SHALL INDICATE THAT THE  PARTICIPANT
 HAS  TEN  DAYS  TO  REQUEST  RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT. THE NOTICE
 SHALL INDICATE THE SPECIFIC INSTANCE OR INSTANCES OF WILLFUL REFUSAL  OR
 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE
 AND  THE  NECESSARY  ACTIONS  THAT  MUST  BE  TAKEN  TO AVOID A PRO-RATA
 REDUCTION  IN  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE BENEFITS AND THE DISTRICT HAS VERIFIED
 THAT APPROPRIATE CHILD CARE, TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISA-
 BILITY WERE IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL.
   (1) IF A PARTICIPANT CHOOSES TO AVOID A PRO-RATA REDUCTION  IN  PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE  BENEFITS  THROUGH  A CONCILIATION CONFERENCE, IT WILL BE THE
 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARTICIPANT TO GIVE REASONS FOR  SUCH  FAILURE  OR
 REFUSAL.  THE  RE-ENGAGEMENT NOTICE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN EXPLANATION IN
 PLAIN LANGUAGE OF WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE GOOD  CAUSE  FOR  NON-COMPLIANCE
 AND  EXAMPLES  OF  ACCEPTABLE  FORMS  OF  EVIDENCE  THAT  MAY WARRANT AN
 EXEMPTION FROM WORK ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EVIDENCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
 AND PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH LIMITATIONS THAT MAY BE  PROVIDED  AT  THE
 CONCILIATION  CONFERENCE  TO  DEMONSTRATE SUCH GOOD CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO
 COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE. UNLESS AS PART OF THE RE-EN-
 GAGEMENT  PROCESS THE PARTICIPANT DOES  NOT  AGREE  TO  COMPLY, HAS  NOT
 BECOME EXEMPT OR THE DISTRICT DETERMINES AS A RESULT OF THE CONCILIATION
 CONFERENCE  THAT  SUCH  FAILURE  OR REFUSAL WAS WILLFUL AND WITHOUT GOOD
 CAUSE, NO FURTHER ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN.
   (2) IF THE PARTICIPANT DOES NOT CONTACT THE DISTRICT WITHIN  TEN  DAYS
 OF THE RE-ENGAGEMENT NOTICE, THE DISTRICT SHALL MAKE A FINDING OF WHETH-
 ER THE ALLEGED FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO COMPLY WAS WILLFUL AND WITHOUT GOOD
 CAUSE  AND SHALL CONSIDER ANY EVIDENCE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE DISTRICT
 INDICATING THAT THE PARTICIPANT HAS GOOD CAUSE AND IF THE PARTICIPANT IS
 OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN WORK ACTIVITIES, THERE SHALL BE NO FINDING OF
 WILLFULNESS  WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE BASED ON A SINGLE APPOINTMENT OR INFRAC-
 TION.
   (B) IF THE DISTRICT DETERMINES THAT SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL WAS  WILL-
 FUL AND WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE, AND THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT  EXEMPT
  FROM  THE   REQUIREMENTS  OF THIS TITLE, THE DISTRICT SHALL NOTIFY SUCH
 PARTICIPANT IN WRITING, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND IN A MANNER  DISTINCT FROM
 ANY PREVIOUS NOTICE, BY ISSUING TEN DAYS NOTICE OF ITS INTENT TO DISCON-
 TINUE OR  REDUCE  ASSISTANCE.  SUCH   NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE  THE  REASONS
 FOR  SUCH  DETERMINATION,  THE SPECIFIC INSTANCE OR INSTANCES OF WILLFUL
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 REFUSAL  OR FAILURE  TO  COMPLY  WITHOUT  GOOD  CAUSE  WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF THIS TITLE, SHALL VERIFY  THAT    APPROPRIATE    CHILD    CARE,
 TRANSPORTATION   AND ACCOMMODATIONS  FOR DISABILITY WERE IN PLACE AT THE
 TIME OF SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL, AND SPECIFY THE NECESSARY ACTIONS  THAT
 MUST  BE  TAKEN  TO AVOID  A  PRO-RATA  REDUCTION  IN  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
 BENEFITS,  INCLUDING  AGREEING  TO  COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 TITLE  CONSISTENT  WITH ANY  MEDICAL  CONDITION  WHICH  MAY  LIMIT   THE
 INDIVIDUAL'S  ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WORK ACTIVITIES OR NOTIFYING THE
 DISTRICT THAT HE OR  SHE HAS BECOME EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 TITLE AND THE RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING RELATING TO SUCH DISCONTINUANCE OR
 REDUCTION.
   2. (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH IN REGULATION  A  CONCILIATION
 PROCEDURE  FOR  THE  RESOLUTION  OF DISPUTES RELATED TO  AN INDIVIDUAL'S
 PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE.
   (B) THE  DISTRICT SHALL CONTRACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY,  APPROVED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT, OR SHALL USE DESIGNATED TRAINED STAFF AT THE SUPERVI-
 SORY LEVEL WHO HAVE NO DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PARTICIPANT'S  CASE
 TO MEDIATE DISPUTES IN THE CONCILIATION CONFERENCE.
   (C) IF A PARTICIPANT'S DISPUTE CANNOT BE RESOLVED THROUGH SUCH CONCIL-
 IATION  PROCEDURE,  AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FAIR HEARING SHALL BE PROVIDED.
 NO SANCTION RELATING TO THE SUBJECT DISPUTE MAY BE  IMPOSED  DURING  THE
 RE-ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
    3.  WHEN   ANY PARTICIPANT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN WORK ACTIVITIES
 FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS   OF   THIS    TITLE,    THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL TAKE SUCH ACTIONS AS PRESCRIBED BY APPROPRIATE
 FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATION AND THIS TITLE.
   4.  CONSISTENT  WITH  FEDERAL  LAW  AND  THIS TITLE, A SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE TO THOSE PARTICIPANTS WHOSE FAILURE TO COMPLY HAS
 CONTINUED FOR THIRTY DAYS OR LONGER A WRITTEN REMINDER OF THE OPTION  TO
 END  A  SANCTION  BY  TERMINATING  THE FAILURE TO COMPLY AS SPECIFIED IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  ADVISE  THAT  THE
 PARTICIPANT MAY IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THE SANCTION BY EITHER AGREEING TO
 COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE CONSISTENT WITH  ANY  MEDICAL
 CONDITION  WHICH  MAY  LIMIT  THE INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN
 WORK ACTIVITIES OR NOTIFYING THE DISTRICT THAT  HE  OR  SHE  HAS  BECOME
 EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE.
    5.  CONSISTENT  WITH  FEDERAL  LAW  AND REGULATION AND THIS TITLE, NO
 NOTICE SHALL BE ISSUED AS SPECIFIED IN  SUBDIVISION    ONE    OF    THIS
 SECTION  UNLESS IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT EXEMPT
 FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE AND HAS DETERMINED THAT  APPROPRIATE
 CHILD  CARE,  TRANSPORTATION  AND  ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABILITY WERE IN
 PLACE AT THE TIME OF SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS  OF THIS TITLE AND NO  ACTION  SHALL  BE  TAKEN  PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SECTION  FOR  FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM OR REFUSAL TO ACCEPT
 EMPLOYMENT IF:
   (A) CHILD CARE FOR A CHILD UNDER AGE THIRTEEN (OR  DAY  CARE  FOR  ANY
 INCAPACITATED  INDIVIDUAL  LIVING IN THE SAME HOME AS A DEPENDENT CHILD)
 IS NECESSARY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO PARTICIPATE OR CONTINUE  PARTICIPATION
 IN  ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE OR ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT AND SUCH CARE
 IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FAILS TO PROVIDE  SUCH
 CARE;
   (B) (1)  THE EMPLOYMENT WOULD RESULT IN THE FAMILY OF THE  PARTICIPANT
 EXPERIENCING A NET LOSS OF CASH INCOME; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A PARTICIPANT
 MAY NOT CLAIM GOOD CAUSE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH  IF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 DISTRICT  ASSURES THAT THE FAMILY WILL NOT EXPERIENCE A NET LOSS OF CASH
 INCOME BY MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT;
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   (2) NET LOSS OF CASH INCOME RESULTS IF THE FAMILY'S GROSS INCOME  LESS
 NECESSARY  WORK-RELATED  EXPENSES  IS  LESS THAN THE CASH ASSISTANCE THE
 PARTICIPANT WAS RECEIVING AT THE TIME THE OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT  IS  MADE;
 OR
   (C)  THE  PARTICIPANT  MEETS OTHER GROUNDS FOR GOOD CAUSE SET FORTH BY
 THE DEPARTMENT IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THIS  TITLE  WHICH,  AT  A
 MINIMUM, MUST DESCRIBE WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE HOUSEHOLD'S CONTROL
 WILL CONSTITUTE "GOOD CAUSE".
   § 7. Sections 342 and 342-a of the social services  law  are  REPEALED
 and a new section 342 is added to read as follows:
   §  342.  NONCOMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE. 1.   IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  AN   INDIVIDUAL WHO  IS
 REQUIRED  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  WORK  ACTIVITIES  SHALL  BE INELIGIBLE TO
 RECEIVE  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  IF  HE OR SHE FAILS TO COMPLY, WITHOUT GOOD
 CAUSE, WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE AND THE DISTRICT  HAS  DETER-
 MINED  THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT EXEMPT FROM SUCH REQUIREMENTS AND HAS VERI-
 FIED THAT APPROPRIATE CHILD CARE, TRANSPORTATION, AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
 DISABILITY WERE IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL.    SUCH
 INELIGIBILITY  SHALL  BE  FOR  THE  AMOUNT  AND PERIOD SPECIFIED IN THIS
 SECTION. GOOD CAUSE FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS
 TITLE  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  IN DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THE PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE OF A CHILD UNDER THIRTEEN YEARS OF
 AGE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE INELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 IF THE INDIVIDUAL CAN DEMONSTRATE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF
 THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THAT LACK OF AVAILABLE CHILD
 CARE  PREVENTS SUCH INDIVIDUAL FROM COMPLYING WITH THE WORK REQUIREMENTS
 OF THIS TITLE. THE PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
 LOCATING THE CHILD CARE NEEDED TO MEET THE WORK REQUIREMENTS;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  RELEVANT  SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE A
 PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE WHO DEMONSTRATES  AN  INABILITY  TO  OBTAIN
 NEEDED  CHILD CARE WITH A CHOICE OF TWO PROVIDERS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH
 WILL BE A REGULATED PROVIDER.
   2.  IN  THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT FOR OR RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
 WHOM THE DISTRICT HAS DETERMINED IS NOT EXEMPT  FROM   THE  REQUIREMENTS
 OF  THIS  TITLE  AND  WHO IS A PARENT OR CARETAKER OF A DEPENDENT CHILD,
 THE  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OTHERWISE AVAILABLE TO THE HOUSEHOLD  OF
 WHICH  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  IS A MEMBER SHALL BE REDUCED PRO-RATA UNTIL THE
 INDIVIDUAL IS WILLING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS  OF    THIS  TITLE
 CONSISTENT  WITH  ANY MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH MAY LIMIT THE INDIVIDUAL'S
 ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WORK ACTIVITIES.
   3. IN THE CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A MEMBER OF A HOUSEHOLD WITHOUT
 DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHOM  THE  DISTRICT  HAS  DETERMINED  IS  NOT  EXEMPT
 FROM  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  TITLE  AND  WHO IS APPLYING FOR OR IN
 RECEIPT  OF SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE, THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OTHER-
 WISE AVAILABLE TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF WHICH SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  IS  A  MEMBER
 SHALL  BE  REDUCED  PRO-RATA UNTIL THE FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE CONSISTENT  WITH  ANY  MEDICAL  CONDITION
 WHICH  MAY  LIMIT THE INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WORK ACTIV-
 ITIES CEASES.
   4.  A  RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WHOM THE DISTRICT HAS DETERMINED
 IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS  TITLE  AND  WHO  QUITS  OR
 REDUCES  HIS OR HER HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE OR DUE TO ANY
 MEDICAL  CONDITION WHICH MAY LIMIT THE INDIVIDUAL'S  ABILITY  TO PARTIC-
 IPATE  IN  WORK  ACTIVITIES SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS  ARTICLE  AND  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
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   5. A PERSON DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER MAY NOT BE SANCTIONED  IF HIS  OR
 HER FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE IS RELATED TO  HIS
 OR HER HEALTH STATUS.
   §  8.  Subdivision  6  of section 332-b of the social services law, as
 added by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws  of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   6. When an applicant or recipient receives notification of the examin-
 ing  medical  professional's  disability  determination, he or she shall
 also be notified of his or her right to request a  fair  hearing  within
 ten  days of such notice. If such applicant timely requests a fair hear-
 ing, no assignment to work activities pursuant to this title may be made
 pending such hearing and determination unless the applicant or recipient
 agrees to a limited work assignment not inconsistent  with  the  medical
 condition  alleged  by  such person. Provided, however, that if a social
 services district has reason to believe that such recipient or applicant
 does not actually suffer from a work limiting  condition,  the  district
 shall  provide the applicant or recipient with notice of potential sanc-
 tions pursuant to subdivision  [three]  TWO  of  section  three  hundred
 forty-two  of  this  title, and provided further that recipients will be
 subject to sanctions pursuant to  subdivision  [three]  TWO  of  section
 three  hundred forty-two of this title if the district determines, based
 on clear medical evidence, that there is no basis for  the  individual's
 claim  that  he or she is unable to fully engage in work activities, and
 that the individual intentionally  misrepresented  his  or  her  medical
 condition.
   §  9.  Subdivision  2  of section 410-x of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 416 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  (a)  A  social  services district may establish priorities for the
 families which will be eligible to receive funding;  provided  that  the
 priorities  provide that eligible families will receive equitable access
 to child care assistance funds to the extent that these funds are avail-
 able.
   (b) A social services district shall  set  forth  its  priorities  for
 child  care assistance in the district's consolidated services plan. The
 commissioner of the office of children and  family  services  shall  not
 approve  any  plan  that  does not provide for equitable access to child
 care assistance funds.
   (c) A social services  district  shall  be  authorized  to  set  aside
 portions  of  its  block  grant  allocation  to serve one or more of its
 priority groups and/or to discontinue funding  to  families  with  lower
 priorities  in  order to serve families with higher priorities; provided
 that the method of disbursement to priority groups provides that  eligi-
 ble  families  within  a priority group will receive equitable access to
 child care assistance funds to the extent that these  funds  are  avail-
 able.
   (d)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL OFFER THE TWELVE-MONTH  WORK  EXEMPTION  PROVIDED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF
 THIS CHAPTER, TO ALL PARENTS OR OTHER RELATIVES  IN  RECEIPT  OF  PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE  WHO ARE PERSONALLY PROVIDING CARE FOR A CHILD UNDER ONE YEAR
 OF AGE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH PARENT OR OTHER RELATIVE HAS PREVIOUS-
 LY BEEN OFFERED AN EXEMPTION UNDER SUCH SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 TWO. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO:
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   (I)  SOLELY PARTICIPATE IN WORK ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE EARNED INCOME;
 OR
   (II) PARTICIPATE IN A COMBINATION OF WORK ACTIVITIES; FOR THE  PORTION
 OF WORK ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE EARNED INCOME.
   (E)  IN  THE  EVENT  THAT  A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MUST DISCONTINUE
 FUNDING TO A PRIORITY GROUP IT SHALL NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH ACTION, IDENTIFYING THE PARTIC-
 ULAR GROUP AFFECTED. IN THE EVENT THAT FUNDING IS RESTORED,  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND FAMILY
 SERVICES WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH RESTORATION.
   (F) Each social services district shall  collect  and  submit  to  the
 commissioner  of  the office of children and family services in a manner
 to be specified by the commissioner of the office of children and family
 services information concerning the disbursement of child  care  assist-
 ance funds showing geographic distribution of children receiving assist-
 ance within the district, THE NUMBER OF WORKING FAMILIES WHO WERE OTHER-
 WISE  ELIGIBLE FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE BUT WHO WERE DENIED BECAUSE THE
 DISTRICT LACKED SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO SERVE ALL  ELIGIBLE  FAMILIES  AND
 THE NUMBER AND AGE OF CHILDREN WHO COULD NOT BE SERVED AS A RESULT.
   [(e)]  (G)  The  commissioner  of  the  office  of children and family
 services shall submit a report to the governor, temporary  president  of
 the  senate  and the speaker of the assembly on or before August thirty-
 first[, two thousand one] OF EVERY YEAR concerning the implementation of
 this section. This  report  shall  include  information  concerning  the
 disbursement  of child care assistance funds showing geographic distrib-
 ution of children receiving assistance  within  the  state.    BEGINNING
 AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF
 THE  LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 TAKE EFFECT, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT REPORT THEREAFTER,  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL
 ALSO:
   (I)  IDENTIFY  THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE DISCONTINUED OR RESTORED FUNDING
 TO PRIORITY GROUPS, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (E) OF THIS SECTION;
   (II) LIST THE PRIORITY GROUPS AFFECTED;
   (III) PROVIDE FOR EACH COUNTY FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE MONTHS COVERED BY
 THIS REPORT THE NUMBER OF WORKING FAMILIES WHO WERE  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE
 FOR  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE  BUT  WHO  WERE DENIED BECAUSE THE DISTRICT
 LACKED SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE FAMILIES; AND
   (IV) THE NUMBER AND AGE OF CHILDREN WHO  COULD  NOT  BE  SERVED  AS  A
 RESULT.
   §  10.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social
 services law is amended by adding a new  subparagraph  (x)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (X) ANY UNEARNED INCOME OF A CHILD WHEN THE PARENT OR NON-PARENT CARE-
 GIVER CHOOSES TO EXCLUDE SUCH CHILD FROM THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HOUSEHOLD
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-C OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 11. The section heading of section 131-c of the social services law,
 as added by chapter 42 of the laws  of  1985,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Inclusion  of  parents [and siblings] of a minor in the public assist-
 ance household.
   § 12. Subdivision 1 of section 131-c of the social  services  law,  as
 added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  For  the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of
 assistance payable, the social services district shall, when a minor  is
 named  as  an  applicant  for public assistance, require that his or her
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 parents [and minor brothers and sisters] also apply for  assistance  and
 be included in the household for purposes of determining eligibility and
 grant  amounts,  if such individuals reside in the same dwelling unit as
 the  minor  applying for assistance. Any income of or available for such
 parents, [brothers and sisters] which is not disregarded under  subdivi-
 sion  eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a of this [article] TITLE,
 shall be considered available to such household. [The provisions  of]  A
 PARENT  OR NON-PARENT CAREGIVER MAY CHOOSE TO EXCLUDE ANY OTHER CHILD OR
 CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE SAME DWELLING UNIT FROM THE  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE
 HOUSEHOLD.  NOTHING  IN  this [subdivision] CHAPTER shall [not apply to]
 REQUIRE individuals who are recipients of federal supplemental  security
 income  benefits,  or  WHO RECEIVE additional state payments pursuant to
 this chapter, or [to individuals] whose relationship  to  the  minor  is
 that  of A BROTHER, SISTER, HALF-BROTHER, HALF-SISTER, stepbrother [or],
 stepsister, OR COUSIN, or [to] any other  individuals  whose  needs  are
 excluded  pursuant to department regulations consistent with federal law
 and regulations, TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE  HOUSE-
 HOLD.
   §  13.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2022; provided, however,
 that the amendments to subdivision 1 of  section  131-n  of  the  social
 services law made by section five of this act shall not affect the expi-
 ration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
 
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                                  PART Z
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing
 trust fund corporation may provide, for  purposes  of  the  neighborhood
 preservation  program,  a  sum  not to exceed $14,580,000 for the fiscal
 year ending March 31, 2023.  Within this total amount, $250,000 shall be
 used for the purpose of entering into a contract with  the  neighborhood
 preservation  coalition  to provide technical assistance and services to
 companies funded pursuant to article 16 of the private  housing  finance
 law.    Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, and subject to the
 approval of the New York state director of  the  budget,  the  board  of
 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
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 reimbursing  any costs associated with neighborhood preservation program
 contracts authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to  exceed
 $14,580,000,  such  transfer  to be made from (i) the special account of
 the  mortgage  insurance  fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the
 public authorities law, in an amount not to  exceed  the  actual  excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined  and  certified  by  the state of New York mortgage agency for the
 fiscal year 2021-2022 in accordance with section 2429-b  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the
 project pool insurance account of the mortgage  insurance  fund  created
 pursuant  to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are sufficient
 to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state  of
 New  York  mortgage  agency) required to accomplish the purposes of such
 account, the project pool insurance account of  the  mortgage  insurance
 fund,  such transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later than
 June 30, 2022.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may  provide,  for purposes of the rural preservation
 program, a sum not to exceed $6,110,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31, 2023.  Within this total amount, $250,000  shall  be  used  for  the
 purpose  of entering into a contract with the rural housing coalition to
 provide technical assistance and services to companies  funded  pursuant
 to  article  17  of the private housing finance law. Notwithstanding any
 other provision of law, and subject to the  approval  of  the  New  York
 state director of the budget, the board of directors of the state of New
 York  mortgage  agency shall authorize the transfer to the housing trust
 fund corporation, for the purposes of reimbursing any  costs  associated
 with  rural preservation program contracts authorized by this section, a
 total sum not to exceed $6,110,000, such transfer to be  made  from  (i)
 the  special  account of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to
 section 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount not to exceed
 the actual excess balance in the special account of the mortgage  insur-
 ance fund, as determined and certified by the state of New York mortgage
 agency  for  the fiscal year 2021-2022 in accordance with section 2429-b
 of the public authorities law, if any, and/or  (ii)  provided  that  the
 reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund  created  pursuant  to section 2429-b of the public authorities law
 are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating  (as  determined
 by  the  state  of  New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the
 purposes of such account, the project  pool  insurance  account  of  the
 mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
 but no later than June 30, 2022.
   §  3.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing trust
 fund corporation may provide, for purposes of the rural  rental  assist-
 ance  program  pursuant  to  article 17-A of the private housing finance
 law, a sum not to exceed $21,630,000 for the fiscal  year  ending  March
 31,  2023.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to
 the approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board  of
 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
 reimbursing  any  costs  associated with rural rental assistance program
 contracts authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to  exceed
 $21,630,000,  such  transfer  to be made from (i) the special account of
 the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section  2429-b  of  the
 public  authorities  law,  in  an amount not to exceed the actual excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
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 mined and certified by the state of New York  mortgage  agency  for  the
 fiscal  year  2021-2022  in accordance with section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves  in  the
 project  pool  insurance  account of the mortgage insurance fund created
 pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient
 to  attain and maintain the credit rating, as determined by the state of
 New York mortgage agency, required to accomplish the  purposes  of  such
 account,  the  project  pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund, such transfer shall be made as soon as practicable  but  no  later
 than June 30, 2022.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
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   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 202-a
 to read as follows:
   § 202-A. LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES.  1.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  THAT
 PROVIDES  DIRECT  PUBLIC  SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL TRANSLATE ALL
 VITAL DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO SERVICES OFFERED BY THE AGENCY INTO THE  TEN
 MOST  COMMON  NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT
 INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT  AMERICAN
 COMMUNITY  SURVEY  PUBLISHED  BY  UNITED  STATES CENSUS BUREAU. AGENCIES
 SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION, IN THEIR DISCRETION, SHALL OFFER AT  LEAST  TWO
 ADDITIONAL   LANGUAGES  BEYOND  THE  TEN  MOST  COMMON  LANGUAGES.  SUCH
 LANGUAGES SHALL BE DECIDED BY THE  STATE  AGENCY  AND  APPROVED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES BASED ON THE POPULATION OF LIMITED-ENGLISH
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 PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY  THE  AGENCY,  FEEDBACK  FROM  IMPACTED
 COMMUNITY  OR  ADVOCACY  GROUPS,  THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION WITHIN WHICH THE
 SERVICES ARE OFFERED, ANY OTHER RELEVANT DATA PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNITED
 STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
   2.  EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL DESIG-
 NATE A LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR WHO WILL  WORK  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF
 GENERAL  SERVICES  TO  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   3. EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL DEVELOP
 A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN AND SUBMIT SUCH PLAN TO  THE  OFFICE  OF  GENERAL
 SERVICES.
   (A)  AN  AGENCY'S  INITIAL LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE
 AGENCY WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS SHALL BE  UPDATED  AND  REISSUED  EVERY  TWO
 YEARS ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST.
   (C) LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS SHALL SET FORTH, AT A MINIMUM:
   (I)  WHEN  AND  BY  WHAT  MEANS  THE AGENCY WILL PROVIDE OR IS ALREADY
 PROVIDING LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES;
   (II)  THE  TITLES  OF  ALL  AVAILABLE  TRANSLATED  DOCUMENTS  AND  THE
 LANGUAGES INTO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED;
   (III)  THE  NUMBER  OF  PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS IN THE AGENCY AND THE
 NUMBER OF BILINGUAL EMPLOYEES  IN  PUBLIC  CONTACT  POSITIONS,  AND  THE
 LANGUAGES SUCH EMPLOYEES SPEAK;
   (IV)  A TRAINING PLAN FOR AGENCY EMPLOYEES WHICH INCLUDES, AT MINIMUM,
 ANNUAL TRAINING ON THE LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICIES OF THE AGENCY AND TRAIN-
 ING IN HOW TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES;
   (V) A PLAN FOR ANNUAL INTERNAL MONITORING OF THE  AGENCY'S  COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS SECTION;
   (VI)  A  DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE AGENCY INTENDS TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF
 THE AGENCY'S OFFERED LANGUAGE ASSISTANT SERVICES;
   (VII) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AGENCY'S SERVICE POPULATIONS  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  ADDITIONAL  LANGUAGES OF TRANSLATION SHOULD BE ADDED BEYOND THE
 TOP TEN LANGUAGES;
   (VIII) AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THE AGENCY DETERMINED IT WOULD PROVIDE
 ANY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE BEYOND THE TOP TEN LANGUAGES  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
 SECTION; AND
   (IX) THE IDENTITY OF THE AGENCY'S LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR.
   4. EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL:
   (A) PROVIDE INTERPRETATION SERVICES BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND AN INDIVID-
 UAL  IN EACH INDIVIDUAL'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION
 OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS BY THE AGENCY; AND
   (B) PUBLISH THE AGENCY'S LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN ON THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
   5. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "VITAL DOCUMENT" MEANS ANY  PAPER  OR
 DIGITAL  DOCUMENT THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT IS CRITICAL FOR OBTAIN-
 ING AGENCY SERVICES OR BENEFITS OR IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED
 BY LAW.
   6. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WILL ENSURE AGENCY  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 THIS  SECTION  AND  SHALL  PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH SHALL BE MADE
 PUBLIC ON THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WEBSITE, DETAILING  EACH  AGEN-
 CY'S PROGRESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART HH
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
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                                  PART II
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART JJ
 
   Section 1. Section 36-c of the social services law is REPEALED.
   §  2.  Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION
 TO THE CONTRARY, A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY APPLYING FOR OR RECEIV-
 ING TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY  ROOM  AND
 BOARD OR CONTRIBUTE ANY EARNED OR UNEARNED INCOME, AVAILABLE BENEFITS OR
 RESOURCES TO ELIMINATE THEIR NEED FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR AS
 A  CONDITION TO RECEIVE TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FROM SUCH PROVIDER.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY PROVIDER OF TEMPORARY  HOUSING
 ASSISTANCE OR SHORT-TERM HOUSING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A
 FAMILY SHELTER, A CLUSTER SITE APARTMENT, A SHELTER FOR ADULTS, A UNITED
 STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTED TRANSITIONAL
 HOUSING  SHELTER,  A  PUBLIC  HOME,  A  HOTEL, AN EMERGENCY APARTMENT, A
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, A RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH SHELTER, A  ROOM
 AND  BOARD  SHELTER, A SAFE HAVEN SHELTER, A VETERANS SHORT-TERM HOUSING
 SHELTER, A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SHORT-TERM HOUSING SHELTER, OR A SAFE  HOUSE
 FOR  REFUGEES,  ASYLEES,  OR  TRAFFICKING  VICTIMS OPERATING IN NEW YORK
 STATE.
   (B) PROVIDED HOWEVER, ANY FUNDS  THAT  WERE  COLLECTED  PRIOR  TO  THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT WITH A
 POPULATION  OF  FIVE  MILLION  OR MORE THAT HAD CONDUCTED A SAVINGS PLAN
 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, SHALL CONTINUE TO BE TREATED AND MADE PAYABLE  TO
 RECIPIENTS AS FOLLOWS: SHALL BE PAYABLE TO THE RECIPIENT FOR THE RECIPI-
 ENT'S  USE  TO  FACILITATE HIS OR HER TRANSITION TO, OR STABILIZE HIS OR
 HER RESIDENCE IN, PERMANENT HOUSING  UPON  HIS  OR  HER  DISCHARGE  FROM
 TEMPORARY  HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR SHORT-TERM HOUSING OR UPON VERIFICATION
 OF SUCH RECIPIENT'S DATE OF DISCHARGE FROM TEMPORARY HOUSING  ASSISTANCE
 OR  SHORT-TERM  HOUSING;  AND  SHALL BE CONSIDERED EXEMPT AS INCOME OR A
 RESOURCE UNTIL THE TWELFTH MONTH FOLLOWING THE MONTH IN WHICH THE RECIP-
 IENT CEASES RECEIVING TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN TEMPORARY EMERGEN-
 CY SHELTER. FUNDS COLLECTED IN SUCH SAVINGS PLANS SHALL CONTINUE  TO  BE
 POOLED, TRACKED INDIVIDUALLY, AND MAINTAINED IN A SAVINGS OR MONEY-MARK-
 ET  ACCOUNT  AT  INTEREST  RATES  SET BY THE INSTITUTION WITH WHICH SUCH
 FUNDS ARE DEPOSITED. ANY SAVINGS AND INTEREST ACCRUED IN SUCH ACCOUNT OR
 ACCOUNTS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO A TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE  RECIPI-
 ENT  UPON  HIS OR HER DISCHARGE FROM TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER OR UPON
 VERIFICATION OF SUCH RECIPIENT'S DATE  OF  DISCHARGE  FROM  SHELTER,  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART KK
 
