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| Mar 10, 2025 |
print number 3005b |
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amend (t) and recommit to finance |
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print number 3005a |
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amend (t) and recommit to finance |
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referred to finance |
Senate Bill S3005A
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year
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2025-S3005 - Details
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2025-S3005 - Summary
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to criminal justice including the psychological testing of candidates, expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers, prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, correctional facilities, inmate work release, furlough and leave, certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget, taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs, taxes, expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee, the ignition interlock device program, the merit provisions, prisoner litigation reform and the inmate filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter, the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994, certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence, the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses, the sentencing reform act of 1995, electronic court appearance in certain counties, the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities, the custody by the department of correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences, custody of federal prisoners, the closing of certain correctional facilities, military funds of the organized militia, providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the City of New York (Part A); expands eligibility for who may hold correction and police officer positions (Part C)
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2025
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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 chapter 887 of the laws of 1983, amending the correction
law relating to the psychological testing of candidates, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 428 of the laws of
1999, amending the executive law and the criminal procedure law relat-
ing to expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police
officers, in relation to extending the expiration of such chapter; to
amend chapter 886 of the laws of 1972, amending the correction law and
the penal law relating to prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the
crime of absconding therefrom, in relation to the effectiveness there-
of; to amend chapter 261 of the laws of 1987, amending chapters 50, 53
and 54 of the laws of 1987, the correction law, the penal law and
other chapters and laws relating to correctional facilities, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 339 of the
laws of 1972, amending the correction law and the penal law relating
to inmate work release, furlough and leave, in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof; to amend chapter 60 of the laws of 1994 relating to
certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropri-
ations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state oper-
ations budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, amending the tax law and other laws
relating to taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, in relation to
extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to
amend chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, amending the correction law,
the New York city criminal court act and the executive law relating to
prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarcera-
tion programs, in relation to extending the expiration of certain
provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 166 of the laws of 1991,
amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, in relation to
extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to
amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to extending the expi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee; to amend
chapter 713 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehicle and traffic law
relating to the ignition interlock device program, in relation to
extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 435 of the laws of
1997, amending the military law and other laws relating to various
provisions, in relation to extending the expiration date of the merit
provisions of the correction law and the penal law of such chapter; to
amend chapter 412 of the laws of 1999, amending the civil practice law
and rules and the court of claims act relating to prisoner litigation
reform, in relation to extending the expiration of the inmate filing
fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing
fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the
court of claims act of such chapter; to amend chapter 222 of the laws
of 1994 constituting the family protection and domestic violence
intervention act of 1994, in relation to extending the expiration of
certain provisions of the criminal procedure law requiring the arrest
of certain persons engaged in family violence; to amend chapter 505 of
the laws of 1985, amending the criminal procedure law relating to the
use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for
certain child witnesses, in relation to extending the expiration of
the provisions thereof; to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, enact-
ing the sentencing reform act of 1995, in relation to extending the
expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 689
of the laws of 1993 amending the criminal procedure law relating to
electronic court appearance in certain counties, in relation to
extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 688 of the laws of
2003, amending the executive law relating to enacting the interstate
compact for adult offender supervision, in relation to the effective-
ness thereof; to amend chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, amending the
correction law relating to limiting the closing of certain correction-
al facilities, providing for the custody by the department of correc-
tional services of inmates serving definite sentences, providing for
custody of federal prisoners and requiring the closing of certain
correctional facilities, in relation to the effectiveness of such
chapter; to amend chapter 152 of the laws of 2001 amending the mili-
tary law relating to military funds of the organized militia, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 554 of the
laws of 1986, amending the correction law and the penal law relating
to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the
crime of absconding from the community treatment facility, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend chapter 55 of the laws of
2018, amending the criminal procedure law relating to the pre-criminal
proceeding settlements in the City of New York, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof (Part A); to amend the criminal procedure law,
in relation to discovery reform (Part B); to amend the public officers
law, in relation to residency requirements for certain positions as a
correction officer; to amend the retirement and social security law,
in relation to mandatory retirement for certain members or officers of
the state police; to amend the executive law, in relation to eligibil-
ity for appointment as a sworn member of the state police; and to
amend the civil service law, in relation to the requirements for
appointment of police officers (Part C); to amend the penal law, in
relation to establishing the crime of domestic violence (Part D); to
amend the correction law, in relation to merit time allowance and
limited credit time allowance (Part E); to amend criminal procedure
law, civil practice law and rules, general municipal law, the court of
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claims act, and the education law, in relation to eliminating the
statute of limitations for sex trafficking cases (Part F); to amend
the executive law, in relation to expanding support services for
victims of financial abuse and homicide (Part G); to amend the execu-
tive law and the public health law, in relation to expanding
protections and services to survivors of sexual assault (Part H); to
amend the social services law, in relation to public assistance for
survivors of gender-based violence; and to repeal subdivision four of
section 349-a of the social services law relating thereto (Part I); to
amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation to a
model gender-based violence and the workplace policy (Part J); to
amend the general municipal law and the executive law, in relation to
requiring municipal cybersecurity incident reporting and exempting
such reports from freedom of information requirements (Part K); to
amend the penal law, in relation to artificial intelligence-generated
child sexual abuse material (Part L); to amend the penal law, in
relation to including the patronization of a person who is mentally
disabled in the offense of sex trafficking (Part M); to amend the
penal law, in relation to transit crimes and prohibition orders relat-
ing to such crimes (Part N); to amend the penal law, in relation to
the expanding the definition of building for the purpose of the
offense of criminal trespass and burglary (Part O); to amend the penal
law, in relation to establishing the crime of aggravated transporta-
tion offense (Part P); to amend chapter 396 of the laws of 2010 amend-
ing the alcoholic beverage control law relating to liquidator's
permits and temporary retail permits, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof (Part Q); to amend the public authorities law, in relation to
the bonding limit of the New York city transitional finance authority
(Part R); to amend the real property tax law and the administrative
code of the city of New York, in relation to the industrial and
commercial abatement program (Part S); to amend the civil practice law
and rules and the state finance law, in relation to the rate of inter-
est to be paid on judgment and accrued claims (Part T); to amend the
civil service law, in relation to reimbursement for medicare premium
charges (Part U); to amend the civil service law, in relation to
extending the waiver of certain state civil service examination fees;
and to amend part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, amending the
civil service law relating to waiving state civil service examination
fees between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof (Part V); to amend the state finance law, in
relation to providing for an alternate payment election for certain
employees (Part W); to amend the state technology law, in relation to
cybersecurity awareness training for government employees (Part X); to
amend chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, constituting the infrastructure
investment act, in relation to construction manager as constructor
contracts (Part Y); to amend the New York city public works investment
act, in relation to authorizing the use of certain alternative project
delivery methods (Part Z); to amend the workers' compensation law, in
relation to medical providers entitled to render emergency care and
treatment in cases of a workers' compensation injury (Part AA); to
amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to specifying which
providers are authorized to render certain medical care; and to repeal
certain provisions of such law related thereto (Part BB); to amend the
workers' compensation law, in relation to temporary payment of compen-
sation for medical treatment and care (Part CC); to amend the workers'
compensation law and the insurance law, in relation to payments for
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covered medical and/or hospital services for or on behalf of an
injured employee when the claim is controverted (Part DD); and in
relation to providing for the administration of certain funds and
accounts related to the 2025-2026 budget, authorizing certain payments
and transfers; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the
administration of certain funds and accounts, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof, and in relation to interest owed on outstanding
balances of debt; to amend part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
amending the state finance law and other laws relating to providing
for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the
2023-2024 budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; authoriz-
ing the comptroller to transfer up to $25,000,000 from various state
bond funds to the general debt service fund for the purposes of
redeeming or defeasing outstanding state bonds; to amend the private
housing finance law, in relation to housing program bonds and notes;
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of
bonds and notes by the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund; to
amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds
and notes for city university facilities; to amend the public authori-
ties law, in relation to the issuance of bonds for library
construction projects; to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to the issuance of bonds for state university educational
facilities; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the
issuance of bonds and notes for locally sponsored community colleges;
to amend chapter 392 of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York
state medical care facilities finance agency act, in relation to the
issuance of mental health services facilities improvement bonds and
notes; to amend part K of chapter 81 of the laws of 2002, relating to
providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related
to the 2002-2003 budget, in relation to the issuance of bonds and
notes to finance capital costs related to homeland security; to amend
chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development
corporation act, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for
purposes of funding office of information technology services project
costs; to amend chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, amending the state
finance law and other laws relating to the establishment of the dedi-
cated highway and bridge trust fund, in relation to the issuance of
funds to the thruway authority; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of
1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation
to the issuance of bonds and notes to fund costs for statewide equip-
ment; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance
of bonds for purposes of financing environmental infrastructure
projects; to amend part D of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, relating
to the financing of the correctional facilities improvement fund and
the youth facility improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of
bonds and notes for the youth facilities improvement fund; to amend
the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and
notes for the purpose of financing peace bridge projects and capital
costs of state and local highways; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of
1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation
to the issuance of bonds for economic development initiatives; to
amend part Y of chapter 61 of the laws of 2005, relating to providing
for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the
2005-2006 budget, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for
the purpose of financing capital projects for the division of military
and naval affairs and initiative of the state police; to amend the
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public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes
for the purpose of financing the construction of the New York state
agriculture and markets food laboratory; to amend the public authori-
ties law, in relation to authorization for the issuance of bonds
for the capital restructuring financing program, the health care
facility transformation programs, and the essential health care
provider program; to amend the public authorities law, in relation
to the issuance of bonds or notes for the purpose of assisting the
metropolitan transportation authority in the financing of transpor-
tation facilities; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to
bonds and notes for hazardous waste remediation; to amend part D of
chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, relating to the financing of the
correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility
improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of certain bonds and
notes; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to funds for
the department of health and financing through the dormitory authori-
ty; to amend the public health law, in relation to the department of
health income fund; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 consti-
tuting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issu-
ance of personal income tax revenue anticipation notes; to amend the
state finance law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for
certain purposes; to amend the state finance law, in relation to
refunding and redemption of bonds; to repeal certain provisions of the
state finance law relating to the accident prevention course internet,
and other technology pilot program fund, relating to the required
contents of the budget and relating to the deposit of receipts derived
from certain indirect cost assessments; and providing for the repeal
of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part EE)
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 public protection and general govern-
ment budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year. Each component is whol-
ly contained within a Part identified as Parts A through EE. The effec-
tive 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. Section 2 of chapter 887 of the laws of 1983, amending the
correction law relating to the psychological testing of candidates, as
amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall remain in effect until September 1,
[2025] 2027.
§ 2. Section 3 of chapter 428 of the laws of 1999, amending the execu-
tive law and the criminal procedure law relating to expanding the
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geographic area of employment of certain police officers, as amended by
section 2 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall
remain in effect until the first day of September, [2025] 2027, when it
shall expire and be deemed repealed.
§ 3. Section 3 of chapter 886 of the laws of 1972, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to prisoner furloughs in
certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, as amended by
section 3 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect 60 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027.
§ 4. Section 20 of chapter 261 of the laws of 1987, amending chapters
50, 53 and 54 of the laws of 1987, the correction law, the penal law and
other chapters and laws relating to correctional facilities, as amended
by section 4 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 20. This act shall take effect immediately except that section thir-
teen of this act shall expire and be of no further force or effect on
and after September 1, [2025] 2027 and shall not apply to persons
committed to the custody of the department after such date, and provided
further that the commissioner of corrections and community supervision
shall report each January first and July first during such time as the
earned eligibility program is in effect, to the [chairmen] CHAIRS of the
senate crime victims, crime and correction committee, the senate codes
committee, the assembly correction committee, and the assembly codes
committee, the standards in effect for earned eligibility during the
prior six-month period, the number of [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
subject to the provisions of earned eligibility, the number who actually
received certificates of earned eligibility during that period of time,
the number of [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS with certificates who
are granted parole upon their first consideration for parole, the number
with certificates who are denied parole upon their first consideration,
and the number of individuals granted and denied parole who did not have
earned eligibility certificates.
§ 5. Subdivision (q) of section 427 of chapter 55 of the laws of 1992,
amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, surcharges, fees
and funding, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(q) the provisions of section two hundred eighty-four of this act
shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027 and be applicable
to all persons entering the program on or before August 31, [2025] 2027.
§ 6. Section 10 of chapter 339 of the laws of 1972, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to inmate work release,
furlough and leave, as amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 55 of
the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 10. This act shall take effect 30 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, and
provided further that the commissioner of correctional services shall
report each January first, and July first, to the [chairman] CHAIRS of
the senate crime victims, crime and correction committee, the senate
codes committee, the assembly correction committee, and the assembly
codes committee, the number of eligible [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVID-
UALS in each facility under the custody and control of the commissioner
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who have applied for participation in any program offered under the
provisions of work release, furlough, or leave, and the number of such
[inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS who have been approved for partic-
ipation.
§ 7. Subdivision (c) of section 46 of chapter 60 of the laws of 1994,
relating to certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain
appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994, enacting the
state operations budget, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 55
of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(c) sections forty-one and forty-two of this act shall expire Septem-
ber 1, [2025] 2027; provided, that the provisions of section forty-two
of this act shall apply to [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS entering
the work release program on or after such effective date; and
§ 8. Subdivision (aa) of section 427 of chapter 55 of the laws of
1992, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, surcharges,
fees and funding, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(aa) the provisions of sections three hundred eighty-two, three
hundred eighty-three and three hundred eighty-four of this act shall
expire on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 9. Section 12 of chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, amending the
correction law, the New York city criminal court act and the executive
law relating to prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention
and incarceration programs, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter
55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 12. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the
provisions of sections one through ten of this act shall remain in full
force and effect until September 1, [2025] 2027 on which date those
provisions shall be deemed to be repealed.
§ 10. Subdivision (p) of section 406 of chapter 166 of the laws of
1991, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, as amended
by section 10 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
(p) The amendments to section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law made
by sections three hundred thirty-seven and three hundred thirty-eight of
this act shall not apply to any offense committed prior to such effec-
tive date; provided, further, that section three hundred forty-one of
this act shall take effect immediately and shall expire November 1, 1993
at which time it shall be deemed repealed; sections three hundred
forty-five and three hundred forty-six of this act shall take effect
July 1, 1991; sections three hundred fifty-five, three hundred fifty-
six, three hundred fifty-seven and three hundred fifty-nine of this act
shall take effect immediately and shall expire June 30, 1995 and shall
revert to and be read as if this act had not been enacted; section three
hundred fifty-eight of this act shall take effect immediately and shall
expire June 30, 1998 and shall revert to and be read as if this act had
not been enacted; section three hundred sixty-four through three hundred
sixty-seven of this act shall apply to claims filed on or after such
effective date; sections three hundred sixty-nine, three hundred seven-
ty-two, three hundred seventy-three, three hundred seventy-four, three
hundred seventy-five and three hundred seventy-six of this act shall
remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, at which time they
shall be deemed repealed; provided, however, that the mandatory
surcharge provided in section three hundred seventy-four of this act
shall apply to parking violations occurring on or after said effective
date; and provided further that the amendments made to section 235 of
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the vehicle and traffic law by section three hundred seventy-two of this
act, the amendments made to section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law
by sections three hundred thirty-seven and three hundred thirty-eight of
this act and the amendments made to section 215-a of the labor law by
section three hundred seventy-five of this act shall expire on September
1, [2025] 2027 and upon such date the provisions of such subdivisions
and sections shall revert to and be read as if the provisions of this
act had not been enacted; the amendments to subdivisions 2 and 3 of
section 400.05 of the penal law made by sections three hundred seventy-
seven and three hundred seventy-eight of this act shall expire on July
1, 1992 and upon such date the provisions of such subdivisions shall
revert and shall be read as if the provisions of this act had not been
enacted; the state board of law examiners shall take such action as is
necessary to assure that all applicants for examination for admission to
practice as an attorney and counsellor at law shall pay the increased
examination fee provided for by the amendment made to section 465 of the
judiciary law by section three hundred eighty of this act for any exam-
ination given on or after the effective date of this act notwithstanding
that an applicant for such examination may have prepaid a lesser fee for
such examination as required by the provisions of such section 465 as of
the date prior to the effective date of this act; the provisions of
section 306-a of the civil practice law and rules as added by section
three hundred eighty-one of this act shall apply to all actions pending
on or commenced on or after September 1, 1991, provided, however, that
for the purposes of this section service of such summons made prior to
such date shall be deemed to have been completed on September 1, 1991;
the provisions of section three hundred eighty-three of this act shall
apply to all money deposited in connection with a cash bail or a
partially secured bail bond on or after such effective date; and the
provisions of sections three hundred eighty-four and three hundred
eighty-five of this act shall apply only to jury service commenced
during a judicial term beginning on or after the effective date of this
act; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
affect the application, qualification, expiration or repeal of any
provision of law amended by any section of this act and such provisions
shall be applied or qualified or shall expire or be deemed repealed in
the same manner, to the same extent and on the same date as the case may
be as otherwise provided by law;
§ 11. Subdivision 8 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
8. The provisions of this section shall only apply to offenses commit-
ted on or before September first, two thousand [twenty-five] TWENTY-SEV-
EN.
§ 12. Section 6 of chapter 713 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law relating to the ignition interlock device program,
as amended by section 12 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the first day of April next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided,
however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment or repeal
of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of the fore-
going sections of this act on their effective date is authorized and
directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date and
shall remain in full force and effect until the first day of September,
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[2025] 2027 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
deemed repealed.
§ 13. Paragraph a of subdivision 6 of section 76 of chapter 435 of the
laws of 1997, amending the military law and other laws relating to vari-
ous provisions, as amended by section 13 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
a. sections forty-three through forty-five of this act shall expire
and be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 14. Section 4 of part D of chapter 412 of the laws of 1999, amending
the civil practice law and rules and the court of claims act relating to
prisoner litigation reform, as amended by section 14 of part A of chap-
ter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4. This act shall take effect 120 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in full force and effect until September 1, [2025]
2027, when upon such date it shall expire.
§ 15. Subdivision 2 of section 59 of chapter 222 of the laws of 1994,
constituting the family protection and domestic violence intervention
act of 1994, as amended by section 15 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
2. Subdivision 4 of section 140.10 of the criminal procedure law as
added by section thirty-two of this act shall take effect January 1,
1996 and shall expire and be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025]
2027.
§ 16. Section 5 of chapter 505 of the laws of 1985, amending the crim-
inal procedure law relating to the use of closed-circuit television and
other protective measures for certain child witnesses, as amended by
section 16 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
criminal actions and proceedings commenced prior to the effective date
of this act but still pending on such date as well as all criminal
actions and proceedings commenced on or after such effective date and
its provisions shall expire on September 1, [2025] 2027, when upon such
date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
§ 17. Subdivision d of section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws of 1995,
enacting the sentencing reform act of 1995, as amended by section 17 of
part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
d. Sections one-a through twenty, twenty-four through twenty-eight,
thirty through thirty-nine, forty-two and forty-four of this act shall
be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 18. Section 2 of chapter 689 of the laws of 1993, amending the crim-
inal procedure law relating to electronic court appearance in certain
counties, as amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the
provisions of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and
effect since July 1, 1992 and the provisions of this act shall expire
September 1, [2025] 2027 when upon such date the provisions of this act
shall be deemed repealed.
§ 19. Section 3 of chapter 688 of the laws of 2003, amending the exec-
utive law relating to enacting the interstate compact for adult offender
supervision, as amended by section 19 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one
of this act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall remain in effect
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until the first of September, [2025] 2027, upon which date this act
shall be deemed repealed and have no further force and effect; provided
that section one of this act shall only take effect with respect to any
compacting state which has enacted an interstate compact entitled
"Interstate compact for adult offender supervision" and having an iden-
tical effect to that added by section one of this act and provided
further that with respect to any such compacting state, upon the effec-
tive date of section one of this act, section 259-m of the executive law
is hereby deemed REPEALED and section 259-mm of the executive law, as
added by section one of this act, shall take effect; and provided
further that with respect to any state which has not enacted an inter-
state compact entitled "Interstate compact for adult offender super-
vision" and having an identical effect to that added by section one of
this act, section 259-m of the executive law shall take effect and the
provisions of section one of this act, with respect to any such state,
shall have no force or effect until such time as such state shall adopt
an interstate compact entitled "Interstate compact for adult offender
supervision" and having an identical effect to that added by section one
of this act in which case, with respect to such state, effective imme-
diately, section 259-m of the executive law is deemed repealed and
section 259-mm of the executive law, as added by section one of this
act, shall take effect.
§ 20. Section 8 of part H of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, amending
the correction law relating to limiting the closing of certain correc-
tional facilities, providing for the custody by the department of
correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences, providing
for custody of federal prisoners and requiring the closing of certain
correctional facilities, as amended by section 20 of part A of chapter
55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
sections five and six of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed
September 1, [2025] 2027.
§ 21. Section 3 of part C of chapter 152 of the laws of 2001, amending
the military law relating to military funds of the organized militia, as
amended by section 21 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
amendments made to subdivision 1 of section 221 of the military law by
section two of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed September 1,
[2025] 2027.
§ 22. Section 5 of chapter 554 of the laws of 1986, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to providing for community
treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the
community treatment facility, as amended by section 22 of part A of
chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
force and effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, and provided further
that the commissioner of correctional services shall report each January
first and July first during such time as this legislation is in effect,
to the [chairmen] CHAIRS of the senate crime victims, crime and
correction committee, the senate codes committee, the assembly
correction committee, and the assembly codes committee, the number of
individuals who are released to community treatment facilities during
the previous six-month period, including the total number for each date
at each facility who are not residing within the facility, but who are
required to report to the facility on a daily or less frequent basis.
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§ 23. Section 2 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018, amending
the criminal procedure law relating to pre-criminal proceeding settle-
ments in the city of New York, as amended by section 23 of part A of
chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
force and effect until March 31, [2025] 2027, when it shall expire and
be deemed repealed.
§ 24. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART B
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 245.10 of the
criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59
of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The prosecution shall disclose statements of the defendant as
described in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 245.20 of this
article to any defendant who has been arraigned in a local criminal
court upon a currently undisposed of felony complaint charging an
offense which is a subject of a prospective or pending grand jury
proceeding, no later than [forty-eight] TWENTY-FOUR hours before the
time scheduled for the defendant to testify at a grand jury proceeding
pursuant to subdivision five of section 190.50 of this part.
§ 2. The opening paragraph, paragraphs (h), (o) and subparagraph (i)
of paragraph (u) of subdivision 1, subdivisions 2 and 6 of section
245.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part LLL
of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
The prosecution shall disclose to the defendant, and permit the
defendant to discover, inspect, copy, photograph and test, all [items
and information that relate to the subject matter of the case and] MATE-
RIAL AND INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES
AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE which are in the possession,
custody or control of the prosecution or persons under the prosecution's
direction or control, including but not limited to:
(h) All photographs and drawings made or completed by a public servant
engaged in law enforcement activity, or which were made by a person whom
the prosecutor intends to call as a witness at trial or a pre-trial
hearing, or which [relate to the subject matter of the case] ARE RELE-
VANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE
INSTANT CASE.
(o) All tangible property that [relates to the subject matter of the
case] IS RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE, along with a designation of which items
the prosecution intends to introduce in its case-in-chief at trial or a
pre-trial hearing. If in the exercise of reasonable diligence the prose-
cutor has not formed an intention within the time period specified in
subdivision one of section 245.10 of this article that an item under
this subdivision will be introduced at trial or a pre-trial hearing, the
prosecution shall notify the defendant in writing, and the time period
in which to designate items as exhibits shall be stayed without need for
a motion pursuant to subdivision two of section 245.70 of this article;
but the disclosure shall be made as soon as practicable and subject to
the continuing duty to disclose in section 245.60 of this article.
(i) A copy of all electronically created or stored information seized
or obtained by or on behalf of law enforcement from: (A) the defendant
as described in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph; or (B) a source
other than the defendant which [relates to the subject matter of the
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case] ARE RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE.
2. Duties of the prosecution. The prosecutor shall make a diligent,
good faith effort to ascertain the existence of material or information
discoverable under subdivision one of this section and to cause such
material or information to be made available for discovery where it
exists but is not within the prosecutor's possession, custody or
control[; provided that the prosecutor shall not be required to obtain
by subpoena duces tecum material or information which the defendant may
thereby obtain]. MATERIAL OR INFORMATION THAT REQUIRES A SUBPOENA DUCES
TECUM IN ORDER FOR THE PROSECUTOR TO OBTAIN, AND IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT
MAY OBTAIN BY SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM, ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF AUTOMAT-
IC DISCOVERY FOR PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND THE
PROSECUTOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN SUCH MATERIAL OR INFORMATION
BEFORE FILING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 245.50 OF THIS ARTICLE. For purposes of subdivision one of this
section, [all items and information related to the prosecution of a
charge] ALL MATERIAL OR INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE WHICH ARE in the
possession of any New York state or local police or law enforcement
agency shall be deemed to be in the CONSTRUCTIVE possession of the pros-
ecution. The prosecution shall also identify any laboratory having
contact with evidence [related] RELEVANT to the prosecution of a charge.
This subdivision shall not require the prosecutor to ascertain the
existence of witnesses not known to the police or another law enforce-
ment agency, or the written or recorded statements thereof, under para-
graph (c) or (e) of subdivision one of this section.
6. Redactions permitted. Either party may redact social security
numbers [and], tax numbers, WITNESSES' PHYSICAL ADDRESSES, OTHER FORMS
OF WITNESSES' CONTACT INFORMATION SO LONG AS THE PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED
ONE FORM OF ADEQUATE CONTACT INFORMATION CONTAINED IN MATERIAL OR INFOR-
MATION DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION, PHYSICAL ADDRESSES AND OTHER FORMS OF CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
ANY PERSONS CONTAINED IN MATERIAL OR INFORMATION DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND MATERIAL OR INFOR-
MATION THAT IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST
THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE FROM disclosures under this article
WITHOUT THE NEED TO FILE A PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70
OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 3. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 245.30 of the criminal procedure
law, as added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of
2019, are amended to read as follows:
1. Order to preserve evidence. At any time, a party may move for a
court order to any individual, agency or other entity in possession,
custody or control of items which [relate to the subject matter of the
case or are otherwise relevant] ARE RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE, requiring that
such items be preserved for a specified period of time. The court shall
hear and rule upon such motions expeditiously. The court may modify or
vacate such an order upon a showing that preservation of particular
evidence will create significant hardship to such individual, agency or
entity, on condition that the probative value of that evidence is
preserved by a specified alternative means.
3. Discretionary discovery by order of the court. The court in its
discretion may, upon a showing by the defendant that the request is
reasonable and that the defendant is unable without undue hardship to
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obtain the substantial equivalent by other means, order the prosecution,
or any individual, agency or other entity subject to the jurisdiction of
the court, to make available for disclosure to the defendant any materi-
al or information which [relates to the subject matter of the case] ARE
RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN
THE INSTANT CASE and is reasonably likely to be material. A motion under
this subdivision must be on notice to any person or entity affected by
the order. The court may, on its own, upon request of any person or
entity affected by the order, modify or vacate the order if compliance
would be unreasonable or will create significant hardship. For good
cause shown, the court may permit a party seeking or opposing a discre-
tionary order of discovery under this subdivision, or another affected
person or entity, to submit papers or testify on the record ex parte or
in camera. For good cause shown, any such papers and a transcript of
such testimony may be sealed and shall constitute a part of the record
on appeal.
§ 4. Subdivisions 1, 1-a, 3 and 4 of section 245.50 of the criminal
procedure law, subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by section 7 of part HHH
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, subdivision 1-a as added and subdivi-
sion 4 as amended by section 1 of subpart D of part UU of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2022, are amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read
as follows:
1. By the prosecution. When the prosecution, AFTER EXERCISING GOOD
FAITH AND DUE DILIGENCE, has provided [the discovery required by subdi-
vision one of section 245.20 of this article] ALL MATERIAL AND INFORMA-
TION SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE THAT
ARE IN THE PEOPLE'S ACTUAL POSSESSION, except for discovery that is lost
or destroyed as provided by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section
245.80 of this article and except for any [items] MATERIAL or informa-
tion that [are] IS the subject of an order pursuant to section 245.70 of
this article, it shall serve upon the defendant and file with the court
a certificate of compliance. The certificate of compliance shall state
that, after exercising due diligence and making reasonable inquiries to
ascertain the existence of material and information subject to discov-
ery, the prosecutor has disclosed and made available all known material
and information subject to discovery THAT IS IN ITS ACTUAL POSSESSION.
It shall also identify the items provided. [If additional discovery is
subsequently provided] IF THE PROSECUTION PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY
prior to trial pursuant to section 245.60 of this article, a supple-
mental certificate shall be served upon the defendant and filed with the
court identifying the additional material and information provided. [No
adverse consequence to the prosecution or the prosecutor shall result
from the filing of a certificate of compliance in good faith and reason-
able under the circumstances; but the court may grant a remedy or sanc-
tion for a discovery violation as provided in section 245.80 of this
article.] THE FILING OF A SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE SHALL
NOT IMPACT THE VALIDITY OF THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE IF
FILED IN GOOD FAITH AND AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
PRECLUDE THE PROSECUTION FROM CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION AND OBTAIN-
ING AND DISCLOSING NEW DISCOVERABLE MATERIAL AND INFORMATION AFTER THEY
HAVE FILED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.
[1-a. Any supplemental certificate of compliance shall detail the
basis for the delayed disclosure so that the court may determine whether
the delayed disclosure impacts the propriety of the certificate of
compliance. The filing of a supplemental certificate of compliance shall
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not impact the validity of the original certificate of compliance if
filed in good faith and after exercising due diligence pursuant to
section 245.20 of this article, or if the additional discovery did not
exist at the time of the filing of the original certificate of compli-
ance.]
3. Trial readiness. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,
absent an individualized finding of special circumstances in the instant
case by the court before which the charge is pending, the prosecution
shall not be deemed ready for trial for purposes of section 30.30 of
this chapter until it has filed a proper certificate pursuant to subdi-
vision one of this section. [A court may deem the prosecution ready for
trial pursuant to section 30.30 of this chapter where information that
might be considered discoverable under this article cannot be disclosed
because it has been lost, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable as
provided by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 245.80 of this
article, despite diligent and good faith efforts, reasonable under the
circumstances. Provided, however, that the court may grant a remedy or
sanction for a discovery violation as provided by section 245.80 of this
article.]
4. (a) Challenges to, or questions related to a certificate of compli-
ance shall be addressed by motion.
(b) To the extent that the party is aware of a potential defect or
deficiency related to a certificate of compliance or supplemental
certificate of compliance, the party entitled to disclosure shall notify
or alert the opposing party as soon as practicable.
(c) Challenges related to the sufficiency of a certificate of compli-
ance or supplemental certificates of compliance FILED PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION shall be addressed by motion [as soon as
practicable, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to
waive a party's right to make further challenges, including but not
limited to a motion pursuant to section 30.30 of this chapter] WITHIN
THIRTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE CERTIFICATE. FAILURE TO CHALLENGE
A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF THAT CHALLENGE, HOWEVER,
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THE COURT MAY EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD BEYOND THIR-
TY-FIVE DAYS. GOOD CAUSE INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, VOLUMINOUS
DISCOVERY AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CASE. DENIAL OF A MOTION CHALLENGING
THE SUFFICIENCY OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIF-
ICATE OF COMPLIANCE, OR A WAIVER OF SUCH CHALLENGE, SHALL NOT PRECLUDE
THE IMPOSITION OF ANY REMEDY OR SANCTION AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 245.80
OF THIS ARTICLE.
(D) A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLI-
ANCE SHALL NOT BE INVALIDATED WHERE THE PEOPLE RELY ON A GOOD FAITH
INTERPRETATION OF THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THERE
IS NO CONTROLLING PRECEDENT TO THE CONTRARY FROM THE INTERMEDIATE APPEL-
LATE COURT TO WHICH AN APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION WOULD BE HAD
OR FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS.
5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO
ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE TO THE PROSECUTION OR THE PROSECUTOR, INCLUDING THE
INVALIDATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR STATEMENT OF READINESS,
SHALL RESULT FROM THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR A SUPPLE-
MENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE THAT WAS MADE IN GOOD FAITH AND IS
REASONABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. BELATED OR MISSING DISCLOSURES SHALL
BE CURED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO
OF THIS SECTION. IF THE PARTY ENTITLED TO THE BELATED OR MISSING DISCLO-
SURES SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PREJUDICED BY THE BELATED OR NON-DISCLO-
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SURE, THE COURT SHALL GRANT AN APPROPRIATE AND PROPORTIONATE REMEDY
PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTICLE. A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
OR STATEMENT OF READINESS SHALL BE INVALIDATED ONLY UPON A SHOWING THAT
NO OTHER REMEDY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTICLE, CAN SUFFI-
CIENTLY CURE ANY PREJUDICE RESULTING FROM THE BELATED OR MISSING DISCLO-
SURE.
§ 5. Subdivision 2 of section 245.55 of the criminal procedure law, as
added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Provision of law enforcement agency files. Absent a court order or
a requirement that defense counsel obtain a security clearance mandated
by law or authorized government regulation, upon request by the prose-
cution, each New York state and local law enforcement agency shall make
available to the prosecution a complete copy of its complete records and
files [related] RELEVANT to the investigation of the case or the prose-
cution of the defendant for compliance with this article.
§ 6. Subdivision 3 of section 245.80 of the criminal procedure law, as
added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Consequences of non-disclosure of statement of testifying prose-
cution witness. The failure of the prosecutor or any agent of the prose-
cutor to disclose any written or recorded statement made by a prose-
cution witness which [relates] IS RELEVANT to the subject matter of the
witness's testimony shall not constitute grounds for any court to order
a new pre-trial hearing or set aside a conviction, or reverse, modify or
vacate a judgment of conviction, in the absence of a showing by the
defendant that there is a reasonable possibility that the non-disclosure
materially contributed to the result of the trial or other proceeding;
provided, however, that nothing in this section shall affect or limit
any right the defendant may have to a reopened pre-trial hearing when
such statements were disclosed before the close of evidence at trial.
§ 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 30.30 of the criminal
procedure law, as amended by section 1 of part KKK of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
(a) a reasonable period of delay resulting from other proceedings
concerning the defendant, including but not limited to: proceedings for
the determination of competency and the period during which defendant is
incompetent to stand trial; demand to produce; request for a bill of
particulars; pre-trial motions; appeals; trial of other charges; [and]
the period during which such matters are under consideration by the
court; AND UNLESS THE DEFENDANT WAIVES THEIR RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE
TO THE PEOPLE'S DISCOVERY CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION
245.50 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FILING OF THE PEOPLE'S
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AND THE COURT'S DECISION ON THE DEFENDANT'S
CHALLENGE TO THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE; or
§ 8. Subdivision 5 of section 30.30 of the criminal procedure law, as
amended by section 1 of part KKK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Whenever pursuant to this section a prosecutor states or otherwise
provides notice that the people are ready for trial, the court shall
make inquiry on the record as to their actual readiness. If, after
conducting its inquiry, the court determines that the people are not
ready to proceed to trial, the prosecutor's statement or notice of read-
iness shall not be valid for purposes of this section. Any statement of
trial readiness must be accompanied or preceded by a certification of
good faith compliance with the disclosure requirements of section 245.20
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of this chapter and the defense shall be afforded an opportunity to be
heard on the record as to whether the disclosure requirements have been
met. THE COURT MAY DEEM THE PEOPLE NOT READY FOR TRIAL IF IT FINDS THAT
THE PEOPLE'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WAS INVALID AND THE DEFENSE SHOWS
THAT IT WAS PREJUDICED AS A RESULT OF THE PEOPLE'S NON-DISCLOSURE OR
BELATED DISCLOSURE OF DISCOVERABLE MATERIAL OR INFORMATION AND NO OTHER
REMEDY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.80 OF THIS CHAPTER, SUFFICIENTLY CURES
THE PREJUDICE. This subdivision shall not apply to cases where the
defense has waived disclosure requirements.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
criminal proceedings initiated on or before such date.
PART C
Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
9-A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESI-
DENT OF THE STATE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON EMPLOYED AS A CORRECTION
OFFICER TRAINEE OR CORRECTION OFFICER WHO IS EMPLOYED AT A STATE CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITY.
§ 2. Subdivision e of section 381-b of the retirement and social
security law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2008, is amended
to read as follows:
e. Mandatory retirement. A member subject to the provisions of this
section shall be retired on December thirty-first of the year in which
[he or she] SUCH MEMBER attains [sixty] SIXTY-THREE years of age.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any member in service in the division
on August fifteenth, two thousand seven, and who on that date was enti-
tled to receive retirement benefits on the thirty-first day of December
in the year in which [he or she] SUCH MEMBER attained fifty-seven years
of age as provided in paragraph three of subdivision b of this section,
may elect to retain such entitlement, provided the member remains in
service on the thirtieth day of December in the year in which [he or
she] SUCH MEMBER attains fifty-seven years of age, AND ANY MEMBER IN
SERVICE IN THE DIVISION ON AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
FIVE, AND WHO ON THAT DATE WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS
ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER
ATTAINED SIXTY YEARS OF AGE AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVI-
SION B OF THIS SECTION, MAY ELECT TO RETAIN SUCH ENTITLEMENT, PROVIDED
THE MEMBER REMAINS IN SERVICE ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE
YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER ATTAINS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE. The provisions of
this subdivision shall not apply to the superintendent.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 215 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 478 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall be appointed
by the superintendent and permanent appointees may be removed by the
superintendent only after a hearing. No person shall be appointed to the
New York state police force as a sworn member unless [he or she] SUCH
PERSON shall be a citizen of the United States[, between the ages of
twenty-one and twenty-nine years except that in the superintendent's
discretion, the maximum age may be extended to thirty-five years.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any general or special law
to the contrary the time spent on military duty, not exceeding a total
of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has
passed his or her twenty-ninth birthday, solely for the purpose of
permitting qualification as to age and for no other purpose. Such limi-
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tations as to age however shall not apply to persons appointed to the
positions of counsel, first assistant counsel, assistant counsel, and
assistant deputy superintendent for employee relations nor to any person
appointed to the bureau of criminal investigation pursuant to section
two hundred sixteen of this article nor shall any person] WHO IS AT
LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE. NO PERSON SHALL be appointed unless [he
or she] SUCH PERSON has fitness and good moral character and shall have
passed a physical and mental examination based upon standards provided
by the rules and regulations of the superintendent. Appointments shall
be made for a probationary period which, in the case of appointees
required to attend and complete a basic training program at the state
police academy, shall include such time spent attending the basic school
and terminate one year after successful completion thereof. All other
sworn members shall be subject to a probationary period of one year from
the date of appointment. Following satisfactory completion of the proba-
tionary period the member shall be a permanent appointee. Voluntary
resignation or withdrawal from the New York state police during such
appointment shall be submitted to the superintendent for approval.
Reasonable time shall be required to account for all equipment issued or
for debts or obligations to the state to be satisfied. Resignation or
withdrawal from the division during a time of emergency, so declared by
the governor, shall not be approved if contrary to the best interest of
the state and shall be a misdemeanor. No sworn member removed from the
New York state police shall be eligible for reappointment. The super-
intendent shall make rules and regulations subject to approval by the
governor for the discipline and control of the New York state police and
for the examination and qualifications of applicants for appointment as
members thereto and such examinations shall be held and conducted by the
superintendent subject to such rules and regulations. The superintendent
is authorized to charge a fee of twenty dollars as an application fee
for any person applying to take a competitive examination for the posi-
tion of trooper, and a fee of five dollars for any competitive examina-
tion for a civilian position. The superintendent shall promulgate regu-
lations subject to the approval of the director of the budget, to
provide for a waiver of the application fee when the fee would cause an
unreasonable hardship on the applicant and to establish a fee schedule
and charge fees for the use of state police facilities.
§ 4. Section 58 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 560 of
the laws of 1978, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 244 of the
laws of 2013, paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 as amended by
section 16 and subdivision 5 as amended by section 17 of part BBB of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, subdivision 1-b as added by chapter 1016
of the laws of 1983, subdivision 1-c as added by chapter 840 of the laws
of 1985, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 561 of the laws of 2015,
subdivision 4 as separately amended by chapters 375 and 397 of the laws
of 1990, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 as amended by chapter
561 of the laws of 2015, paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by
chapter 190 of the laws of 2008, subparagraphs (ii) and (iv) of para-
graph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by section 58 of subpart B of part
C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 6 as added by chap-
ter 558 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
§ 58. Requirements for [provisional or permanent] appointment of
certain police officers. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
law or any general, special or local law to the contrary, no person
shall be eligible for [provisional or permanent] appointment [in the
competitive class of the civil service] as a police officer of the
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department of environmental conservation or of any police force or
police department of any county, city, town, village, housing authority
or police district unless [he or she] THEY shall satisfy the following
basic requirements:
(a) [he or she is] THEY ARE not less than twenty years of age as of
the date of appointment [nor more than thirty-five years of age as of
the date when the applicant takes the written examination, provided that
the maximum age requirement of thirty-five years of age as set forth in
this paragraph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to
an examination administered prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred
ninety-nine or a police officer in the department of environmental
conservation, provided, however, that:
(i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a
total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant
who has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in subdivi-
sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;
(ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand
five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next writ-
ten exam offered after the effective date of this subparagraph by the
city of Buffalo civil service commission for employment as a police
officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
thousand six, whichever is later; and
(iii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not
apply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village police
force not otherwise provided for in this section if the eligible list
has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,
however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of such
county, town, city or village and meet all other requirements of merit
and fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum age
of thirty-nine];
(b) [he or she is] THEY ARE a high school graduate or a holder of a
high school equivalency diploma issued by an education department of any
of the states of the United States or a holder of a comparable diploma
issued by any commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States
or by the Canal Zone or a holder of a report from the United States
armed forces certifying [his or her] THEIR successful completion of the
tests of general educational development, high school level;
(c) [he or she satisfies] THEY SATISFY the height, weight, physical
and psychological fitness requirements prescribed by the municipal
police training council pursuant to the provisions of section eight
hundred forty of the executive law; and
(d) [he or she is] THEY ARE of good moral character as determined in
accordance with the background investigation standards of the municipal
police training council pursuant to the provisions of section eight
hundred forty of the executive law.
1-b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,
general, special or local, in political subdivisions maintaining a
police department serving a population of one hundred fifty thousand or
less, no person shall be eligible for appointment nor shall [he or she]
THEY be appointed to any rank above the rank of police officer unless
[he or she has] THEY HAVE been appointed a police officer from an eligi-
ble list established according to merit and fitness as provided by
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section six of article five of the constitution of the state of New York
or has previously served as a member of the New York state police.
1-c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,
general, special or local, any political subdivision maintaining a
police department serving a population of one hundred fifty thousand or
less and with positions for more than four full-time police officers,
shall maintain the office of chief of police.
2. The provisions of this section shall not prevent any county, city,
town, village, housing authority, transit authority, police district or
the department of environmental conservation from setting more restric-
tive requirements of eligibility for its police officers[, except the
maximum age to be a police officer as provided in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section].
3. As used in this section, the term "police officer" means a police
officer in the department of environmental conservation, the state
university police, a member of the regional state park police or a
police force, police department, or other organization of a county,
city, town, village, housing authority, transit authority or police
district, who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime
and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, but shall
not include any person serving as such solely by virtue of [his or her]
occupying any other office or position, nor shall such term include a
sheriff, under-sheriff, commissioner of police, deputy or assistant
commissioner of police, chief of police, deputy or assistant chief of
police or any person having an equivalent title who is appointed or
employed to exercise equivalent supervisory authority.
4. (a) [Any person who has received provisional or permanent appoint-
ment in the competitive class of the civil service as a police officer
of the regional state park police, the state university of New York
police, the department of environmental conservation or any police force
or police department of any county, city, town, village, housing author-
ity, transit authority or police district shall be eligible to resign
from any police force or police department, and to be appointed as a
police officer in the same or any other police force or police depart-
ment without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph (a)
of subdivision one of this section at the time of such second or subse-
quent appointment, provided such second or subsequent appointment occurs
within thirty days of the date of resignation.
(b)] Any person who has received permanent appointment in the compet-
itive class of the civil service as a police officer of the regional
state park police, the state university of New York police, the depart-
ment of environmental conservation or any police force or police depart-
ment of any county, city, town, village, housing authority, transit
authority or police district shall be eligible to resign from any police
force or police department and, subject to such civil service rules as
may be applicable, shall be eligible for reinstatement in the same
police force or police department or in any other police force or police
department to which [he or she was] THEY WERE eligible for transfer,
without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section at the time of such reinstatement,
provided such reinstatement occurs within one year of the date of resig-
nation.
[(c)] (B) (i) Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature
hereby finds and declares that it is frequently impracticable to ascer-
tain fitness for the positions of detective and investigator within
various police or sheriffs departments around the state by means of a
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competitive examination due to the unique nature of the duties assigned
and the intangible personal qualities needed to perform such duties. The
legislature further finds that competitive examination has never been
employed in many police, correction or sheriffs departments, to ascer-
tain fitness for the positions of detective and investigator within such
police, correction or sheriffs departments; such fitness has always been
determined by evaluation of the capabilities of an individual (who has
in any case received permanent appointment to the position of police
officer, correction officer of any rank or deputy sheriff) by superviso-
ry personnel. The legislature further finds that an individual who
performs in an investigatory position in a manner sufficiently satisfac-
tory to the appropriate supervisors to hold such an assignment for a
period of eighteen months, has demonstrated fitness for the position of
detective or investigator within such police, correction or sheriffs
department at least as sufficiently as could be ascertained by means of
a competitive examination.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any jurisdiction,
other than a city with a population of one million or more or the state
department of corrections and community supervision, which does not
administer examinations for designation to detective or investigator,
any person who has received permanent appointment to the position of
police officer, correction officer of any rank or deputy sheriff and is
temporarily assigned to perform the duties of detective or investigator
shall, whenever such assignment to the duties of a detective or investi-
gator exceeds eighteen months, be permanently designated as a detective
or investigator and receive the compensation ordinarily paid to persons
in such designation.
(iii) Nothing contained in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph shall
be construed to limit any jurisdiction's ability to administer examina-
tions for appointment to the positions of detective and investigator,
provided however that any person temporarily assigned to perform the
duties of detective or investigator within the period commencing Septem-
ber twenty-third, nineteen hundred ninety-three through and including
the date upon which this paragraph shall have become a law and who has
not been designated as a detective or investigator and who has not been
subject to an examination for which there is a certified eligible list,
shall be permanently designated as a detective or investigator whenever
such assignment to the duties of detective or investigator exceeds eigh-
teen months.
(iv) Detectives and investigators designated since September twenty-
third, nineteen hundred ninety and prior to February twenty-fourth,
nineteen hundred ninety-five by any state, county, town, village or city
(other than a city with a population of one million or more or the state
department of corrections and community supervision) police, correction
or sheriffs department, pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph in
effect during such period, who continue to serve in such positions,
shall retain their detective or investigator status without any right to
retroactive financial entitlement.
5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the investigatory
personnel of the office of the district attorney in any county, includ-
ing any county within the city of New York.
6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any individual
holding the position of deputy sheriff in Westchester county prior to
July first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine upon the transfer of such
individual to service in the Westchester county department of public
safety services.
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§ 5. This act shall take effect September 1, 2025.
PART D
Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.65 to
read as follows:
§ 120.65 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHEN SUCH PERSON:
1. COMMITS A SERIOUS OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVI-
SION SEVENTEEN OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS PART AND THE PERSON AGAINST
WHOM THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED IS A MEMBER OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSE-
HOLD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW; OR
2. COMMITS THE CRIME OF ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF SECTION 120.00 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR CRIMINAL
OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR BLOOD CIRCULATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
121.11 OF THIS TITLE, FORCIBLE TOUCHING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.52 OF
THIS TITLE, OR SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
130.60 OF THIS TITLE, OR SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 130.55 OF THIS TITLE, OR UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 135.05 OF THIS TITLE AND THE PERSON AGAINST
WHOM THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED IS A CURRENT OR FORMER SPOUSE, PARENT, OR
GUARDIAN OF THE DEFENDANT, A PERSON WITH WHOM THE DEFENDANT SHARES A
CHILD IN COMMON, A PERSON WHO IS COHABITING WITH OR HAS COHABITED WITH
THE DEFENDANT AS A SPOUSE, PARENT, OR GUARDIAN, OR A PERSON SIMILARLY
SITUATED TO A SPOUSE, PARENT, OR GUARDIAN OF THE DEFENDANT.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
§ 2. Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
(D) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 120.65
OF THE PENAL LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
PART E
Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of
section 803 of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters 242
and 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(iv) Such merit time allowance may be granted when an incarcerated
individual successfully participates in the work and treatment program
assigned pursuant to section eight hundred five of this article and when
such incarcerated individual obtains a general equivalency diploma, an
alcohol and substance abuse treatment certificate, a vocational trade
certificate following at least six months of vocational programming, at
least eighteen credits in a program registered by the state education
department from a degree-granting higher education institution or
performs at least four hundred hours of service as part of a community
work crew. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND
ACHIEVEMENTS FOR WHICH MERIT TIME MAY BE GRANTED.
Such allowance shall be withheld for any serious disciplinary infrac-
tion or upon a judicial determination that the person, while an incar-
cerated individual, commenced or continued a civil action, proceeding or
claim that was found to be frivolous as defined in subdivision (c) of
section eight thousand three hundred three-a of the civil practice law
and rules, or an order of a federal court pursuant to rule 11 of the
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federal rules of civil procedure imposing sanctions in an action
commenced by a person, while an incarcerated individual, against a state
agency, officer or employee.
§ 2. Subparagraph (xii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section
803-b of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of
2021, is amended and a new subparagraph (xiii) is added to read as
follows:
(xii) receives a certificate from the food production center in an
assigned position following the completion of no less than eight hundred
hours of work in such position, and continues to work for an additional
eighteen months at the food production center[.]; OR
(XIII) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES A PROGRAM OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
MONTHS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
after it shall have become a law and shall apply to offenses committed
prior to, on or after the effective date of this act; provided that the
amendments to section 803 of the correction law made by section one of
this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
section pursuant to subdivision d of section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws
of 1995, as amended.
PART F
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 30.10 of the
criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 315 of the laws of 2019,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as
defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, or a crime defined or
formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexu-
al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal
law, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW, or incest in the
first degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal law may be
commenced at any time;
§ 2. Subdivision (b) of section 208 of the civil practice law and
rules, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law which imposes a period of
limitation to the contrary and the provisions of any other law pertain-
ing to the filing of a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file
a claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or special
proceeding, with respect to all civil claims or causes of action brought
by any person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition
suffered by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute a
sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law
committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age,
SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED
AGAINST SUCH PERSON WHO WAS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAF-
FICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW,
incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal law
committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age,
or the use of such person in a sexual performance as defined in section
263.05 of the penal law, or a predecessor statute that prohibited such
conduct at the time of the act, which conduct was committed against such
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person who was less than eighteen years of age, such action may be
commenced, against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or
omissions are alleged to have resulted in the commission of said
conduct, on or before the plaintiff or infant plaintiff reaches the age
of fifty-five years. In any such claim or action, in addition to any
other defense and affirmative defense that may be available in accord-
ance with law, rule or the common law, to the extent that the acts
alleged in such action are of the type described in subdivision one of
section 130.30 of the penal law or FORMERLY DEFINED IN subdivision one
of section 130.45 of the penal law, the affirmative defenses set forth,
respectively, in the closing paragraph of such sections of the penal law
shall apply.
§ 3. Section 213-c of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by
chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 213-c. Action by victim of conduct constituting certain sexual
offenses. Notwithstanding any other limitation set forth in this arti-
cle, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section two hundred eight
of this article, all civil claims or causes of action brought by any
person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition suffered
by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute rape in the
first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, or rape in
the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six of section
130.30 of the penal law, or rape in the second degree as defined in
former subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or rape in
the third degree as defined in subdivision one, two, three, seven, eight
or nine of section 130.25 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined
in section 130.50 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined in
subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law, or a crime formerly
defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40 of the penal law,
or incest in the first degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal
law, or incest in the second degree as defined in section 255.26 of the
penal law (where the crime committed is rape in the second degree as
defined in subdivision four, five or six of section 130.30 of the penal
law, or rape in the second degree as formerly defined in subdivision two
of section 130.30 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined in
subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law), or aggravated sexu-
al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal
law, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW may be brought
against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or omissions are
alleged to have resulted in the commission of the said conduct, within
twenty years. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that
a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be obtained as a
condition of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving a civil judg-
ment pursuant to this section or be construed to require that any of the
rules governing a criminal proceeding be applicable to any such civil
action.
§ 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 50-e of the general
municipal law, as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) This section shall not apply to: (i) any claim made for physical,
psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a result of
conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article
one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child less than
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eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF
THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL
LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal
law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or the
use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of
the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age;
or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 5. Subdivision 5 of section 50-i of the general municipal law, as
added by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this section
shall not apply to any claim made against a city, county, town, village,
fire district or school district for physical, psychological, or other
injury or condition suffered as a result of conduct which would consti-
tute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the
penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, SEX
TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED
AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW, incest as defined
in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal law committed against a
child less than eighteen years of age, or the use of a child in a sexual
performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law committed
against a child less than eighteen years of age.
§ 6. Subdivision 10 of section 10 of the court of claims act, as
amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
10. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this section
shall not apply to: (i) any claim to recover damages for physical,
psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a result of
conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article
one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child less than
eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF
THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL
LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal
law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or the
use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of
the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age;
or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 7. Subdivision 2 of section 3813 of the education law, as amended by
chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows.
2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained in
this section, no action or special proceeding founded upon tort shall be
prosecuted or maintained against any of the parties named in this
section or against any teacher or member of the supervisory or adminis-
trative staff or employee where the alleged tort was committed by such
teacher or member or employee acting in the discharge of [his] THEIR
duties within the scope of [his] THEIR employment and/or under the
direction of the board of education, trustee or trustees, or governing
body of the school unless a notice of claim shall have been made and
served in compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal law.
Every such action shall be commenced pursuant to the provisions of
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section fifty-i of the general municipal law; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to: (i) any claim to recover damages for
physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a
result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in
article one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child
less than eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION
230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A
OF THE PENAL LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25
of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of
age, or the use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section
263.05 of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen
years of age; or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 8. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof,
but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
graph, section or part of this act directly involved in the controversy
in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to acts or
omissions occurring on or after such effective date and to acts or omis-
sions occurring prior to such effective date where the applicable stat-
ute of limitations in effect on the date of such act or omission has not
yet expired.
PART G
Section 1. Paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) of subdivision 1 of section 624
of the executive law, paragraph (i) as amended by section 9 of part A-1
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (j) as amended by chapter
427 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (k) as amended by chapter 117 of the
laws of 2017, are amended and a new paragraph (l) is added to read as
follows:
(i) a surviving spouse of a crime victim who died from causes not
directly related to the crime when such victim died prior to filing a
claim with the office or subsequent to filing a claim but prior to the
rendering of a decision by the office. Such award shall be limited to
out-of-pocket loss incurred as a direct result of the crime; [and]
(j) a spouse, child or stepchild of a victim of a crime who has
sustained personal physical injury as a direct result of a crime[.];
(k) a surviving spouse, grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian,
[brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister,] SIBLING, STEPSIBLING, child,
stepchild, or grandchild of a victim of a crime who died as a direct
result of such crime and where such crime occurred in the residence
shared by such family member or members and the victim[.]; AND
(L) ANY PERSON NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WHO HAS
PAID FOR OR INCURRED THE CRIME SCENE CLEANUP EXPENSES, PROVIDED THAT
SUCH PERSON SHALL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE FOR CRIME SCENE CLEANUP.
§ 2. Subdivisions 2, 5, 9 and 18 of section 631 of the executive law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 2020, subdivision
5 as amended by section 22 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of
2010, paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 70 of the
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laws of 2020, paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 as added by section 5 of
part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (g) of subdivision 5
as added by chapter 494 of the laws of 2018, subdivision 9 as amended by
section 1 of part I of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, and subdivision
18 as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as
follows:
2. Any award made pursuant to this article shall be in an amount not
exceeding out-of-pocket expenses, including indebtedness reasonably
incurred for medical or other services necessary as a result of the
injury upon which the claim is based; loss of earnings or support
resulting from such injury not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; loss
of savings not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; burial expenses not
exceeding [six] TWELVE thousand dollars of a victim who died on or after
November first, nineteen ninety-six as a direct result of a crime; the
costs of crime scene cleanup and securing of a crime scene not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars; reasonable relocation expenses not exceed-
ing twenty-five hundred dollars; reasonable employment-related transpor-
tation expenses, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars and the unre-
imbursed cost of repair or replacement of articles of essential personal
property lost, damaged or destroyed as a direct result of the crime. An
award for loss of earnings shall include earnings lost by a parent or
guardian as a result of the hospitalization of a child victim under age
eighteen for injuries sustained as a direct result of a crime. In addi-
tion to the medical or other services necessary as a result of the inju-
ry upon which the claim is based, an award may be made for rehabilita-
tive occupational training for the purpose of job retraining or similar
employment-oriented rehabilitative services based upon the claimant's
medical and employment history. For the purpose of this subdivision,
rehabilitative occupational training shall include but not be limited to
educational training and expenses. An award for rehabilitative occupa-
tional training may be made to a victim, or to a family member of a
victim where necessary as a direct result of a crime. An award for
employment-related transportation expenses shall be limited to the time
period necessary due to the personal physical injuries sustained as a
direct result of the crime upon which the claim is based, as determined
by the medical information collected during the investigation of the
claim.
5. (a) [In] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
IN determining the amount of an award, the office shall determine wheth-
er, because of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S conduct, the victim of such crime
contributed to the infliction of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S injury, and the
office shall reduce the amount of the award or reject the claim alto-
gether, in accordance with such determination.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, the office shall disregard for this purpose the responsibility of
the victim for [his] SUCH VICTIM'S own injury where the record shows
that the person injured was acting as a good samaritan, as defined in
this article.
(c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
the person injured acted as a good samaritan, the office may, without
regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant, make an award for
out-of-pocket losses. Such award may also include compensation for any
loss of property up to five thousand dollars suffered by the victim
during the course of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S actions as a good samaritan.
(d) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
a person acted as a good samaritan, and was killed as a direct result of
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the crime, the office may, without regard to the financial difficulty of
the claimant, make a lump sum award to such claimant for actual loss of
support not to exceed thirty thousand dollars.
(e) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
a police officer or firefighter, both paid and volunteer, dies from
injuries received in the line of duty as a direct result of a crime, the
office may, without regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant,
make an award for the unreimbursed counseling expenses of the eligible
spouse, domestic partner, parents, [brothers, sisters] SIBLINGS or chil-
dren of such victim, and/or the reasonable burial expenses incurred by
the claimant.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, the office shall disregard for this purpose the responsibility of
the victim for [his or her] SUCH VICTIM'S own loss of savings.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, WHEN DETERMINING A CLAIM MADE BY A PERSON ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH
(B), (C) OR (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF
THIS ARTICLE, if the crime upon which the claim is based resulted in the
death of the victim, the office shall [determine] NOT CONSIDER whether,
because of [his or her] THEIR conduct, the victim of such crime contrib-
uted to [the infliction of his or her injury, and the office may reduce
the amount of the award by no more than fifty percent, in accordance
with such determination] THEIR DEATH.
9. (A) Any award made for the cost of repair or replacement of essen-
tial personal property, including cash losses of essential personal
property, shall be limited to an amount of twenty-five hundred dollars,
except that all cash losses of essential personal property shall be
limited to the amount of one hundred dollars. In the case of medically
necessary life-sustaining equipment which was lost or damaged as the
direct result of a crime, the award shall be limited to the amount of
ten thousand dollars.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, IN THE CASE OF CASH LOSSES WHICH WERE THE RESULT OF AN ACT OR
SERIES OF ACTS OF LARCENY AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE
OF THE PENAL LAW, PERPETRATED BY THE SAME ACTOR INDICATED BY A REPORT OR
REPORTS OBTAINED FROM A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND A RECEIPT, RECEIPTS OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTA-
TION IS PROVIDED SHOWING SUCH CASH LOSS OR LOSSES, A SINGLE CLAIM MAY BE
FILED AND AN AWARD MAY BE MADE FOR CASH LOSSES OF ESSENTIAL PERSONAL
PROPERTY FOR EACH ACT UP TO A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF NO MORE THAN TWENTY-
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
18. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article and
subject to any applicable maximum award limitations contained in this
section, where a victim has died as a direct result of the crime upon
which the claim is based and the crime occurred in the residence of a
person eligible pursuant to [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (k) AND (L) of subdi-
vision one of section six hundred twenty-four of this article, the
office may make no more than one award for crime scene clean-up related
to such residence.
§ 3. Subdivision 10 of section 621 of the executive law, as added by
chapter 688 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
10. "Disabled victim" shall mean a person who has [(a)] A physical,
mental or medical impairment [from anatomical, physiological or neuro-
logical conditions], AS EVIDENCED BY MEDICAL RECORDS, which prevents the
exercise of a normal bodily function [or is demonstrable by medically
accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques or (b) a record of
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such an impairment or (c) a condition regarded by others as such an
impairment] AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 630 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 494 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
if the crime upon which the claim is based resulted in the death of the
victim, and it appears to the office that such claim is one with respect
to which an award probably will be made, and undue hardship will result
to the claimant if immediate payment is not made, the office may make
one or more emergency awards to the claimant for reasonable burial
expenses pending a final decision of the office or payment of an award
in the case; provided, however, that the total amount of an emergency
award or awards for reasonable burial expenses shall not exceed [three]
SIX thousand dollars. The amount of such emergency award or awards shall
be deducted from any final award made to the claimant, and the excess of
the amount of any such award or awards over the amount of the final
award, of the full amount of an emergency award or awards if no final
award is made, shall be repaid by the claimant to the office.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall apply to all claims filed on or
after such effective date.
PART H
Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 631 of the executive law, as
amended by section 3 of subpart S of part XX of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
13. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regu-
lation to the contrary, when any New York state accredited hospital,
accredited sexual assault examiner program, or licensed health care
provider furnishes services to any sexual assault survivor, including
but not limited to a health care forensic examination in accordance with
the sex offense evidence collection protocol and standards established
by the department of health, such hospital, sexual assault examiner
program, or licensed healthcare provider shall provide such services to
the person without charge and shall bill the office directly. The
office, in consultation with the department of health, shall define the
specific services to be covered by the sexual assault forensic exam
reimbursement fee, which must include at a minimum forensic examiner
services, hospital or healthcare facility services related to the exam,
and any necessary related laboratory tests or pharmaceuticals BASED UPON
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES; including but
not limited to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis provided by a hospital
emergency room at the time of the forensic rape examination pursuant to
paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred five-i
of the public health law. [For a person eighteen years of age or older,
follow-up HIV post-exposure prophylaxis costs shall continue to be reim-
bursed according to established office procedure.] The office, in
consultation with the department of health, shall also generate the
necessary [regulations and] forms for the direct reimbursement procedure
AND REGULATIONS SETTING THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY RATES FOR THE ITEMIZED
CHARGES RELATED TO AN EXAM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR.
(b) The rate for reimbursement shall be the amount of itemized charg-
es, to be reimbursed at the [Medicaid rate and] USUAL AND CUSTOMARY
RATES AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AND which shall
cumulatively not exceed (1) eight hundred dollars for an exam of a sexu-
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al assault survivor where no sexual offense evidence collection kit is
used; (2) one thousand two hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor where a sexual offense evidence collection kit is used;
AND (3) [one thousand five hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor who is eighteen years of age or older, with or without
the use of a sexual offense evidence collection kit, and with the
provision of a necessary HIV post-exposure prophylaxis seven day starter
pack; and (4)] two thousand five hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor [who is less than eighteen years of age], with or with-
out the use of a sexual offense evidence collection kit, and with the
provision of the full regimen of necessary HIV post-exposure prophylax-
is. The hospital, sexual assault examiner program, or licensed health
care provider must accept this fee as payment in full for these speci-
fied services. No additional billing of the survivor for said services
is permissible. A sexual assault survivor may voluntarily assign any
private insurance benefits to which [she or he is] THEY ARE entitled for
the healthcare forensic examination, in which case the hospital or
healthcare provider may not charge the office; provided, however, in the
event the sexual assault survivor assigns any private health insurance
benefit, such coverage shall not be subject to annual deductibles or
coinsurance or balance billing by the hospital, sexual assault examiner
program or licensed health care provider. A hospital, sexual assault
examiner program or licensed health care provider shall, at the time of
the initial visit, request assignment of any private health insurance
benefits to which the sexual assault survivor is entitled on a form
prescribed by the office; provided, however, such sexual assault survi-
vor shall be advised orally and in writing that [he or she] THEY may
decline to provide such information regarding private health insurance
benefits if [he or she believes] THEY BELIEVE that the provision of such
information would substantially interfere with [his or her] THEIR
personal privacy or safety and in such event, the sexual assault foren-
sic exam fee shall be paid by the office. Such sexual assault survivor
shall also be advised that providing such information may provide addi-
tional resources to pay for services to other sexual assault victims.
Such sexual assault survivor shall also be advised that the direct
reimbursement program established by this subdivision does not automat-
ically make them eligible for any other compensation benefits available
from the office including, but not limited to, reimbursement for mental
health counseling expenses, relocation expenses, and loss of earnings,
and that such compensation benefits may only be made available to them
should the sexual assault survivor or other person eligible to file
pursuant to section six hundred twenty-four of this article, file a
compensation application with the office. If [he or she] SUCH SEXUAL
ASSAULT SURVIVOR declines to provide such health insurance information,
[he or she] THEY shall indicate such decision on the form provided by
the hospital, sexual assault examiner program or licensed health care
provider, which form shall be prescribed by the office.
§ 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2805-i of the public
health law, as amended by section 1 of subpart S of part XX of chapter
55 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
(c) offering and making available appropriate HIV post-exposure treat-
ment therapies; including [a seven day starter pack of HIV post-exposure
prophylaxis for a person eighteen years of age or older, or] the full
regimen of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis [for a person less than eigh-
teen years of age,] in cases where it has been determined, in accordance
with guidelines issued by the commissioner, that a significant exposure
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to HIV has occurred, and informing the victim that payment assistance
for such therapies and other crime related expenses may be available
from the office of victim services pursuant to the provisions of article
twenty-two of the executive law. With the consent of the victim of a
sexual assault, the hospital emergency room department shall provide or
arrange for an appointment for medical follow-up related to HIV post-ex-
posure prophylaxis and other care as appropriate; and
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
after it shall have become a law and apply to all exams performed on or
after such effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
PART I
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 349-a of the social services law
is REPEALED.
§ 2. Subdivision 5 of section 349-a of the social services law, as
added by section 36 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
[5. Upon a determination that the individual's allegation is credible]
4. FOLLOWING REFERRAL TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON, (a) the individual
shall be informed BY THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON of services, which
shall be available on a voluntary basis; and (b) the domestic violence
liaison shall conduct an assessment to determine if and to what extent
domestic violence is a barrier to THE INDIVIDUAL'S compliance with
public assistance requirements or to employment AND SUCH ASSESSMENT
SHALL BE BASED UPON AN ATTESTATION OR THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE INDIVIDUAL ALLEGING SUCH ABUSE;
and (c) THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON shall [assess the need for] GRANT
ANY APPROPRIATE waivers of such program requirements BASED ON SUCH
ASSESSMENT. Such waivers shall, to the extent permitted by federal law,
include, but not be limited to, residency requirements, child support
cooperation requirements and employment and training requirements;
provided, however, that exemptions from the sixty month limit on receipt
of benefits under the federal temporary assistance to needy families
block grant program shall be available only when the individual would
not be required to participate in work or training activities because of
an independently verified physical or mental impairment resulting from
domestic violence, anticipated to last for three months or longer, or if
the individual is unable to work because of the need to care for a
dependent child who is disabled as a result of domestic violence.
Provided, however, that pursuant to section one hundred forty-two of the
welfare reform act of 1997 victims of domestic violence may be exempted
from the application of subdivision two of section three hundred forty-
nine of this article on the basis of hardship.
§ 3. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 349-a of the social services law
are renumbered subdivisions 5 and 6 and a new subdivision 7 is added to
read as follows:
7. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM STATEWIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ADVOCACY GROUPS SHALL MEAN AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE IMPROVE-
MENTS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMMING
REGARDING THE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW
YORK STATE.
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§ 4. This act shall take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
after it shall have become a law.
PART J
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
139-m to read as follows:
§ 139-M. STATEMENT ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE, IN
BIDS. 1. (A) EVERY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPART-
MENT OR AGENCY THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS REQUIRED BY STAT-
UTE, RULE OR REGULATION, FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE
PERFORMED OR GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT SUBSCRIBED BY THE BIDDER AND AFFIRMED BY SUCH BIDDER AS TRUE
UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY:
"BY SUBMISSION OF THIS BID, EACH BIDDER AND EACH PERSON SIGNING ON
BEHALF OF ANY BIDDER CERTIFIES, AND IN THE CASE OF A JOINT BID EACH
PARTY THERETO CERTIFIES AS TO ITS OWN ORGANIZATION, UNDER PENALTY OF
PERJURY, THAT THE BIDDER HAS AND HAS IMPLEMENTED A WRITTEN POLICY
ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE AND HAS PROVIDED SUCH
POLICY TO ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEMBERS. SUCH POLICY
SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION 11 OF SECTION
FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW."
(B) EVERY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT OR
AGENCY THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS NOT REQUIRED BY STATUTE,
RULE OR REGULATION, FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED OR
GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, MAY CONTAIN, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPART-
MENT, AGENCY OR OFFICIAL, THE CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH
(A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
3. A BID SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD, NOR SHALL ANY AWARD BE
MADE TO A BIDDER WHO HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE BIDDER CANNOT MAKE THE FOREGOING
CERTIFICATION, SUCH BIDDER SHALL SO STATE AND SHALL FURNISH WITH THE BID
A SIGNED STATEMENT WHICH SETS FORTH IN DETAIL THE REASONS THEREFOR.
4. ANY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT, AGEN-
CY OR OFFICIAL THEREOF, BY A CORPORATE BIDDER FOR WORK OR SERVICES
PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED OR GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, WHERE SUCH BID
CONTAINS THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SUCH BIDDER, AND SUCH AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE SIGN-
ING AND SUBMISSION OF SUCH BID AND THE INCLUSION THEREIN OF SUCH STATE-
MENT AS THE ACT AND DEED OF THE CORPORATION.
§ 2. Subdivisions 7 and 7-a of section 163 of the state finance law,
subdivision 7 as amended and subdivision 7-a as added by section 3 of
part R of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as
follows:
7. Method of procurement. Consistent with the requirements of subdivi-
sions three and four of this section, state agencies shall select among
permissible methods of procurement including, but not limited to, an
invitation for bid, request for proposals or other means of solicitation
pursuant to guidelines issued by the state procurement council. State
agencies may accept bids electronically including submission of the
statement of non-collusion required by section one hundred thirty-nine-d
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of this chapter, and the statement of certification required by section
one hundred thirty-nine-l AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M of this
chapter. Except where otherwise provided by law, procurements shall be
competitive, and state agencies shall conduct formal competitive
procurements to the maximum extent practicable. State agencies shall
document the determination of the method of procurement and the basis of
award in the procurement record. Where the basis for award is the best
value offer, the state agency shall document, in the procurement record
and in advance of the initial receipt of offers, the determination of
the evaluation criteria, which whenever possible, shall be quantifiable,
and the process to be used in the determination of best value and the
manner in which the evaluation process and selection shall be conducted.
7-a. Notwithstanding the electronic bid provisions set forth in subdi-
vision seven of this section, starting April first, two thousand twen-
ty-three, and ending March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven,
state agencies may require electronic submission as the sole method for
the submission of bids for commodity, service and technology contracts,
including submission of the statement of non-collusion required by
section one hundred thirty-nine-d of this chapter, and the statement of
certification required by section one hundred thirty-nine-l AND SECTION
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M of this chapter, and may require electronic
signatures on all documents required for submission of a bid, any
resulting contracts, and required submissions during the term of any
contract. Prior to requiring the electronic submission of bids, the
agency shall make a determination, which shall be documented in the
procurement record, that electronic submission affords a fair and equal
opportunity for offerers to submit responsive offers, and that the elec-
tronic signature complies with the provisions of article three of the
state technology law.
§ 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-i to
read as follows:
§ 170-I. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE. 1. EACH STATE AGEN-
CY SHALL FORMULATE AND ISSUE A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE
POLICY FOR SUCH AGENCY. IN FORMULATING SUCH POLICY, THE STATE AGENCY
SHALL REFER TO THE MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY
DISTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PURSU-
ANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS
CHAPTER, AND ADOPT ITS PROVISIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
2. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AGENCY LIAISON WHO SHALL ENSURE AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE PROVISIONS OF THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLI-
CY, BE TRAINED TO ASSIST VICTIMIZED EMPLOYEES, AND SERVE AS THE PRIMARY
CONTACT FOR THE POLICY DISTRIBUTED BY THE AGENCY.
3. EACH STATE AGENCY, IN FORMULATING OR REVISING ITS GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY, SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF INCREASING AWARENESS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND INFORMING
EMPLOYEES OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE; CLEARLY SPECIFYING HOW
TO REACH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON; ENSURING THAT PERSONNEL
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE FAIR TO DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, AND RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS; DEVELOPING WORK-
PLACE SAFETY RESPONSE PLANS; COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS OF POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY A PERSON CONVICTED
OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CRIME OR SUBJECT TO AN ORDER OF
PROTECTION; ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE EDUCATION
AND TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES; AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE EMPLOYEES WHO MISUSE
STATE RESOURCES OR AUTHORITY OR VIOLATE THEIR JOB DUTIES IN COMMITTING
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AN ACT OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. EACH STATE AGENCY, WHEN IT ISSUES ITS
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY, SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF
THAT POLICY AND THE INFORMATION FOR ITS DESIGNATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AGENCY LIAISON TO THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
AND SHALL NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS OF THE POLI-
CY OR THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON.
4. (A) EVERY COVERED EMPLOYEE SHALL PARTICIPATE IN A GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE TRAINING DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MADE AVAILABLE ON THE STATEWIDE
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ANNUALLY.
(B) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "COVERED EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ALL
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER IN THE OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR AND NEW YORK STATE AGENCIES WHO SUPERVISE OTHER OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES, WHO SERVE AS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON, OR WHO
ARE EMPLOYED IN A HUMAN RESOURCES POSITION. "OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO "STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE" IN SECTION
SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
5. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FURNISH SUCH INFORMATION, REPORTING,
AND ASSISTANCE AS THE OFFICE DETERMINES IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO
ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
§ 4. Section 575 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
11. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICIES. THE OFFICE SHALL
CONSULT WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AN
ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES,
SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMMING REGARDING THE PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK STATE, AND AN ORGANIZATION
DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROVIDE DIRECT
SUPPORT TO MEMBER RAPE AND CRISIS CENTERS IN NEW YORK STATE THROUGH
FUNDING, TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND PUBLIC
POLICY ADVOCACY TO CREATE AND PUBLISH A MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
THE WORKPLACE POLICY THAT EMPLOYERS MAY UTILIZE IN THEIR ADOPTION OF A
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE
HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. THE OFFICE SHALL ALSO
PUBLISH A MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY FOR EXEC-
UTIVE AGENCIES THAT SUCH AGENCIES MAY UTILIZE IN THEIR ADOPTION OF A
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-I OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
THE WORKPLACE POLICY SHALL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND POSTED ON THE
WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THE DIVISION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to
section 163 of the state finance law made by section two of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART K
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
cle 19-C to read as follows:
ARTICLE 19-C
CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
SECTION 995-A. DEFINITIONS.
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995-B. REPORTING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS.
995-C. NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT.
§ 995-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: 1. "CYBERSE-
CURITY INCIDENT" MEANS AN EVENT OCCURRING ON OR CONDUCTED THROUGH A
COMPUTER NETWORK THAT ACTUALLY OR IMMINENTLY JEOPARDIZES THE INTEGRITY,
CONFIDENTIALITY, OR AVAILABILITY OF COMPUTERS, INFORMATION OR COMMUNI-
CATIONS SYSTEMS OR NETWORKS, PHYSICAL OR VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERS OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OR INFORMATION RESIDENT
THEREON.
2. "CYBER THREAT" MEANS ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR EVENT WITH THE POTENTIAL
TO ADVERSELY IMPACT ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL ASSETS, OR
INDIVIDUALS THROUGH AN INFORMATION SYSTEM VIA UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS,
DESTRUCTION, DISCLOSURE, MODIFICATION OF INFORMATION, AND/OR DENIAL OF
SERVICE.
3. "CYBER THREAT INDICATOR" MEANS INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY TO
DESCRIBE OR IDENTIFY:
(A) MALICIOUS RECONNAISSANCE, INCLUDING ANOMALOUS PATTERNS OF COMMUNI-
CATIONS THAT APPEAR TO BE TRANSMITTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF GATHERING TECH-
NICAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A CYBERSECURITY THREAT OR SECURITY VULNER-
ABILITY;
(B) A METHOD OF DEFEATING A SECURITY CONTROL OR EXPLOITATION OF A
SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(C) A SECURITY VULNERABILITY, INCLUDING ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY THAT
APPEARS TO INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(D) A METHOD OF CAUSING A USER WITH LEGITIMATE ACCESS TO AN INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM OR INFORMATION THAT IS STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSIT-
ING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM TO UNWITTINGLY ENABLE THE DEFEAT OF A SECURITY
CONTROL OR EXPLOITATION OF A SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(E) MALICIOUS CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL;
(F) THE ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HARM CAUSED BY AN INCIDENT, INCLUDING A
DESCRIPTION OF THE INFORMATION EXFILTRATED AS A RESULT OF A PARTICULAR
CYBERSECURITY THREAT;
(G) ANY OTHER ATTRIBUTE OF A CYBERSECURITY THREAT, IF DISCLOSURE OF
SUCH ATTRIBUTE IS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW; OR
(H) ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
4. "DEFENSIVE MEASURE" MEANS AN ACTION, DEVICE, PROCEDURE, SIGNATURE,
TECHNIQUE, OR OTHER MEASURE APPLIED TO AN INFORMATION SYSTEM OR INFORMA-
TION THAT IS STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING AN INFORMATION
SYSTEM THAT DETECTS, PREVENTS, OR MITIGATES A KNOWN OR SUSPECTED
CYBERSECURITY THREAT OR SECURITY VULNERABILITY. THE TERM "DEFENSIVE
MEASURE" DOES NOT INCLUDE A MEASURE THAT DESTROYS, RENDERS UNUSABLE,
PROVIDES UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR SUBSTANTIALLY HARMS AN INFORMATION
SYSTEM OR INFORMATION STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING SUCH INFOR-
MATION SYSTEM NOT OWNED BY THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OPERATING THE MEAS-
URE, OR FEDERAL ENTITY THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CONSENT AND HAS
PROVIDED CONSENT TO THAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FOR OPERATION OF SUCH
MEASURE.
5. "INFORMATION SYSTEM" MEANS A DISCRETE SET OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
ORGANIZED FOR THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, MAINTENANCE, USE, SHARING,
DISSEMINATION, OR DISPOSITION OF INFORMATION.
6. "MUNICIPAL CORPORATION" MEANS:
(A) A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINE-
TEEN-N OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
(B) A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-N OF THIS
CHAPTER.
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7. "RANSOM PAYMENT" MEANS THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY MONEY OR OTHER PROP-
ERTY OR ASSET, INCLUDING VIRTUAL CURRENCY, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WHICH
HAS AT ANY TIME BEEN DELIVERED AS RANSOM IN CONNECTION WITH A RANSOMWARE
ATTACK.
8. "RANSOMWARE ATTACK":
(A) MEANS AN INCIDENT THAT INCLUDES THE USE OR THREAT OF USE OF UNAU-
THORIZED OR MALICIOUS CODE ON AN INFORMATION SYSTEM, OR THE USE OR
THREAT OF USE OF ANOTHER DIGITAL MECHANISM SUCH AS A DENIAL OF SERVICE
ATTACK, TO INTERRUPT OR DISRUPT THE OPERATIONS OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
OR COMPROMISE THE CONFIDENTIALITY, AVAILABILITY, OR INTEGRITY OF ELEC-
TRONIC DATA STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
TO EXTORT A DEMAND FOR A RANSOM PAYMENT; AND
(B) DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SUCH EVENT IN WHICH THE DEMAND FOR PAYMENT
IS:
(I) NOT GENUINE; OR
(II) MADE IN GOOD FAITH BY AN ENTITY IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC REQUEST
BY THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM.
§ 995-B. REPORTING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS SHALL REPORT CYBERSE-
CURITY INCIDENTS AND WHEN APPLICABLE, THE DEMAND OF A RANSOM PAYMENT, TO
THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN THE FORM AND METHOD PRESCRIBED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER.
2. ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS SHALL REPORT CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS NO
LATER THAN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS AFTER THE MUNICIPALITY REASONABLY BELIEVES
THE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED.
3. ANY CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORT AND ANY RECORDS RELATED TO A
RANSOM PAYMENT SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
ARTICLE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC
OFFICERS LAW.
§ 995-C. NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL, IN THE EVENT
OF A RANSOM PAYMENT MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT
INVOLVING THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH MEANS
PRESCRIBED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER WITH THE FOLLOWING:
(A) WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, NOTICE OF THE
PAYMENT; AND
(B) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE REASONS PAYMENT WAS NECESSARY, THE AMOUNT OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, THE
MEANS BY WHICH THE RANSOM PAYMENT WAS MADE, A DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNA-
TIVES TO PAYMENT CONSIDERED, ALL DILIGENCE PERFORMED TO FIND ALTERNA-
TIVES TO PAYMENT AND ALL DILIGENCE PERFORMED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS INCLUDING THOSE OF
THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL.
§ 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 711-c to
read as follows:
§ 711-C. CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REVIEWS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, OR THEIR
DESIGNEE, SHALL REVIEW EACH CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORT AND NOTICE AND
EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS NINE
HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-B AND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-C OF THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL LAW TO ASSESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AND
RANSOM PAYMENTS ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OR SECURITY OF THE STATE,
OR ITS RESIDENTS.
2. THE COMMISSIONER, OR THEIR DESIGNEE, MAY WORK WITH APPROPRIATE
STATE AGENCIES, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY
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AGENCIES TO PROVIDE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS WITH REPORTS OF CYBERSECURITY
INCIDENTS AND TRENDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PRACTICABLE, RELATED CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION, CYBER THREAT INDICA-
TORS, AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES. THE COMMISSIONER MAY COORDINATE AND SHARE
SUCH REPORTED INFORMATION WITH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, STATE AGENCIES,
AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO
AND MITIGATE CYBERSECURITY THREATS.
3. SUCH REPORTS, ASSESSMENTS, RECORDS, REVIEWS, DOCUMENTS, RECOMMENDA-
TIONS, GUIDANCE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED OR USED IN ITS PREPARATION
SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS
LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART L
Section 1. Section 263.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of
the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.10 Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a
child when, knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON
produces, directs or promotes any obscene performance which includes
sexual conduct by a child less than seventeen years of age, INCLUDING A
PERFORMANCE CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
245.15 OF THIS PART.
Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child is a class D felo-
ny.
§ 2. Section 263.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 456 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.11 Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a
child when, knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON
knowingly has in [his] SUCH PERSON'S possession or control, or knowingly
accesses with intent to view, any obscene performance which includes
sexual conduct by a child less than sixteen years of age, INCLUDING A
PERFORMANCE CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
245.15 OF THIS PART.
Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child is a class E felo-
ny.
§ 3. Section 263.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.15 Promoting a sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of promoting a sexual performance by a child when,
knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON produces,
directs or promotes any performance which includes sexual conduct by a
child less than seventeen years of age, INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE CREATED
OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.15 OF THIS PART.
Promoting a sexual performance by a child is a class D felony.
§ 4. Section 263.16 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 456 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.16 Possessing a sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of possessing a sexual performance by a child when,
knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON knowingly
has in [his] SUCH PERSON'S possession or control, or knowingly accesses
with intent to view, any performance which includes sexual conduct by a
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child less than sixteen years of age, INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE CREATED OR
ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.15 OF THIS PART.
Possessing a sexual performance by a child is a class E felony.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART M
Section 1. Section 230.34 of the penal law, as added by chapter 74 of
the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 230.34 Sex trafficking.
A person is guilty of sex trafficking if [he or she] SUCH PERSON
intentionally advances or profits from prostitution [by]:
1. BY unlawfully providing to a person who is patronized, with intent
to impair said person's judgment: (a) a narcotic drug or a narcotic
preparation; (b) concentrated cannabis as defined in [paragraph (a) of]
subdivision [four] SEVENTEEN of section [thirty-three hundred two] THREE
of the [public health] CANNABIS law; (c) methadone; or (d) gamma-hydrox-
ybutyrate (GHB) or flunitrazepan, also known as Rohypnol;
2. BY making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions to
induce or maintain the person being patronized to engage in or continue
to engage in prostitution activity;
3. BY withholding, destroying, or confiscating any actual or purported
passport, immigration document, or any other actual or purported govern-
ment identification document of another person with intent to impair
said person's freedom of movement; provided, however, that this subdivi-
sion shall not apply to an attempt to correct a social security adminis-
tration record or immigration agency record in accordance with any
local, state, or federal agency requirement, where such attempt is not
made for the purpose of any express or implied threat;
4. BY requiring that prostitution be performed to retire, repay, or
service a real or purported debt;
5. BY using force or engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to compel
or induce the person being patronized to engage in or continue to engage
in prostitution activity by means of instilling a fear in the person
being patronized that, if the demand is not complied with, the actor or
another will do one or more of the following:
(a) cause physical injury, serious physical injury, or death to a
person; or
(b) cause damage to property, other than the property of the actor; or
(c) engage in other conduct constituting a felony or unlawful impri-
sonment in the second degree in violation of section 135.05 of this
chapter; or
(d) accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges or depor-
tation proceedings to be instituted against some person; provided,
however, that it shall be an affirmative defense to this subdivision
that the [defendant] ACTOR reasonably believed the threatened charge to
be true and that [his or her] THE ACTOR'S sole purpose was to compel or
induce the victim to take reasonable action to make good the wrong which
was the subject of such threatened charge; or
(e) expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or
false, tending to subject some person to hatred, contempt or ridicule;
or
(f) testify or provide information or withhold testimony or informa-
tion with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
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(g) use or abuse [his or her] THE ACTOR'S position as a public servant
by performing some act within or related to [his or her] THE ACTOR'S
official duties, or by failing or refusing to perform an official duty,
in such manner as to affect some person adversely; or
(h) perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm the person who is patronized
materially with respect to [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S health, safety, or
immigration status; OR
6. WHERE THE PERSON BEING PATRONIZED IS MENTALLY DISABLED AS DEFINED
IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 130.00 OF THIS CHAPTER.
Sex trafficking is a class B felony.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART N
Section 1. Paragraph (k-2) of subdivision 2 of section 65.10 of the
penal law, as added by section 1 of part VV of chapter 56 of the laws of
2020, is amended to read as follows:
(k-2) (i) Refrain, upon sentencing for a crime involving unlawful
sexual conduct OR ASSAULT committed against EITHER a metropolitan trans-
portation authority SYSTEM passenger[,] OR customer, or employee [or a
crime involving assault against a metropolitan transportation authority
employee,] OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SYSTEM OR ANY
CONTRACTOR THEN PERFORMING WORK FOR ANY ENTITY OF THE SYSTEM, IF THE
OFFENSE WAS committed in or [on] ADJACENT TO any facility or conveyance
of the [metropolitan transportation authority or a subsidiary thereof or
the New York city transit authority or a subsidiary thereof] AUTHORITY'S
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, from using or entering any of [such] THE authori-
ty's subways, trains, buses, or other conveyances or facilities AS spec-
ified by the court for a period of up to three years, or a specified
period of such probation or conditional discharge, whichever is less.
For purposes of this section, a crime involving assault shall mean an
offense described in article one hundred twenty of this chapter which
has as an element the causing of physical injury or serious physical
injury to another as well as the attempt thereof. IF THE SENTENCE
IMPOSED BY THE COURT INCLUDES A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION FOLLOWED BY A
PERIOD OF PROBATION OR CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE, THEN THE COURT MAY IMPOSE
CONDITIONS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH TO BE OPERATIVE ONLY DURING THE PERIOD
OF PROBATION OR CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE. ORDERS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MAY
EXTEND TO ANY PART OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SYSTEM
IN THE COURT'S DISCRETION, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE SYSTEM OUTSIDE THE
COUNTY WHERE THE SENTENCING JUDGE SITS.