   Section  1. Articles 17, 17-A and 17-B of the executive law and subdi-
 vision 1-c of section 247 of the military law are REPEALED.
   § 2. Chapter 13 of  the  consolidated  laws  is  enacted  to  read  as
 follows:
                    CHAPTER 13 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS
                            VETERANS' SERVICES
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                                 ARTICLE 1
                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES
 Section 1.  Definitions.
         2.  Department of veterans' services.
         3.  Veterans' services commission.
         4.  General functions, powers and duties of department.
         5.  Veteran speaker education program.
         6.  Cooperation and facilities of other departments.
         7.  Information on status of veterans receiving assistance.
         8.  New  York state supplemental burial allowance for members of
               the armed forces of the United States killed in combat  or
               duty  subject  to  hostile  fire  or  imminent  danger, as
               defined in 37 USC § 310.
         9.  New York state veteran burial fund.
         10. Time within which marriage may be solemnized; member of  the
               armed forces.
         11. Use  of  personal  confidential  information  obtained  from
               veterans or family members of veterans receiving  services
               from the state and political subdivisions thereof.
         12. Acceptance of gifts.
         13. State veterans' service agency.
         14. Local veterans' service agencies.
         15. Powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies.
         16. Location and cost of local veterans' service agencies; depu-
               ty local directors.
         17. Local veterans' service committees.
         18. Appropriations  for  expenses and activities of local veter-
               ans' service agencies.
         19. Women veterans coordinator.
         20. Creation of annuity.
         21. Evidence of entitlement.
         22. Persons who may receive annuity.
         23. New York state veterans' cemeteries.
         24. Veterans health screening.
         25. Payment to parents of veterans.
         26. Cremated remains of a veteran.
         27. New York state silver rose veterans service certificate.
   § 1. Definitions. When used in this article:
   1. The term "department" means the department of veterans' services.
   2. The term "state commissioner" means the New York state commissioner
 of veterans' services.
   3. The term "veteran" means a person, male or female, resident of this
 state, who has served in the active military or  naval  service  of  the
 United  States  during  a war in which the United States engaged and who
 has been released from  such  service  otherwise  than  by  dishonorable
 discharge, or who has been furloughed to the reserve.
   4.  The term "armed forces" means the military and naval forces of the
 United States.
   5. The term "local director" means the director of a  county  or  city
 veterans' service agency.
   6.  The  term  "county  director"  means  a local director of a county
 veterans' service agency.
   7. The term "city director" means a local director of a city veterans'
 service agency.
   8. The term "qualifying condition" means a diagnosis of post-traumatic
 stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by, or an  experience  of
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 military  sexual  trauma,  as described in 38 USC 1720D, as amended from
 time to time, disclosed to, an individual  licensed  to  provide  health
 care services at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility
 or  an  individual  licensed  to provide health care services within the
 state of New York. The department shall develop a standardized form used
 to confirm that the veteran has a qualifying condition under this subdi-
 vision.
   9. The  term  "discharged  LGBT  veteran"  means  a  veteran  who  was
 discharged  less  than  honorably  from military or naval service due to
 their sexual orientation or gender  identity  or  expression,  as  those
 terms  are  defined  in  section two hundred ninety-two of the executive
 law, or statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual acts relat-
 ing to sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or the disclo-
 sure of such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited  by  the
 military or naval service at the time of discharge. The department shall
 establish a consistent and uniform process to determine whether a veter-
 an  qualifies  as  a  discharged  LGBT  veteran  under this subdivision,
 including, at a minimum, standards for verifying a veteran's status as a
 discharged LGBT veteran, and a method of demonstrating eligibility as  a
 discharged LGBT veteran.
   §  2.  Department  of  veterans'  services.  There is hereby created a
 department of veterans' services. The head of such department  shall  be
 the  New  York  state  commissioner of veterans' services who shall be a
 veteran. He or she shall be appointed by the  governor  and  shall  hold
 office during his or her pleasure. Such state commissioner shall receive
 an  annual  salary  to  be  fixed  by the governor within the limitation
 provided by law. He or she shall also be entitled to receive his or  her
 expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him or her in the perform-
 ance of his or her duties.  The state commissioner, with the approval of
 the  governor,  may  establish such bureaus within the department as are
 necessary and appropriate to carrying out its functions and may  consol-
 idate  or  abolish such bureaus. The state commissioner may appoint such
 officers, consultants, clerks and other employees and agents  as  he  or
 she  may  deem  necessary,  fix their compensation within the limitation
 provided by law, and prescribe their duties.
   § 3. Veterans' services commission. 1. There shall be in  the  depart-
 ment a veterans' services commission, which shall consist of the members
 and the ex officio members provided for in this section.
   2.  There  shall  be  thirteen  members of the commission who shall be
 veterans appointed by the governor, including two appointed on recommen-
 dation of the temporary president of the senate, one appointed on recom-
 mendation of the minority leader of the senate, two appointed on  recom-
 mendation  of  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and  one  appointed  on
 recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly.  The  appointment
 of  members made by the governor without recommendation shall be subject
 to advice and consent of the senate.   The  members  of  the  commission
 shall  serve  for terms of three years each. Appointed members presently
 serving on the commission shall continue to serve for the  remainder  of
 the  term  appointed.    Any  member chosen to fill a vacancy of such an
 appointed member occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be
 appointed for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whom  he
 or  she is to succeed. Members appointed as provided in this subdivision
 shall receive no salary or other compensation, but each shall  be  enti-
 tled  to  receive  expenses  actually  and  necessarily  incurred in the
 performance of their duties.
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   3. Ex officio members. (a) The adjutant general of the  state  of  New
 York shall be an ex officio member of the commission.
   (b)  In  addition,  the state commissioner may appoint the head of any
 other state agency or their designee as a non-voting, ex officio  member
 of  the  commission. Such appointments shall expire annually on December
 thirty-first unless such appointments are renewed by the  state  commis-
 sioner.
   4. One of the members of the commission, which shall include the adju-
 tant  general,  shall  be designated as chairperson by the governor. The
 designation shall be in writing and shall be filed with the commission.
   5. The commission shall have power, and  it  shall  be  its  duty,  to
 assist  the  state commissioner in the formulation of policies affecting
 veterans and in the coordination of all  operations  of  state  agencies
 relating to veterans' services.
   §  4.  General functions, powers and duties of department. The depart-
 ment, by and through the state commissioner or his or her  duly  author-
 ized officer or employee, shall have the following functions, powers and
 duties:
   1. To coordinate the program and activities of departments, divisions,
 boards,  bureaus,  commissions  or agencies of the state or of any poli-
 tical subdivision of the state in providing services and  facilities  to
 members  of  the  armed forces and to veterans who are residents of this
 state and their families.
   2. To maintain  liaison  with  other  public  officials  and  agencies
 concerned  with the development or execution of plans for members of the
 armed forces and veterans who are residents of  this  state,  and  their
 families, and to assist in the development and execution of such plans.
   3. To establish, direct and supervise a state veterans' services agen-
 cy;  and  to create or designate other agencies of the department to aid
 and assist in the discharge of one or more of its functions,  powers  or
 duties  under  this article, and grant authority to such agencies as may
 be deemed necessary for the effective  accomplishment  of  any  of  such
 functions, powers or duties.
   4.  To  operate and maintain counseling services, rest camps and other
 agencies and institutions and to administer benefits and facilities  for
 members  of  the  armed  forces  and  veterans who are residents of this
 state, and their families.
   5. To provide seminars three times per year  at  locations  throughout
 the  state  to  advise veterans and their surviving spouses, who are age
 sixty-two or older, of veterans' benefits for which they may be eligible
 from the state and federal governments, and the means of obtaining  such
 benefits.
   6.  To  provide  seminars three times per year at locations throughout
 the state to advise women veterans of their benefits for which they  may
 be eligible from the state and federal governments, the means of obtain-
 ing  such  benefits  and  other  topics,  including, but not limited to,
 health care issues of specific interest to women veterans.
   7. To provide in cooperation with the office of general  services  and
 the  office  of  the  comptroller  a  series  of seminars, that shall be
 conducted four or more times per year at regional sites located through-
 out the state of New York for  the  purpose  of  advising  veteran-owned
 businesses  regarding the opportunities available for obtaining procure-
 ment contracts from New York state agencies, municipalities, and author-
 ities. Furthermore the seminars shall provide requirements and  training
 that will enable veteran-owned businesses to successfully participate in
 the procurement process.
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   8.  To  execute and assist in the execution of plans for the efficient
 utilization of the resources and facilities  of  the  state  in  matters
 related to members of the armed forces and veterans who are residents of
 this state, and their families.
   9.  To  make  studies  and  analyses and develop and execute plans for
 assistance and benefits to members of the armed forces and veterans  who
 are  residents  of  this  state, and their families, and the creation of
 agencies, institutions and facilities therefor.
   10. To prepare and submit a report, in consultation with the office of
 temporary and disability assistance, department of labor, and office  of
 children and family services to determine the number of homeless persons
 in New York state that are veterans.  Such report shall include, but not
 be  limited to, the following information to the extent it is reasonably
 accessible to the department: (a) an analysis of veterans  in  New  York
 state  who  are  currently  homeless,  or have been homeless within five
 years of being released from active duty including an analysis of gender
 as it relates to homelessness of veterans; (b) data  on  the  number  of
 children  of  homeless veterans, including the current placement of such
 children; (c) cases of military sexual trauma  experienced  by  homeless
 veterans  while  on active duty or during military training, including a
 breakdown of the collected data based upon the gender of the victim; and
 (d) the unemployment rate for New York state veterans. The  term  "chil-
 dren  of homeless veterans" shall mean a person who is unmarried and who
 is under the age of eighteen years, and is  the  biological  or  legally
 adopted  child of a veteran. The report shall be delivered to the gover-
 nor, the speaker of the assembly and  the  temporary  president  of  the
 senate  by  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand twenty and every three years
 thereafter. Such report shall be publicly available and  posted  on  the
 department of veterans' services website.
   11.  To develop and encourage plans for the occupational reorientation
 of veterans who are residents of this state, including the determination
 and certification of civilian equivalents for  military  experience  and
 the development and encouragement of on-the-job training and apprentice-
 ship  training  programs.  Furthermore,  the department shall provide an
 internet connection to correlate military occupations  and  skills  into
 civilian translations and terms.
   12.  To  provide information regarding resources that are available to
 assist veterans in establishing and sustaining a small business by main-
 taining a small business portal on the  department's  internet  website.
 Such  portal  shall  provide  virtual  links  to  appropriate government
 programs including, but not limited to the United States  Department  of
 Veterans'  Affairs.  The  department may consult with the New York State
 Small Business Development Center and any other appropriate state  agen-
 cies.  The  department  shall  make reference to this information in its
 newsletter, at the three seminars sponsored by the  department  pursuant
 to  subdivisions  five,  six,  and  seven of this section and the annual
 report to the governor and the legislature as  provided  in  subdivision
 seventeen of this section. Such information required under this subdivi-
 sion  shall be maintained and updated annually. The information may also
 be made available in printed form.
   13. To provide information regarding resources that are  available  to
 assist  veterans  in  obtaining  employment  by  maintaining a veterans'
 employment portal on the  department's  internet  website.  Such  portal
 shall  provide virtual links to appropriate governmental programs on the
 federal and state level, including, but not limited to the United States
 department of labor and the New York  state  department  of  labor.  The
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 department  may consult with members of the community devoted to helping
 veterans obtain employment. The department shall make reference to  this
 information  pursuant  to  subdivisions  five,  six,  and  seven of this
 section  and  the  annual  report to the governor and the legislature as
 provided in subdivision seventeen  of  this  section.  Such  information
 required  under this subdivision shall be maintained and updated annual-
 ly. The information may also be made available in printed form.
   14. To adopt, promulgate, amend and rescind suitable rules  and  regu-
 lations to carry out the provisions of this article.
   15.  To  recommend  to  the  legislature  and the governor legislative
 proposals for the benefit of members of the armed  forces  and  veterans
 who are residents of this state, and their families.
   16. To exercise and perform such other functions, powers and duties as
 may be deemed necessary to protect the interests and promote the welfare
 of  members  of  the armed forces and veterans who are residents of this
 state, and their families.
   17. To render each year to the governor and to the legislature a writ-
 ten report of the activities and recommendations of the department.
   18. (a) For the purpose of providing for the construction,  establish-
 ment,  expansion,  improvement,  support, operation, maintenance and the
 provision of perpetual care for  state  veterans'  cemeteries,  to  seek
 funding from, and make application for funding to:
   (1)  the  government  of  the  United  States, including any agency or
 public authority thereof;
   (2) the government of the state of New York, including any  agency  or
 public authority thereof;
   (3)  any  political  subdivision of the government of the state of New
 York, including any agency or public authority thereof; or
   (4) any private individual, corporation or foundation;
   (b) Pursuant to section twenty-three of this article, to  provide  for
 the construction, establishment, expansion, improvement, support, opera-
 tion, maintenance and the provision of perpetual care for state veterans
 cemeteries;
   (c)  To expend moneys from the veterans remembrance and cemetery main-
 tenance and operation fund, established pursuant to section  ninety-sev-
 en-mmmm of the state finance law; and
   (d) To evaluate, monitor and otherwise oversee the operation of veter-
 ans cemeteries in this state.
   19.  To make application to the government of the United States or any
 political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, for funds  for
 the purpose of providing an optional fund for the burial of veterans who
 (i)  were  honorably  discharged  or (ii) had a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section one of this article, and received a  discharge  other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable, or (iii) were a discharged LGBT veter-
 an,  as defined in section one of this article, and received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable, in any  not-for-profit  cemetery
 corporation  in this state; provided, however, that all costs associated
 with the establishment of such optional fund shall be borne by the poli-
 tical subdivision, agency or instrumentality with which  the  department
 has contracted.
   20.  To  establish, operate and maintain a toll-free telephone number,
 under the supervision of the state  commissioner,  for  the  purpose  of
 providing callers thereof with information relating to services provided
 by  the department as well as services and programs provided to veterans
 by other agencies, bureaus and organizations. Such services and programs
 shall include, but not be limited  to,  educational  and  job  benefits,
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 tuition assistance programs, survivor benefits, health and mental health
 referrals and real property tax exemptions.
   21.  To  establish,  operate  and  maintain a free mobile application,
 under the supervision of the state commissioner,  for  the  purposes  of
 providing  veterans and their family members with information, available
 on a region-specific basis, relating to services provided by the depart-
 ment as well as services and programs  provided  to  veterans  by  other
 state  agencies,  the  federal government, and other organizations. Such
 services and programs shall include, but not be limited  to  educational
 and job benefits, tuition assistance programs, survivor benefits, health
 and  mental  health  referrals,  and  real  property tax exemptions. The
 department's website shall contain a link to the  free  mobile  applica-
 tion.
   22.  To develop, jointly with the commissioner of education, a form by
 which the parent or person in parental relation to  a  designated  child
 may,  should  he or she so elect, report to the department that a parent
 of such child is a veteran of the armed forces  who  served  in  Vietnam
 during the Vietnam conflict. This form shall: (i) clearly state that the
 parent  or  person  in  parental relation is not required to provide the
 information requested and that the information will have no bearing upon
 the services the child will receive; (ii)  state  that  the  information
 will  be  used  exclusively  for  research  purposes  and  explain those
 research purposes in plain language; and (iii) provide  the  address  to
 which  the form is to be mailed, should the parent or person in parental
 relation elect to make such report. For the purposes  of  this  subdivi-
 sion,  the  term  "designated  child" shall mean a child designated by a
 school district committee  on  special  education  pursuant  to  section
 forty-four  hundred two of the education law as either learning disabled
 or emotionally disturbed.
   23. To process all information received from nursing homes  and  resi-
 dential  health  care facilities, including assisted living and assisted
 living residences as defined in section forty-six hundred  fifty-one  of
 the  public health law, and adult care facilities authorized under title
 two of article seven of the social services law, indicating  veteran  or
 veteran  spouse status. Such processing shall occur by transmitting such
 information to state counselors for  review  and  potential  linkage  to
 applicable  benefits,  including  but  not  limited  to  federal aid and
 attendance and a federal  improved  pension  program.  State  counselors
 shall  work with county counselors or any accredited service officers of
 an organization chartered by the congress of the  United  States  and/or
 recognized  by  the  department  of veterans affairs for claim represen-
 tation as necessary and where appropriate.  Such  information  shall  be
 protected  as  personal  confidential information under article six-A of
 the public officers law against disclosure of confidential material, and
 shall be used only to assist in providing linkage to applicable benefits
 and entitlements under federal and state law.
   24. To include within the annual report  as  required  by  subdivision
 seventeen  of this section an accounting of the number of forms received
 from nursing homes and residential  health  care  facilities,  including
 assisted  living  and  assisted  living residences as defined in section
 forty-six hundred fifty-one of the public health  law,  and  adult  care
 facilities  authorized  under  title  two of article seven of the social
 services law, and the specific number of veterans and spouses of  veter-
 ans linked to applicable benefits, including, but not limited to federal
 aid  and  attendance and a federal improved pension program. Such report
 shall evaluate the average time taken by the department between  receipt
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 of  such information, transmission to veterans counselors and linkage to
 available benefits. Such report shall also evaluate the effectiveness of
 the program and make recommendations for improvements as necessary.
   25.  To encourage the development of and to provide for the establish-
 ment of a state women veterans coordinator, as provided in section nine-
 teen of this article.
   26. To make  available  information  on  accident  prevention  courses
 approved  by  the  commissioner  of motor vehicles online on the depart-
 ment's website. The department shall provide a link to the department of
 motor vehicles website pages  containing  information  on  the  accident
 prevention courses.
   27.  To  provide information regarding resources that are available to
 assist veterans who experience mental health or  substance  abuse  prob-
 lems,  and  veterans  with  physical disabilities, by maintaining mental
 health, substance abuse and physical disabilities portals on the depart-
 ment's internet website. Such portals shall  provide  virtual  links  to
 appropriate  governmental  programs  on the federal and state levels and
 information on  suicide  prevention,  peer  outreach  and  support,  and
 services that address the special needs of physically disabled veterans.
 The  department may consult with the office of mental health, the office
 of addiction services and supports, the department  of  health  and  the
 department  of labor. The department shall make reference to this infor-
 mation provided pursuant to subdivisions five and six  of  this  section
 and  in  the  annual report to the governor and the legislature required
 pursuant to subdivision seventeen  of  this  section.  Such  information
 required  under this subdivision shall be maintained and updated annual-
 ly.
   28. To include within the annual report  as  required  by  subdivision
 seventeen  of  this section an accounting of the number of veteran-owned
 small businesses in the state of New York, to be listed by the following
 designations: small business concern owned and controlled by veterans as
 set forth in 15 U.S.C. section 632(Q)(3), as amended from time to  time,
 and  service  disabled veteran-owned business enterprise as set forth in
 article three of this chapter. Such listing shall  include  but  not  be
 limited  to  the  name  of the veteran owner or owners of each business,
 location of each such business, the type of each such business and when-
 ever practicable, be divided into categories of labor, services,  equip-
 ment, materials and recognized construction trades. The department shall
 request  this information annually from the U.S.  department of veterans
 affairs, any other appropriate federal agencies and  the  department  of
 service-disabled  veterans'  business  development  within  the New York
 state office of general services.
   29. To maintain a fact sheet on the  department's  webpage  containing
 (a)  contact  information  for  all veterans integrated service networks
 located within the state, (b) current contact information for the United
 States veterans health administration including VA medical  centers  and
 clinics  and  (c)  contact information for each New York State veterans'
 home. The fact  sheet  shall  be  entitled,  "Information  for  Veterans
 concerning Health Care Options" and shall be updated annually.
   30.  To  maintain  a  listing on the department's website of the local
 veterans' service agencies established pursuant to section  fourteen  of
 this  article  with  the  name, location, hours of operation and contact
 information of each  county  and  city  veterans'  service  agency.  The
 department  shall  also provide this information in its annual report to
 the governor and the legislature as  required  pursuant  to  subdivision
 seventeen  of this section.  Information under this subdivision shall be
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 provided to the department by each local veterans'  service  agency  and
 shall be updated annually.
   31.  To maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board program within the
 department to provide written non-binding advisory opinions to  veterans
 of the state of New York appealing their character of discharge from the
 discharge  review board or the board for corrections of military records
 for their branch of service on  the  federal  level.    Individuals  may
 submit  an  application with evidence, including all relevant documents,
 which shall be reviewed by the discharge upgrade advisory board  program
 in  a timely manner. If such board finds the veteran's application for a
 discharge upgrade is meritorious, then the board will provide the veter-
 an with a written opinion advocating for the discharge review  board  or
 board  for corrections of military or naval records to grant that veter-
 an's appeal. The department shall  post  information  on  the  discharge
 upgrade  advisory  board  program  on  its  official webpage. The annual
 report required by subdivision seventeen of this section  shall  contain
 information including, but not limited to, the number of cases reviewed,
 and  the  number  of cases where a veteran's application was found to be
 meritorious.
   32. To provide information regarding resources that are  available  to
 assist  veterans  who experienced military sexual trauma while on active
 duty or during military training, by maintaining a military sexual trau-
 ma portal on  the  department's  internet  website.  Such  portal  shall
 provide virtual links to appropriate governmental programs on the feder-
 al  and  state  levels.    The department may consult with the office of
 mental health and the department of health. The  department  shall  make
 reference to this information provided pursuant to subdivisions five and
 six  of  this  section  and in the annual report to the governor and the
 legislature required pursuant to subdivision seventeen of this  section.
 Such information required under this subdivision shall be maintained and
 updated annually.
   33.  To  make  widely available to the public via, among other things,
 publication on the department's  website  and  free  mobile  application
 pursuant  to subdivision twenty-one of this section, information regard-
 ing the veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance and operation fund
 established pursuant to section ninety-seven-mmmm of the  state  finance
 law.
   34.  To  coordinate  outreach efforts that ensure members of the armed
 forces and veterans who are residents of this state, and their families,
 are made aware of services for veterans from any departments, divisions,
 boards, bureaus, commissions or agencies of the state or  any  political
 subdivision of this state.
   35.  To  develop collaborative relationships among state, federal, and
 local agencies and private organizations, including but not  limited  to
 the  office  of mental health, state office for the aging, and office of
 addiction services and supports, to help facilitate access  to  services
 by  members  of  the  armed forces and veterans who are residents of the
 state and their families.
   § 5. Veteran speaker education program. 1. There is hereby established
 within the department a veteran speaker education program to  be  devel-
 oped  and  implemented  by  the  commissioner  in  consultation with the
 commissioner of the New York state military museum and veterans resource
 center and in accordance with the provisions  of  this  section.    Such
 program  shall provide school districts within this state with a listing
 of available veteran  speakers  willing  to  visit  classrooms  for  the
 purpose of discussing their military experience.
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   2.  The  department,  from  its  available resources, shall develop an
 informational pamphlet to be distributed either  by  mail  or  electron-
 ically  to  school  districts  which  provides a general overview of the
 program including its purpose and how to participate.    The  department
 shall, in consultation with congressionally chartered veterans organiza-
 tions and local veterans services agencies, appoint and create a listing
 of  veteran speakers coordinators for each county of the state who shall
 be listed in the informational pamphlet. The veteran speakers  coordina-
 tors' duties shall include but not be limited to contacting veterans who
 reside  in  their  county  including  those who have participated in the
 veteran's oral history program at the New York state military museum  or
 the  West  Point oral history project or the veterans history project of
 the American Folklore Center or any similar oral  history  project  with
 information  about this program and inquiring as to whether such persons
 would be willing to participate as speakers or in  any  other  capacity.
 The  listing  shall  include  the names and contact information for such
 veterans including information describing the type of  military  service
 performed by each such person, the time and length of service, geograph-
 ic  area or areas where such person served and rank.  The veteran speak-
 ers coordinators shall annually update such  information  regarding  the
 availability of such veterans.
   3.  No  teacher  or  veteran  shall be required to participate in this
 program.  Any teacher who wishes to  supplement  his  or  her  classroom
 instruction concerning a particular era in American military history may
 contact  a  participating veteran personally to request that such person
 visit a classroom to discuss his or her military experience.  A  teacher
 shall  be  responsible  for  ascertaining  the  appropriateness  of  any
 proposed speaker based upon the age of the  children  and  the  intended
 subject  matter.  Nothing in this section shall be intended to supersede
 any particular or general school rules  or  regulations  or  other  laws
 relating to curriculum.
   4.  The  department  shall  require  a certified copy of the veteran's
 discharge papers to participate in the  veteran  speaker  program.  Such
 form  shall  be filed with the department to serve as evidence that such
 person is a veteran who served in the United States military honorably.
   5. The department shall implement a procedure for evaluations of  each
 speaker  to  be  completed  by  teachers and students, and maintain such
 evaluations and make them available upon request to other  teachers  who
 plan to participate.
   6.  The  department  may consult with other veterans organizations and
 any branch of the U.S. military in the development of this program.
   § 6. Cooperation and facilities of other  departments.  To  effectuate
 the  purposes  of  this article, the governor may direct any department,
 division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state,  or  of  any
 political  subdivision  thereof, to cooperate with and assist and advise
 the department in the performance of its duties and  functions,  and  to
 provide  such  facilities,  including  personnel,  materials  and  other
 assistance and data as will enable the department or any of its agencies
 to properly carry out its activities and effectuate its  purposes  under
 this article.
   §  7. Information on status of veterans receiving assistance.  Depart-
 ments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the state
 and political subdivisions thereof, which provide assistance, treatment,
 counseling, care, supervision or  custody  in  service  areas  involving
 health,  mental health, family services, criminal justice or employment,
 including but not limited  to  the  office  of  addiction  services  and
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 supports,  office of mental health, office of probation and correctional
 alternatives, office of children and family services, office  of  tempo-
 rary  and  disability  assistance,  department  of health, department of
 labor,  local workforce investment boards, office for people with devel-
 opmental disabilities,  and  department  of  corrections  and  community
 supervision,  shall request assisted persons to provide information with
 regard to their veteran status  and  military  experiences.  Individuals
 identifying  themselves as veterans shall be advised that the department
 of veterans' services and local veterans' service  agencies  established
 pursuant  to  section  fourteen  of  this  article provide assistance to
 veterans regarding benefits under federal  and  state  law.  Information
 regarding  veterans  status  and  military  service provided by assisted
 persons solely to implement this section shall be protected as  personal
 confidential  information under article six-A of the public officers law
 against disclosure of confidential material, and used only to assist  in
 the diagnosis, treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's prob-
 lems  within the agency requesting such information and in referring the
 veteran to the department of  veterans'  services  for  information  and
 assistance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and
 state law.
   § 8. New York state supplemental burial allowance for members  of  the
 armed  forces  of  the United States killed in combat or duty subject to
 hostile fire or imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310. 1. As  used
 in  this  section,  "parent"  means a father, a mother, a father through
 adoption, a mother through adoption, or an individual who, for a  period
 of  not less than one year, at any time before the decedent's entry into
 active military service stood in the relationship of a parent to a dece-
 dent who died in combat or duty subject  to  hostile  fire  or  imminent
 danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310, or who died from a wound incurred in
 combat  or  while  serving  on  duty subject to hostile fire or imminent
 danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310 or,  if  two  persons  stood  in  the
 relationship  of  a parent for one year or more, the person who bore the
 expenses of the funeral of the decedent.
   2. As used in this section, (a) "wound" means a physical injury  to  a
 servicemember  on active duty caused by (i) a bullet, shrapnel, or other
 projectile; (ii) a mine or trap; (iii) an explosion; (iv) a  vehicle  or
 aircraft  accident not caused by the servicemember's willful misconduct;
 or (v) any other action caused or induced by the enemy directly  result-
 ing in physical harm to the servicemember.
   (b)  "burial  receptacle" means (i) a casket, which shall mean a rigid
 container that is designed for  the  encasement  of  human  remains  and
 customarily  ornamented  and lined with fabric, (ii) an urn, which shall
 mean a container of wood, metal, pottery, or other material designed for
 the storage of cremated human remains,  and/or  (iii)  an  outer  burial
 receptacle,  which shall mean a graveliner, burial vault, or other simi-
 lar type of container for the placement of a casket or urn.
   3. There is hereby established within the department a New York  state
 supplemental  burial allowance for any member of the armed forces of the
 United States who: (a) died in combat or duty subject to hostile fire or
 imminent danger, as defined in 37  USC  §  310  or  died  from  a  wound
 incurred  in  combat or while serving on duty subject to hostile fire or
 imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310, other than  the  exceptions
 noted  in  paragraphs  (d),  (e)  and  (f)  of  subdivision four of this
 section, and (b) who was (i) a resident of New York state at the time of
 his or her death or (ii) a nonresident of New York state at the time  of
 his or her death and a member of the New York Army National Guard or New
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 York  Air  National Guard at the time he or she entered title 10, United
 States Code, federal active duty status during which period  of  service
 he or she died.
   4.  (a)  The  purpose  of  the  program is to administer and monitor a
 supplemental allowance program to aid families of military personnel who
 died in combat or duty subject to hostile fire or  imminent  danger,  as
 defined in 37 USC § 310, or died from a wound incurred in combat or duty
 subject  to hostile fire or imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310,
 with respect to expenses incurred  in  connection  with  the  decedent's
 funeral and the burial, burial receptacle, cremation, or other interment
 of the decedent's remains.
   (b) Eligible recipients under this program shall be those who bore the
 cost of the decedent's funeral and burial, burial receptacle, cremation,
 or  other interment, in the following order of priority: (i) a surviving
 spouse or domestic partner of the decedent; (ii) adult children  of  the
 decedent,  to  include step-children and adopted children; (iii) parents
 or grandparents of the decedent, and parents-in-law or  grandparents-in-
 law  of  the  decedent;  (iv)  brothers  or  sisters of the decedent, to
 include brothers or sisters adopted by the decedent's  immediate  family
 and brothers or sisters with whom the decedent shares only one parent in
 common,  and  brothers-in-law  or  sisters-in-law  of  the decedent; (v)
 aunts, uncles, and first cousins of the decedent;  and  (vi)  any  other
 relative.  Any  applicant convicted of making any false statement in the
 application for the reimbursement shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties
 prescribed in the penal law.
   (c)  Such  burial  allowance is a partial reimbursement of an eligible
 decedent's funeral and burial, burial  receptacle,  cremation  or  other
 interment costs. The reimbursement is generally applicable to two compo-
 nents:  (i) funeral expenses, and (ii) expenses arising from the burial,
 burial receptacle, cremation,  or  other  interment  of  the  decedent's
 remains.  Any  allowance granted by the government of the United States,
 pursuant to 38 U.S.C. §§2301, 2302, 2303, 2306,  2307  and  2308  or  10
 U.S.C. § 1482, or by the decedent's state of residence in the case of an
 allowance  eligible  pursuant  to  subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of
 subdivision three of this section, shall be first applied toward funeral
 and burial, burial receptacle, cremation or other interment costs.   The
 state  may award an allowance of up to six thousand dollars to cover any
 remaining expenses.
   (d) The state shall not award any funds from this allowance  to  reim-
 burse  any  costs  for  the headstone, grave marker, or medallion of the
 decedent.
   (e) The state shall not grant supplemental burial  allowance  payments
 for  the  funeral  or the burial, burial receptacle, cremation, or other
 interment of remains  of  any  decedent  whose  relations  received  any
 reimbursement  from  this  allowance for any previous funeral or burial,
 burial receptacle, cremation, or other interment  of  remains  for  this
 same decedent.
   (f)  The  state shall not grant supplemental burial allowance payments
 for any person filing a completed application for  such  allowance  with
 the  state later than:  (i) two years after the applicant received final
 written notice from the United States  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs
 regarding  an application for reimbursement of funeral or burial, burial
 receptacle, cremation or other interment expenses pursuant to 38  U.S.C.
 §§2301,  2302,  2303,  2306,  2307, or 2308, or 10 U.S.C. § 1482, or any
 combination thereof; or (ii) two years after the expiration date of  the
 filing  deadline  to  apply for reimbursement of funeral, burial, burial
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 receptacle, cremation or other interment expenses from the United States
 Department of Veterans Affairs, as defined in 38 U.S.C. § 2304,  if  the
 applicant  never  applied  for  reimbursement of funeral, burial, burial
 receptacle,  cremation  or  interment  expenses  from  the United States
 Department of Veterans Affairs. Any applications received subsequent  to
 these prescribed periods shall be denied as time-barred.
   (g)  Applicants  shall  furnish  evidence  of  the decedent's military
 service and relevant after action reports or other documents  explaining
 why  the application meets eligibility requirements for each case in the
 manner and form prescribed by the  state  commissioner  or  his  or  her
 designee.    Upon  being satisfied that the facts in the application are
 true, the state commissioner or his or her designee shall certify to the
 state comptroller the name and address of such recipient.  The  decision
 of  the state commissioner or his or her designee on all matters regard-
 ing any payment from this allowance shall be final.
   (h) The state commissioner shall submit a report to the governor,  the
 chairperson  of the senate finance committee, and the chairperson of the
 assembly ways and means committee not later than  January  fifteenth  of
 each year in which this section is in effect. Such report shall include,
 but not be limited to, regulations promulgated pursuant to this section,
 allowances paid, and an account of the monies spent and the relationship
 of the distributees to the decedent.
   §  9.  New York state veteran burial fund. 1. As used in this section,
 "agent in control of  the  disposition  of  remains"  means  the  person
 responsible  or  designated  to  control  the  disposition of a deceased
 veteran's remains as defined and outlined in section  forty-two  hundred
 one of the public health law. The term "interment" means the disposition
 of remains as defined in paragraph (g) of section fifteen hundred two of
 the  not-for-profit corporation law. The term "burial" shall include the
 process as defined in paragraph (e) of section fifteen  hundred  two  of
 the not-for-profit corporation law.
   2.  As  provided in subdivision nineteen of section four of this arti-
 cle, there is hereby established within the department a New York  state
 veterans burial fund for honorably discharged members of the armed forc-
 es of the United States who were residents of New York state at the time
 of his or her death who (i) were honorably discharged from such service,
 or  (ii)  had  a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of this
 article, and received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service, or (iii) were discharged LGBT veterans, as defined in
 section one of this article, and received a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   (a) Eligible recipients under this program shall be those who bore the
 cost  of  the  funeral  as  the  agent  in control of the disposition of
 remains. An application shall be made available to an  eligible  recipi-
 ent. Any applicant convicted of making any false statement in the appli-
 cation   for  the  reimbursement  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties
 prescribed in the penal law.
   (b) Such optional burial allowance is a reimbursement of  an  eligible
 decedent's  burial  and  interment costs not to exceed two thousand five
 hundred dollars  in  a  New  York  state  not-for-profit  cemetery.  The
 reimbursement  is generally available as a plot interment allowance. Any
 allowance granted by the government of the United States, pursuant to 38
 U.S.C. §§ 2302, 2303, 2306, 2307 and 2308 or 10 U.S.C. § 1482  shall  be
 first  applied  toward interment costs. An additional allowance of up to
 the cost of the actual burial and interment as provided  under  subdivi-
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 sion  nineteen  of  section four of this article may be awarded to cover
 any remaining expenses.
   (c)  Evidence  of  the  military service of the decedent for each case
 shall be furnished in the manner and form prescribed by the state direc-
 tor; upon being satisfied that the facts in the  application  are  true,
 the  state  commissioner shall certify to the state comptroller the name
 and address of such agent in control of the disposition of  remains  for
 reimbursement as provided in this section.
   §  10.  Time  within  which  marriage may be solemnized; member of the
 armed forces.    Notwithstanding  section  thirteen-b  of  the  domestic
 relations  law,  where  either  of  the parties making application for a
 marriage license, pursuant to section thirteen of the domestic relations
 law, is a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty
 the marriage of the parties shall not be solemnized  within  twenty-four
 hours after the issuance of the marriage license, nor shall it be solem-
 nized after one hundred eighty days from the date of the issuance of the
 marriage  license.  Proof  that  the  applicant is a member of the armed
 forces of the United States shall be furnished to  the  satisfaction  of
 the official issuing the marriage license. Every license to marry issued
 pursuant  to the provisions of this section shall state the day and hour
 the license is issued and shall contain a  recital  that  it  is  issued
 pursuant to the provisions of this section.
   §  11. Use of personal confidential information obtained from veterans
 or family members of veterans receiving  services  from  the  state  and
 political  subdivisions  thereof.  1.  Departments,  divisions, bureaus,
 boards, commissions and agencies of the state and political subdivisions
 thereof, which provide assistance, treatment, counseling,  care,  super-
 vision  or  custody  in  service  areas involving health, mental health,
 family services, criminal justice or employment  shall  be  required  to
 solicit  information on whether their customer or client is a veteran as
 defined in section eighty-five of the civil service law or family member
 of a veteran. Any new forms created after the  effective  date  of  this
 section  shall  contain the following questions: "Have you served in the
 United States Armed Forces?" "Has someone in your family served  in  the
 United States military?"
   2. Individuals identifying themselves as having served in the military
 or  a  family  member  shall be advised that the department of veterans'
 services and local veterans service  agencies  established  pursuant  to
 section seventeen of this article provide assistance to veterans regard-
 ing benefits under federal and state law. Information regarding veterans
 and  military  status  provided  by assisted persons solely to implement
 this section shall be protected as personal confidential  material,  and
 used only to assist in the diagnosis, treatment, assessment and handling
 of  the veteran's or family member's problems within the agency request-
 ing such information and in referring the veteran or  family  member  to
 the  department of veterans' services for the information and assistance
 with regard to benefits and entitlements under federal and state law.
   § 12. Acceptance of gifts. The department with  the  approval  of  the
 governor,  may  accept any gift or grant for any of the purposes of this
 article. Any moneys so received may be expended  by  the  department  to
 effectuate  any  of  the  purposes  of this article, subject to the same
 limitations as to authorization, audit and approval  as  are  prescribed
 for state moneys appropriated for the purposes of this article.
   §  13.  State  veterans'  service agency. 1. A state veterans' service
 agency established by the department pursuant to this article shall have
 power and it shall be its duty to inform military and naval  authorities
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 of  the  United States and assist members of the armed forces and veter-
 ans, who are residents of this state, and their families, in relation to
 (1) matters pertaining to educational training and  retraining  services
 and  facilities,  (2)  health,  medical  and rehabilitation services and
 facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state and local  laws  and  regu-
 lations  affording special rights and privileges to members of the armed
 forces and war veterans and their families, (4)  employment  and  re-em-
 ployment  services,  and (5) other matters of similar, related or appro-
 priate nature. The state veterans' service  agency  also  shall  perform
 such other duties as may be assigned by the state commissioner.
   2.  The  state  commissioner  may,  with the approval of the governor,
 appoint and remove a director of the state veterans' service agency. The
 state commissioner may from time to time  establish,  alter  or  abolish
 state  veterans' service agency districts within the state, establish or
 abolish offices therefor, and appoint and at pleasure  remove  a  deputy
 director  of  the  state veterans' service agency for each such district
 office. With the approval of the state commissioner, the director of the
 veterans' service agency may appoint such officers, consultants,  clerks
 and  other  employees as may be necessary to administer the functions of
 the state veterans' service agency, fix their  compensation  within  the
 limitation provided by law, and prescribe their duties.
   §  14.  Local  veterans' service agencies. 1. County veterans' service
 agencies. There shall be established a county veterans'  service  agency
 in  each  county not wholly included within a city, and there shall be a
 county director of each county  veterans'  service  agency.  Any  county
 director  hired  after  the  effective  date  of this chapter shall be a
 veteran as defined in New York state statute. The chair of the board  of
 supervisors  of a county, with the approval of the board of supervisors,
 shall appoint and may at pleasure remove a county director of the county
 veterans' service agency for such county. In a county  having  a  county
 president,  a  county  executive  or other chief executive officer, such
 president or executive officer shall appoint and may at pleasure  remove
 a  county director. The county director may be paid such compensation as
 shall be fixed by the appointing officer and the board  of  supervisors.
 The county director shall appoint such assistants and employees as he or
 she may deem necessary, other than those, if any, supplied by the state;
 he  or she may prescribe the duties of those appointed by him or her and
 fix their salaries within the appropriations  made  available  for  that
 purpose  by the county and may at pleasure remove any such assistants or
 employees. The county director shall have  jurisdiction  throughout  the
 territorial  limits of the county, including any city therein which does
 not have a city veterans' service agency, provided that after the estab-
 lishment of a city veterans' service agency in any such city, the county
 director shall not have jurisdiction within such city.
   2. City veterans' service agency. There  may  be  established  a  city
 veterans'  service agency in each city; and there shall be a city direc-
 tor of each city veterans' service  agency  which  is  established.  The
 mayor  of  such  city,  or  the  city manager in a city of less than one
 hundred forty thousand population having a city manager,  shall  appoint
 and  may  at  pleasure  remove the city director. A city director may be
 paid such compensation as shall be fixed by the mayor or  city  manager,
 as  the  case  may  be,  empowered to appoint the city director, and the
 governing body of the city. The city director may appoint such deputies,
 assistants and employees as he or she  may  deem  necessary  other  than
 those,  if  any,  supplied  by the state; the director may prescribe the
 duties of those appointed by him or her and fix  their  salaries  within
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 the  appropriations  made available for that purpose by the city and may
 at pleasure remove any such assistant or  employee.    A  city  director
 shall have jurisdiction throughout the territorial limits of the city.
   3.  Accreditation.  (a)  Current county or city directors within three
 years from the effective date of this subdivision shall take  all  steps
 necessary  to  be  accredited  as  a veterans service organization (VSO)
 representative. Accreditation shall mean the authority  granted  by  the
 United  States  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs to assist veterans and
 their family members in the preparation, presentation,  and  prosecution
 of  claims  for benefits pursuant to section 5902 of Title 38 U.S.C. and
 section 14.628 of Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations.  Once an  appli-
 cation  for  accreditation  is  approved  by  the General Counsel of the
 United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the applicant is  noti-
 fied of this action, the director of the county or city veterans service
 agency  shall  file  a  copy  of  the accreditation certificate from the
 appropriate veterans service organization with the commissioner  of  the
 department.  Such  accreditation shall be maintained during the duration
 of his or her status as a commissioner of such county or  city  veterans
 service  agency.  The  commissioner of the department may determine that
 satisfactory completion of a course or instruction on veterans' benefits
 approved by  the  United  States  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs  and
 conducted  by the department may fulfill the requirements of this subdi-
 vision.
   (b) Any county or city director hired after the effective date of this
 chapter shall take all steps necessary to be accredited  as  a  veterans
 service organization (VSO) representative within eighteen months of such
 appointment.  Accreditation  shall  mean  the  authority  granted by the
 United States Department of Veterans  Affairs  to  assist  veterans  and
 their  family  members in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution
 of claims for benefits pursuant to section 5902 of Title 38  U.S.C.  and
 section  14.628 of Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations.  Once an appli-
 cation for accreditation is approved  by  the  General  Counsel  of  the
 United  States Department of Veterans Affairs and the applicant is noti-
 fied of this action, the director of the county or city veterans service
 agency shall file a copy  of  the  accreditation  certificate  from  the
 appropriate  veterans  service organization with the commissioner of the
 department. Such accreditation shall be maintained during  the  duration
 of  his  or  her  status  as  a director of such county or city veterans
 service agency. The commissioner of the department may determine that  a
 satisfactory completion of a course of instruction on veterans' benefits
 approved  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs and
 conducted by the department may fulfill the requirements of this  subdi-
 vision.
   (c)  During the time a director is working toward accreditation pursu-
 ant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision, such  individual  may
 provide  services  to  veterans  and  their family members as defined in
 section fifteen of this article other than  the  preparation,  presenta-
 tion,  and prosecution of claims for benefits under federal statutes and
 regulations.
   § 15. Powers and duties of local veterans' service  agencies.  1.    A
 local  veterans'  service agency shall have power under the direction of
 the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty  to  inform
 military  and  naval authorities of the United States and assist members
 of the armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this  state,  and
 their  families,  in  relation  to (1) matters pertaining to educational
 training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
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 rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
 and local laws and regulations affording special rights  and  privileges
 to  members of the armed forces and war veterans and their families, (4)
 employment  and re-employment services, (5) the process of submitting an
 application for a discharge upgrade to the  discharge  upgrade  advisory
 board,  and (6) other matters of similar, related or appropriate nature.
 The local veterans' service agency may also assist families  of  members
 of  the reserve components of the armed forces and the organized militia
 ordered into active duty to ensure that they are made aware of  and  are
 receiving  all  appropriate  support available to them and are placed in
 contact with the agencies responsible for such support,  including,  but
 not  limited  to,  the  division of military and naval affairs and other
 state agencies responsible for providing such support. The local  veter-
 ans'  service  agency  also  shall  perform  such other duties as may be
 assigned by the state commissioner.
   2. A local veterans' service agency shall utilize, so far as possible,
 the services and facilities of existing officers, offices,  departments,
 commissions,  boards,  bureaus,  institutions  and other agencies of the
 state and of the political subdivisions thereof and  all  such  officers
 and  agencies  shall cooperate with and extend such services and facili-
 ties to the local veterans' service agency as it may require.
   § 16. Location and cost of local veterans'  service  agencies;  deputy
 local directors. 1. A local director shall designate the location of the
 local  and  branch  offices of the local veterans' service agency within
 his or her jurisdiction, which offices shall be open  during  convenient
 hours.  The  cost  of  maintenance  and  operation of a county veterans'
 service agency shall be a county charge and the cost of maintenance  and
 operation  of  a  city  veterans' service agency shall be a city charge,
 excepting that the state commissioner with the approval of the veterans'
 services commission shall allot and pay, from state moneys  made  avail-
 able  to  him or her for such purposes, to each county veterans' service
 agency and each city veterans' service agency, an amount equal to  fifty
 per centum of its expenditures for maintenance and operation approved by
 the  state  commissioner,  provided  that  in  no event shall the amount
 allotted and paid for such approved expenditures incurred in  any  given
 year  exceed (1) in the case of any county veterans' service agency in a
 county having a population of not more than one hundred thousand  or  in
 the  case  of any city veterans' service agency in a city having a popu-
 lation of not more than one hundred thousand, the sum  of  ten  thousand
 dollars, nor (2) in the case of any county veterans' service agency in a
 county  having  a population in excess of one hundred thousand excluding
 the population of any city therein which has a  city  veterans'  service
 agency,  the  sum of ten thousand dollars, and, in addition thereto, the
 sum of five thousand dollars for each one  hundred  thousand,  or  major
 portion  thereof,  of  the  population  of  the  county in excess of one
 hundred thousand excluding the population of any city therein which  has
 a  city veterans' service agency, nor (3) in the case of any city veter-
 ans' service agency in a city having  a  population  in  excess  of  one
 hundred  thousand,  the  sum  of  ten thousand dollars, and, in addition
 thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred thousand,
 or major portion thereof, of the population of the city in excess of one
 hundred thousand. Such population shall be certified in the same  manner
 as provided by section fifty-four of the state finance law.
   2.  The  head  of  a branch office of a local veterans' service agency
 shall be a deputy local director of the local veterans'  service  agency
 who  shall  be  appointed by the local director of the county or city in
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 which the branch office is located with the approval  of  the  governing
 body  which  makes  the appropriation for the maintenance of such branch
 office; provided, however, that the head of a branch office of  a  local
 veterans' service agency which operates in and for two or more adjoining
 towns  or adjoining villages in the same county, and hereinafter in this
 article referred to as a consolidated branch office, shall be  appointed
 by  the  local  director  of  the  county  in which the branch office is
 located with the approval of the governing body of each town or  village
 which  makes  an  appropriation  for  or  toward the maintenance of such
 branch office, and any town or village is authorized to  enter  into  an
 agreement  with  an  adjoining  town or an adjoining village in the same
 county, respectively, or with two or more respective adjoining towns  or
 villages  in  the  same county, providing for their joint undertaking to
 appropriate and make available moneys for or toward the  maintenance  of
 such a consolidated branch office.
   §  17.  Local  veterans'  service committees. The same authority which
 appoints a local director shall appoint for each county and city  veter-
 ans'  service  agency  a veterans' service committee to assist the local
 director and shall appoint a chair thereof.  Similar committees  may  be
 appointed  in each village and town where there is a deputy local direc-
 tor by the mayor of such village and the  supervisor  of  such  town  in
 which  the  branch  office of the deputy local director is located or in
 which it operates. A similar committee may also be appointed in any city
 in and for which there is not  established  a  separate  city  veterans'
 service  agency,  and  in and for which there is a deputy local director
 and a branch office of the county veterans'  service  agency;  and  such
 appointment in any case shall be made by the city official authorized to
 appoint a city director in the case of a separate city veterans' service
 agency.
   §  18.  Appropriations  for expenses and activities of local veterans'
 service agencies. Each county and each city of the  state  in  which  is
 established  a  county  veterans'  service  agency  or  a city veterans'
 service agency, as the case may be, is hereby authorized to  appropriate
 and  make  available  to the veterans' service agency of such respective
 county or city, such sums of money as it may deem  necessary  to  defray
 the  expenses and activities of such agency, and the expenses and activ-
 ities of such agencies are hereby declared to be proper county and  city
 purposes  for  which  the  moneys of the county or city may be expended.
 Each city in and for which there is  not  established  a  separate  city
 veterans'  service  agency,  and  each  village and town of the state is
 hereby authorized to appropriate and make available to the deputy  local
 director  heading  the  branch  office  in and for such city, village or
 town, if any, of the county veterans' service agency having jurisdiction
 within such city, village or town, such sums of money  as  it  may  deem
 necessary  to  defray  the salary, expenses and activities of the deputy
 local director heading such branch office in and for such city,  village
 or  town  and  his  or  her  office,  including  the salaries of persons
 employed in such office, and such salaries, expenses and activities  are
 hereby  declared  to be proper city, village and town purposes for which
 the moneys of such cities, villages and  towns  may  be  expended.  Each
 village and town is also authorized to appropriate and make available to
 the  deputy  local  director  heading the consolidated branch office, if
 any, for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages,  or
 town or towns, as the case may be, of the county veterans' service agen-
 cy  having  jurisdiction within such village or town, such sums of money
 as it may determine to defray in part the salary,  expenses  and  activ-
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 ities  of  the  deputy  local  director heading such consolidated branch
 office for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages or
 town or towns, as the case may be, including  the  salaries  of  persons
 employed in such consolidated branch office, and such salaries, expenses
 and  activities  are  hereby  declared  to  be  proper  village and town
 purposes for which  the  moneys  of  such  villages  and  towns  may  be
 expended.
   §  19. Women veterans coordinator. 1. Definitions. (a) "Veteran" shall
 have the same meaning as provided in subdivision one of section  twenty-
 two of this article.
   (b)   "Department"  shall  mean  the  state  department  of  veterans'
 services.
   (c) "Women veterans coordinator" shall be a veteran.
   2. Such women veterans coordinator shall be appointed by  the  commis-
 sioner.
   3. Establishment of women veterans coordinator. There is hereby estab-
 lished  within  the department, a "women veterans coordinator" who shall
 work under the direction of the  commissioner  and  whose  duties  shall
 include, but not be limited to, the:
   (a)  identification,  development,  planning, organization and coordi-
 nation of all statewide programs and services to meet the needs of women
 veterans;
   (b) recommendation to the commissioner to ensure compliance  with  all
 existing  department policies and regulations pertaining to the needs of
 women veterans on the state and federal level and  make  recommendations
 regarding the improvement of benefits and services to women veterans;
   (c)  liaison  between  the department, the United States Department of
 Veterans Affairs center for women veterans, the United States Department
 of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, state veterans
 nursing homes, state agencies, community  groups,  advocates  and  other
 veterans and military organizations and interested parties;
   (d) advocating for all women veterans in the state;
   (e) development and maintenance of a clearinghouse for information and
 resources for women veterans;
   (f)  promote  events  and activities that recognize, educate and honor
 women veterans, including but not limited  to  seminars  required  under
 subdivision  six  of  section four of this article, veteran human rights
 conferences,  veterans  benefits  and  resources  events,  and  veterans
 cultural competence training;
   (g)  inclusion of the contributions women veterans have made on behalf
 of the United  States  and  this  state  on  the  department's  official
 website; and
   (h)  preparation  of  reports on topics including, but not limited to,
 the demographics of women veterans, the number of women veterans  listed
 by county, and the unique needs of the women veterans population, to the
 extent  such information is available, to the commissioner on the status
 of women veterans within New York state.
   4. Reports. The women veterans coordinator shall submit  a  report  to
 the  commissioner  each  year  after the effective date of this section.
 Such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description  of  the
 women  veterans  coordinator's  activities for the calendar year and the
 programs developed pursuant to  the  provisions  of  this  section.  The
 commissioner  shall submit the report or a synopsis of the report to the
 governor in accordance with the provisions of section four of this arti-
 cle.
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   § 20. Creation of annuity. 1. Payment to veterans. a. Any  veteran  as
 defined  in  this article who has been or is hereafter classified by the
 New York State commission for the visually handicapped as a blind person
 as defined in section three of chapter four hundred fifteen of the  laws
 of  nineteen  hundred  thirteen, as amended, and continues to be a blind
 person within the meaning of that section, shall,  upon  application  to
 the commissioner of the department of veterans' services, be paid out of
 the  treasury  of the state for such term as such veteran shall be enti-
 tled thereto under the provisions of this article, the sum of one  thou-
 sand  dollars  annually,  plus  any  applicable  annual  adjustment,  as
 provided in this section.
   b. The entitlement of  any  veteran  to  receive  the  annuity  herein
 provided  shall  terminate  upon  his or her ceasing to continue to be a
 resident of and domiciled in the state,  but  such  entitlement  may  be
 reinstated  upon  application to the commissioner of veterans' services,
 if such veteran shall thereafter resume his or her residence  and  domi-
 cile in the state.
   c. The effective date of an award of the annuity to a veteran shall be
 the  date  of receipt of the application therefor by the commissioner of
 veterans' services, except that if the  application  is  denied  but  is
 granted  at  a  later date upon an application for reconsideration based
 upon new evidence, the effective date of the award of the annuity  to  a
 veteran  shall be the date of receipt of the application for reconsider-
 ation by the commissioner of veterans' services.
   2. Payment to widows and widowers of blind veterans. a.  The  unremar-
 ried  spouse  of  a  veteran  who heretofore has died or the unremarried
 spouse of a veteran dying hereafter, such veteran being at the  time  of
 her  or  his  death  a recipient of, or eligible for, the benefits above
 provided, shall, upon  application  to  the  commissioner  of  veterans'
 services,  also  be paid out of the treasury of the state the sum of one
 thousand dollars annually, plus any applicable  annual  adjustment,  for
 such term as such unremarried spouse shall be entitled thereto under the
 provisions of this article.
   b.  The  entitlement  of  any  widow or widower to receive the annuity
 herein provided shall terminate upon her or his death or re-marriage  or
 upon her or his ceasing to continue to be a resident of and domiciled in
 the  state  of  New  York,  but  such entitlement may be reinstated upon
 application to the commissioner of veterans' services, if such widow  or
 widower shall thereafter resume her or his residence and domicile in the
 state.
   c. The effective date of an award of the annuity to a widow or widower
 shall  be the day after the date of death of the veteran if the applica-
 tion therefor is received within one year from such date  of  death.  If
 the  application  is  received  after  the  expiration of the first year
 following the date of the death of the veteran, the effective date of an
 award of the annuity to a widow or widower shall be the date of  receipt
 of  the  application  by  the  commissioner of veterans' services. If an
 application is denied but is granted at a later date upon an application
 for reconsideration based upon new evidence, the effective date  of  the
 award  of the annuity to a widow or widower shall be the date of receipt
 of the application for reconsideration by the commissioner of  veterans'
 services.
   3.  Annual  adjustment.  Commencing in the year two thousand five, and
 for each year thereafter, the amount of any annuity payable  under  this
 section shall be the same amount as the annuity payable in the preceding
 year  plus  a  percentage  adjustment  equal  to  the  annual percentage
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 increase, if any, for compensation and pension benefits administered  by
 the  United States Department of Veterans' Affairs in the previous year.
 Such percentage increase shall be rounded up to the  next  highest  one-
 tenth  of  one  percent  and shall not be less than one percent nor more
 than four percent. Commencing in the year two thousand five, the  direc-
 tor  of  veterans' services, not later than February first of each year,
 shall publish by any reasonable means  the  amount  of  the  annuity  as
 adjusted payable under this section.
   § 21. Evidence of entitlement. 1. The evidence of such service, blind-
 ness,  residence and domicile, or of such marriage, widowhood, residence
 and domicile in each case shall be furnished  in  the  manner  and  form
 prescribed  by  the commissioner of veterans' services who shall examine
 the same.
   2. Upon being satisfied that such service was  performed,  that  other
 facts  and  statements  in  the  application of such veteran or widow or
 widower are true and that the said veteran has been  classified  by  the
 New  York  state  commission  for  the  visually  handicapped as a blind
 person, where such veteran is not receiving or not entitled to receive a
 benefit from any existing retirement system to  which  the  state  is  a
 contributor, unless such veteran shall have become disabled by reason of
 loss  of  sight,  while  engaged  in  employment entitling him or her to
 receive a benefit from any existing retirement system to which the state
 is a contributor, and as a result of such disability  has  retired  from
 such  employment  and  is  receiving or is entitled to receive a benefit
 from such retirement system the commissioner of veterans' services shall
 certify to the state comptroller the name and address of such veteran or
 widow or widower.
   3. Thereafter the department of  taxation  and  finance,  through  the
 division  of finance, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller, shall
 pay such veteran or widow or widower such sum as is  authorized  by  the
 provisions  of  this article in monthly installments for so long as such
 veteran or widow or widower shall meet the requirements of this article.
   § 22. Persons who may receive annuity. 1. a. The  word  "veteran,"  as
 used  in  this article shall be taken to mean and include any person who
 is a resident of the state of New York, and who (i) has been or  may  be
 given  an  honorable, general or ordinary discharge or any other form of
 release from such  service,  except  a  dishonorable  discharge,  a  bad
 conduct  discharge,  an undesirable discharge, a discharge without honor
 or a discharge for the good of the service, or  (ii)  has  a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one of this article, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section  one  of  this
 article,  and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, and who (iv)  was  a  recipient  of  the
 armed  forces  expeditionary  medal, the navy expeditionary medal or the
 marine corps expeditionary medal  for  participation  in  operations  in
 Lebanon  from  June  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three to December
 first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada  from  October  twenty-
 third,  nineteen hundred eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen
 hundred eighty-three, or in Panama  from  December  twentieth,  nineteen
 hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or
 (v) served on active duty for ninety days or more in the armed forces of
 the United States during any one of the following wars or hostilities:
   (1)  in  the  Spanish-American war from the twenty-first day of April,
 eighteen hundred ninety-eight to the eleventh  day  of  April,  eighteen
 hundred ninety-nine, inclusive;
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   (2) in the Philippine insurrection or the China relief expedition from
 the  eleventh  day  of April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine to the fourth
 day of July, nineteen hundred two, inclusive;
   (3) in the Mexican border campaign from the ninth day of May, nineteen
 hundred  sixteen, to the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred seventeen,
 inclusive;
   (4) in World War I from the  sixth  day  of  April,  nineteen  hundred
 seventeen  to  the  eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred eighteen,
 inclusive;
   (5) in World War II from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred
 forty-one to the thirty-first day of December, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 six,  inclusive,  or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration
 or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,
 or  as  a  civil  servant  employed  by the United States Army Transport
 Service (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation
 Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval Transportation Service; and who
 served satisfactorily as a  crew  member  during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one,  to  August
 fifteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant  vessels  in
 oceangoing,  i.e.,  foreign,  intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense, or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-
 ican  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies and
 United States Army Groups in World War II during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (i)  was  discharged  or
 released  therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one of this article, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (iii)  is  a  discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of this
 article, and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable  from such service, or who served as a United States civil-
 ian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support  Employee  of  Pan  American
 World  Airways  or  one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served
 overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract  with  Air  Transport
 Command  or  Naval  Air  Transport  Service  during  the period of armed
 conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
 fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv) was discharged  or
 released  therefrom  under honorable conditions, or (v) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one of this article, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (vi)  is  a  discharged  LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of this
 article, and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable from such service;
   (6)  in  the  Korean  hostilities from the twenty-seventh day of June,
 nineteen hundred fifty to the  thirty-first  day  of  January,  nineteen
 hundred fifty-five, inclusive;
   (7)  in  the  Vietnam conflict from the twenty-eighth day of February,
 nineteen hundred sixty-one to the seventh day of May,  nineteen  hundred
 seventy-five;
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   (8)  in the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of August, nine-
 teen hundred ninety to the end of such conflict.
   b.  The  word "veteran" shall also mean any person who meets the other
 requirements of paragraph a of this subdivision, who  served  on  active
 duty  for less than ninety days, if he or she was discharged or released
 from such service for a service-connected disability or who served for a
 period of ninety consecutive days or more and such period began or ended
 during any war or period of hostilities as defined  in  paragraph  a  of
 this subdivision.
   c. The term "active duty" as used in this article shall mean full time
 duty in the armed forces, other than active duty for training; provided,
 however, that "active duty" shall also include any period of active duty
 for  training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died
 from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during such period.
   2. No annuity shall be paid under this article to or for a person  who
 is  in prison in a federal, state or local penal institution as a result
 of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for  any  part  of  the  period
 beginning sixty-one days after his or her imprisonment begins and ending
 when his or her imprisonment ends.
   3.  Where  any  veteran is disqualified for the annuity for any period
 solely by reason of the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section,
 the  commissioner  of veterans' services shall pay to his or her spouse,
 if any, the annuity which such veteran would receive for that period but
 for said subdivision two.
   4. In case an unmarried, divorced or widowed veteran or a widow  of  a
 deceased  annuitant is being furnished hospital treatment, institutional
 or domiciliary care by the United States or the state, the annuity paya-
 ble under this article to such  veteran  or  widow  or  widower  may  be
 discontinued after the first day of the seventh calendar month following
 the  month  of admission of such veteran or widow for treatment or care.
 Payment of such annuity shall be resumed if such  veteran  or  widow  or
 widower  is discharged from the hospital, institution or home, or if his
 or her treatment or care therein is otherwise terminated.
   5. Where payment of the annuity as hereinbefore authorized  is  to  be
 made to a mentally incompetent person or a conservatee, such payment may
 be  authorized by the commissioner of veterans' services of the state to
 be paid only to a duly qualified court-appointed committee or  conserva-
 tor,  legally vested with the care of such incompetent's person or prop-
 erty or of such conservatee's property, except that in the  case  of  an
 incompetent  annuitant  for whom a committee has not been appointed or a
 person under a substantial impairment for whom  a  conservator  has  not
 been  appointed  and  who  is  hospitalized  in a United States veterans
 health administration hospital or in a hospital under  the  jurisdiction
 of  the state of New York, the commissioner of veterans' services of the
 state may in his or her discretion certify payment of  the  annuity,  as
 hereinbefore  authorized,  to the manager of such United States veterans
 health administration hospital or to  the  commissioner  of  such  state
 hospital  for  the  account  of  the  said  incompetent or substantially
 impaired annuitant.
   § 23. New York state veterans' cemeteries. 1. Legislative intent.  The
 legislature finds and determines that the devoted service and  sacrifice
 of  veterans  deserve  important,  unique and eternal recognition by the
 state of New York. That it is by means of the devoted service and sacri-
 fice of veterans that the liberty, freedom and prosperity enjoyed by all
 New Yorkers is maintained and preserved.
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   The legislature further finds and  determines  that  to  provide  this
 important,  unique  and eternal recognition, the state shall establish a
 program of New York state veterans' cemeteries in New York. Such program
 shall provide for the construction, establishment,  expansion,  improve-
 ment,  support,  operation,  maintenance  and the provision of perpetual
 care for state veterans' cemeteries in this state, and thereby  for  the
 memorialization and remembrance of individual veterans and their service
 to their community, state and nation.
   The legislature additionally finds and determines that it is therefore
 necessary  to  provide  for the construction and establishment of one or
 more New York  state  veterans'  cemeteries,  and  that  to  thereafter,
 provide  for the expansion, improvement, support, operation, maintenance
 and  the  provision  of  perpetual  care  of  all  such  cemeteries   so
 constructed  and  established. The legislature also finds and determines
 that it is appropriate to have the responsibility for the  construction,
 establishment,  expansion,  improvement, support, operation, maintenance
 and the provision of perpetual care for  veterans'  cemeteries  in  this
 state,  to  be under the oversight and direction of the state department
 of veterans' services, and its commissioner, individually, and as  chair
 of the management board, for each such veterans' cemetery so constructed
 and established.
   2.  The  establishment of the first New York state veterans' cemetery.
 (a) The commissioner shall issue, on behalf of the department, a  public
 request  for  information  for any local government desiring to have the
 first state veterans' cemetery located within its political subdivision.
 Such request shall specify the  type  of  information  to  be  provided,
 including,  at a minimum, a detailed map of the site including potential
 transportation routes, the history of the site, the types of burials the
 site could accommodate, and the estimated number of  veterans  within  a
 seventy-five  mile  radius  of  the  site. Such requests for information
 shall be returnable to the  department  by  no  later  than  sixty  days
 following  the  issuance  of the requests for information.  Requests for
 information issued by and returned to the department shall  be  publicly
 available and posted on the department's website.
   (a-1)  Following  the deadline for the return of requests for informa-
 tion pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the  department,  in
 cooperation  with  the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and
 in consultation with, and upon the support of the  department  of  state
 division  of  cemeteries, is hereby directed to conduct an investigation
 and study on the issue of the  construction  and  establishment  of  the
 first  New  York  state veterans' cemetery. Such investigation and study
 shall include, but not be limited to:
   (i) Potential site locations for such cemetery,  with  full  consider-
 ation  as to the needs of the veterans population; only locations within
 local governments that have submitted a request for information pursuant
 to paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be considered and  each  such
 submission shall be considered;
   (ii) The size of the cemetery and types of grave sites;
   (iii) The number of annual interments at the cemetery;
   (iv)  Transportation  accessibility to the cemetery by veterans, their
 families and the general public;
   (v) Costs for construction of the cemetery;
   (vi) Costs of operation of the cemetery, including but not limited  to
 staffing costs to maintain the cemetery;
   (vii) Scalability of the cemetery for future growth and expansion;
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   (viii)  Potential for funding for the cemetery from federal, local and
 private sources;
   (ix) Cost of maintenance;
   (x) Data on the population that would be served by the site;
   (xi) The average age of the population in the area covered;
   (xii) The mortality rate of the veteran population for the area;
   (xiii) Surrounding land use;
   (xiv) Topography of the land;
   (xv) Site characteristics;
   (xvi) Cost of land acquisition;
   (xvii)  The  location of existing cemeteries including but not limited
 to national veterans' cemeteries,  county  veterans'  cemeteries,  ceme-
 teries  that  have  plots devoted to veterans, not-for-profit cemeteries
 and any other burial ground devoted to veterans and any  other  type  of
 burial  grounds  devoted  to  the  interment of human remains that is of
 public record; and
   (xviii) Such other and  further  items  as  the  commissioner  of  the
 department  deems necessary for the first state veterans' cemetery to be
 successful.
   A report of the investigation and study conclusions shall be delivered
 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
 the assembly and the chair of the senate committee on veterans, homeland
 security  and  military affairs, and the chair of the assembly committee
 on veterans' affairs by no later than one hundred eighty days after  the
 department has commenced the conduct of the investigation and study.
   (a-2)  Upon the completion of the investigation and study, the results
 shall be provided to the selection committee.  The  selection  committee
 shall consist of nine members as follows:
   (i)  The  commissioner of the department of veterans' services, or his
 or her representative;
   (ii) The director of the division of the budget, or his or her  repre-
 sentative;
   (iii)  Three  members  appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be
 veterans;
   (iv) Two members appointed by the temporary president of  the  senate,
 at least one of whom shall be a veteran; and
   (v) Two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, at least one
 of whom shall be a veteran.
   (a-3)  The  selection  committee  shall be subject to articles six and
 seven of the public officers law. The selection committee shall evaluate
 the results of the study and, upon a majority vote, make a determination
 as to the location of the first state veterans' cemetery. In making this
 determination,  the  committee's  consideration  shall,  at  a  minimum,
 include:
   (i) The findings established by the study;
   (ii)  The  submitted  responses to the requests for information issued
 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision;
   (iii) The guidelines for receipt of federal funding  specified  in  38
 USC  2408,  38  CFR  39, and any other relevant federal statute or regu-
 lation;
   (iv) The possibility  of  funding  from  private  individuals,  corpo-
 rations, or foundations; and
   (v) Any other consideration that would facilitate the successful oper-
 ation of the first state veterans' cemetery.
   (b) The commissioner of the department, the commissioner of the office
 of  general  services, and the chair of the division of cemeteries shall
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 determine the amount of money necessary  to  fund  the  non-reimbursable
 costs  of a state veterans' cemetery, such as operation and maintenance,
 for a period of not less than ten years, provided that such amount shall
 not include monies that would be recoverable by the cemetery pursuant to
 a  charge  of  fee  for  the  provision of a gravesite for a non-veteran
 spouse or eligible dependent. Prior to submitting  any  application  for
 funding  from the government of the United States in accordance with the
 grant requirements specified in 38 USC 2408, 38 CFR 30, and other  rele-
 vant  federal  statutes or regulations, for the purpose of seeking funds
 to support  the  construction,  establishment,  expansion,  improvement,
 support,  operation  or  maintenance of New York state's veterans' ceme-
 teries, the director of the division of the budget and the office of the
 state comptroller must certify to the governor, the temporary  president
 of  the  senate,  the  speaker  of the assembly, the chair of the senate
 finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee
 that there are sufficient funds to cover such amount;  provided  further
 that such moneys may include the veterans remembrance and cemetery main-
 tenance and operation fund created pursuant to section ninety-seven-mmmm
 of  the  state finance law. In making such a certification, the director
 of the division of the budget and the office of  the  state  comptroller
 shall consider, but are not limited to, the following factors:
   (i)  physical  attributes  of  the  veterans cemetery, including size,
 location, and terrain;
   (ii) staffing costs, cost of equipment and equipment maintenance,  and
 security costs;
   (iii)  relevant  state and federal requirements and specifications for
 interment and perpetual care;
   (iv) estimates provided by the United States  Department  of  Veterans
 Affairs;
   (v)  any other non-reimbursable fiscal cost, charge or assessment that
 would be incurred by the cemetery.
   (c) Once the certification that there are sufficient funds pursuant to
 paragraph (b) of this subdivision has been made, and no later than thir-
 ty days following the selection of the site pursuant to paragraph  (a-3)
 of  this subdivision, the commissioner, in consultation with the manage-
 ment board of  the  first  New  York  state  veterans'  cemetery,  shall
 commence  the application process for funding from the government of the
 United States, in accordance with the grant  requirements  specified  in
 section  2408 of title 38 of the United States code, part 39 of title 38
 of the code of federal regulations, and any other relevant federal stat-
 ute or regulation, for the purpose  of  seeking  funds  to  support  the
 construction, establishment, expansion, improvement, support, operation,
 maintenance  and  the  provision  of  perpetual care of New York state's
 first veterans' cemetery. Such grant application shall  be  based  on  a
 site selected pursuant to paragraph (a-3) of this subdivision, and shall
 be  consistent with the guidelines for receipt of federal funding pursu-
 ant to the relevant provisions of federal law.
   (d) A management board for the first New York state veterans' cemetery
 shall be appointed pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
   (e) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations governing:
   (i) The guidelines and standards for the construction,  establishment,
 expansion,   improvement,   support,   operation,  maintenance  and  the
 provision of perpetual care for a state veterans' cemetery. Such  guide-
 lines shall include, but not be limited to:
   (1) The size and terrain of the cemetery;
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   (2)  The  management  and operation of the cemetery, including but not
 limited to:
   (A) Hours of operation;
   (B) Employees, employee relations, and employee duties;
   (C) The conduct and practice of events, ceremonies and programs;
   (D)  The  filing and compliance of the cemetery with state and federal
 regulators; and
   (E) Such other and further operational and  management  practices  and
 procedures  as  the commissioner shall determine to be necessary for the
 successful operation of a state veterans' cemetery.
   (3) The layout of plots;
   (4) The locations of building and infrastructure,  including  but  not
 limited to:
   (A) Electrical lines and facilities;
   (B) Waterlines, irrigation systems, and drainage facilities;
   (C) Trees, flowers and other plantings;
   (D)  Non  gravesite memorials, gravesite memorials, mausoleums, colum-
 barium niches, headstones, grave markers, indoor  interment  facilities,
 committal-service  shelters,  signage,  flag  poles,  and other memorial
 gathering spaces or infrastructure;
   (E) Roadways, pedestrian pathways, parking sites, curbs and curb cuts;
   (F) Ponds, lakes and other water sites;
   (G) Retaining walls, gates, fences, security systems or other  devices
 for cemetery protection; and
   (H)  Any  other  buildings, structures or infrastructure necessary for
 the safe, efficient and effective operation of the cemetery;
   (5) The qualifications for interment, consistent with  the  provisions
 of state and federal law and any requirements pursuant to the receipt of
 federal, state, local or private funds;
   (6) The location and placement of interments;
   (7)  Consistent  with  the provisions of state and federal law and any
 requirements pursuant to the receipt of federal, state, local or private
 funds, the financial management  of  the  cemetery,  including  but  not
 limited to:
   (A)  The procedures for the protection and implementation of the ceme-
 tery's annual budget;
   (B) The seeking, collecting,  deposit  and  expenditure  of  operating
 funds pursuant to the cemetery's budget;
   (C)  The seeking, collecting, deposit and expenditure of capital funds
 pursuant to the cemetery's capital plan;
   (D) The seeking, collecting,  deposit  and  expenditure  of  emergency
 funds to address an unexpected event;
   (E)  The  assessment,  charging,  collection  and  deposit of fees and
 charges;
   (F) The management of cemetery finances, both current and future, with
 respect to investments; and
   (G) Such other and further procedures and  activities  concerning  the
 financial management of the cemetery;
   (8)  The  provision  of perpetual care for the cemetery, including but
 not limited to:
   (A) The frequency, standards and methods for  the  beautification  and
 maintenance  of  grounds,  memorials,  gravesites, buildings, ceremonial
 sites, or other locations within, or upon the curtilage of the cemetery;
   (B) The frequency, standards and methods for the provision  of  flags,
 patriotic  and  military  symbols,  and  other  honorary  items, at each
 gravesite and throughout the cemetery; and
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   (C) Such other and further standards as are necessary  to  assure  the
 proper  perpetual care of the cemetery in a manner befitting the highest
 level of honor and respect deserving to those veterans and  their  fami-
 lies interred in the cemetery;
   (9) Guidelines and standards for the procurement of land for the ceme-
 tery  providing  that the state veterans' cemetery, and all the property
 upon which it resides shall be owned in fee simple absolute by the state
 of New York;
   (10) Guidelines and standards for the practices and procedures for the
 construction and establishment of a state veterans' cemetery,  including
 contracting  and  purchasing  for  construction  services,  professional
 services, legal services, architectural services,  consulting  services,
 as  well  as the procurement of materials, all consistent with the rele-
 vant provisions of federal, state and local law, the regulations promul-
 gated thereunder, and the requirements contained in the  grants  awarded
 or  pursued  from the federal government, or any source of private fund-
 ing;
   (11) Guidelines and standards for the practices and procedures for the
 expansion and improvement  of  a  state  veterans'  cemetery,  including
 contracting  and  purchasing  for  construction  services,  professional
 services, legal services, architectural services,  consulting  services,
 as  well  as the procurement of materials, all consistent with the rele-
 vant provisions of federal, state and local law, the regulations promul-
 gated thereunder, and the requirements contained in the  grants  awarded
 or  pursued  from the federal government, or any source of private fund-
 ing;
   (12) Any other guidelines and  standards  that  would  facilitate  the
 successful construction, establishment, expansion, improvement, support,
 operation, maintenance and the provision of perpetual care for the state
 veterans' cemetery;
   (ii)  Guidelines  and  standards  for any local government desiring to
 have the first state veterans' cemetery  located  within  its  political
 subdivision, including, but not limited to:
   (1)  The  requirement  that  the local government will comply with all
 state and federal statutes and regulations concerning the  construction,
 establishment,  expansion,  improvement, support, operation, maintenance
 and the provision of perpetual care of the state veterans' cemetery, and
 shall satisfy any and all applicable state  and  federal  standards  and
 requirements for the perpetual care of the state veterans' cemetery;
   (2) That the state veterans' cemetery, and all the property upon which
 it  resides  shall  be  owned in fee simple absolute by the state of New
 York;
   (3) That all lands upon which such cemetery is constructed and  estab-
 lished  shall  be used solely for state veterans' cemetery purposes, and
 for the purpose of providing the honor and remembrance of  veterans  and
 their service through ceremonies and programs;
   (4)  Such  other and further requirements as the commissioner may deem
 prudent in the facilitation of the successful siting and operation of  a
 state  veterans'  cemetery  in the jurisdiction of the local government;
 and
   (iii) Such other and further guidelines and standards as are necessary
 for the successful construction, establishment, expansion,  improvement,
 support,  operation, maintenance and the provision of perpetual care for
 a state veterans' cemetery.
   (f) Upon the approval of the application for funding from the  govern-
 ment of the United States, made pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdi-
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 vision,  the  commissioner, upon consultation with the management board,
 shall commence the process of  construction  and  establishment  of  the
 first  state  veterans'  cemetery. Such process shall be consistent with
 the  relevant  provisions of local, state and federal law, and the rules
 and regulations established pursuant to paragraph (e) of  this  subdivi-
 sion.
   3.  Management  boards of New York state veterans' cemeteries. (a) For
 each New York state veterans'  cemetery  there  shall  be  a  management
 board. Each such management board shall consist of nine members, includ-
 ing  the  commissioner  of  the department who shall serve as chair, and
 four members, appointed by the governor. Of such four members, not fewer
 than two shall be a veteran of the United States army, the United States
 navy, the United States air force, the United States  marines,  the  New
 York  army national guard, the New York air national guard, the New York
 naval militia, or a member who has served in a theater of  combat  oper-
 ations  of  the  United States coast guard or the United States merchant
 marine. Two members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
 senate, and two members shall be appointed by the speaker of  the  state
 assembly.  At least one of the members appointed by the temporary presi-
 dent of the senate and at least one of  the  members  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the  assembly shall be a veteran of the United States army,
 the United States navy, the United States air force, the  United  States
 marines,  the  New  York  army national guard, the New York air national
 guard, the New York naval militia, or a member who has served in a thea-
 ter of combat operations of the United States coast guard or the  United
 States merchant marine. No member shall receive any compensation for his
 or  her  service,  but  members who are not state officials may be reim-
 bursed  for  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses,  including  travel
 expenses  incurred  in performance of their duties. The management board
 may consult with any federal, state or local entity for the purposes  of
 advancing its purposes, mission and duties.
   (b)  The  management board shall advise, by majority vote, the commis-
 sioner on issues concerning the construction, establishment,  expansion,
 improvement,  support,  operation,  maintenance  and  the  provision  of
 perpetual care for the veterans' cemetery, including but not limited  to
 issues  of  financial  concern,  employment  relations, cemetery policy,
 cemetery events and programs, and such other and further issues  as  the
 board and commissioner shall deem important.
   4. Additional state veterans' cemeteries. (a) Not later than ten years
 after  the  construction  and  establishment of the first New York state
 veterans' cemetery, and every ten years thereafter, the  department,  in
 cooperation with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, shall
 conduct  an investigation and study on the issue of the construction and
 establishment of additional New York state  veterans'  cemeteries.  Such
 investigation and study shall consider, but not be limited to, the study
 parameters  established  pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision two of
 this section. A report of the investigation and  study  required  to  be
 conducted  pursuant to this subdivision shall be delivered to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly
 and the chair of the senate committee on veterans, homeland security and
 military  affairs,  and the chair of the assembly committee on veterans'
 affairs, by no later than ninety days after the department has commenced
 the conduct of the investigation and study;
   (b) The report of the investigation and study required to be conducted
 pursuant to this subdivision shall provide a determination by the direc-
 tor as to whether the state should construct and establish one  or  more
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 additional veterans' cemeteries, and shall state the reasoning and basis
 for such determination; and
   (c)  The department may, at the discretion of the commissioner, at any
 time after five years from the completion of construction  of  the  most
 recently  constructed and established state veterans' cemetery, in coop-
 eration with the United States Department of Veterans  Affairs,  conduct
 an  investigation  and study on the issue of the construction and estab-
 lishment of additional New York state veterans' cemeteries. A report  of
 the  investigation and study required to be conducted shall be delivered
 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
 the assembly and the chair of the senate committee on veterans, homeland
 security  and  military affairs, and the chair of the assembly committee
 on veterans' affairs, by no later than ninety days after the  department
 has commenced the conduct of the investigation and study.
   (d)  If  the  commissioner,  pursuant  to  the investigation and study
 conducted pursuant to this subdivision, determines that there  shall  be
 an  additional  state  veterans' cemetery in New York state, the commis-
 sioner shall provide for the construction and establishment of such  new
 veterans' cemetery pursuant to the same guidelines and standards for the
 construction  and  establishment  of  the first state veterans' cemetery
 under this section.
   5. Expansion and improvement of existing state  veterans'  cemeteries.
 The  commissioner,  in consultation with the management board of a state
 veterans' cemetery, may provide for the expansion and/or improvement  of
 the  cemetery.  Such  expansion  and  improvement  shall be conducted in
 accordance with the rules and regulations of the department under  para-
 graph (e) of subdivision two of this section.
   §  24.  Veterans  health  screening.  1.  As  used in this section: a.
 "Eligible member" means a member of the New York army national guard  or
 the  New  York air national guard who served in the Persian Gulf War, as
 defined in 38 USC 101, or in an area designated as a combat zone by  the
 president  of  the  United  States  during Operation Enduring Freedom or
 Operation Iraqi Freedom;
   b. "Veteran" means a person, male or female, resident of  this  state,
 who  has  served  in  the  active  military, naval or air service of the
 United States during a time of war in which the  United  States  engaged
 and  who has been released from such service otherwise than by dishonor-
 able discharge, or who has been furloughed to the reserve;
   c. "Military physician" includes a physician  who  is  under  contract
 with  the  United  States  department  of  defense  to provide physician
 services to members of the armed forces; and
   d. "Depleted uranium" means uranium containing less  uranium-235  than
 the naturally occurring distribution of uranium isotopes.
   2.  On  and  after  February  first,  two thousand seven, the adjutant
 general and the state commissioner shall assist any eligible  member  or
 veteran  who  has  been experiencing health problems.  Such problems may
 include exposure to toxic materials or harmful physical agents  such  as
 depleted  uranium. An eligible member or veteran who has been assigned a
 risk level I, II or III for depleted uranium  exposure  by  his  or  her
 branch of service, is referred by a military physician, or has reason to
 believe  that  he or she was exposed to toxic materials or harmful phys-
 ical agents such as depleted uranium during such service,  in  obtaining
 federal  treatment  services.  Such  treatment shall include, but not be
 limited to, a best  practice  health  screening  test  for  exposure  to
 depleted  uranium using a bioassay procedure involving sensitive methods
 capable of detecting depleted uranium at  low  levels  and  the  use  of
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 equipment  with the capacity to discriminate between different radioiso-
 topes in naturally occurring levels of uranium  and  the  characteristic
 ratio and marker for depleted uranium. As more scientific reliable tests
 become  available such test shall be included in the treatment protocol.
 No state funds shall be used to pay for such tests or such other federal
 treatment services.
   3. On or before February  first,  two  thousand  seven,  the  adjutant
 general shall submit a report to the chair of the senate veterans, home-
 land security and military affairs committee and the chair of the assem-
 bly  veterans'  affairs  committee on the scope and adequacy of training
 received by members of the New York army national guard and the New York
 air national guard  on  detecting  whether  their  service  as  eligible
 members  is  likely  to  entail,  or to have entailed, exposure to toxic
 materials or harmful physical agents such  as  depleted  uranium.    The
 report shall include an assessment of the feasibility and cost of adding
 predeployment training concerning potential exposure to depleted uranium
 and  other  toxic  chemical  substances  and the precautions recommended
 under combat and noncombat conditions  while  in  a  combat  theater  or
 combat zone of operations.
   §  25.  Payment  to parents of veterans. 1. Annuity established. (a) A
 parent, identified in 10 USC 1126 as a gold star parent,  of  a  veteran
 who  heretofore has died or a parent of a veteran dying hereafter, shall
 upon application to the state commissioner, be paid  an  annual  annuity
 out of the treasury of the state for the sum of five hundred dollars for
 such  term as such parent shall be entitled thereto under the provisions
 of this article. Commencing in  the  year  two  thousand  nineteen,  the
 amount  of  any  annuity  payable  under  this section shall be the same
 amount as the annuity payable in the preceding year  plus  a  percentage
 adjustment  equal to the annual percentage increase, if any, for compen-
 sation and pension benefits administered by the United States Department
 of Veterans Affairs in the previous year. Such percentage increase shall
 be rounded up to the next highest one-tenth of one percent and shall not
 be less than one percent nor more than four percent. The commissioner of
 veterans' services, not later than February first of  each  year,  shall
 publish by any reasonable means, including but not limited to posting on
 the  department's website, the amount of the annuity as adjusted payable
 under this section. The term "parent" for the purposes of  this  section
 includes mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother through adoption
 and father through adoption.
   (b)  The  entitlement of any parent to receive the annuity provided by
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall terminate upon his or her  death
 or upon his or her ceasing to continue to be a resident of and domiciled
 in  the  state  of New York, but such entitlement may be reinstated upon
 application to the state commissioner, if such parent  shall  thereafter
 resume his or her residence and domicile in the state.
   (c) The effective date of an award of the annuity to a parent shall be
 the day after the date of death of the veteran if the application there-
 for  is received within one year from date of death.  If the application
 is received after the expiration of the first year following the date of
 the death of the veteran, the effective date of an award of the  annuity
 to a parent shall be the date of receipt of the application by the state
 commissioner.  If  the  application  is denied but is granted at a later
 date upon an application for reconsideration based  upon  new  evidence,
 the  effective date of the award of the annuity to a parent shall be the
 date of the receipt of the application for reconsideration by the  state
 commissioner.
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   (d)  Any  applicant  convicted  of  making  any false statement in the
 application for the annuity shall be subject to penalties prescribed  in
 the penal law.
   2.  Qualifications.  (a)  Any gold star parent, who is the parent of a
 deceased veteran, and who is a resident of and domiciled in the state of
 New York, shall make application to the department.
   (b) No entitlement shall be paid under this section to or for  a  gold
 star  parent who is in prison in a federal, state, or local penal insti-
 tution as a result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for any part
 of the period beginning sixty-one days after  his  or  her  imprisonment
 begins and ending with his or her release.
   (c) Where one or more gold star parents are disqualified for the annu-
 ity  for  a  period  under  paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the state
 commissioner shall pay the shares of such disqualified  parents  to  the
 other parents, if they meet the qualifications on their own.
   (d)  The  decision  of the state commissioner on matters regarding the
 payment of such annuity shall be final.
   3. Method of payment. (a) Evidence of  the  military  service  of  the
 deceased  veteran  of  the  gold  star  parent  for  each  case shall be
 furnished in the manner and form prescribed by the state commissioner.
   (b) Upon being satisfied that such service was honorable,  that  other
 facts  and  statements  in  the application of such gold star parent are
 true, the state commissioner shall certify to the state comptroller  the
 name and address of such gold star parent.
   (c)  Thereafter,  the department of taxation and finance, on the audit
 and warrant of the comptroller, shall pay such gold star parent such sum
 as is authorized by  the  provisions  of  this  section  in  semi-annual
 installments  for  so long as such qualified gold star parent shall meet
 the requirements of this section.
   4. Report. The state commissioner shall submit a report to the  gover-
 nor,  the  chair  of  the senate finance committee, and the chair of the
 assembly ways and means committee not later than  January  fifteenth  of
 each  year this section is in effect. Such report shall include, but not
 be limited to regulations promulgated pursuant to this  section,  and  a
 description and evaluation of the program.
   § 26. Cremated remains of a veteran. The cremated remains of a veteran
 may  be  disposed  of  pursuant  to  the provisions of section forty-two
 hundred three of the public health law.
   § 27. New York state silver rose  veterans  service  certificate.  The
 commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  adjutant  general, is hereby
 authorized to present in the name of the legislature of the state of New
 York, a certificate, to be known as the  "New  York  State  Silver  Rose
 Veterans  Service  Certificate",  bearing  a suitable inscription to any
 person:
   1. who is a citizen of the state of New York; or
   2. who was a citizen of the state of New York  while  serving  in  the
 armed  forces  of  the United States, and who while serving in the armed
 forces of the United States, or the organized militia on active duty was
 exposed to dioxin or phenoxy herbicides, as evinced by a medical diagno-
 sis of a disease associated with dioxin or phenoxy herbicides,  and  any
 other proof determined by the adjutant general to be necessary; or
   3.  who  was  honorably discharged or released under honorable circum-
 stances.
   Not more than one New York state  silver  rose  veterans  certificates
 shall  be awarded or presented, under the provisions of this section, to
 any person whose entire service subsequent to the time of the receipt of
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 such certificate shall not have been honorable.  In  the  event  of  the
 death  of any person during or subsequent to the receipt of such certif-
 icate it shall be presented to such representative of  the  deceased  as
 may  be  designated. The commissioner, in consultation with the adjutant
 general, shall make such rules and regulations as may be  deemed  neces-
 sary for the proper presentation and distribution of such certificates.
 