(ii) The court may, in its discretion, suspend, modify or cancel a
condition imposed under this paragraph in the interest of justice at any
time. If the person depends on the authority's subways, trains, buses,
or other conveyances or facilities for trips of necessity, including,
but not limited to, travel to or from medical or legal appointments,
school or training classes or places of employment, obtaining food,
clothing or necessary household items, or rendering care to family
members, the court may modify such condition to allow for a trip or
trips as in its discretion are necessary.
(iii) A person at liberty and subject to a condition under this para-
graph who applies, within thirty days after the date such condition
becomes effective, for a refund of any prepaid fare amounts rendered
unusable in whole or in part by such condition including, but not limit-
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ed to, a monthly pass, shall be issued a refund of the amounts so
prepaid.
(IV) ANY ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, WHETHER IMPOSING A
BAN OR MODIFYING ONE, SHALL BE SERVED ON THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY AS DIRECTED BY THE COURT.
(V) THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SHALL NOT USE FACIAL
RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO ENFORCE ANY ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS
PARAGRAPH.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART O
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 140.00 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 698 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as
follows:
2. "Building," in addition to its ordinary meaning, includes any
structure, vehicle or watercraft used for overnight lodging of persons,
or used by persons for carrying on business therein, OR USED FOR THE
BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTING PERSONS, or used as an elementary or secondary
school, or an [inclosed] ENCLOSED motor truck, or an [inclosed] ENCLOSED
motor truck trailer. Where a building consists of two or more units
separately secured or occupied, each unit shall be deemed both a sepa-
rate building in itself and a part of the main building.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART P
Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.80 to
read as follows:
§ 240.80 AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE.
1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE WHEN SUCH
PERSON COMMITS A SPECIFIED OFFENSE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
THIS SECTION, AND SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A SPECIFIED OFFENSE
WITHIN THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
IN CALCULATING THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, ANY PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE
DEFENDANT WAS INCARCERATED FOR ANY REASON BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE
COMMISSION OF ANY OF SUCH PREVIOUS OFFENSES AND THE TIME OF COMMISSION
OF THE PRESENT CRIME SHALL BE EXCLUDED AND SUCH FIVE YEAR PERIOD SHALL
BE EXTENDED BY A PERIOD OR PERIODS EQUAL TO THE TIME SERVED UNDER SUCH
INCARCERATION.
2. A "SPECIFIED OFFENSE" IS AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN SECTION 120.00
(ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.05 (ASSAULT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); SECTION 120.10 (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.13
(MENACING IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.14 (MENACING IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); SECTION 120.15 (MENACING IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.20
(RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.25 (RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.45 (STALKING IN THE
FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 120.50 (STALKING IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION
120.55 (STALKING IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.60 (STALKING IN THE
FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 121.11 (CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR
BLOOD CIRCULATION); SECTION 121.12 (STRANGULATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE);
SECTION 121.13 (STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 125.15 (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO
OR FOUR OF SECTION 125.20 (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION
125.25 (MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.20 (SEXUAL MISCON-
DUCT); SECTION 130.30 (RAPE IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.35 (RAPE
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IN THE FIRST DEGREE); FORMER SECTION 130.40 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE
THIRD DEGREE); FORMER SECTION 130.45 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); FORMER SECTION 130.50 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST
DEGREE); SECTION 130.52 (FORCIBLE TOUCHING); SECTION 130.53 (PERSISTENT
SEXUAL ABUSE); SECTION 130.55 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE);
SECTION 130.60 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.65
(SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 130.66 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL
ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 130.67 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN
THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.70 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST
DEGREE); SECTION 130.91 (SEXUALLY MOTIVATED FELONY); SECTION 130.95
(PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT); SECTION 130.96 (PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT
AGAINST A CHILD); SECTION 135.05 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); SECTION 135.10 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SECTION 135.60 (COERCION IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 135.61 (COERCION
IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.65 (COERCION IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SECTION 140.20 (BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 140.25 (BURGLARY
IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.30 (BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SECTION 145.00 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 145.05
(CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 145.10 (CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 145.12 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE
FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 145.14 (CRIMINAL TAMPERING IN THE THIRD DEGREE);
SECTION 215.50 (CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 215.51
(CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 215.52 (AGGRAVATED
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT); SECTION 240.25 (HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO OR FOUR OF SECTION 240.30 (AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN
THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 245.00 (PUBLIC LEWDNESS); SECTION 245.01
(EXPOSURE OF A PERSON); SECTION 245.02 (PROMOTING EXPOSURE OF A PERSON);
SECTION 245.03 (PUBLIC LEWDNESS IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 245.05
(OFFENSIVE EXHIBITION); SECTION 245.11 (PUBLIC DISPLAY OF OFFENSIVE
SEXUAL MATERIAL); SECTION 245.15 (UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION
OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE); SECTION 250.45 (UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE IN THE
SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 250.50 (UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE IN THE FIRST
DEGREE); AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION OR
ANY ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ANY OF THE FOREGOING OFFENSES WHERE
THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED IN OR ADJACENT TO ANY FACILITY OR CONVEYANCE
OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF OR
THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF.
3. THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE CURRENT SPECIFIED OFFENSE IS COMMITTED
MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE PREVIOUS SPECIFIED
OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED.
AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE IS A CLASS C FELONY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART Q
Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 396 of the laws of 2010 amending the
alcoholic beverage control law relating to liquidator's permits and
temporary retail permits, as amended by section 1 of part K of chapter
55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided that paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of
section 97-a of the alcoholic beverage control law as added by section
two of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed October 12, [2025]
2026.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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PART R
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2799-gg of the public authorities
law, as amended by section 1 of part TT of chapter 56 of the laws of
2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from
time to time to issue bonds, in conformity with applicable provisions of
the uniform commercial code, in such principal amounts as it may deter-
mine to be necessary pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred ninety-
nine-ff of this title to pay the cost of any project and to fund
reserves to secure such bonds, including incidental expenses in
connection therewith.
The aggregate principal amount of such bonds, notes or other obli-
gations outstanding shall not exceed, beginning July first, two thousand
twenty-four, twenty-one billion five hundred million dollars
($21,500,000,000) and beginning July first, two thousand twenty-five,
[twenty-seven] THIRTY billion five hundred million dollars
[($27,500,000,000)] ($30,500,000,000), excluding bonds, notes or other
obligations issued pursuant to sections twenty-seven hundred ninety-
nine-ss and twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-tt of this title; provided,
however, that upon any refunding or repayment of bonds (which term shall
not, for this purpose, include bond anticipation notes), the total
aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds, notes or other obli-
gations may be greater than, beginning July first, two thousand twenty-
four, twenty-one billion five hundred million dollars ($21,500,000,000),
and beginning July first, two thousand twenty-five, [twenty-seven] THIR-
TY billion five hundred million dollars [($27,500,000,000)]
($30,500,000,000), only if the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or
other obligations were issued in accordance with the provisions of
subparagraph (a) of subdivision two of paragraph b of section 90.10 of
the local finance law, as amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the authority may
be outstanding in an amount greater than the amount permitted by the
preceding sentence, provided that such additional amount at issuance,
together with the amount of indebtedness contracted by the city of New
York, shall not exceed the limit prescribed by section 104.00 of the
local finance law. The authority shall have the power from time to time
to refund any bonds of the authority by the issuance of new bonds wheth-
er the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue
bonds partly to refund bonds of the authority then outstanding and part-
ly to pay the cost of any project pursuant to section twenty-seven
hundred ninety-nine-ff of this title. Bonds issued by the authority
shall be payable solely out of particular revenues or other moneys of
the authority as may be designated in the proceedings of the authority
under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issued, subject to any
agreements entered into between the authority and the city, and subject
to any agreements with the holders of outstanding bonds pledging any
particular revenues or moneys.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.
PART S
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 489-cccccc of the real property
tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
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(E) PARKING FACILITY. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
TITLE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A PARKING FACILITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
TITLE, "PARKING FACILITY" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THEREOF IN
A CITY ON WHICH EXISTS A FACILITY OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT REQUIRES A
LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF A GARAGE OR PARKING LOT ISSUED BY THE
CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION AGENCY OF SUCH CITY.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 489-dddddd of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Application for benefits pursuant to this title may be made imme-
diately following the effective date of a local law enacted pursuant to
this title and continuing until March first, two thousand THIRTY OR,
WITH RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FOR PROPERTY DEFINED AS A
PEAKING UNIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-BBBBBB OF THIS TITLE, UNTIL MARCH
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 489-dddddd of the real property tax law,
as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
3. (a) No benefits AUTHORIZED pursuant to this title shall be granted
for construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued
after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROPERTY DEFINED
AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-BBBBBB OF THIS
TITLE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
(b) If no building permit was required, then no benefits AUTHORIZED
pursuant to this title shall be granted for construction work that is
commenced after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROP-
ERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-
BBBBBB OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT IS
COMMENCED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 489-gggggg of the real property tax law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
(A-1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BEGINNING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND SHALL BE
DESIGNATED A SPECIAL COMMERCIAL ABATEMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
TITLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH DESIGNATION MAY BE MODIFIED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 5. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 489-gggggg of the real
property tax law, as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) In the city of New York, the commission may designate any area
other than the area lying south of the center line of 96th Street in the
borough of Manhattan NOT INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, to be a special
commercial abatement area if it determines that market conditions in the
area are such that the availability of a special abatement is required
in order to encourage commercial construction work in such area. In
making such determination, the commission shall consider, among other
factors, the existence in such area of a special need for commercial and
job development, high unemployment, economic distress or unusually large
numbers of vacant, underutilized, unsuitable or substandard structures,
or other substandard, unsanitary, deteriorated or deteriorating condi-
tions, with or without tangible blight; PROVIDED THAT, HOWEVER, IN
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MAKING SUCH DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, THE COMMIS-
SION SHALL CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER FACTORS, THE DENSITY OF EXISTING DEVEL-
OPMENTS AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS ON GOVERNOR'S
ISLAND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY.
§ 6. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 489-gggggg of the real
property tax law, as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) the area in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of
59th street, other than: (I) the areas designated renovation areas by
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision, OR (II) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
§ 7. Subdivision 4 of section 489-gggggg of the real property tax law,
as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
4. Commercial exclusion area. Except as provided in paragraph (f) of
subdivision three of section four hundred eighty-nine-bbbbbb of this
title, any area in the borough of Manhattan lying south of the center
line of 96th Street, other than: (A) the areas designated renovation
areas by subdivision three of this section AND (B) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, shall be a commercial exclu-
sion area. Commercial construction projects in the commercial exclusion
area shall not be eligible to receive tax abatements pursuant to this
title.
§ 8. Section 11-268 of the administrative code of the city of New York
is amended by adding two new subdivisions k-1 and o-1 to read as
follows:
K-1. "PARKING FACILITY" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THEREOF ON
WHICH EXISTS A FACILITY OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT REQUIRES A LICENSE FOR
THE OPERATION OF A GARAGE OR PARKING LOT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION.
O-1. "SELF-STORAGE FACILITY" SHALL MEAN ANY REAL PROPERTY OR A PORTION
THEREOF THAT IS DESIGNED AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OCCUPYING STORAGE
SPACE BY OCCUPANTS WHO ARE TO HAVE ACCESS THERETO FOR THE PURPOSE OF
STORING AND REMOVING PERSONAL PROPERTY, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THE LIEN LAW.
§ 9. Subdivision c of section 11-270 of the administrative code of the
city of New York is amended by adding two new paragraphs 4 and 5 to read
as follows:
(4) SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO
THIS PART FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF
SUCH PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY.
(5) PARKING FACILITY. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
PART FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A PARKING FACILITY.
§ 10. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 11-271 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 332 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Application for benefits pursuant to this part may be made imme-
diately following the effective date of the local law that added this
section and continuing until March first, two thousand THIRTY OR, WITH
RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FOR PROPERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING
UNIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2-A) OF SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION
11-269 OF THIS PART UNTIL MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 11. Subdivision c of section 11-271 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
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c. (1) No benefits AUTHORIZED pursuant to this part shall be granted
for construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued
after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROPERTY DEFINED
AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2-A) OF
SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION 11-269 OF THIS PART SHALL BE GRANTED FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AFTER
APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
(2) If no building permit was required, then no benefits AUTHORIZED
pursuant to this part shall be granted for construction work that is
commenced after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROP-
ERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (2-A) OF SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION 11-269 OF THIS PART SHALL BE
GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT IS COMMENCED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 12. Subdivision b of section 11-274 of the administrative code of
the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as
follows:
(1-A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BEGINNING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND SHALL BE
DESIGNATED A SPECIAL COMMERCIAL ABATEMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PART, PROVIDED THAT SUCH DESIGNATION MAY BE MODIFIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 13. Paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 11-274 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of
the city of New York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(5) The commission may designate any area other than the area lying
south of the center line of 96th Street in the borough of Manhattan NOT
INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, to be a special commercial abatement area
if it determines that market conditions in the area are such that the
availability of a special abatement is required in order to encourage
commercial construction work in such area. In making such determination,
the commission shall consider, among other factors, the existence in
such area of a special need for commercial and job development, high
unemployment, economic distress or unusually large numbers of vacant,
underutilized, unsuitable or substandard structures, or other substand-
ard, unsanitary, deteriorated or deteriorating conditions, with or with-
out tangible blight; PROVIDED THAT, HOWEVER, IN MAKING SUCH DETERMI-
NATION WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, THE TEMPORARY COMMERCIAL
INCENTIVE AREA BOUNDARY COMMISSION SHALL ONLY BE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER,
AMONG OTHER FACTORS, WHETHER SUCH DESIGNATION CONTINUES TO BE NECESSARY
TO ADEQUATELY PROMOTE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND THE
DENSITY OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PLANNED
DEVELOPMENTS ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING
INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY.
§ 14. Paragraph 3 of subdivision c of section 11-274 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of
the city of New York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(3) the area in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of
59th street, other than the areas: (I) designated renovation areas by
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subdivision, OR (II) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
§ 15. Subdivision d of section 11-274 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of the city of New
York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
d. Commercial exclusion area. Except as provided in paragraph (6) of
subdivision c of section 11-269 of this part, any area in the borough of
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Manhattan lying south of the center line of 96th Street, other than: (1)
the areas designated renovation areas by subdivision c of this section
AND (2) AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND,
shall be a commercial exclusion area. Commercial construction projects
in the commercial exclusion area shall not be eligible to receive tax
abatements pursuant to this part.
§ 16. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that: (i) para-
graph 4 of subdivision c of section 11-270 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as added by section nine of this act shall be
deemed to have been in full force and effect as of July 1, 2020, and
shall apply to projects for which the first building permit is issued
after July 1, 2020 or if no permit is required, for which construction
commences after July 1, 2020; and (ii) paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of
section 489-cccccc of the real property tax law, as added by section one
of this act, and paragraph 5 of subdivision c of section 11-270 of the
administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section nine of
this act, shall only apply to a project for which the first building
permit is issued on or after 90 days after this act takes effect, or if
no permit is required, for which construction commences on or after such
date.
PART T
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 5004 of the civil practice law
and rules, as amended by chapter 831 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) [Interest shall be at the rate of nine per centum per annum,
except where otherwise provided by statute; provided] NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, INCLUDING ANY
LAW OR REGULATION THAT LIMITS THE ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON
A JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM, THE ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON A
JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM SHALL BE CALCULATED AT THE ONE-YEAR UNITED
STATES TREASURY BILL RATE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE "ONE-YEAR
UNITED STATES TREASURY BILL RATE" MEANS THE WEEKLY AVERAGE ONE-YEAR
CONSTANT MATURITY TREASURY YIELD, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, FOR THE CALENDAR WEEK PRECEDING THE DATE
OF THE ENTRY OF THE JUDGMENT AWARDING DAMAGES; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT
THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PROVISION OF THE TAX LAW WHICH
PROVIDES FOR THE ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON A JUDGMENT OR
ACCRUED CLAIM. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the annual rate of interest to be paid
in an action arising out of a consumer debt where a natural person is a
defendant shall be two per centum per annum (i) on a judgment or accrued
claim for judgments entered on or after the effective date of [the]
chapter EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
[which amended this section], and (ii) for interest upon a judgment
pursuant to section five thousand three of this article from the date of
the entry of judgment on any part of a judgment entered before the
effective date of [the] chapter EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE of the laws of
two thousand twenty-one [which amended this section] that is unpaid as
of such effective date.
§ 2. Section 16 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 681 of
the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
§ 16. Rate of interest on judgments and accrued claims against the
state. The rate of interest to be paid by the state upon any judgment
or accrued claim against the state shall [not exceed nine per centum per
annum] BE CALCULATED AT THE ONE-YEAR UNITED STATES TREASURY BILL RATE.
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FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE "ONE-YEAR UNITED STATES TREASURY
BILL RATE" MEANS THE WEEKLY AVERAGE ONE-YEAR CONSTANT MATURITY TREASURY
YIELD, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
SYSTEM, FOR THE CALENDAR WEEK PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE ENTRY OF THE
JUDGMENT AWARDING DAMAGES. PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
APPLY TO ANY PROVISION OF THE TAX LAW WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE ANNUAL RATE
OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON A JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.
PART U
Section 1. Section 167-a of the civil service law, as amended by
section 1 of part I of chapter 55 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 167-a. Reimbursement for medicare premium charges. 1. Upon exclusion
from the coverage of the health benefit plan of supplementary medical
insurance benefits for which an active or retired employee or a depend-
ent covered by the health benefit plan is or would be eligible under the
federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance program, an amount
equal to the STANDARD MEDICARE premium charge for such supplementary
medical insurance benefits for such active or retired employee and [his
or her] SUCH EMPLOYEE'S dependents, if any, shall be paid monthly or at
other intervals to such active or retired employee from the health
insurance fund. THERE SHALL BE NO PAYMENT FOR THE INCOME RELATED MONTHLY
ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT INCURRED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-FIVE TO ANY ACTIVE OR RETIRED EMPLOYEE AND SUCH EMPLOYEE'S DEPEN-
DENTS, IF ANY. Where appropriate, such STANDARD MEDICARE PREMIUM amount
may be deducted from contributions payable by the employee or retired
employee; or where appropriate in the case of a retired employee receiv-
ing a retirement allowance, such STANDARD MEDICARE PREMIUM amount may be
included with payments of [his or her] SUCH EMPLOYEE'S retirement allow-
ance. All state employer, employee, retired employee and dependent
contributions to the health insurance fund, including contributions from
public authorities, public benefit corporations or other quasi-public
organizations of the state eligible for participation in the health
benefit plan as authorized by subdivision two of section one hundred
sixty-three of this article, shall be adjusted as necessary to cover the
cost of reimbursing federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance
program premium charges under this section. This cost shall be included
in the calculation of premium or subscription charges for health cover-
age provided to employees and retired employees of the state, public
authorities, public benefit corporations or other quasi-public organiza-
tions of the state; provided, however, the state, public authorities,
public benefit corporations or other quasi-public organizations of the
state shall remain obligated to pay no less than its share of such
increased cost consistent with its share of premium or subscription
charges provided for by this article. All other employer contributions
to the health insurance fund shall be adjusted as necessary to provide
for such payments.
2. (A) ON DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL PROVIDE A PREMIUM REFUND TO ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS
RETIREES WHO RETIRED:
(I) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE BUT PRIOR
TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE; AND
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(II) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE FROM A TITLE ALLO-
CATED OR EQUATED TO SALARY GRADE NINE OR BELOW. THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL
PREMIUM REFUND SHALL BE FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE AMOUNT REIMBURSED BY THE
DEPARTMENT TO ENROLLEES FOR INCOME RELATED MONTHLY ADJUSTMENT AMOUNTS
FOR SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-FOUR DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES.
(B) ON DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN AND DECEMBER FIRST OF
EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL PREMIUM
REFUND TO ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES. THE AMOUNT OF THE REFUND SHALL BE THE
PREMIUM REFUND PROVIDED IN THE PRIOR YEAR INCREASED BY THE RATE OF
CHANGE FOR THE MOST RECENT TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN SEPTEMBER OF
THAT YEAR IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS ON A
NATIONAL AND SEASONALLY UNADJUSTED BASIS (CPI-U), OR A SUCCESSOR INDEX
AS CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply on January
1, 2025 for the income related monthly adjustment amount incurred on or
after January 1, 2025.
PART V
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the civil
service law, as amended by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, 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. Provided
further, the state civil service department shall, and a municipal
commission may, 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 governmental agreement, waive application
fees for all examinations held between July first, two thousand twenty-
three and [December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five] JUNE THIRTI-
ETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. Notwithstanding 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 militia, and who (1) has been honor-
ably discharged or released from such service under honorable condi-
tions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of
the 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 one of the veterans' services law, and
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has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
such service. The term "armed forces" shall mean the army, navy, air
force, marine corps, and coast guard.
§ 2. Section 2 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, amending
the civil service law relating to waiving state civil service examina-
tion fees between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed on [December 31, 2025] JUNE 30, 2026; provided that this
act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after
April 1, 2023.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the
civil service law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
expiration of such subdivision and shall expire and be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART W
Section 1. Subdivision 2 section 200 of the state finance law, as
amended by section 1 of part Q of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
where the state and an employee organization representing state officers
and employees who are in positions which are in collective negotiating
units established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law
enter into an agreement providing for an alternative procedure for the
payment of salaries to such employees or where the director of employee
relations shall authorize an alternative procedure for the payment of
salaries to state officers or employees in the executive branch who are
in positions which are not in collective negotiating units, such alter-
native procedure shall be implemented in lieu of the procedure specified
in subdivision one of this section. [Notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, where the state and an employee organization
representing officers and employees in the executive branch who are in
positions which are in collective negotiating units established pursuant
to article fourteen of the civil service law enter into an agreement, or
where the director of employee relations shall authorize for officers
and employees in the executive branch who are in positions which are not
in collective negotiating units, the alternate procedure specified here-
in shall be terminated for officers and employees hired on or after July
first, two thousand twenty-five. The alternate procedure specified here-
in shall also be terminated for: (i) nonjudicial officers and employees
of the unified court system hired on or after July first, two thousand
twenty-five, if the chief administrator of the courts so elects; (ii)
employees of the senate hired on or after July first, two thousand twen-
ty-five, if the temporary president of the senate so elects; (iii)
employees of the assembly hired on or after July first, two thousand
twenty-five, if the speaker of the assembly so elects; and (iv) employ-
ees of joint legislative employers hired on or after July first, two
thousand twenty-five, if the temporary president of the senate and the
speaker of the assembly mutually so elect for all such joint legislative
employers. Any election made pursuant to paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), or
(iv) of this subdivision shall be in writing and filed with the state
comptroller not later than thirty days after the enactment of this
legislation.]
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§ 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 210 to
read as follows:
§ 210. OPTIONAL PAYMENT ELECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE THE STATE AND AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTING OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO ARE IN
POSITIONS WHICH ARE IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING UNITS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, OR
WHERE THE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SHALL AUTHORIZE FOR OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO ARE IN POSITIONS WHICH ARE NOT
IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING UNITS, NEW EMPLOYEES HIRED ON OR AFTER JULY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE AN OPTIONAL
PAYMENT, WHICH SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY SUCH AGREEMENT OR FOR
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO ARE IN POSITIONS
WHICH ARE NOT IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING UNITS, AT A RATE TO BE DETER-
MINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET. SUCH PAYMENT SHALL
NOT BE CONSIDERED BASIC ANNUAL SALARY AND SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED AS
COMPENSATION FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES. SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE RECOVERED TO
THE STATE WITHIN THE FIRST FOURTEEN PAY PERIODS AFTER SUCH PAYMENT. THE
PAYMENT SPECIFIED HEREIN SHALL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR: (A)
NONJUDICIAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM HIRED ON
OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE CHIEF ADMINIS-
TRATOR OF THE COURTS SO ELECTS; (B) EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE HIRED ON OR
AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
DENT OF THE SENATE SO ELECTS; (C) EMPLOYEES OF THE ASSEMBLY HIRED ON
OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE SPEAKER OF THE
ASSEMBLY SO ELECTS; AND (D) EMPLOYEES OF JOINT LEGISLATIVE EMPLOY-
ERS HIRED ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY MUTU-
ALLY SO ELECT FOR ALL SUCH JOINT LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYERS. ANY ELECTION
MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A), (B), (C), OR (D) OF THIS SECTION SHALL
BE IN WRITING AND FILED WITH THE STATE COMPTROLLER NO LATER THAN SEPTEM-
BER THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided however, that
section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as section one of part Q of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024,
takes effect.
PART X
Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
103-e to read as follows:
§ 103-E. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING. 1. (A) EMPLOYEES OF THE
STATE WHO USE TECHNOLOGY AS A PART OF THEIR OFFICIAL JOB DUTIES SHALL
TAKE ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
COMPLETE THE TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE.
(B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE" SHALL
INCLUDE EMPLOYEES OF ALL STATE AGENCIES AND ALL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATIONS, THE HEADS OF WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
2. EMPLOYEES OF A COUNTY, A CITY, A TOWN, OR A VILLAGE WHO USE TECH-
NOLOGY AS A PART OF THEIR OFFICIAL JOB DUTIES SHALL TAKE ANNUAL CYBERSE-
CURITY AWARENESS TRAINING BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
SIX. THE OFFICE SHALL MAKE A CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR USE BY
A COUNTY, A CITY, A TOWN, OR A VILLAGE AT NO CHARGE, BUT SUCH TRAINING
SHALL NOT BE THE EXCLUSIVE MEANS FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION.
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§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART Y
Section 1. Section 2 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015,
constituting the infrastructure investment act, subdivision (a) as
amended and subdivision (g) as added by section 1 of part AA of chapter
58 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. For the purposes of this act: (a) (i) "authorized state entity"
shall mean the New York state thruway authority, the department of
transportation, the office of parks, recreation and historic preserva-
tion, the department of environmental conservation, the New York state
bridge authority, the office of general services, the dormitory authori-
ty, the urban development corporation, the state university construction
fund, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 3 OF
SECTION 352 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE CITY UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION FUND,
the New York state Olympic regional development authority and the
battery park city authority.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 26 of section 1678
of the public authorities law, section 8 of the public buildings law,
sections 8 and 9 of section 1 of chapter 359 of the laws of 1968 as
amended, section 103 of the general municipal law, and the provisions of
any other law to the contrary, the term "authorized state entity" shall
also refer to only those agencies or authorities identified below solely
in connection with the following authorized projects, provided that such
an authorized state entity may utilize the alternative delivery [method]
METHODS referred to as design-build contracts OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR CONTRACTS solely in connection with the following authorized
projects should the total cost of each such project not be less than
five million dollars($5,000,000):
Authorized Projects Authorized State Entity
1. Frontier Town Urban Development Corporation
2. Life Sciences Laboratory Dormitory Authority & Urban
Development Corporation
3. Whiteface Transformative Projects New York State Olympic Regional
Development Authority
4. Gore Transformative Projects New York State Olympic Regional
Development Authority
5. Belleayre Transformative Projects New York State Olympic Regional
Development Authority
6. Mt. Van Hoevenberg Transformative New York State Olympic Regional
Projects Development Authority
7. Olympic Training Center New York State Olympic Regional
Development Authority
8. Olympic Arena and Convention New York State Olympic Regional
Center Complex Development Authority
9. State Fair Revitalization Office of General
Projects Services
10. State Police Forensic Office of General
Laboratory Services
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all rights or
benefits, including terms and conditions of employment, and protection
of civil service and collective bargaining status of all existing
employees of authorized state entities shall be preserved and protected.
Nothing in this section shall result in the: (1) 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; (2) transfer of existing duties and
functions related to maintenance and operations currently performed by
existing employees of authorized state entities to a contracting entity;
or (3) transfer of future duties and functions ordinarily performed by
employees of authorized state entities to the contracting entity. Noth-
ing contained herein shall be construed to affect (A) the existing
rights of employees pursuant to an existing collective bargaining agree-
ment, and (B) the existing representational relationships among employee
organizations or the bargaining relationships between the employer and
an employee organization.
If otherwise applicable, authorized projects undertaken by the author-
ized state entities listed above solely in connection with the
provisions of this act shall be subject to section 135 of the state
finance law, section 101 of the general municipal law, and section 222
of the labor law; provided, however, that an authorized state entity may
fulfill its obligations under section 135 of the state finance law or
section 101 of the general municipal law by requiring the contractor to
prepare separate specifications in accordance with section 135 of the
state finance law or section 101 of the general municipal law, as the
case may be. Provided further, that authorized projects with a total
construction cost of not less than twenty-five million dollars
($25,000,000) undertaken by the authorized state entities listed above
solely in connection with the provisions of this act shall only be
undertaken pursuant to a project labor agreement in accordance with
section 222 of the labor law. If a project labor agreement is not
performed on the authorized project, the authorized state entity shall
not utilize a design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR
contract for such project. Prior to utilizing the alternative delivery
[method] METHODS referred to as design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR contracts for the authorized projects listed in this subpar-
agraph with a total construction cost of less than twenty-five million
dollars ($25,000,000), the authorized state entities listed above shall
conduct a feasibility study in accordance with section 222 of the labor
law.
(b) "best value" shall mean the basis for awarding contracts for
services to the offerer that optimize quality, cost and efficiency,
price and performance criteria, which may include, but is not limited
to:
1. The quality of the contractor's performance on previous projects;
2. The timeliness of the contractor's performance on previous
projects;
3. The level of customer satisfaction with the contractor's perform-
ance on previous projects;
4. The contractor's record of performing previous projects on budget
and ability to minimize cost overruns;
5. The contractor's ability to limit change orders;
6. The contractor's ability to prepare appropriate project plans;
7. The contractor's technical capacities;
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8. The individual qualifications of the contractor's key personnel;
9. The contractor's ability to assess and manage risk and minimize
risk impact; and
10. The contractor's past record of compliance with article 15-A of
the executive law.
Such basis shall reflect, wherever possible, objective and quantifi-
able analysis.
(c) "capital project" shall have the same meaning as such term is
defined by subdivision 2-a of section 2 of the state finance law.
(d) "CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR CONTRACT" MEANS A CONTRACT
IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD WHEREBY A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER:
(I) IS RETAINED BY THE OWNER AT THE TIME OF THE DESIGN PHASE AND IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AS PART OF A TEAM IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE OWNER AND OWNER'S SEPARATELY RETAINED DESIGN FIRM;
(II) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING THE OWNER WITH A
PROPOSED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE DESIGN AND PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF
THIS PART;
(III) DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICES
OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR AGREED UPON
COMPENSATION AS SET FORTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR
CONTRACT; AND
(IV) ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION, THE PERIOD OF TIME
FOR PERFORMANCE, AND THE COSTS EXCEEDING AN AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR CONTRACT.
(E) "cost plus" shall mean compensating a contractor for the cost to
complete a contract by reimbursing actual costs for labor, equipment and
materials plus an additional amount for overhead and profit.
[(e)] (F) "design-build contract" shall mean a contract for the design
and construction of a capital project with a single entity, INCLUDING
PROGRESSIVE DESIGN-BUILD, which may be a team comprised of separate
entities.
[(f)] (G) "procurement record" means documentation of the decisions
made and the approach taken in the procurement process.
[(g)] (H) "project labor agreement" shall have the meaning set forth
in subdivision 1 of section 222 of the labor law. A project labor agree-
ment shall require participation in apprentice training programs.
§ 2. Section 3 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, constitut-
ing the infrastructure investment act, as amended by section 2 of part
AA of chapter 58 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38 of the highway law,
[section] SECTIONS 136-a AND 163 of the state finance law, sections 359,
1678, 1680 and 1680-a of the public authorities law, sections 376,
407-a, 6281 and 7210 of the education law, sections 8 and 9 of the
public buildings law, section 103 of the general municipal law, and the
provisions of any other law to the contrary, and in conformity with the
requirements of this act, an authorized state entity may utilize the
alternative delivery [method] METHODS referred to as design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contracts, in consultation with
relevant local labor organizations and construction industry, unless
otherwise provided below, for capital projects located in the state
related to physical infrastructure, including, but not limited to, high-
ways, bridges, buildings and appurtenant structures, dams, flood control
projects, canals, and parks, including, but not limited to, to repair
damage caused by natural disaster, to correct health and safety defects,
to comply with federal and state laws, standards, and regulations, to
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extend the useful life of or replace highways, bridges, buildings and
appurtenant structures, dams, flood control projects, canals, and parks
or to improve or add to highways, bridges, buildings and appurtenant
structures, dams, flood control projects, canals, and parks; provided
that for the contracts executed by the department of transportation, the
office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, or the department
of environmental conservation, the total cost of each such project shall
not be less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000). Provided further
that authorized state entities may only utilize the alternative delivery
[method] METHODS referred to as design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR contracts on projects with a total construction cost of not
less than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) if undertaken pursu-
ant to a project labor agreement in accordance with section 222 of the
labor law. If a project labor agreement is not performed on [the] SUCH
project, the authorized state entity shall not utilize a design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract for such project. The use
of a project labor agreement on a federal aid project shall not be
required where the federal government prohibits or disapproves of the
use of a project labor agreement on such a federal aided project. Prior
to utilizing the alternative delivery [method] METHODS referred to as
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contracts for
projects with a total construction cost of less than twenty-five million
dollars ($25,000,000), authorized state entities shall conduct a feasi-
bility study in accordance with section 222 of the labor law.
§ 3. Section 4 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, constitut-
ing the infrastructure investment act, as amended by section 4 of part
RRR of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, the opening paragraph and subdi-
vision (a) as amended by section 2 of part DD of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4. An entity selected by an authorized state entity to enter into a
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract shall be
selected through a one or two-step method, as follows:
(a) Step one. Generation of a list of entities that have demonstrated
the general capability to perform the design-build OR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract. Such list shall consist of a specified
number of entities, as determined by an authorized state entity, and
shall be generated based upon the authorized state entity's review of
responses to a publicly advertised request for qualifications. The
authorized state entity's request for qualifications shall include a
general description of the project, the maximum number of entities to be
included on the list, the selection criteria to be used and the relative
weight of each criteria in generating the list. Such selection criteria
shall include the qualifications and experience, AS APPLICABLE, of the
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, design [and] AND/OR construction [team] TEAMS,
organization, demonstrated responsibility, ability of the team or of a
member or members of the team to comply with applicable requirements,
including the provisions of articles 145, 147 and 148 of the education
law, past record of compliance with the labor law, and such other quali-
fications the authorized state entity deems appropriate which may
include but are not limited to project understanding, financial capabil-
ity and record of past performance. The authorized state entity shall
evaluate and rate all entities responding to the request for qualifica-
tions. Based upon such ratings, the authorized state entity shall list
the entities that shall receive a request for proposals in accordance
with subdivision (b) of this section. To the extent consistent with
applicable federal law, the authorized state entity shall consider, when
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awarding any contract pursuant to this section, the participation of:
(i) firms certified pursuant to article 15-A of the executive law as
minority or women-owned businesses and the ability of other businesses
under consideration to work with minority and women-owned businesses so
as to promote and assist participation by such businesses; [and] (ii)
small business concerns identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of
section 139-g of the state finance law and (iii) firms certified pursu-
ant to article 17-B of the executive law as service-disabled veteran-
owned businesses and the ability of other businesses under consideration
to work with service-disabled veteran-owned businesses so as to promote
and assist participation by such businesses.
(b) Step two. Selection of the proposal which is the best value to the
authorized state entity. The authorized state entity shall issue a
request for proposals to the entities listed pursuant to subdivision (a)
of this section. If such an entity consists of a team of separate enti-
ties, the entities that comprise such a team must remain unchanged from
the entity as listed pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section unless
otherwise approved by the authorized state entity. The request for
proposals shall set forth the project's scope of work, and other
requirements, as determined by the authorized state entity. The request
for proposals shall specify the criteria to be used to evaluate the
responses and the relative weight of each such criteria. Such criteria
shall include, AS APPLICABLE, the proposal's cost, the quality of the
proposal's solution, the qualifications and experience of the design-
build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR entity, and other factors
deemed pertinent by the authorized state entity, which may include, but
shall not be limited to, the proposal's project implementation, ability
to complete the work in a timely and satisfactory manner, maintenance
costs of the completed project, maintenance of traffic approach, and
community impact. Any contract awarded pursuant to this act shall be
awarded to a responsive and responsible entity that submits the
proposal, which, in consideration of these and other specified criteria
deemed pertinent to the project, offers the best value to the authorized
state entity, as determined by the authorized state entity. The request
for proposals shall include a statement that entities shall designate in
writing those portions of the proposal that contain trade secrets or
other proprietary information that are to remain confidential; that the
material designated as confidential shall be readily separable from the
entity's proposal. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the
authorized entity from negotiating final contract terms and conditions
including cost. All proposals submitted shall be scored according to the
criteria listed in the request for proposals and such final scores shall
be published on the authorized state entity's website.
§ 4. Section 11 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, is amended to read as follows:
§ 11. The submission of a proposal or responses or the execution of a
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract pursuant to
this act shall not be construed to be a violation of section 6512 of the
education law.
§ 5. Subdivision (a) of section 13 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws
of 2015, constituting the infrastructure investment act, as amended by
section 11 of part RRR of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017 and paragraph 3
as amended by section 4 of part DD of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the authorized state entity may award a [construction] contract[:
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1. To] TO the DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTOR OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR contractor [offering]:
1. OFFERING the best value; or
2. Utilizing a cost-plus not to exceed guaranteed maximum price form
of contract in which the authorized state entity shall be entitled to
monitor and audit all project costs. In establishing the schedule and
process for determining a guaranteed maximum price, the contract between
the authorized state entity and the DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTOR OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contractor shall:
(i) describe the scope of the work and the cost of performing such
work;
(ii) include a detailed line item cost breakdown;
(iii) include a list of all drawings, specifications and other infor-
mation on which the guaranteed maximum price is based;
(iv) include the dates for substantial and final completion on which
the guaranteed maximum price is based; and
(v) include a schedule of unit prices; or
3. [(i)] Utilizing a lump sum contract in which the DESIGN-BUILD
CONTRACTOR OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contractor agrees to
accept a set dollar amount for a contract which comprises a single bid
without providing a cost breakdown for all costs such as for equipment,
labor, materials, as well as such contractor's profit for completing all
items of work comprising the project, which lump sum price may be nego-
tiated and established by the authorized state entity based on a
proposed guaranteed maximum price[.]; OR
[(ii) The design-build contract may include] 4. UTILIZING A CONTRACT
THAT INCLUDES both lump sum elements and cost-plus not to exceed guaran-
teed maximum price elements [and], WHICH CONTRACT may also provide for
professional services on a fee-for-service basis.
§ 6. Section 14 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, is amended to read as follows:
§ 14. Prequalified contractors. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the authorized state entity [may maintain a list of
prequalified contractors who are eligible to submit a proposal pursuant
to this act and entry into such list shall be continuously available]
WHEN AWARDING ANY CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC WORK MAY ESTABLISH GUIDELINES
GOVERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTORS SEEKING TO BID, PROPOSE OR
ENTER INTO SUCH CONTRACT. Prospective contractors may be prequalified as
contractors to provide particular types of construction, in accordance
with general criteria established by the authorized state entity which
may include, but shall not be limited to, the experience, past perform-
ance, ability to undertake the type and complexity of work, financial
capability, responsibility, compliance with equal employment opportunity
requirements and anti-discrimination laws, and reliability. Such
prequalification may be by categories designed by size, VALUE,
GEOGRAPHY, and other factors. IF THE AUTHORIZED STATE ENTITY MAINTAINS
AN APPROPRIATE LIST OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS, THE CONTRACT SHALL BE
AWARDED CONSISTENT WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE AUTHORIZED STATE
ENTITY.
(b) THE AUTHORIZED STATE ENTITY SHALL, NOT LESS THAN ANNUALLY, PUBLISH
IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION OR POST IN THE NEW YORK STATE
CONTRACT REPORTER AN ADVERTISEMENT REQUESTING PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS TO
SUBMIT QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS. LISTS OF PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS MAY
BE ESTABLISHED ON A PROJECT-SPECIFIC BASIS. PRE-QUALIFIED LISTS SHALL
INCLUDE ALL CONTRACTORS THAT QUALIFY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH
LIST SHALL HAVE NO LESS THAN FIVE BIDDERS. A contractor who is denied
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prequalification or whose prequalification is revoked or suspended by
the authorized state entity may appeal such decision to the authorized
state entity. If such a suspension extends for more than three months,
it shall be deemed a revocation of the prequalification. The authorized
state entity may proceed with the contract award during any appeal.
§ 7. Section 15-b of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, as added by section 5 of part
DD of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
§ 15-b. Public employees as defined by paragraph (a) of subdivision 7
of section 201 of the civil service law and who are employed by author-
ized entities as defined in paragraph (i) of subdivision (a) of section
two of this act shall examine and review certifications provided by
contractors for conformance with material source testing, certifications
testing, surveying, monitoring of environmental compliance, independent
quality control testing and inspection and quality assurance audits.
Performance by authorized entities of any review described in this
subdivision shall not be construed to modify or limit contractors' obli-
gations to perform work in strict accordance with the applicable
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contracts or the
contractors' or any subcontractors' obligations or liabilities under any
law.
§ 8. Section 16 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, as amended by section 6 of
part DD of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 16. A report shall be submitted on or no later than June 30, 2021
and annually thereafter, to the governor, the temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly by the New York state office of
general services on behalf of authorized entities defined in paragraph
(i) of subdivision (a) of section two of this act containing information
on each authorized state entity that has entered into a design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract pursuant to this act, which
shall include, but not be limited to, a description of each such
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract, informa-
tion regarding the procurement process for each such design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR project, including the list of qual-
ified bidders, the total cost of each design-build OR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR project, an explanation of the estimated cost and
schedule savings of each project, an explanation of how the savings were
determined, the participation rate and total dollar value of minority-
and women-owned business enterprises and service-disabled veteran-owned
businesses, and whether a project labor agreement was used, and if
applicable, the justification for using a project labor agreement. Such
report shall also be posted on the website of the New York state office
of general services for public review.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015 made by
sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such part and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART Z
Section 1. Section 13-a of chapter 749 of the laws of 2019, constitut-
ing the New York city public works investment act, as added by chapter
534 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
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§ 13-a. (a) For purposes of this section:
[(1)] "Construction manager build" shall mean a project delivery meth-
od whereby a construction manager:
(i) serves as part of a team in conjunction with the owner in the
design phase of the project;
(ii) under the oversight of the owner, acts as the single source of
responsibility to bid, select and hold construction contracts on behalf
of the owner during the construction phase; and
(iii) manages the construction project on behalf of the owner.
[(2) "Department" shall mean the New York city department of design
and construction.]
(b) This section may only be applied to:
(1) Design-build contracts solicited by [the department] AN AUTHORIZED
ENTITY that have an estimated cost of not less than ten million
dollars[,] AND are undertaken pursuant to a project labor agreement in
accordance with section 222 of the labor law [and in connection with a
project that is primarily related to:
(i) water or sewer infrastructure, and primarily consists of the
replacement of existing, or installation of new, water mains or sewers
or the installation of assets to manage stormwater flow, or a combina-
tion of the foregoing; or
(ii) coastal resiliency, and primarily consists of flood walls,
deployable gates, the relocation or protection of existing infrastruc-
ture from flooding, or a combination of the foregoing]; or
(2) Construction manager build contracts solicited by [the department]
AN AUTHORIZED ENTITY that have an estimated cost of not less than five
million dollars[,] AND are undertaken pursuant to a project labor agree-
ment in accordance with section 222 of the labor law [and in connection
with a project for the construction or renovation of a cultural institu-
tion located on publicly owned real property on behalf of the New York
city department of cultural affairs or a public library in the city of
New York].
(c) Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law, rule, or regu-
lation to the contrary, a contractor selected by [the department] AN
AUTHORIZED ENTITY to enter into a construction manager build contract
pursuant to this section shall be selected through the two-step method
described in subdivision (a) of section four of this act. The [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY may use the types of contracts identified in
subdivision (b) of section four of this act for contracts procured using
the construction manager build delivery method.