                                 ARTICLE 2
                          VETERANS EMPLOYMENT ACT
 Section 30. Short title.
         31. Legislative findings.
         32. Definitions.
         33. Temporary hiring.
         34. Department of civil services responsibilities.
         35. Regulations.
   § 30. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the
 "veterans employment act".
   §  31.  Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds that it is
 estimated that over the next five years,  forty-four  thousand  veterans
 are  expected  to return to this state from their military posts, making
 the Empire State home to one of the largest veteran populations  in  the
 country. Shockingly, the unemployment rate for Post-9/11 veterans in New
 York was 10.7% in two thousand twelve, which is nearly one percent high-
 er  than  the  national average and higher than the state's overall 8.2%
 unemployment rate. The legislature has found previously that  it  is  in
 the interest of the state to ensure that returning veterans have employ-
 ment   opportunities  available  upon  their  separation  from  military
 service.
   The state already  encourages  private  businesses  to  hire  military
 veterans through tax credits and other economic incentives. In addition,
 the  legislature has previously found that state agencies spend millions
 of dollars annually on temporary staff hired from  temporary  employment
 service  companies  to  cover  temporary staffing needs. These temporary
 state jobs could serve as a  bridge  for  recently  discharged  military
 veterans  who  have  yet  to find full-time permanent work. In addition,
 these temporary assignments could serve to develop the  next  generation
 of the state workforce and help with succession planning for the current
 workforce.
   The  legislature  declares  it  to  be the policy of this state to use
 veterans for  temporary  appointments  in  state  agencies  rather  than
 utilizing  temporary  employment  service  companies in order to provide
 employment opportunities for returning military veterans.
   § 32. Definitions. As used in this article:
   1. "State agency" shall mean any department, board, bureau,  division,
 commission,  council or committee within the executive branch, the state
 university of New York, the city university of New York, and all  public
 authorities under the control of the executive branch.
   2.  "Temporary appointment" shall have the same meaning as provided in
 section sixty-four of the civil service law.
   3. "Veteran" shall mean an individual who served on active duty in the
 United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast  guard  or  the
 reserves  component,  or  who  served  in active military service of the
 United States as a member of  the  army  national  guard,  air  national
 guard,  New  York guard or New York naval militia, who was released from
 such service otherwise then by dishonorable  discharge  after  September
 eleventh, two thousand one.
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   4. "Veteran temporary hiring list" shall mean a hiring list maintained
 by the department of civil service.
   §  33.  Temporary  hiring. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
 contrary, a state agency shall select a veteran from the veteran  tempo-
 rary  hiring  list  when  making  a  temporary appointment provided such
 veteran possesses the applicable skills needed for the temporary assign-
 ment.
   § 34. Department of civil services responsibilities. The department of
 civil service shall:
   1. establish and maintain a veteran temporary hiring list, for use  by
 state agencies in the implementation of this article;
   2.  assist  state agencies by making available services of the depart-
 ment of civil service to facilitate the provisions of this article; and
   3. establish and maintain,  together  with  the  commissioner  of  the
 department  of  veterans'  services,  a  program  to  educate separating
 service members as to the benefits  available  to  veterans  under  this
 article.
   § 35. Regulations. The president of the state civil service commission
 shall  promulgate  such  rules  and regulations as shall be necessary to
 implement the provisions of this article.
 