(d) Where [the department] AN AUTHORIZED ENTITY determines in writing
that it is in the best interest of the public to solicit proposals using
the design-build contract delivery method in connection with a project
that meets the criteria set forth in paragraph one of subdivision (b) of
this section, without generating a list pursuant to the process set
forth in paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section four of this act,
[the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY shall release, evaluate and
score a request for proposals pursuant to the procedure set forth in
subdivision (e) of this section. To the extent consistent with applica-
ble federal law, [the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY shall consider,
when soliciting proposals and awarding any contract pursuant to this
section, the participation of (i) entities that are certified as minori-
ty- or women-owned business enterprises pursuant to article fifteen-A of
the executive law, or certified pursuant to local law as minority- or
women-owned business enterprises, and (ii) small business concerns iden-
tified pursuant to subdivision (b) of section one hundred thirty-nine-g
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of the state finance law. In addition, nothing in this section shall be
deemed to supersede any pre-qualification guidelines or requirements
otherwise authorized by law for [the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY.
(e) The request for proposals shall set forth the public work's scope
of work, and other requirements, as determined by the [department]
AUTHORIZED ENTITY, which may include separate goals for work under the
contract to be performed by businesses certified as minority- or women-
owned business enterprises pursuant to article fifteen-A of the execu-
tive law or certified pursuant to local law as minority- or women-owned
business enterprises. The request for proposals shall also specify the
criteria to be used to evaluate the responses and the relative weight of
each of such criteria. Such criteria shall include the proposal's cost,
the quality of the proposal's solution, the qualifications and experi-
ence of the proposer, and other factors deemed pertinent by the [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY, which may include, but shall not be limited to,
the proposal's manner and schedule of project implementation, the
proposer's ability to complete the work in a timely and satisfactory
manner, maintenance costs of the completed public work, maintenance of
traffic approach, and community impact. A contract awarded pursuant to
this section shall be awarded to a responsive and responsible proposer,
which, in consideration of these and other specified criteria deemed
pertinent, offers the best value, as determined by the [department]
AUTHORIZED ENTITY. The [department] AUTHORIZED ENTITY may engage in
negotiations or other discussions with all qualified proposers that have
expressed interest in response to the request for proposals released
pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section, provided that such [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY maintains a written record of the conduct of
negotiations or discussions and the basis for every determination to
continue or suspend negotiations, and, provided, further, that if such
[department] AUTHORIZED ENTITY determines for a particular contract or
for a particular type of contract that it is in the best interest of the
public to negotiate or enter into discussions with fewer proposers, it
shall make such a determination in writing. If such [department] AUTHOR-
IZED ENTITY enters into such negotiations, such [department] AUTHORIZED
ENTITY shall allow all proposers to revise their proposals upon conclu-
sion of negotiations, and shall evaluate any such revised proposals
using the criteria included in the request for proposals. The request
for proposals shall include a statement that proposers shall designate
in writing those portions of the proposal that contain trade secrets or
other proprietary information that are to remain confidential; that the
material designated as confidential shall be readily separable from the
proposal. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
authorized entity from negotiating final contract terms and conditions
including cost. All proposals submitted shall be scored according to
the criteria listed in the request for proposals and such final
scores shall be published on the authorized entity's website after
registration of such contract or the date upon which such contract may
be implemented, if registration requirements do not apply.
(f) The reporting requirement set forth in section thirteen of this
act shall apply to contracts procured pursuant to this section, provided
that the requirement that such report include a list of responding enti-
ties shall not apply to any contract where no such list was generated.
Such report shall include a description of the scope of work for each
project, whether the project used the design-build or construction
manager build method as described in subdivision (b) of this section,
the percentage of alternative project delivery contracts that used the
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methods described in subdivision (b) of this section, the type of
contract described in subdivision (b) of section four of this act that
was used to procure the project, information regarding the total
contract price upon contract award, the total contract price upon final
completion of the project, the [department's] AUTHORIZED ENTITY'S
initial projected estimate of the cost of the project and the partic-
ipation rate of and total dollar value of monies paid to minority- and
women-owned business enterprises and small business concerns under
alternative project delivery contracts.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
the amendments to chapter 749 of the laws of 2019 made by section one of
this act shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such chapter and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.
PART AA
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-2) to read as follows:
(B-2) UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ANY AUTHORIZED PROVIDER, ANY RESIDENT
OR FELLOW WHO MAY PRACTICE MEDICINE AS AN EXEMPT PERSON AS PROVIDED FOR
IN TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, MAY RENDER MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS
CHAPTER SO LONG AS THE SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE EDUCATION LAW ARE
MET AND NEITHER THE SUPERVISING PROVIDER NOR RESIDENT OR FELLOW HAVE
BEEN PROHIBITED FROM TREATING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS PURSUANT
TO SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART BB
Section 1. Section 13-a of the workers' compensation law, as added by
chapter 258 of the laws of 1935, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 363
of the laws of 1989, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 113 of the laws
of 1946, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 473 of the laws of 2000,
subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by section 8 of part CC of chapter 55 of
the laws of 2019, and subdivision 7 as added by chapter 6 of the laws of
2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 13-a. Selection of authorized [physician] PROVIDER by employee. (1)
An injured employee may, when care is required, select to treat [him or
her] THEM any [physician] PROVIDER authorized by the chair to render
medical care, as hereafter provided. If for any reason during the period
when medical treatment and care is required, the employee wishes to
transfer [his or her] THEIR treatment and care to another authorized
[physician] PROVIDER, [he or she] THEY may do so, in accordance with
rules prescribed by the chair. In such instance the remuneration of the
[physician] PROVIDER whose services are being dispensed with shall be
limited to the value of treatment rendered at fees as established in the
schedule for [his or her] THEIR location, unless payment in higher
amounts has been approved as authorized in [section thirteen, paragraph]
SUBDIVISION a OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE. If a claimant shall
receive treatment in any hospital or other institution operated in whole
or in part by the state of New York, the employer shall be liable for
food, clothing and maintenance furnished by the hospital or other insti-
tution to such employee. If the employee is unable due to the nature of
the injury to select such authorized [physician] PROVIDER and the emer-
gency nature of the injury requires immediate medical treatment and
care, or if [he or she does] THEY DO not desire to select a [physician]
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PROVIDER, and in writing so advises the employer, the employer shall
promptly provide [him or her] THEM with the necessary medical care,
provided however, that nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent
such employee, when subsequently able to do so, from selecting for
continuance of any medical treatment or care required, any [physician]
PROVIDER authorized by the chair to render medical care as hereinafter
provided.
(2) The [chairman] CHAIR shall prescribe the form of a notice inform-
ing employees of their privilege under this chapter, and such notice
shall be posted and maintained by the employer in a conspicuous place or
places in and about [his] THEIR place or places of business.
(3) The employer shall have the right to transfer the care of an
injured employee from the attending [physician] PROVIDER, whether chosen
originally by the employee or by the employer, to another authorized
[physician] PROVIDER (1) if the interest of the injured employee neces-
sitates the transfer or (2) if the [physician has not been authorized to
treat injured employees under this act or (3) if he has not been author-
ized under this act to treat the particular injury or condition as
provided by section thirteen-b (2)] PROVIDER IS CURRENTLY PLACED ON THE
EXCLUSION LIST. An authorized [physician] PROVIDER from whom the case
has been transferred shall have the right of appeal to an arbitration
committee as provided in subdivision two of section thirteen-g OF THIS
ARTICLE and if said arbitration committee finds that the transfer was
not authorized by this section, said employer shall pay to the [physi-
cian] PROVIDER a sum equal to the total fee earned by the [physician]
PROVIDER to whom the care of the injured employee has been transferred,
or such proportion of said fee as the arbitration committee shall deem
adequate.
(4) (a) No claim for medical or surgical treatment shall be valid and
enforceable, as against such employer, or employee, unless within
forty-eight hours following the first treatment the [physician] PROVIDER
giving such treatment furnishes to the employer and directly to the
chair a preliminary notice of such injury and treatment, within fifteen
days thereafter a more complete report and subsequent thereto progress
reports if requested in writing by the chair, board, employer or insur-
ance carrier at intervals of not less than three weeks apart or at less
frequent intervals if requested on forms prescribed by the chair. The
board may excuse failure to give such notices within the designated
periods when it finds it to be in the interest of justice to do so.
(b) Upon receipt of the notice provided for by paragraph (a) of this
subdivision, the employer, the carrier, and the claimant each shall be
entitled to have the claimant examined by a [physician] PROVIDER author-
ized by the chair in accordance with sections thirteen-b and one hundred
thirty-seven of this chapter, at a medical facility convenient to the
claimant and in the presence of the claimant's [physician] PROVIDER, and
refusal by the claimant to submit to such independent medical examina-
tion at such time or times as may reasonably be necessary in the opinion
of the board, shall bar the claimant from recovering compensation for
any period during which [he or she] THE CLAIMANT has refused to submit
to such examination. No hospital shall be required to produce the
records of any claimant without receiving its customary fees or charges
for reproduction of such records.
(c) Where it would place an unreasonable burden upon the employer or
carrier to arrange for, or for the claimant to attend, an independent
medical examination by an authorized [physician] PROVIDER, the employer
or carrier shall arrange for such examination to be performed by a qual-
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ified [physician] PROVIDER in a medical facility convenient to the
claimant.
(d) The independent medical examiner shall provide such reports and
shall submit to investigation as required by the chair.
(e) In order to qualify as admissible medical evidence, for purposes
of adjudicating any claim under this chapter, any report submitted to
the board by an independent medical examiner licensed by the state of
New York shall include the following:
(i) a signed statement certifying that the report is a full and truth-
ful representation of the independent medical examiner's professional
opinion with respect to the claimant's condition:
(ii) such examiner's board issued authorization number;
(iii) the name of the individual or entity requesting the examination;
(iv) if applicable, the registration number as required by section
thirteen-n of this article; and
(v) such other information as the chair may require by regulation.
Any report by an independent medical examiner who is not authorized,
and who performs an independent medical examination in accordance with
paragraph (c) of this subdivision, which is to be used as medical
evidence under this chapter, shall include in the report such informa-
tion as the chair may require by regulation.
(5) No claim for specialist consultations, surgical operations,
physiotherapeutic or occupational therapy procedures, x-ray examinations
or special diagnostic laboratory tests costing more than one thousand
dollars shall be valid and enforceable, as against such employer, unless
such special services shall have been authorized by the employer or by
the board, or unless such authorization has been unreasonably withheld,
or withheld for a period of more than thirty calendar days from receipt
of a request for authorization, or unless such special services are
required in an emergency, provided, however, that the basis for a denial
of such authorization by the employer must be based on a conflicting
second opinion rendered by a [physician] PROVIDER authorized by the
board. The board, with the approval of the superintendent of financial
services, shall issue and maintain a list of pre-authorized procedures
under this section. Such list of pre-authorized procedures shall be
issued and maintained for the purpose of expediting authorization of
treatment of injured workers. Such list of pre-authorized procedures
shall not prohibit varied treatment when the treating provider demon-
strates the appropriateness and medical necessity of such treatment.
(6) (a) Any interference by any person with the selection by an
injured employee of an authorized [physician] PROVIDER to treat [him]
SUCH EMPLOYEE, except when the selection is made pursuant to article
ten-A of this chapter, and the improper influencing or attempt by any
person improperly to influence the medical opinion of any [physician]
PROVIDER who has treated or examined an injured employee, shall be a
misdemeanor; provided, however, that it shall not constitute interfer-
ence or improper influence if, in the presence of such injured employ-
ee's [physician] PROVIDER, an employer, [his] THE EMPLOYER'S carrier or
agent should recommend or provide information concerning rehabilitation
services or the availability thereof to an injured employee or [his] THE
EMPLOYEE'S family.
(b) Except as otherwise permitted by law, an employer, carrier, or
third-party administrator shall not interfere or attempt to interfere
with the selection by an injured employee of, or treatment by, an
authorized medical provider, including by directing or attempting to
direct that the injured employee seek treatment from a specific provider
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or type of provider selected by the employer, carrier, or third-party
administrator. It shall not constitute improper interference under this
paragraph if the direction or attempt to direct the injured employee to
receive treatment from a specific provider or type of provider origi-
nates from the authorized medical provider while in the course of
providing treatment to the injured employee.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the chair
shall by regulation establish a performance standard concerning the
subject of any penalty imposed under this paragraph against an employer,
carrier or third-party administrator. The performance standard estab-
lished by the chair shall be used to measure compliance with this para-
graph by employers, carriers and third-party administrators. The chair
shall apply the performance standard based on multiple factors, includ-
ing but not limited to, findings of improper interference submitted as
complaints to the board's monitoring unit, unreasonable objections to
medical care, unwarranted objections to variances, medical billing
disputes, case delays brought about by employers, carriers and third-
party administrators, and the unreasonable denial of medical care.
(ii) Upon validating an allegation that the employer, carrier or
third-party administrator has failed to meet the promulgated performance
standard, a penalty shall be assessed by the board upon notice to the
employer, carrier or third-party administrator. The board shall impose
such penalty against the carrier, employer or third-party administrator
in the amount of fifty dollars per violation identified in subparagraph
(i) of this paragraph. The penalties for violations identified in
subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, may be aggregated into a single
penalty upon a finding that an employer, carrier or third-party adminis-
trator has interfered with an injured employee's necessary medical
treatment and care. Such aggregate penalty or assessment shall be based
upon the number of violations as multiplied against the applicable
penalty or assessment, but may be negotiated by the chair's designee in
full satisfaction of the penalty or assessment. Any aggregate penalty or
assessment issued under this paragraph shall be issued administratively,
and the chair shall, by regulation, specify the method of review or
redetermination, and the presentment of evidence and objections shall
occur solely upon the documentation. Any final determination shall be
subject to review under section twenty-three of this article but penal-
ties may not be subject to a stay. A final determination that an employ-
er, carrier or third-party administrator has engaged in a pattern of
interference with an injured worker's access to medically necessary
medical care shall result in the imposition of an aggregate penalty and
publication of notice of such finding on the board's web page.
(7)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the
contrary, any insurance carrier authorized to transact the business of
workers' compensation insurance in this state, self-insurer or the state
insurance fund may contract with a network or networks, legally and
properly organized, to perform diagnostic tests, x-ray examinations,
magnetic resonance imaging, or other radiological examinations or tests
of claimants and may require claimant to obtain or undergo such diagnos-
tic test, x-ray examinations, magnetic resonance imaging or other radio-
logical examinations or tests with a provider or at a facility that is
affiliated with the network or networks with which the carrier
contracts, except if a medical emergency occurs requiring an immediate
diagnostic test, x-ray examination, magnetic resonance imaging or other
radiological examination or test or if the network with which the insur-
ance carrier, self-insurer or the state insurance fund contracts does
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not have a provider or facility able to perform the examination or test
within a reasonable distance from the claimant's residence or place of
employment, as defined by regulation of the board.
(b) Any insurance carrier, self-insurer or the state insurance fund
which requires claimants to obtain or undergo diagnostic tests, x-ray
examinations, magnetic resonance imaging or other radiological examina-
tions or tests with a provider or at a facility affiliated with a
network or networks with which it contracts, must notify the claimant of
the name and contact information for the network or networks at the same
time the written statement of the claimant's rights as required by
subdivision two of section one hundred ten of this chapter or immediate-
ly after imposing such requirement if the time period within which the
written statement of the claimant's rights as required by subdivision
two of section one hundred ten of this chapter has expired.
(c) At the time a request for authorization for special diagnostic
tests, x-ray examinations, magnetic resonance imaging or other radiolog-
ical examinations or tests costing more than one thousand dollars as
required by subdivision five of this section is approved, the insurance
carrier, self-insurer or state insurance fund, or if so delegated the
network with which the insurance carrier, self-insurer or state insur-
ance fund has contracted, shall notify the [physician] PROVIDER request-
ing authorization of the requirement that the claimant obtain or undergo
the special diagnostic test, x-ray examination, magnetic resonance imag-
ing or other radiological examination or test with a provider or at a
facility affiliated with the network or networks with which it has
contracted, the contact information for the network and a list of the
providers and facilities within the claimant's geographic location, as
defined by regulation of the board. The claimant, in consultation with
the provider who requested the special diagnostic test, x-ray examina-
tion, magnetic resonance imaging or other radiological test or exam,
will determine the provider or facility from within the network which
will perform such diagnostic test, x-ray examination, magnetic resonance
imaging or other radiological examination or test.
(d) The results of the special diagnostic test, x-ray examination,
magnetic resonance imaging or other radiological test or exam must be
sent to the [physician] PROVIDER who requested the test or exam imme-
diately upon completion of the report detailing the results.
§ 2. Section 13-b of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
section 1 of part CC of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, and paragraphs
(p) and (q) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2 as
added by chapter 335 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 13-b. Authorization of providers, medical bureaus and laboratories
by the chair. 1. [No person shall render medical care or conduct inde-
pendent medical examinations under this chapter without such authori-
zation by the chair.] ANY PROVIDER AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE
AUTHORIZED TO RENDER MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS CHAPTER UNLESS THEY ARE
CURRENTLY EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE. INDE-
PENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS MAY ONLY BE PERFORMED BY A PHYSICIAN,
PODIATRIST, CHIROPRACTOR, OR PSYCHOLOGIST AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM SUCH
EXAMINATIONS BY THE CHAIR, OR AS SPECIFIED IN REGULATIONS, WHEN QUALI-
FIED BY THE BOARD. NO PROVIDER MAY CONDUCT INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINA-
TIONS UNLESS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF SECTION THIRTEEN-A AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS
CHAPTER. As used in this title, the following definitions shall have the
following meanings unless their context requires otherwise:
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(a) "Acupuncturist" shall mean licensed as having completed a formal
course of study and having passed an examination in accordance with the
education law, the regulations of the commissioner of education, and the
requirements of the board of regents. Acupuncturists are required by the
education law to advise, in writing, each patient of the importance of
consulting with a physician for the condition or conditions necessitat-
ing acupuncture care, as prescribed by the education law.
(b) "Chair" of the board shall mean either the chair or the chair's
designee.
(c) "Chiropractor" shall mean licensed and having completed two years
of preprofessional college study and a four-year resident program in
chiropractic in accordance with the education law, and consistent with
the licensing requirements of the commissioner of education.
(d) "Dentist" shall mean licensed and having completed a four-year
course of study leading to a D.D.S. or D.D.M. degree, or an equivalent
degree, in accordance with the education law and the licensing require-
ments of the commissioner of education.
(e) "Employer" shall mean a self-insured employer or, if insured, the
insurance carrier.
(f) "Independent medical examination" shall mean an examination
performed by a physician, podiatrist, chiropractor or psychologist,
authorized under this section to perform such examination, for the
purpose of examining or evaluating injury or illness pursuant to para-
graph (b) of subdivision four of section thirteen-a and section one
hundred thirty-seven of this chapter and as more fully set forth in
regulation.
(g) "Nurse practitioner" shall mean a licensed registered professional
nurse certified pursuant to section sixty-nine hundred ten of the educa-
tion law acting within their lawful scope of practice.
(h) "Occupational therapist" shall mean licensed as having at least a
bachelor's or master's degree in occupational therapy from a registered
program with the education department or receipt of a diploma or degree
resulting from completion of not less than four years of postsecondary
study, which includes the professional study of occupational therapy in
accordance with the education law and the regulations of the commission-
er of education.
(i) "Physical therapist" shall mean licensed in accordance with the
education law and the licensing requirements of the commissioner of
education.
(j) "Physician" shall mean licensed with a degree of doctor of medi-
cine, M.D., or doctor of osteopathic medicine, D.O., or an equivalent
degree in accordance with the education law and the licensing require-
ments of the state board of medicine and the regulations of the commis-
sioner of education.
(k) "Physician assistant" shall mean a licensed provider who is
licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five hundred
forty-one of the education law.
(l) "Podiatrist" shall mean a doctor of podiatric medicine licensed as
having received a doctoral degree in podiatric medicine in accordance
with the regulations of the commissioner of education and the education
law, and must satisfactorily meet all other requirements of the state
board for podiatric medicine.
(m) ["Provider"] "AUTHORIZED PROVIDER" OR "PROVIDER" shall mean a duly
licensed acupuncturist, chiropractor, nurse practitioner, occupational
therapist, physical therapist, physician, physician assistant, podia-
trist, psychologist, or social worker [authorized by the chair] AS
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DEFINED IN THIS SECTION WHO IS NOT CURRENTLY EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO
SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE.
(n) "Psychologist" shall mean licensed as having received a doctoral
degree in psychology from a program of psychology registered with the
state education department or the substantial equivalent thereof in
accordance with the education law, the requirements of the state board
for psychology, and the regulations of the commissioner of education.
(o) "Social worker" shall mean a licensed clinical social worker. A
licensed clinical social worker has completed a master's degree of
social work that includes completion of a core curriculum of at least
twelve credit hours of clinical courses or the equivalent post-graduate
clinical coursework, in accordance with the education law and the regu-
lations of the commissioner of education.
(p) "Physical therapist assistant" shall mean licensed in accordance
with the education law and the licensing requirements of the commission-
er of education.
(q) "Occupational therapy assistant" shall mean licensed in accordance
with the education law and the licensing requirements of the commission-
er of education.
(R) "EXCLUSION LIST" MEANS THE LIST PUBLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE LISTING
PROVIDERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY DISQUALIFIED FROM RENDERING CARE OR FROM
PERFORMING INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
2. Any provider [licensed pursuant to the education law to provide
medical care and treatment in the state of New York may render emergency
care and treatment in an emergency hospital or urgent care setting
providing emergency treatment under this chapter without authorization
by the chair under this section;] RENDERING MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS
CHAPTER MUST COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE,
INCLUDING ANY APPLICABLE NEW YORK MEDICAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES AND THE
OFFICIAL NEW YORK MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE(S).
(a) Such licensed provider as identified in this subdivision who is on
staff at any hospital or urgent care center providing emergency treat-
ment may continue such medical care under this chapter while an injured
employee remains a patient in such hospital or urgent care setting; and
(b) Under the direct supervision of an authorized provider, medical
care may be rendered by a registered nurse or other person trained in
laboratory or diagnostic techniques within the scope of such person's
specialized training and qualifications. This supervision shall be
evidenced by signed records of instructions for treatment and signed
records of the patient's condition and progress. Reports of such treat-
ment and supervision shall be made by such provider to the chair in the
format prescribed by the chair at such times as the chair may require.
(b-1) Under the direction and supervision of an authorized occupa-
tional therapist, occupational therapy services may be rendered by an
occupational therapy assistant. Under the direction and supervision of
an authorized physical therapist, physical therapy services may be
rendered by a physical therapist assistant. Where any such care or
treatment is rendered, records of the patient's condition and progress,
together with records of instruction for treatment, if any, shall be
maintained by the physical therapist or occupational therapist and by
the referring physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or nurse prac-
titioner. Said records shall be submitted to the chair on forms and at
such times as the chair may require.
(c) Where it would place an unreasonable burden upon the employer or
carrier to arrange for, or for the claimant to attend, an independent
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medical examination by an authorized provider, the employer or carrier
shall arrange for such examination to be performed by a qualified
provider in a medical facility convenient to the claimant.
(d) Upon the prescription or referral of an authorized physician,
physician assistant, podiatrist, or nurse practitioner acting within the
scope of [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S practice, care or treatment may be
rendered to an injured employee by an authorized physical therapist,
occupational therapist or acupuncturist provided the conditions and the
treatment performed are among the conditions that the physical thera-
pist, occupational therapist or acupuncturist is authorized to treat
pursuant to the education law or the regulations of the commissioner of
education. Where any such care or treatment is rendered, records of the
patient's condition and progress, together with records of instruction
for treatment, if any, shall be maintained by the physical therapist,
occupational therapist or acupuncturist rendering treatment and by the
referring physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or nurse practi-
tioner. Said records shall be submitted to the chair on forms and at
such times as the chair may require.
(e) A record, report or opinion of a physical therapist, occupational
therapist, acupuncturist or physician assistant shall not be considered
as evidence of the causal relationship of any condition to a work
related accident or occupational disease under this chapter. Nor may a
record, report or opinion of a physical therapist, occupational thera-
pist or acupuncturist be considered evidence of disability. Nor may a
record, report or opinion of a physician assistant be considered
evidence of the presence of a permanent or initial disability or the
degree thereof.
(f) An independent medical examination performed in accordance with
section one hundred thirty-seven of this chapter, may only be performed
by a physician, podiatrist, chiropractor or psychologist authorized to
perform such examinations by the chair, or as specified in regulation,
when qualified by the board.
3. [A provider] IN ORDER TO PERFORM INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIR-
TEEN-A AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, A PHYSI-
CIAN, PODIATRIST, CHIROPRACTOR, OR PSYCHOLOGIST properly licensed or
certified pursuant to the regulations of the commissioner of education
and the requirements of the education law [desirous of being authorized
to render medical care under this chapter and/or to conduct independent
medical examinations in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdivision
four of section thirteen-a and section one hundred thirty-seven of this
chapter] shall file an application for authorization under this chapter
with the chair or chair's designee AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE APPLICABLE
REGULATIONS, CURRENTLY SECTION 300.2 OF TITLE 12 NYCRR. [Prior to
receiving authorization, a physician must, together with submission of
an application to the chair, submit such application to the medical
society of the county in which the physician's office is located or of a
board designated by such county society or of a board representing duly
licensed physicians of any other school of medical practice in such
county, and such medical society shall submit the recommendation to the
board. In the event such county society or board fails to take action
upon a physician's completed and signed application within forty-five
days, the chair may complete review of the application without such
approval. Upon approval of the application by the chair or the chair's
designee, the applicant shall further agree to refrain from subsequently
treating for remuneration, as a private patient, any person seeking
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medical treatment, or submitting to an independent medical examination,
in connection with, or as a result of, any injury compensable under this
chapter, if he or she has been removed from the list of providers
authorized to render medical care or to conduct independent medical
examinations under this chapter, or if the person seeking such treat-
ment, or submitting to an independent medical examination, has been
transferred from his or her care in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter. This agreement shall run to the benefit of the injured
person so treated or examined, and shall be available to him or her as a
defense in any action by such provider for payment for treatment
rendered by a provider after he or she has been removed from the list of
providers authorized to render medical care or to conduct independent
medical examinations under this chapter, or after the injured person was
transferred from his or her care in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.]
4. Laboratories and bureaus engaged in x-ray diagnosis or treatment or
in physiotherapy or other therapeutic procedures and which participate
in the diagnosis or treatment of injured workers under this chapter
shall be operated or supervised by providers authorized under this chap-
ter and shall be subject to the provisions of section thirteen-c of this
article. The person in charge of diagnostic clinical laboratories duly
authorized under this chapter shall possess the qualifications estab-
lished by the public health and health planning council for approval by
the state commissioner of health or, in the city of New York, the quali-
fications approved by the board of health of said city and shall main-
tain the standards of work required for such approval.
§ 3. Section 13-d of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
section 2 of part CC of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 13-d. [Removal of providers from lists of those authorized to render
medical care or to conduct independent medical examinations] PLACEMENT
OF PROVIDERS ON THE EXCLUSION LIST. 1. [The medical society of the coun-
ty in which the physician's office is located at the time or a board
designated by such county society or a board representing duly licensed
physicians of any other school of medical practice in such county shall
investigate, hear and make findings with respect to all charges as to
professional or other misconduct of any authorized physician as herein
provided under rules and procedure to be prescribed by the medical
appeals unit, and shall report evidence of such misconduct, with their
findings and recommendation with respect thereto, to the chair. Failure
to commence such investigation within sixty days from the date the
charges are referred to the society by the chair or submit findings and
recommendations relating to the charges within one hundred eighty days
from the date the charges are referred shall empower the chair to
appoint, as a hearing officer, a member of the board, employee, or other
qualified hearing officer to hear and report on the charges to the
chair. A qualified hearing officer, who is neither a member of the
board, or employee thereof shall be paid at a reasonable per diem rate
to be fixed by the chair.
Such investigation, hearing, findings, recommendation and report may
be made by the society or board of an adjoining county upon the request
of the medical society of the county in which the alleged misconduct or
infraction of this chapter occurred, subject to the time limit and
conditions set forth herein. The medical appeals unit shall review the
findings and recommendation of such medical society or board, or hearing
officer appointed by the chair upon application of the accused physician
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and may reopen the matter and receive further evidence. The findings,
decision and recommendation of such society, board or hearing officer
appointed by the chair or medical appeals unit shall be advisory to the
chair only, and shall not be binding or conclusive upon him or her.] IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION, THE CHAIR SHALL PUBLISH AND MAINTAIN AN
EXCLUSION LIST OF PROVIDERS CURRENTLY DISQUALIFIED FROM RENDERING
MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAM-
INATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
THIRTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
2. [The chair shall remove from the list of providers authorized to
render medical care under this chapter, or to conduct independent
medical examinations in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdivision
four of section thirteen-a of this article,] THE EXCLUSION LIST SHALL
PUBLISH the name of any provider who [he or she shall find] IS FOUND
after reasonable investigation [is] TO BE disqualified because such
provider:
(a) has been guilty of professional or other misconduct or incompeten-
cy in connection with rendering medical services under the law; or
(b) has exceeded the limits of [his or her] THEIR professional compe-
tence in rendering medical care or in conducting independent medical
examinations under the law, or has, AS APPLICABLE, made materially false
statements regarding [his or her] THEIR qualifications in [his or her]
THEIR application [for the recommendation of the medical society or
board as provided in section thirteen-b of this article]; or
(c) has failed to transmit copies of medical reports to claimant's
attorney or licensed representative as provided in subdivision (f) of
section thirteen of this article; or has failed to submit full and
truthful medical reports of all [his or her] THEIR findings to the
employer, and directly to the chair or the board within the time limits
provided in subdivision four of section thirteen-a of this article with
the exception of injuries which do not require (1) more than ordinary
first aid or more than two treatments by a provider or person rendering
first aid, or (2) loss of time from regular duties of one day beyond the
working day or shift; or
(d) knowingly made a false statement or representation as to a materi-
al fact in any medical report OR IN ANY SUBMISSION TO THE BOARD, made
pursuant to this chapter or in testifying or otherwise providing infor-
mation for the purposes of this chapter; or
(e) has solicited, or has employed another to solicit for [himself or
herself] THEMSELF or for another, professional treatment, examination or
care of an injured employee in connection with any claim under this
chapter; or
(f) has refused to appear before, to testify, to submit to a deposi-
tion, or to answer upon request of, the chair, board, [medical appeals
unit] or any duly authorized officer of the state, any legal question,
or to produce any relevant book or paper concerning [his or her] THEIR
conduct [under any authorization granted to him or her] IN RENDERING
MEDICAL CARE OR IN THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION
under this chapter, INCLUDING WHEN A PROVIDER HAS ACCEPTED PAYMENTS FROM
BOTH THE HEALTH INSURER AND EMPLOYER OR CARRIER AND FAILED TO REIMBURSE
THE HEALTH INSURER AFTER THEY ARE GIVEN NOTICE; or
(g) has directly or indirectly requested, received or participated in
the division, transference, assignment, rebating, splitting or refunding
of a fee for, or has directly or indirectly requested, received or prof-
ited by means of a credit or other valuable consideration as a commis-
sion, discount or gratuity in connection with the furnishing of medical
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or surgical care, an independent medical examination, diagnosis or
treatment or service, including X-ray examination and treatment, or for
or in connection with the sale, rental, supplying or furnishing of clin-
ical laboratory services or supplies, X-ray laboratory services or
supplies, inhalation therapy service or equipment, ambulance service,
hospital or medical supplies, physiotherapy or other therapeutic service
or equipment, artificial limbs, teeth or eyes, orthopedic or surgical
appliances or supplies, optical appliances, supplies or equipment,
devices for aid of hearing, drugs, medication or medical supplies, or
any other goods, services or supplies prescribed for medical diagnosis,
care or treatment, under this chapter; except that reasonable payment,
not exceeding the technical component fee permitted in the medical fee
schedule, established under this chapter for X-ray examinations, diagno-
sis or treatment, may be made by a provider duly authorized as a roent-
genologist to any hospital furnishing facilities and equipment for such
examination, diagnosis or treatment, provided such hospital does not
also submit a charge for the same services. Nothing contained in this
paragraph shall prohibit such providers who practice as partners, in
groups or as a professional corporation or as a university faculty prac-
tice corporation from pooling fees and moneys received, either by the
partnership, professional corporation, university faculty practice
corporation or group by the individual members thereof, for professional
services furnished by any individual professional member, or employee of
such partnership, corporation or group, nor shall the professionals
constituting the partnerships, corporations, or groups be prohibited
from sharing, dividing or apportioning the fees and moneys received by
them or by the partnership, corporation or group in accordance with a
partnership or other agreement[.]; OR
(H) HAS DEMONSTRATED A REPEATED FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THIS
CHAPTER AND APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND GUIDANCE, INCLUDING ANY
APPLICABLE NEW YORK MEDICAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES AND THE OFFICIAL NEW
YORK MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE(S); OR
(I) HAS MISREPRESENTED THEIR CREDENTIALS.
3. Any person who violates or attempts to violate, and any person who
aids another to violate or attempts to induce [him or her] THEM to
violate the provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision two of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in any
respect the power or duty of the chair to investigate instances of
misconduct, either before or after investigation by a medical society or
board as herein provided, or to temporarily [suspend the authorization
of] ADD any provider TO THE EXCLUSION LIST that [he or she] THE CHAIR OR
THE CHAIR'S DESIGNEE may believe to be guilty of such misconduct.
5. Whenever the department of health or the department of education
shall conduct an investigation with respect to charges of professional
or other misconduct by a provider which results in a report, determi-
nation or consent order that includes a finding of professional or other
misconduct or incompetency by such provider, the chair shall have full
power and authority to temporarily [suspend, revoke or otherwise limit
the authorization under this chapter of] ADD any provider TO THE EXCLU-
SION LIST upon such finding by the department of health or the depart-
ment of education that the provider has been guilty of professional or
other misconduct. The recommendations of the department of health or the
department of education shall be advisory to the chair only and shall
not be binding or conclusive upon the chair.
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§ 4. Subdivision 1 of section 13-f of the workers' compensation law,
as amended by chapter 353 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as
follows:
(1) Fees for medical services shall be payable only to a physician or
other qualified person permitted by [sections] SECTION thirteen-b[,
thirteen-k, thirteen-l and thirteen-m] of this [chapter] ARTICLE or
other authorized provider of health care under the education law or the
public health law permitted to render medical care or treatment under
this chapter, or to the agent, executor or administrator of the estate
of such [physician] PROVIDER or such other qualified person. Except as
provided in section thirteen-d of this [chapter] ARTICLE, no provider of
health care rendering medical care or treatment to a compensation claim-
ant, shall collect or receive a fee from such claimant within this
state, but shall have recourse for payment of services rendered only to
the employer under the provisions of this chapter. Any compensation
claimant who pays a fee to a provider of health care for medical care or
treatment under this chapter shall have a cause of action against such
provider of health care for the recovery of the money paid, which cause
of action may be assigned to the chair in trust for the assigning claim-
ant. All such assignments shall run to the chair. The chair may sue the
physician, or other authorized provider of health care as herein
described on the assigned cause of action with the benefits and subject
to the provisions of existing law applying to such actions by the claim-
ant [himself or herself] THEMSELF. Hospitals shall not be entitled to
receive the remuneration paid to physicians on their staff for medical
and surgical services.
§ 5. Section 13-g of the workers' compensation law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
(5) WHEN A PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER HAS KNOWLEDGE THAT AN EMPLOYER HAS
CONTROVERTED OR DENIED A CLAIM, OR RECEIVES A DENIAL OF A MEDICAL BILL
AND THE BASIS OF DENIAL IS THAT THE CLAIM IS CONTROVERTED, THE PROVIDER
MAY SUBMIT THE BILL TO THE PATIENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE. THE PROVIDER MAY
NOT REQUIRE A COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE FROM THE PATIENT, AND MAY NOT
OTHERWISE BILL THE PATIENT, WHILE THE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE CLAIM IS PENDING. IF THE PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE,
THE PROVIDER MAY NOT BILL THE PATIENT DIRECTLY WHILE DETERMINATION OF
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLAIM IS PENDING.
§ 6. Section 13-k of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED.
§ 7. Section 13-l of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED.
§ 8. Section 13-m of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED.
§ 9. Section 141 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chap-
ter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 141. General powers and duties of the chair. The chair shall be the
administrative head of the workers' compensation board and shall exer-
cise the powers and perform the duties in relation to the administration
of this chapter heretofore vested in the commissioner of labor by chap-
ter fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and acts amendato-
ry thereof, and by this chapter excepting article six thereof, and
except in so far as such powers and duties are vested by this chapter in
the workers' compensation board. The chair shall preside at all meetings
of the board and shall appoint all committees and panels of the board;
shall designate the times and places for the hearing of claims under
this chapter and shall perform all administrative functions of the board
as in this chapter set forth. The chair, in the name of the board, shall
enforce all the provisions of this chapter, and may make administrative
regulations and orders providing for the receipt, indexing and examining
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of all notices, claims and reports, for the giving of notice of hearings
and of decisions, for certifying of records, for the fixing of the times
and places for the hearing of claims, and for providing for the conduct
of hearings and establishing of calendar practice to the extent not
inconsistent with the rules of the board. The chair shall [issue and may
revoke certificates of authorization of physicians, chiropractors and
podiatrists as provided in sections thirteen-a, thirteen-k and thir-
teen-1 of this chapter] PUBLISH AND MAINTAIN AN EXCLUSION LIST, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, FOR PROVIDERS AS
DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTEEN-B OF THIS CHAPTER CURRENTLY DISQUALIFIED
FROM PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE OR FROM PERFORMING INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAM-
INATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
THIRTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, and licenses for medical bureaus and x-ray
and other laboratories under the provisions of section thirteen-c of
this chapter, issue stop work orders as provided in section one hundred
forty-one-a of this article, and shall have and exercise all powers not
otherwise provided for herein in relation to the administration of this
chapter heretofore expressly conferred upon the commissioner of labor by
any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the labor law. The chair,
on behalf of the workers' compensation board, shall enter into the
agreement provided for in section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax
law, and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to carry out
the agreement provided for in such section for matching beneficiary
records of workers' compensation with information provided by employers
to the state directory of new hires for the purposes of verifying eligi-
bility for such benefits and for administering workers' compensation.
§ 10. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
PART CC
Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 21-a of the workers'
compensation law, as amended by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contra-
ry, in any instance in which an employer is unsure of the extent of its
liability for a claim for compensation by an injured employee pursuant
to this chapter, such employer may initiate compensation payments and
payments for MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine
and continue such payments for one year, without prejudice and without
admitting liability, in accordance with a notice of temporary payment of
compensation, on a form prescribed by the board.
2. The notice of temporary payment of compensation authorized by
subdivision one of this section shall be delivered to the injured
employee and the board. Such notice shall notify the injured employee
that the temporary payment of compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall not be deemed to be an admis-
sion of liability by the employer for the injury or injuries to the
employee. The board, upon receipt of a notice of temporary payment of
compensation, shall send a notice to the injured employee stating that:
(a) the board has received a notice of temporary payment of compen-
sation relating to such injured employee;
(b) the payment of temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine and the injured employee's accept-
ance of such temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE,
INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall not be an admission of liability by
the employer, nor prejudice the claim of the injured employee;
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(c) the payment of temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall terminate on the elapse of:
one year, or the employer's contesting of the injured employee's claim
for compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed
medicine, or the board determination of the injured employee's claim,
whichever is first; and
(d) the injured employee may be required to enter into an agreement
with the employer to ensure the continuation of payments of temporary
compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medi-
cine.
3. An employer may cease making temporary payments of compensation and
MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine if such
employer delivers within five days after the last payment, to the
injured employee and the board, a notice of termination of temporary
payments of compensation on a form prescribed by the board. Such notice
shall inform the injured employee that the employer is ceasing temporary
payment of compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING
prescribed medicine. Upon the cessation of temporary payments of compen-
sation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine,
all parties to any action pursuant to this chapter shall retain all
rights, defenses and obligations they would otherwise have pursuant to
this chapter without regard for the temporary payment of compensation
and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
PART DD
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (d) of section 13 of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 419 of the laws of 2000, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) [In] AN INSURER OR HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN SHALL MAKE PAYMENTS FOR
OTHERWISE COVERED MEDICAL AND/OR HOSPITAL SERVICES FOR OR ON BEHALF OF
AN INJURED EMPLOYEE WHEN THE CLAIM IS CONTROVERTED AND THE INSURER OR
HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN RECEIVES FROM THE PROVIDER OF THE MEDICAL AND/OR
HOSPITAL SERVICES WHO IS TREATING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE A WRITTEN NOTICE
FROM THE CARRIER OR EMPLOYER THAT THE CARRIER OR EMPLOYER DENIED PAYMENT
FOR THE MEDICAL AND/OR HOSPITAL SERVICES. THE INSURER OR HEALTH BENEFITS
PLAN SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR SUCH PAYMENTS BY THE CARRIER
OR EMPLOYER WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL FEE SCHEDULES
ADOPTED BY THE CHAIR IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE CLAIM IS COMPENSA-
BLE. ADDITIONALLY, IN the event that an insurer or health benefits plan
makes payments for medical and/or hospital services for or on behalf of
an injured employee WHEN THE CLAIM IS NOT CONTROVERTED, they shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for such payments by the carrier or employer
within the limits of the medical and hospital fee schedules ADOPTED BY
THE CHAIR if the board determines that the claim is compensable. For the
purposes of this section, an insurer or health benefits plan includes a
medical expense indemnity corporation, a health or hospital service
corporation, a commercial insurance company licensed to write accident
and health insurance in the state of New York, AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
EDUCATION CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THE
INSURANCE LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE A MUNICIPAL COOPERATIVE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN UNDER
ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF THE INSURANCE LAW, a health maintenance organiza-
tion operating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance
law or article forty-four of the public health law, or a self-insured or
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self-funded health care benefits plan operated by, or on behalf of, any
business, municipality or other entity (including an employee welfare
fund as defined in article forty-four of the insurance law or any other
union trust fund or union health benefits plan). Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in no event shall the carrier or employer be
required to reimburse the insurer or health benefits plan in an amount
greater than the amount paid for medical and hospital services for or on
behalf of the injured [employer] EMPLOYEE by such [corporation] INSURER
or [company] HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN; provided, however, if the carrier or
employer does not reimburse the insurer or health benefits plan within
thirty days after the board determines that the claim is compensable,
the carrier or employer shall reimburse the insurer or health benefits
plan at the amount the carrier or employer would be obligated to reim-
burse the hospital or other provider of medical services if the carrier
or employer made payment directly to the provider of medical and/or
hospital services pursuant to this chapter (or, in the case of inpatient
hospital services, pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (b-1) of subdivision
one of section twenty-eight hundred seven-c of the public health law).
Upon reimbursement to the insurer or health benefits plan pursuant to
this subdivision, the carrier or employer shall be relieved of liability
for the medical and/or hospital services for which payment has been made
by the insurer or health benefits plan.
§ 2. The insurance law is amended by adding new section 3224-e to read
as follows:
§ 3224-E. PAYMENT OF CONTROVERTED WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE
CLAIMS. (A) PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
THIRTEEN OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, AN INSURER SHALL MAKE
PAYMENTS FOR OTHERWISE COVERED MEDICAL OR HOSPITAL SERVICES WHEN THE
WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE CLAIM IS CONTROVERTED AND THE INSURER
RECEIVES FROM THE PROVIDER OF THE MEDICAL OR HOSPITAL SERVICES WHO IS
TREATING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE A WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE WORKERS' COMPEN-
SATION INSURER OR EMPLOYER THAT THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURER OR
EMPLOYER DENIED PAYMENT FOR THE MEDICAL OR HOSPITAL SERVICES. THE INSUR-
ER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR SUCH PAYMENTS BY THE WORKERS'
COMPENSATION INSURER OR EMPLOYER WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL AND
HOSPITAL FEE SCHEDULES OF THE CHAIR OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD
IF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE CLAIM IS COMPENS-
ABLE.
(B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "INSURER" SHALL MEAN AN INSURER
AUTHORIZED TO WRITE ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE IN THIS STATE, AN
ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION LICENSED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
FORTY-THREE OR FORTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION CERTIFIED UNDER
SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER
TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall apply to all
policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after such date.
PART EE
Section 1. The state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
loan money in accordance with the provisions set forth in subdivision 5
of section 4 of the state finance law to the following funds and/or
accounts:
1. DOL-Child performer protection account (20401).
2. Local government records management account (20501).
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3. Child health plus program account (20810).
4. EPIC premium account (20818).
5. Education - New (20901).
6. VLT - Sound basic education fund (20904).
7. Sewage treatment program management and administration fund
(21000).
8. Hazardous bulk storage account (21061).
9. Utility environmental regulatory account (21064).
10. Federal grants indirect cost recovery account (21065).
11. Low level radioactive waste account (21066).
12. Recreation account (21067).
13. Public safety recovery account (21077).
14. Environmental regulatory account (21081).
15. Natural resource account (21082).
16. Mined land reclamation program account (21084).
17. Great lakes restoration initiative account (21087).
18. Environmental protection and oil spill compensation fund (21200).
19. Public transportation systems account (21401).
20. Metropolitan mass transportation (21402).
21. Operating permit program account (21451).
22. Mobile source account (21452).
23. Statewide planning and research cooperative system account
(21902).
24. New York state thruway authority account (21905).
25. Financial control board account (21911).
26. Regulation of racing account (21912).
27. State university dormitory income reimbursable account (21937).
28. Criminal justice improvement account (21945).
29. Environmental laboratory reference fee account (21959).
30. Training, management and evaluation account (21961).
31. Clinical laboratory reference system assessment account (21962).
32. Indirect cost recovery account (21978).
33. Multi-agency training account (21989).
34. Bell jar collection account (22003).
35. Industry and utility service account (22004).
36. Real property disposition account (22006).
37. Parking account (22007).
38. Courts special grants (22008).
39. Asbestos safety training program account (22009).
40. Batavia school for the blind account (22032).
41. Investment services account (22034).
42. Surplus property account (22036).
43. Financial oversight account (22039).
44. Regulation of Indian gaming account (22046).
45. Rome school for the deaf account (22053).
46. Seized assets account (22054).
47. Administrative adjudication account (22055).
48. New York City assessment account (22062).
49. Cultural education account (22063).
50. Local services account (22078).
51. DHCR mortgage servicing account (22085).
52. Housing indirect cost recovery account (22090).
53. Voting Machine Examinations account (22099).
54. DHCR-HCA application fee account (22100).
55. Low income housing monitoring account (22130).
56. Restitution account (22134).
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57. Corporation administration account (22135).
58. New York State Home for Veterans in the Lower-Hudson Valley
account (22144).
59. Deferred compensation administration account (22151).
60. Rent revenue other New York City account (22156).
61. Rent revenue account (22158).
62. Transportation aviation account (22165).
63. Tax revenue arrearage account (22168).
64. New York State Campaign Finance Fund account (22211).
65. New York state medical indemnity fund account (22240).
66. Behavioral health parity compliance fund (22246).
67. Pharmacy benefit manager regulatory fund (22255).
68. Virtual currency assessments account (22262).
69. State university general income offset account (22654).
70. Lake George park trust fund account (22751).
71. Highway safety program account (23001).
72. DOH drinking water program account (23102).
73. NYCCC operating offset account (23151).
74. Commercial gaming revenue account (23701).
75. Commercial gaming regulation account (23702).
76. Highway use tax administration account (23801).
77. New York state secure choice administrative account (23806).
78. New York state cannabis revenue fund (24800).
79. Cannabis education account (24801).
80. Fantasy sports administration account (24951).
81. Mobile sports wagering fund (24955).
82. Highway and bridge capital account (30051).
83. State university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100).
84. State parks infrastructure account (30351).
85. Clean water/clean air implementation fund (30500).
86. Hazardous waste remedial cleanup account (31506).
87. Youth facilities improvement account (31701).
88. Housing assistance fund (31800).
89. Housing program fund (31850).
90. Highway facility purpose account (31951).
91. New York racing account (32213).
92. Capital miscellaneous gifts account (32214).
93. Information technology capital financing account (32215).
94. New York environmental protection and spill remediation account
(32219).
95. Department of financial services IT modernization capital account
(32230).
96. Mental hygiene facilities capital improvement fund (32300).
97. Correctional facilities capital improvement fund (32350).
98. New York State Storm Recovery Capital Fund (33000).
99. OGS convention center account (50318).
100. Empire Plaza Gift Shop (50327).
101. Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund, Interest Assessment Account
(50651).
102. Centralized services fund (55000).
103. Archives records management account (55052).
104. Federal single audit account (55053).
105. Civil service administration account (55055).
106. Civil service EHS occupational health program account (55056).
107. Banking services account (55057).
108. Cultural resources survey account (55058).
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109. Neighborhood work project account (55059).
110. Automation & printing chargeback account (55060).
111. OFT NYT account (55061).
112. Data center account (55062).
113. Intrusion detection account (55066).
114. Domestic violence grant account (55067).
115. Centralized technology services account (55069).
116. Labor contact center account (55071).
117. Human services contact center account (55072).
118. Tax contact center account (55073).
119. Department of law civil recoveries account (55074).
120. Executive direction internal audit account (55251).
121. CIO Information technology centralized services account (55252).
122. Health insurance internal service account (55300).
123. Civil service employee benefits division administrative account
(55301).
124. Correctional industries revolving fund (55350).
125. Employees health insurance account (60201).
126. Medicaid management information system escrow fund (60900).
127. Animal shelter regulation account.
128. Climate initiative account.
129. Employers Assessment account.
§ 2. The state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to loan
money in accordance with the provisions set forth in subdivision 5 of
section 4 of the state finance law to any account within the following
federal funds, provided the comptroller has made a determination that
sufficient federal grant award authority is available to reimburse such
loans:
1. Federal USDA-food and nutrition services fund (25000).
2. Federal health and human services fund (25100).
3. Federal education fund (25200).
4. Federal block grant fund (25250).
5. Federal miscellaneous operating grants fund (25300).
6. Federal unemployment insurance administration fund (25900).
7. Federal unemployment insurance occupational training fund (25950).
8. Federal emergency employment act fund (26000).
9. Federal capital projects fund (31350).
§ 3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, on
or before March 31, 2026, up to the unencumbered balance or the follow-
ing amounts:
Economic Development and Public Authorities:
1. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, underground facilities safety training account
(22172), to the general fund.
2. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, business and licensing services account (21977),
to the general fund.
3. $19,810,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, code
enforcement account (21904), to the general fund.
4. $3,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, tax revenue arrearage account (22168).
Education:
1. $2,590,856,000 from the general fund to the state lottery fund,
education account (20901), as reimbursement for disbursements made from
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such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of
the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposited in
such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law.
2. $1,135,000,000 from the general fund to the state lottery fund, VLT
education account (20904), as reimbursement for disbursements made from
such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of
the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposited in
such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law.
3. $132,800,000 from the general fund to the New York state commercial
gaming fund, commercial gaming revenue account (23701), as reimbursement
for disbursements made from such fund for supplemental aid to education
pursuant to section 97-nnnn of the state finance law that are in excess
of the amounts deposited in such fund for purposes pursuant to section
1352 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
4. $1,418,000,000 from the general fund to the mobile sports wagering
fund, education account (24955), as reimbursement for disbursements made
from such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section
92-c of the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposit-
ed in such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1367 of the
racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
5. $5,000,000 from the interactive fantasy sports fund, fantasy sports
education account (24950), to the state lottery fund, education account
(20901), as reimbursement for disbursements made from such fund for
supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of the state
finance law.
6. $4,856,000 from the cannabis revenue fund cannabis education
account (24801), to the state lottery fund, education account (20901),
as reimbursement for disbursements made from such fund for supplemental
aid to education pursuant to section 99-ii of the state finance law.
7. An amount up to the unencumbered balance in the fund on March 31,
2025 from the charitable gifts trust fund, elementary and secondary
education account (24901), to the general fund, for payment of general
support for public schools pursuant to section 3609-a of the education
law.
8. Moneys from the state lottery fund (20900) up to an amount deposit-
ed in such fund pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law in excess of the
current year appropriation for supplemental aid to education pursuant to
section 92-c of the state finance law.
9. $300,000 from the New York state local government records manage-
ment improvement fund, local government records management account
(20501), to the New York state archives partnership trust fund, archives
partnership trust maintenance account (20351).
10. $900,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, Batavia school for the blind account (22032).
11. $900,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, Rome school for the deaf account (22053).
12. $343,400,000 from the state university dormitory income fund
(40350) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state university
dormitory income reimbursable account (21937).
13. $70,000,000 from the state university income fund, state universi-
ty hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to the general fund for
hospital debt service.
14. $24,000,000 from any of the state education department's special
revenue and internal service funds to the miscellaneous special revenue
fund, indirect cost recovery account (21978).
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15. $4,200,000 from any of the state education department's special
revenue or internal service funds to the capital projects fund (30000).
16. $30,013,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, HESC-insurance premium payments account (21960).
17. $312,000,000 from the State University Income Fund, Long Island
veterans' home account (22652), state university income fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653), state university
income fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655),
state university income fund, state university hospitals income reim-
bursable account (22656), state university income fund, SUNY stabiliza-
tion account (22657), state university income fund, state university-
wide hospital reimbursable account (22658), and/or state university
income fund, SUNY tuition reimbursable account (22659) to the General
Fund for the payment of SUNY Hospitals Health Insurance premiums on or
before March 31, 2026.
18. $25,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous capital
projects fund, state university of New York green loan energy fund.
Environmental Affairs:
1. $16,000,000 from any of the department of environmental conserva-
tion's special revenue federal funds, and/or federal capital funds, to
the environmental conservation special revenue fund, federal indirect
recovery account (21065).
2. $5,000,000 from any of the department of environmental conserva-
tion's special revenue federal funds, and/or federal capital funds, to
the conservation fund (21150) or Marine Resources Account (21151) as
necessary to avoid diversion of conservation funds.
3. $3,000,000 from any of the office of parks, recreation and historic
preservation capital projects federal funds and special revenue federal
funds to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, federal grant indirect
cost recovery account (22188).
4. $100,000,000 from the general fund to the environmental protection
fund, environmental protection fund transfer account (30451).
5. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the hazardous waste remedial
fund, hazardous waste cleanup account (31506).
6. An amount up to or equal to the cash balance within the special
revenue-other waste management & cleanup account (21053) to the capital
projects fund (30000) for services and capital expenses related to the
management and cleanup program as put forth in section 27-1915 of the
environmental conservation law.
7. $1,800,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, public
service account (22011) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, util-
ity environmental regulatory account (21064).
8. $7,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, state fair
account (50051).
9. $3,000,000 from the waste management & cleanup account (21053) to
the general fund.
10. $3,000,000 from the waste management & cleanup account (21053) to
the environmental protection fund transfer account (30451).
11. $14,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, patron services account (22163).
12. $15,000,000 from the enterprise fund, golf account (50332) to the
state park infrastructure fund, state park infrastructure account
(30351).
13. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the environmental protection
and oil spill compensation fund (21203).
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14. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, golf
account (50332).
Family Assistance:
1. $7,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, or department of health
special revenue federal funds and the general fund, in accordance with
agreements with social services districts, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, office of human resources development state match account
(21967).
2. $4,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
or office of temporary and disability assistance special revenue federal
funds to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, family preservation and
support services and family violence services account (22082).
3. $18,670,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, or department of health
special revenue federal funds and any other miscellaneous revenues
generated from the operation of office of children and family services
programs to the general fund.
4. $205,000,000 from any of the office of temporary and disability
assistance or department of health special revenue funds to the general
fund.
5. $2,500,000 from any of the office of temporary and disability
assistance special revenue funds to the miscellaneous special revenue
fund, office of temporary and disability assistance program account
(21980).
6. $35,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, department of labor, and
department of health special revenue federal funds to the office of
children and family services miscellaneous special revenue fund, multi-
agency training contract account (21989).
7. $205,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, youth
facility per diem account (22186), to the general fund.
8. $621,850 from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants, and
bequests fund, WB Hoyt Memorial account (20128).
9. $5,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
central registry (22028), to the general fund.
10. $900,000 from the general fund to the Veterans' Remembrance and
Cemetery Maintenance and Operation account (20201).
11. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the housing program fund
(31850).
12. $15,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
special revenue federal funds to the office of court administration
special revenue other federal iv-e funds account.
13. $10,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
special revenue federal funds to the office of indigent legal services
special revenue other federal iv-e funds account.
General Government:
1. $9,000,000 from the general fund to the health insurance revolving
fund (55300).
2. $292,400,000 from the health insurance reserve receipts fund
(60550) to the general fund.
3. $150,000 from the general fund to the not-for-profit revolving loan
fund (20650).
4. $150,000 from the not-for-profit revolving loan fund (20650) to the
general fund.
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5. $3,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, surplus
property account (22036), to the general fund.
6. $19,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, revenue
arrearage account (22024), to the general fund.
7. $3,828,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, revenue
arrearage account (22024), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
authority budget office account (22138).
8. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, parking
account (22007), to the general fund, for the purpose of reimbursing the
costs of debt service related to state parking facilities.
9. $11,460,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, central technology services account (55069), for the purpose of
enterprise technology projects.
10. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, state data center account (55062).
11. $12,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, parking
account (22007), to the centralized services, building support services
account (55018).
12. $33,000,000 from the general fund to the internal service fund,
business services center account (55022).
13. $9,500,000 from the general fund to the internal service fund,
building support services account (55018).
14. $1,500,000 from the combined expendable trust fund, plaza special
events account (20120), to the general fund.
15. $50,000,000 from the New York State cannabis revenue fund (24800)
to the general fund.
16. A transfer from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York State Campaign Finance Fund Account (22211), up
to an amount equal to total reimbursements due to qualified candidates.
17. $6,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, standards
and purchasing account (22019), to the general fund.
18. $12,400,000 from the banking department special revenue fund
(21970) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
19. $12,400,000 from the insurance department special revenue fund
(21994) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
20. $1,550,000 from the pharmacy benefits bureau special revenue fund
(22255) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law, to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
21. $4,650,000 from the virtual currency special revenue fund (22262)
funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized by
section 206 of the financial services law, to the IT Modernization Capi-
tal Fund.
Health:
1. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, breast cancer research and education account (20155), up
to an amount equal to the monies collected and deposited into that
account in the previous fiscal year.
2. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, prostate cancer research, detection, and education
account (20183), up to an amount equal to the moneys collected and
deposited into that account in the previous fiscal year.
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3. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, Alzheimer's disease research and assistance account
(20143), up to an amount equal to the moneys collected and deposited
into that account in the previous fiscal year.
4. $3,600,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, certificate
of need account (21920), to the miscellaneous capital projects fund,
healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
5. $4,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, vital
health records account (22103), to the miscellaneous capital projects
fund, healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
6. $6,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, profes-
sional medical conduct account (22088), to the miscellaneous capital
projects fund, healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
7. $127,000,000 from the HCRA resources fund (20800) to the capital
projects fund (30000).
8. $6,550,000 from the general fund to the medical cannabis trust
fund, health operation and oversight account (23755).
9. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the charitable gifts
trust fund, health charitable account (24900), to the general fund, for
payment of general support for primary, preventive, and inpatient health
care, dental and vision care, hunger prevention and nutritional assist-
ance, and other services for New York state residents with the overall
goal of ensuring that New York state residents have access to quality
health care and other related services.
10. $500,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
State cannabis revenue fund (24800), to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, environmental laboratory fee account (21959).
11. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the public health
emergency charitable gifts trust fund (23816), to the general fund, for
payment of goods and services necessary to respond to a public health
disaster emergency or to assist or aid in responding to such a disaster.
12. $1,000,000,000 from the general fund to the health care transfor-
mation fund (24850).
13. $2,590,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, patient
safety center account (22139), to the general fund.
14. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, nursing
home receivership account (21925), to the general fund.
15. $130,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, quality of
care account (21915), to the general fund.
16. $2,200,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, adult home
quality enhancement account (22091), to the general fund.
17. $17,283,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, helen hayes hospital account (22140).
18. $3,672,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York city veterans' home account (22141).
19. $2,731,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York state home for veterans' and their dependents at
oxford account (22142).
20. $1,455,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, western New York veterans' home account (22143).
21. $4,683,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York state for veterans in the lower-hudson valley
account (22144).
22. $350,000,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, healthcare stability fund account (22267).
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23. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the occupational health clin-
ics account (22177).
24. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans home
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York city veterans' home account (22141).
25. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans home
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York state home for veterans' and their dependents at oxford account
(22142).
26. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
western New York veterans' home account (22143).
27. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York state for veterans in the lower-Hudson valley account (22144).
28. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the state university income fund, Long
Island Veterans' Home Account (22652).
Labor:
1. $600,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL fee and
penalty account (21923), to the child performer's protection fund, child
performer protection account (20401).
2. $11,700,000 from the unemployment insurance interest and penalty
fund, unemployment insurance special interest and penalty account
(23601), to the general fund.
3. $50,000,000 from the DOL fee and penalty account (21923), unemploy-
ment insurance special interest and penalty account (23601), and public
work enforcement account (21998), to the general fund.
4. $850,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL elevator
safety program fund (22252) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
DOL fee and penalty account (21923).
5. $4,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL fee and
penalty account (21923), to the Training and Education Program on Occu-
pation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Inspection Account (21252).
6. $8,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL fee and
penalty account (21923), to the Training and Education Program on Occu-
pation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Training and Education Account
(21251).
7. $22,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Interest
and Penalty Account (23601), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Training and Education Account
(21251).
8. $5,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Public Work
Enforcement account (21998), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Training and Education Account
(21251).
9. $250,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, unem-
ployment insurance benefit fund, interest assessment account (50651).
Mental Hygiene:
1. $2,000,000 from the general fund, to the mental hygiene facilities
capital improvement fund (32300).
2. $20,000,000 from the opioid settlement fund (23817) to the miscel-
laneous capital projects fund, opioid settlement capital account
(32200).
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3. $20,000,000 from the miscellaneous capital projects fund, opioid
settlement capital account (32200) to the opioid settlement fund
(23817).
Public Protection:
1. $2,587,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, recruitment incentive account (22171).
2. $23,773,000 from the general fund to the correctional industries
revolving fund, correctional industries internal service account
(55350).
3. $2,000,000,000 from any of the division of homeland security and
emergency services special revenue federal funds to the general fund.
4. $115,420,000 from the state police motor vehicle law enforcement
and motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention fund, state
police motor vehicle enforcement account (22802), to the general fund
for state operation expenses of the division of state police.
5. $138,272,000 from the general fund to the correctional facilities
capital improvement fund (32350).
6. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the dedicated highway and
bridge trust fund (30050) for the purpose of work zone safety activities
provided by the division of state police for the department of transpor-
tation.
7. $10,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, statewide
public safety communications account (22123), to the capital projects
fund (30000).
8. $9,830,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, legal
services assistance account (22096), to the general fund.
9. $1,000,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, neighborhood work project account (55059).
10. $7,980,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, finger-
print identification & technology account (21950), to the general fund.
11. $1,100,000 from the state police motor vehicle law enforcement and
motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention fund, motor vehicle
theft and insurance fraud account (22801), to the general fund.
12. $38,938,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, criminal justice improvement account (21945).
13. $6,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, hazard mitigation revolving loan account (22266).
14. $234,000,000 from the indigent legal services fund, indigent legal
services account (23551) to the general fund.
Transportation:
1. $20,000,000 from the general fund to the mass transportation oper-
ating assistance fund, public transportation systems operating assist-
ance account (21401), of which $12,000,000 constitutes the base need for
operations.
2. $727,500,000 from the general fund to the dedicated highway and
bridge trust fund (30050).
3. $244,250,000 from the general fund to the MTA financial assistance
fund, mobility tax trust account (23651).
4. $477,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, traffic adju-
dication account (22055), to the general fund.
5. $5,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, transporta-
tion regulation account (22067) to the general fund, for disbursements
made from such fund for motor carrier safety that are in excess of the
amounts deposited in the general fund for such purpose pursuant to
section 94 of the transportation law.
Miscellaneous:
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1. $250,000,000 from the general fund to any funds or accounts for the
purpose of reimbursing certain outstanding accounts receivable balances.
2. $500,000,000 from the general fund to the debt reduction reserve
fund (40000).
3. $450,000,000 from the New York state storm recovery capital fund
(33000) to the revenue bond tax fund (40152).
4. $15,500,000 from the general fund, community projects account GG
(10256), to the general fund, state purposes account (10050).
5. $100,000,000 from any special revenue federal fund to the general
fund, state purposes account (10050).
6. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the special revenue
federal fund, ARPA-Fiscal Recovery Fund (25546) to the general fund.
7. $1,000,000,000 from the general fund to the hazardous waste cleanup
account (31506), State parks infrastructure account (30351), environ-
mental protection fund transfer account (30451), the correctional facil-
ities capital improvement fund (32350), housing program fund (31850), or
the Mental hygiene facilities capital improvement fund (32300), up to an
amount equal to certain outstanding accounts receivable balances.
§ 4. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, on or before March 31, 2026:
1. Upon request of the commissioner of environmental conservation, up
to $12,745,400 from revenues credited to any of the department of envi-
ronmental conservation special revenue funds, including $4,000,000 from
the environmental protection and oil spill compensation fund (21200),
and $1,834,600 from the conservation fund (21150), to the environmental
conservation special revenue fund, indirect charges account (21060).
2. Upon request of the commissioner of agriculture and markets, up to
$3,000,000 from any special revenue fund or enterprise fund within the
department of agriculture and markets to the general fund, to pay appro-
priate administrative expenses.
3. Upon request of the commissioner of the division of housing and
community renewal, up to $6,221,000 from revenues credited to any divi-
sion of housing and community renewal federal or miscellaneous special
revenue fund to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, housing indirect
cost recovery account (22090).
4. Upon request of the commissioner of the division of housing and
community renewal, up to $5,500,000 may be transferred from any miscel-
laneous special revenue fund account, to any miscellaneous special
revenue fund.
5. Upon request of the commissioner of health up to $13,694,000 from
revenues credited to any of the department of health's special revenue
funds, to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, administration account
(21982).
6. Upon the request of the attorney general, up to $5,000,000 from
revenues credited to the federal health and human services fund, federal
health and human services account (25117) or the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, recoveries and revenue account (22041), to the miscella-
neous special revenue fund, litigation settlement and civil recovery
account (22117).
§ 5. On or before March 31, 2026, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to deposit earnings that would otherwise accrue to the
general fund that are attributable to the operation of section 98-a of
the state finance law, to the agencies internal service fund, banking
services account (55057), for the purpose of meeting direct payments
from such account.
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§ 6. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget and
upon consultation with the state university chancellor or their desig-
nee, on or before March 31, 2026, up to $16,000,000 from the state
university income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state
general fund for debt service costs related to campus supported capital
project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program at the
University at Buffalo.
§ 7. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget and
upon consultation with the state university chancellor or their desig-
nee, on or before March 31, 2026, up to $6,500,000 from the state
university income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state
general fund for debt service costs related to campus supported capital
project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program at the
University at Albany.
§ 8. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state university
chancellor or their designee is authorized and directed to transfer
estimated tuition revenue balances from the state university collection
fund (61000) to the state university income fund, state university
general revenue offset account (22655) on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 8-a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, a
total of up to $100,000,000 from the general fund to the state universi-
ty income fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655)
and/or the state university income fund, state university hospitals
income reimbursable account (22656) during the period July 1, 2025
through June 30, 2026 to pay costs attributable to the state university
health science center at Brooklyn and/or the state university of New
York hospital at Brooklyn, respectively, pursuant to a plan approved by
the director of the budget.
§ 9. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, up
to $1,513,098,500 from the general fund to the state university income
fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655) during the
period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 to support operations at
the state university.
§ 10. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, up
to $55,848,000 from the general fund to the state university income
fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655) during the
period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 for general fund operating
support pursuant to subparagraph (4-b) of paragraph h of subdivision 2
of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law.
§ 11. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of
the director of the budget and the chancellor of the state university of
New York or their designee, and in accordance with section 4 of the
state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
transfer monies from any special revenue fund of the state university of
New York to the state university of New York green energy loan fund for
the discrete purposes of the state university of New York green energy
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loan fund and from the state university of New York green energy loan
fund to any special revenue fund of the state university of New York to
support such activity in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 from each
fund for the time period of July 1 to June 30 annually.
§ 12. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the state university chancel-
lor or their designee, up to $55,000,000 from the state university
income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account
(22656), for services and expenses of hospital operations and capital
expenditures at the state university hospitals; and the state university
income fund, Long Island veterans' home account (22652) to the state
university capital projects fund (32400) on or before June 30, 2026.
§ 13. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller, after consultation
with the state university chancellor or their designee, is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer moneys, in the first instance, from
the state university collection fund, Stony Brook hospital collection
account (61006), Brooklyn hospital collection account (61007), and Syra-
cuse hospital collection account (61008) to the state university income
fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) in
the event insufficient funds are available in the state university
income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account
(22656) to permit the full transfer of moneys authorized for transfer,
to the general fund for payment of debt service related to the SUNY
hospitals. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
also hereby authorized and directed, after consultation with the state
university chancellor or their designee, to transfer moneys from the
state university income fund to the state university income fund, state
university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) in the event
insufficient funds are available in the state university income fund,
state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to pay
hospital operating costs or to permit the full transfer of moneys
authorized for transfer, to the general fund for payment of debt service
related to the SUNY hospitals on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 14. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of
the director of the budget and the chancellor of the state university of
New York or their designee, and in accordance with section 4 of the
state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
transfer monies from the state university dormitory income fund (40350)
to the state university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100), and
from the state university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100) to
the state university dormitory income fund (40350), in an amount not to
exceed $125 million from each fund.
§ 15. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $1,000,000,000 from the unencumbered balance of any special reven-
ue fund or account, agency fund or account, internal service fund or
account, enterprise fund or account, or any combination of such funds
and accounts, to the general fund. The amounts transferred pursuant to
this authorization shall be in addition to any other transfers expressly
authorized in the 2025-26 budget. Transfers from federal funds, debt
service funds, capital projects funds, the community projects fund, or
funds that would result in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits
or federal funds pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assent-
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ed to in chapter 683 of the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of
1951 are not permitted pursuant to this authorization.
§ 16. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $100 million from any non-general fund or account, or combination
of funds and accounts, to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, tech-
nology financing account (22207), the miscellaneous capital projects
fund, the federal capital projects account (31350), information technol-
ogy capital financing account (32215), or the centralized technology
services account (55069), for the purpose of consolidating technology
procurement and services. The amounts transferred to the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, technology financing account (22207) pursuant to
this authorization shall be equal to or less than the amount of such
monies intended to support information technology costs which are
attributable, according to a plan, to such account made in pursuance to
an appropriation by law. Transfers to the technology financing account
shall be completed from amounts collected by non-general funds or
accounts pursuant to a fund deposit schedule or permanent statute, and
shall be transferred to the technology financing account pursuant to a
schedule agreed upon by the affected agency commissioner. Transfers from
funds that would result in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits
or federal funds pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assent-
ed to in chapter 683 of the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of
1951 are not permitted pursuant to this authorization.
§ 17. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $400 million from any non-general fund or account, or combination
of funds and accounts, to the general fund for the purpose of consol-
idating technology procurement and services. The amounts transferred
pursuant to this authorization shall be equal to or less than the amount
of such monies intended to support information technology costs which
are attributable, according to a plan, to such account made in pursuance
to an appropriation by law. Transfers to the general fund shall be
completed from amounts collected by non-general funds or accounts pursu-
ant to a fund deposit schedule. Transfers from funds that would result
in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits or federal funds pursu-
ant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assented to in chapter 683 of
the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of 1951 are not permitted
pursuant to this authorization.
§ 18. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as deemed
feasible and advisable by its trustees, the power authority of the state
of New York is authorized and directed to transfer to the state treasury
to the credit of the general fund up to $10,000,000 for the state fiscal
year commencing April 1, 2025, the proceeds of which will be utilized to
support energy-related state activities.
§ 19. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as deemed
feasible and advisable by its trustees, the power authority of the state
of New York is authorized to transfer to the state treasury to the cred-
it of the general fund up to $25,000,000 for the state fiscal year
commencing April 1, 2025, the proceeds of which will be utilized to
support programs established or implemented by or within the department
of labor, including but not limited to the office of just energy transi-
tion and programs for workforce training and retraining, to prepare
workers for employment for work in the renewable energy field.
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§ 20. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the New York state energy research and development authority
is authorized and directed to contribute $913,000 to the state treasury
to the credit of the general fund on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 21. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the New York state energy research and development authority
is authorized and directed to transfer five million dollars to the cred-
it of the Environmental Protection Fund on or before March 31, 2026 from
proceeds collected by the authority from the auction or sale of carbon
dioxide emission allowances allocated by the department of environmental
conservation.
§ 22. Section 56 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, amend-
ing the state finance law and other laws relating to providing for the
administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2023-2024
budget, authorizing certain payments and transfers, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 56. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided,
however, that the provisions of sections one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, [twenty-three,] and twenty-
four of this act shall expire March 31, 2025; and provided, further,
that sections twenty-five and twenty-six of this act shall expire March
31, 2027, when upon such dates the provisions of such sections shall be
deemed repealed.
§ 23. Subdivision 5 of section 97-rrr of the state finance law, as
amended by section 23 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred seventy-one-a
of the tax law, as separately amended by chapters four hundred eighty-
one and four hundred eighty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred eight-
y-one, and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter ninety-four of the
laws of two thousand eleven, or any other provisions of law to the
contrary, during the fiscal year beginning April first, two thousand
[twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE, the state comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to deposit to the fund created pursuant to this section
from amounts collected pursuant to article twenty-two of the tax law and
pursuant to a schedule submitted by the director of the budget, up to
[$1,575,393,000] $1,396,911,000 as may be certified in such schedule as
necessary to meet the purposes of such fund for the fiscal year begin-
ning April first, two thousand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE.
§ 24. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 93-b of the
state finance law, as amended by section 23 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, [commenc-
ing on April first, two thousand twenty-one, and continuing through
March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five,] the comptroller is hereby
authorized to transfer monies from the dedicated infrastructure invest-
ment fund to the general fund, and from the general fund to the dedi-
cated infrastructure investment fund, in an amount determined by the
director of the budget to the extent moneys are available in the fund;
provided, however, that the comptroller is only authorized to transfer
monies from the dedicated infrastructure investment fund to the general
fund in the event of an economic downturn as described in paragraph (a)
of this subdivision; and/or to fulfill disallowances and/or settlements
related to over-payments of federal medicare and medicaid revenues in
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excess of one hundred million dollars from anticipated levels, as deter-
mined by the director of the budget and described in paragraph (b) of
this subdivision.
§ 25. Subdivision 2 of section 8-b of the state finance law is
REPEALED.
§ 26. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of the director
of the budget, on or before March 31, 2026, the following amounts from
the following special revenue accounts to the capital projects fund
(30000), for the purposes of reimbursement to such fund for expenses
related to the maintenance and preservation of state assets:
1. $43,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, administrative
program account (21982).
2. $1,583,110 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, helen hayes
hospital account (22140).
3. $488,220 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York city
veterans' home account (22141).
4. $610,790 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
state home for veterans' and their dependents at oxford account (22142).
5. $182,310 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, western New
York veterans' home account (22143).
6. $422,524 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
state for veterans in the lower-hudson valley account (22144).
7. $2,550,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, patron
services account (22163).
8. $11,909,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653).
9. $182,988,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university revenue offset account (22655).
10. $55,103,000 from the state university dormitory income fund, state
university dormitory income fund (40350).
11. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, litigation
settlement and civil recovery account (22117).
§ 27. Section 89-g of the state finance law is REPEALED.
§ 28. Section 22 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 762
of the laws of 1992, subdivisions 1-c, 14, 15 and 16 as added and para-
graphs d-2, e, e-2 and i of subdivision 3 and subdivision 4 as amended
by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, paragraphs a-1, a-2 and a-3 of subdi-
vision 3 as added by chapter 10 of the laws of 2006, paragraph j of
subdivision 3 as added by chapter 453 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 9
as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of 1993 and subdivisions 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 as renumbered by section 2 of part F of chapter
389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
§ 22. The budget; contents. The budget submitted annually by the
governor to the legislature, in accordance with article seven of the
constitution, in addition to the information required by the constitu-
tion to be set forth therein, shall:
1. include a summary financial plan showing for each of the govern-
mental fund types: (a) the disbursements estimated to be made before the
close of the current fiscal year and the moneys estimated to be avail-
able from receipts and other sources therefor; and (b) the disbursements
proposed to be made during the ensuing fiscal year, and the moneys esti-
mated to be available from receipts and other sources therefor inclusive
of any receipts which are expected to result from proposed legislation
which [he] THE GOVERNOR deems necessary to provide receipts sufficient
to meet such proposed disbursements. For the purposes of this summary
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financial plan, disbursements shall be presented by the following
purposes: state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt
service, and general state charges; receipts shall be presented for each
fund type by each revenue source which accounts for at least one per
centum of all such receipts and otherwise by categories of revenue
sources; receipts and disbursements for special revenue funds shall be
presented separately for federal funds and all other special revenue
funds. Whenever receipts or disbursements are proposed to be moved to a
different fund type, each significant amount so moved shall be identi-
fied.
1-a. within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with subdivision one of this section, the direc-
tor of the budget shall submit to the chairs of the senate finance and
the assembly ways and means committees and the comptroller summary
financial plans of receipts and disbursements for the internal service,
enterprise, and fiduciary fund types.
1-b. within ten days of the submission of the financial plan for the
special revenue fund type, the director of the budget shall submit to
the chairs of the senate finance and assembly ways and means committees
a schedule of receipts and disbursements by account within each special
revenue fund, excluding those which are financed primarily by federal
grants.
1-c. within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with subdivision one of this section, the direc-
tor of the budget shall submit to the chairs of the senate finance and
the assembly ways and means committees and the comptroller an estimate
of the fiscal impact of the executive budget general fund changes on
local governments and, where practicable, the fiscal impact on local
governments of the executive budget all fund changes concerning the
medicaid program, homeland security program, and workforce investment
programs. Such estimate shall be presented by class of local government
and shall measure all of the impacts of the executive budget, including
aid program changes, reimbursement changes, statutory changes in author-
izations for local taxation, mandates on local governments and other
requirements. Such estimate shall show the impact on local governments
by local fiscal years affected and shall cover the first local fiscal
year affected as well as the ensuing local fiscal year. Where such
estimate depends on any local option or action, the estimate shall
explicitly describe the assumptions used to calculate the estimate. When
under existing law a local tax option or program would end and the exec-
utive budget proposes the continuation thereof, the impact shall be
identified as a "deferral of sunset" and shall be calculated as a sepa-
rate component of such estimate.
2. [include a summary financial plan showing for each of the govern-
mental fund types: (a) all of the expenditures estimated to be made, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, before the
close of the current fiscal year and all of the expenditures proposed to
be made, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
during the ensuing fiscal year; and (b) all of the revenues estimated to
accrue, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
before the close of the current fiscal year and during the ensuing
fiscal year inclusive of any revenues which are expected to result from
the proposed legislation which he deems necessary to provide receipts
sufficient to meet proposed disbursements. For the purposes of this
summary financial plan, expenditures shall be presented by the following
purposes: state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt
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service, and general state charges; and revenues shall be presented by
each revenue source which accounts for at least one per centum of all
such revenues and otherwise by categories of revenue sources.
3.] show for each fund type (unless otherwise specified) in a form
suitable for comparison:
a. The appropriations, including reappropriations, made for the
current fiscal year, the appropriations and reappropriations recommended
for the ensuing fiscal year, the disbursements estimated to be made
before the close of the current fiscal year and proposed to be made
during the ensuing fiscal year based upon available and recommended
appropriations and reappropriations. Disbursements proposed to be made
shall be shown in separate parts as follows: those disbursements
proposed to be made for state purposes shall be set forth in one part,
those disbursements proposed to be made for local assistance shall be
set forth in another separate and distinct part, those disbursements
proposed to be made for capital projects shall be set forth in a third
separate and distinct part and those disbursements proposed to be made
for debt service shall be set forth in a fourth separate and distinct
part. The effect of any proposed changes in the payment dates of partic-
ular disbursements on the financial plan presented in accordance with
subdivision one of this section shall be set forth separately.
a-1. For each state agency, the appropriations, including reappropri-
ations, made for the current fiscal year and recommended for the ensuing
fiscal year for contracts for services made for state purposes.
a-2. For each state agency, the disbursements estimated to be made
before the close of the current fiscal year and proposed to be made
during the ensuing fiscal year for contracts for services made for state
purposes.
a-3. For each state agency, the estimated number of employees hired
for the current fiscal year and anticipated to be hired during the ensu-
ing fiscal year pursuant to contracts for services made for state
purposes based upon annual employment reports submitted by contractors
pursuant to section one hundred sixty-three of this chapter.
b. In separate sections for each fund type, the receipts actually had
and received during the preceding fiscal year, the receipts estimated to
be available and received during the current and ensuing fiscal years
respectively listed by each major source, including statistical and
summary tables and a narrative which includes a discussion of the
assumptions used in estimating such receipts. The effect of any proposed
changes in the rates, bases, payment dates or other aspects of partic-
ular sources of receipts on the financial plan presented in accordance
with subdivision one of this section shall be set forth separately and
the assumptions used in calculating such effect. Whenever a new fee or a
new financing mechanism is proposed, a schedule of the new fee or
financing mechanism shall be included for purposes of showing the effect
of the new fee or financing mechanism on the financial plan.
c. [The expenditures estimated to be made in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles before the close of the current fiscal
year and proposed to be made in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles during the ensuing fiscal year. Expenditures esti-
mated and proposed to be made shall be shown in separate parts as
follows: those expenditures for state purposes shall be set forth in one
part, those expenditures for local assistance shall be set forth in
another separate and distinct part, those expenditures for capital
projects shall be set forth in a third separate and distinct part, and
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those expenditures for debt service shall be set forth in a fourth sepa-
rate and distinct part.
d. The revenues actually accrued in the preceding fiscal year, the
revenues estimated to accrue during current and ensuing fiscal years
respectively. Revenues from each tax shall be shown both in total and
net of refunds.
d-1. A schedule for the general fund showing the differences between
projected operating results on a cash basis and those on the basis of
generally accepted accounting principles.
d-2.] Within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and two] of
this section, the director of the budget shall submit to the comptroller
and the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and
means committee:
(i) a detailed schedule by fund of the receipts and disbursements
comprising such summary financial plan;
(ii) [a schedule for each governmental fund type other than the gener-
al fund showing the differences between projected operating results on a
cash basis and those on the basis of generally accepted accounting prin-
ciples;
(iii) a detailed schedule by fund of revenues and expenditures within
the general fund;
(iv)] a detailed schedule by fund of receipts for the prior, current
and next three fiscal years. Such schedule shall present the major
revenue sources for each fund, including detail for each major tax, and
major components of miscellaneous receipts; and
[(v)] (III) an itemized list of transfers to and from the general
fund.
[e.] D. The anticipated general fund quarterly schedule and fiscal
year total for the prior, current and next ensuing fiscal years of:
disbursements; receipts; repayments of advances; total tax refunds; and
refunds for the tax imposed under article twenty-two of the tax law.
Such information shall be presented in the same form as the summary
financial plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION
one [and two] of this section. A separate, detailed, report of such
schedule shall be provided with receipts shown by each major revenue
category, including detail for each major tax and major components of
miscellaneous receipts, and with disbursements shown by major function
or program. The director of the division of the budget shall submit
concurrent with the submission of the financial plan to the legislature
pursuant to subdivision [two] ONE of this section and with each update
thereafter a revised monthly general fund cash flow projection of
receipts and disbursements for the current fiscal year that: (1)
compares actual results to (i) actual results through the same period
for the prior year and (ii) the most recent prior update to the finan-
cial plan and to the enacted budget financial plan; (2) summarizes the
reasons for any variances; and (3) describes the revisions to the cash
flow projections. The monthly general fund cash flow projection shall be
stated by major category of local assistance, personal service, nonper-
sonal service, general state charges, and debt service, and by major
category of revenue. Such reports shall utilize a format that shall
facilitate comparison and analysis with those reports submitted to the
legislature by the office of audit and control pursuant to subdivision
nine of section eight of this chapter.
[e-1.] D-1. Within ten days following the submission of the financial
plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and
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two] of this section, the anticipated general fund monthly and govern-
mental fund types quarterly schedule and fiscal year total for the ensu-
ing fiscal year of: disbursements; receipts; repayments of advances;
total tax refunds; and refunds for the tax imposed under article twen-
ty-two of the tax law. Such information shall be presented in the same
form as the summary financial plans presented in accordance with [subdi-
visions] SUBDIVISION one [and two] of this section.
[e-2.] D-2. A description of employment levels for each state depart-
ment, division or office, for the prior, current and next ensuing fiscal
year containing:
(1) separate schedules for each fund type; and
(2) an all funds summary. Such information shall be presented in a
form that facilitates comparisons among agencies and across fiscal
years, and shall include:
(i) actual and projected full-time equivalents; and
(ii) proposed changes to the work force in the executive budget,
including but not limited to: new positions, layoffs, attrition, and
changes in funding sources. To the extent practicable, the division of
the budget shall facilitate the provision of other relevant information
on employment to the legislature in a timely manner during the state
fiscal year.
[f.] E. A statement explaining any differences between the significant
accounting policies used in the preparation of the documents required to
be submitted pursuant to this section and those used by the comptroller
in the preparation of the financial statements contained in the annual
report to the legislature for the preceding fiscal year issued pursuant
to subdivision nine of section eight of this chapter.
[g.] F. The estimated borrowings in anticipation of the receipt of
taxes and revenues and the amount of interest estimated to be paid ther-
eon during the current and ensuing fiscal years respectively, and the
amounts actually so borrowed and the interest actually paid thereon
during the preceding fiscal year.
[h.] G. In connection with each statement of receipts from taxes
imposed pursuant to state law, the total amounts collected or estimated
to be collected therefrom.
[i.] H. A statement setting forth state involvement in the fiscal
operations of those public authorities and public benefit corporations
which may be part of the development of a comprehensive state budget
system and provided therefor in the state financial plan. Such statement
shall include those public authorities and public benefit corporations
with disbursements which are not currently reflected in the state
central accounting system from proceeds of any notes or bonds issued by
any public authority, and which bonds or notes would be considered as
state-supported debt as defined in section sixty-seven-a of this chap-
ter. Such statement shall set forth the amount of all of the bonds,
notes and other obligations of each public authority, public benefit
corporation and all other agencies and instrumentalities of the state
for which the full faith and credit of the state has been pledged or on
account of which the state has by law given its pledge or assurance for
the continued operation and solvency of the authority, public corpo-
ration, or other agency or instrumentality of the state, as the case may
be. Such statement shall also set forth all proposed appropriations to
be made to any public authority, public benefit corporation, and any
other agency or instrumentality of the state which has been created or
continued by law and which is separate and distinct from the state
itself.
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[j.] I. Include a summary financial plan for the funds of the state
receiving tax check-off monies which shall include estimates of all
receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeeding fiscal
years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.
[4. a.] 3. Include a three year financial projection showing the
anticipated disbursements and receipts for each of the governmental fund
types of the state. For the purposes of this three year financial
projection, disbursements shall be presented by the following purposes:
state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt service, trans-
fers and general state charges with each major function or major program
identified separately within each purpose; and receipts shall be
presented by each major revenue category, including detail for each
major tax, and major components of miscellaneous receipts and with
disbursements shown by major function or program for the prior year,
current year and next three fiscal years, and otherwise by each major
source which is separately estimated and presented pursuant to paragraph
b of subdivision [three] TWO of this section. Receipts and disbursements
for special revenue funds shall be presented separately for federal
funds and all other special revenue funds. Whenever receipts and
disbursements are proposed to be moved to a different fund type, each
significant amount so moved shall be explained. This three year finan-
cial projection shall include an explanation of any changes to the
financial plans submitted in accordance with subdivision one of this
section and include explanations of the economic, statutory and other
assumptions used to estimate the disbursements and receipts which are
presented. Whenever the projections for receipts and disbursements are
based on assumptions other than the current levels of service, such
assumptions shall be separately identified and explained. The three year
financial projections shall include a description of any projected defi-
cits or surpluses.
[5.] 4. Include a summary statement of operations for the proprietary
and fiduciary fund types. Such summary statement of operations shall
include the estimated and projected receipts of and disbursements from
appropriations and reappropriations available or recommended from such
fund types in the budget bills submitted by the governor pursuant to
section twenty-four of this [chapter] ARTICLE. Such summary statement
of operations shall be revised as soon as is practical after the legis-
lature has completed action on such budget bills.