                                 ARTICLE 3
        PARTICIPATION BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS WITH RESPECT TO
                              STATE CONTRACTS
 Section 40. Definitions.
         41. Division of service-disabled veterans' business development.
         42. Opportunities for certified  service-disabled  veteran-owned
               business enterprises.
         43. Severability.
   §  40. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   1.  "Certified  service-disabled  veteran-owned  business  enterprise"
 shall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, part-
 nership, limited liability company or corporation that is:
   (a)  at  least fifty-one percent owned by one or more service-disabled
 veterans;
   (b) an enterprise in which such service-disabled veteran ownership  is
 real, substantial, and continuing;
   (c) an enterprise in which such service-disabled veteran ownership has
 and  exercises  the  authority  to  control independently the day-to-day
 business decisions of the enterprise;
   (d) an enterprise authorized to do business in this state and is inde-
 pendently-owned and operated;
   (e) an enterprise that is a small business  which  has  a  significant
 business  presence  in the state, not dominant in its field and employs,
 based on its industry, a certain number of persons as determined by  the
 director,  but  not  to  exceed three hundred, taking into consideration
 factors which include, but are not limited to,  federal  small  business
 administration  standards pursuant to 13 CFR part 121 and any amendments
 thereto; and
   (f) certified by the office of general services.
   2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the office of general
 services.
   3. "Director" shall mean the director of the division of service-disa-
 bled veterans' business development.
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   4. "Division" shall mean the division  of  service-disabled  veterans'
 business development in the office of general services.
   5. "Service-disabled veteran" shall mean (a) in the case of the United
 States  army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard, army national guard
 or air national guard and/or reserves thereof, a veteran who received  a
 compensation  rating  of  ten  percent or greater from the United States
 Department of Veterans Affairs or from the United States  department  of
 defense  because  of a service-connected disability incurred in the line
 of duty, and (b) in the case of the New York guard or the New York naval
 militia and/or reserves thereof, a veteran who  certifies,  pursuant  to
 the  rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by  the  director,  to having
 incurred an injury equivalent to a compensation rating of ten percent or
 greater from the United States Department of Veterans  Affairs  or  from
 the  United  States Department of Defense because of a service-connected
 disability incurred in the line of duty.
   6. "State agency" shall mean: (a)(i) any state department; or (ii) any
 division, board, commission or bureau of any state department; or  (iii)
 the  state  university  of New York and the city university of New York,
 including all their constituent units except community colleges and  the
 independent  institutions  operating  statutory  or contract colleges on
 behalf of the state; or (iv) a board, a majority of  whose  members  are
 appointed by the governor or who serve by virtue of being state officers
 or  employees as defined in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph
 (i) of subdivision one of section seventy-three of the  public  officers
 law.
   (b)  a  "state authority" as defined in subdivision one of section two
 of the public authorities law, and the following:
   Albany County Airport Authority;
   Albany Port District Commission;
   Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority;
   Battery Park City Authority;
   Cayuga County Water and Sewer Authority;
   (Nelson A. Rockefeller) Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center
   Corporation;
   Industrial Exhibit Authority;
   Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority;
   Long Island Power Authority;
   Long Island Rail Road;
   Long Island Market Authority;
   Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority;
   Metro-North Commuter Railroad;
   Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority;
   Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
   Natural Heritage Trust;
   New York City Transit Authority;
   New York Convention Center Operating Corporation;
   New York State Bridge Authority;
   New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority;
   New York State Thruway Authority;
   Niagara Falls Public Water Authority;
   Niagara Falls Water Board;
   Port of Oswego Authority;
   Power Authority of the State of New York;
   Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation;
   Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority;
   State Insurance Fund;
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   Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority;
   State University Construction Fund;
   Syracuse Regional Airport Authority;
   Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority;
   Upper Mohawk valley regional water board;
   Upper Mohawk valley regional water finance authority;
   Upper Mohawk valley memorial auditorium authority;
   Urban Development Corporation and its subsidiary corporations.
   (c)  the  following only to the extent of state contracts entered into
 for its own account or for the benefit of a state agency as  defined  in
 paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision:
   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York;
   Facilities Development Corporation;
   New York State Energy Research and Development Authority;
   New York State Science and Technology Foundation.
   (d)  "state  contract" shall mean: (i) a written agreement or purchase
 order instrument, providing for a total expenditure in excess  of  twen-
 ty-five  thousand  dollars, whereby a contracting agency is committed to
 expend or does expend funds in return for labor, services including  but
 not  limited  to  legal,  financial  and  other  professional  services,
 supplies, equipment, materials or any combination of the  foregoing,  to
 be  performed  for,  or rendered or furnished to the contracting agency;
 (ii) a written agreement in  excess  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars
 whereby a contracting agency is committed to expend or does expend funds
 for the acquisition, construction, demolition, replacement, major repair
 or  renovation  of  real  property and improvements thereon; and (iii) a
 written agreement in excess of one hundred thousand dollars whereby  the
 owner of a state assisted housing project is committed to expend or does
 expend funds for the acquisition, construction, demolition, replacement,
 major repair or renovation of real property and improvements thereon for
 such project.
   7. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in the United States army,
 navy,  air  force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves thereof, and/or
 in the army national guard, air national guard, New  York  guard  and/or
 the  New  York  naval  militia, and who (i) has received an honorable or
 general discharge from such service, or (ii) has a qualifying condition,
 as defined in section one of this chapter, and has received a  discharge
 other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of this chapter,  and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service.
   § 41. Division of service-disabled veterans' business development.  1.
 The head of the division of service-disabled veterans' business develop-
 ment  shall  be  the director who shall be appointed by the governor and
 who shall hold office at the pleasure of the commissioner.
   2. The director may  appoint  such  deputies,  assistants,  and  other
 employees  as may be needed for the performance of the duties prescribed
 herein subject to the provisions of the civil service law and the  rules
 and  regulations  of  the  civil  service  commission.  The director may
 request and shall receive from  any  (i)  department,  division,  board,
 bureau,  or executive commission of the state or (ii) state agency, such
 assistance as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this arti-
 cle.
   3. The director shall have the following powers and duties:
   (a) Develop, collect, summarize and disseminate information that  will
 be  helpful  to persons and organizations throughout the state in under-
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 taking or promoting the establishment  and  successful  operation  of  a
 service-disabled veteran-owned business.
   (b) Develop and make available to state agencies a directory of certi-
 fied  service-disabled  veteran-owned  business enterprises which shall,
 wherever practicable, be divided into  categories  of  labor,  services,
 supplies,  equipment,  materials  and recognized construction trades and
 which shall indicate areas or locations of the state where  such  enter-
 prises are available to perform services. Such directory shall be posted
 on the office of general services website.
   (c) Assist state agencies in the development of programs to foster and
 promote  the  use of service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises
 on state contracts.
   (d) Coordinate the plans, programs and operations of the state govern-
 ment which affect or may contribute to the  establishment,  preservation
 and development of service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises.
   (e)  To  appoint independent hearing officers who by contract or terms
 of employment shall preside over adjudicatory hearings pursuant to  this
 section for the office and who are assigned no other work by the office.
   (f)  In  conjunction  with  the  commissioner, develop a comprehensive
 statewide plan and operational guidelines  to  promote  service-disabled
 veteran-owned  business  enterprises  and  to  assist  them in obtaining
 opportunities to participate in the procurement of goods and services by
 the state, including  identification  of  barriers  to  service-disabled
 veterans' business development and investigation and evaluation of their
 impact on achieving the objectives of this article.
   4. The commissioner shall:
   (a)  Coordinate  training  of all procurement personnel of state agen-
 cies, emphasizing increased sensitivity and responsiveness to the unique
 needs and requirements of service-disabled veteran-owned business enter-
 prises.
   (b) Conduct a coordinated review of all existing  and  proposed  state
 training  and  technical  assistance activities in direct support of the
 service-disabled  veterans'  business  development  program  to   assure
 consistency with the objectives of this article.
   (c)  Evaluate  and  assess  availability  of  firms for the purpose of
 increasing participation of such firms in state contracting in consulta-
 tion with relevant state entities including, but not limited to, the New
 York state department of veterans' services.
   (d) Provide advice and technical assistance to  promote  service-disa-
 bled veteran-owned business enterprises' understanding of state procure-
 ment  laws,  practices  and  procedures  to  facilitate and increase the
 participation of service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises  in
 state procurement.
   (e)  Establish  regular performance reporting systems regarding imple-
 mentation of the programs designed to increase  service-disabled  veter-
 an-owned  business participation in procurement contracts by state agen-
 cies.
   (f) Submit a report by the thirty-first of December each year, to  the
 governor,  the  temporary  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the
 assembly and the chairpersons of the senate finance  and  assembly  ways
 and  means  committees. Such report shall include information including,
 but not limited to, the number of contracts  entered  into  pursuant  to
 this  article,  the  average  amount  of  such  contracts, the number of
 service-disabled  veteran-owned  business  enterprises  certified,   the
 number  of applications for certification as a service-disabled veteran-
 owned business enterprise, the number of denials for such certification,
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 the number of appeals of such denials, and the outcome of  such  appeals
 and  the  average  time  that  is  required for such certification to be
 completed. Also to be included shall be the  level  of  service-disabled
 veteran-owned  businesses  participating  in each agency's contracts for
 goods and services and on activities of the division and efforts by each
 contracting agency to promote utilization of  service-disabled  veteran-
 owned  businesses and to promote and increase participation by certified
 service-disabled  veteran-owned  businesses  with   respect   to   state
 contracts and subcontracts to such businesses. Such report may recommend
 new activities and programs to effectuate the purposes of this article.
   5. Certification. (a) The director, or in the absence of the director,
 the commissioner, within ninety days of the effective date of this arti-
 cle, shall promulgate rules and regulations providing for the establish-
 ment  of  a  statewide  certification  program including rules and regu-
 lations governing the  approval,  denial,  or  revocation  of  any  such
 certification.  Such  rules  and  regulations  shall include, but not be
 limited to, such matters as may be required to ensure  that  the  estab-
 lished  procedures  thereunder  shall at least be in compliance with the
 code of fair procedure set forth in section seventy-three of  the  civil
 rights law.
   (b)  The  division  of service-disabled veterans' business development
 shall be responsible for verifying businesses as being owned,  operated,
 and  controlled  by  a  service-disabled veteran and for certifying such
 verified businesses. Status as a service-disabled  veteran  pursuant  to
 paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision shall be documented by a copy of the
 veteran's certificate of release or discharge from active duty,  includ-
 ing  but  not  limited  to,  a  DD-214  form  or  an  honorable  service
 certificate/report of casualty from the Department of Defense, a  letter
 of  certification by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or
 the United States Department of Defense and any  additional  information
 that may be required by the division of service-disabled veterans' busi-
 ness  development.  In  the  case  of the New York guard or the New York
 naval militia and/or reserves  thereof,  status  as  a  service-disabled
 veteran pursuant to this paragraph shall be documented pursuant to rules
 and  regulations  promulgated  by the director, or in the absence of the
 director, the commissioner.
   (c) Following application for certification pursuant to this  section,
 the  director  shall  provide  the  applicant with written notice of the
 status of the application, including notice of any outstanding deficien-
 cies, within thirty days. Within sixty days of  submission  of  a  final
 completed  application,  the  director  shall provide the applicant with
 written notice of a determination by the director approving  or  denying
 such  certification  and,  in the event of a denial, a statement setting
 forth the reasons for such  denial.  Upon  a  determination  denying  or
 revoking  certification, the business enterprise for which certification
 has been so denied or revoked shall, upon written  request  made  within
 thirty days from receipt of notice of such determination, be entitled to
 a  hearing  before  an  independent  hearing officer designated for such
 purpose by the director. In the event that a request for  a  hearing  is
 not  made  within  such  thirty-day  period, such determination shall be
 deemed to be final. The independent  hearing  officer  shall  conduct  a
 hearing  and upon the conclusion of such hearing, issue a written recom-
 mendation to the director to affirm, reverse, or  modify  such  determi-
 nation  of  the director. Such written recommendation shall be issued to
 the parties. The director, within thirty days, by  order,  must  accept,
 reject  or  modify  such  recommendation  of the hearing officer and set
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 forth in writing the reason therefor. The director shall serve a copy of
 such order and reasons therefor upon the business enterprise by personal
 service or by certified mail return receipt requested. The order of  the
 director shall be subject to review pursuant to article seventy-eight of
 the civil practice law and rules.
   (d) All certifications shall be valid for a period of five years.
   § 42. Opportunities for certified service-disabled veteran-owned busi-
 ness  enterprises. 1.   The director, or in the absence of the director,
 the commissioner, within ninety days of the effective date of this arti-
 cle shall promulgate rules and regulations for the following purposes:
   (a) provide measures and procedures to ensure that certified  service-
 disabled veteran-owned business enterprises are afforded the opportunity
 for  meaningful  participation in the performance of state contracts and
 to assist in state agencies' identification of those state contracts for
 which certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises  may
 best perform;
   (b)  provide for measures and procedures that assist state agencies in
 the identification of state  contracts  where  service-disabled  veteran
 contract  goals  are practical, feasible and appropriate for the purpose
 of increasing the utilization of service-disabled veteran-owned business
 enterprise participation on state contracts;
   (c) achieve a statewide goal for participation on state  contracts  by
 service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises of six percent;
   (d)  provide  for  procedures  relating  to  submission and receipt of
 applications by service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises  for
 certification;
   (e)  provide  for  the monitoring and compliance of state contracts by
 state agencies with respect to the provisions of this article;
   (f) provide for the requirement that  state  agencies  submit  regular
 reports,  as  determined by the director, with respect to their service-
 disabled veteran-owned business enterprise program  activity,  including
 but  not limited to, utilization reporting and state contract monitoring
 and compliance;
   (g) notwithstanding any provision of the state finance law, the public
 buildings law, the highway law, the transportation  law  or  the  public
 authorities  law  to the contrary, provide for the reservation or set-a-
 side of certain procurements by state agencies in order to  achieve  the
 objectives  of  this  article; provided, however, that such procurements
 shall remain subject to (i) priority of preferred  sources  pursuant  to
 sections  one hundred sixty-two and one hundred sixty-three of the state
 finance law; (ii) the approval of the comptroller of the  state  of  New
 York  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred twelve and section one hundred
 sixty-three of the state finance law and  section  twenty-eight  hundred
 seventy-nine-a  of the public authorities law; and (iii) the procurement
 record requirements pursuant to  paragraph  g  of  subdivision  nine  of
 section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law; and
   (h) provide for any other purposes to effectuate this article.
   2.  State  agencies shall administer the rules and regulations promul-
 gated by the director for the implementation of this article.
   § 43. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  section  or
 part  of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or  invali-
 date  the  remainder  thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to
 the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this article direct-
 ly involved in the controversy in which the  judgment  shall  have  been
 rendered.
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   §  3.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 3 of section 14-a of the domestic
 relations law, as separately amended by section 27 of part AA of chapter
 56 and chapter 177 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  No  fee  shall be charged for any certificate when required by the
 United States department  of  veterans  affairs  or  by  the  [division]
 DEPARTMENT  of veterans' services of the state of New York to be used in
 determining the eligibility of any person to participate in the benefits
 made available by the United States department of veterans affairs or by
 the state of New York.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 19 of the  domestic  relations  law,  as
 amended  by  section 28 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Each town  and  city  clerk  hereby  empowered  to  issue  marriage
 licenses shall keep a book supplied by the state department of health in
 which  such clerk shall record and index such information as is required
 therein, which book shall be kept and preserved as a part of the  public
 records  of  his  or  her  office. Whenever an application is made for a
 search of such records the city or town clerk, excepting the city  clerk
 of  the city of New York, may make such search and furnish a certificate
 of the result to the applicant upon the payment of a fee of five dollars
 for a search of one year and a further fee of one dollar for the  second
 year  for  which such search is requested and fifty cents for each addi-
 tional year thereafter, which fees shall be  paid  in  advance  of  such
 search.  Whenever an application is made for a search of such records in
 the city of New York, the city clerk of the city of New  York  may  make
 such  search  and  furnish  a certificate of the result to the applicant
 upon the payment of a fee of five dollars for a search of one year and a
 further fee of one dollar for  the  second  year  for  which  search  is
 requested and fifty cents each additional year thereafter. Notwithstand-
 ing any other provision of this article, no fee shall be charged for any
 search  or  certificate when required by the United States department of
 veterans affairs or by the [division] DEPARTMENT of  veterans'  services
 of  the  state  of New York to be used in determining the eligibility of
 any person to participate in the benefits made available by  the  United
 States  department  of veterans affairs or by the state of New York. All
 such affidavits, statements and consents, immediately upon the taking or
 receiving of the same by the town or city clerk, shall be  recorded  and
 indexed  as  provided  herein  and  shall  be public records and open to
 public inspection whenever the same may be  necessary  or  required  for
 judicial  or  other  proper  purposes. At such times as the commissioner
 shall direct, the said town or city clerk, excepting the city  clerk  of
 the  city  of New York, shall file in the office of the state department
 of health the original of each affidavit, statement, consent, order of a
 justice  or  judge  authorizing  immediate  solemnization  of  marriage,
 license and certificate, filed with or made before such clerk during the
 preceding  month.  Such  clerk shall not be required to file any of said
 documents with the state department  of  health  until  the  license  is
 returned  with  the  certificate showing that the marriage to which they
 refer has been actually performed.
   The county clerks of the counties comprising  the  city  of  New  York
 shall  cause  all  original  applications and original licenses with the
 marriage solemnization statements thereon heretofore  filed  with  each,
 and  all  papers and records and binders relating to such original docu-
 ments pertaining to marriage licenses issued  by  said  city  clerk,  in
 their  custody  and possession to be removed, transferred, and delivered
 to the borough offices of the city clerk in each of said counties.
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   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 3308 of the education law, as amended by
 section 29 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. Each member state shall, through the creation of a state council or
 use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its
 agencies  of government, local educational agencies and military instal-
 lations concerning the state's participation in,  and  compliance  with,
 this  compact  and  interstate  commission  activities. In New York, the
 state council shall include the commissioner or his or her designee, the
 [director] COMMISSIONER of the New York state [division]  DEPARTMENT  of
 veterans'  services  or his or her designee, the adjutant general of the
 state of New York or his or her designee, a superintendent of  a  school
 district with a high concentration of military children appointed by the
 commissioner, a district superintendent of schools of a board of cooper-
 ative  educational services serving an area with a high concentration of
 military children appointed by the commissioner, a representative from a
 military installation appointed by the  governor,  a  representative  of
 military  families  appointed by the governor, a public member appointed
 by the governor and one representative each appointed by the speaker  of
 the assembly, the temporary president of the senate and the governor.
   §  6. Subdivision 1 of section 6505-c of the education law, as amended
 by section 30 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the [director] COMMIS-
 SIONER  of the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services, a program to
 facilitate articulation between participation in the military service of
 the United States or the military service of the state and admission  to
 practice  of  a  profession. The commissioner and the [director] COMMIS-
 SIONER OF VETERANS' SERVICES shall identify, review and evaluate profes-
 sional training programs offered through either the military service  of
 the  United States or the military service of the state which may, where
 applicable, be accepted by the department as  equivalent  education  and
 training  in  lieu  of  all  or  part of an approved program. Particular
 emphasis shall be placed on  the  identification  of  military  programs
 which have previously been deemed acceptable by the department as equiv-
 alent education and training, programs which may provide, where applica-
 ble,  equivalent  education and training for those professions which are
 critical to public health and safety and  programs  which  may  provide,
 where   applicable,   equivalent   education   and  training  for  those
 professions for which shortages exist in the state of New York.
   § 7. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the  election  law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters  587  and  672 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Each agency designated as a participating agency under the  provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of  voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section.
 The following offices which provide  public  assistance  and/or  provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with  disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office of children and family services,  the  office  of  temporary  and
 disability  assistance  and the department of health. Also designated as
 public assistance agencies are all agencies  of  local  government  that
 provide  such  assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies that provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities are the department of labor,  office  for  the  aging,  [division]
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 DEPARTMENT  of  veterans'  services,  office of mental health, office of
 vocational and educational services for individuals  with  disabilities,
 commission  on  quality  of  care  for the mentally disabled, office for
 people with developmental disabilities, commission for the blind, office
 of  [alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services] ADDICTION SERVICES AND
 SUPPORTS, the office of the advocate for the disabled  and  all  offices
 which  administer programs established or funded by such agencies. Addi-
 tional participating agencies designated as voter  registration  offices
 are  the  department  of  state and the district offices of the workers'
 compensation board. Such agencies  shall  be  required  to  offer  voter
 registration  forms  to  persons  upon initial application for services,
 renewal or recertification for  services  and  upon  change  of  address
 relating  to  such services. Such agencies shall also be responsible for
 providing assistance to  applicants  in  completing  voter  registration
 forms,  receiving  and  transmitting the completed application form from
 all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted to the appropriate
 board of elections. The state board of elections  shall,  together  with
 representatives  of the United States department of defense, develop and
 implement procedures for including  recruitment  offices  of  the  armed
 forces  of  the  United  States  as voter registration offices when such
 offices are so designated by federal law.  The state board of  elections
 shall also make request of the United States Citizenship and Immigration
 Services to include applications for registration by mail with any mate-
 rials which are given to new citizens.
   §  8.  Subdivision 3 of section 11-0707 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  Any  person  who  is a patient at any facility in this state main-
 tained by the United States Veterans Health  Administration  or  at  any
 hospital  or  sanitorium for treatment of tuberculosis maintained by the
 state or any municipal corporation thereof or resident  patient  at  any
 institution  of the department of Mental Hygiene, or resident patient at
 the rehabilitation hospital of the department of Health, or at any  rest
 camp maintained by the state through the [Division] DEPARTMENT of Veter-
 ans' Services [in the Executive Department] or any incarcerated individ-
 ual of a conservation work camp within the youth rehabilitation facility
 of  the  department  of  corrections  and  community supervision, or any
 incarcerated individual of a youth opportunity or  youth  rehabilitation
 center  within  the Office of Children and Family Services, any resident
 of a nursing home or residential health  care  facility  as  defined  in
 subdivisions  two  and  three of section twenty-eight hundred one of the
 public health law, or any staff  member  or  volunteer  accompanying  or
 assisting  one  or  more  residents  of such nursing home or residential
 health care facility on an outing authorized  by  the  administrator  of
 such  nursing  home or residential health care facility may take fish as
 if he or she held a fishing license, except that he or she may not  take
 bait  fish  by  net  or  trap,  if he or she has on his or her person an
 authorization upon a form furnished by the  department  containing  such
 identifying information and data as may be required by it, and signed by
 the  superintendent  or other head of such facility, institution, hospi-
 tal, sanitarium, nursing home, residential health care facility or  rest
 camp,  as  the case may be, or by a staff physician thereat duly author-
 ized so to do by the superintendent or other head thereof. Such authori-
 zation with respect to incarcerated  individuals  of  said  conservation
 work camps shall be limited to areas under the care, custody and control
 of the department.
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   §  9.  Subdivisions  8,  9  and 10 of section 31 of the executive law,
 subdivision 8 as amended by section 2 of part AA of chapter  56  of  the
 laws  of  2019,  subdivision 9 as amended by section 106 of subpart B of
 part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 10  as  amended
 by section 8 of part O of chapter 55 of the laws of 2012, are amended to
 read as follows:
   8. [The division of veterans' services.
   9.] The division of homeland security and emergency services.
   [10.] 9. Office of information technology services.
   § 10. Subdivision 1 of section 191 of the executive law, as amended by
 section  3  of  part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. There is hereby established within the  division  of  military  and
 naval  affairs  a  temporary  advisory  committee on the restoration and
 display of New York state's military battle flags (hereinafter  referred
 to  as  the  "committee").  The committee shall have thirteen members as
 follows: the adjutant general, the director of the New York state  mili-
 tary  heritage  museum, the commissioners of education and parks, recre-
 ation and historic preservation and the [director] COMMISSIONER  of  the
 [division]  DEPARTMENT of veterans' services, or their designated repre-
 sentatives, two members appointed each by the governor, speaker  of  the
 assembly and majority leader of the senate and one member each appointed
 by  the  minority  leaders of the senate and assembly and shall serve at
 the pleasure  of  the  appointing  authority.  Appointed  members  shall
 include individuals with experience in restoration of historical memora-
 bilia,  expertise  in  military  history,  or a background in historical
 restoration or fine arts conservation. No appointed member  shall  be  a
 member  of  the  executive,  legislative or judicial branch of the state
 government at the time of his/her appointment.  The  advisory  committee
 shall  meet  at  least  four  times a year. No members shall receive any
 compensation, but members who are not state officials may receive actual
 and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
   § 11. Subdivision 1 of section 643 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 14 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  As  used  in this section, "crime victim-related agency" means any
 agency of state government which provides services to or deals  directly
 with  crime  victims,  including  (a)  the office of children and family
 services, the office for the aging, the [division] DEPARTMENT of  veter-
 ans'  services,  the  office of probation and correctional alternatives,
 the department of corrections and community supervision, the  office  of
 victim  services,  the department of motor vehicles, the office of voca-
 tional rehabilitation, the workers' compensation board,  the  department
 of  health,  the  division  of  criminal justice services, the office of
 mental health, every transportation authority and the division of  state
 police,  and  (b)  any other agency so designated by the governor within
 ninety days of the effective date of this section.
   § 12. Section 99-v of the general municipal law, as amended by section
 25 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   §  99-v. Veterans services; display of events. Each county, city, town
 or village may adopt a local law to  provide  a  bulletin  board  to  be
 conspicuously  displayed  in such county, city, town or village building
 holding its local legislative body or municipal offices.  Such  bulletin
 board shall be used by veterans organizations, the New York state [divi-
 sion]  DEPARTMENT  of  veterans'  services,  the county veterans service
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 agency or city veterans service agency to display information  regarding
 veterans  in  such  county,  city, town or village. Such information may
 include, but not be limited to, benefits or  upcoming  veterans  related
 events in the community.
   §  13.  Subdivision  1  of section 168 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   1. This section shall apply to all persons employed by  the  state  in
 the  ward,  cottage,  colony, kitchen and dining room, and guard service
 personnel in any hospital, school, prison, reformatory or other institu-
 tion within or subject to  the  jurisdiction,  supervision,  control  or
 visitation  of  the department of corrections and community supervision,
 the department of health, the department of mental hygiene, the  depart-
 ment  of  social  welfare  or  the  [division]  DEPARTMENT  of veterans'
 services [in the executive department], and engaged in  the  performance
 of  such duties as nursing, guarding or attending the incarcerated indi-
 viduals, patients, wards or other persons kept or housed in such  insti-
 tutions,  or  in  protecting  and  guarding the buildings and/or grounds
 thereof, or in preparing or serving food therein.
   § 14. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section  5.06  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law, as amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (5) one member appointed on the recommendation of the state [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services and  one
 member  appointed  on  the recommendation of the adjutant general of the
 division of military and naval affairs, at least one of whom shall be  a
 current  or  former  consumer of mental health services or substance use
 disorder services who is a veteran who has served in a combat theater or
 combat zone of operations and is a member of a veterans organization;
   § 14-a. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section 5.06 of  the  mental
 hygiene  law, as amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (5) one member appointed on the recommendation of the state [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services and  one
 member  appointed  on  the recommendation of the adjutant general of the
 division of military and naval affairs, at least one of whom shall be  a
 current  or  former  consumer of mental health services or substance use
 disorder services who is a veteran who has served in a combat theater or
 combat zone of operations and is a member of a veterans organization;
   § 15. Subdivision (l) of section 7.09 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
 added by chapter 378 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (l)  Notwithstanding  any  general or special law to the contrary, the
 commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner  of  [alcoholism  and
 substance abuse services] ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS and the direc-
 tor  of  the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services shall develop a
 public education initiative designed to eliminate stigma and misinforma-
 tion about mental illness  and  substance  use  among  service  members,
 veterans,  and their families, improve their understanding of mental and
 substance use disorders and the existence of  effective  treatment,  and
 provide  information  regarding  available  resources  and how to access
 them. These public education initiatives may  include  the  use  of  the
 internet, including the use of social networking sites.
   §  16.  Paragraph (g) of section 202 of the not-for-profit corporation
 law, as amended by section 33 of part AA of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of
 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (g) Every corporation receiving any kind of state funding shall ensure
 the  provision  on  any  form required to be completed at application or
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 recertification for the purpose of obtaining financial assistance pursu-
 ant to this chapter, that the application form shall contain a check-off
 question asking whether the applicant or recipient or a member of his or
 her family served in the United States military, and an option to answer
 in  the  affirmative.  Where  the  applicant or recipient answers in the
 affirmative to  such  question,  the  not-for-profit  corporation  shall
 ensure  that  contact information for the state [division] DEPARTMENT of
 veterans' services is provided to such applicant or recipient  in  addi-
 tion to any other materials provided.
   §  17. Paragraph (b) of section 1401 of the not-for-profit corporation
 law, as amended by section 34 of part AA of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of
 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Removal  of  remains from private cemeteries to other cemeteries.
 The supervisor of any town containing a private cemetery may remove  any
 body interred in such cemetery to any other cemetery within the town, if
 the  owners  of  such  cemeteries  and  the  next of kin of the deceased
 consent to such removal. The owners of a private cemetery may remove the
 bodies interred therein to any other cemetery within such  town,  or  to
 any  cemetery  designated  by the next of kin of the deceased. Notice of
 such removal shall be given  within  twenty  days  before  such  removal
 personally  or  by  certified mail to the next of kin of the deceased if
 known and to the clerk and historian of the county in  which  such  real
 property  is  situated  and  notice shall be given to the New York state
 department of state, division of cemeteries. If any of the deceased  are
 known  to  be  veterans,  the  owners  shall  also notify the [division]
 DEPARTMENT of veterans' services. In the absence of the next of kin, the
 county clerk, county historian or the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans'
 services may act as a guardian to ensure proper reburial.
   § 18. Subdivision 2 of section 3802  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  section 23 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. In the exercise of the foregoing powers and duties the commissioner
 shall consult with the [director] COMMISSIONER of the [division] DEPART-
 MENT of veterans' services and the heads of state agencies charged  with
 responsibility for manpower and health resources.
   §  19.  Subdivision  3  of  section  3803 of the public health law, as
 amended by section 24 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  In  exercising  any  of  his or her powers under this section, the
 commissioner shall consult with appropriate health  care  professionals,
 providers,  veterans  or organizations representing them, the [division]
 DEPARTMENT of veterans' services, the United States department of veter-
 ans affairs and the United States defense department.
   § 20. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 3  of  section  20  of  the  social
 services  law,  as amended by section 32 of part AA of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (j) to ensure the provision, on any form required to be  completed  at
 application  or  recertification  for the purpose of obtaining financial
 assistance pursuant to this chapter, the form shall contain a  check-off
 question asking whether the applicant or recipient or a member of his or
 her family served in the United States military, and an option to answer
 in  the  affirmative.  Where  the  applicant or recipient answers in the
 affirmative to such question, the office  of  temporary  and  disability
 assistance  shall  ensure  that contact information for the state [divi-
 sion] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services is provided to such applicant  or
 recipient addition to any other materials provided.
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   §  21.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 95-f of the state finance law,
 as amended by section 15 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2019,
 are amended to read as follows:
   3. Monies of the fund shall be expended for the provision of veterans'
 counseling  services provided by local veterans' service agencies pursu-
 ant to section [three hundred fifty-seven] FOURTEEN of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES law under the direction of the [division] DEPARTMENT
 of veterans' services.
   4. To the extent  practicable,  the  [director]  COMMISSIONER  of  the
 [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services shall ensure that all monies
 received  during  a  fiscal  year  are expended prior to the end of that
 fiscal year.
   § 22. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a and  subdivision  5  of
 section  97-mmmm  of  the state finance law, as amended by section 16 of
 part AA of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   On  or  before  the  first  day  of February each year, the [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the New York state [division]  DEPARTMENT  of  veterans'
 services  shall  provide  a written report to the temporary president of
 the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance commit-
 tee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate
 committee on veterans, homeland security and military affairs, chair  of
 the  assembly veterans' affairs committee, the state comptroller and the
 public. Such report shall include  how  the  monies  of  the  fund  were
 utilized during the preceding calendar year, and shall include:
   5.  Moneys  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
 the comptroller on vouchers approved and  certified  by  the  [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services.
   §  23.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a and subdivision 4 of
 section 99-v of the state finance law, as amended by section 17 of  part
 AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   On  or  before  the  first  day  of February each year, the [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the New York state [division]  DEPARTMENT  of  veterans'
 services  shall  provide  a written report to the temporary president of
 the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance commit-
 tee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate
 committee on veterans, homeland security and military affairs, chair  of
 the  assembly veterans' affairs committee, the state comptroller and the
 public. Such report shall include  how  the  monies  of  the  fund  were
 utilized during the preceding calendar year, and shall include:
   4.  Moneys  of  the fund shall be expended only for the assistance and
 care of homeless veterans, for housing and housing-related expenses,  as
 determined by the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services.
   §  24. Subdivision 1 of section 20 of chapter 784 of the laws of 1951,
 constituting the New York state defense emergency  act,  as  amended  by
 section  38  of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. There is hereby continued in the division  of  military  and  naval
 affairs  in the executive department a state civil defense commission to
 consist of the same members as the members of the disaster  preparedness
 commission  as  established  in  article  two-B of the executive law. In
 addition, the superintendent of financial services, the  chairperson  of
 the  workers'  compensation board and the [director] COMMISSIONER of the
 [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services shall be members. The gover-
 nor shall designate one of the members  of  the  commission  to  be  the
 chairperson  thereof.  The  commission may provide for its division into
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 subcommittees and for action by such subcommittees with the  same  force
 and  effect as action by the full commission. The members of the commis-
 sion, except for those who serve ex  officio,  shall  be  allowed  their
 actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their
 duties under this article but shall receive no  additional  compensation
 for services rendered pursuant to this article.
   §  25.  Paragraph 2 of subdivision b of section 31-102 of the adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York, as amended by section 39  of  part
 AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  links  to websites describing veteran employment services provided
 by the federal government and New York state government, including,  but
 not  limited  to, the websites of the United States department of labor,
 the New York state department of labor, the United States department  of
 veterans affairs, and the New York state [division] DEPARTMENT of veter-
 ans' services; and
   §  26.  Subdivision a of section 3102 of the New York city charter, as
 amended by section 40 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  Except  as  otherwise provided by law, the commissioner shall have
 such powers as provided by the  [director]  COMMISSIONER  of  the  state
 DEPARTMENT  veterans' [service agency] SERVICES' and shall have the duty
 to inform military and naval authorities of the United States and assist
 members of the armed forces and veterans, who are residents of the city,
 and their families, in relation to: (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educa-
 tional  training  and  retraining  services  and facilities, (2) health,
 medical and rehabilitation service and  facilities,  (3)  provisions  of
 federal,  state  and local laws and regulations affording special rights
 and privileges to members of the armed forces  and  veterans  and  their
 families,  (4)  employment  and  re-employment  services,  and (5) other
 matters of similar, related  or  appropriate  nature.  The  commissioner
 shall  also  assist families of members of the reserve components of the
 armed forces and the organized  militia  ordered  into  active  duty  to
 ensure  that  they  are  made aware of and are receiving all appropriate
 support available to them. The department also shall perform such  other
 duties  as  may  be assigned by the state [director] COMMISSIONER of the
 [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services.
   § 27. Subdivision 1 of section  143  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  96  of  the  laws  of  2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  any  general  or
 special law, the board, division, department, bureau, agency, officer or
 commission  of  the  state  charged with the duty of preparing plans and
 specifications for and awarding  or  entering  into  contracts  for  the
 performance  of  public  work  may require the payment of a fixed sum of
 money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, for each copy  of  such  plans
 and  specifications, by persons or corporations desiring a copy thereof.
 Any person or corporation desiring a copy of such plans  and  specifica-
 tions and making the deposit required by this section shall be furnished
 with one copy of the plans and specifications. Notwithstanding the fore-
 going,  where  payment  is  required  it shall be waived upon request by
 minority- and women-owned business  enterprises  certified  pursuant  to
 article  fifteen-A  of the executive law or by service-disabled veteran-
 owned business enterprises certified pursuant to  article  [seventeen-B]
 THREE  of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law. Such payment may also
 be waived when such plans and  specifications  are  made  available  and
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 obtained  electronically  or in any non-paper form from the board, divi-
 sion, department, bureau, agency, officer or commission of the state.
   §  28.  Paragraph  j  of  subdivision  1 and subdivisions 6 and 6-d of
 section 163 of the state finance law, paragraph j of  subdivision  1  as
 amended  by chapter 569 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 6 as amended by
 chapter 257 of the laws of 2021 and subdivision 6-d as added by  chapter
 96 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   j. "Best value" means the basis for awarding contracts for services to
 the  offerer which optimizes quality, cost and efficiency, among respon-
 sive and responsible offerers. Such basis shall reflect, wherever possi-
 ble, objective and quantifiable analysis. Such basis may also identify a
 quantitative factor for offerers that are  small  businesses,  certified
 minority- or women-owned business enterprises as defined in subdivisions
 one, seven, fifteen and twenty of section three hundred ten of the exec-
 utive  law  or  service-disabled  veteran-owned  business enterprises as
 defined in subdivision one of section [three hundred sixty-nine-h] FORTY
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law to be used  in  evaluation  of
 offers for awarding of contracts for services.
   6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
 by the state procurement council: the commissioner may purchase services
 and commodities for the office of general services or its customer agen-
 cies serviced by the office of general services business services center
 in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars without a formal
 competitive  process;  state  agencies may purchase services and commod-
 ities in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars without a formal
 competitive process; and state  agencies  may  purchase  commodities  or
 services  from  small  business  concerns or those certified pursuant to
 [articles] ARTICLE fifteen-A [and seventeen-B] of the executive law  AND
 ARTICLE THREE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW, or commodities or technolo-
 gy  that  are recycled or remanufactured in an amount not exceeding five
 hundred thousand dollars without a formal competitive  process  and  for
 commodities  that  are  food,  including  milk and milk products, grown,
 produced or harvested in New York state in an amount not to  exceed  two
 hundred thousand dollars, without a formal competitive process.
   6-d.  Pursuant  to  the  authority provided in subdivision six of this
 section, state agencies shall report annually on a fiscal year basis  by
 July first of the ensuing year to the director of the division of minor-
 ity  and  women-owned  business  development  the total number and total
 value of contracts awarded to businesses certified pursuant  to  article
 fifteen-A of the executive law, and with respect to contracts awarded to
 businesses  certified  pursuant  to  article  [seventeen-B] THREE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law such information shall be reported to
 the division of service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises  for
 inclusion in their respective annual reports.
   § 29. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of section 87 of the cannabis law
 is amended to read as follows:
   (f)  "Service-disabled  veterans"  shall  mean persons qualified under
 article [seventeen-B] THREE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law.
   § 30. Subdivision 6 of section 224-d of the labor  law,  as  added  by
 section  2  of  part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
 read as follows:
   6. Each owner and  developer  subject  to  the  requirements  of  this
 section shall comply with the objectives and goals of certified minority
 and  women-owned  business  enterprises pursuant to article fifteen-A of
 the executive law and  certified  service-disabled  veteran-owned  busi-
 nesses pursuant to article [seventeen-B] THREE of the [executive] VETER-
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 ANS'  SERVICES  law. The department in consultation with the [directors]
 COMMISSIONER of the division of minority and women's  business  develop-
 ment  and  THE  DIRECTOR  of  the division of service-disabled veterans'
 business  development  shall  make  training  and resources available to
 assist minority and women-owned business enterprises  and  service-disa-
 bled  veteran-owned  business  enterprises  on  covered renewable energy
 systems to achieve and maintain compliance with prevailing wage require-
 ments. The department shall make such training and  resources  available
 online  and  shall  afford minority and women-owned business enterprises
 and service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises  an  opportunity
 to submit comments on such training.
   §  31.  Subdivision 3 of section 103-a of the state technology law, as
 added by chapter 427 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   3. The director shall  conduct  an  outreach  campaign  informing  the
 public  of  the  iCenter and shall conduct specific outreach to minority
 and women-owned  business  enterprises  certified  pursuant  to  article
 fifteen-A of the executive law, small businesses as such term is defined
 in  section  one hundred thirty-one of the economic development law, and
 service disabled veteran owned business enterprises  certified  pursuant
 to article [seventeen-B] THREE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law
 to inform such businesses of iCenter initiatives.
   §  32. Section 831 of the county law, as amended by chapter 490 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 831. Soldier burial plots in Dutchess county. The legislature of the
 county of Dutchess may  authorize  the  purchase  of  burial  plots  and
 provide  for  marker settings and perpetual care and maintenance of such
 plots in one or more of the cemeteries of the  county  of  Dutchess  for
 deceased  veterans,  who,  at  the  time of death, were residents of the
 county of Dutchess and who (i) were discharged from the armed forces  of
 the  United States either honorably or under honorable circumstances, or
 (ii) had a qualifying condition, as defined in  section  [three  hundred
 fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and received a
 discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable,  or  (iii)  were  a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law, and received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable. The expense thereof shall  be  a
 county charge.
   § 33. Subdivision 6 of section 210 of the economic development law, as
 amended  by  chapter  490  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in the United States army,
 navy, air force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves  thereof,  and/or
 in  the  army  national guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or
 New York naval militia and who (a) has received an honorable or  general
 discharge  from  such  service,  or  (b)  has a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]   VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT  veteran,
 as  defined  in  section  [three  hundred  fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  34.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the correction
 law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   1.  There  shall  be  within  the  commission  a  citizen's policy and
 complaint review council.  It  shall  consist  of  nine  persons  to  be
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 appointed  by  the  governor,  by and with the advice and consent of the
 senate. One person so appointed shall have served in the armed forces of
 the United States in any foreign war, conflict or  military  occupation,
 who  (i)  was  discharged therefrom under other than dishonorable condi-
 tions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section  [three
 hundred  fifty]  ONE  of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or  (iii)  is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such service, or shall be a duly licensed mental health professional who
 has  professional  experience  or training with regard to post-traumatic
 stress syndrome. One person so appointed shall be an  attorney  admitted
 to  practice  in  this  state. One person so appointed shall be a former
 incarcerated individual  of  a  correctional  facility.  One  person  so
 appointed  shall be a former correction officer. One person so appointed
 shall be a former resident of a division for youth secure  center  or  a
 health  care  professional  duly licensed to practice in this state. One
 person so appointed shall be a former employee of the office of children
 and family services who has directly supervised youth in a secure  resi-
 dential  center operated by such office. In addition, the governor shall
 designate one of the full-time members other than the  [chairman]  CHAIR
 of the commission as [chairman] CHAIR of the council to serve as such at
 the pleasure of the governor.
   §  35.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  5  of section 50 of the civil
 service law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 director of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the  approval
 of  the  governing  board or body of the city or county, as the case may
 be, or a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant  to  govern-
 mental  agreement,  may  elect  to waive application fees, or to abolish
 fees for specific classes of  positions  or  types  of  examinations  or
 candidates,  or  to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of reasonable fees
 different from those prescribed in paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision,
 specifying  in  such schedule the classes of positions or types of exam-
 inations or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided,  howev-
 er,  that  fees  shall be waived for candidates who certify to the state
 civil service department, a municipal commission or a  regional  commis-
 sion  that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support
 of a household, or are receiving public  assistance.  Provided  further,
 the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
 for  examinations  for  original  appointment for all veterans. Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, for purposes of this  section,  the
 term "veteran" shall mean a person who has served in the armed forces of
 the  United  States  or  the  reserves  thereof, or in the army national
 guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New York  naval  mili-
 tia,  and  who  (1)  has been honorably discharged or released from such
 service under honorable conditions, or (2) has a  qualifying  condition,
 as  defined  in  section  [three  hundred  fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct  or  dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [execu-
 tive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than
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 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service. The term  "armed  forces"
 shall mean the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and coast guard.
   §  36.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of section 75 of the civil
 service law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) a person holding a position by permanent appointment or employment
 in  the  classified service of the state or in the several cities, coun-
 ties, towns, or villages thereof, or in any  other  political  or  civil
 division  of  the  state  or  of a municipality, or in the public school
 service, or in any public or special district, or in the service of  any
 authority,  commission  or  board,  or  in  any  other  branch of public
 service, who  was  honorably  discharged  or  released  under  honorable
 circumstances  from  the armed forces of the United States including (i)
 having a qualifying condition  as  defined  in  section  [three  hundred
 fifty]  ONE  of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and receiving a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (ii)  being  a  discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as defined in section [three
 hundred fifty] ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and
 receiving  a  discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service, having served therein as such member in time of war as  defined
 in  section  eighty-five  of this chapter, or who is an exempt volunteer
 firefighter as defined in the  general  municipal  law,  except  when  a
 person  described in this paragraph holds the position of private secre-
 tary, cashier or deputy of any official or department, or
   § 37. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  1  of  section  85  of  the  civil
 service  law,  as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean  a  member  of
 the  armed  forces  of the United States who was honorably discharged or
 released under honorable circumstances from such service  including  (i)
 having  a  qualifying  condition  as  defined  in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law,  and  receiving  a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (ii) being a discharged LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in  section  [three
 hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and
 receiving a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable  from  such
 service,  who  is  a  citizen  of the United States or an alien lawfully
 admitted for permanent residence in the United States and who is a resi-
 dent of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment
 or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be.
   § 38. Section 86 of the civil service law, as amended by  chapter  490
 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 86. Transfer of veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters upon abol-
 ition  of  positions. If  the  position in the non-competitive or in the
 labor class held by any honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces
 of the United States or by any veteran of the armed forces of the United
 States released under honorable circumstances from such service  includ-
 ing  (i)  having  a  qualifying  condition  as defined in section [three
 hundred fifty] ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and
 receiving  a  discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in  section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 receiving  a  discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service, who served therein in time of war as defined in section  eight-
 y-five of this chapter, or by an exempt volunteer firefighter as defined
 in  the  general municipal law, shall become unnecessary or be abolished
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 for reasons of economy or otherwise, the honorably discharged veteran or
 exempt  volunteer  firefighter  holding  such  position  shall  not   be
 discharged from the public service but shall be transferred to a similar
 position  wherein  a  vacancy exists, and shall receive the same compen-
 sation therein. It is hereby made the duty of all persons  clothed  with
 the  power  of appointment to make such transfer effective. The right to
 transfer herein conferred shall  continue  for  a  period  of  one  year
 following  the  date  of abolition of the position, and may be exercised
 only where a vacancy exists in an appropriate position to which transfer
 may be made at the time of demand for transfer. Where the  positions  of
 more than one such veteran or exempt volunteer firefighter are abolished
 and  a  lesser  number  of vacancies in similar positions exist to which
 transfer may be made, the  veterans  or  exempt  volunteer  firefighters
 whose  positions  are  abolished  shall  be entitled to transfer to such
 vacancies in the order of their original  appointment  in  the  service.
 Nothing  in  this section shall be construed to apply to the position of
 private secretary, cashier or deputy of any official or department. This
 section shall have no application  to  persons  encompassed  by  section
 eighty-a of this chapter.
   §  39. Section 13-b of the domestic relations law, as amended by chap-
 ter 306 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 13-b. Time within which marriage may be solemnized. A marriage shall
 not be solemnized within twenty-four hours after  the  issuance  of  the
 marriage  license, unless authorized by an order of a court of record as
 hereinafter provided, nor shall it be solemnized after sixty  days  from
 the  date  of  the  issuance  of  the marriage license unless authorized
 pursuant to section [three hundred fifty-four-d] TEN of the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law.  Every  license to marry hereafter issued by a
 town or city clerk, in addition to other requirements specified by  this
 chapter, must contain a statement of the day and the hour the license is
 issued  and  the  period during which the marriage may be solemnized. It
 shall be the duty of the clergyman or magistrate performing the marriage
 ceremony, or if the marriage is solemnized by written contract,  of  the
 judge  before  whom the contract is acknowledged, to annex to or endorse
 upon the marriage license the date and hour the marriage is  solemnized.
 A  judge  or  justice  of  the supreme court of this state or the county
 judge of the county in which either party to be married resides, or  the
 judge  of  the  family  court of such county, if it shall appear from an
 examination of the license and any other proofs submitted by the parties
 that one of the parties is in danger of imminent death, or by reason  of
 other  emergency  public interest will be promoted thereby, or that such
 delay will work irreparable injury or great hardship upon the  contract-
 ing  parties, or one of them, may, make an order authorizing the immedi-
 ate solemnization of the marriage and upon filing such  order  with  the
 clergyman  or  magistrate  performing  the  marriage ceremony, or if the
 marriage is to be solemnized by written contract, with the judge  before
 whom  the  contract  is  acknowledged,  such clergyman or magistrate may
 solemnize such marriage, or such judge may take such  acknowledgment  as
 the  case  may be, without waiting for such three day period and twenty-
 four hour period to elapse. The clergyman, magistrate or judge must file
 such order with the town or city clerk who  issued  the  license  within
 five days after the marriage is solemnized. Such town or city clerk must
 record and index the order in the book required to be kept by him or her
 for recording affidavits, statements, consents and licenses, and when so
 recorded  the  order  shall  become a public record and available in any
 prosecution under this section. A person who shall solemnize a  marriage
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 in  violation  of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
 conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each
 offense, and in addition thereto,  his  or  her  right  to  solemnize  a
 marriage shall be suspended for ninety days.
   §  40.  Paragraph  c  of subdivision 1 of section 360 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   c.  Adopt  and  enforce  campus rules and regulations not inconsistent
 with the vehicle and traffic law  relating  to  parking,  vehicular  and
 pedestrian  traffic,  and safety. Such rules and regulations may include
 provisions for the disposition of abandoned vehicles, removal by  towing
 or  otherwise  of  vehicles  parked  in  violation  of such rules at the
 expense of the owner, the payment of fees for the registration or  park-
 ing  of  such  vehicles, provided that such campus rules and regulations
 may provide that any veteran attending the state university as a student
 shall be exempt from any fees for parking or registering a  motor  vehi-
 cle, and the assessment of administrative fines upon the owner or opera-
 tor of such vehicles for each violation of the regulations.  However, no
 such fine may be imposed without a hearing or an opportunity to be heard
 conducted  by  an  officer or board designated by the board of trustees.
 Such fines, in the case of an officer or employee of  state  university,
 may  be  deducted  from  the salary or wages of such officer or employee
 found in violation of such regulations, or in the case of a  student  of
 state  university found in violation of such regulations, the university
 may withhold his OR HER grades and transcripts until such  time  as  any
 fine is paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran" shall
 mean  a  member  of  the armed forces of the United States who served in
 such armed forces in time of war and who (i) was honorably discharged or
 released under honorable circumstances from such service, or (ii) has  a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is  a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 41. The opening paragraph of subdivision 6, subdivision 7, paragraph
 c of subdivision 9, and paragraph a  of  subdivisions  10  and  10-a  of
 section  503 of the education law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws
 of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   Credit for service in war after world war I, which shall mean military
 service during the period commencing the first  day  of  July,  nineteen
 hundred  forty,  and  terminating  the  thirtieth  day of June, nineteen
 hundred forty-seven, or during the period commencing the  twenty-seventh
 day  of  June,  nineteen hundred fifty, and terminating the thirty-first
 day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-five, or during both  such  peri-
 ods, as a member of the armed forces of the United States, of any person
 who  (i)  has  been  honorably  discharged  or  released under honorable
 circumstances from such service, or (ii) has a qualifying condition,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veter-
 an, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or service  by  one  who  was
 employed  by the War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Trans-
 portation or their agents as a merchant seaman documented by the  United
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 States  Coast  Guard  or  Department  of Commerce, or as a civil servant
 employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later redesignated
 as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division)  or  the
 Naval  Transportation  Service;  and who served satisfactorily as a crew
 member during the period of armed conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-one,  to  August  fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five,
 aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign,  intercoastal,  or
 coastwise  service  as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA
 10301 & 10501) and further to include "near foreign" voyages between the
 United States and Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies via  ocean  routes,
 or  public  vessels  in oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has
 received a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active  Duty  and  a
 discharge  certificate,  or  an  Honorable Service Certificate/Report of
 Casualty, from the Department of Defense  or  who  served  as  a  United
 States  civilian employed by the American Field Service and served over-
 seas under United States Armies and United States Army Groups  in  world
 war  II  during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen
 hundred forty-one through May eighth, nineteen hundred  forty-five,  and
 (iv)  who  was  discharged  or released therefrom under honorable condi-
 tions, or (v) has a qualifying condition, as defined in  section  [three
 hundred  fifty]  ONE  of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or  (vi)  is  a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such  service, or who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and
 Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of
 its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as  a  result  of
 Pan  American's  contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Trans-
 port Service during the period of armed conflict,  December  fourteenth,
 nineteen  hundred  forty-one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred
 forty-five, and who (vii) was discharged  or  released  therefrom  under
 honorable  conditions,  or (viii) has a qualifying condition, as defined
 in section [three  hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'
 SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (ix) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, and who was a teacher in  the  public
 schools  of this state at the time of his OR HER entrance into the armed
 forces of the United States, provided no compensation was received under
 the provisions of section two hundred forty-two of the military law, and
 who returned to public school teaching following discharge or completion
 of advanced education provided under servicemen's  readjustment  act  of
 nineteen  hundred forty-four, or who following such discharge or release
 entered into a service which  would  qualify  him  OR  HER  pursuant  to
 section  forty-three of the retirement and social security law to trans-
 fer his OR HER membership in the New  York  state  teachers'  retirement
 system,  shall  be  provided  as  follows, any provisions of section two
 hundred forty-three of the military law to the contrary notwithstanding.
   7. A teacher, who was a member of the New York state teachers  retire-
 ment  system but who withdrew his OR HER accumulated contributions imme-
 diately prior to his OR HER entry into, or during his OR HER service  in
 the  armed forces of the United States in war after World War I, who (i)
 has been honorably discharged or released from service, or  (ii)  has  a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
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 the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is  a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  provided  no
 compensation  was  received  under the provisions of section two hundred
 forty-two of the military law, and who returned to public school  teach-
 ing  in  the  state  of New York following such discharge or release, or
 following completion of advanced education provided  under  servicemen's
 readjustment  act  of  nineteen  hundred  forty-four,  any provisions of
 section two hundred forty-three of the  military  law  to  the  contrary
 notwithstanding,  will  be  entitled  to credit for service in war after
 World War I, cost free, provided, however, that such credit will not  be
 allowed  until  he OR SHE claims and pays for all prior teaching service
 credited to him OR HER at the time of his OR HER termination of  member-
 ship  in  the  New  York  state teachers retirement system, and provided
 further that claim for such service in war after World War  I  shall  be
 filed  by  the  member with the retirement board before the first day of
 July, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.
   c. (i) has been  honorably  discharged  or  released  under  honorable
 circumstances  from such service, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT  veter-
 an,  as  defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, and
   a.  In addition to credit for military service pursuant to section two
 hundred forty-three of the military law  and  subdivisions  six  through
 nine  of  this  section,  a member employed as a full-time teacher by an
 employer as defined in subdivision three of section five hundred one  of
 this  article  and who joined the retirement system prior to July first,
 nineteen hundred seventy-three, may obtain credit for  military  service
 not  in excess of three years and not otherwise creditable under section
 two hundred forty-three of the military law and subdivisions six through
 nine of this section, rendered on active duty in the armed forces of the
 United States during the period commencing July first, nineteen  hundred
 forty,  and  terminating  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred forty-
 six, or on service by one who was employed by the War Shipping  Adminis-
 tration  or  Office  of  Defense  Transportation  or  their  agents as a
 merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard  or  Depart-
 ment  of  Commerce,  or as a civil servant employed by the United States
 Army Transport Service (later redesignated as  the  United  States  Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense  or  on  service  by  one who served as a United States civilian
 employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under  United
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 States  Armies  and United States Army Groups in world war II during the
 period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through  May  eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has
 a  qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or on service
 by one who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew  and  Aviation
 Ground  Support  Employee  of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its
 subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a  result  of  Pan
 American's  contract  with  Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport
 Service during the period of armed conflict, December fourteenth,  nine-
 teen  hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth,  nineteen hundred
 forty-five, and who (iv) was  discharged  or  released  therefrom  under
 honorable  conditions,  or (v) has a qualifying condition, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service, by a person who was a resident of New York state at
 the time of entry into such service and at the time of being  discharged
 therefrom  under  honorable  circumstances,  and  who makes the payments
 required in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.
   a. In addition to credit for military service pursuant to section  two
 hundred  forty-three  of  the  military law and subdivisions six through
 nine of this section, a member who joined the retirement system prior to
 July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and who was not eligible for
 credit for military service under subdivision ten of this section  as  a
 result  of  being on a leave of absence without pay between July twenti-
 eth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six  and  October  fifteenth,  nineteen
 hundred  seventy-seven  or  on  leave of absence with less than full pay
 between  July  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six  and   October
 fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred seventy-seven, may obtain credit for mili-
 tary service not in excess of three years and not  otherwise  creditable
 under  section  two hundred forty-three of the military law and subdivi-
 sions six through nine of this section, rendered on active duty  in  the
 armed  forces  of  the  United  States during the period commencing July
 first, nineteen hundred forty, and  terminating  December  thirty-first,
 nineteen hundred forty-six, or on service by one who was employed by the
 War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their
 agents  as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard
 or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the  United
 States  Army  Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States
 Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
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 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense, or on service by one who served as  a  United  States  civilian
 employed  by the American Field Service and served overseas under United
 States Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II  during  the
 period  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one
 through May  eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i)  was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has
 a  qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or on service
 by one who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew  and  Aviation
 Ground  Support  Employee  of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its
 subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a  result  of  Pan
 American's  contract  with  Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport
 Service during the period of armed conflict, December fourteenth,  nine-
 teen  hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth,  nineteen hundred
 forty-five, and who (iv) was  discharged  or  released  therefrom  under
 honorable  conditions,  or (v) has a qualifying condition, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service, by a person who was a resident of New York state at
 the time of entry into such service and at the time of being  discharged
 therefrom  under  honorable  circumstances,  and  who makes the payments
 required in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.
   § 42. Subdivision 5 of section 605 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5. Regents scholarships for war veterans. Regents scholarships for war
 veterans shall be awarded on a competitive basis,  for  study  beginning
 with  the  college  year nineteen hundred seventy-five--nineteen hundred
 seventy-six. Six hundred such scholarships shall be awarded in such year
 to veterans of the armed forces of the United States who have served  on
 active  duty  (other  than  for  training) between October one, nineteen
 hundred sixty-one and March twenty-nine, nineteen hundred seventy-three,
 and who on the date by which applications are required to  be  submitted
 (a)  have  been  released  from such active duty on conditions not other
 than honorable, or (b)  have  a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and have received a discharge other than bad conduct  or  dishonor-
 able  from such service, or (c) are discharged LGBT veterans, as defined
 in section [three  hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'
 SERVICES  law,  and  have received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service. Such scholarships shall be allocated  to
 each  county  in  the  state  in the same ratio that the number of legal
 residents in such county, as  determined  by  the  most  recent  federal
 census,  bears  to the total number of residents in the state; provided,
 however, that no county shall be allocated fewer scholarships than  such
 county  received  during  the  year nineteen hundred sixty-eight--sixty-
 nine.
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   § 43. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 663 of
 the education law, as amended by chapter 490 of the  laws  of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (3) The applicant was enlisted in full time active military service in
 the  armed  forces  of  the  United  States  and  (i) has been honorably
 discharged from such service, or (ii) has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veter-
 an, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, and, provided, however,  that
 the  applicant  has not and will not be claimed as a dependent by either
 parent for purposes of either federal or state income tax.
   § 44. Paragraph (b) of subdivisions 1 and 2  of  section  668  of  the
 education  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  490  of the laws of 2019, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) December seven, nineteen hundred forty-one to December thirty-one,
 nineteen hundred forty-six, or have been employed by  the  War  Shipping
 Administration  or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a
 merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard  or  Depart-
 ment  of  Commerce,  or as a civil servant employed by the United States
 Army Transport Service (later redesignated as  the  United  States  Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense or have served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-
 ican  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies and
 United States Army Groups in world war II during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (i)  was  discharged  or
 released  therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the
 [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or have served as  a
 United  States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee
 of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or  its  affil-
 iates  and  served  overseas as a result of Pan American's contract with
 Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service during  the  period
 of  armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred forty-one
 through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v)  has
 a  qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than  bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (vi) is a
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 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   (b)  (i)  is  an  honorably discharged veteran of the United States or
 member of the armed forces of the United States, or (ii) has a  qualify-
 ing  condition,  as  defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other
 than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service, or (iii) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, who is a resi-
 dent of the state of New York, and who has a current disability of forty
 percent or more as a result of an injury or illness which is incurred or
 was incurred during such military service; or
   §  45. Subdivision 1 of section 668-c of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 606 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Eligible students. Awards shall be made to Vietnam veterans'  resi-
 dent  children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved undergraduate
 or graduate programs at degree granting institutions. For the purpose of
 this section, "Vietnam veteran" shall mean a person who served in  Indo-
 china  at  any  time  from  the  first day of November, nineteen hundred
 fifty-five, to and including the seventh day of  May,  nineteen  hundred
 seventy-five  and  (a) was honorably discharged from the armed forces of
 the United States, or (b) has a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from the armed forces of the United States, or (c) is a discharged  LGBT
 veteran,  as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [execu-
 tive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from the armed forces of the United States;
 "born with Spina Bifida" shall mean a diagnosis at birth of such disease
 inclusive of all forms,  manifestations,  complications  and  associated
 medical  conditions thereof, but shall not include Spina Bifida Occulta.
 Such diagnosis shall be in accordance with the provisions of the federal
 Spina Bifida program and shall be documented by the United States Admin-
 istration of Veterans' Affairs.
   § 46. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subdivision 1 of  section  669-a  of
 the  education law, paragraph a as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of
 2021 and paragraphs b, c and d as amended by chapter 490 of the laws  of
 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  "Vietnam  veteran"  means  (i)  a person who is a resident of this
 state, (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United States in Indo-
 china at any time from the  first  day  of  November,  nineteen  hundred
 fifty-five,  to  and  including the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred
 seventy-five, and (iii) who was either discharged therefrom under honor-
 able conditions, including  but  not  limited  to  honorable  discharge,
 discharge  under  honorable  conditions,  or general discharge, or has a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and  has  received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such service, or is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   b. "Persian Gulf veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of this
 state,  (ii)  who served in the armed forces of the United States in the
 hostilities that occurred in the Persian Gulf from  the  second  day  of
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 August, nineteen hundred ninety through the end of such hostilities, and
 (iii)  who  was  either discharged therefrom under honorable conditions,
 including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under honor-
 able conditions, or general discharge, or has a qualifying condition, as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable  from such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service.
   c. "Afghanistan veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of  this
 state,  (ii)  who served in the armed forces of the United States in the
 hostilities that occurred  in  Afghanistan  from  the  eleventh  day  of
 September,  two  thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, and (iii)
 who was either discharged therefrom under honorable conditions,  includ-
 ing  but  not  limited to honorable discharge, discharge under honorable
 conditions, or general discharge, or  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable  from such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service.
   d. "Other eligible combat veteran" means: an individual who (i)  is  a
 resident  of  this  state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United
 States in hostilities that occurred after February twenty-eighth,  nine-
 teen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces
 Expeditionary  Medal,  Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine Corps Expedi-
 tionary Medal, and (iii) was either discharged  under  honorable  condi-
 tions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under
 honorable  conditions,  or general discharge, or has a qualifying condi-
 tion, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or is a discharged LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [execu-
 tive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 47. Subdivision 1 of section 3202 of the education law,  as  amended
 by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  person  over five and under twenty-one years of age who has not
 received a high school diploma is entitled to attend the public  schools
 maintained  in  the  district  in  which such person resides without the
 payment of tuition. Provided further that such person  may  continue  to
 attend  the public school in such district in the same manner, if tempo-
 rarily residing outside the boundaries of the district  when  relocation
 to  such temporary residence is a consequence of such person's parent or
 person in parental relationship being called to  active  military  duty,
 other  than  training. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 contrary, the school district shall not be required to provide transpor-
 tation between a temporary  residence  located  outside  of  the  school
 district  and  the  school  the  child attends. A veteran of any age who
 shall have served as a member of the armed forces of the  United  States
 and  who (a) shall have been discharged therefrom under conditions other
 than dishonorable, or (b) has a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
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 from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as  defined  in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service,  may  attend any of the public schools of the state
 upon conditions prescribed by the board of education, and such  veterans
 shall be included in the pupil count for state aid purposes. A nonveter-
 an  under twenty-one years of age who has received a high school diploma
 shall be permitted to attend classes in the schools of the  district  in
 which  such  person  resides  or  in  a school of a board of cooperative
 educational services upon payment of tuition under such terms and condi-
 tions as shall be established in regulations promulgated by the  commis-
 sioner;  provided, however, that a school district may waive the payment
 of tuition for such nonveteran, but in any case such  a  nonveteran  who
 has  received  a  high school diploma shall not be counted for any state
 aid purposes. Nothing herein contained shall, however, require  a  board
 of  education  to  admit a child who becomes five years of age after the
 school year has commenced unless his OR HER birthday occurs on or before
 the first of December.
   § 48. Clause (h) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 1  of
 section 4402 of the education law, as amended by chapter 652 of the laws
 of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) Provide the form developed pursuant to subdivision [fifteen] TWEN-
 TY-TWO  of  section  [three hundred fifty-three] FOUR of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law to the parent or person in parental relation of a
 child designated by the committee  as  either  disabled  or  emotionally
 disturbed.
   §  49. Subdivision 15 of section 1-104 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   15. The term "veterans'  hospital"  means  any  sanitarium,  hospital,
 soldiers'  and  sailors'  home,  United  States Veterans' Administration
 Hospital, or other home or institution,  which  is  used,  operated  and
 conducted exclusively for the care, maintenance and treatment of persons
 serving  in  the  military or naval service or coast guard of the United
 States or the state of New York,  or  persons  who  (a)  were  honorably
 discharged  from  such  service,  or (b) have a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES law, and have received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, or (c) are a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section [three  hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  have received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 50. Subdivision 4 of section 5-210 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Any  qualified  person  who has been honorably discharged from the
 military after the twenty-fifth day before a general  election,  or  who
 has  a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty]
 ONE of the [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received  a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the military after
 the  twenty-fifth  day before a general election, or who is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the
 [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from the  military  after  the  twenty-
 fifth  day  before  a  general election, or who has become a naturalized
 citizen after  the  twenty-fifth  day  before  a  general  election  may
 personally  register  at  the board of elections in the county of his or
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 her residence and vote in the general election held at  least  ten  days
 after such registration.
   § 51. Subdivision 16 of section 11-0305 of the environmental conserva-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 103 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
 read as follows:
   16. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law,  to  authorize
 free  sport  fishing clinics. A free sport fishing clinic shall include,
 but not be limited to, instruction provided by employees of the  depart-
 ment or its designee in recreational angling, including its benefits and
 values,  and may also include instruction and other information relevant
 to an understanding of fisheries management, ethics and aquatic  ecology
 and  habitat.  No license or recreational marine fishing registration is
 required to take fish by angling while participating in a fishing clinic
 conducted by the department or its designee that has been designated  by
 the  commissioner  as a free sport fishing clinic. Such clinics shall be
 implemented consistent with department standards and in a manner  deter-
 mined  by  the  department  to best provide public notice thereof and to
 maximize public participation therein, so as to promote the recreational
 opportunities afforded by sport fishing. Further, the  commissioner  may
 designate  additional  fishing  events  organized through the department
 that provide physical  or  emotional  rehabilitation  for  veterans,  as
 defined in subdivision three of section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive]  VETERANS' SERVICES law, or active duty members of the armed
 forces of the United States, as defined in 10 U.S.C. section  101(d)(1).
 No license or recreational marine fishing registration shall be required
 for  such  veterans or active duty members to take fish by angling while
 participating in these events.
   § 52. Subdivision 4 of section 11-0715 of the environmental  conserva-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
   4. A person, resident in the state for at least thirty days immediate-
 ly prior to  the  date  of  application,  who  (a)  has  been  honorably
 discharged from service in the armed forces of the United States, or (b)
 has  a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty]
 ONE of the [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received  a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section  [three  hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and
 is certified as having a  forty  percent  or  greater  service-connected
 disability  is  entitled  to receive all licenses, privileges, tags, and
 permits authorized by this title for which he or she is eligible, except
 turkey permits, renewable each year for a five dollar fee.
   § 53. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph c of  subdivision  1  of  section
 13-0328 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 656
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (iv)  licenses  shall  be  issued only to persons who demonstrate in a
 manner acceptable to the department that they received an average of  at
 least  fifteen  thousand  dollars of income over three consecutive years
 from commercial fishing or  fishing,  or  who  successfully  complete  a
 commercial  food  fish  apprenticeship  pursuant to subdivision seven of
 this section. As used in this subparagraph, "commercial  fishing"  means
 the taking and sale of marine resources including fish, shellfish, crus-
 tacea  or  other marine biota and "fishing" means commercial fishing and
 carrying fishing passengers for hire. Individuals who  wish  to  qualify
 based  on  income  from  "fishing"  must hold a valid marine and coastal
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 district party and charter boat license. No more than ten percent of the
 licenses issued each year based on income eligibility pursuant  to  this
 paragraph  shall  be  issued to applicants who qualify based solely upon
 income  derived  from  operation  of or employment by a party or charter
 boat. For the income evaluation of this subdivision, the department  may
 consider  persons  who would otherwise be eligible but for having served
 in the United States armed forces on active  duty,  provided  that  such
 individual  (1)  has  received an honorable or general discharge, or (2)
 has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]
 ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERAN'S  SERVICES  law,  and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (3)  is  a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERAN'S SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service,
 shall not be deemed ineligible.
   § 54. Subdivision 1 of section 130 of the executive law, as amended by
 section  2  of  part  V of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. The secretary of state may appoint and commission as many  notaries
 public for the state of New York as in his or her judgment may be deemed
 best,  whose  jurisdiction  shall be co-extensive with the boundaries of
 the state. The appointment of a notary public shall be  for  a  term  of
 four  years. An application for an appointment as notary public shall be
 in form and set forth such matters  as  the  secretary  of  state  shall
 prescribe.  Every person appointed as notary public must, at the time of
 his or her appointment, be a resident of the state of New York  or  have
 an office or place of business in New York state. A notary public who is
 a  resident  of the state and who moves out of the state but still main-
 tains a place of business or an office in New York state does not vacate
 his or her office as a notary public. A notary public who is a  nonresi-
 dent  and  who  ceases  to  have  an office or place of business in this
 state, vacates his or her office as a notary public. A notary public who
 is a resident of New York state and moves out of the state and who  does
 not retain an office or place of business in this state shall vacate his
 or  her office as a notary public. A non-resident who accepts the office
 of notary public in this state thereby appoints the secretary  of  state
 as  the  person  upon  whom  process can be served on his or her behalf.
 Before issuing to any applicant a commission as notary public, unless he
 or she be an attorney and counsellor at law duly admitted to practice in
 this state or a court clerk of the unified court  system  who  has  been
 appointed  to  such  position  after  taking a civil service promotional
 examination in the court clerk series of titles, the secretary of  state
 shall  satisfy  himself  or  herself that the applicant is of good moral
 character, has the equivalent of a common school education and is famil-
 iar with the duties and responsibilities of a notary  public;  provided,
 however,  that  where  a notary public applies, before the expiration of
 his or her term, for reappointment with the  county  clerk  or  where  a
 person whose term as notary public shall have expired applies within six
 months  thereafter  for reappointment as a notary public with the county
 clerk, such qualifying requirements may be waived by  the  secretary  of
 state, and further, where an application for reappointment is filed with
 the  county  clerk  after  the  expiration of the aforementioned renewal
 period by a person who failed or was unable to re-apply by reason of his
 or her induction or enlistment in the armed forces of the United States,
 such qualifying requirements may also be  waived  by  the  secretary  of
 state,  provided  such  application  for  reappointment is made within a
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 period of one year after the military discharge of the  applicant  under
 conditions other than dishonorable, or if the applicant has a qualifying
 condition,  as  defined in section [three hundred fifty of this chapter]
 ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW, within a period of one year after the
 applicant  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonor-
 able from such service, or if the applicant is a discharged LGBT  veter-
 an,  as  defined in section [three hundred fifty of this chapter] ONE OF
 THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW, within a period of one year after the appli-
 cant has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable
 from  such service. In any case, the appointment or reappointment of any
 applicant is in the discretion of the secretary of state. The  secretary
 of  state  may suspend or remove from office, for misconduct, any notary
 public appointed by him or her but no such removal shall be made  unless
 the  person  who  is  sought to be removed shall have been served with a
 copy of the charges against him or her and have an opportunity of  being
 heard.  No person shall be appointed as a notary public under this arti-
 cle who has been convicted, in this state or any other state or territo-
 ry, of a crime, unless the secretary makes a finding in conformance with
 all  applicable  statutory  requirements,  including  those contained in
 article twenty-three-A of the correction law, that such  convictions  do
 not constitute a bar to appointment.
   §  55.  Subdivision  1  of  section 32 of the general business law, as
 amended by chapter 490 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Every  member of the armed forces of the United States who (a) was
 honorably discharged from such service, or (b) has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a  discharged  LGBT
 veteran,  as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [execu-
 tive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who is a resident of
 this state and a veteran of any war, or who shall  have  served  in  the
 armed  forces of the United States overseas, and the surviving spouse of
 any such veteran, if a resident of the state, shall have  the  right  to
 hawk, peddle, vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade
 upon the streets and highways within the county of his or her residence,
 as  the  case  may  be,  or if such county is embraced wholly by a city,
 within such city, by procuring a license for that purpose to  be  issued
 as herein provided. No part of the lands or premises under the jurisdic-
 tion  of the division of the state fair in the department of agriculture
 and markets, shall be deemed a street or highway within the  meaning  of
 this section.
   §  56.  Section  35 of the general business law, as amended by chapter
 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 35. Municipal regulations. This article shall not affect the  appli-
 cation of any ordinance, by-law or regulation of a municipal corporation
 relating to hawkers and peddlers within the limits of such corporations,
 but  the  provisions of this article are to be complied with in addition
 to the  requirements  of  any  such  ordinance,  by-law  or  regulation;
 provided,  however,  that  no such by-law, ordinance or regulation shall
 prevent or in any manner interfere with the hawking or peddling, without
 the use of any but a hand driven vehicle, in any street, avenue,  alley,
 lane  or  park  of  a municipal corporation, by any honorably discharged
 member of the armed forces of the United States who  (1)  was  honorably
 discharged  from  such  service,  or  (2) has a qualifying condition, as
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 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT  veteran,
 as  defined  in  section  [three  hundred  fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct  or  dishonorable from such service, and who is physically disa-
 bled as a result of injuries received while in the service of said armed
 forces and the holder of a license granted pursuant to  section  thirty-
 two of this article.
   §  57.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 35-a of the general
 business law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) In cities having a population of one million or more, the official
 designated by a local law or ordinance to issue a local license to hawk,
 peddle,  vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade upon
 the streets and highways within such city shall issue specialized  vend-
 ing licenses to members of the armed forces of the United States who (i)
 were  honorably  discharged from such service, or (ii) have a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and received a discharge other  than  bad
 conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such service, or (iii) are a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the
 [executive]  VETERANS' SERVICES law, and received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and  who  are  physically
 disabled  as  a result of injuries received while in the service of said
 armed forces and who are eligible to hold licenses granted  pursuant  to
 section  thirty-two  of this article.  Such specialized vending licenses
 shall authorize holders thereof to hawk or peddle within  such  city  in
 accordance  with  the  provisions contained in this section. Specialized
 vending licenses issued under this  section  shall  permit  the  holders
 thereof to vend on any block face, and no licensee authorized under this
 section  shall be restricted in any way from vending in any area, except
 as provided in this section.
   § 58. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 69-p  of  the  general
 business  law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) In the case of persons who are or were in the military service and
 (i) have  been  or  will  be  discharged  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable, or (ii) have a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service, or (iii) are discharged LGBT veterans, as  defined  in  section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 have  received  a  discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, the period of two years specified in  subdivision  one  of
 this  section need not be continuous. The length of time such person was
 engaged in the business of installing, servicing or maintaining security
 or fire alarm systems before entering the military service may be  added
 to  any period of time during which such person was or is engaged in the
 business of installing, servicing or maintaining security or fire  alarm
 systems after the termination of military service.
   §  59.  The  closing  paragraph of section 435 of the general business
 law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   In the case of persons who are or were in the military service and (a)
 have  been  or  will be discharged under conditions other than dishonor-
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 able, or (b) have a qualifying condition, as defined in  section  [three
 hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or  (c)  are  discharged  LGBT veterans, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 have received a discharge other than bad conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such  service,  the  period  of one year specified in subdivision one of
 this section and the period of six months specified in  subdivision  two
 of  this  section need not be continuous. The length of time such person
 was engaged in the practice of barbering before  entering  the  military
 service  may be added to any period of time during which such person was
 or is engaged in the practice of  barbering  after  the  termination  of
 military service.
   §  60.  Section  13-a  of  the general construction law, as amended by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United
 States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force and  coast  guard,
 including  all  components  thereof,  and the national guard when in the
 service of the United States  pursuant  to  call  as  provided  by  law.
 Pursuant  to  this  definition no person shall be considered a member or
 veteran of the armed forces of the  United  States  unless  his  or  her
 service  therein  is or was on a full-time active duty basis, other than
 active duty for training or he or she was employed by the  War  Shipping
 Administration  or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a
 merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard  or  Depart-
 ment  of  Commerce,  or as a civil servant employed by the United States
 Army Transport Service (later redesignated as  the  United  States  Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense  or he or she served as a United States civilian employed by the
 American Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (i) was discharged or  released
 therefrom  under  honorable  conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condi-
 tion, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT
 veteran,  as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [execu-
 tive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or he or she served as a
 United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support  Employee
 of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affil-
 iates and served overseas as a result of Pan  American's  contract  with
 Air  Transport  Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period
 of armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through  August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred forty-five, and (iv) was
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 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v)  has
 a  qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than  bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (vi) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  61.  Subdivision  1  of section 77 of the general municipal law, as
 amended by chapter 490 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. A municipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to
 a  post  or posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans of Foreign
 Wars of the United States, American Legion, Catholic War Veterans, Inc.,
 Disabled American Veterans, the Army  and  Navy  Union,  U.S.A.,  Marine
 Corps  League,  AMVETS,  American  Veterans  of World War II, Jewish War
 Veterans of the United States, Inc., Italian American  War  Veterans  of
 the  United  States,  Incorporated, Masonic War Veterans of the State of
 New York, Inc., Veterans of World War I of the United States of  America
 Department  of New York, Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War II,
 Amsterdam, N.Y., Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War  II,  Sche-
 nectady,  N.Y.,  Inc., Polish Legion of American Veterans, Inc., Vietnam
 Veterans of America or other veteran  organization  of  members  of  the
 armed forces of the United States who (a) were honorably discharged from
 such  service  or (b) have a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or  (c)  are  discharged  LGBT veterans, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or to an incorporated organization or an association of either
 active or exempt volunteer firefighters, a public building or part ther-
 eof, belonging to such municipal  corporation,  except  schoolhouses  in
 actual  use as such, without expense, or at a nominal rent, fixed by the
 board or council having charge of such buildings and  provide  furniture
 and  furnishings,  and heat, light and janitor service therefor, in like
 manner.
   § 62. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  148  of  the  general
 municipal law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  The board of supervisors in each of the counties, or the board of
 estimate in the city of New York, shall designate  some  proper  person,
 association  or  commission,  other than that designated for the care of
 burial of public charges or criminals, who shall cause  to  be  interred
 the  body of any member of the armed forces of the United States who (i)
 was honorably discharged from such service  or  (ii)  had  a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or  (iii)  was  a  discharged
 LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and received a discharge other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or the body of any minor
 child or either parent, or the spouse or unremarried surviving spouse of
 any such member of the armed forces of the United States, if such person
 shall hereafter die in a county or in the city of New York without leav-
 ing sufficient means to defray his or her funeral expenses.
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   § 63. Section 117-c of the highway law, as amended by chapter  490  of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  117-c. Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or merchan-
 dise; Erie county; certain areas. Notwithstanding any law to the contra-
 ry, except section thirty-five of the general business law,  the  county
 of  Erie  shall have the power to enact a local law prohibiting hawking,
 peddling, vending and sale of goods, wares or merchandise  or  solicita-
 tion  of  trade  in the right-of-way of county roads adjacent to arenas,
 stadiums, auditoriums or like facilities, which contain  fifty  thousand
 or more seats, which are used for events likely to attract large numbers
 of  spectators,  including  but  not limited to home games of a National
 Football League franchise. Provided, however, that the  power  to  enact
 such  local  law  shall  be subject to the requirement that provision be
 made, by lease agreement, regulation  or  otherwise,  for  the  hawking,
 peddling,  vending and sales of goods, wares or merchandise or solicita-
 tion of trade in designated vending areas on the ground of  county-owned
 lands leased for use as an arena, stadium or auditorium or like facility
 which  contain  fifty  thousand or more seats; and further provided that
 members of the armed forces of the United States who (a) were  honorably
 discharged  from  such  service,  or (b) have a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law,  and received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (c) are discharged LGBT veterans,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and received a discharge other than  bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable from such service, and who are entitled to hawk, vend, sell
 or  peddle  merchandise  in the public right-of-way pursuant to sections
 thirty-two and thirty-five of the general business law, shall  be  given
 first  preference in any assignment or vending locations or in the allo-
 cation of such locations.
   § 64. Paragraph 11 of subsection (j) of section 2103 of the  insurance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (11) No license fee shall be required of any person who  served  as  a
 member  of the armed forces of the United States at any time and who (A)
 shall have  been  discharged  therefrom,  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable,  or  (B) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such service, or (C) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, in a current licensing period, for the  duration  of  such
 period.
   §  65. Subparagraph (F) of paragraph 3 of subsection (e) and paragraph
 2 of subsection (f) of section 2104 of the insurance law, as amended  by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (F) served as a member of the armed forces of the United States at any
 time,  and  shall  (i)  have been discharged under conditions other than
 dishonorable, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in  section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, or (iii) is a  discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service, and who within three years prior to his OR HER  entry
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 into  the  armed  forces  held a license as insurance broker for similar
 lines, provided his OR HER application for such license is filed  before
 one year from the date of final discharge; or
   (2)  No  license  fee  shall be required of any person who served as a
 member of the armed forces of the United States at any time, and who (A)
 shall have been discharged, under conditions other than dishonorable, or
 (B) has a qualifying condition, as defined  in  section  [three  hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (C) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section  [three  hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, in a
 current licensing period, for the duration of such period.
   §  66.  Paragraph 2 of subsection (i) of section 2108 of the insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (2)  No  license  fee  shall be required of any person who served as a
 member of the armed forces of the United States at any time and who  (A)
 shall have been discharged, under conditions other than dishonorable, or
 (B)  has  a  qualifying  condition, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (C)  is  a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, in a
 current licensing period, for the duration of such period.
   § 67. Paragraph 10 of subsection (h) of section 2137 of the  insurance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (10) No license fee shall be required of any person who  served  as  a
 member  of the armed forces of the United States at any time and who (A)
 shall have  been  discharged  therefrom,  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable,  or  (B) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such service, or (C) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, in a current licensing period, for the  duration  of  such
 period.
   §  68. Paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of section 2139 of the insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (11)  No  license  fee shall be required of any person who served as a
 member of the armed forces of the United States at any time, and who (A)
 shall  have  been  discharged  therefrom  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable,  or  (B) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such service, or (C) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, in a current licensing period for  the  duration  of  such
 period.
   §  69.  Section 466 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 490 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
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   § 466.  Attorney's  oath  of  office.  1.  Each  person,  admitted  as
 prescribed  in  this  chapter  must, upon his or her admission, take the
 constitutional oath of office in open court, and subscribe the same in a
 roll or book, to be kept in the office of the  clerk  of  the  appellate
 division of the supreme court for that purpose.
   2.  Any person now in actual service in the armed forces of the United
 States or whose induction or enlistment therein is imminent,  or  within
 sixty  days  after such person (1) has been honorably discharged, or (2)
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such  service,  if such person has a qualifying condition, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, or (3) has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonor-
 able  from such service, if such person is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, if the appellate division of the supreme court in the
 department in which such person resides is not in session, may subscribe
 and  take  the  oath before a justice of that court, with the same force
 and effect as if it were taken in open court, except that in  the  first
 department  the  oath  must be taken before the presiding justice or, in
 his or her absence, before the senior justice.
   § 70. Subdivision 3 of section 20 of the military law, as  amended  by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Any  person who has served as a commissioned or warrant officer in
 the organized militia or in the armed forces of the  United  States  and
 (a)  has  been  honorably  discharged therefrom, or (b) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct  or  dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the
 [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, may be  commissioned
 and  placed  on  the  state reserve list in the highest grade previously
 held by him OR HER after  complying  with  such  conditions  as  may  be
 prescribed by regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.
   §  71. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 and subparagraphs 1 and
 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4-b of section  243  of  the  military
 law,  as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) The term "military duty" shall mean military service in the  mili-
 tary,  naval, aviation or marine service of the United States subsequent
 to July first, nineteen hundred forty, or service  under  the  selective
 training  and  service  act  of  nineteen hundred forty, or the national
 guard and reserve officers mobilization act of nineteen  hundred  forty,
 or any other act of congress supplementary or amendatory thereto, or any
 similar  act  of congress hereafter enacted and irrespective of the fact
 that such service was entered  upon  following  a  voluntary  enlistment
 therefor or was required under one of the foregoing acts of congress, or
 service  with  the United States public health service as a commissioned
 officer, or service with the American Red Cross  while  with  the  armed
 forces  of  the  United  States  on foreign service, or service with the
 special services section of the armed forces of  the  United  States  on
 foreign  service,  or service in the merchant marine which shall consist
 of service as an officer or member of the crew on or in connection  with
 a  vessel  documented  under  the  laws of the United States or a vessel
 owned by, chartered to, or operated by or for the account or use of  the
 government  of  the United States, or service by one who was employed by
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 the War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense  Transportation  or
 their  agents as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast
 Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed  by  the
 United  States  Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United
 States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transpor-
 tation Service; and who served satisfactorily as a  crew  member  during
 the  period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-
 one, to August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  aboard  merchant
 vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service
 as  such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and
 further to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States  and
 Canada,  Mexico,  or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels
 in oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certif-
 icate  of  Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certif-
 icate, or an Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from  the
 Department  of  Defense,  or  who  served  as  a  United States civilian
 employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under  United
 States  Armies  and United States Army Groups in world war II during the
 period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through  May  eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has
 a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty]  ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is  a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or who  served
 as  a  United  States  civilian  Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support
 Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its
 affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
 with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
 period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv)
 was  discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v)
 has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]
 ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (vi)  is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service;  or
 service  in  police  duty on behalf of the United States government in a
 foreign country, if such person is  a  police  officer,  as  defined  by
 section  1.20  of the criminal procedure law, and if such police officer
 obtained the prior consent of his  or  her  public  employer  to  absent
 himself or herself from his or her position to engage in the performance
 of such service; or as an enrollee in the United States maritime service
 on  active duty and, to such extent as may be prescribed by or under the
 laws of the United  States,  any  period  awaiting  assignment  to  such
 service  and any period of education or training for such service in any
 school or institution  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States
 government,  but shall not include temporary and intermittent gratuitous
 service in any reserve or auxiliary force. It shall include  time  spent
 in reporting for and returning from military duty and shall be deemed to
 commence  when the public employee leaves his OR HER position and to end
 when he OR SHE is reinstated to his OR HER position, provided such rein-
 statement is within ninety days after the termination of military  duty,
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 as hereinafter defined. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
 paragraph, the term "military duty" shall not include any of the forego-
 ing  services  entered upon voluntarily on or after January first, nine-
 teen  hundred forty-seven and before June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred
 fifty; and, on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy,  the  term
 "military  duty"  shall  not  include any voluntary service in excess of
 four years performed after that date, or  the  total  of  any  voluntary
 services,  additional  or  otherwise,  in excess of four years performed
 after that date, shall not exceed five years, if the service  in  excess
 of  four  years is at the request and for the convenience of the federal
 government, except if such voluntary service is performed during a peri-
 od of war, or national emergency declared by the president.
   (c) The term "termination of military duty" shall mean the date  of  a
 certificate  of  honorable  discharge  or a certificate of completion of
 training and service as set forth in the selective training and  service
 act  of nineteen hundred forty, and the national guard and reserve offi-
 cers mobilization act of nineteen hundred forty or, or a certificate  of
 release or discharge from active duty where an employee (i) has a quali-
 fying  condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other
 than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or (ii) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable from such service, or in the
 event of the incurrence of a temporary disability arising out of and  in
 the  course of such military duty, the date of termination of such disa-
 bility. The existence and termination of such temporary  disability,  in
 the  case  of  a  public employee occupying a position in the classified
 civil service or of a person on an eligible list for a position in  such
 service,  shall  be  determined  by  the civil service commission having
 jurisdiction over such position and, in the case of  a  public  employee
 occupying  a  position  not  in  the  classified civil service, shall be
 determined by the officer or body having the power of appointment.
   (1) "New York city veteran of world war II". Any  member  of  the  New
 York city employees' retirement system in city-service who, after his OR
 HER  last  membership  in  such  system began, served as a member of the
 armed forces of the United States during the period beginning on  Decem-
 ber  seventh,  nineteen hundred forty-one and ending on December thirty-
 first, nineteen hundred forty-six, and (i) was honorably  discharged  or
 released  under honorable circumstances from such service, or (ii) has a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and  has  received  a  discharge
 other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   (2)  "New York city veteran of the Korean conflict." Any member of the
 New York city employees' retirement system in  city-service  who,  after
 his  OR  HER last membership in such system began, served as a member of
 the armed forces of the United States during the period beginning on the
 twenty-seventh of June, nineteen hundred fifty and ending on  the  thir-
 ty-first day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-five, and (i) was honor-
 ably  discharged  or  released  under  honorable circumstances from such
 service, or (ii) has a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in  section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
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 such service, or (iii) is a  discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service.
   §  72.  Section  245 of the military law, as amended by chapter 490 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 245. Retirement allowances of certain war veterans.   1. Any  member
 of  a  teachers'  retirement  system  to  which  the city of New York is
 required by law to make contributions on account of such member who  (i)
 is  an  honorably discharged member of any branch of the armed forces of
 the United States, or (ii) has a qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonor-
 able,  or  (iii)  is  a  discharged  LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable,  having
 served  as  such  during the time of war and who has attained the age of
 fifty years, may retire upon his OR HER own request upon written  appli-
 cation to the board setting forth at what time not less than thirty days
 subsequent  to  the execution and filing thereof he OR SHE desires to be
 retired, provided that such member at the time so specified for  his  OR
 HER retirement shall have completed at least twenty-five years of allow-
 able  service.  Upon  retirement such member shall receive an annuity of
 equivalent actuarial value to his OR HER accumulated deductions, and, in
 addition, a pension beginning immediately, having a value equal  to  the
 present  value  of  the pension that would have become payable had he OR
 SHE continued at his OR HER current salary to the age at which he OR SHE
 would have first  become  eligible  for  service  retirement,  provided,
 however, that the said member on making application for retirement shall
 pay into the retirement fund a sum of money which calculated on an actu-
 arial  basis,  together  with  his  OR HER prior contributions and other
 accumulations in said fund then to his OR HER credit,  shall  be  suffi-
 cient to entitle the said member to the same annuity and pension that he
 OR  SHE would have received had he OR SHE remained in the service of the
 city until he OR SHE had attained the age at which he OR  SHE  otherwise
 would have first become eligible for service retirement.
   2.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this section or of any
 general, special or local law or code to the contrary, a member  of  any
 such  teachers'  retirement  system  who  (i) is separated or discharged
 under honorable conditions from any branch of the armed  forces  of  the
 United States, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable, or
 (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable, having served as  such
 during  the time of war and who has attained the age of fifty years, may