[6.] 5. Include a list of proposed legislation submitted pursuant to
section three of article seven of the constitution.
[7.] 6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, budgets
submitted pursuant to this section shall not recommend first instance
expenditures. Any anticipated reimbursement of proposed expenditures
shall be shown as receipts or revenues to the appropriate fund.
[8.] 7. Within ten days following the submission of the budget by the
governor, the director of the budget shall transmit to the chairs of the
senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee a
report, by agency, program, and fund, including but not limited to, the
following information pertaining to financed equipment acquisitions for
state departments, agencies and units of the state university and the
city university of New York including those financed equipment acquisi-
tions financed by the issuance of certificates of participation or simi-
lar instruments for state departments, agencies and units of the state
and city universities of New York:
[1.] A. For new financed equipment acquisitions to be financed in the
ensuing fiscal year:
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[(a)] (1) An identification of the purposes of such financings,
including:
[(1)] (I) The nature of the equipment to be financed.
[(2)] (II) Whether the purposes are new financings or refinancings of
outstanding lease purchase and installment purchase agreements.
[(3)] (III) The recommended method of financing.
[(b)] (2) The estimated purchase cost of the equipment if purchased
outright.
[(c)] (3) The estimated interest rate and term of such financings.
[(d)] (4) The estimated expenses for the issuances of such certif-
icates or similar instruments as such expenses are defined in section
sixty-six-b of this chapter.
[(e)] (5) A schedule of estimated lease purchase payments by state
fiscal year for such financings, and estimated total financing costs.
[2.] B. For outstanding financed equipment acquisitions as of April
first of the ensuing fiscal year the total estimated amount for lease or
installment purchase payments for the ensuing fiscal year.
[3.] C. For outstanding financed equipment acquisitions financed by
certificates of participation the financing costs of outstanding certif-
icates of participation and similar instruments issued pursuant to
section sixty-six-b of this chapter with estimated payment schedules of
all such outstanding obligations.
[9.] 8. Include a summary of disbursements by function of state
government for the preceding fiscal year and the estimated disbursements
for the current and ensuing fiscal years in a form suitable for compar-
ison. Such summary shall present such disbursements by purpose as set
forth in subdivision one of this section and also including special
revenue funds-federal and special revenue funds-other. Such summary
shall also describe the state entities, as defined by [subdivisions
five, six, seven and eight of] section two-a of this chapter, within
each function. For the fiscal year beginning in nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three, such summary shall be presented within ten days of the budget
submission for the general fund, special revenue funds-other, capital
projects funds and debt service funds. For the fiscal year beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-four, such summary shall be presented with the
budget for the general fund and within ten days of the budget submission
for special revenue funds-other, capital projects funds and debt service
funds. For fiscal years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-five and
thereafter, such summary shall be presented with the budget.
[10.] 9. Include a statement showing projected disbursement for the
current fiscal year and proposed disbursements for the ensuing fiscal
year by agency and bill and fund type. For the fiscal year beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-three, such statement shall be presented within
ten days of the budget submission for the general fund, special revenue
funds-other, capital projects funds and debt service funds. For the
fiscal year beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-four, such summary
shall be presented with the budget for the general fund and within ten
days of the budget submission for special revenue funds-other, capital
projects funds and debt service funds. For fiscal years beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-five and thereafter, such summary shall be
presented with the budget.
[11.] 10. Within ten days following the submission of the financial
plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and
two] of this section, the director of the budget shall submit to the
chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means
committee for the prior, the current and next ensuing fiscal years
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detailed schedules by agency for the general fund showing proposed
appropriations in the state operations and aid to localities budget
bills with disbursements to be made against such appropriations, as well
as disbursements to be made against any existing appropriations.
[12.] 11. a. With respect to any proposed appropriations for the
purpose of remedying state agency violations or past problems of the
environmental conservation law or regulations adopted thereunder within
the proposed budget submitted annually by the governor to the legisla-
ture shall, set forth the amount recommended to remedy each functional
category of violation. A priority criterion to be considered in deter-
mining such recommended appropriations shall be the ranking of such
violations and past problems as determined by the agency pursuant to
paragraph b of subdivision one of section 3-0311 of the environmental
conservation law, with any reordering of rankings as determined by the
department of environmental conservation. Amounts appropriated shall be
disbursed for remediation of the violation or problem only after review
and determination by the department of environmental conservation of the
adequacy of the remedial plan pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision
three of section 3-0311 of the environmental conservation law.
b. Within thirty days following the submission of the budget by the
governor for each fiscal year, beginning with the nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three--ninety-four fiscal year, the director of the budget shall
transmit to the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly
ways and means committee a report which includes project specific infor-
mation for proposed appropriations for the purposes of remedying state
agency environmental violations or problems, as identified pursuant to
section 3-0311 of the environmental conservation law, contained within
such submitted budget.
[13.] 12. Include a summary financial plan for all research institutes
which shall set forth:
a. estimates of all revenues and all expenses for the current and
succeeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior
fiscal year; and
b. any agreement whereby any state agency will provide financial
support or any other assistance to cover any operating loss for such
research institute.
[14.] 13. a. With respect to information technology projects, depend-
ent on funding in the executive budget, involving one or more contracts
projected to total ten million dollars or more, within thirty days
following the submission of the budget by the governor for each fiscal
year, beginning with the two thousand eight--two thousand nine fiscal
year, the director of the budget shall transmit to the chairs of the
senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee a
report which shall set forth the following:
(1) project summary describing the project purpose, proposed approach,
key milestones, current status and timetable;
(2) the proposed method of procurement, including whether the project
will, in whole or in part, utilize a centralized contract or a sole-
source contract; and
(3) the proposed funding source, financing method and estimated costs
by fiscal year.
b. Information provided pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision
may not be disclosed to any party other than a governmental entity as
defined in section one hundred thirty-nine-j of this chapter, if such
disclosure would impair the fairness or competitiveness of a pending or
potential procurement process.
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Estimated costs by fiscal year shall not be disclosed.
[15.] 14. The division of the budget shall prepare the reports, sched-
ules, and other information described in this subdivision. To the extent
practicable, such reports, schedules, and information shall be in a
form, and presented at a level of detail, that facilitates comparison on
an annual basis and against actual results, as appropriate, and in a
manner consistent with the other reporting requirements enumerated in
this section. The reports, schedules, and other information required by
this subdivision shall be submitted to the chair of the senate finance
committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the
minority leaders of both houses, and the comptroller according to the
schedules set forth in this section. In determining the final content
and format of the information required by this section, the division of
the budget shall consult annually with the designees of the temporary
president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
ers of both houses, and the comptroller. All information described in
this subdivision shall be made available to the public.
a. The executive budget, the enacted budget report and each quarterly
update to the financial plan shall include an updated general fund fore-
cast of receipts and disbursements for the current and two succeeding
fiscal years. Such updated forecast shall clearly identify and explain
the revisions to the receipts and disbursements projections from the
most recent prior update to the financial plan, and any significant
revisions to the underlying factors affecting receipts and disbursements
by major function, and may include, but not be limited to: caseload,
service, and utilization rates; demographic trends; economic variables;
pension fund performance; incarceration rates; prescription drug prices;
health insurance premiums; inflation; contractual obligations; liti-
gation; and state employment trends.
b. The capital program and financing plan submitted pursuant to
section twenty-two-c of this article, and the update thereto required
pursuant to section twenty-three of this article, shall include a report
on the management of state-supported debt. Such report may include, but
is not limited to: (1) an assessment of the affordability of state debt,
including debt as a percent of personal income, debt per capita, and
debt service costs as a percent of the budget; (2) a summary and analy-
sis of the interest rate exchange agreements and variable rate exposure;
and (3) an assessment of financing opportunities related to the state's
debt portfolio.
[16.] 15. The governor shall make all practicable efforts to amend or
supplement the budget and submit supplemental bills or amendments to any
bills pursuant to article seven of the constitution within twenty-one
days after the budget is submitted to the legislature.
16. THE AMENDED EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THIR-
TY DAYS AFTER THE SUBMISSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET TO THE LEGISLATURE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK TO BE SET FORTH THEREIN, SHALL INCLUDE:
A. A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN SHOWING FOR EACH OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND
TYPES: (1) ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED TO BE MADE, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES PROPOSED TO BE MADE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, DURING THE
ENSUING FISCAL YEAR; AND (2) ALL OF THE REVENUES ESTIMATED TO ACCRUE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, BEFORE THE
CLOSE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND DURING THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR
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INCLUSIVE OF ANY REVENUES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION WHICH IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS SUFFICIENT TO
MEET PROPOSED DISBURSEMENTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH SUMMARY FINANCIAL
PLAN, EXPENDITURES SHALL BE PRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: STATE
PURPOSES, LOCAL ASSISTANCE, CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT SERVICE, AND GENERAL
STATE CHARGES; AND REVENUES SHALL BE PRESENTED BY EACH REVENUE SOURCE
WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST ONE PER CENTUM OF ALL SUCH REVENUES AND
OTHERWISE BY CATEGORIES OF REVENUE SOURCES;
B. THE EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY
ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL
YEAR AND PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES DURING THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR. EXPENDITURES ESTI-
MATED AND PROPOSED TO BE MADE SHALL BE SHOWN IN SEPARATE PARTS AS
FOLLOWS: THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR STATE PURPOSES SHALL BE SET FORTH IN ONE
PART, THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR LOCAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE SET FORTH IN
ANOTHER SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PART, THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS SHALL BE SET FORTH IN A THIRD SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PART, AND
THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR DEBT SERVICE SHALL BE SET FORTH IN A FOURTH SEPA-
RATE AND DISTINCT PART;
C. THE REVENUES ACTUALLY ACCRUED IN THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR AND THE
REVENUES ESTIMATED TO ACCRUE DURING CURRENT AND ENSUING FISCAL YEARS,
RESPECTIVELY. REVENUES FROM EACH TAX SHALL BE SHOWN BOTH IN TOTAL AND
NET OF REFUNDS;
D. A SCHEDULE FOR THE GENERAL FUND SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
PROJECTED OPERATING RESULTS ON A CASH BASIS AND THOSE ON THE BASIS OF
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES;
E. A SCHEDULE FOR EACH GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE OTHER THAN THE GENERAL
FUND SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROJECTED OPERATING RESULTS ON A
CASH BASIS AND THOSE ON THE BASIS OF GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRIN-
CIPLES; AND
F. A DETAILED SCHEDULE BY FUND OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE
GENERAL FUND.
§ 29. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section
22-c of the state finance law, as amended by section 3 of part F of
chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
(vi) the total amount of disbursements for the project estimated to be
made during the current fiscal year and during each of the next ensuing
five fiscal years, provided however, that (A) the information required
by this subparagraph may be provided for groupings of projects in those
cases where the governor determines it cannot be provided on a project
by project basis, and (B) the total of all disbursements estimated in
accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph to be made for all
capital projects during the current fiscal year and during each of the
next ensuing five fiscal years, excluding those disbursements which are
estimated in accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph to be
made by public benefit corporations and which are not subject to appro-
priations, shall be equal, respectively, to the total of all disburse-
ments estimated, in the financial projections required by subdivisions
one and [four] THREE of section twenty-two of this article, to be made
for all capital projects during the then current fiscal year and during
each of the next ensuing five fiscal years,
§ 30. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 23 of the state finance law, as
amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as
follows:
3. Financial plans and capital improvement program; revisions. Not
later than thirty days after the legislature has completed action on the
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budget bills submitted by the governor and the period for the governor's
review has elapsed, the governor shall cause to be submitted to the
legislature the revisions to the financial plans and the capital plan
required by subdivisions one, two, THREE, four and [five] PARAGRAPH (A)
OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN of section twenty-two of this article as are
necessary to account for all enactments affecting the financial plans
and the capital plan. The financial plan shall also contain a cash flow
analysis of projected receipts and disbursements and other financing
sources or uses for each month of the state's fiscal year. Notwithstand-
ing any other law to the contrary, such revised plans and accompanying
cash flow analysis shall be submitted to the legislature and the comp-
troller in the same form as the plans required by such subdivisions.
4. Financial plan updates. Quarterly, throughout the fiscal year, the
governor shall submit to the comptroller, the chairs of the senate
finance and the assembly ways and means committees, within thirty days
of the close of the quarter to which it shall pertain, a report which
summarizes the actual experience to date and projections for the remain-
ing quarters of the current fiscal year and for each of the next two
fiscal years of receipts, disbursements, tax refunds, and repayments of
advances presented in forms suitable for comparison with the financial
plan submitted pursuant to subdivisions one, THREE AND four[, and five,]
of section twenty-two of this article and revised in accordance with the
provisions of subdivision three of this section. The governor shall
submit with the budget a similar report that summarizes revenue and
expenditure experience to date in a form suitable for comparison with
the financial plan submitted pursuant to PARAGRAPH A OF subdivision
[two] SIXTEEN of section twenty-two of this article and revised in
accordance with the provisions of subdivision three of this section.
Such reports shall provide an explanation of the causes of any major
deviations from the revised financial plans and, shall provide for the
amendment of the plan or plans to reflect those deviations. The governor
may, if [he] THE GOVERNOR determines it advisable, provide more frequent
reports to the legislature regarding actual experience as compared to
the financial plans. The quarterly financial plan update most proximate
to October thirty-first of each year shall include the calculation of
the limitations on the issuance of state-supported debt computed pursu-
ant to the provisions of subdivisions one and two of section sixty-sev-
en-b of this chapter.
§ 31. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of the director
of the budget, on or before March 31, 2026 the following amounts from
the following special revenue accounts or enterprise funds to the gener-
al fund, for the purposes of offsetting principal and interest costs,
incurred by the state pursuant to section 52 of part RR of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2023, provided that the annual amount of the transfer shall
be no more than the principal and interest that would have otherwise
been due to the power authority of the state of New York, from any state
agency, in a given state fiscal year. Amounts pertaining to special
revenue accounts assigned to the state university of New York shall be
considered interchangeable between the designated special revenue
accounts as to meet the requirements of this section and section 52 of
part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023:
1. $15,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653).
2. $5,000,000 from state university dormitory income fund, state
university dormitory income fund (40350).
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3. $5,000,000 from the enterprise fund, city university senior college
operating fund (60851).
§ 32. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized to transfer, on or before March 31, 2026, up to
$25,000,000 from various state bond funds (30600 through 30690) to the
general debt service fund (40150), for the purposes of redeeming or
defeasing outstanding state bonds.
§ 33. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 47-e of the private
housing finance law, as amended by section 29 of part XX of chapter 56
of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, in order to enhance and encourage the promotion of housing
programs and thereby achieve the stated purposes and objectives of such
housing programs, the agency shall have the power and is hereby author-
ized from time to time to issue negotiable housing program bonds and
notes in such principal amount as shall be necessary to provide suffi-
cient funds for the repayment of amounts disbursed (and not previously
reimbursed) pursuant to law or any prior year making capital appropri-
ations or reappropriations for the purposes of the housing program;
provided, however, that the agency may issue such bonds and notes in an
aggregate principal amount not exceeding [fourteen billion five hundred
twenty-six million eighty-nine thousand dollars $14,526,089,000, plus a
principal amount of bonds issued to fund the debt service reserve fund
in accordance with the debt service reserve fund requirement established
by the agency and to fund any other reserves that the agency reasonably
deems necessary for the security or marketability of such bonds and to
provide for the payment of fees and other charges and expenses, includ-
ing underwriters' discount, trustee and rating agency fees, bond insur-
ance, credit enhancement and liquidity enhancement related to the issu-
ance of such bonds and notes] SIXTEEN BILLION FIVE HUNDRED SIX MILLION
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $16,506,364,000, EXCLUDING
BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE
OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH
BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUS-
LY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF
REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. No reserve fund securing the
housing program bonds shall be entitled or eligible to receive state
funds apportioned or appropriated to maintain or restore such reserve
fund at or to a particular level, except to the extent of any deficiency
resulting directly or indirectly from a failure of the state to appro-
priate or pay the agreed amount under any of the contracts provided for
in subdivision four of this section.
§ 34. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 385 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 30 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The authority is hereby authorized, as additional corporate
purposes thereof solely upon the request of the director of the budget:
(i) to issue special emergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds and
notes for a term not to exceed thirty years and to incur obligations
secured by the moneys appropriated from the dedicated highway and bridge
trust fund established in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance
law; (ii) to make available the proceeds in accordance with instructions
provided by the director of the budget from the sale of such special
emergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds, notes or other obli-
gations, net of all costs to the authority in connection therewith, for
the purposes of financing all or a portion of the costs of activities
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for which moneys in the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund estab-
lished in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law are authorized
to be utilized or for the financing of disbursements made by the state
for the activities authorized pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the
state finance law; and (iii) to enter into agreements with the commis-
sioner of transportation pursuant to section ten-e of the highway law
with respect to financing for any activities authorized pursuant to
section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law, or agreements with the
commissioner of transportation pursuant to sections ten-f and ten-g of
the highway law in connection with activities on state highways pursuant
to these sections, and (iv) to enter into service contracts, contracts,
agreements, deeds and leases with the director of the budget or the
commissioner of transportation and project sponsors and others to
provide for the financing by the authority of activities authorized
pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law, and each of
the director of the budget and the commissioner of transportation are
hereby authorized to enter into service contracts, contracts, agree-
ments, deeds and leases with the authority, project sponsors or others
to provide for such financing. The authority shall not issue any bonds
or notes in an amount in excess of [twenty-one billion four hundred
fifty-eight million three hundred nine thousand dollars $21,458,309,000]
TWENTY-TWO BILLION THREE HUNDRED NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS $22,309,294,000, plus a principal amount of bonds or
notes: (A) to fund capital reserve funds; (B) to provide capitalized
interest; and, (C) to fund other costs of issuance. In computing for the
purposes of this subdivision, the aggregate amount of indebtedness
evidenced by bonds and notes of the authority issued pursuant to this
section, as amended by a chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred nine-
ty-six, there shall be excluded the amount of bonds or notes issued that
would constitute interest under the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the amount of indebtedness issued to refund or
otherwise repay bonds or notes.
§ 35. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 14 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 31 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, (i) the dormitory authority shall not deliver a series of
bonds for city university community college facilities, except to refund
or to be substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city
university community college facilities pursuant to a resolution of the
dormitory authority adopted before July first, nineteen hundred eighty-
five or any resolution supplemental thereto, if the principal amount of
bonds so to be issued when added to all principal amounts of bonds
previously issued by the dormitory authority for city university commu-
nity college facilities, except to refund or to be substituted in lieu
of other bonds in relation to city university community college facili-
ties will exceed the sum of four hundred twenty-five million dollars and
(ii) the dormitory authority shall not deliver a series of bonds issued
for city university facilities, including community college facilities,
pursuant to a resolution of the dormitory authority adopted on or after
July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, except to refund or to be
substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city university
facilities and except for bonds issued pursuant to a resolution supple-
mental to a resolution of the dormitory authority adopted prior to July
first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, if the principal amount of bonds so
to be issued when added to the principal amount of bonds previously
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issued pursuant to any such resolution, except bonds issued to refund or
to be substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city
university facilities, will exceed [eleven billion seven hundred sixty-
three million twenty-two thousand dollars $11,763,022,000] TWELVE
BILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND
DOLLARS $12,215,368,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS,
(II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE
REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HERE-
IN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH
DATE. The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal such limit,
and the state of New York, the dormitory authority, the city university,
and the fund are prohibited from covenanting or making any other agree-
ments with or for the benefit of bondholders which might in any way
affect such right.
§ 36. Subdivision 1 of section 1689-i of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 32 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
1. The dormitory authority is authorized to issue bonds, at the
request of the commissioner of education, to finance eligible library
construction projects pursuant to section two hundred seventy-three-a of
the education law, in amounts certified by such commissioner not to
exceed a total principal amount of [four hundred eleven million dollars
$411,000,000] FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS $445,000,000.
§ 37. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 19 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 33 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, the dormitory authority shall not issue any bonds for state
university educational facilities purposes if the principal amount of
bonds to be issued when added to the aggregate principal amount of bonds
issued by the dormitory authority on and after July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-eight for state university educational facilities will
exceed [eighteen billion nine hundred eighty-eight million one hundred
sixty-four thousand dollars $18,988,164,000; provided, however, that
bonds issued or to be issued shall be excluded from such limitation if:
(1) such bonds are issued to refund state university construction bonds
and state university construction notes previously issued by the housing
finance agency; or (2) such bonds are issued to refund bonds of the
authority or other obligations issued for state university educational
facilities purposes and the present value of the aggregate debt service
on the refunding bonds does not exceed the present value of the aggre-
gate debt service on the bonds refunded thereby; provided, further that
upon certification by the director of the budget that the issuance of
refunding bonds or other obligations issued between April first, nine-
teen hundred ninety-two and March thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three will generate long term economic benefits to the state, as
assessed on a present value basis, such issuance will be deemed to have
met the present value test noted above. For purposes of this subdivi-
sion, the present value of the aggregate debt service of the refunding
bonds and the aggregate debt service of the bonds refunded, shall be
calculated by utilizing the true interest cost of the refunding bonds,
which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual interest
rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt service
payments on the refunding bonds from the payment dates thereof to the
date of issue of the refunding bonds to the purchase price of the
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refunding bonds, including interest accrued thereon prior to the issu-
ance thereof. The maturity of such bonds, other than bonds issued to
refund outstanding bonds, shall not exceed the weighted average economic
life, as certified by the state university construction fund, of the
facilities in connection with which the bonds are issued, and in any
case not later than the earlier of thirty years or the expiration of the
term of any lease, sublease or other agreement relating thereto;
provided that no note, including renewals thereof, shall mature later
than five years after the date of issuance of such note] TWENTY BILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS $20,538,164,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS,
(II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE
REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HERE-
IN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH
DATE. The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal such limit,
and the state of New York, the dormitory authority, the state university
of New York, and the state university construction fund are prohibited
from covenanting or making any other agreements with or for the benefit
of bondholders which might in any way affect such right.
§ 38. Subdivision 10-a of section 1680 of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 34 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
10-a. Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of
two thousand, but notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
contrary, the maximum amount of bonds and notes to be issued after March
thirty-first, two thousand two, on behalf of the state, in relation to
any locally sponsored community college, shall be [one billion three
hundred sixty-five million three hundred eight thousand dollars
$1,365,308,000] ONE BILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE MILLION SEVEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $1,495,774,000. Such amount shall
be exclusive of bonds and notes issued to fund any reserve fund or
funds, costs of issuance and to refund any outstanding bonds and notes,
issued on behalf of the state, relating to a locally sponsored community
college.
§ 39. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 9-a of section 1 of
chapter 392 of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York state medical
care facilities finance agency act, as amended by section 35 of part XX
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. The agency shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to
time to issue negotiable bonds and notes in conformity with applicable
provisions of the uniform commercial code in such principal amount as,
in the opinion of the agency, shall be necessary, after taking into
account other moneys which may be available for the purpose, to provide
sufficient funds to the facilities development corporation, or any
successor agency, for the financing or refinancing of or for the design,
construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement
of mental health services facilities pursuant to paragraph a of this
subdivision, the payment of interest on mental health services improve-
ment bonds and mental health services improvement notes issued for such
purposes, the establishment of reserves to secure such bonds and notes,
the cost or premium of bond insurance or the costs of any financial
mechanisms which may be used to reduce the debt service that would be
payable by the agency on its mental health services facilities improve-
ment bonds and notes and all other expenditures of the agency incident
to and necessary or convenient to providing the facilities development
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corporation, or any successor agency, with funds for the financing or
refinancing of or for any such design, construction, acquisition, recon-
struction, rehabilitation or improvement and for the refunding of mental
hygiene improvement bonds issued pursuant to section 47-b of the private
housing finance law; provided, however, that the agency shall not issue
mental health services facilities improvement bonds and mental health
services facilities improvement notes in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding [twelve billion nine hundred twenty-one million seven hundred
fifty-six thousand dollars $12,921,756,000, excluding mental health
services facilities improvement bonds and mental health services facili-
ties improvement notes issued to refund outstanding mental health
services facilities improvement bonds and mental health services facili-
ties improvement notes; provided, however, that upon any such refunding
or repayment of mental health services facilities improvement bonds
and/or mental health services facilities improvement notes the total
aggregate principal amount of outstanding mental health services facili-
ties improvement bonds and mental health facilities improvement notes
may be greater than twelve billion nine hundred twenty-one million seven
hundred fifty-six thousand dollars $12,921,756,000, only if, except as
hereinafter provided with respect to mental health services facilities
bonds and mental health services facilities notes issued to refund
mental hygiene improvement bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to the
provisions of section 47-b of the private housing finance law, the pres-
ent value of the aggregate debt service of the refunding or repayment
bonds to be issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate
debt service of the bonds to be refunded or repaid. For purposes hereof,
the present values of the aggregate debt service of the refunding or
repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and of the aggregate debt
service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so refunded or repaid,
shall be calculated by utilizing the effective interest rate of the
refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations, which shall be
that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual interest rate
(compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt service
payments on the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
from the payment dates thereof to the date of issue of the refunding or
repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and to the price bid includ-
ing estimated accrued interest or proceeds received by the authority
including estimated accrued interest from the sale thereof. Such bonds,
other than bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds, shall be scheduled
to mature over a term not to exceed the average useful life, as certi-
fied by the facilities development corporation, of the projects for
which the bonds are issued, and in any case shall not exceed thirty
years and the maximum maturity of notes or any renewals thereof shall
not exceed five years from the date of the original issue of such notes.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the agency shall have
the power and is hereby authorized to issue mental health services
facilities improvement bonds and/or mental health services facilities
improvement notes to refund outstanding mental hygiene improvement bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of section 47-b of
the private housing finance law and the amount of bonds issued or
outstanding for such purposes shall not be included for purposes of
determining the amount of bonds issued pursuant to this section] THIR-
TEEN BILLION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS $13,639,554,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE
RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III)
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REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED,
PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING
DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. The director of the budget shall allo-
cate the aggregate principal authorized to be issued by the agency among
the office of mental health, office for people with developmental disa-
bilities, and the office of addiction services and supports, in consul-
tation with their respective commissioners to finance bondable appropri-
ations previously approved by the legislature.
§ 40. Subdivision (a) of section 48 of part K of chapter 81 of the
laws of 2002, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2002-2003 budget, as amended by
section 36 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000 but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of the urban development
corporation act, the corporation is hereby authorized to issue bonds or
notes in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed [five hundred twenty-two million five hundred thousand dollars
$522,500,000] FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
$550,500,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service
reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or
notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued, for the purpose of financing capital costs related to homeland
security and training facilities for the division of state police, the
division of military and naval affairs, and any other state agency,
including the reimbursement of any disbursements made from the state
capital projects fund, and is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes
in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
[one billion eight hundred fifty-five million two hundred eighty-six
thousand dollars $1,855,286,000] TWO BILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS $2,168,331,000,
excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds,
to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to
refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for the
purpose of financing improvements to State office buildings and other
facilities located statewide, including the reimbursement of any
disbursements made from the state capital projects fund. Such bonds and
notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the state
shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds
other than those appropriated by the state to the corporation for debt
service and related expenses pursuant to any service contracts executed
pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section, and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect.
§ 41. Subdivision 1 of section 47 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 37 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the corporation are hereby authorized to
issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
project costs for the office of information technology services, depart-
ment of law, and other state costs associated with such capital
projects. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to be
issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [one billion seven
hundred forty-two million seven hundred twelve thousand dollars
$1,742,712,000] ONE BILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE MILLION FOUR
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HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $1,873,412,000, excluding bonds issued
to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance
of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay
such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the
dormitory authority and the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the dormitory authority and the corporation for principal, interest, and
related expenses pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any interest
income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
such bonds.
§ 42. Subdivision (b) of section 11 of chapter 329 of the laws of
1991, amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the
establishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, as amended
by section 38 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Any service contract or contracts for projects authorized pursuant
to sections 10-c, 10-f, 10-g and 80-b of the highway law and section
14-k of the transportation law, and entered into pursuant to subdivision
(a) of this section, shall provide for state commitments to provide
annually to the thruway authority a sum or sums, upon such terms and
conditions as shall be deemed appropriate by the director of the budget,
to fund, or fund the debt service requirements of any bonds or any obli-
gations of the thruway authority issued to fund or to reimburse the
state for funding such projects having a cost not in excess of [fourteen
billion eight hundred forty-four million five hundred eighty-seven thou-
sand dollars $14,844,587,000 cumulatively by the end of fiscal year
2024-25] FIFTEEN BILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $15,722,384,000. SUCH LIMIT SHALL EXCLUDE
BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE
OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH
BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUS-
LY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF
REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. For purposes of this subdivi-
sion, such projects shall be deemed to include capital grants to cities,
towns and villages for the reimbursement of eligible capital costs of
local highway and bridge projects within such municipality, where allo-
cations to cities, towns and villages are based on the total number of
New York or United States or interstate signed touring route miles for
which such municipality has capital maintenance responsibility, and
where such eligible capital costs include the costs of construction and
repair of highways, bridges, highway-railroad crossings, and other
transportation facilities for projects with a service life of ten years
or more.
§ 43. Subdivision 1 of section 53 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 39 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs for the acquisition of equipment, including but
not limited to the creation or modernization of information technology
systems and related research and development equipment, health and safe-
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ty equipment, heavy equipment and machinery, the creation or improvement
of security systems, and laboratory equipment and other state costs
associated with such capital projects. The aggregate principal amount
of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not
exceed [five hundred ninety-three million dollars $593,000,000] SIX
HUNDRED NINETY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS $693,000,000, excluding bonds
issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of
issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise
repay such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the
dormitory authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a
debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall
they be payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the
state to the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service
contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a
statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the
internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall
only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 44. Subdivision 3 of section 1285-p of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 40 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
3. The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued for the purpose of
financing environmental infrastructure projects authorized by this
section shall be [ten billion eight hundred sixty-six million five
hundred sixty thousand dollars $10,866,560,000] THIRTEEN BILLION TWO
HUNDRED NINETEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
$13,219,160,000, exclusive of bonds issued to fund any debt service
reserve funds, pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes
issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds or notes previously issued.
Such bonds and notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the corporation for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contracts executed pursuant to subdivision one of this section,
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect.
§ 45. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 17
of part D of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, relating to the financing
of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility
improvement fund, subdivision 1 as amended by section 41 of part XX of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as
amended by section 20 of part P2 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of section 1 of chapter 174
of the laws of 1968, the New York state urban development corporation is
hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes and other obligations in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed [one billion sixty-six million
seven hundred fifty-five thousand dollars $1,066,755,000, which] ONE
BILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS $1,217,755,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (A) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS,
(B) TO PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (C) REFUND OR OTHERWISE
REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HERE-
IN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH
DATE. WHICH authorization increases the aggregate principal amount of
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bonds, notes and other obligations authorized by section 40 of chapter
309 of the laws of 1996, and shall include all bonds, notes and other
obligations issued pursuant to chapter 211 of the laws of 1990, as
amended or supplemented. The proceeds of such bonds, notes or other
obligations shall be paid to the state, for deposit in the youth facili-
ties improvement fund or the capital projects fund, to pay for all or
any portion of the amount or amounts paid by the state from appropri-
ations or reappropriations made to the office of children and family
services from the youth facilities improvement fund OR THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS FUND for capital projects. [The aggregate amount of bonds,
notes and other obligations authorized to be issued pursuant to this
section shall exclude bonds, notes or other obligations issued to refund
or otherwise repay bonds, notes or other obligations theretofore issued,
the proceeds of which were paid to the state for all or a portion of the
amounts expended by the state from appropriations or reappropriations
made to the office of children and family services; provided, however,
that upon any such refunding or repayment the total aggregate principal
amount of outstanding bonds, notes or other obligations may be greater
than one billion sixty-six million seven hundred fifty-five thousand
dollars $1,066,755,000, only if the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
to be issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so to be refunded or
repaid. For the purposes hereof, the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
and of the aggregate debt service of the bonds, notes or other obli-
gations so refunded or repaid, shall be calculated by utilizing the
effective interest rate of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or
other obligations, which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the
semi-annual interest rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to
discount the debt service payments on the refunding or repayment bonds,
notes or other obligations from the payment dates thereof to the date of
issue of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
and to the price bid including estimated accrued interest or proceeds
received by the corporation including estimated accrued interest from
the sale thereof.]
(a) The New York state office of general services shall be responsible
for the undertaking of studies, planning, site acquisition, design,
construction, reconstruction, renovation and development of youth facil-
ities AND THE TONAWANDA INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE, including the making of
any purchases therefor, on behalf of the New York state office of chil-
dren and family services.
§ 46. Subdivision 1 of section 386-b of the public authorities law, as
amended by section 42 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
authority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for
the purpose of financing peace bridge projects and capital costs of
state and local highways, parkways, bridges, the New York state thruway,
Indian reservation roads, and facilities, and transportation infrastruc-
ture projects including aviation projects, non-MTA mass transit
projects, and rail service preservation projects, including work appur-
tenant and ancillary thereto. The aggregate principal amount of bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed
[fifteen billion two hundred forty million six hundred sixty-nine thou-
S. 3005 109 A. 3005
sand dollars $15,240,669,000] SEVENTEEN BILLION FOUR MILLION TWENTY-SEV-
EN THOUSAND DOLLARS $ 17,004,027,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one
or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such
bonds, and to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority, the dormitory authority
and the urban development corporation shall not be a debt of the state,
and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out
of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to the authori-
ty, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation for
principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service contract
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal
revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be
used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 47. Subdivision 1 of section 44 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 43 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the corporation are hereby authorized to
issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
project costs for the regional economic development council initiative,
the economic transformation program, state university of New York
college for nanoscale and science engineering, projects within the city
of Buffalo or surrounding environs, the New York works economic develop-
ment fund, projects for the retention of professional football in west-
ern New York, the empire state economic development fund, the clarkson-
trudeau partnership, the New York genome center, the cornell university
college of veterinary medicine, the olympic regional development author-
ity, projects at nano Utica, onondaga county revitalization projects,
Binghamton university school of pharmacy, New York power electronics
manufacturing consortium, regional infrastructure projects, high tech
innovation and economic development infrastructure program, high tech-
nology manufacturing projects in Chautauqua and Erie county, an indus-
trial scale research and development facility in Clinton county, upstate
revitalization initiative projects, downstate revitalization initiative,
market New York projects, fairground buildings, equipment or facilities
used to house and promote agriculture, the state fair, the empire state
trail, the moynihan station development project, the Kingsbridge armory
project, strategic economic development projects, the cultural, arts and
public spaces fund, water infrastructure in the city of Auburn and town
of Owasco, a life sciences laboratory public health initiative, not-for-
profit pounds, shelters and humane societies, arts and cultural facili-
ties improvement program, restore New York's communities initiative,
heavy equipment, economic development and infrastructure projects,
Roosevelt Island operating corporation capital projects, Lake Ontario
regional projects, Pennsylvania station and other transit projects,
athletic facilities for professional football in Orchard Park, New York,
Rush - NY, New York AI Consortium, New York Creates UEV Tool, and other
state costs associated with such projects. The aggregate principal
amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall
not exceed [twenty billion eight hundred seventy-eight million one
hundred ninety-four thousand dollars $20,878,194,000] TWENTY-TWO BILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-NINE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS $22,849,953,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt
service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds
S. 3005 110 A. 3005
or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previ-
ously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory authority and the
corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be
liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than
those appropriated by the state to the dormitory authority and the
corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a
service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face
thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying
with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond
proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 48. Subdivision (a) of section 28 of part Y of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, as amended by
section 44 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, one or more
authorized issuers as defined by section 68-a of the state finance law
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [two hundred ninety-seven
million dollars $297,000,000] THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
$397,000,000, excluding bonds issued to finance one or more debt service
reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or
notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued, for the purpose of financing capital projects for public
protection facilities in the Division of Military and Naval Affairs,
debt service and leases; and to reimburse the state general fund for
disbursements made therefor. Such bonds and notes of such authorized
issuer shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be
liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than
those appropriated by the state to such authorized issuer for debt
service and related expenses pursuant to any service contract executed
pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any interest
income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
such bonds.
§ 49. Subdivision 1 of section 50 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 45 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs undertaken by or on behalf of the state educa-
tion department, special act school districts, state-supported schools
for the blind and deaf, approved private special education schools,
non-public schools, community centers, day care facilities, residential
camps, day camps, Native American Indian Nation schools, and other state
costs associated with such capital projects. The aggregate principal
amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall
not exceed [three hundred ninety-six million eight hundred ninety-eight
thousand dollars $396,898,000] FOUR HUNDRED FORTY MILLION THREE HUNDRED
NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS $440,397,000, excluding bonds issued to
fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of
such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such
S. 3005 111 A. 3005
bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory
authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a debt of
the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation for prin-
cipal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service contract and
such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to
such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal revenue
code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to
pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 50. Subdivision 1 of section 1680-k of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 46 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, but notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the
dormitory authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one
or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [forty-one
million sixty thousand dollars $41,060,000] FORTY-ONE MILLION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $41,175,000, excluding bonds
issued to finance one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs
of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or other-
wise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for the purpose of
financing the construction of the New York state agriculture and markets
food laboratory. Eligible project costs may include, but not be limited
to the cost of design, financing, site investigations, site acquisition
and preparation, demolition, construction, rehabilitation, acquisition
of machinery and equipment, and infrastructure improvements. Such bonds
and notes of such authorized issuers shall not be a debt of the state,
and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out
of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to such author-
ized issuers for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contract executed pursuant to subdivision two of this section
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal
revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be
used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 51. Subdivision 1 of section 1680-r of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs for the capital restructuring financing program
for health care and related facilities licensed pursuant to the public
health law or the mental hygiene law and other state costs associated
with such capital projects, the health care facility transformation
programs, the essential health care provider program, and other health
care capital project costs. The aggregate principal amount of bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [five
billion one hundred fifty-three million dollars $5,153,000,000] SIX
BILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS $6,168,000,000, exclud-
ing bonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay
costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or
otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and
notes of the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable
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thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those
appropriated by the state to the dormitory authority and the urban
development corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses
pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on
the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of
complying with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on
bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 52. Subdivision 1 of section 386-a of the public authorities law, as
amended by section 55 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
authority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for
the purpose of assisting the metropolitan transportation authority in
the financing of transportation facilities as defined in subdivision
seventeen of section twelve hundred sixty-one of this chapter or other
capital projects. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to
be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [twelve billion five
hundred fifteen million eight hundred fifty-six thousand dollars
$12,515,856,000] FIFTEEN BILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS $15,515,856,000, excluding bonds
issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of
issuance of such bonds, and to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or
notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority, the
dormitory authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a
debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall
they be payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the
state to the authority, the dormitory authority and the urban develop-
ment corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant
to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face
thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying
with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond
proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary, including the limi-
tations contained in subdivision four of section sixty-seven-b of the
state finance law, (A) any bonds and notes issued prior to April first,
two thousand twenty-seven pursuant to this section may be issued with a
maximum maturity of fifty years, and (B) any bonds issued to refund such
bonds and notes may be issued with a maximum maturity of fifty years
from the respective date of original issuance of such bonds and notes.
§ 53. Subdivision (a) of section 27 of part Y of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, as amended by
section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the urban devel-
opment corporation is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one
or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [five
hundred thirty-eight million one hundred thousand dollars $538,100,000]
FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS $550,100,000,
excluding bonds issued to finance one or more debt service reserve
funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued
to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for
the purpose of financing capital projects including IT initiatives for
the division of state police, debt service and leases; and to reimburse
S. 3005 113 A. 3005
the state general fund for disbursements made therefor. Such bonds and
notes of such authorized issuer shall not be a debt of the state, and
the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of
any funds other than those appropriated by the state to such authorized
issuer for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any service
contract executed pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and such
bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such
effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal revenue code,
any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay
debt service on such bonds.
§ 54. Subdivision 3 of section 1285-q of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 43 of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,
is amended to read as follows:
3. The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued for the purpose of
financing hazardous waste site remediation projects and environmental
restoration projects authorized by this section shall not exceed [two
billion two hundred million dollars] THREE BILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS $3,450,000,000 and shall not exceed one hundred million
dollars for appropriations enacted for any state fiscal year, provided
that the bonds not issued for such appropriations may be issued pursuant
to reappropriation in subsequent fiscal years. [No bonds shall be issued
for the repayment of any new appropriation enacted after March thirty-
first, two thousand twenty-six for hazardous waste site remediation
projects authorized by this section.] Amounts authorized to be issued by
this section shall be exclusive of bonds issued to fund any debt service
reserve funds, pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes
issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds or notes previously issued.
Such bonds and notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by this state to
the corporation for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contracts executed pursuant to subdivision one of this section,
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect.
§ 55. Subdivision 1 of section 16 of part D of chapter 389 of the laws
of 1997, relating to the financing of the correctional facilities
improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, as amended by
section 28 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of section 1 of chapter 174
of the laws of 1968, the New York state urban development corporation is
hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes and other obligations in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed [ten billion two hundred nine-
ty-nine million three hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars
$10,299,359,000, and shall include all bonds, notes and other obli-
gations issued pursuant to chapter 56 of the laws of 1983, as amended or
supplemented. The proceeds of such bonds, notes or other obligations
shall be paid to the state, for deposit in the correctional facilities
capital improvement fund to pay for all or any portion of the amount or
amounts paid by the state from appropriations or reappropriations made
to the department of corrections and community supervision from the
correctional facilities capital improvement fund for capital projects.
The aggregate amount of bonds, notes or other obligations authorized to
be issued pursuant to this section shall exclude bonds, notes or other
obligations issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds, notes or other
S. 3005 114 A. 3005
obligations theretofore issued, the proceeds of which were paid to the
state for all or a portion of the amounts expended by the state from
appropriations or reappropriations made to the department of corrections
and community supervision; provided, however, that upon any such refund-
ing or repayment the total aggregate principal amount of outstanding
bonds, notes or other obligations may be greater than ten billion two
hundred ninety-nine million three hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars
$10,299,359,000, only if the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations to be
issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the bonds, notes or other obligations so to be refunded or repaid.
For the purposes hereof, the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and of
the aggregate debt service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so
refunded or repaid, shall be calculated by utilizing the effective
interest rate of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obli-
gations, which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual
interest rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt
service payments on the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other
obligations from the payment dates thereof to the date of issue of the
refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and to the
price bid including estimated accrued interest or proceeds received by
the corporation including estimated accrued interest from the sale ther-
eof] ELEVEN BILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-
NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS $11,117,359,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER
APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT
SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND
(III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED,
PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING
DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE.
§ 56. The opening paragraph of section 3573 of the public authorities
law, as added by chapter 5 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
Notwithstanding any provision of this article or any other provision
of law to the contrary, so long as bonds issued by the dormitory author-
ity [to finance facilities for] ON OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO MAKE LOANS TO the department of health of the
state of New York TO FINANCE STATE HOSPITAL FACILITIES LISTED IN SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW remain outstanding as
defined in the bond resolution under which such bonds were issued, the
following provisions shall be applicable:
§ 57. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 409 of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 1997, is amended and
a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner shall, after the first day of July, nineteen
hundred seventy-one, pay over moneys received by the department includ-
ing, SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, moneys received from
the Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation for the care, maintenance
and treatment of patients at state hospitals in the department as
enumerated in section four hundred three of this chapter, together with
money received from fees, including parking fees, refunds, reimburse-
ments, payments received pursuant to leases, sales of property and
miscellaneous receipts of such hospitals other than gifts, grants,
bequests and moneys received under research contracts, and clinical
practice income received pursuant to a clinical practice plan estab-
lished pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section two hundred six of
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this chapter except for the amount of money required by the comptroller
to be maintained on deposit in the department of health income fund
pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision less payments required to
be made into pools created by this chapter and for assessments estab-
lished pursuant to this chapter and less refunds made pursuant to law,
to the comptroller to be deposited by [him] THE COMPTROLLER in the
department of health income fund. Such moneys shall be kept separate and
shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the hands of the comp-
troller. All deposits of such money shall, if required by the comp-
troller, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state
of market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit and all
banks and trust companies are authorized to give such securities for
such deposits. The commissioner shall identify to the comptroller moneys
received from Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation or its subsid-
iaries.
6. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, UPON THE
PAYMENT OR PROVISION FOR PAYMENT OF ALL OUTSTANDING BONDS ISSUED ON OR
BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE BY THE DORMITORY
AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS TO THE DEPARTMENT TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE STATE
HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE BOND RESOLUTION
UNDER WHICH SUCH BONDS WERE ISSUED, THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO
AND FIVE OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING (I) THE PAYMENT AND IDENTIFICATION BY
THE DEPARTMENT TO THE COMPTROLLER OF MONEYS RECEIVED FROM THE ROSWELL
PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION, (II) THE DEPOSIT AND MAINTENANCE OF
SUCH MONEYS FROM THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION BY THE
COMPTROLLER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INCOME FUND, AND (III) THE
RELEASE OF EXCESS MONEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INCOME FUND ATTRI-
BUTED TO THE OPERATION OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION
OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, SHALL NO LONGER BE APPLICABLE AND, THEREAFTER, ALL
SUCH MONEYS FROM THE OPERATION OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE
CORPORATION SHALL REMAIN IN THE CUSTODY AND/OR CONTROL OF THE CORPO-
RATION AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
§ 58. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 54-b of section 1 of
chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development
corporation act, as amended by section 54 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
including, specifically, the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of
2000 and section sixty-seven-b of the state finance law, the dormitory
authority of the state of New York and the corporation are hereby
authorized to issue personal income tax revenue anticipation notes with
a maturity no later than March 31[, 2025] OF THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN
WHICH SUCH NOTES ARE ISSUED, in one or more series in an aggregate prin-
cipal amount for each fiscal year not to exceed three billion dollars,
and to pay costs of issuance of such notes, for the purpose of temporar-
ily financing budgetary needs of the state. Such purpose shall consti-
tute an authorized purpose under subdivision two of section
sixty-eight-a of the state finance law for all purposes of article
five-C of the state finance law with respect to the notes authorized by
this paragraph. Such notes shall not be renewed, extended or refunded.
For so long as any notes authorized by this paragraph shall be outstand-
ing, the restrictions, limitations and requirements contained in article
five-B of the state finance law shall not apply.
§ 59. Subdivision 8 of section 68-b of the state finance law, as
amended by section 60 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
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8. Revenue bonds may only be issued for authorized purposes, as
defined in section sixty-eight-a of this article. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the dormitory authority of the state of New York, the urban
development corporation [and], the New York state thruway authority, THE
NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRON-
MENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION may issue revenue bonds for any authorized
purpose of any other such authorized issuer [through March thirty-first,
two thousand twenty-five]. Any such revenue bonds issued by the New York
state thruway authority shall be subject to the approval of the New York
state public authorities control board, pursuant to section fifty-one of
the public authorities law. The authorized issuers shall not issue any
revenue bonds in an amount in excess of statutory authorizations for
such authorized purposes. Authorizations for such authorized purposes
shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of revenue bonds
issued for such authorized purposes under this article. Such reduction
shall not be made in relation to revenue bonds issued to fund reserve
funds, if any, and costs of issuance, [if these items are not counted
under existing authorizations,] nor shall revenue bonds issued to refund
bonds issued under existing authorizations reduce the amount of such
authorizations.
§ 60. Subdivision 1 of section 56 of the state finance law, as amended
by chapter 415 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
1. Whenever in [his] THE COMPTROLLER'S opinion it is to the advantage
of the state the comptroller when issuing and selling any bonds of the
state may reserve to the state on such conditions as [he] THE COMP-
TROLLER may deem advisable and proper the privilege of refunding or of
redeeming [at not more than three per centum above par value] all or any
part of such bonds prior to the date on which they shall be due and
payable.
§ 61. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025; provided,
however, that the provisions of sections one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one of this act shall expire March
31, 2026.
§ 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 EE of this act shall be
as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.
2025-S3005A - Details
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2025-S3005A - Summary
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to criminal justice including the psychological testing of candidates, expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers, prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, correctional facilities, inmate work release, furlough and leave, certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget, taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs, taxes, expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee, the ignition interlock device program, the merit provisions, prisoner litigation reform and the inmate filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter, the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994, certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence, the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses, the sentencing reform act of 1995, electronic court appearance in certain counties, the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities, the custody by the department of correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences, custody of federal prisoners, the closing of certain correctional facilities, military funds of the organized militia, providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the City of New York (Part A); expands eligibility for who may hold correction and police officer positions (Part C)
2025-S3005A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2025
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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 -- 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 chapter 887 of the laws of 1983, amending the correction
law relating to the psychological testing of candidates, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 428 of the laws of
1999, amending the executive law and the criminal procedure law relat-
ing to expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police
officers, in relation to extending the expiration of such chapter; to
amend chapter 886 of the laws of 1972, amending the correction law and
the penal law relating to prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the
crime of absconding therefrom, in relation to the effectiveness there-
of; to amend chapter 261 of the laws of 1987, amending chapters 50, 53
and 54 of the laws of 1987, the correction law, the penal law and
other chapters and laws relating to correctional facilities, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 339 of the
laws of 1972, amending the correction law and the penal law relating
to inmate work release, furlough and leave, in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof; to amend chapter 60 of the laws of 1994 relating to
certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropri-
ations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state oper-
ations budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, amending the tax law and other laws
relating to taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, in relation to
extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to
amend chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, amending the correction law,
the New York city criminal court act and the executive law relating to
prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarcera-
tion programs, in relation to extending the expiration of certain
provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 166 of the laws of 1991,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, in relation to
extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to
amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to extending the expi-
ration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee; to amend
chapter 713 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehicle and traffic law
relating to the ignition interlock device program, in relation to
extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 435 of the laws of
1997, amending the military law and other laws relating to various
provisions, in relation to extending the expiration date of the merit
provisions of the correction law and the penal law of such chapter; to
amend chapter 412 of the laws of 1999, amending the civil practice law
and rules and the court of claims act relating to prisoner litigation
reform, in relation to extending the expiration of the inmate filing
fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing
fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the
court of claims act of such chapter; to amend chapter 222 of the laws
of 1994 constituting the family protection and domestic violence
intervention act of 1994, in relation to extending the expiration of
certain provisions of the criminal procedure law requiring the arrest
of certain persons engaged in family violence; to amend chapter 505 of
the laws of 1985, amending the criminal procedure law relating to the
use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for
certain child witnesses, in relation to extending the expiration of
the provisions thereof; to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, enact-
ing the sentencing reform act of 1995, in relation to extending the
expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 689
of the laws of 1993 amending the criminal procedure law relating to
electronic court appearance in certain counties, in relation to
extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 688 of the laws of
2003, amending the executive law relating to enacting the interstate
compact for adult offender supervision, in relation to the effective-
ness thereof; to amend chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, amending the
correction law relating to limiting the closing of certain correction-
al facilities, providing for the custody by the department of correc-
tional services of inmates serving definite sentences, providing for
custody of federal prisoners and requiring the closing of certain
correctional facilities, in relation to the effectiveness of such
chapter; to amend chapter 152 of the laws of 2001 amending the mili-
tary law relating to military funds of the organized militia, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 554 of the
laws of 1986, amending the correction law and the penal law relating
to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the
crime of absconding from the community treatment facility, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend chapter 55 of the laws of
2018, amending the criminal procedure law relating to the pre-criminal
proceeding settlements in the City of New York, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof (Part A); to amend the criminal procedure law,
in relation to discovery reform (Part B); to amend the public officers
law, in relation to residency requirements for certain positions as a
correction officer; to amend the retirement and social security law,
in relation to mandatory retirement for certain members or officers of
the state police; to amend the executive law, in relation to eligibil-
ity for appointment as a sworn member of the state police; and to
amend the civil service law, in relation to the requirements for
appointment of police officers (Part C); to amend the penal law, in
relation to establishing the crime of domestic violence (Part D); to
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amend the correction law, in relation to merit time allowance and
limited credit time allowance (Part E); to amend criminal procedure
law, civil practice law and rules, general municipal law, the court of
claims act, and the education law, in relation to eliminating the
statute of limitations for sex trafficking cases (Part F); to amend
the executive law, in relation to expanding support services for
victims of financial abuse and homicide (Part G); to amend the execu-
tive law and the public health law, in relation to expanding
protections and services to survivors of sexual assault (Part H); to
amend the social services law, in relation to public assistance for
survivors of gender-based violence; and to repeal subdivision four of
section 349-a of the social services law relating thereto (Part I); to
amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation to a
model gender-based violence and the workplace policy (Part J); to
amend the general municipal law and the executive law, in relation to
requiring municipal cybersecurity incident reporting and exempting
such reports from freedom of information requirements (Part K); to
amend the penal law, in relation to artificial intelligence-generated
child sexual abuse material (Part L); to amend the penal law, in
relation to including the patronization of a person who is mentally
disabled in the offense of sex trafficking (Part M); to amend the
penal law, in relation to transit crimes and prohibition orders relat-
ing to such crimes (Part N); to amend the penal law, in relation to
the expanding the definition of building for the purpose of the
offense of criminal trespass and burglary (Part O); to amend the penal
law, in relation to establishing the crime of aggravated transporta-
tion offense (Part P); to amend chapter 396 of the laws of 2010 amend-
ing the alcoholic beverage control law relating to liquidator's
permits and temporary retail permits, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof (Part Q); to amend the public authorities law, in relation to
the bonding limit of the New York city transitional finance authority
(Part R); to amend the real property tax law and the administrative
code of the city of New York, in relation to the industrial and
commercial abatement program (Part S); to amend the civil practice law
and rules and the state finance law, in relation to the rate of inter-
est to be paid on judgment and accrued claims (Part T); to amend the
civil service law, in relation to reimbursement for medicare premium
charges (Part U); to amend the civil service law, in relation to
extending the waiver of certain state civil service examination fees;
and to amend part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, amending the
civil service law relating to waiving state civil service examination
fees between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof (Part V); to amend the state finance law, in
relation to providing for an alternate payment election for certain
employees (Part W); to amend the state technology law, in relation to
cybersecurity awareness training for government employees (Part X); to
amend chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, constituting the infrastructure
investment act, in relation to construction manager as constructor
contracts (Part Y); to amend the New York city public works investment
act, in relation to authorizing the use of certain alternative project
delivery methods (Part Z); to amend the workers' compensation law, in
relation to medical providers entitled to render emergency care and
treatment in cases of a workers' compensation injury (Part AA); to
amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to specifying which
providers are authorized to render certain medical care; and to repeal
certain provisions of such law related thereto (Part BB); to amend the
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workers' compensation law, in relation to temporary payment of compen-
sation for medical treatment and care (Part CC); to amend the workers'
compensation law and the insurance law, in relation to payments for
covered medical and/or hospital services for or on behalf of an
injured employee when the claim is controverted (Part DD); in relation
to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts
related to the 2025-2026 budget, authorizing certain payments and
transfers; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the adminis-
tration of certain funds and accounts, in relation to the effective-
ness thereof, and in relation to interest owed on outstanding balances
of debt; to amend part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, amending
the state finance law and other laws relating to providing for the
administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2023-2024
budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; authorizing the
comptroller to transfer up to $25,000,000 from various state bond
funds to the general debt service fund for the purposes of redeeming
or defeasing outstanding state bonds; to amend the private housing
finance law, in relation to housing program bonds and notes; to amend
the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and
notes by the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund; to amend the
public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes
for city university facilities; to amend the public authorities law,
in relation to the issuance of bonds for library construction
projects; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the
issuance of bonds for state university educational facilities; to
amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds
and notes for locally sponsored community colleges; to amend chapter
392 of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York state medical care
facilities finance agency act, in relation to the issuance of mental
health services facilities improvement bonds and notes; to amend part
K of chapter 81 of the laws of 2002, relating to providing for the
administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2002-2003
budget, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes to finance
capital costs related to homeland security; to amend chapter 174 of
the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation act,
in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for purposes of funding
office of information technology services project costs; to amend
chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, amending the state finance law and
other laws relating to the establishment of the dedicated highway and
bridge trust fund, in relation to the issuance of funds to the thru-
way authority; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting
the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of
bonds and notes to fund costs for statewide equipment; to amend the
public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds for
purposes of financing environmental infrastructure projects; to amend
part D of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, relating to the financing
of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility
improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for
the youth facilities improvement fund; to amend the public authori-
ties law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the
purpose of financing peace bridge projects and capital costs of state
and local highways; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 consti-
tuting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the
issuance of bonds for economic development initiatives; to amend part
Y of chapter 61 of the laws of 2005, relating to providing for the
administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006
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budget, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the
purpose of financing capital projects for the division of military and
naval affairs and initiative of the state police; to amend the public
authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for
the purpose of financing the construction of the New York state
agriculture and markets food laboratory; to amend the public authori-
ties law, in relation to authorization for the issuance of bonds
for the capital restructuring financing program, the health care
facility transformation programs, and the essential health care
provider program; to amend the public authorities law, in relation
to the issuance of bonds or notes for the purpose of assisting the
metropolitan transportation authority in the financing of transpor-
tation facilities; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to
bonds and notes for hazardous waste remediation; to amend part D of
chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, relating to the financing of the
correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility
improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of certain bonds and
notes; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to funds for
the department of health and financing through the dormitory authori-
ty; to amend the public health law, in relation to the department of
health income fund; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 consti-
tuting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issu-
ance of personal income tax revenue anticipation notes; to amend the
state finance law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for
certain purposes; to amend the state finance law, in relation to
refunding and redemption of bonds; to repeal certain provisions of the
state finance law relating to the accident prevention course internet,
and other technology pilot program fund, relating to the required
contents of the budget and relating to the deposit of receipts derived
from certain indirect cost assessments; and providing for the repeal
of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part EE); to amend the
administrative code of city of New York, in relation to amortization
and valuation methods used for contributions to the New York city
employees' retirement system, the New York city teachers' retirement
system, and the board of education retirement system of such city
(Part FF); to amend the correction law, in relation to addressing
accountability within the department of corrections and community
supervision (Part GG); to amend the correction law, in relation to the
functions, powers and duties of the state commission of correction
(Part HH); and in relation to authorizing the department of
corrections and community supervision to close up to five correctional
facilities in the 2025--2026 state fiscal year; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (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 public protection and general govern-
ment budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year. Each component is whol-
ly contained within a Part identified as Parts A through II. The effec-
tive 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
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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. Section 2 of chapter 887 of the laws of 1983, amending the
correction law relating to the psychological testing of candidates, as
amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall remain in effect until September 1,
[2025] 2027.
§ 2. Section 3 of chapter 428 of the laws of 1999, amending the execu-
tive law and the criminal procedure law relating to expanding the
geographic area of employment of certain police officers, as amended by
section 2 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall
remain in effect until the first day of September, [2025] 2027, when it
shall expire and be deemed repealed.
§ 3. Section 3 of chapter 886 of the laws of 1972, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to prisoner furloughs in
certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, as amended by
section 3 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect 60 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027.
§ 4. Section 20 of chapter 261 of the laws of 1987, amending chapters
50, 53 and 54 of the laws of 1987, the correction law, the penal law and
other chapters and laws relating to correctional facilities, as amended
by section 4 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 20. This act shall take effect immediately except that section thir-
teen of this act shall expire and be of no further force or effect on
and after September 1, [2025] 2027 and shall not apply to persons
committed to the custody of the department after such date, and provided
further that the commissioner of corrections and community supervision
shall report each January first and July first during such time as the
earned eligibility program is in effect, to the [chairmen] CHAIRS of the
senate crime victims, crime and correction committee, the senate codes
committee, the assembly correction committee, and the assembly codes
committee, the standards in effect for earned eligibility during the
prior six-month period, the number of [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
subject to the provisions of earned eligibility, the number who actually
received certificates of earned eligibility during that period of time,
the number of [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS with certificates who
are granted parole upon their first consideration for parole, the number
with certificates who are denied parole upon their first consideration,
and the number of individuals granted and denied parole who did not have
earned eligibility certificates.
§ 5. Subdivision (q) of section 427 of chapter 55 of the laws of 1992,
amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, surcharges, fees
and funding, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
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(q) the provisions of section two hundred eighty-four of this act
shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027 and be applicable
to all persons entering the program on or before August 31, [2025] 2027.
§ 6. Section 10 of chapter 339 of the laws of 1972, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to inmate work release,
furlough and leave, as amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 55 of
the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 10. This act shall take effect 30 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, and
provided further that the commissioner of correctional services shall
report each January first, and July first, to the [chairman] CHAIRS of
the senate crime victims, crime and correction committee, the senate
codes committee, the assembly correction committee, and the assembly
codes committee, the number of eligible [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVID-
UALS in each facility under the custody and control of the commissioner
who have applied for participation in any program offered under the
provisions of work release, furlough, or leave, and the number of such
[inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS who have been approved for partic-
ipation.
§ 7. Subdivision (c) of section 46 of chapter 60 of the laws of 1994,
relating to certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain
appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994, enacting the
state operations budget, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 55
of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(c) sections forty-one and forty-two of this act shall expire Septem-
ber 1, [2025] 2027; provided, that the provisions of section forty-two
of this act shall apply to [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS entering
the work release program on or after such effective date; and
§ 8. Subdivision (aa) of section 427 of chapter 55 of the laws of
1992, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, surcharges,
fees and funding, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(aa) the provisions of sections three hundred eighty-two, three
hundred eighty-three and three hundred eighty-four of this act shall
expire on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 9. Section 12 of chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, amending the
correction law, the New York city criminal court act and the executive
law relating to prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention
and incarceration programs, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter
55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 12. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the
provisions of sections one through ten of this act shall remain in full
force and effect until September 1, [2025] 2027 on which date those
provisions shall be deemed to be repealed.
§ 10. Subdivision (p) of section 406 of chapter 166 of the laws of
1991, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, as amended
by section 10 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
(p) The amendments to section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law made
by sections three hundred thirty-seven and three hundred thirty-eight of
this act shall not apply to any offense committed prior to such effec-
tive date; provided, further, that section three hundred forty-one of
this act shall take effect immediately and shall expire November 1, 1993
at which time it shall be deemed repealed; sections three hundred
forty-five and three hundred forty-six of this act shall take effect
July 1, 1991; sections three hundred fifty-five, three hundred fifty-
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six, three hundred fifty-seven and three hundred fifty-nine of this act
shall take effect immediately and shall expire June 30, 1995 and shall
revert to and be read as if this act had not been enacted; section three
hundred fifty-eight of this act shall take effect immediately and shall
expire June 30, 1998 and shall revert to and be read as if this act had
not been enacted; section three hundred sixty-four through three hundred
sixty-seven of this act shall apply to claims filed on or after such
effective date; sections three hundred sixty-nine, three hundred seven-
ty-two, three hundred seventy-three, three hundred seventy-four, three
hundred seventy-five and three hundred seventy-six of this act shall
remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, at which time they
shall be deemed repealed; provided, however, that the mandatory
surcharge provided in section three hundred seventy-four of this act
shall apply to parking violations occurring on or after said effective
date; and provided further that the amendments made to section 235 of
the vehicle and traffic law by section three hundred seventy-two of this
act, the amendments made to section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law
by sections three hundred thirty-seven and three hundred thirty-eight of
this act and the amendments made to section 215-a of the labor law by
section three hundred seventy-five of this act shall expire on September
1, [2025] 2027 and upon such date the provisions of such subdivisions
and sections shall revert to and be read as if the provisions of this
act had not been enacted; the amendments to subdivisions 2 and 3 of
section 400.05 of the penal law made by sections three hundred seventy-
seven and three hundred seventy-eight of this act shall expire on July
1, 1992 and upon such date the provisions of such subdivisions shall
revert and shall be read as if the provisions of this act had not been
enacted; the state board of law examiners shall take such action as is
necessary to assure that all applicants for examination for admission to
practice as an attorney and counsellor at law shall pay the increased
examination fee provided for by the amendment made to section 465 of the
judiciary law by section three hundred eighty of this act for any exam-
ination given on or after the effective date of this act notwithstanding
that an applicant for such examination may have prepaid a lesser fee for
such examination as required by the provisions of such section 465 as of
the date prior to the effective date of this act; the provisions of
section 306-a of the civil practice law and rules as added by section
three hundred eighty-one of this act shall apply to all actions pending
on or commenced on or after September 1, 1991, provided, however, that
for the purposes of this section service of such summons made prior to
such date shall be deemed to have been completed on September 1, 1991;
the provisions of section three hundred eighty-three of this act shall
apply to all money deposited in connection with a cash bail or a
partially secured bail bond on or after such effective date; and the
provisions of sections three hundred eighty-four and three hundred
eighty-five of this act shall apply only to jury service commenced
during a judicial term beginning on or after the effective date of this
act; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
affect the application, qualification, expiration or repeal of any
provision of law amended by any section of this act and such provisions
shall be applied or qualified or shall expire or be deemed repealed in
the same manner, to the same extent and on the same date as the case may
be as otherwise provided by law;
§ 11. Subdivision 8 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
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8. The provisions of this section shall only apply to offenses commit-
ted on or before September first, two thousand [twenty-five] TWENTY-SEV-
EN.
§ 12. Section 6 of chapter 713 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law relating to the ignition interlock device program,
as amended by section 12 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the first day of April next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided,
however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment or repeal
of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of the fore-
going sections of this act on their effective date is authorized and
directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date and
shall remain in full force and effect until the first day of September,
[2025] 2027 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
deemed repealed.
§ 13. Paragraph a of subdivision 6 of section 76 of chapter 435 of the
laws of 1997, amending the military law and other laws relating to vari-
ous provisions, as amended by section 13 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
a. sections forty-three through forty-five of this act shall expire
and be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 14. Section 4 of part D of chapter 412 of the laws of 1999, amending
the civil practice law and rules and the court of claims act relating to
prisoner litigation reform, as amended by section 14 of part A of chap-
ter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4. This act shall take effect 120 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in full force and effect until September 1, [2025]
2027, when upon such date it shall expire.
§ 15. Subdivision 2 of section 59 of chapter 222 of the laws of 1994,
constituting the family protection and domestic violence intervention
act of 1994, as amended by section 15 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
2. Subdivision 4 of section 140.10 of the criminal procedure law as
added by section thirty-two of this act shall take effect January 1,
1996 and shall expire and be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025]
2027.
§ 16. Section 5 of chapter 505 of the laws of 1985, amending the crim-
inal procedure law relating to the use of closed-circuit television and
other protective measures for certain child witnesses, as amended by
section 16 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
criminal actions and proceedings commenced prior to the effective date
of this act but still pending on such date as well as all criminal
actions and proceedings commenced on or after such effective date and
its provisions shall expire on September 1, [2025] 2027, when upon such
date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
§ 17. Subdivision d of section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws of 1995,
enacting the sentencing reform act of 1995, as amended by section 17 of
part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
d. Sections one-a through twenty, twenty-four through twenty-eight,
thirty through thirty-nine, forty-two and forty-four of this act shall
be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 18. Section 2 of chapter 689 of the laws of 1993, amending the crim-
inal procedure law relating to electronic court appearance in certain
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counties, as amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the
provisions of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and
effect since July 1, 1992 and the provisions of this act shall expire
September 1, [2025] 2027 when upon such date the provisions of this act
shall be deemed repealed.
§ 19. Section 3 of chapter 688 of the laws of 2003, amending the exec-
utive law relating to enacting the interstate compact for adult offender
supervision, as amended by section 19 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one
of this act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall remain in effect
until the first of September, [2025] 2027, upon which date this act
shall be deemed repealed and have no further force and effect; provided
that section one of this act shall only take effect with respect to any
compacting state which has enacted an interstate compact entitled
"Interstate compact for adult offender supervision" and having an iden-
tical effect to that added by section one of this act and provided
further that with respect to any such compacting state, upon the effec-
tive date of section one of this act, section 259-m of the executive law
is hereby deemed REPEALED and section 259-mm of the executive law, as
added by section one of this act, shall take effect; and provided
further that with respect to any state which has not enacted an inter-
state compact entitled "Interstate compact for adult offender super-
vision" and having an identical effect to that added by section one of
this act, section 259-m of the executive law shall take effect and the
provisions of section one of this act, with respect to any such state,
shall have no force or effect until such time as such state shall adopt
an interstate compact entitled "Interstate compact for adult offender
supervision" and having an identical effect to that added by section one
of this act in which case, with respect to such state, effective imme-
diately, section 259-m of the executive law is deemed repealed and
section 259-mm of the executive law, as added by section one of this
act, shall take effect.
§ 20. Section 8 of part H of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, amending
the correction law relating to limiting the closing of certain correc-
tional facilities, providing for the custody by the department of
correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences, providing
for custody of federal prisoners and requiring the closing of certain
correctional facilities, as amended by section 20 of part A of chapter
55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
sections five and six of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed
September 1, [2025] 2027.
§ 21. Section 3 of part C of chapter 152 of the laws of 2001, amending
the military law relating to military funds of the organized militia, as
amended by section 21 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
amendments made to subdivision 1 of section 221 of the military law by
section two of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed September 1,
[2025] 2027.
§ 22. Section 5 of chapter 554 of the laws of 1986, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to providing for community
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treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the
community treatment facility, as amended by section 22 of part A of
chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
force and effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, and provided further
that the commissioner of correctional services shall report each January
first and July first during such time as this legislation is in effect,
to the [chairmen] CHAIRS of the senate crime victims, crime and
correction committee, the senate codes committee, the assembly
correction committee, and the assembly codes committee, the number of
individuals who are released to community treatment facilities during
the previous six-month period, including the total number for each date
at each facility who are not residing within the facility, but who are
required to report to the facility on a daily or less frequent basis.
§ 23. Section 2 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018, amending
the criminal procedure law relating to pre-criminal proceeding settle-
ments in the city of New York, as amended by section 23 of part A of
chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
force and effect until March 31, [2025] 2027, when it shall expire and
be deemed repealed.
§ 24. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART B
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 245.10 of the
criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59
of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The prosecution shall disclose statements of the defendant as
described in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 245.20 of this
article to any defendant who has been arraigned in a local criminal
court upon a currently undisposed of felony complaint charging an
offense which is a subject of a prospective or pending grand jury
proceeding, no later than [forty-eight] TWENTY-FOUR hours before the
time scheduled for the defendant to testify at a grand jury proceeding
pursuant to subdivision five of section 190.50 of this part.
§ 2. The opening paragraph, paragraphs (h), (o) and subparagraph (i)
of paragraph (u) of subdivision 1, subdivisions 2 and 6 of section
245.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part LLL
of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
The prosecution shall disclose to the defendant, and permit the
defendant to discover, inspect, copy, photograph and test, all [items
and information that relate to the subject matter of the case and] MATE-
RIAL AND INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES
AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE which are in the possession,
custody or control of the prosecution or persons under the prosecution's
direction or control, including but not limited to:
(h) All photographs and drawings made or completed by a public servant
engaged in law enforcement activity, or which were made by a person whom
the prosecutor intends to call as a witness at trial or a pre-trial
hearing, or which [relate to the subject matter of the case] ARE RELE-
VANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE
INSTANT CASE.
(o) All tangible property that [relates to the subject matter of the
case] IS RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE, along with a designation of which items
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the prosecution intends to introduce in its case-in-chief at trial or a
pre-trial hearing. If in the exercise of reasonable diligence the prose-
cutor has not formed an intention within the time period specified in
subdivision one of section 245.10 of this article that an item under
this subdivision will be introduced at trial or a pre-trial hearing, the
prosecution shall notify the defendant in writing, and the time period
in which to designate items as exhibits shall be stayed without need for
a motion pursuant to subdivision two of section 245.70 of this article;
but the disclosure shall be made as soon as practicable and subject to
the continuing duty to disclose in section 245.60 of this article.
(i) A copy of all electronically created or stored information seized
or obtained by or on behalf of law enforcement from: (A) the defendant
as described in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph; or (B) a source
other than the defendant which [relates to the subject matter of the
case] ARE RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE.
2. Duties of the prosecution. The prosecutor shall make a diligent,
good faith effort to ascertain the existence of material or information
discoverable under subdivision one of this section and to cause such
material or information to be made available for discovery where it
exists but is not within the prosecutor's possession, custody or
control[; provided that the prosecutor shall not be required to obtain
by subpoena duces tecum material or information which the defendant may
thereby obtain]. MATERIAL OR INFORMATION THAT REQUIRES A SUBPOENA DUCES
TECUM IN ORDER FOR THE PROSECUTOR TO OBTAIN, AND IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT
MAY OBTAIN BY SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM, ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF AUTOMAT-
IC DISCOVERY FOR PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND THE
PROSECUTOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN SUCH MATERIAL OR INFORMATION
BEFORE FILING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 245.50 OF THIS ARTICLE. For purposes of subdivision one of this
section, [all items and information related to the prosecution of a
charge] ALL MATERIAL OR INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE WHICH ARE in the
possession of any New York state or local police or law enforcement
agency shall be deemed to be in the CONSTRUCTIVE possession of the pros-
ecution. The prosecution shall also identify any laboratory having
contact with evidence [related] RELEVANT to the prosecution of a charge.
This subdivision shall not require the prosecutor to ascertain the
existence of witnesses not known to the police or another law enforce-
ment agency, or the written or recorded statements thereof, under para-
graph (c) or (e) of subdivision one of this section.
6. Redactions permitted. Either party may redact social security
numbers [and], tax numbers, WITNESSES' PHYSICAL ADDRESSES, OTHER FORMS
OF WITNESSES' CONTACT INFORMATION SO LONG AS THE PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED
ONE FORM OF ADEQUATE CONTACT INFORMATION CONTAINED IN MATERIAL OR INFOR-
MATION DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION, PHYSICAL ADDRESSES AND OTHER FORMS OF CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
ANY PERSONS CONTAINED IN MATERIAL OR INFORMATION DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND MATERIAL OR INFOR-
MATION THAT IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST
THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE FROM disclosures under this article
WITHOUT THE NEED TO FILE A PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70
OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 3. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 245.30 of the criminal procedure
law, as added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of
2019, are amended to read as follows:
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1. Order to preserve evidence. At any time, a party may move for a
court order to any individual, agency or other entity in possession,
custody or control of items which [relate to the subject matter of the
case or are otherwise relevant] ARE RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN THE INSTANT CASE, requiring that
such items be preserved for a specified period of time. The court shall
hear and rule upon such motions expeditiously. The court may modify or
vacate such an order upon a showing that preservation of particular
evidence will create significant hardship to such individual, agency or
entity, on condition that the probative value of that evidence is
preserved by a specified alternative means.
3. Discretionary discovery by order of the court. The court in its
discretion may, upon a showing by the defendant that the request is
reasonable and that the defendant is unable without undue hardship to
obtain the substantial equivalent by other means, order the prosecution,
or any individual, agency or other entity subject to the jurisdiction of
the court, to make available for disclosure to the defendant any materi-
al or information which [relates to the subject matter of the case] ARE
RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN
THE INSTANT CASE and is reasonably likely to be material. A motion under
this subdivision must be on notice to any person or entity affected by
the order. The court may, on its own, upon request of any person or
entity affected by the order, modify or vacate the order if compliance
would be unreasonable or will create significant hardship. For good
cause shown, the court may permit a party seeking or opposing a discre-
tionary order of discovery under this subdivision, or another affected
person or entity, to submit papers or testify on the record ex parte or
in camera. For good cause shown, any such papers and a transcript of
such testimony may be sealed and shall constitute a part of the record
on appeal.
§ 4. Subdivisions 1, 1-a, 3 and 4 of section 245.50 of the criminal
procedure law, subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by section 7 of part HHH
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, subdivision 1-a as added and subdivi-
sion 4 as amended by section 1 of subpart D of part UU of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2022, are amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read
as follows:
1. By the prosecution. When the prosecution, AFTER EXERCISING GOOD
FAITH AND DUE DILIGENCE, has provided [the discovery required by subdi-
vision one of section 245.20 of this article] ALL MATERIAL AND INFORMA-
TION SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE THAT
ARE IN THE PEOPLE'S ACTUAL POSSESSION, except for discovery that is lost
or destroyed as provided by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section
245.80 of this article and except for any [items] MATERIAL or informa-
tion that [are] IS the subject of an order pursuant to section 245.70 of
this article, it shall serve upon the defendant and file with the court
a certificate of compliance. The certificate of compliance shall state
that, after exercising due diligence and making reasonable inquiries to
ascertain the existence of material and information subject to discov-
ery, the prosecutor has disclosed and made available all known material
and information subject to discovery THAT IS IN ITS ACTUAL POSSESSION.
It shall also identify the items provided. [If additional discovery is
subsequently provided] IF THE PROSECUTION PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY
prior to trial pursuant to section 245.60 of this article, a supple-
mental certificate shall be served upon the defendant and filed with the
court identifying the additional material and information provided. [No
adverse consequence to the prosecution or the prosecutor shall result
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from the filing of a certificate of compliance in good faith and reason-
able under the circumstances; but the court may grant a remedy or sanc-
tion for a discovery violation as provided in section 245.80 of this
article.] THE FILING OF A SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE SHALL
NOT IMPACT THE VALIDITY OF THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE IF
FILED IN GOOD FAITH AND AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
PRECLUDE THE PROSECUTION FROM CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION AND OBTAIN-
ING AND DISCLOSING NEW DISCOVERABLE MATERIAL AND INFORMATION AFTER THEY
HAVE FILED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.
[1-a. Any supplemental certificate of compliance shall detail the
basis for the delayed disclosure so that the court may determine whether
the delayed disclosure impacts the propriety of the certificate of
compliance. The filing of a supplemental certificate of compliance shall
not impact the validity of the original certificate of compliance if
filed in good faith and after exercising due diligence pursuant to
section 245.20 of this article, or if the additional discovery did not
exist at the time of the filing of the original certificate of compli-
ance.]
3. Trial readiness. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,
absent an individualized finding of special circumstances in the instant
case by the court before which the charge is pending, the prosecution
shall not be deemed ready for trial for purposes of section 30.30 of
this chapter until it has filed a proper certificate pursuant to subdi-
vision one of this section. [A court may deem the prosecution ready for
trial pursuant to section 30.30 of this chapter where information that
might be considered discoverable under this article cannot be disclosed
because it has been lost, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable as
provided by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 245.80 of this
article, despite diligent and good faith efforts, reasonable under the
circumstances. Provided, however, that the court may grant a remedy or
sanction for a discovery violation as provided by section 245.80 of this
article.]
4. (a) Challenges to, or questions related to a certificate of compli-
ance shall be addressed by motion.
(b) To the extent that the party is aware of a potential defect or
deficiency related to a certificate of compliance or supplemental
certificate of compliance, the party entitled to disclosure shall notify
or alert the opposing party as soon as practicable.
(c) Challenges related to the sufficiency of a certificate of compli-
ance or supplemental certificates of compliance FILED PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION shall be addressed by motion [as soon as
practicable, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to
waive a party's right to make further challenges, including but not
limited to a motion pursuant to section 30.30 of this chapter] WITHIN
THIRTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE CERTIFICATE. FAILURE TO CHALLENGE
A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF THAT CHALLENGE, HOWEVER,
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THE COURT MAY EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD BEYOND THIR-
TY-FIVE DAYS. GOOD CAUSE INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, VOLUMINOUS
DISCOVERY AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CASE. DENIAL OF A MOTION CHALLENGING
THE SUFFICIENCY OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIF-
ICATE OF COMPLIANCE, OR A WAIVER OF SUCH CHALLENGE, SHALL NOT PRECLUDE
THE IMPOSITION OF ANY REMEDY OR SANCTION AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 245.80
OF THIS ARTICLE.
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(D) A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLI-
ANCE SHALL NOT BE INVALIDATED WHERE THE PEOPLE RELY ON A GOOD FAITH
INTERPRETATION OF THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THERE
IS NO CONTROLLING PRECEDENT TO THE CONTRARY FROM THE INTERMEDIATE APPEL-
LATE COURT TO WHICH AN APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION WOULD BE HAD
OR FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS.
5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO
ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE TO THE PROSECUTION OR THE PROSECUTOR, INCLUDING THE
INVALIDATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR STATEMENT OF READINESS,
SHALL RESULT FROM THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR A SUPPLE-
MENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE THAT WAS MADE IN GOOD FAITH AND IS
REASONABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. BELATED OR MISSING DISCLOSURES SHALL
BE CURED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO
OF THIS SECTION. IF THE PARTY ENTITLED TO THE BELATED OR MISSING DISCLO-
SURES SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PREJUDICED BY THE BELATED OR NON-DISCLO-
SURE, THE COURT SHALL GRANT AN APPROPRIATE AND PROPORTIONATE REMEDY
PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTICLE. A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
OR STATEMENT OF READINESS SHALL BE INVALIDATED ONLY UPON A SHOWING THAT
NO OTHER REMEDY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTICLE, CAN SUFFI-
CIENTLY CURE ANY PREJUDICE RESULTING FROM THE BELATED OR MISSING DISCLO-
SURE.
§ 5. Subdivision 2 of section 245.55 of the criminal procedure law, as
added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Provision of law enforcement agency files. Absent a court order or
a requirement that defense counsel obtain a security clearance mandated
by law or authorized government regulation, upon request by the prose-
cution, each New York state and local law enforcement agency shall make
available to the prosecution a complete copy of its complete records and
files [related] RELEVANT to the investigation of the case or the prose-
cution of the defendant for compliance with this article.
§ 6. Subdivision 3 of section 245.80 of the criminal procedure law, as
added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Consequences of non-disclosure of statement of testifying prose-
cution witness. The failure of the prosecutor or any agent of the prose-
cutor to disclose any written or recorded statement made by a prose-
cution witness which [relates] IS RELEVANT to the subject matter of the
witness's testimony shall not constitute grounds for any court to order
a new pre-trial hearing or set aside a conviction, or reverse, modify or
vacate a judgment of conviction, in the absence of a showing by the
defendant that there is a reasonable possibility that the non-disclosure
materially contributed to the result of the trial or other proceeding;
provided, however, that nothing in this section shall affect or limit
any right the defendant may have to a reopened pre-trial hearing when
such statements were disclosed before the close of evidence at trial.
§ 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 30.30 of the criminal
procedure law, as amended by section 1 of part KKK of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
(a) a reasonable period of delay resulting from other proceedings
concerning the defendant, including but not limited to: proceedings for
the determination of competency and the period during which defendant is
incompetent to stand trial; demand to produce; request for a bill of
particulars; pre-trial motions; appeals; trial of other charges; [and]
the period during which such matters are under consideration by the
court; AND UNLESS THE DEFENDANT WAIVES THEIR RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE
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TO THE PEOPLE'S DISCOVERY CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION
245.50 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FILING OF THE PEOPLE'S
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AND THE COURT'S DECISION ON THE DEFENDANT'S
CHALLENGE TO THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE; or
§ 8. Subdivision 5 of section 30.30 of the criminal procedure law, as
amended by section 1 of part KKK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Whenever pursuant to this section a prosecutor states or otherwise
provides notice that the people are ready for trial, the court shall
make inquiry on the record as to their actual readiness. If, after
conducting its inquiry, the court determines that the people are not
ready to proceed to trial, the prosecutor's statement or notice of read-
iness shall not be valid for purposes of this section. Any statement of
trial readiness must be accompanied or preceded by a certification of
good faith compliance with the disclosure requirements of section 245.20
of this chapter and the defense shall be afforded an opportunity to be
heard on the record as to whether the disclosure requirements have been
met. THE COURT MAY DEEM THE PEOPLE NOT READY FOR TRIAL IF IT FINDS THAT
THE PEOPLE'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WAS INVALID AND THE DEFENSE SHOWS
THAT IT WAS PREJUDICED AS A RESULT OF THE PEOPLE'S NON-DISCLOSURE OR
BELATED DISCLOSURE OF DISCOVERABLE MATERIAL OR INFORMATION AND NO OTHER
REMEDY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.80 OF THIS CHAPTER, SUFFICIENTLY CURES
THE PREJUDICE. This subdivision shall not apply to cases where the
defense has waived disclosure requirements.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
criminal proceedings initiated on or before such date.
PART C
Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
9-A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESI-
DENT OF THE STATE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON EMPLOYED AS A CORRECTION
OFFICER TRAINEE OR CORRECTION OFFICER WHO IS EMPLOYED AT A STATE CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITY.
§ 2. Subdivision e of section 381-b of the retirement and social
security law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2008, is amended
to read as follows:
e. Mandatory retirement. A member subject to the provisions of this
section shall be retired on December thirty-first of the year in which
[he or she] SUCH MEMBER attains [sixty] SIXTY-THREE years of age.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any member in service in the division
on August fifteenth, two thousand seven, and who on that date was enti-
tled to receive retirement benefits on the thirty-first day of December
in the year in which [he or she] SUCH MEMBER attained fifty-seven years
of age as provided in paragraph three of subdivision b of this section,
may elect to retain such entitlement, provided the member remains in
service on the thirtieth day of December in the year in which [he or
she] SUCH MEMBER attains fifty-seven years of age, AND ANY MEMBER IN
SERVICE IN THE DIVISION ON AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
FIVE, AND WHO ON THAT DATE WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS
ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER
ATTAINED SIXTY YEARS OF AGE AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVI-
SION B OF THIS SECTION, MAY ELECT TO RETAIN SUCH ENTITLEMENT, PROVIDED
THE MEMBER REMAINS IN SERVICE ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE
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YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER ATTAINS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE. The provisions of
this subdivision shall not apply to the superintendent.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 215 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 478 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall be appointed
by the superintendent and permanent appointees may be removed by the
superintendent only after a hearing. No person shall be appointed to the
New York state police force as a sworn member unless [he or she] SUCH
PERSON shall be a citizen of the United States[, between the ages of
twenty-one and twenty-nine years except that in the superintendent's
discretion, the maximum age may be extended to thirty-five years.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any general or special law
to the contrary the time spent on military duty, not exceeding a total
of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has
passed his or her twenty-ninth birthday, solely for the purpose of
permitting qualification as to age and for no other purpose. Such limi-
tations as to age however shall not apply to persons appointed to the
positions of counsel, first assistant counsel, assistant counsel, and
assistant deputy superintendent for employee relations nor to any person
appointed to the bureau of criminal investigation pursuant to section
two hundred sixteen of this article nor shall any person] WHO IS AT
LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE. NO PERSON SHALL be appointed unless [he
or she] SUCH PERSON has fitness and good moral character and shall have
passed a physical and mental examination based upon standards provided
by the rules and regulations of the superintendent. Appointments shall
be made for a probationary period which, in the case of appointees
required to attend and complete a basic training program at the state
police academy, shall include such time spent attending the basic school
and terminate one year after successful completion thereof. All other
sworn members shall be subject to a probationary period of one year from
the date of appointment. Following satisfactory completion of the proba-
tionary period the member shall be a permanent appointee. Voluntary
resignation or withdrawal from the New York state police during such
appointment shall be submitted to the superintendent for approval.
Reasonable time shall be required to account for all equipment issued or
for debts or obligations to the state to be satisfied. Resignation or
withdrawal from the division during a time of emergency, so declared by
the governor, shall not be approved if contrary to the best interest of
the state and shall be a misdemeanor. No sworn member removed from the
New York state police shall be eligible for reappointment. The super-
intendent shall make rules and regulations subject to approval by the
governor for the discipline and control of the New York state police and
for the examination and qualifications of applicants for appointment as
members thereto and such examinations shall be held and conducted by the
superintendent subject to such rules and regulations. The superintendent
is authorized to charge a fee of twenty dollars as an application fee
for any person applying to take a competitive examination for the posi-
tion of trooper, and a fee of five dollars for any competitive examina-
tion for a civilian position. The superintendent shall promulgate regu-
lations subject to the approval of the director of the budget, to
provide for a waiver of the application fee when the fee would cause an
unreasonable hardship on the applicant and to establish a fee schedule
and charge fees for the use of state police facilities.