 retire upon his OR HER own request upon written application to the board
 setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days subsequent to  the
 execution  and filing thereof, he OR SHE desires to be retired, provided
 that such member at that time so specified for  his  OR  HER  retirement
 shall  have  completed  at least twenty-five years of allowable service.
 Upon reaching his OR HER previously  selected  minimum  retirement  age,
 such  member  shall receive an annuity of equivalent actuarial value, at
 that time, to his OR HER accumulated deductions,  and,  in  addition,  a
 pension  based upon his OR HER credited years of allowable service, plus
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 the pension-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any. Should such member  die
 before  reaching his OR HER retirement age, then any beneficiary under a
 selected option shall be eligible for benefits under such option at  the
 date  upon  which  the  member  would  have  reached his OR HER selected
 retirement age.
   § 73. Subdivision 1-b of section 247 of the military law,  as  amended
 by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1-b.  The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present in the name
 of the legislature of the state of New York, a certificate, to be  known
 as  the  "Cold  War Certificate", bearing a suitable inscription, to any
 person: (i) who is a citizen of the state of New York or (ii) who was  a
 citizen  of  the  state of New York while serving in the armed forces of
 the United States; (iii) who served in the United  States  Armed  Forces
 during  the  period  of  time  from  September  second, nineteen hundred
 forty-five through December twenty-sixth, nineteen  hundred  ninety-one,
 commonly  known  as  the  Cold  War  Era;  and  (iv)  who  was honorably
 discharged or released under honorable circumstances during the Cold War
 Era, or has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES  law,  and  received  a
 discharge  other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable during the Cold War
 Era, or is a discharged LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in  section  [three
 hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable  during  the
 Cold War Era. Not more than one Cold War Certificate shall be awarded or
 presented, under the provisions of this subdivision, to any person whose
 entire service subsequent to the time of the receipt of such medal shall
 not  have been honorable. In the event of the death of any person during
 or subsequent to the receipt of such certificate it shall  be  presented
 to  such  representative of the deceased as may be designated. The adju-
 tant general, in consultation with the [director]  COMMISSIONER  of  the
 [division]  DEPARTMENT  of veterans' services, shall make such rules and
 regulations as may be deemed necessary for the proper  presentation  and
 distribution of the certificate.
   §  74.  Section  249 of the military law, as amended by chapter 490 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 249. State and municipal officers and employees  granted  leaves  of
 absence  on  July  fourth in certain cases. Each officer and employee of
 the state or of a municipal corporation or of any other political subdi-
 vision thereof who was a member of the national guard or  naval  militia
 or  a  member  of the reserve corps at a time when the United States was
 not at war and who (i) has been honorably discharged therefrom, or  (ii)
 has  a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty]
 ONE of the [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received  a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service,
 shall,  in  so  far  as  practicable,  be  entitled to absent himself OR
 HERSELF from [his] duties or service, with pay, on July fourth  of  each
 year.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any general, special or local
 law or the provisions of any city charter, no such officer  or  employee
 shall  be  subjected  by  any  person whatever directly or indirectly by
 reason of such absence to any loss or diminution of vacation or  holiday
 privilege  or  be prejudiced by reason of such absence with reference to
 promotion or continuance in office or employment or to reappointment  to
 office or to re-employment.
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   § 75. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 156 of
 the  public  housing law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  (i)  have  been thereafter discharged or released therefrom under
 conditions other than dishonorable, or (ii) have a qualifying condition,
 as defined in section [three  hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  have received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) are discharged  LGBT
 veterans, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [execu-
 tive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and have received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service,  or  (iv)  died  in  such
 service,  not  more than five years prior to the time of application for
 admission to such project, and
   § 76. The opening paragraph and paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  2632 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 490 of the
 laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   Every veteran of the armed forces of the United States,  who  (i)  (A)
 was  separated or discharged under honorable conditions after serving on
 active duty therein for a period of not less than thirty  days,  or  (B)
 has  a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty]
 ONE of the [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received  a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable after serving on active
 duty  therein  for  a  period  of not less than thirty days, or (C) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable after serving on active duty
 therein for a period of not less than thirty days, or (ii) (A) was sepa-
 rated or discharged under honorable conditions after serving  on  active
 duty  therein  for  a  period  of not less than thirty days or (B) has a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and  has  received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable after serving on active duty
 therein for a period  of  not  less  than  thirty  days,  or  (C)  is  a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable  after  serving  on  active  duty
 therein for a period of not less than thirty days, and who was a recipi-
 ent of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or
 marine  corps  expeditionary  medal  for  participation in operations in
 Lebanon from June  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three  to  December
 first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-seven, in Grenada from October twenty-
 third, nineteen hundred eighty-three to November twenty-first,  nineteen
 hundred  eighty-three,  or  in  Panama from December twentieth, nineteen
 hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or
 in Bosnia and Herzgegovina from November twenty-first, nineteen  hundred
 ninety-five to November first, two thousand seven, or was a recipient of
 the Kosovo campaign medal or (iii) (A) was separated or discharged under
 honorable  conditions  after serving on active duty therein for a period
 of not less than thirty days or  (B)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or dishonorable after serving on active duty therein for a period of not
 less  than  thirty days, or (C) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined
 in section [three  hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'
 SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable after serving on active duty therein for a  period  of  not
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 less  than  thirty  days,  and  who  served  during the period of actual
 hostilities of either
   (d)  world war II between December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one
 and December thirty-first, nineteen hundred forty-six,  both  inclusive,
 or  who  was  employed  by  the War Shipping Administration or Office of
 Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant  seaman  documented
 by  the  United  States  Coast  Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a
 civil servant employed by  the  United  States  Army  Transport  Service
 (later  redesignated  as  the  United  States Army Transportation Corps,
 Water Division) or the Naval  Transportation  Service;  and  who  served
 satisfactorily  as  a  crew  member during the period of armed conflict,
 December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nine-
 teen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels  in  oceangoing,  i.e.,
 foreign,  intercoastal,  or  coastwise service as such terms are defined
 under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to  include  "near
 foreign"  voyages  between  the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the
 West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing service or
 foreign waters  and  who  has  received  a  Certificate  of  Release  or
 Discharge  from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an Honorable
 Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of  Defense,
 or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field
 Service and served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army  Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict, Decem-
 ber seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one  through  May  eighth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i) was discharged or released therefrom
 under honorable conditions, or  (ii)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veter-
 an, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or who  served  as  a  United
 States  civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan
 American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates  and
 served  overseas  as a result of Pan American's contract with Air Trans-
 port Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period  of  armed
 conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
 fourteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has  a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (vi) is  a  discharged
 LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; or
   §  77.  Subdivision  5  of section 2805-b of the public health law, as
 amended by section 21 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   5.  The  staff of a general hospital shall: (a) inquire whether or not
 the person admitted has served in the United States armed  forces.  Such
 information  shall  be  listed  on  the  admissions form; (b) notify any
 admittee who is a veteran of the possible availability of services at  a
 hospital  operated  by the United States veterans health administration,
 and, upon request by the admittee, such staff  shall  make  arrangements
 for  the individual's transfer to a United States veterans health admin-
 istration hospital, provided, however, that transfers shall  be  author-
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 ized  only  after it has been determined, according to accepted clinical
 and medical standards, that the patient's condition has  stabilized  and
 transfer  can  be  accomplished safely and without complication; and (c)
 provide  any  admittee  who has served in the United States armed forces
 with a copy of the "Information  for  Veterans  concerning  Health  Care
 Options"  fact  sheet, maintained by the [division] DEPARTMENT of veter-
 ans' services pursuant  to  subdivision  [twenty-three]  TWENTY-NINE  of
 section  [three  hundred  fifty-three] FOUR of the [executive] VETERANS'
 SERVICES law prior to  discharging  or  transferring  the  patient.  The
 commissioner  shall  promulgate rules and regulations for notifying such
 admittees of possible available services and for arranging  a  requested
 transfer.
   §  78.  Subdivision  2  of section 2805-o of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 75 of the  laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  Every  nursing  home,  residential  health care facility and every
 adult care facility licensed and certified by the department pursuant to
 title two of article seven of the social services law or article  forty-
 six-B  of  this  chapter,  including  all  adult homes, enriched housing
 programs, residences for adults, assisted living programs, and  assisted
 living  residences  shall  in writing advise all individuals identifying
 themselves as veterans  or  spouses  of  veterans  that  the  [division]
 DEPARTMENT  of  veterans'  services and local veterans' service agencies
 established pursuant to section [three hundred fifty-seven] FOURTEEN  of
 the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law to provide assistance to veterans
 and  their  spouses regarding benefits under federal and state law. Such
 written information shall include the name, address and telephone number
 of the New York state [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans'  services,  the
 nearest  [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services office, the nearest
 county or city veterans'  service  agency  and  the  nearest  accredited
 veterans' service officer.
   §  79.  Subdivision  3  of  section  3422 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 490 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  A  candidate  who  fails  to  attain a passing grade on his OR HER
 licensing examination is entitled to a maximum of three re-examinations;
 provided, however, that if such candidate  fails  to  attain  a  passing
 grade  within three years after completion of his OR HER training, he OR
 SHE must requalify in accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  public
 health law and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder existing and
 in force as of the date of subsequent application for licensing examina-
 tion,  except  that  a satisfactorily completed required course of study
 need not be recompleted. A candidate inducted into the armed  forces  of
 the  United  States during or after completion of training may (a) after
 honorable discharge or (b) after a discharge other than bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable  where  the  candidate  (i)  has a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, or (ii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and upon proper application as required by the department be eligi-
 ble for an exemption with respect to time served in such service.
   § 80. Section 63 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 606
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 63. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial day and Veterans' day.
 It shall be the duty of the head of every public department and of every
 court  of  the  state of New York, of every superintendent or foreman on
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 the public works of said state, of the county officers  of  the  several
 counties  of  said  state,  of the town officers of the various towns in
 this state, of the fire district officers of the various fire  districts
 in this state, and of the head of every department, bureau and office in
 the government of the various cities and villages in this state, and the
 officers  of  any  public benefit corporation or any public authority of
 this state, or of any public benefit corporation or public authority  of
 any  county  or subdivision of this state, to give leave of absence with
 pay for twenty-four hours on the day prescribed by law as a public holi-
 day for the observance of Memorial day and on the eleventh day of Novem-
 ber, known as Veterans' day, to every  person  in  the  service  of  the
 state, the county, the town, the fire district, the city or village, the
 public  benefit  corporation  or  public authority of this state, or any
 public benefit corporation or public authority of any county or subdivi-
 sion of this state, as the case may be, (i) who served on active duty in
 the armed forces of the United States during world war I  or  world  war
 II,  or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of
 Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant  seaman  documented
 by  the  United  States  Coast  Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a
 civil servant employed by  the  United  States  Army  Transport  Service
 (later  redesignated  as  the  United  States Army Transportation Corps,
 Water Division) or the Naval  Transportation  Service;  and  who  served
 satisfactorily  as  a  crew  member during the period of armed conflict,
 December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nine-
 teen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels  in  oceangoing,  i.e.,
 foreign,  intercoastal,  or  coastwise service as such terms are defined
 under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to  include  "near
 foreign"  voyages  between  the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the
 West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing service or
 foreign waters  and  who  has  received  a  Certificate  of  Release  or
 Discharge  from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an Honorable
 Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of  Defense,
 or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field
 Service and served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army  Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict, Decem-
 ber seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one  through  May  eighth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (a) was discharged or released therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  or  (b)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section [three  hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service or  who  served  as  a  United
 States  civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan
 American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates  and
 served  overseas  as a result of Pan American's contract with Air Trans-
 port Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period  of  armed
 conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
 fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred forty-five, and who (d) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (e) has  a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (f)  is  a  discharged
 LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other
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 than  bad conduct or dishonorable from such service or during the period
 of the Korean conflict at any time between the dates of June twenty-sev-
 enth, nineteen hundred fifty and January thirty-first, nineteen  hundred
 fifty-five,  or during the period of the Vietnam conflict from the twen-
 ty-eighth day of February, nineteen hundred sixty-one to the seventh day
 of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five, or (ii) who served on active duty
 in the armed forces of the United States and who was a recipient of  the
 armed  forces  expeditionary  medal,  navy expeditionary medal or marine
 corps expeditionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon
 from  June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October  twenty-third,  nine-
 teen  hundred  eighty-three  to  November twenty-first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three, or in Panama from  December  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-nine  to  January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or (iii)
 who served in the armed forces of a  foreign  country  allied  with  the
 United  States  during world war I or world war II, or during the period
 of the Korean conflict at any time between June twenty-seventh, nineteen
 hundred fifty and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five,  or
 during  the  period of the Vietnam conflict from the first day of Novem-
 ber, nineteen hundred fifty-five to the seventh  day  of  May,  nineteen
 hundred  seventy-five, or during the period of the Persian Gulf conflict
 from the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety  to  the  end  of
 such  conflict,  or  who  served  on  active duty in the army or navy or
 marine corps or air force or coast guard of the United States,  and  who
 (a) was honorably discharged or separated from such service under honor-
 able  conditions,  or  (b)  has  a  qualifying  condition, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service,  or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service  except  where such action would endanger the public
 safety or the safety or health of persons cared for  by  the  state,  in
 which  event such persons shall be entitled to leave of absence with pay
 on another day in lieu thereof. All such persons who are compensated  on
 a per diem, hourly, semi-monthly or monthly basis, with or without main-
 tenance,  shall  also be entitled to leave of absence with pay under the
 provisions of this section and no deduction  in  vacation  allowance  or
 budgetary  allowable number of working days shall be made in lieu there-
 of. A refusal to give such leave of  absence  to  one  entitled  thereto
 shall be neglect of duty.
   §  81.  Subdivision  3  of section 1271 of the private housing finance
 law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   3. "Veteran" shall mean a resident of this state who (a) has served in
 the  United States army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard or
 (b) has served on active duty or ordered to active duty as defined in 10
 USC 101 (d)(1) as a member of the national guard or other reserve compo-
 nent of the armed forces of the United  States  or  (c)  has  served  on
 active  duty or ordered to active duty for the state, as a member of the
 state organized militia as defined in subdivision nine of section one of
 the military law, and has been released from such service documented  by
 an  honorable  or  general  discharge, or has a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, or is a discharged LGBT  veteran,  as
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 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or dishonorable from such service.
   §  82.  Subdivisions 2 and 4-a of section 458 of the real property tax
 law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, are amended to  read
 as follows:
   2.   Real   property   purchased  with  moneys  collected  by  popular
 subscription in partial recognition of extraordinary  services  rendered
 by  any  veteran  of world war one, world war two, or of the hostilities
 which commenced June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty, who (a) was
 honorably discharged from such service, or (b) has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a  discharged  LGBT
 veteran,  as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [execu-
 tive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who sustained perma-
 nent disability while on military duty, either  total  or  partial,  and
 owned by the person who sustained such injuries, or by his or her spouse
 or  unremarried  surviving  spouse,  or  dependent  father or mother, is
 subject to taxation as herein provided. Such property shall be  assessed
 in  the  same  manner as other real property in the tax district. At the
 meeting of the assessors to hear complaints concerning the  assessments,
 a  verified  application  for  the  exemption of such real property from
 taxation may be presented to them by or on behalf of the owner  thereof,
 which application must show the facts on which the exemption is claimed,
 including  the  amount  of  moneys  so  raised and used in or toward the
 purchase of such property. No exemption on  account  of  any  such  gift
 shall be allowed in excess of five thousand dollars. The application for
 exemption  shall  be  presented  and  action thereon taken in the manner
 provided by subdivision one of  this  section.  If  no  application  for
 exemption  be granted, the property shall be subject to taxation for all
 purposes.  The  provisions  herein,  relating  to  the  assessment   and
 exemption   of   property   purchased  with  moneys  raised  by  popular
 subscription, apply and shall be enforced in each municipal  corporation
 authorized to levy taxes.
   4-a.  For  the  purposes  of this section, the term "military or naval
 services" shall be deemed to also include service: (a) by a  person  who
 was  employed  by  the  War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense
 Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman  documented  by  the
 United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil serv-
 ant employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later redesig-
 nated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or
 the  Naval  Transportation  Service;  and who served satisfactorily as a
 crew member during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nine-
 teen hundred forty-one, to August  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-
 five,  aboard  merchant  vessels  in  oceangoing,  i.e., foreign, inter-
 coastal, or coastwise service as such terms are  defined  under  federal
 law  (46  USCA  10301  &  10501)  and  further to include "near foreign"
 voyages between the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies
 via ocean routes, or public vessels in  oceangoing  service  or  foreign
 waters  and  who has received a Certificate of Release or Discharge from
 Active Duty  and  a  discharge  certificate,  or  an  Honorable  Service
 Certificate/Report  of  Casualty,  from  the  department of defense; (b)
 service by a United States  civilian  employed  by  the  American  Field
 Service who served overseas under United States Armies and United States
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 Army  Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict, Decem-
 ber seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one  through  May  eighth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i) was discharged or released therefrom
 under  honorable  conditions,  or  (ii)  has  a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT  veter-
 an,  as  defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct  or  dishonorable  from such service; or (c) service by a United
 States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of  Pan
 American  World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates who
 served overseas as a result of Pan American's contract with  Air  Trans-
 port  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the period of armed
 conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
 fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (i) was  discharged  or
 released  therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the
 [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 83. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 and  subdivisions  9  and  10  of
 section 458-a of the real property tax law, paragraph (e) of subdivision
 1  and  subdivision  10  as  amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019,
 subdivision 9 as amended by section 36 of part AA of chapter 56  of  the
 laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (e)  "Veteran"  means  a person (i) who served in the active military,
 naval, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recipient  of
 the  armed  forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine
 corps expeditionary medal, or  global  war  on  terrorism  expeditionary
 medal,  and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition,  as  defined  in  section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such  service,  (ii) who was employed by the War Shipping Administration
 or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,
 or  as  a  civil  servant  employed  by the United States Army Transport
 Service (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation
 Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval Transportation Service; and who
 served satisfactorily as a  crew  member  during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one,  to  August
 fifteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant  vessels  in
 oceangoing,  i.e.,  foreign,  intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
 defense,  (iii)  who  served as a United States civilian employed by the
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 American Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (1) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2) has  a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3)  is  a  discharged
 LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (iv) who served as a
 United  States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee
 of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or  its  affil-
 iates  and  served  overseas as a result of Pan American's contract with
 Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service during  the  period
 of  armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred forty-one
 through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (1)  was
 discharged  or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2) has
 a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty]  ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or  (3)  is  a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or  (v)
 notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law to the contrary, who are
 members of the reserve components of the  armed  forces  of  the  United
 States  who  (1)  received  an  honorable discharge or release therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  or  (2)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section [three  hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the  [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, but are still members of  the
 reserve  components  of  the  armed forces of the United States provided
 that such members meet all other qualifications under the provisions  of
 this section.
   9.  The commissioner shall develop in consultation with the [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the New York state [division]  DEPARTMENT  of  veterans'
 services  a  listing  of  documents  to be used to establish eligibility
 under this section, including  but  not  limited  to  a  certificate  of
 release  or discharge from active duty also known as a DD-214 form or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of [Causality]  CASUALTY  from  the
 department  of defense. Such information shall be made available to each
 county, city, town or village assessor's office, or congressional  char-
 tered  veterans service officers who request such information. The list-
 ing of acceptable military records shall be made available on the inter-
 net websites of the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services and  the
 office of real property tax services.
   10. A county, city, town, village or school district may adopt a local
 law  or resolution to include those military personnel who served in the
 Reserve component of the United States Armed Forces that were deemed  on
 active duty under Executive Order 11519 signed March twenty-third, nine-
 teen  hundred  seventy,  35  Federal  Register 5003, dated March twenty-
 fourth, nineteen hundred seventy and  later  designated  by  the  United
 States  Department  of Defense as Operation Graphic Hand, if such member
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 (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions,  or
 (2)  has  a  qualifying  condition, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section  [three  hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge  other  than  bad  conduct  or dishonorable from such service,
 provided that such  veteran  meets  all  other  qualifications  of  this
 section.
   §  84.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 and subdivision 8 of section
 458-b of the real property tax law, paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  as
 amended  by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, subdivision 8 as amended by
 section 37 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, are amended  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  "Cold  War veteran" means a person, male or female, who served on
 active duty in the United States armed forces, during  the  time  period
 from  September  second, nineteen hundred forty-five to December twenty-
 sixth, nineteen hundred ninety-one, and (i) was discharged  or  released
 therefrom  under  honorable  conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condi-
 tion, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT
 veteran,  as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [execu-
 tive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other  than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   8.  The commissioner shall develop in consultation with the [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the New York state [division]  DEPARTMENT  of  veterans'
 services  a  listing  of  documents  to be used to establish eligibility
 under this section, including  but  not  limited  to  a  certificate  of
 release  or discharge from active duty also known as a DD-214 form or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of [Causality]  CASUALTY  from  the
 department  of defense. Such information shall be made available to each
 county, city, town or village assessor's office, or congressional  char-
 tered  veterans service officers who request such information. The list-
 ing of acceptable military records shall be made available on the inter-
 net websites of the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans' services and  the
 office of real property tax services.
   §  85.  Subparagraph  (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 122 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of
 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (v) any alien lawfully residing in the state who is on active duty  in
 the  armed  forces  (other than active duty for training) or who (1) has
 received an honorable discharge (and not on account  of  alienage)  from
 the  armed  forces,  or  (2)  has  a qualifying condition, as defined in
 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 (and  not  on  account  of  alienage) from the armed forces, or (3) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than bad conduct or dishonorable (and not on account of alienage)
 from the armed forces, or the spouse, unremarried  surviving  spouse  or
 unmarried  dependent  child  of any such alien, if such alien, spouse or
 dependent child is a qualified alien as defined in section  431  of  the
 federal  personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act
 of 1996 (8 U.S. Code 1641), as amended;
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   § 86. Subdivision 1 and paragraph 5 of subdivision 2 of section 168 of
 the social services law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of  2019,
 are amended to read as follows:
   1. Veteran means a person, male or female, who has served in the armed
 forces  of  the  United States in time of war, or who was a recipient of
 the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine
 corps expeditionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon
 from  June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October  twenty-third,  nine-
 teen  hundred  eighty-three  to  November twenty-first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three, or in Panama from  December  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-nine  to  January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, and who
 (1) has been honorably discharged or released  under  honorable  circum-
 stances  from  such  service  or furloughed to the reserve, or (2) has a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and  has  received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   (5)  World  war II; from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred
 forty-one to and including the thirty-first day  of  December,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-six,  or  who  was  employed by the War Shipping Adminis-
 tration or Office  of  Defense  Transportation  or  their  agents  as  a
 merchant  seaman  documented by the United States Coast Guard or Depart-
 ment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by  the  United  States
 Army  Transport  Service  (later  redesignated as the United States Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Ameri-
 can Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies  and
 United  States  Army  Groups  in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  May
 eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a  discharged
 LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other
 than  bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or who served as a
 United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support  Employee
 of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affil-
 iates and served overseas as a result of Pan  American's  contract  with
 Air  Transport  Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period
 of armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv) was
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 discharged  or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has
 a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty]  ONE
 of  the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge
 other  than  bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (vi) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE
 of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  87.  Subparagraph  1  of paragraph (b) of subdivision 29 of section
 210-B of the tax law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (1)  who  served  on  active duty in the United States army, navy, air
 force, marine corps, coast guard or the reserves thereof, or who  served
 in  active military service of the United States as a member of the army
 national guard, air national guard, New York guard  or  New  York  naval
 militia;  who  (i) was released from active duty by general or honorable
 discharge after September eleventh, two thousand  one,  or  (ii)  has  a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service after September
 eleventh, two thousand one, or (iii) is a discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or dishonorable from such service after September eleventh, two thousand
 one;
   §  88.  Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 2 of subsection (a-2) of section
 606 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws  of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (A)  who  served  on  active duty in the United States army, navy, air
 force, marine corps, coast guard or the reserves thereof, or who  served
 in  active military service of the United States as a member of the army
 national guard, air national guard, New York guard  or  New  York  naval
 militia;  who  (i) was released from active duty by general or honorable
 discharge after September eleventh, two thousand  one,  or  (ii)  has  a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service after September
 eleventh, two thousand one, or (iii) is a discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as
 defined  in  section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETER-
 ANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or dishonorable from such service after September eleventh, two thousand
 one;
   §  89.  Paragraph  18-a  of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax
 law, as added by chapter 478 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (18-a)  Tangible personal property manufactured and sold by a veteran,
 as defined in section  [three  hundred  sixty-four]  TWENTY-TWO  of  the
 [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  for  the  benefit of a veteran's
 service organization, provided that such person or any member of his  or
 her  household  does  not  conduct  a trade or business in which similar
 items are sold, the first two thousand five hundred dollars of  receipts
 from such sales in a calendar year.
   §  90. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 2 of subdivision (g-1) of section
 1511 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (A)  who  served  on  active duty in the United States army, navy, air
 force, marine corps, coast guard or the reserves thereof, or who  served
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 in  active military service of the United States as a member of the army
 national guard, air national guard, New York guard  or  New  York  naval
 militia;  who  (i) was released from active duty by general or honorable
 discharge  after  September  eleventh,  two  thousand one, or (ii) has a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of
 the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and  has  received  a  discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service after September
 eleventh,  two  thousand  one, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service after September eleventh, two thousand
 one;
   § 91. Section 295 of the town law, as amended by chapter  490  of  the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  295. Removal of remains of deceased members of armed forces. Upon a
 verified petition presented to a judge of a court of record by any armed
 forces' organization in any town or city in this state by a majority  of
 its  officers,  or  a  majority of any memorial committee in any town or
 city where there are two or more veteran armed forces' organizations, or
 in towns or cities where there are no veteran  armed  forces'  organiza-
 tions,  upon  the petition of five or more veterans of the armed forces,
 the judge to whom said verified petition  is  presented  shall  make  an
 order  to  show  cause, returnable before him OR HER at a time and place
 within the county in not less than fourteen or  more  than  twenty  days
 from  the  date of presentation of said petition, why the remains of any
 deceased members of the armed forces buried in potter's field, or in any
 neglected or abandoned cemeteries, should not be removed  to  and  rein-
 terred in a properly kept incorporated cemetery in the same town or city
 or  in  a  town  adjoining  the  town  or city in which the remains of a
 deceased member of the armed forces are buried, and to fix the amount of
 the expenses for such removal and reinterment, and  the  order  to  show
 cause shall provide for its publication in a newspaper, to be designated
 in  the order, which is published nearest to the cemetery from which the
 removal is sought to be made, once  in  each  week  for  two  successive
 weeks.  The verified petition presented to the judge shall show that the
 petitioners are a majority of the officers of  a  veteran  armed  forces
 organization,  or  a majority of a memorial committee in towns or cities
 where two or more veteran armed forces organizations exist, or that  the
 petitioners  are  honorably  discharged  veterans of the armed forces in
 towns or cities where no veteran armed forces  organization  exists,  or
 that  the petitioners have a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service  and are in towns or cities where no veteran armed forces organ-
 izations exist, or that the petitioners are discharged LGBT veterans, as
 defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the  [executive]  VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  law,  and received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service and are in  towns  and  cities  where  no
 veteran  armed  forces  organizations  exist,  and  (1)  the name of the
 deceased member or members of the armed forces, whose remains are sought
 to be removed, and if known the unit in which he, SHE  or  they  served;
 (2) the name and location of the cemetery in which he OR SHE is interred
 and from which removal is asked to be made; (3) the name and location of
 the incorporated cemetery to which the remains are desired to be removed
 and reinterred; (4) the facts showing the reasons for such removal. Upon
 the  return  day  of  the  order to show cause and at the time and place
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 fixed in said order, upon filing proof of publication of  the  order  to
 show  cause  with  the judge, if no objection is made thereto, he OR SHE
 shall make an order  directing  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  said
 deceased  member  or  members of the armed forces to the cemetery desig-
 nated in the petition within the town or city or within a town adjoining
 the town or city in which the remains are then buried and shall  specify
 in  the order the amount of the expenses of such removal, which expenses
 of removal and reinterment, including  the  expense  of  the  proceeding
 under  this section, shall be a charge upon the county in which the town
 or city is situated from which the removal is  made  and  such  expenses
 shall  be a county charge and audited by the board of supervisors of the
 county and paid in the same manner as other county charges. On and after
 the removal and reinterment of the remains of  the  deceased  member  or
 members  of the armed forces in the armed forces' plot, the expenses for
 annual care of the grave in the armed forces' burial plot to  which  the
 removal  is made shall be annually provided by the town or city in which
 the remains were originally buried, at the rate of not to exceed  twenty
 dollars  per grave, and shall be paid annually to the incorporated ceme-
 tery association to which the remains of each  deceased  member  of  the
 armed forces may be removed and reinterred. The petition and order shall
 be filed in the county clerk's office of the county in which the remains
 of the deceased member of the armed forces were originally interred, and
 the  service  of  a  certified copy of the final order upon the cemetery
 association shall be made prior to any  removal.  Any  relative  of  the
 deceased  member  or  members of the armed forces, or the officer of any
 cemetery association in which the remains  of  the  deceased  member  or
 members of the armed forces were originally interred, or the authorities
 of  the  county  in which the member or members of the armed forces were
 originally buried, may oppose the granting of said order and  the  judge
 shall summarily hear the statement of the parties and make such order as
 the  justice  and equity of the application shall require. Any headstone
 or monument which marks the grave of the deceased member  of  the  armed
 forces  shall be removed and reset at the grave in the cemetery in which
 the removal is permitted to be made and in each  case  the  final  order
 shall  provide  the amount of the expenses of such removals and reinter-
 ment and resetting of the headstone or monument, including the  expenses
 of  the  proceedings  under this section; except that where provision is
 otherwise made for the purchase or erection of a new headstone, monument
 or marker at the grave in the cemetery to which such removal is  permit-
 ted, such old headstone or monument need not be so removed and reset, in
 which  case such final order shall not provide for the expense of reset-
 ting. The order shall designate the person or persons having  charge  of
 the  removals and reinterments. Upon completion of the removal, reinter-
 ment and resetting of the headstones or monuments, the person or persons
 having charge of the same shall make a verified report of  the  removal,
 reinterment  and  resetting  of  the  headstone or monument and file the
 report in the clerk's office of the proper county. The words "member  of
 the armed forces" shall be construed to mean a member of the armed forc-
 es  who  served in the armed forces of the United States and who (5) was
 honorably discharged from such service, or (6) has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive]
 VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (7) is a  discharged  LGBT
 veteran,  as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [execu-
 tive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such service, and the words "armed
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 forces plot" shall be construed to mean a plot of land in  any  incorpo-
 rated cemetery set apart to be exclusively used as a place for interring
 the  remains  of  deceased  veterans  of  the armed forces of the United
 States.
   §  92.  Subdivision 2 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The distinctive plate authorized pursuant to this section shall be
 issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the  applicant
 is  a  veteran who served in the United States Naval Armed Guard and who
 (1) was honorably discharged from such service, or (2) has a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other than
 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3)  is  a  discharged
 LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the
 [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a  discharge  other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  93.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by section 19 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in  the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu-
 lar registration fee prescribed by section  four  hundred  one  of  this
 article,  provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
 fifteen dollars shall be charged for such  plate.  Such  annual  service
 charge  shall be deposited to the credit of the Eighth Air Force Histor-
 ical Society fund established pursuant to section ninety-five-f  of  the
 state  finance  law  and shall be used for veterans' counseling services
 provided by local veterans' service agencies pursuant to section  [three
 hundred  fifty-seven] FOURTEEN of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law
 under the direction of the [division] DEPARTMENT of veterans'  services.
 Provided,  however,  that  one  year  after  the  effective date of this
 section funds in the amount of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof
 as may be available, shall be allocated  to  the  department  to  offset
 costs associated with the production of such license plates.
   §  94. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 404-w of the
 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of  2019,
 are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  a  person  who served in the armed forces of the United States in
 the hostilities that occurred in the Persian Gulf from the eleventh  day
 of  September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, who (i)
 was discharged therefrom under other than  dishonorable  conditions,  or
 (ii)  has  a  qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; or
   (b)  a  person  who served in the armed forces of the United States in
 the hostilities that occurred in Afghanistan from the  eleventh  day  of
 September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, who (i) was
 discharged  therefrom  under other than dishonorable conditions, or (ii)
 has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]
 ONE  of  the  [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES  law,  and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
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 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  95.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf veteran" shall mean
 a person who is a resident of this state, who served in the armed forces
 of  the  United  States  in the hostilities that occurred in the Persian
 Gulf from the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety to  the  end
 of such hostilities, and was (a) honorably discharged from the military,
 or  (b) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (c)  is  a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 96. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 3 of section 404-y of  the
 vehicle  and traffic law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019,
 are amended to read as follows:
   (a) "Veteran of the Iraq War" shall mean a person who is a resident of
 this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States  in  the
 hostilities that occurred in Iraq from the sixteenth day of October, two
 thousand two to the end of such hostilities who (i) was discharged ther-
 efrom  under other than dishonorable conditions or (ii) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [exec-
 utive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred  fifty]  ONE  of  the
 [executive]  VETERANS'  SERVICES law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; and
   (b) "Veteran of the Afghanistan War" shall mean  a  person  who  is  a
 resident  of  this  state,  who served in the armed forces of the United
 States in the hostilities that occurred in Afghanistan from the  seventh
 day  of October, two thousand one to the end of such hostilities who (i)
 was discharged therefrom under other  than  dishonorable  conditions  or
 (ii)  has  a  qualifying condition, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section [three hundred
 fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 97. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing  number  or
 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 cle  forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
 and shall contain such other information and shall  be  issued  in  such
 form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
 tification  card  or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
 twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the  statement
 "UNDER  21  YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or format.
 Provided, further, however, that every identification card issued to  an
 applicant  who was a member of the armed forces of the United States and
 (i) received an honorable discharge  or  was  released  therefrom  under
 honorable  conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in
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 section [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS'  SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section  [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service, shall, upon his or  her  request  and  submission  of
 proof  as  set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form
 as the commissioner shall determine, indicating that  he  or  she  is  a
 veteran.  Such  proof  shall  consist  of  a  certificate  of release or
 discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or
 other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not
 require fees for the issuance of such identification cards  or  renewals
 thereof  to  persons  under  twenty-one years of age which are different
 from the fees required for  the  issuance  of  identification  cards  or
 renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over, nor fees to
 persons  requesting  a  veteran  distinguishing mark which are different
 from fees that would otherwise  be  required.  Provided,  however,  that
 notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  section four hundred ninety-one of
 this article, the commissioner shall not require any fees for the dupli-
 cation or amendment of an identification card prior to  its  renewal  if
 such  duplication  or  amendment  was solely for the purpose of adding a
 veteran distinguishing mark to such identification card.
   § 98. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who  was
 a  member  of the armed forces of the United States and who (i) received
 an honorable discharge or was released therefrom under honorable  condi-
 tions,  or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three
 hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES  law,  and  has
 received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as  defined  in  section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, shall, upon his or her request and submission of proof  as
 set  forth  herein,  contain  a distinguishing mark, in such form as the
 commissioner shall determine, indicating that he or she  is  a  veteran.
 Such  proof  shall consist of a certificate of release or discharge from
 active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214  or  other  proof
 satisfactory  to  the  commissioner.  The commissioner shall not require
 fees for the issuance of such licenses or renewals  thereof  to  persons
 requesting  a  veteran distinguishing mark which are different from fees
 otherwise  required;  provided,  however,   that   notwithstanding   the
 provisions  of this section, the commissioner shall not require fees for
 a duplication or amendment of a license prior to  its  renewal  if  such
 duplication  or amendment was solely for the purpose of adding a veteran
 distinguishing mark to such license.
   § 99. The second undesignated subparagraph of paragraph (a) of  subdi-
 vision  8  of section 15 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   Second: That any plan which will reasonably, equitably and practically
 operate to break down hindrances and remove obstacles to the  employment
 of  partially disabled persons who (i) are honorably discharged from our
 armed forces, or (ii) have a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
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 service,  or  (iii)  are discharged LGBT veterans, as defined in section
 [three hundred fifty] ONE of the [executive] VETERANS' SERVICES law, and
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service, or any other physically handicapped persons, is of vital impor-
 tance to the state and its people and is of concern to this legislature;
   §  100. Transfer of powers of the division of veterans' services.  The
 functions and powers possessed by and all of the obligations and  duties
 of  the division of veterans' services, as established pursuant to arti-
 cle 17 of the executive law and other laws,  shall  be  transferred  and
 assigned  to, and assumed by and devolved upon, the department of veter-
 ans' services.
   § 101. Abolition of the  division  of  veterans'  services.  Upon  the
 transfer  pursuant  to this act of the functions and powers possessed by
 and all of the obligations and  duties  of  the  division  of  veterans'
 services, as established pursuant to article 17 of the executive law and
 other laws, the division of veterans' services shall be abolished.
   §  102. Continuity of authority of the division of veterans' services.
 Except as herein otherwise provided, upon the transfer pursuant to  this
 act of the functions and powers possessed by, and all of the obligations
 and duties of, the division of veterans' services, as established pursu-
 ant to article 17 of the executive law and other laws, to the department
 of  veterans'  services  as  prescribed  by this act, for the purpose of
 succession, all functions, powers, duties and obligations of the depart-
 ment of veterans' services shall be deemed and be held to constitute the
 continuation of such functions, powers, duties and obligations and not a
 different agency.
   § 103. Transfer of records of the division of veterans' services. Upon
 the transfer pursuant to this act of the functions and powers  possessed
 by  and  all  of the obligations and duties of the division of veterans'
 services, as established pursuant to article 17 of the executive law and
 other laws, to the department of veterans'  services  as  prescribed  by
 this  act,  all  books,  papers,  records and property pertaining to the
 division of veterans' services shall be transferred to and maintained by
 the department of veterans' services.
   § 104. Completion of unfinished business of the division of  veterans'
 services.  Upon  the  transfer pursuant to this act of the functions and
 powers possessed by and all of the obligations and duties of  the  divi-
 sion of veterans' services, as established pursuant to article 17 of the
 executive law and other laws, to the department of veterans' services as
 prescribed  by  this  act,  any  business  or other matter undertaken or
 commenced by  the  division  of  veterans'  services  pertaining  to  or
 connected  with  the functions, powers, obligations and duties so trans-
 ferred and assigned to the department  of  veterans'  services,  may  be
 conducted or completed by the department of veterans' services.
   §  105.  Terms  occurring  in laws, contracts or other documents of or
 pertaining to the division of  veterans'  services.  Upon  the  transfer
 pursuant to this act of the functions and powers possessed by and all of
 the  obligations  and  duties  of the division of veterans' services, as
 established pursuant to article 17 of the executive law and other  laws,
 as  prescribed  by this act, whenever the division of veterans' services
 and the commissioner thereof, the  functions,  powers,  obligations  and
 duties of which are transferred to the department of veterans' services,
 are  referred to or designated in any law, regulation, contract or docu-
 ment pertaining to the functions, powers, obligations and duties  trans-
 ferred  and assigned pursuant to this act, such reference or designation
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 shall be deemed to refer to the department of veterans' services and its
 commissioner.
   §  106. (a) Wherever the term "division of veterans' services" appears
 in the consolidated or unconsolidated laws of this state, such  term  is
 hereby changed to "department of veterans' services".
   (b)  The  legislative  bill  drafting commission is hereby directed to
 effectuate this provision, and  shall  be  guided  by  a  memorandum  of
 instruction  setting forth the specific provisions of law to be amended.
 Such memorandum shall be transmitted to the  legislative  bill  drafting
 commission  within sixty days of enactment of this provision. Such memo-
 randum shall be issued jointly by the governor, the temporary  president
 of  the  senate  and  the speaker of the assembly, or by the delegate of
 each.
   § 107. Existing rights and remedies of or pertaining to  the  division
 of  veterans'  services.   Upon the transfer pursuant to this act of the
 functions and powers possessed by and all of the obligations and  duties
 of  the division of veterans' services, as established pursuant to arti-
 cle 17 of the executive law and other laws, to the department of  veter-
 ans'  services as prescribed by this act, no existing right or remedy of
 the state, including the division of veterans' services, shall be  lost,
 impaired or affected by reason of this act.
   §  108.  Pending actions and proceedings of or pertaining to the divi-
 sion of veterans' services. Upon the transfer pursuant to  this  act  of
 the  functions  and  powers  possessed by and all of the obligations and
 duties of the division of veterans' services, as established pursuant to
 article 17 of the executive law and other laws,  to  the  department  of
 veterans'  services  as  prescribed by this act, no action or proceeding
 pending on the effective date of this act, brought  by  or  against  the
 division  of  veterans'  services  or  the commissioner thereof shall be
 affected by any provision of this act, but the same may be prosecuted or
 defended in the name of the  New  York  state  department  of  veterans'
 services.  In  all  such  actions  and  proceedings,  the New York state
 department of veterans' services, upon application to the  court,  shall
 be substituted as a party.
   §  109.  Continuation of rules and regulations of or pertaining to the
 division of veterans' services. Upon the transfer pursuant to  this  act
 of  the  functions  and  powers possessed by and all the obligations and
 duties of the division of veterans' services, as established pursuant to
 article 17 of the executive law and other laws,  to  the  department  of
 veterans'  services  as  prescribed by this act, all rules, regulations,
 acts, orders, determinations,  decisions,  licenses,  registrations  and
 charters  of the division of veterans' services, pertaining to the func-
 tions transferred and assigned by this act to the department  of  veter-
 ans'  services,  in  force  at  the  time  of such transfer, assignment,
 assumption or devolution shall continue in force and  effect  as  rules,
 regulations,  acts,  determinations  and  decisions of the department of
 veterans' services until duly modified or repealed.
   § 110. Transfer of appropriations heretofore made to the  division  of
 veterans' services.  Upon the transfer pursuant to this act of the func-
 tions  and  powers possessed by and all of the obligations and duties of
 the division of veterans' services, as established pursuant  to  article
 17  of  the executive law and other laws, to the department of veterans'
 services as prescribed by this act, all appropriations  and  reappropri-
 ations  which  shall  have  been  made  available as of the date of such
 transfer to the division of veterans' services or segregated pursuant to
 law, to the extent of  remaining  unexpended  or  unencumbered  balances
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 thereof, whether allocated or unallocated and whether obligated or unob-
 ligated, shall be transferred to and made available for use and expendi-
 ture  by  the  department  of veterans' services and shall be payable on
 vouchers  certified  or  approved  by  the  commissioner of taxation and
 finance, on audit and warrant of the comptroller.  Payments  of  liabil-
 ities  for  expenses  of  personnel  services, maintenance and operation
 which shall have been incurred as of the date of such  transfer  by  the
 division  of  veterans' services, and for liabilities incurred and to be
 incurred in completing its affairs shall also be made on vouchers certi-
 fied or approved by the commissioner of veterans' services, on audit and
 warrant of the comptroller.
   § 111. Transfer of employees. Upon the transfer pursuant to  this  act
 of  the  functions  and  powers  possessed by and all of the division of
 veterans' services, as established pursuant to article 17 of the  execu-
 tive  law  and  other  laws,  to the department of veterans' services as
 prescribed by this act, provision shall be made for the transfer of  all
 employees from the division of veterans' services into the department of
 veterans' services.  Employees so transferred shall be transferred with-
 out  further  examination or qualification to the same or similar titles
 and shall remain in the  same  collective  bargaining  units  and  shall
 retain their respective civil service classifications, status and rights
 pursuant  to their collective bargaining units and collective bargaining
 agreements.
   § 112. Severability. If any clause, sentence,  paragraph,  section  or
 part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdic-
 tion to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate
 the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in  its  operation  to  the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved
 in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
   § 113. This act shall take effect April 1,  2023;  provided,  however,
 that  the  amendments  to  subdivision (l) of section 7.09 of the mental
 hygiene law made by section fifteen of this act  shall  not  affect  the
 repeal  of  such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
 provided further that the amendments to paragraph j of subdivision 1 and
 subdivisions 6 and 6-d of section 163 of the state finance law  made  by
 section  twenty-eight  of  this  act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed  to  be  repealed  therewith;  and  provided
 further that the amendments to paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section
 5.06  of  the  mental hygiene law made by section fourteen-a of this act
 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as section two
 of chapter 4 of the laws of 2022, takes  effect;  and  provided  further
 that the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 103-a of the state tech-
 nology  law  made by section thirty-one of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such section and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith; and
 provided further, that if  chapter 609 of the laws  of  2021  shall  not
 have  taken effect on or before such date, then section seventy-eight of
 this act shall take effect on the same date and in the  same  manner  as
 such  chapter  of the laws of 2021 takes effect.  Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made on or before such date.
 
                                  PART LL
 
   Section 1. By February 1, 2023, the state university of New  York  and
 the city university of New York shall each submit a report to the gover-
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 nor,  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate, and the speaker of the
 assembly on the hiring of faculty pursuant to any state  funding  appro-
 priated  for  such  purposes.  Such  report  shall include the following
 information:
   1.  the  number of faculty hired, including a breakdown, by campus, of
 the number of full-time tenured faculty, full-time tenure-track faculty,
 full-time non-tenure track faculty, part-time faculty, adjunct  faculty,
 lecturers, visiting faculty, and any other related position;
   2. the number of unfilled faculty positions at each campus;
   3.  the ratio of full-time faculty to full-time equivalent students at
 each campus;
   4. the number of credit hours taught by full-time faculty,  per  year;
 and
   5. the number of credit hours taught by part-time faculty, per year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART MM

   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new article
 15 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 15
                      HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER PROGRAM
 SECTION 700. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
         701. DEFINITIONS.
         702. HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER PROGRAM.
         703. ELIGIBILITY.
         704. FUNDING ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION.
         705. PAYMENT OF HOUSING VOUCHERS.
         706. LEASES AND TENANCY.
         707. RENTAL OBLIGATION.
         708. MONTHLY ASSISTANCE PAYMENT.
         709. INSPECTION OF UNITS.
         710. RENT.
         711. VACATED UNITS.
         712. LEASING OF UNITS OWNED BY A HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL
                ADMINISTRATOR.
         713. VERIFICATION OF INCOME.
         714. DIVISION OF AN ASSISTED FAMILY.
         715. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
         716. VOUCHERS STATEWIDE.
         717. APPLICABLE CODES.
         718. HOUSING CHOICE.
   § 700. LEGISLATIVE  FINDINGS.  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT IT IS IN THE
 PUBLIC INTEREST AND AN OBLIGATION OF THE STATE TO ENSURE  THAT  INDIVID-
 UALS  AND  FAMILIES ARE NOT RENDERED HOMELESS BECAUSE OF AN INABILITY TO
 PAY THE COST OF HOUSING, AND THAT THE STATE SHOULD AID  INDIVIDUALS  AND
 FAMILIES WHO ARE HOMELESS OR FACE AN IMMINENT LOSS OF HOUSING IN OBTAIN-
 ING  AND  MAINTAINING  SUITABLE PERMANENT HOUSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 701. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "HOMELESS" MEANS  LACKING A FIXED, REGULAR, AND ADEQUATE NIGHTTIME
 RESIDENCE; HAVING A PRIMARY NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE  THAT  IS  A  PUBLIC  OR
 PRIVATE  PLACE NOT DESIGNED FOR OR ORDINARILY USED AS A REGULAR SLEEPING
 ACCOMMODATION FOR HUMAN BEINGS, INCLUDING A CAR, PARK, ABANDONED  BUILD-
 ING, BUS OR TRAIN STATION, AIRPORT, CAMPGROUND, OR OTHER PLACE NOT MEANT
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 FOR HUMAN HABITATION; LIVING IN A SUPERVISED PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OPER-
 ATED   SHELTER  DESIGNATED  TO  PROVIDE  TEMPORARY  LIVING  ARRANGEMENTS
 (INCLUDING HOTELS AND MOTELS PAID FOR BY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS,
 CONGREGATE  SHELTERS,  OR  TRANSITIONAL HOUSING); EXITING AN INSTITUTION
 WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY HAS RESIDED AND LACKING  A  REGULAR  FIXED
 AND  ADEQUATE  NIGHTTIME  RESIDENCE  UPON  RELEASE OR DISCHARGE; BEING A
 HOMELESS FAMILY WITH CHILDREN OR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH DEFINED AS HOMELESS
 UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 11302(A); HAVING EXPERIENCED A LONG-TERM PERIOD  WITH-
 OUT  LIVING  INDEPENDENTLY  IN  PERMANENT  HOUSING OR HAVING EXPERIENCED
 PERSISTENT INSTABILITY AS MEASURED BY FREQUENT MOVES AND  BEING  REASON-
 ABLY  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN SUCH STATUS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
 BECAUSE OF CHRONIC  DISABILITIES,  CHRONIC  PHYSICAL  HEALTH  OR  MENTAL
 HEALTH  CONDITIONS,  SUBSTANCE ADDICTION, HISTORIES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 OR CHILDHOOD ABUSE, THE PRESENCE OF A CHILD OR YOUTH WITH A  DISABILITY,
 MULTIPLE  BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, OR OTHER DANGEROUS OR LIFE-THREATENING
 CONDITIONS, INCLUDING CONDITIONS THAT  RELATE  TO  VIOLENCE  AGAINST  AN
 INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY MEMBER.
   2.  "IMMINENT  LOSS  OF HOUSING" MEANS HAVING RECEIVED A VERIFIED RENT
 DEMAND OR A PETITION FOR EVICTION; HAVING RECEIVED A COURT ORDER RESULT-
 ING FROM AN EVICTION ACTION THAT NOTIFIES THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY  THAT
 THEY  MUST  LEAVE  THEIR  HOUSING; FACING LOSS OF HOUSING DUE TO A COURT
 ORDER TO VACATE THE PREMISES DUE  TO  HAZARDOUS  CONDITIONS,  WHICH  MAY
 INCLUDE  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ASBESTOS, LEAD EXPOSURE, MOLD, AND RADON;
 HAVING A PRIMARY NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE THAT IS A ROOM IN A HOTEL OR  MOTEL
 AND  LACKING THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO STAY; FACING LOSS OF THE PRIMARY
 NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE LIVING IN  THE  HOME  OF  ANOTHER
 HOUSEHOLD,  WHERE  THE OWNER OR RENTER OF THE HOUSING WILL NOT ALLOW THE
 INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY TO STAY, PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT AN  ASSERTION  FROM
 AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR  FAMILY MEMBER ALLEGING SUCH LOSS OF HOUSING OR HOME-
 LESSNESS SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH  ELIGIBILITY;  OR  FLEEING  OR
 ATTEMPTING  TO  FLEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT,
 STALKING, HUMAN  TRAFFICKING  OR  OTHER  DANGEROUS  OR  LIFE-THREATENING
 CONDITIONS  THAT  RELATE  TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY
 MEMBER, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT AN ASSERTION FROM AN INDIVIDUAL OR  FAMILY
 MEMBER  ALLEGING  SUCH  ABUSE AND LOSS OF HOUSING SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO
 ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY.
   3. "PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY" MEANS ANY COUNTY,  MUNICIPALITY,  OR  OTHER
 GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY OR PUBLIC BODY THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER ANY
 PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM (OR AN AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF SUCH AN ENTI-
 TY), AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ENTITY THAT  ADMINISTERS
 ANY OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM OR ASSISTANCE.
   4. "SECTION 8 LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS AN ORGANIZATION THAT ADMINIS-
 TERS  THE  SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS PROGRAM WITHIN A COMMUNITY,
 COUNTY OR REGION, OR STATEWIDE, ON BEHALF OF AND UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE
 HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION.
   5. "HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS A PUBLIC HOUSING
 AGENCY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION,  OR  SECTION  8
 LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR DESIGNATED TO ADMINISTER THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER
 PROGRAM WITHIN A COMMUNITY, COUNTY OR REGION, OR STATEWIDE, ON BEHALF OF
 AND UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION.
   6. "FAMILY" MEANS A GROUP OF PERSONS  RESIDING  TOGETHER.  SUCH  GROUP
 INCLUDES,  BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED TO A FAMILY WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN (A
 CHILD WHO IS TEMPORARILY AWAY FROM THE  HOME  BECAUSE  OF  PLACEMENT  IN
 FOSTER  CARE  IS  CONSIDERED  A  MEMBER  OF THE FAMILY) OR ANY REMAINING
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 MEMBERS OF A TENANT FAMILY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE  THE  DISCRETION
 TO DETERMINE IF ANY OTHER GROUP OF PERSONS QUALIFIES AS A FAMILY.
   7. "OWNER" MEANS ANY PRIVATE PERSON OR ANY ENTITY, INCLUDING A COOPER-
 ATIVE,  AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR A PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY,
 HAVING THE LEGAL RIGHT TO LEASE OR SUBLEASE DWELLING UNITS.
   8. "DWELLING UNIT" MEANS  A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING, INCLUDING ATTACHED
 STRUCTURES SUCH AS PORCHES AND STOOPS; OR A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING  UNIT
 IN A STRUCTURE THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
 UNIT, AND IN WHICH EACH SUCH UNIT IS USED OR OCCUPIED, OR INTENDED TO BE
 USED  OR  OCCUPIED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AS THE RESIDENCE OF ONE OR MORE
 PERSONS.
   9. "INCOME" MEANS INCOME FROM ALL SOURCES OF EACH MEMBER OF THE HOUSE-
 HOLD, INCLUDING ALL WAGES, TIPS, OVER-TIME, SALARY, WELFARE  ASSISTANCE,
 SOCIAL  SECURITY  PAYMENTS,  CHILD  SUPPORT PAYMENTS, RETURNS ON INVEST-
 MENTS, AND  RECURRING  GIFTS.  THE  TERM  "INCOME"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE:
 EMPLOYMENT  INCOME FROM CHILDREN UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, EMPLOYMENT
 INCOME FROM CHILDREN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER  WHO  ARE  FULL-TIME
 STUDENTS,  FOSTER  CARE  PAYMENTS, SPORADIC GIFTS, GROCERIES PROVIDED BY
 PERSONS NOT LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD, SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM  (FOOD  STAMP)  BENEFITS,  EARNED INCOME DISREGARD (EID), OR THE
 EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.
   10. "ADJUSTED INCOME" MEANS INCOME MINUS ANY DEDUCTIONS  ALLOWABLE  BY
 THE  RULES  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
 MANDATORY DEDUCTIONS SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS FOR EACH DEPENDENT;
   (B) FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBER AND/OR A FAMILY
 MEMBER WITH A DISABILITY;
   (C) ANY REASONABLE CHILD CARE EXPENSES NECESSARY TO ENABLE A MEMBER OF
 THE FAMILY TO BE EMPLOYED OR TO FURTHER HIS OR HER EDUCATION;
   (D) THE SUM TOTAL OF UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL EXPENSES  FOR  EACH  ELDERLY
 FAMILY  MEMBER  AND/OR FAMILY MEMBER WITH A DISABILITY PLUS UNREIMBURSED
 ATTENDANT CARE AND/OR MEDICAL APPARATUS EXPENSES FOR EACH MEMBER OF  THE
 FAMILY WITH A DISABILITY WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE FAMI-
 LY  (INCLUDING THE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO IS A PERSON WITH A DISABILI-
 TY) TO BE EMPLOYED, THAT IS GREATER THAN THREE  PERCENT  OF  THE  ANNUAL
 INCOME; AND
   (E) EXPENSES RELATED TO CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS DUE AND OWING.
   11.  "REASONABLE  RENT"  MEANS  RENT NOT MORE THAN THE RENT CHARGED ON
 COMPARABLE UNITS IN THE PRIVATE UNASSISTED MARKET AND RENT  CHARGED  FOR
 COMPARABLE UNASSISTED UNITS IN THE PREMISES.
   12. "FAIR MARKET RENT" MEANS THE FAIR MARKET RENT FOR EACH RENTAL AREA
 AS  PROMULGATED  ANNUALLY BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
 URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND  RESEARCH  PURSUANT
 TO 42 U.S.C. 1437F.
   13. "VOUCHER" MEANS A DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPO-
 RATION  PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY SELECTED FOR
 ADMISSION TO THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER PROGRAM,  WHICH  DESCRIBES  SUCH
 PROGRAM AND THE PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL OF A UNIT SELECTED BY THE FAMILY
 AND  STATES  THE  OBLIGATIONS  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL  OR  FAMILY UNDER THE
 PROGRAM.
   14. "LEASE" MEANS A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN OWNER  AND  A  TENANT
 FOR  THE LEASING OF A DWELLING UNIT TO THE TENANT. THE LEASE ESTABLISHES
 THE CONDITIONS FOR OCCUPANCY OF THE DWELLING UNIT BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR
 FAMILY  WITH  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENTS UNDER A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
 OWNER AND THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR.
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   15. "DEPENDENT" MEANS ANY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO IS NEITHER THE HEAD
 OF HOUSEHOLD, NOR THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD'S SPOUSE, AND WHO IS:
   (A) UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN;
   (B) A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY; OR
   (C) A FULL-TIME STUDENT.
   16. "ELDERLY" MEANS A PERSON SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   17. "CHILD CARE EXPENSES" MEANS EXPENSES RELATING TO THE CARE OF CHIL-
 DREN UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN.
   18.  "SEVERELY RENT BURDENED" MEANS THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO
 PAY MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME IN RENT AS  DEFINED  BY  THE
 UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
   19. "DISABILITY" MEANS:
   (A)  THE  INABILITY  TO  ENGAGE IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY BY
 REASON OF ANY MEDICALLY DETERMINABLE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT WHICH
 CAN BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN  DEATH  OR  WHICH  HAS  LASTED  OR  CAN  BE
 EXPECTED TO LAST FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWELVE MONTHS;
 OR
   (B)  IN  THE  CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF FIFTY-
 FIVE AND IS BLIND, THE INABILITY BY REASON OF SUCH BLINDNESS  TO  ENGAGE
 IN SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY REQUIRING SKILLS OR ABILITIES COMPARABLE
 TO  THOSE  OF ANY GAINFUL ACTIVITY IN WHICH THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED
 WITH SOME REGULARITY AND OVER A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF TIME; OR
   (C) A PHYSICAL, MENTAL, OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENT WHICH:
   (I) IS EXPECTED TO BE OF LONG-CONTINUED AND INDEFINITE DURATION;
   (II) SUBSTANTIALLY IMPEDES HIS OR HER ABILITY TO  LIVE  INDEPENDENTLY;
 AND
   (III)  IS OF SUCH A NATURE THAT SUCH ABILITY COULD BE IMPROVED BY MORE
 SUITABLE HOUSING CONDITIONS; OR
   (D) A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY THAT IS A SEVERE, CHRONIC DISABILITY OF
 AN INDIVIDUAL THAT:
   (I) IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OR  COMBINATION
 OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS;
   (II) IS MANIFESTED BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL ATTAINS AGE TWENTY-TWO;
   (III) IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY;
   (IV) RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS IN THREE OR MORE OF
 THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITY:
   (A) SELF-CARE;
   (B) RECEPTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE;
   (C) LEARNING;
   (D) MOBILITY;
   (E) SELF-DIRECTION;
   (F) CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING; OR
   (G) ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY; AND
   (V)  REFLECTS  THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEED FOR A COMBINATION AND SEQUENCE OF
 SPECIAL,  INTERDISCIPLINARY,   OR   GENERIC   SERVICES,   INDIVIDUALIZED
 SUPPORTS,  OR OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE THAT ARE OF LIFELONG OR EXTENDED
 DURATION AND ARE INDIVIDUALLY PLANNED AND COORDINATED.
   § 702. HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER PROGRAM. THE  COMMISSIONER,  SUBJECT  TO
 THE  APPROPRIATION  OF FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE, SHALL IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM
 OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR ELIGIBLE  INDI-
 VIDUALS  AND  FAMILIES  WHO ARE HOMELESS OR WHO FACE AN IMMINENT LOSS OF
 HOUSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE  HOUSING
 TRUST  FUND  CORPORATION  SHALL ISSUE VOUCHERS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE,
 SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THIS  PURPOSE,  AND  MAY  CONTRACT
 WITH  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL TO ADMINISTER ANY
 ASPECT OF THIS PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  ARTI-
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 CLE.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DESIGNATE  HOUSING  ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL
 ADMINISTRATORS IN THE STATE TO MAKE VOUCHERS AVAILABLE TO SUCH  INDIVID-
 UALS  AND  FAMILIES  AND  TO  ADMINISTER OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
 THE  HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE THE NEW YORK
 CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, OR THE NEW YORK
 CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, OR BOTH.
   § 703. ELIGIBILITY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROMULGATE  STANDARDS  FOR
 DETERMINING  ELIGIBILITY  FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS PROGRAM. INDIVIDUALS
 AND FAMILIES WHO MEET THE STANDARDS  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  REGARDLESS  OF
 IMMIGRATION  STATUS.  ELIGIBILITY  SHALL  BE  LIMITED TO INDIVIDUALS AND
 FAMILIES WHO ARE HOMELESS OR FACING IMMINENT LOSS  OF  HOUSING.  HOUSING
 ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATORS MAY RELY ON CORRESPONDENCE FROM A
 HOMELESS SHELTER OR SIMILAR INSTITUTION OR PROGRAM TO DETERMINE  WHETHER
 AN APPLICANT QUALIFIES AS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY.
   1.  AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM IF THEY
 ARE HOMELESS OR FACING IMMINENT LOSS OF HOUSING AND HAVE AN INCOME OF NO
 MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME,  AS  DEFINED  BY  THE
 FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
   2. AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY IN RECEIPT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO
 THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE NO LONGER FINANCIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE
 UNDER  THIS  PROGRAM WHEN THIRTY PERCENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S OR FAMILY'S
 ADJUSTED INCOME IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL  TO  THE  TOTAL  RENT  FOR  THE
 DWELLING UNIT.
   3.  WHEN  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR FAMILY BECOMES FINANCIALLY INELIGIBLE FOR
 RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY SHALL RETAIN RENTAL ASSISTANCE  FOR  A
 PERIOD  NO  SHORTER THAN ONE YEAR, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR
 THIS PURPOSE.
   4. INCOME ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE VERIFIED  PRIOR  TO  A  PUBLIC  HOUSING
 AGENCY'S  INITIAL  DETERMINATION  TO  PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR THIS
 PROGRAM AND UPON DETERMINATION OF SUCH  ELIGIBILITY,  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR
 FAMILY  SHALL ANNUALLY CERTIFY THEIR INCOME FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMIN-
 ING CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO SUCH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
   5. THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY
 AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  AND  OTHER STATE AND CITY AGENCIES TO ALLOW
 PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES TO ACCESS INCOME INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE  OF
 VERIFYING AN INDIVIDUAL'S OR FAMILY'S INCOME.
   § 704. FUNDING  ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION. 1. FUNDING SHALL BE ALLO-
 CATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN EACH COUNTY AND THE CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  IN
 PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IN EACH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK  WHO  ARE  SEVERELY  RENT  BURDENED  BASED ON DATA PUBLISHED BY THE
 UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR  DISTRIBUTING  THE  FUNDS
 ALLOCATED  IN  EACH  COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK AMONG HOUSING ACCESS
 VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS OPERATING IN EACH COUNTY OR IN THE CITY  OF
 NEW YORK.
   3.  AT  LEAST  FIFTY PERCENT OF FUNDS DISTRIBUTED IN EACH COUNTY OR IN
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO INDIVIDUALS OR  FAMILIES  WHO
 ARE  HOMELESS. IF A COUNTY IS UNABLE TO FULLY DISTRIBUTE ALL FUNDS ALLO-
 CATED PURSUANT TO THIS PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION, SUCH COUNTY MAY SPEND
 FEWER THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF  ITS  FUNDS  FOR  THOSE  WHO  ARE  HOMELESS,
 PROVIDED  THAT  ALL  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANT INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHO ARE
 HOMELESS HAVE BEEN SERVED.
   4. AT LEAST EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF FUNDS DISTRIBUTED IN EACH COUNTY OR
 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR INDIVIDUALS OR  FAMILIES  WHO  ARE  HOMELESS
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 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO
 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED THIRTY PERCENT  OF
 THE  AREA  MEDIAN INCOME AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
   5.  OF  THE  FUNDS  ALLOCATED  TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO FACE AN
 IMMINENT LOSS OF HOUSING, PRIORITY SHALL BE  GIVEN  TO  INDIVIDUALS  AND
 FAMILIES WHO HAVE FORMERLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO
 HAVE  PREVIOUSLY  RECEIVED  A TEMPORARY RENTAL VOUCHER FROM THE STATE, A
 LOCALITY, OR A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR WHO CURRENTLY  HAVE  A  RENTAL
 ASSISTANCE  VOUCHER  THAT IS DUE TO EXPIRE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF APPLICA-
 TION.
   § 705. PAYMENT OF HOUSING VOUCHERS. THE HOUSING VOUCHER SHALL BE  PAID
 DIRECTLY TO ANY OWNER UNDER A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE OWNER OF THE DWELLING
 UNIT TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE VOUCHER RECIPIENT AND THE APPROPRIATE HOUSING
 ACCESS   VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR.  A  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT
 CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL ESTABLISH THE MAXI-
 MUM MONTHLY RENT (INCLUDING UTILITIES AND ALL MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT
 CHARGES) WHICH THE OWNER IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FOR EACH  DWELLING  UNIT
 WITH RESPECT TO WHICH SUCH ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS ARE TO BE MADE. THE MAXI-
 MUM  MONTHLY  RENT  SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED TEN PERCENT NOR BE LESS
 THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE FAIR MARKET RENT FOR THE RENTAL AREA IN WHICH
 IT IS LOCATED.  FAIR MARKET RENT FOR A RENTAL AREA  SHALL  BE  PUBLISHED
 NOT  LESS  THAN ANNUALLY BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE
 ON THE WEBSITE OF NEW YORK STATE HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
   § 706. LEASES AND TENANCY. EACH HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT  CONTRACT
 ENTERED  INTO  BY  A  HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR AND THE
 OWNER OF A DWELLING UNIT SHALL PROVIDE:
   1. THAT THE LEASE BETWEEN THE TENANT AND THE OWNER SHALL BE FOR A TERM
 OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR, EXCEPT THAT THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER  LOCAL
 ADMINISTRATOR  MAY  APPROVE  A SHORTER TERM FOR AN INITIAL LEASE BETWEEN
 THE TENANT AND THE DWELLING UNIT OWNER IF  THE  HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER
 LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH  SHORTER TERM WOULD IMPROVE
 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TENANT AND IF SUCH SHORTER TERM IS CONSID-
 ERED TO BE A PREVAILING LOCAL MARKET PRACTICE;
   2. THAT THE DWELLING UNIT OWNER SHALL OFFER LEASES TO TENANTS ASSISTED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE THAT:
   (A) ARE IN A STANDARD FORM USED IN THE LOCALITY BY THE  DWELLING  UNIT
 OWNER; AND
   (B) CONTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT:
   (I) ARE CONSISTENT WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW; AND
   (II)  APPLY  GENERALLY TO TENANTS IN THE PROPERTY WHO ARE NOT ASSISTED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE;
   (C) SHALL PROVIDE THAT DURING THE TERM OF THE LEASE, THE  OWNER  SHALL
 NOT  TERMINATE  THE  TENANCY EXCEPT FOR SERIOUS OR REPEATED VIOLATION OF
 THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LEASE, FOR VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE STATE
 OR LOCAL LAW, OR FOR OTHER GOOD CAUSE, AND IN THE CASE OF AN  OWNER  WHO
 IS AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST PURSUANT TO FORECLOSURE DURING THE
 TERM  OF THE LEASE VACATING THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO SALE SHALL NOT CONSTI-
 TUTE OTHER GOOD CAUSE, EXCEPT THAT THE OWNER MAY TERMINATE  THE  TENANCY
 EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF TRANSFER OF THE UNIT TO THE OWNER IF THE OWNER:
   (I) WILL OCCUPY THE UNIT AS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE; AND
   (II)  HAS  PROVIDED THE TENANT A NOTICE TO VACATE AT LEAST NINETY DAYS
 BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH NOTICE;
   (D) SHALL PROVIDE THAT ANY TERMINATION OF TENANCY UNDER  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL BE PRECEDED BY THE PROVISION OF WRITTEN NOTICE BY THE OWNER TO THE
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 TENANT  SPECIFYING  THE GROUNDS FOR THAT ACTION, AND ANY RELIEF SHALL BE
 CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL LAW;
   3.  THAT  ANY  UNIT UNDER AN ASSISTANCE CONTRACT ORIGINATED UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE SHALL ONLY BE OCCUPIED BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY DESIGNATED IN
 SAID CONTRACT AND SHALL BE THE DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY'S PRIMARY
 RESIDENCE. CONTRACTS SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE BETWEEN UNITS  AND  SHALL
 NOT  BE  TRANSFERABLE  BETWEEN  RECIPIENTS.  A  FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL MAY
 TRANSFER THEIR VOUCHER TO A DIFFERENT UNIT UNDER A NEW CONTRACT PURSUANT
 TO THIS ARTICLE;
   4. THAT AN OWNER SHALL NOT CHARGE  MORE  THAN  A  REASONABLE  RENT  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 707. RENTAL  OBLIGATION.  1.  THE  MONTHLY  RENTAL OBLIGATION FOR AN
 INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY RECEIVING HOUSING ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THE  HOUS-
 ING ACCESS VOUCHER PROGRAM SHALL BE THE GREATER OF:
   (A)  THIRTY  PERCENT  OF  THE MONTHLY ADJUSTED INCOME OF THE FAMILY OR
 INDIVIDUAL; OR
   (B) IF THE FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL  IS  RECEIVING  PAYMENTS  FOR  WELFARE
 ASSISTANCE  FROM  A PUBLIC AGENCY AND A PART OF THOSE PAYMENTS, ADJUSTED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTUAL HOUSING COSTS OF THE  FAMILY,  IS  SPECIF-
 ICALLY  DESIGNATED BY THAT AGENCY TO MEET THE HOUSING COSTS OF THE FAMI-
 LY, THE PORTION OF THOSE PAYMENTS THAT IS SO DESIGNATED. THESE  PAYMENTS
 INCLUDE,  BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO  ANY  SHELTER ASSISTANCE OR HOUSING
 ASSISTANCE ADMINISTERED BY ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY.
   2. IF THE RENT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL  OR  FAMILY  (INCLUDING  THE  AMOUNT
 ALLOWED FOR TENANT-PAID UTILITIES) EXCEEDS THE APPLICABLE PAYMENT STAND-
 ARD  ESTABLISHED  UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHT
 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE MONTHLY ASSISTANCE PAYMENT FOR THE FAMILY SHALL  BE
 EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE APPLICABLE PAYMENT STANDARD EXCEEDS THE
 GREATER  OF  AMOUNTS  UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION.
   § 708. MONTHLY ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT.  1.  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  MONTHLY
 ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  DWELLING  UNIT SHALL BE THE
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT WHICH THE CONTRACT  PROVIDES
 THAT THE OWNER IS TO RECEIVE FOR THE UNIT AND THE RENT THE INDIVIDUAL OR
 FAMILY  IS  REQUIRED  TO  PAY  UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS
 ARTICLE. REVIEWS OF INCOME SHALL BE MADE NO LESS FREQUENTLY THAN ANNUAL-
 LY.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH MAXIMUM RENT LEVELS FOR  DIFFERENT
 SIZED  RENTALS  IN EACH RENTAL AREA IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES THE USE OF
 THE PROGRAM IN ALL LOCALITIES BASED ON THE FAIR  MARKET  RENTAL  OF  THE
 RENTAL  AREA. RENTAL AREAS SHALL BE DELINEATED BY COUNTY, EXCEPTING THAT
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE CONSIDERED ONE RENTAL  AREA.  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  MAY  RELY  ON DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION PROMULGATED BY ANY OTHER
 STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY IN DETERMINING THE RENTAL AREAS AND FAIR  MARKET
 RENT.
   3.  THE  PAYMENT  STANDARD  FOR EACH SIZE OF DWELLING UNIT IN A RENTAL
 AREA SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN NINETY PERCENT  AND  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  ONE
 HUNDRED TEN PERCENT OF THE FAIR MARKET RENT ESTABLISHED IN SECTION SEVEN
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS ARTICLE FOR THE SAME SIZE OF DWELLING UNIT IN THE
 SAME RENTAL AREA, EXCEPT THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED  AS
 A  RESULT  OF  A REDUCTION IN THE FAIR MARKET RENT TO REDUCE THE PAYMENT
 STANDARD APPLIED TO A FAMILY CONTINUING TO RESIDE IN A  UNIT  FOR  WHICH
 THE  FAMILY  WAS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS ARTICLE AT THE TIME THE
 FAIR MARKET RENT WAS REDUCED.
   § 709. INSPECTION OF UNITS. 1. INITIAL INSPECTION.
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   (A) FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT FOR  WHICH  A  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT
 CONTRACT  IS  ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER
 LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR (OR OTHER ENTITY PURSUANT TO SECTION  SEVEN  HUNDRED
 TWELVE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE)  SHALL INSPECT THE UNIT BEFORE ANY ASSISTANCE
 PAYMENT IS MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DWELLING UNIT MEETS THE HOUSING
 QUALITY  STANDARDS  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS SECTION, EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) IN THE CASE OF ANY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS DETERMINED,  PURSUANT  TO
 AN  INSPECTION  UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NOT TO MEET THE
 HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, ASSIST-
 ANCE PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE AT THE DISCRETION OF A HOUSING ACCESS  VOUCHER
 LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  FOR  THE UNIT NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 THIS SECTION IF FAILURE TO MEET SUCH STANDARDS IS A RESULT ONLY OF  NON-
 LIFE-THREATENING  CONDITIONS,  AS SUCH CONDITIONS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER.  A  HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  MAKING
 ASSISTANCE  PAYMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  FOR A DWELLING UNIT
 SHALL, THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE BEGINNING OF  THE  PERIOD  FOR  WHICH  SUCH
 PAYMENTS  ARE MADE, WITHHOLD ANY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FOR THE UNIT IF ANY
 DEFICIENCY RESULTING IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS
 HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED BY SUCH TIME. THE HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL
 ADMINISTRATOR  SHALL RECOMMENCE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS WHEN SUCH DEFICIENCY
 HAS BEEN CORRECTED, AND MAY USE ANY PAYMENTS WITHHELD TO MAKE ASSISTANCE
 PAYMENTS RELATING TO THE PERIOD DURING WHICH PAYMENTS WERE WITHHELD.
   (C) IN THE CASE OF ANY PROPERTY THAT WITHIN THE  PREVIOUS  TWENTY-FOUR
 MONTHS  HAS  MET  THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN INSPECTION THAT QUALIFIES AS AN
 ALTERNATIVE INSPECTION METHOD  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  A  HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR MAY AUTHORIZE
 OCCUPANCY BEFORE THE INSPECTION UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION
 HAS  BEEN COMPLETED, AND MAY MAKE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS RETROACTIVE TO THE
 BEGINNING OF THE LEASE TERM AFTER THE UNIT HAS BEEN DETERMINED  PURSUANT
 TO  AN  INSPECTION  UNDER  PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO MEET THE
 HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS  SECTION.  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO EXEMPT ANY DWELLING UNIT FROM COMPLI-
 ANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   2. THE HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE STAN-
 DARDS FOR SAFE AND HABITABLE HOUSING ESTABLISHED:
   (A) BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION; OR
   (B) BY LOCAL HOUSING CODES OR BY CODES ADOPTED BY THE  HOUSING  ACCESS
 VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR THAT:
   (I)  MEET OR EXCEED HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS, EXCEPT THAT THE COMMIS-
 SIONER MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH TO SIGNIFICANT-
 LY INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO EXPAND HOUSING  OPPORTU-
 NITIES  FOR  FAMILIES  ASSISTED  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH
 WAIVER COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF FAMILIES  ASSISTED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (II) DO NOT SEVERELY RESTRICT HOUSING CHOICE.
   3.  THE  DETERMINATION  REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE MADE BY THE HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  (OR
 OTHER  ENTITY, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE) PURSUANT TO AN INSPECTION OF THE DWELLING UNIT CONDUCTED BEFORE ANY
 ASSISTANCE PAYMENT IS MADE FOR THE UNIT. INSPECTIONS OF  DWELLING  UNITS
 UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  MADE  BEFORE  THE EXPIRATION OF THE
 FIFTEEN DAY PERIOD BEGINNING UPON A REQUEST BY THE RESIDENT OR  LANDLORD
 TO THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR OR, IN THE CASE OF ANY
 HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
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 FAMILIES, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF A REASONABLE  PERIOD  BEGINNING  UPON
 SUCH REQUEST. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR  IN  MEETING THE FIFTEEN-DAY INSPECTION DEADLINE SHALL BE TAKEN
 INTO  CONSIDERATION  IN  ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HOUSING ACCESS
 VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR.
   4. (A) EACH  HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  PROVIDING
 ASSISTANCE  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE (OR OTHER ENTITY, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
 SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE) SHALL, FOR EACH ASSISTED  DWELLING
 UNIT,  MAKE  INSPECTIONS NOT LESS OFTEN THAN ANNUALLY DURING THE TERM OF
 THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS  CONTRACT  FOR  THE  UNIT  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER THE UNIT IS MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  THE  REQUIREMENTS  UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE
 COMPLIED WITH BY USE OF  INSPECTIONS  THAT  QUALIFY  AS  AN  ALTERNATIVE
 INSPECTION METHOD PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  THE  HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR (OR OTHER ENTITY)
 SHALL RETAIN THE RECORDS OF THE INSPECTION FOR  A  REASONABLE  TIME,  AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   5.  AN  INSPECTION  OF  A  PROPERTY  SHALL  QUALIFY  AS AN ALTERNATIVE
 INSPECTION METHOD FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION IF:
   (A) THE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  REQUIREMENTS  UNDER  A
 FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL HOUSING PROGRAM; AND
   (B)  PURSUANT  TO SUCH INSPECTION, THE PROPERTY WAS DETERMINED TO MEET
 THE STANDARDS OR REQUIREMENTS REGARDING HOUSING QUALITY OR SAFETY APPLI-
 CABLE TO PROPERTIES ASSISTED UNDER SUCH PROGRAM,  AND,  IF  A  NON-STATE
 STANDARD  OR  REQUIREMENT  WAS  USED,  THE  HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL
 ADMINISTRATOR HAS CERTIFIED TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT  SUCH  STANDARD  OR
 REQUIREMENT  PROVIDES  THE  SAME (OR GREATER) PROTECTION TO OCCUPANTS OF
 DWELLING UNITS MEETING SUCH STANDARD OR REQUIREMENT AS WOULD THE HOUSING
 QUALITY STANDARDS UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   6. UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRA-
 TOR,  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR FAMILY (ON WHOSE BEHALF TENANT-BASED RENTAL
 ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED UNDER THIS ARTICLE) OR BY A GOVERNMENT  OFFICIAL,
 THAT  THE  DWELLING  UNIT FOR WHICH SUCH ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED DOES NOT
 COMPLY WITH THE HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  HOUSING  ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL INSPECT
 THE DWELLING UNIT:
   (A) IN THE CASE OF ANY  CONDITION  THAT  IS  LIFE-THREATENING,  WITHIN
 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR'S
 RECEIPT  OF  SUCH  NOTIFICATION,  UNLESS  WAIVED  BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
 EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES; AND
   (B) IN THE CASE OF ANY CONDITION THAT IS NOT LIFE-THREATENING,  WITHIN
 A REASONABLE TIME FRAME, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   IN  CONDUCTING  SUCH  AN  INSPECTION, THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL
 ADMINISTRATOR MAY, AT ITS DISCRETION, REQUIRE EVIDENCE FROM THE OWNER OF
 THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF A UNIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  PHOTO-
 GRAPHS,  SIGNED WORK ORDERS, AND CONTRACTOR BILLS IN LIEU OF THE HOUSING
 ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR CONDUCTING A PHYSICAL INSPECTION.
   7. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES AND PERFORM-
 ANCE STANDARDS TO FACILITATE INSPECTIONS OF DWELLING UNITS  AND  CONFORM
 SUCH  INSPECTIONS WITH PRACTICES UTILIZED IN THE PRIVATE HOUSING MARKET.
 SUCH GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS SHALL TAKE INTO  CONSIDERATION  VARIATIONS
 IN LOCAL LAWS AND PRACTICES AND SHALL PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO THE HOUSING
 ACCESS  VOUCHER  LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR APPROPRIATE TO FACILITATE EFFICIENT
 PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS SECTION.
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   § 710. RENT. 1. THE RENT  FOR  DWELLING  UNITS  FOR  WHICH  A  HOUSING
 ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT  CONTRACT IS ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 REASONABLE IN COMPARISON WITH  RENTS  CHARGED  FOR  COMPARABLE  DWELLING
 UNITS IN THE PRIVATE, UNASSISTED LOCAL MARKET.
   2.  A  HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR (OR OTHER ENTITY, AS
 PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE) SHALL, AT  THE
 REQUEST  OF  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR FAMILY RECEIVING TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE, ASSIST THAT INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY  IN  NEGOTIATING  A
 REASONABLE  RENT  WITH  A  DWELLING UNIT OWNER. A HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER
 LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR (OR OTHER SUCH ENTITY) SHALL REVIEW THE RENT  FOR  A
 UNIT  UNDER  CONSIDERATION  BY  THE  INDIVIDUAL  OR FAMILY (AND ALL RENT
 INCREASES FOR UNITS UNDER LEASE BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY)  TO  DETER-
 MINE  WHETHER  THE  RENT  (OR  RENT  INCREASE) REQUESTED BY THE OWNER IS
 REASONABLE. IF A HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  (OR  OTHER
 SUCH  ENTITY) DETERMINES THAT THE RENT (OR RENT INCREASE) FOR A DWELLING
 UNIT IS NOT REASONABLE, THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR
 (OR OTHER SUCH ENTITY) SHALL NOT MAKE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO THE
 OWNER UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WITH RESPECT TO THAT UNIT.
   3.  IF A DWELLING UNIT FOR WHICH A HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT
 IS ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS ARTICLE IS  EXEMPT  FROM  LOCAL  RENT  CONTROL
 PROVISIONS  DURING  THE  TERM  OF  THAT CONTRACT, THE RENT FOR THAT UNIT
 SHALL BE REASONABLE IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER UNITS IN  THE  RENTAL  AREA
 THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM LOCAL RENT CONTROL PROVISIONS.
   4.  EACH  HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL MAKE TIMELY
 PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNTS DUE TO A DWELLING UNIT OWNER UNDER THIS  SECTION,
 SUBJECT  TO APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE HOUSING ASSIST-
 ANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE OWNER AND THE HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER
 LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  MAY  PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES FOR THE LATE PAYMENT OF
 AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE CONTRACT, WHICH SHALL BE IMPOSED  ON  THE  HOUSING
 ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED
 PRACTICES IN THE LOCAL HOUSING MARKET.
   5.  UNLESS  OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER, EACH HOUSING
 ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL PAY ANY PENALTIES FROM ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE FEES COLLECTED BY THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRA-
 TOR,  EXCEPT THAT NO PENALTY SHALL BE IMPOSED IF THE LATE PAYMENT IS DUE
 TO FACTORS THAT THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES ARE BEYOND  THE  CONTROL  OF
 THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR.
   § 711. VACATED  UNITS.  IF  AN ASSISTED FAMILY VACATES A DWELLING UNIT
 FOR WHICH RENTAL ASSISTANCE  IS  PROVIDED  UNDER  A  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE
 PAYMENT  CONTRACT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF THE LEASE FOR THE
 UNIT, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO SUCH CONTRACT MAY  NOT  BE  PROVIDED
 FOR THE UNIT AFTER THE MONTH DURING WHICH THE UNIT WAS VACATED.
   § 712. LEASING OF UNITS OWNED BY A HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR.  1.  IF  AN  ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY ASSISTED UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE LEASES A DWELLING UNIT (OTHER THAN  A  PUBLIC  HOUSING  DWELLING
 UNIT)  THAT  IS  OWNED  BY  A HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR
 ADMINISTERING  ASSISTANCE  TO  THAT  INDIVIDUAL  OR  FAMILY  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  REQUIRE  THE  UNIT  OF GENERAL LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT OR ANOTHER ENTITY  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  TO  MAKE
 INSPECTIONS  REQUIRED  UNDER  SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED NINE OF THIS ARTICLE
 AND RENT DETERMINATIONS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TEN OF THIS
 ARTICLE. THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR ANY EXPENSES OF SUCH INSPECTIONS AND  DETERMINATIONS,  SUBJECT
 TO THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "OWNED BY A HOUSING ACCESS
 VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS, WITH RESPECT  TO  A  DWELLING  UNIT,
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 THAT THE DWELLING UNIT IS IN A PROJECT THAT IS OWNED BY SUCH ADMINISTRA-
 TOR,  BY  AN  ENTITY  WHOLLY  CONTROLLED  BY SUCH ADMINISTRATOR, OR BY A
 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IN WHICH SUCH  ADMINIS-
 TRATOR  (OR  AN  ENTITY WHOLLY CONTROLLED BY SUCH ADMINISTRATOR) HOLDS A
 CONTROLLING INTEREST IN THE MANAGING MEMBER OR GENERAL PARTNER. A DWELL-
 ING UNIT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE OWNED BY  A  HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER
 LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION BECAUSE SUCH ADMINIS-
 TRATOR HOLDS A FEE INTEREST AS GROUND LESSOR IN THE  PROPERTY  ON  WHICH
 THE UNIT IS SITUATED, HOLDS A SECURITY INTEREST UNDER A MORTGAGE OR DEED
 OF  TRUST  ON THE UNIT, OR HOLDS A NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST IN AN ENTITY
 WHICH OWNS THE UNIT OR IN THE MANAGING MEMBER OR GENERAL PARTNER  OF  AN
 ENTITY WHICH OWNS THE UNIT.
   § 713. VERIFICATION OF INCOME. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH PROCE-
 DURES  WHICH  ARE  APPROPRIATE  AND NECESSARY TO ASSURE THAT INCOME DATA
 PROVIDED TO THE HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR AND OWNERS BY
 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES APPLYING FOR OR RECEIVING ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. IN ESTABLISHING SUCH  PROCEDURES,  THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL RANDOMLY, REGULARLY, AND PERIODICALLY SELECT A SAMPLE
 OF FAMILIES TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THESE
 FAMILIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCOME VERIFICATION, OR TO ALLOW THOSE FAMI-
 LIES  TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  INFORMATION  THEMSELVES.  SUCH  INFORMATION MAY
 INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,  DATA  CONCERNING  UNEMPLOYMENT  COMPEN-
 SATION  AND  FEDERAL  INCOME TAXATION AND DATA RELATING TO BENEFITS MADE
 AVAILABLE UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, 42 U.S.C. 301 ET SEQ., THE FOOD
 AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2011 ET SEQ., OR  TITLE  38  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATE  CODE.  ANY  SUCH  INFORMATION  RECEIVED  PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF VERIFYING INCOMES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE  ELIGIBILITY  OF  INDIVIDUALS
 AND  FAMILIES  FOR  BENEFITS  (AND  THE AMOUNT OF SUCH BENEFITS, IF ANY)
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 714. DIVISION OF AN ASSISTED FAMILY. 1. IN THOSE INSTANCES  WHERE  A
 FAMILY  ASSISTED  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE BECOMES DIVIDED INTO TWO OTHERWISE
 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES DUE TO DIVORCE, LEGAL SEPARATION OR THE
 DIVISION OF THE FAMILY, WHERE THE NEW UNITS CANNOT AGREE AS TO WHICH NEW
 UNIT SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE, AND WHERE  THERE  IS  NO
 DETERMINATION  BY  A  COURT, THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIDER
 THE FOLLOWING FACTORS TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR  FAMILIES
 WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSISTED:
   (A) WHICH OF THE NEW UNITS HAS CUSTODY OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN;
   (B) WHICH FAMILY MEMBER WAS THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WHEN THE VOUCHER WAS
 INITIALLY ISSUED AS LISTED ON THE INITIAL APPLICATION;
   (C)  THE  COMPOSITION OF THE NEW UNITS AND WHICH UNIT INCLUDES ELDERLY
 OR DISABLED MEMBERS;
   (D) WHETHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS INVOLVED IN THE BREAKUP OF THE FAMI-
 LY UNIT;
   (E) WHICH FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN IN THE UNIT; AND
   (F) RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONALS.
   2. DOCUMENTATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL BE THE  RESPONSIBILITY  OF  THE
 REQUESTING PARTIES. IF DOCUMENTATION IS NOT PROVIDED, THE HOUSING ACCESS
 VOUCHER  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  WILL TERMINATE ASSISTANCE ON THE BASIS OF
 FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR A RECERTIFICATION.
   § 715. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. ANY FUNDS  MADE  AVAILABLE  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL NOT BE USED TO OFFSET OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS
 PREVIOUSLY EXPENDED FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN A PRIOR YEAR  IN
 ANY  COUNTY  OR IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BUT SHALL BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT
 ANY PRIOR YEAR'S EXPENDITURES. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT  AN  EXCEPTION
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 TO  THIS  REQUIREMENT IF ANY COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
 ENTITY OR PUBLIC BODY CAN AFFIRMATIVELY SHOW THAT SUCH AMOUNT  OF  FUNDS
 PREVIOUSLY  EXPENDED  IS  IN  EXCESS  OF THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE
 ASSISTANCE  TO ALL INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THE AREA IN WHICH THE
 FUNDS WERE PREVIOUSLY EXPENDED WHO ARE HOMELESS OR  FACING  AN  IMMINENT
 LOSS OF HOUSING.
   § 716. VOUCHERS  STATEWIDE.  NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED SIX
 OF THIS ARTICLE, ANY VOUCHER ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE MAY BE USED
 FOR HOUSING ANYWHERE IN THE STATE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INFORM VOUCHER
 HOLDERS THAT A VOUCHER MAY BE USED ANYWHERE IN THE  STATE  AND,  TO  THE
 EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ASSIST VOUCHER HOLDERS IN
 FINDING HOUSING IN THE AREA OF THEIR CHOICE.
   § 717. APPLICABLE CODES. HOUSING ELIGIBLE  FOR  PARTICIPATION  IN  THE
 HOUSING  ACCESS  VOUCHER  PROGRAM SHALL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE AND
 LOCAL HEALTH, HOUSING, BUILDING AND SAFETY CODES.
   § 718. HOUSING CHOICE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADMINISTER THE  HOUS-
 ING  ACCESS VOUCHER PROGRAM UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO PROMOTE HOUSING CHOICE
 FOR VOUCHER HOLDERS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL AFFIRMATIVELY  PROMOTE  FAIR
 HOUSING TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
   2.  NOTHING  IN  THIS ARTICLE SHALL LESSEN OR ABRIDGE ANY FAIR HOUSING
 OBLIGATIONS PROMULGATED BY  MUNICIPALITIES,  LOCALITIES,  OR  ANY  OTHER
 APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART NN
 
   Section  1. Section 22-c of the state finance law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 SEVEN  AND EVERY FIFTH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER, THE GOVERNOR SHALL SUBMIT
 TO THE LEGISLATURE AS PART OF THE  ANNUAL  EXECUTIVE  BUDGET,  FIVE-YEAR
 CAPITAL  PLANS  FOR  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW YORK STATE-OPERATED
 CAMPUSES AND CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SENIOR COLLEGES.    SUCH  PLANS
 SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF CAPITAL FUNDS TO COVER ONE
 HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF THE ANNUAL CRITICAL MAINTENANCE NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY
 EACH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND MAY INCLUDE FUNDS FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE  OR
 OTHER  MAJOR  CAPITAL  INITIATIVES,  PROVIDED  THAT SUCH FUNDING FOR NEW
 INFRASTRUCTURE OR  OTHER  MAJOR  CAPITAL  INITIATIVES  SHALL  NOT  COUNT
 TOWARDS  MEETING  THE  OVERALL CRITICAL MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT.  IN THE
 EVENT THAT SUCH PLAN IS UNABLE TO FUND ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE  CRIT-
 ICAL  MAINTENANCE  NEEDS DUE TO THE LIMITATION IMPOSED BY ARTICLE FIVE-B
 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE DIRECTOR OF  THE  BUDGET  SHALL  DEVELOP  FIVE-YEAR
 CAPITAL  PLANS  WHEREBY  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF EACH CAPITAL PLAN WOULD
 ANNUALLY REDUCE THE OVERALL FACILITY  CONDITION  INDEX  (FCI)  FOR  EACH
 UNIVERSITY  SYSTEM.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, "FACILITY
 CONDITION INDEX" SHALL MEAN AN  INDUSTRY  BENCHMARK  THAT  MEASURES  THE
 RATIO  OF  DEFERRED  MAINTENANCE  DOLLARS TO REPLACEMENT DOLLARS FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF INVESTING IN FACILITY  IMPROVEMENTS.
 THE  APPORTIONMENT  OF  CAPITAL  APPROPRIATIONS  TO  EACH STATE-OPERATED
 CAMPUS OR SENIOR COLLEGE SHALL BE BASED ON A METHODOLOGY TO BE DEVELOPED
 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 OF NEW YORK AND CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART OO
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   Section 1. Clause (vi) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision
 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section 1  of  part
 JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (vi)  BEGINNING  IN  STATE  FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND THEREAFTER, THE  STATE  SHALL  APPROPRIATE  AND
 MAKE  AVAILABLE  GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT AND FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS  IN
 AN  AMOUNT  NOT  LESS  THAN THE AMOUNTS SEPARATELY APPROPRIATED AND MADE
 AVAILABLE IN THE PRIOR STATE FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDED, FURTHER,  THE  STATE
 SHALL  APPROPRIATE  AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO
 COVER ALL MANDATORY COSTS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE  UNIVER-
 SITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  COSTS  INCLUDING SALARY INCREMENTS, FRINGE BENE-
 FITS, AND OTHER NON-PERSONAL SERVICE COSTS SUCH AS UTILITY COSTS, BUILD-
 ING RENTALS AND  OTHER  INFLATIONARY  EXPENSES  INCURRED  BY  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  AND  THE  STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT IF THE GOVERNOR DECLARES A FISCAL EMERGENCY, AND  COMMUNI-
 CATES  SUCH  EMERGENCY  TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, STATE SUPPORT FOR  OPERATING  EXPENSES  AT  THE
 STATE  UNIVERSITY AND CITY UNIVERSITY MAY BE REDUCED IN A MANNER PROPOR-
 TIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND  THE  AFOREMENTIONED  PROVISIONS  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY.
   (VII)  For  the  state university fiscal years commencing two thousand
 eleven--two thousand twelve and ending two thousand  fifteen--two  thou-
 sand  sixteen,  each  university  center  may set aside a portion of its
 tuition revenues derived from tuition  increases  to  provide  increased
 financial  aid  for New York state resident undergraduate students whose
 net taxable income is eighty thousand dollars or  more  subject  to  the
 approval  of  a NY-SUNY 2020 proposal by the governor and the chancellor
 of the state university of New York. Nothing in this paragraph shall  be
 construed  as  to  authorize  that  students whose net taxable income is
 eighty thousand dollars or more  are  eligible  for  tuition  assistance
 program  awards  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred sixty-seven of this
 [chapter] TITLE.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI)  BEGINNING  IN  STATE  FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND THEREAFTER, THE  STATE  SHALL  APPROPRIATE  AND
 MAKE  AVAILABLE  GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT AND FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR
 THE CITY UNIVERSITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN  THE  AMOUNTS  SEPARATELY
 APPROPRIATED  AND  MADE  AVAILABLE  IN  THE  PRIOR  STATE  FISCAL  YEAR;
 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENER-
 AL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER  ALL  MANDATORY  COSTS  OF  THE  CITY
 UNIVERSITY,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING COSTS INCLUDING SALARY INCREMENTS, FRINGE BENEFITS, AND OTHER
 NON-PERSONAL SERVICE COSTS SUCH AS UTILITY COSTS, BUILDING  RENTALS  AND
 OTHER  INFLATIONARY  EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY UNIVERSITY; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT IF THE GOVERNOR DECLARES A FISCAL EMERGENCY, AND  COMMUNI-
 CATES  SUCH  EMERGENCY  TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, STATE SUPPORT FOR  OPERATING  EXPENSES  AT  THE
 STATE  UNIVERSITY AND CITY UNIVERSITY MAY BE REDUCED IN A MANNER PROPOR-
 TIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND  THE  AFOREMENTIONED  PROVISIONS  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately provided that:
   (a)  the  amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2
 of section 355 of the education law made by  section  one  of  this  act
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 shall  not  affect  the  expiration  and  reversion of such subparagraph
 pursuant to chapter 260 of the laws  of  2011,  as  amended,  and  shall
 expire therewith; and
   (b)  the  amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206
 of the education law made by section two of this act  shall  not  affect
 the  expiration  and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to chapter 260
 of the laws of 2011, as amended, and shall expire therewith.
 
                                  PART PP
 
   Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
 20-a to read as follows:
   §  20-A. AFFORDABLE HOUSING FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN. 1.  FOR THE FISCAL
 YEAR COMMENCING ON APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN  AND  EVERY
 FIFTH  FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER, THE GOVERNOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLA-
 TURE, AS PART OF THE ANNUAL EXECUTIVE BUDGET, A STATEWIDE  COMPREHENSIVE
 FIVE-YEAR  CAPITAL  PLAN  TO  SUPPORT  THE DEVELOPMENT, PRESERVATION AND
 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NEW YORK STATE.
   2. THE STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN TO  SUPPORT  THE
 DEVELOPMENT,  PRESERVATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 IN NEW YORK STATE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY OR
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY WHICH ADMINISTERS AND/OR PLANS FOR THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF
 ANY  PROGRAM  INTENDED  TO PROVIDE SUITABLE HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH
 MAY FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CAPITAL PLAN AND SHALL PROVIDE FOR, AT
 A MINIMUM: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS; THE PRESERVATION
 AND/OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS OF THE NEW YORK  CITY
 HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN THE STATE; THE
 DEVELOPMENT  AND/OR  REHABILITATION  OF  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING TARGETED TO
 LOW-INCOME SENIORS; THE  REHABILITATION  OF  SITE-SPECIFIC  MULTI-FAMILY
 RENTAL  HOUSING  CURRENTLY  UNDER A REGULATORY AGREEMENT OR EXTENDED USE
 AGREEMENT WITH THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL OR  ANOTHER
 STATE,  FEDERAL OR LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY; THE PRESERVATION AND/OR CAPITAL
 IMPROVEMENT OF MITCHELL-LAMA PROPERTIES; THE PROMOTION OF HOME OWNERSHIP
 AMONG FAMILIES OF  LOW-  AND  MODERATE-INCOME;  AND  THE  REPAIR  AND/OR
 REPLACEMENT  OF  MOBILE  AND MANUFACTURED HOMES. SUCH PLAN SHALL, TO THE
 GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE: PROVIDE  FOR  BOTH  RENTAL  AND  HOMEOWNERSHIP
 OPPORTUNITIES  AFFORDABLE  TO LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS
 THE STATE; ADDRESS AREAS AND POPULATIONS WITH CRITICAL AFFORDABLE  HOUS-
 ING  NEEDS;  AND  ADVANCE  THE  SPECIFIC  HOUSING PRIORITIES OF NEW YORK
 STATE.
   3. ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN AND  ON  OR
 BEFORE  SEPTEMBER  FIRST  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  AND  ON OR BEFORE MARCH
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT AND ON OR BEFORE MARCH  FIRST  ANNUALLY
 THEREAFTER,  THE  GOVERNOR SHALL, AS PART OF THE STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE
 FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN TO  SUPPORT  THE  DEVELOPMENT,  PRESERVATION  AND
 CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENT  OF  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING IN NEW YORK STATE REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, SUBMIT AND MAKE  PUBLICLY
 AVAILABLE  TO  THE LEGISLATURE AND ON THE DIVISION'S WEBSITE INFORMATION
 SUMMARIZING THE ACTIVITIES  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT  TO  THE  FUNDING  MADE
 AVAILABLE  IN THE ENACTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAPITAL PLAN. SUCH INFORMA-
 TION SHALL BE CUMULATIVE AND SHALL INCLUDE  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST  OF  EACH
 PROJECT  UTILIZING  FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAPITAL
 PLAN SUBSEQUENT TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE CAPITAL PLAN, INCLUDING A  BRIEF
 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT, STREET ADDRESS, COUNTY, AWARDEE, TOTAL BUDG-
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 ET,  AMOUNT  OF  CAPITAL  SUBSIDY APPROPRIATED BY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 CAPITAL PLAN, RELEVANT SECTION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING  CAPITAL  PLAN,
 BONDED OR CASH, AMOUNT OF EACH ADDITIONAL PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCE, FUNDING
 PROGRAM, NUMBER OF UNITS, AREA MEDIAN INCOME REQUIREMENTS IF APPLICABLE,
 MONTH  AND YEAR CONSTRUCTION WILL COMMENCE, PROJECTED DATE OF OCCUPANCY,
 AND PROJECT PHASE (IN DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION,  COMPLETE,
 DEFUNDED).
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART QQ
 
   Section 1. Section 679-a of the education law, as added by chapter 161
 of  the  laws  of  2005, subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by section 1 of
 part V of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   § 679-a. New  York  state  licensed  social  worker  loan  forgiveness
 program.  1. Purpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness
 awards for the purpose of increasing the number of social workers  serv-
 ing in critical human service areas AND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN NEW
 YORK  STATE.  For the purposes of this section, the term "critical human
 service area" shall mean an area in New York  state  designated  by  the
 corporation, in consultation with a committee comprised of one represen-
 tative  each  from  the  corporation,  the department, the department of
 health, the department of mental hygiene, and the office of children and
 family services, provided that such areas  shall  include,  but  not  be
 limited  to,  areas  with  a  shortage  of  social workers in home care,
 health, mental  health,  substance  abuse,  aging,  HIV/AIDS  and  child
 welfare concerns, or communities with multi-lingual needs.
   2.  Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this subdivi-
 sion, applicants shall (a) be licensed as a social  worker  pursuant  to
 article  one hundred fifty-four of this chapter; (b) comply with [subdi-
 visions three and] SUBDIVISION five of section six hundred sixty-one  of
 this part; and (c) have an outstanding student loan debt.
   3.  Priority.  Such awards shall be made annually to applicants in the
 following priority:
   (a) First priority shall be given  to  applicants  who  have  received
 payment of an award pursuant to this section in a prior year and who, in
 the year prior to application, have provided social work services in (i)
 a  critical human service area, or (ii) a previously designated critical
 human service area, OR (III) A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK STATE;
   (b) Second priority shall be given to applicants who have not received
 payment of an award pursuant to this section in a  prior  year  and  who
 have provided social work services in a critical human service area OR A
 COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK STATE in the year prior to such appli-
 cation; and
   (c)  Third  priority shall be given to applicants who are economically
 disadvantaged as defined by the corporation.
   4. Awards. The corporation shall grant awards  in  the  value  of  six
 thousand five hundred dollars to individuals who have provided full-time
 social  work  services  in a critical human service area OR A COLLEGE OR
 UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK STATE in the  year  prior  to  such  application,
 provided that no recipient shall receive an award that exceeds the total
 remaining  balance  of the student loan debt and that no recipient shall
 receive cumulative awards, pursuant to this section, in excess of  twen-
 ty-six thousand dollars. Awards shall be within the amounts appropriated
 for such purpose and based on availability of funds.
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   5.  Rules and regulations. The corporation is authorized to promulgate
 rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions
 of this section. In the event that there are more  applicants  who  have
 the  same  priority,  as  provided in subdivision three of this section,
 than  there are remaining awards, the corporation shall provide in regu-
 lation the method of distributing the remaining number of  such  awards,
 which may include a lottery or other form of random selection.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART RR
 
   Section  1.  Clause  (A)  of subparagraph (i) and subparagraph (vi) of
 paragraph a and subparagraph (i) of paragraph  b  of  subdivision  3  of
 section  667  of  the  education  law, clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of
 paragraph a of subdivision 3 as amended by section 1 of part DD of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2021, subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion 3 as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of  the  laws  of
 2000  and subparagraph (i) of paragraph b of subdivision 3 as amended by
 section 2 of part DD of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (A) (1) In the case of students who have not been granted an exclusion
 of  parental  income,  who have qualified as an orphan, foster child, or
 ward of the court for the purposes  of  federal  student  financial  aid
 programs  authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
 amended, or had a dependent for income tax purposes during the tax  year
 next  preceding  the academic year for which application is made, except
 for those students who have been granted exclusion  of  parental  income
 who have a spouse but no other dependent:
   (a)  Five  thousand dollars, except starting in two thousand fourteen-
 two thousand fifteen such  students  shall  receive  five  thousand  one
 hundred  sixty-five dollars, [and] except starting in two thousand twen-
 ty-one--two thousand twenty-two [and  thereafter]  such  students  shall
 receive five thousand six hundred sixty-five dollars, EXCEPT STARTING IN
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SUCH STUDENTS SHALL
 RECEIVE SIX THOUSAND  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-EIGHT  DOLLARS,  AND  EXCEPT
 STARTING  IN  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND
 THEREAFTER SUCH STUDENTS SHALL RECEIVE SEVEN THOUSAND  SEVENTY  DOLLARS,
 provided  however  that  nothing herein shall be construed as increasing
 any award made pursuant to this section for [an] ANY PRIOR academic year
 [prior to two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two]; or
   (b) For undergraduate students enrolled in a program  of  study  at  a
 non-public  degree-granting institution that does not offer a program of
 study that leads to a baccalaureate degree, or at a registered  not-for-
 profit  business  school  qualified  for  tax  exemption  under  section
 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code for federal income  tax  purposes
 that  does  not  offer  a program of study that leads to a baccalaureate
 degree, four thousand dollars, except starting in two  thousand  twenty-
 one--two  thousand  twenty-two  [and  thereafter]  such  students  shall
 receive four thousand five hundred dollars, EXCEPT STARTING IN TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SUCH STUDENTS  SHALL  RECEIVE
 FIVE  THOUSAND  TWO  HUNDRED  THREE  DOLLARS, AND EXCEPT STARTING IN TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  AND  THEREAFTER  SUCH
 STUDENTS   SHALL  RECEIVE  FIVE  THOUSAND  NINE  HUNDRED  FIVE  DOLLARS.
 Provided, however,  that  this  subitem  shall  not  apply  to  students
 enrolled  in  a  program  of study leading to a certificate or degree in
 nursing.
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   (2) In the case of students receiving awards pursuant to  subparagraph
 (iii)  of this paragraph and those students who have been granted exclu-
 sion of parental income who have a spouse but no other dependent  begin-
 ning  in  the  two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two academic
 year  [and thereafter], three thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars,
 EXCEPT STARTING IN TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE
 SUCH  STUDENTS  SHALL  RECEIVE  FOUR  THOUSAND  TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT
 DOLLARS, AND EXCEPT STARTING IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR  AND  THEREAFTER  SUCH  STUDENTS SHALL RECEIVE FOUR THOUSAND
 NINE HUNDRED THIRTY DOLLARS,  provided  that  nothing  herein  shall  be
 construed as increasing any award made for any prior academic year; or
   (vi)  For  the  two thousand [two--two thousand three] TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE academic year and thereafter, the award  shall  be
 the  net  amount  of the base amount determined pursuant to subparagraph
 (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii)  of
 this  paragraph  but the award shall not be reduced below [five hundred]
 ONE THOUSAND dollars.
   (i) For each year of study, assistance shall be provided  as  computed
 on the basis of the amount which is the lesser of the following:
   (A)  (1)  [one]  FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE ACADEMIC YEAR, TWO THOUSAND THREE DOLLARS, AND FOR THE  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFT-
 ER, TWO thousand [three] SEVEN hundred FIVE dollars, or
   (2) for students receiving awards pursuant to  subparagraph  (iii)  of
 this  paragraph,  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE ACADEMIC YEAR, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-THREE DOLLARS, AND
 FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  ACADEMIC
 YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  [one]  TWO  thousand  [one] FIVE hundred [forty]
 FORTY-FIVE dollars; or
   (B) [(1) Ninety-five percent of the amount of  tuition  (exclusive  of
 educational fees) charged.
   (2) For the two thousand one--two thousand two academic year and ther-
 eafter]  one  hundred  percent  of  the  amount of tuition (exclusive of
 educational fees).
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
 
                                  PART SS
 
   Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a  new
 article 32 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 32
                  FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURES HOUSING PROGRAM
 SECTION 1290. FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURES HOUSING PROGRAM.
   § 1290. FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURES HOUSING PROGRAM. 1. PROGRAM ESTABLISH-
 MENT.  WITHIN  AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE AVAILABLE THEREFOR, THE
 DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A
 PROGRAM WHICH SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF  PAYMENTS,  GRANTS
 AND  LOANS  FOR  THE  FORMATION  OF  LIMITED  EQUITY COOPERATIVE HOUSING
 UTILIZING FUNDING APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH A PURPOSE AS WELL AS  ANY  OTHER
 FUNDING  SOURCE OR SOURCES WHICH THE COMMISSIONER MAY DETERMINE IS SUIT-
 ABLE TO SUPPORT SUCH A PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM  MAY  UTILIZE  STATE  OWNED
 SITES,  MUNICIPALLY  OWNED  SITES,  OR  SITES  OWNED BY A NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION OR COMMUNITY LAND  TRUST  EXCLUSIVELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 PROVIDING  HOUSING  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  REAL  PROPERTY  MAY BE
 ACQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  SUCH  PROGRAM  AS  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX-A OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL
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 PROVIDE (A) HOUSING FOR HOUSEHOLDS UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY  PERCENT
 OF  AREA MEDIAN INCOME, (B) A PROCESS IN WHICH HOUSEHOLDS SHALL HAVE THE
 ABILITY TO ACCRUE EQUITY OVER TIME, AND (C) THAT HOUSING  UNITS  CREATED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION REMAIN AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL ALSO ASSIST  PROSPECTIVE  HOMEBUYERS  TO  IDENTIFY  FUNDING
 SOURCES  THAT  PROVIDE  LOW  INTEREST  LOANS  TO  DEVELOP PROPERTIES AND
 PROVIDE LOANS TO PROSPECTIVE HOMEBUYERS.
   2. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND  COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL  SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND DUTY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT
 SUCH PROGRAM AND THE PROCESS FOR:
   (A) HOMEBUYERS OBTAINING A NEW UNIT WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BOTH  CONFIRM-
 ING INCOME QUALIFICATIONS AS WELL AS A RESTRICTION ON THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
 OF ASSETS ANY QUALIFIED HOMEBUYER MAY HAVE;
   (B) SELLING SHARES IN THE COOPERATIVE IN SUCH A WAY AS THE AFFORDABIL-
 ITY  OF  THE COOPERATIVE IS MAINTAINED WHILE ALLOWING HOUSEHOLDS TO GAIN
 EQUITY OVER TIME;
   (C) PROHIBITING THE USE OF A FIXED PERCENTAGE APPRECIATION CAP FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF DETERMINING AN ALLOWABLE SALES PRICE FOR SHARES IN THE COOP-
 ERATIVE;
   (D) SELECTING NEW HOUSEHOLDS ELIGIBLE TO PURCHASE HOUSING  WHICH  HAVE
 BEEN VACATED BY A PREVIOUS OWNER; AND
   (E)  THE CREATION OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS FOR SUCH LIMITED PROFIT HOUS-
 ING COMPANIES ESTABLISHED BY THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT  SUCH
 BOARDS SHALL HAVE THE POWERS AND BE SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED
 IN THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW.
   3.  SUPERVISION.  ALL SUCH HOUSING PROJECTS SHALL BE MANAGED INDEPEND-
 ENTLY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROJECT BY A CORPORATION OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION DETERMINED QUALIFIED BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNI-
 TY RENEWAL. ANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT THAT IS EXECUTED FOR  SUCH  PROGRAM
 SHALL INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT THAT RESIDENT MAINTENANCE FEES INCREASE BY A
 MINIMUM  PERCENTAGE ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THAT SUCH HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE
 IN GOOD REPAIR.
   4. TAX EXEMPTIONS. HOUSING FOR SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR  TAX
 EXEMPTIONS  IN  THE SAME MANNER AS PROJECTS UNDER ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through SS of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.