§ 4. Section 58 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 560 of
the laws of 1978, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 244 of the
laws of 2013, paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 as amended by
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section 16 and subdivision 5 as amended by section 17 of part BBB of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, subdivision 1-b as added by chapter 1016
of the laws of 1983, subdivision 1-c as added by chapter 840 of the laws
of 1985, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 561 of the laws of 2015,
subdivision 4 as separately amended by chapters 375 and 397 of the laws
of 1990, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 as amended by chapter
561 of the laws of 2015, paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by
chapter 190 of the laws of 2008, subparagraphs (ii) and (iv) of para-
graph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by section 58 of subpart B of part
C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 6 as added by chap-
ter 558 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
§ 58. Requirements for [provisional or permanent] appointment of
certain police officers. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
law or any general, special or local law to the contrary, no person
shall be eligible for [provisional or permanent] appointment [in the
competitive class of the civil service] as a police officer of the
department of environmental conservation or of any police force or
police department of any county, city, town, village, housing authority
or police district unless [he or she] THEY shall satisfy the following
basic requirements:
(a) [he or she is] THEY ARE not less than twenty years of age as of
the date of appointment [nor more than thirty-five years of age as of
the date when the applicant takes the written examination, provided that
the maximum age requirement of thirty-five years of age as set forth in
this paragraph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to
an examination administered prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred
ninety-nine or a police officer in the department of environmental
conservation, provided, however, that:
(i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a
total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant
who has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in subdivi-
sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;
(ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand
five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next writ-
ten exam offered after the effective date of this subparagraph by the
city of Buffalo civil service commission for employment as a police
officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
thousand six, whichever is later; and
(iii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not
apply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village police
force not otherwise provided for in this section if the eligible list
has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,
however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of such
county, town, city or village and meet all other requirements of merit
and fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum age
of thirty-nine];
(b) [he or she is] THEY ARE a high school graduate or a holder of a
high school equivalency diploma issued by an education department of any
of the states of the United States or a holder of a comparable diploma
issued by any commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States
or by the Canal Zone or a holder of a report from the United States
armed forces certifying [his or her] THEIR successful completion of the
tests of general educational development, high school level;
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(c) [he or she satisfies] THEY SATISFY the height, weight, physical
and psychological fitness requirements prescribed by the municipal
police training council pursuant to the provisions of section eight
hundred forty of the executive law; and
(d) [he or she is] THEY ARE of good moral character as determined in
accordance with the background investigation standards of the municipal
police training council pursuant to the provisions of section eight
hundred forty of the executive law.
1-b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,
general, special or local, in political subdivisions maintaining a
police department serving a population of one hundred fifty thousand or
less, no person shall be eligible for appointment nor shall [he or she]
THEY be appointed to any rank above the rank of police officer unless
[he or she has] THEY HAVE been appointed a police officer from an eligi-
ble list established according to merit and fitness as provided by
section six of article five of the constitution of the state of New York
or has previously served as a member of the New York state police.
1-c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,
general, special or local, any political subdivision maintaining a
police department serving a population of one hundred fifty thousand or
less and with positions for more than four full-time police officers,
shall maintain the office of chief of police.
2. The provisions of this section shall not prevent any county, city,
town, village, housing authority, transit authority, police district or
the department of environmental conservation from setting more restric-
tive requirements of eligibility for its police officers[, except the
maximum age to be a police officer as provided in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section].
3. As used in this section, the term "police officer" means a police
officer in the department of environmental conservation, the state
university police, a member of the regional state park police or a
police force, police department, or other organization of a county,
city, town, village, housing authority, transit authority or police
district, who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime
and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, but shall
not include any person serving as such solely by virtue of [his or her]
occupying any other office or position, nor shall such term include a
sheriff, under-sheriff, commissioner of police, deputy or assistant
commissioner of police, chief of police, deputy or assistant chief of
police or any person having an equivalent title who is appointed or
employed to exercise equivalent supervisory authority.
4. (a) [Any person who has received provisional or permanent appoint-
ment in the competitive class of the civil service as a police officer
of the regional state park police, the state university of New York
police, the department of environmental conservation or any police force
or police department of any county, city, town, village, housing author-
ity, transit authority or police district shall be eligible to resign
from any police force or police department, and to be appointed as a
police officer in the same or any other police force or police depart-
ment without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph (a)
of subdivision one of this section at the time of such second or subse-
quent appointment, provided such second or subsequent appointment occurs
within thirty days of the date of resignation.
(b)] Any person who has received permanent appointment in the compet-
itive class of the civil service as a police officer of the regional
state park police, the state university of New York police, the depart-
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ment of environmental conservation or any police force or police depart-
ment of any county, city, town, village, housing authority, transit
authority or police district shall be eligible to resign from any police
force or police department and, subject to such civil service rules as
may be applicable, shall be eligible for reinstatement in the same
police force or police department or in any other police force or police
department to which [he or she was] THEY WERE eligible for transfer,
without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section at the time of such reinstatement,
provided such reinstatement occurs within one year of the date of resig-
nation.
[(c)] (B) (i) Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature
hereby finds and declares that it is frequently impracticable to ascer-
tain fitness for the positions of detective and investigator within
various police or sheriffs departments around the state by means of a
competitive examination due to the unique nature of the duties assigned
and the intangible personal qualities needed to perform such duties. The
legislature further finds that competitive examination has never been
employed in many police, correction or sheriffs departments, to ascer-
tain fitness for the positions of detective and investigator within such
police, correction or sheriffs departments; such fitness has always been
determined by evaluation of the capabilities of an individual (who has
in any case received permanent appointment to the position of police
officer, correction officer of any rank or deputy sheriff) by superviso-
ry personnel. The legislature further finds that an individual who
performs in an investigatory position in a manner sufficiently satisfac-
tory to the appropriate supervisors to hold such an assignment for a
period of eighteen months, has demonstrated fitness for the position of
detective or investigator within such police, correction or sheriffs
department at least as sufficiently as could be ascertained by means of
a competitive examination.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any jurisdiction,
other than a city with a population of one million or more or the state
department of corrections and community supervision, which does not
administer examinations for designation to detective or investigator,
any person who has received permanent appointment to the position of
police officer, correction officer of any rank or deputy sheriff and is
temporarily assigned to perform the duties of detective or investigator
shall, whenever such assignment to the duties of a detective or investi-
gator exceeds eighteen months, be permanently designated as a detective
or investigator and receive the compensation ordinarily paid to persons
in such designation.
(iii) Nothing contained in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph shall
be construed to limit any jurisdiction's ability to administer examina-
tions for appointment to the positions of detective and investigator,
provided however that any person temporarily assigned to perform the
duties of detective or investigator within the period commencing Septem-
ber twenty-third, nineteen hundred ninety-three through and including
the date upon which this paragraph shall have become a law and who has
not been designated as a detective or investigator and who has not been
subject to an examination for which there is a certified eligible list,
shall be permanently designated as a detective or investigator whenever
such assignment to the duties of detective or investigator exceeds eigh-
teen months.
(iv) Detectives and investigators designated since September twenty-
third, nineteen hundred ninety and prior to February twenty-fourth,
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nineteen hundred ninety-five by any state, county, town, village or city
(other than a city with a population of one million or more or the state
department of corrections and community supervision) police, correction
or sheriffs department, pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph in
effect during such period, who continue to serve in such positions,
shall retain their detective or investigator status without any right to
retroactive financial entitlement.
5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the investigatory
personnel of the office of the district attorney in any county, includ-
ing any county within the city of New York.
6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any individual
holding the position of deputy sheriff in Westchester county prior to
July first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine upon the transfer of such
individual to service in the Westchester county department of public
safety services.
§ 5. This act shall take effect September 1, 2025.
PART D
Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.65 to
read as follows:
§ 120.65 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHEN SUCH PERSON:
1. COMMITS A SERIOUS OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVI-
SION SEVENTEEN OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS PART AND THE PERSON AGAINST
WHOM THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED IS A MEMBER OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSE-
HOLD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW; OR
2. COMMITS THE CRIME OF ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF SECTION 120.00 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR CRIMINAL
OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR BLOOD CIRCULATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
121.11 OF THIS TITLE, FORCIBLE TOUCHING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.52 OF
THIS TITLE, OR SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
130.60 OF THIS TITLE, OR SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 130.55 OF THIS TITLE, OR UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 135.05 OF THIS TITLE AND THE PERSON AGAINST
WHOM THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED IS A CURRENT OR FORMER SPOUSE, PARENT, OR
GUARDIAN OF THE DEFENDANT, A PERSON WITH WHOM THE DEFENDANT SHARES A
CHILD IN COMMON, A PERSON WHO IS COHABITING WITH OR HAS COHABITED WITH
THE DEFENDANT AS A SPOUSE, PARENT, OR GUARDIAN, OR A PERSON SIMILARLY
SITUATED TO A SPOUSE, PARENT, OR GUARDIAN OF THE DEFENDANT.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
§ 2. Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
(D) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 120.65
OF THE PENAL LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
PART E
Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of
section 803 of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters 242
and 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(iv) Such merit time allowance may be granted when an incarcerated
individual successfully participates in the work and treatment program
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assigned pursuant to section eight hundred five of this article and when
such incarcerated individual obtains a general equivalency diploma, an
alcohol and substance abuse treatment certificate, a vocational trade
certificate following at least six months of vocational programming, at
least eighteen credits in a program registered by the state education
department from a degree-granting higher education institution or
performs at least four hundred hours of service as part of a community
work crew. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND
ACHIEVEMENTS FOR WHICH MERIT TIME MAY BE GRANTED.
Such allowance shall be withheld for any serious disciplinary infrac-
tion or upon a judicial determination that the person, while an incar-
cerated individual, commenced or continued a civil action, proceeding or
claim that was found to be frivolous as defined in subdivision (c) of
section eight thousand three hundred three-a of the civil practice law
and rules, or an order of a federal court pursuant to rule 11 of the
federal rules of civil procedure imposing sanctions in an action
commenced by a person, while an incarcerated individual, against a state
agency, officer or employee.
§ 2. Subparagraph (xii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section
803-b of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of
2021, is amended and a new subparagraph (xiii) is added to read as
follows:
(xii) receives a certificate from the food production center in an
assigned position following the completion of no less than eight hundred
hours of work in such position, and continues to work for an additional
eighteen months at the food production center[.]; OR
(XIII) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES A PROGRAM OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
MONTHS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
after it shall have become a law and shall apply to offenses committed
prior to, on or after the effective date of this act; provided that the
amendments to section 803 of the correction law made by section one of
this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
section pursuant to subdivision d of section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws
of 1995, as amended.
PART F
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 30.10 of the
criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 315 of the laws of 2019,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as
defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, or a crime defined or
formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexu-
al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal
law, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW, or incest in the
first degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal law may be
commenced at any time;
§ 2. Subdivision (b) of section 208 of the civil practice law and
rules, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law which imposes a period of
limitation to the contrary and the provisions of any other law pertain-
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ing to the filing of a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file
a claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or special
proceeding, with respect to all civil claims or causes of action brought
by any person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition
suffered by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute a
sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law
committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age,
SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED
AGAINST SUCH PERSON WHO WAS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAF-
FICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW,
incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal law
committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age,
or the use of such person in a sexual performance as defined in section
263.05 of the penal law, or a predecessor statute that prohibited such
conduct at the time of the act, which conduct was committed against such
person who was less than eighteen years of age, such action may be
commenced, against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or
omissions are alleged to have resulted in the commission of said
conduct, on or before the plaintiff or infant plaintiff reaches the age
of fifty-five years. In any such claim or action, in addition to any
other defense and affirmative defense that may be available in accord-
ance with law, rule or the common law, to the extent that the acts
alleged in such action are of the type described in subdivision one of
section 130.30 of the penal law or FORMERLY DEFINED IN subdivision one
of section 130.45 of the penal law, the affirmative defenses set forth,
respectively, in the closing paragraph of such sections of the penal law
shall apply.
§ 3. Section 213-c of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by
chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 213-c. Action by victim of conduct constituting certain sexual
offenses. Notwithstanding any other limitation set forth in this arti-
cle, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section two hundred eight
of this article, all civil claims or causes of action brought by any
person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition suffered
by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute rape in the
first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, or rape in
the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six of section
130.30 of the penal law, or rape in the second degree as defined in
former subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or rape in
the third degree as defined in subdivision one, two, three, seven, eight
or nine of section 130.25 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined
in section 130.50 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined in
subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law, or a crime formerly
defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40 of the penal law,
or incest in the first degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal
law, or incest in the second degree as defined in section 255.26 of the
penal law (where the crime committed is rape in the second degree as
defined in subdivision four, five or six of section 130.30 of the penal
law, or rape in the second degree as formerly defined in subdivision two
of section 130.30 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined in
subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law), or aggravated sexu-
al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal
law, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW may be brought
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against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or omissions are
alleged to have resulted in the commission of the said conduct, within
twenty years. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that
a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be obtained as a
condition of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving a civil judg-
ment pursuant to this section or be construed to require that any of the
rules governing a criminal proceeding be applicable to any such civil
action.
§ 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 50-e of the general
municipal law, as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) This section shall not apply to: (i) any claim made for physical,
psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a result of
conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article
one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child less than
eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF
THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL
LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal
law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or the
use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of
the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age;
or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 5. Subdivision 5 of section 50-i of the general municipal law, as
added by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this section
shall not apply to any claim made against a city, county, town, village,
fire district or school district for physical, psychological, or other
injury or condition suffered as a result of conduct which would consti-
tute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the
penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, SEX
TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED
AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW, incest as defined
in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal law committed against a
child less than eighteen years of age, or the use of a child in a sexual
performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law committed
against a child less than eighteen years of age.
§ 6. Subdivision 10 of section 10 of the court of claims act, as
amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
10. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this section
shall not apply to: (i) any claim to recover damages for physical,
psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a result of
conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article
one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child less than
eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF
THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL
LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal
law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or the
use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of
the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age;
or
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(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 7. Subdivision 2 of section 3813 of the education law, as amended by
chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows.
2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained in
this section, no action or special proceeding founded upon tort shall be
prosecuted or maintained against any of the parties named in this
section or against any teacher or member of the supervisory or adminis-
trative staff or employee where the alleged tort was committed by such
teacher or member or employee acting in the discharge of [his] THEIR
duties within the scope of [his] THEIR employment and/or under the
direction of the board of education, trustee or trustees, or governing
body of the school unless a notice of claim shall have been made and
served in compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal law.
Every such action shall be commenced pursuant to the provisions of
section fifty-i of the general municipal law; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to: (i) any claim to recover damages for
physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a
result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in
article one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child
less than eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION
230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A
OF THE PENAL LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25
of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of
age, or the use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section
263.05 of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen
years of age; or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 8. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof,
but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
graph, section or part of this act directly involved in the controversy
in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to acts or
omissions occurring on or after such effective date and to acts or omis-
sions occurring prior to such effective date where the applicable stat-
ute of limitations in effect on the date of such act or omission has not
yet expired.
PART G
Section 1. Paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) of subdivision 1 of section 624
of the executive law, paragraph (i) as amended by section 9 of part A-1
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (j) as amended by chapter
427 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (k) as amended by chapter 117 of the
laws of 2017, are amended and a new paragraph (l) is added to read as
follows:
(i) a surviving spouse of a crime victim who died from causes not
directly related to the crime when such victim died prior to filing a
claim with the office or subsequent to filing a claim but prior to the
rendering of a decision by the office. Such award shall be limited to
out-of-pocket loss incurred as a direct result of the crime; [and]
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(j) a spouse, child or stepchild of a victim of a crime who has
sustained personal physical injury as a direct result of a crime[.];
(k) a surviving spouse, grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian,
[brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister,] SIBLING, STEPSIBLING, child,
stepchild, or grandchild of a victim of a crime who died as a direct
result of such crime and where such crime occurred in the residence
shared by such family member or members and the victim[.]; AND
(L) ANY PERSON NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WHO HAS
PAID FOR OR INCURRED THE CRIME SCENE CLEANUP EXPENSES, PROVIDED THAT
SUCH PERSON SHALL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE FOR CRIME SCENE CLEANUP.
§ 2. Subdivisions 2, 5, 9 and 18 of section 631 of the executive law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 2020, subdivision
5 as amended by section 22 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of
2010, paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 70 of the
laws of 2020, paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 as added by section 5 of
part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (g) of subdivision 5
as added by chapter 494 of the laws of 2018, subdivision 9 as amended by
section 1 of part I of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, and subdivision
18 as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as
follows:
2. Any award made pursuant to this article shall be in an amount not
exceeding out-of-pocket expenses, including indebtedness reasonably
incurred for medical or other services necessary as a result of the
injury upon which the claim is based; loss of earnings or support
resulting from such injury not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; loss
of savings not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; burial expenses not
exceeding [six] TWELVE thousand dollars of a victim who died on or after
November first, nineteen ninety-six as a direct result of a crime; the
costs of crime scene cleanup and securing of a crime scene not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars; reasonable relocation expenses not exceed-
ing twenty-five hundred dollars; reasonable employment-related transpor-
tation expenses, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars and the unre-
imbursed cost of repair or replacement of articles of essential personal
property lost, damaged or destroyed as a direct result of the crime. An
award for loss of earnings shall include earnings lost by a parent or
guardian as a result of the hospitalization of a child victim under age
eighteen for injuries sustained as a direct result of a crime. In addi-
tion to the medical or other services necessary as a result of the inju-
ry upon which the claim is based, an award may be made for rehabilita-
tive occupational training for the purpose of job retraining or similar
employment-oriented rehabilitative services based upon the claimant's
medical and employment history. For the purpose of this subdivision,
rehabilitative occupational training shall include but not be limited to
educational training and expenses. An award for rehabilitative occupa-
tional training may be made to a victim, or to a family member of a
victim where necessary as a direct result of a crime. An award for
employment-related transportation expenses shall be limited to the time
period necessary due to the personal physical injuries sustained as a
direct result of the crime upon which the claim is based, as determined
by the medical information collected during the investigation of the
claim.
5. (a) [In] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
IN determining the amount of an award, the office shall determine wheth-
er, because of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S conduct, the victim of such crime
contributed to the infliction of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S injury, and the
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office shall reduce the amount of the award or reject the claim alto-
gether, in accordance with such determination.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, the office shall disregard for this purpose the responsibility of
the victim for [his] SUCH VICTIM'S own injury where the record shows
that the person injured was acting as a good samaritan, as defined in
this article.
(c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
the person injured acted as a good samaritan, the office may, without
regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant, make an award for
out-of-pocket losses. Such award may also include compensation for any
loss of property up to five thousand dollars suffered by the victim
during the course of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S actions as a good samaritan.
(d) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
a person acted as a good samaritan, and was killed as a direct result of
the crime, the office may, without regard to the financial difficulty of
the claimant, make a lump sum award to such claimant for actual loss of
support not to exceed thirty thousand dollars.
(e) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
a police officer or firefighter, both paid and volunteer, dies from
injuries received in the line of duty as a direct result of a crime, the
office may, without regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant,
make an award for the unreimbursed counseling expenses of the eligible
spouse, domestic partner, parents, [brothers, sisters] SIBLINGS or chil-
dren of such victim, and/or the reasonable burial expenses incurred by
the claimant.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, the office shall disregard for this purpose the responsibility of
the victim for [his or her] SUCH VICTIM'S own loss of savings.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, WHEN DETERMINING A CLAIM MADE BY A PERSON ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH
(B), (C) OR (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF
THIS ARTICLE, if the crime upon which the claim is based resulted in the
death of the victim, the office shall [determine] NOT CONSIDER whether,
because of [his or her] THEIR conduct, the victim of such crime contrib-
uted to [the infliction of his or her injury, and the office may reduce
the amount of the award by no more than fifty percent, in accordance
with such determination] THEIR DEATH.
9. (A) Any award made for the cost of repair or replacement of essen-
tial personal property, including cash losses of essential personal
property, shall be limited to an amount of twenty-five hundred dollars,
except that all cash losses of essential personal property shall be
limited to the amount of one hundred dollars. In the case of medically
necessary life-sustaining equipment which was lost or damaged as the
direct result of a crime, the award shall be limited to the amount of
ten thousand dollars.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, IN THE CASE OF CASH LOSSES WHICH WERE THE RESULT OF AN ACT OR
SERIES OF ACTS OF LARCENY AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE
OF THE PENAL LAW, PERPETRATED BY THE SAME ACTOR INDICATED BY A REPORT OR
REPORTS OBTAINED FROM A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND A RECEIPT, RECEIPTS OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTA-
TION IS PROVIDED SHOWING SUCH CASH LOSS OR LOSSES, A SINGLE CLAIM MAY BE
FILED AND AN AWARD MAY BE MADE FOR CASH LOSSES OF ESSENTIAL PERSONAL
PROPERTY FOR EACH ACT UP TO A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF NO MORE THAN TWENTY-
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
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18. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article and
subject to any applicable maximum award limitations contained in this
section, where a victim has died as a direct result of the crime upon
which the claim is based and the crime occurred in the residence of a
person eligible pursuant to [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (k) AND (L) of subdi-
vision one of section six hundred twenty-four of this article, the
office may make no more than one award for crime scene clean-up related
to such residence.
§ 3. Subdivision 10 of section 621 of the executive law, as added by
chapter 688 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
10. "Disabled victim" shall mean a person who has [(a)] A physical,
mental or medical impairment [from anatomical, physiological or neuro-
logical conditions], AS EVIDENCED BY MEDICAL RECORDS, which prevents the
exercise of a normal bodily function [or is demonstrable by medically
accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques or (b) a record of
such an impairment or (c) a condition regarded by others as such an
impairment] AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 630 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 494 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
if the crime upon which the claim is based resulted in the death of the
victim, and it appears to the office that such claim is one with respect
to which an award probably will be made, and undue hardship will result
to the claimant if immediate payment is not made, the office may make
one or more emergency awards to the claimant for reasonable burial
expenses pending a final decision of the office or payment of an award
in the case; provided, however, that the total amount of an emergency
award or awards for reasonable burial expenses shall not exceed [three]
SIX thousand dollars. The amount of such emergency award or awards shall
be deducted from any final award made to the claimant, and the excess of
the amount of any such award or awards over the amount of the final
award, of the full amount of an emergency award or awards if no final
award is made, shall be repaid by the claimant to the office.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall apply to all claims filed on or
after such effective date.
PART H
Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 631 of the executive law, as
amended by section 3 of subpart S of part XX of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
13. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regu-
lation to the contrary, when any New York state accredited hospital,
accredited sexual assault examiner program, or licensed health care
provider furnishes services to any sexual assault survivor, including
but not limited to a health care forensic examination in accordance with
the sex offense evidence collection protocol and standards established
by the department of health, such hospital, sexual assault examiner
program, or licensed healthcare provider shall provide such services to
the person without charge and shall bill the office directly. The
office, in consultation with the department of health, shall define the
specific services to be covered by the sexual assault forensic exam
reimbursement fee, which must include at a minimum forensic examiner
services, hospital or healthcare facility services related to the exam,
and any necessary related laboratory tests or pharmaceuticals BASED UPON
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THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES; including but
not limited to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis provided by a hospital
emergency room at the time of the forensic rape examination pursuant to
paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred five-i
of the public health law. [For a person eighteen years of age or older,
follow-up HIV post-exposure prophylaxis costs shall continue to be reim-
bursed according to established office procedure.] The office, in
consultation with the department of health, shall also generate the
necessary [regulations and] forms for the direct reimbursement procedure
AND REGULATIONS SETTING THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY RATES FOR THE ITEMIZED
CHARGES RELATED TO AN EXAM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR.
(b) The rate for reimbursement shall be the amount of itemized charg-
es, to be reimbursed at the [Medicaid rate and] USUAL AND CUSTOMARY
RATES AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AND which shall
cumulatively not exceed (1) eight hundred dollars for an exam of a sexu-
al assault survivor where no sexual offense evidence collection kit is
used; (2) one thousand two hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor where a sexual offense evidence collection kit is used;
AND (3) [one thousand five hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor who is eighteen years of age or older, with or without
the use of a sexual offense evidence collection kit, and with the
provision of a necessary HIV post-exposure prophylaxis seven day starter
pack; and (4)] two thousand five hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor [who is less than eighteen years of age], with or with-
out the use of a sexual offense evidence collection kit, and with the
provision of the full regimen of necessary HIV post-exposure prophylax-
is. The hospital, sexual assault examiner program, or licensed health
care provider must accept this fee as payment in full for these speci-
fied services. No additional billing of the survivor for said services
is permissible. A sexual assault survivor may voluntarily assign any
private insurance benefits to which [she or he is] THEY ARE entitled for
the healthcare forensic examination, in which case the hospital or
healthcare provider may not charge the office; provided, however, in the
event the sexual assault survivor assigns any private health insurance
benefit, such coverage shall not be subject to annual deductibles or
coinsurance or balance billing by the hospital, sexual assault examiner
program or licensed health care provider. A hospital, sexual assault
examiner program or licensed health care provider shall, at the time of
the initial visit, request assignment of any private health insurance
benefits to which the sexual assault survivor is entitled on a form
prescribed by the office; provided, however, such sexual assault survi-
vor shall be advised orally and in writing that [he or she] THEY may
decline to provide such information regarding private health insurance
benefits if [he or she believes] THEY BELIEVE that the provision of such
information would substantially interfere with [his or her] THEIR
personal privacy or safety and in such event, the sexual assault foren-
sic exam fee shall be paid by the office. Such sexual assault survivor
shall also be advised that providing such information may provide addi-
tional resources to pay for services to other sexual assault victims.
Such sexual assault survivor shall also be advised that the direct
reimbursement program established by this subdivision does not automat-
ically make them eligible for any other compensation benefits available
from the office including, but not limited to, reimbursement for mental
health counseling expenses, relocation expenses, and loss of earnings,
and that such compensation benefits may only be made available to them
should the sexual assault survivor or other person eligible to file
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pursuant to section six hundred twenty-four of this article, file a
compensation application with the office. If [he or she] SUCH SEXUAL
ASSAULT SURVIVOR declines to provide such health insurance information,
[he or she] THEY shall indicate such decision on the form provided by
the hospital, sexual assault examiner program or licensed health care
provider, which form shall be prescribed by the office.
§ 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2805-i of the public
health law, as amended by section 1 of subpart S of part XX of chapter
55 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
(c) offering and making available appropriate HIV post-exposure treat-
ment therapies; including [a seven day starter pack of HIV post-exposure
prophylaxis for a person eighteen years of age or older, or] the full
regimen of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis [for a person less than eigh-
teen years of age,] in cases where it has been determined, in accordance
with guidelines issued by the commissioner, that a significant exposure
to HIV has occurred, and informing the victim that payment assistance
for such therapies and other crime related expenses may be available
from the office of victim services pursuant to the provisions of article
twenty-two of the executive law. With the consent of the victim of a
sexual assault, the hospital emergency room department shall provide or
arrange for an appointment for medical follow-up related to HIV post-ex-
posure prophylaxis and other care as appropriate; and
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
after it shall have become a law and apply to all exams performed on or
after such effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
PART I
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 349-a of the social services law
is REPEALED.
§ 2. Subdivision 5 of section 349-a of the social services law, as
added by section 36 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
[5. Upon a determination that the individual's allegation is credible]
4. FOLLOWING REFERRAL TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON, (a) the individual
shall be informed BY THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON of services, which
shall be available on a voluntary basis; and (b) the domestic violence
liaison shall conduct an assessment to determine if and to what extent
domestic violence is a barrier to THE INDIVIDUAL'S compliance with
public assistance requirements or to employment AND SUCH ASSESSMENT
SHALL BE BASED UPON AN ATTESTATION OR THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE INDIVIDUAL ALLEGING SUCH ABUSE;
and (c) THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON shall [assess the need for] GRANT
ANY APPROPRIATE waivers of such program requirements BASED ON SUCH
ASSESSMENT. Such waivers shall, to the extent permitted by federal law,
include, but not be limited to, residency requirements, child support
cooperation requirements and employment and training requirements;
provided, however, that exemptions from the sixty month limit on receipt
of benefits under the federal temporary assistance to needy families
block grant program shall be available only when the individual would
not be required to participate in work or training activities because of
an independently verified physical or mental impairment resulting from
domestic violence, anticipated to last for three months or longer, or if
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the individual is unable to work because of the need to care for a
dependent child who is disabled as a result of domestic violence.
Provided, however, that pursuant to section one hundred forty-two of the
welfare reform act of 1997 victims of domestic violence may be exempted
from the application of subdivision two of section three hundred forty-
nine of this article on the basis of hardship.
§ 3. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 349-a of the social services law
are renumbered subdivisions 5 and 6 and a new subdivision 7 is added to
read as follows:
7. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM STATEWIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ADVOCACY GROUPS SHALL MEAN AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE IMPROVE-
MENTS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMMING
REGARDING THE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW
YORK STATE.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
after it shall have become a law.
PART J
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
139-m to read as follows:
§ 139-M. STATEMENT ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE, IN
BIDS. 1. (A) EVERY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPART-
MENT OR AGENCY THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS REQUIRED BY STAT-
UTE, RULE OR REGULATION, FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE
PERFORMED OR GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT SUBSCRIBED BY THE BIDDER AND AFFIRMED BY SUCH BIDDER AS TRUE
UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY:
"BY SUBMISSION OF THIS BID, EACH BIDDER AND EACH PERSON SIGNING ON
BEHALF OF ANY BIDDER CERTIFIES, AND IN THE CASE OF A JOINT BID EACH
PARTY THERETO CERTIFIES AS TO ITS OWN ORGANIZATION, UNDER PENALTY OF
PERJURY, THAT THE BIDDER HAS AND HAS IMPLEMENTED A WRITTEN POLICY
ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE AND HAS PROVIDED SUCH
POLICY TO ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEMBERS. SUCH POLICY
SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION 11 OF SECTION
FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW."
(B) EVERY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT OR
AGENCY THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS NOT REQUIRED BY STATUTE,
RULE OR REGULATION, FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED OR
GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, MAY CONTAIN, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPART-
MENT, AGENCY OR OFFICIAL, THE CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH
(A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
3. A BID SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD, NOR SHALL ANY AWARD BE
MADE TO A BIDDER WHO HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE BIDDER CANNOT MAKE THE FOREGOING
CERTIFICATION, SUCH BIDDER SHALL SO STATE AND SHALL FURNISH WITH THE BID
A SIGNED STATEMENT WHICH SETS FORTH IN DETAIL THE REASONS THEREFOR.
4. ANY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT, AGEN-
CY OR OFFICIAL THEREOF, BY A CORPORATE BIDDER FOR WORK OR SERVICES
PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED OR GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, WHERE SUCH BID
CONTAINS THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
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SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SUCH BIDDER, AND SUCH AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE SIGN-
ING AND SUBMISSION OF SUCH BID AND THE INCLUSION THEREIN OF SUCH STATE-
MENT AS THE ACT AND DEED OF THE CORPORATION.
§ 2. Subdivisions 7 and 7-a of section 163 of the state finance law,
subdivision 7 as amended and subdivision 7-a as added by section 3 of
part R of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as
follows:
7. Method of procurement. Consistent with the requirements of subdivi-
sions three and four of this section, state agencies shall select among
permissible methods of procurement including, but not limited to, an
invitation for bid, request for proposals or other means of solicitation
pursuant to guidelines issued by the state procurement council. State
agencies may accept bids electronically including submission of the
statement of non-collusion required by section one hundred thirty-nine-d
of this chapter, and the statement of certification required by section
one hundred thirty-nine-l AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M of this
chapter. Except where otherwise provided by law, procurements shall be
competitive, and state agencies shall conduct formal competitive
procurements to the maximum extent practicable. State agencies shall
document the determination of the method of procurement and the basis of
award in the procurement record. Where the basis for award is the best
value offer, the state agency shall document, in the procurement record
and in advance of the initial receipt of offers, the determination of
the evaluation criteria, which whenever possible, shall be quantifiable,
and the process to be used in the determination of best value and the
manner in which the evaluation process and selection shall be conducted.
7-a. Notwithstanding the electronic bid provisions set forth in subdi-
vision seven of this section, starting April first, two thousand twen-
ty-three, and ending March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven,
state agencies may require electronic submission as the sole method for
the submission of bids for commodity, service and technology contracts,
including submission of the statement of non-collusion required by
section one hundred thirty-nine-d of this chapter, and the statement of
certification required by section one hundred thirty-nine-l AND SECTION
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M of this chapter, and may require electronic
signatures on all documents required for submission of a bid, any
resulting contracts, and required submissions during the term of any
contract. Prior to requiring the electronic submission of bids, the
agency shall make a determination, which shall be documented in the
procurement record, that electronic submission affords a fair and equal
opportunity for offerers to submit responsive offers, and that the elec-
tronic signature complies with the provisions of article three of the
state technology law.
§ 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-i to
read as follows:
§ 170-I. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE. 1. EACH STATE AGEN-
CY SHALL FORMULATE AND ISSUE A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE
POLICY FOR SUCH AGENCY. IN FORMULATING SUCH POLICY, THE STATE AGENCY
SHALL REFER TO THE MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY
DISTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PURSU-
ANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS
CHAPTER, AND ADOPT ITS PROVISIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
2. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AGENCY LIAISON WHO SHALL ENSURE AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE PROVISIONS OF THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLI-
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CY, BE TRAINED TO ASSIST VICTIMIZED EMPLOYEES, AND SERVE AS THE PRIMARY
CONTACT FOR THE POLICY DISTRIBUTED BY THE AGENCY.
3. EACH STATE AGENCY, IN FORMULATING OR REVISING ITS GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY, SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF INCREASING AWARENESS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND INFORMING
EMPLOYEES OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE; CLEARLY SPECIFYING HOW
TO REACH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON; ENSURING THAT PERSONNEL
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE FAIR TO DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, AND RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS; DEVELOPING WORK-
PLACE SAFETY RESPONSE PLANS; COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS OF POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY A PERSON CONVICTED
OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CRIME OR SUBJECT TO AN ORDER OF
PROTECTION; ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE EDUCATION
AND TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES; AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE EMPLOYEES WHO MISUSE
STATE RESOURCES OR AUTHORITY OR VIOLATE THEIR JOB DUTIES IN COMMITTING
AN ACT OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. EACH STATE AGENCY, WHEN IT ISSUES ITS
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY, SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF
THAT POLICY AND THE INFORMATION FOR ITS DESIGNATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AGENCY LIAISON TO THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
AND SHALL NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS OF THE POLI-
CY OR THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON.
4. (A) EVERY COVERED EMPLOYEE SHALL PARTICIPATE IN A GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE TRAINING DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MADE AVAILABLE ON THE STATEWIDE
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ANNUALLY.
(B) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "COVERED EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ALL
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER IN THE OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR AND NEW YORK STATE AGENCIES WHO SUPERVISE OTHER OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES, WHO SERVE AS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON, OR WHO
ARE EMPLOYED IN A HUMAN RESOURCES POSITION. "OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO "STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE" IN SECTION
SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
5. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FURNISH SUCH INFORMATION, REPORTING,
AND ASSISTANCE AS THE OFFICE DETERMINES IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO
ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
§ 4. Section 575 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
11. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICIES. THE OFFICE SHALL
CONSULT WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AN
ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES,
SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMMING REGARDING THE PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK STATE, AND AN ORGANIZATION
DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROVIDE DIRECT
SUPPORT TO MEMBER RAPE AND CRISIS CENTERS IN NEW YORK STATE THROUGH
FUNDING, TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND PUBLIC
POLICY ADVOCACY TO CREATE AND PUBLISH A MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
THE WORKPLACE POLICY THAT EMPLOYERS MAY UTILIZE IN THEIR ADOPTION OF A
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE
HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. THE OFFICE SHALL ALSO
PUBLISH A MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY FOR EXEC-
UTIVE AGENCIES THAT SUCH AGENCIES MAY UTILIZE IN THEIR ADOPTION OF A
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-I OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
THE WORKPLACE POLICY SHALL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND POSTED ON THE
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WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THE DIVISION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to
section 163 of the state finance law made by section two of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART K
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
cle 19-C to read as follows:
ARTICLE 19-C
CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
SECTION 995-A. DEFINITIONS.
995-B. REPORTING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS.
995-C. NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT.
§ 995-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: 1. "CYBERSE-
CURITY INCIDENT" MEANS AN EVENT OCCURRING ON OR CONDUCTED THROUGH A
COMPUTER NETWORK THAT ACTUALLY OR IMMINENTLY JEOPARDIZES THE INTEGRITY,
CONFIDENTIALITY, OR AVAILABILITY OF COMPUTERS, INFORMATION OR COMMUNI-
CATIONS SYSTEMS OR NETWORKS, PHYSICAL OR VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERS OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OR INFORMATION RESIDENT
THEREON.
2. "CYBER THREAT" MEANS ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR EVENT WITH THE POTENTIAL
TO ADVERSELY IMPACT ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL ASSETS, OR
INDIVIDUALS THROUGH AN INFORMATION SYSTEM VIA UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS,
DESTRUCTION, DISCLOSURE, MODIFICATION OF INFORMATION, AND/OR DENIAL OF
SERVICE.
3. "CYBER THREAT INDICATOR" MEANS INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY TO
DESCRIBE OR IDENTIFY:
(A) MALICIOUS RECONNAISSANCE, INCLUDING ANOMALOUS PATTERNS OF COMMUNI-
CATIONS THAT APPEAR TO BE TRANSMITTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF GATHERING TECH-
NICAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A CYBERSECURITY THREAT OR SECURITY VULNER-
ABILITY;
(B) A METHOD OF DEFEATING A SECURITY CONTROL OR EXPLOITATION OF A
SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(C) A SECURITY VULNERABILITY, INCLUDING ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY THAT
APPEARS TO INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(D) A METHOD OF CAUSING A USER WITH LEGITIMATE ACCESS TO AN INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM OR INFORMATION THAT IS STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSIT-
ING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM TO UNWITTINGLY ENABLE THE DEFEAT OF A SECURITY
CONTROL OR EXPLOITATION OF A SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(E) MALICIOUS CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL;
(F) THE ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HARM CAUSED BY AN INCIDENT, INCLUDING A
DESCRIPTION OF THE INFORMATION EXFILTRATED AS A RESULT OF A PARTICULAR
CYBERSECURITY THREAT;
(G) ANY OTHER ATTRIBUTE OF A CYBERSECURITY THREAT, IF DISCLOSURE OF
SUCH ATTRIBUTE IS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW; OR
(H) ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
4. "DEFENSIVE MEASURE" MEANS AN ACTION, DEVICE, PROCEDURE, SIGNATURE,
TECHNIQUE, OR OTHER MEASURE APPLIED TO AN INFORMATION SYSTEM OR INFORMA-
TION THAT IS STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING AN INFORMATION
SYSTEM THAT DETECTS, PREVENTS, OR MITIGATES A KNOWN OR SUSPECTED
CYBERSECURITY THREAT OR SECURITY VULNERABILITY. THE TERM "DEFENSIVE
MEASURE" DOES NOT INCLUDE A MEASURE THAT DESTROYS, RENDERS UNUSABLE,
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PROVIDES UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR SUBSTANTIALLY HARMS AN INFORMATION
SYSTEM OR INFORMATION STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING SUCH INFOR-
MATION SYSTEM NOT OWNED BY THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OPERATING THE MEAS-
URE, OR FEDERAL ENTITY THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CONSENT AND HAS
PROVIDED CONSENT TO THAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FOR OPERATION OF SUCH
MEASURE.
5. "INFORMATION SYSTEM" MEANS A DISCRETE SET OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
ORGANIZED FOR THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, MAINTENANCE, USE, SHARING,
DISSEMINATION, OR DISPOSITION OF INFORMATION.
6. "MUNICIPAL CORPORATION" MEANS:
(A) A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINE-
TEEN-N OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
(B) A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-N OF THIS
CHAPTER.
7. "RANSOM PAYMENT" MEANS THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY MONEY OR OTHER PROP-
ERTY OR ASSET, INCLUDING VIRTUAL CURRENCY, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WHICH
HAS AT ANY TIME BEEN DELIVERED AS RANSOM IN CONNECTION WITH A RANSOMWARE
ATTACK.
8. "RANSOMWARE ATTACK":
(A) MEANS AN INCIDENT THAT INCLUDES THE USE OR THREAT OF USE OF UNAU-
THORIZED OR MALICIOUS CODE ON AN INFORMATION SYSTEM, OR THE USE OR
THREAT OF USE OF ANOTHER DIGITAL MECHANISM SUCH AS A DENIAL OF SERVICE
ATTACK, TO INTERRUPT OR DISRUPT THE OPERATIONS OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
OR COMPROMISE THE CONFIDENTIALITY, AVAILABILITY, OR INTEGRITY OF ELEC-
TRONIC DATA STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
TO EXTORT A DEMAND FOR A RANSOM PAYMENT; AND
(B) DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SUCH EVENT IN WHICH THE DEMAND FOR PAYMENT
IS:
(I) NOT GENUINE; OR
(II) MADE IN GOOD FAITH BY AN ENTITY IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC REQUEST
BY THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM.
§ 995-B. REPORTING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS SHALL REPORT CYBERSE-
CURITY INCIDENTS AND WHEN APPLICABLE, THE DEMAND OF A RANSOM PAYMENT, TO
THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN THE FORM AND METHOD PRESCRIBED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER.
2. ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS SHALL REPORT CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS NO
LATER THAN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS AFTER THE MUNICIPALITY REASONABLY BELIEVES
THE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED.
3. ANY CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORT AND ANY RECORDS RELATED TO A
RANSOM PAYMENT SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
ARTICLE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC
OFFICERS LAW.
§ 995-C. NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL, IN THE EVENT
OF A RANSOM PAYMENT MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT
INVOLVING THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH MEANS
PRESCRIBED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER WITH THE FOLLOWING:
(A) WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, NOTICE OF THE
PAYMENT; AND
(B) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE REASONS PAYMENT WAS NECESSARY, THE AMOUNT OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, THE
MEANS BY WHICH THE RANSOM PAYMENT WAS MADE, A DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNA-
TIVES TO PAYMENT CONSIDERED, ALL DILIGENCE PERFORMED TO FIND ALTERNA-
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TIVES TO PAYMENT AND ALL DILIGENCE PERFORMED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS INCLUDING THOSE OF
THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL.
§ 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 711-c to
read as follows:
§ 711-C. CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REVIEWS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, OR THEIR
DESIGNEE, SHALL REVIEW EACH CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORT AND NOTICE AND
EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS NINE
HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-B AND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-C OF THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL LAW TO ASSESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AND
RANSOM PAYMENTS ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OR SECURITY OF THE STATE,
OR ITS RESIDENTS.
2. THE COMMISSIONER, OR THEIR DESIGNEE, MAY WORK WITH APPROPRIATE
STATE AGENCIES, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY
AGENCIES TO PROVIDE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS WITH REPORTS OF CYBERSECURITY
INCIDENTS AND TRENDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PRACTICABLE, RELATED CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION, CYBER THREAT INDICA-
TORS, AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES. THE COMMISSIONER MAY COORDINATE AND SHARE
SUCH REPORTED INFORMATION WITH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, STATE AGENCIES,
AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO
AND MITIGATE CYBERSECURITY THREATS.
3. SUCH REPORTS, ASSESSMENTS, RECORDS, REVIEWS, DOCUMENTS, RECOMMENDA-
TIONS, GUIDANCE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED OR USED IN ITS PREPARATION
SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS
LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART L
Section 1. Section 263.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of
the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.10 Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a
child when, knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON
produces, directs or promotes any obscene performance which includes
sexual conduct by a child less than seventeen years of age, INCLUDING A
PERFORMANCE CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
245.15 OF THIS PART.
Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child is a class D felo-
ny.
§ 2. Section 263.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 456 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.11 Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a
child when, knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON
knowingly has in [his] SUCH PERSON'S possession or control, or knowingly
accesses with intent to view, any obscene performance which includes
sexual conduct by a child less than sixteen years of age, INCLUDING A
PERFORMANCE CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
245.15 OF THIS PART.
Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child is a class E felo-
ny.
§ 3. Section 263.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.15 Promoting a sexual performance by a child.
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A person is guilty of promoting a sexual performance by a child when,
knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON produces,
directs or promotes any performance which includes sexual conduct by a
child less than seventeen years of age, INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE CREATED
OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.15 OF THIS PART.
Promoting a sexual performance by a child is a class D felony.
§ 4. Section 263.16 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 456 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.16 Possessing a sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of possessing a sexual performance by a child when,
knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON knowingly
has in [his] SUCH PERSON'S possession or control, or knowingly accesses
with intent to view, any performance which includes sexual conduct by a
child less than sixteen years of age, INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE CREATED OR
ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.15 OF THIS PART.
Possessing a sexual performance by a child is a class E felony.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART M
Section 1. Section 230.34 of the penal law, as added by chapter 74 of
the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 230.34 Sex trafficking.
A person is guilty of sex trafficking if [he or she] SUCH PERSON
intentionally advances or profits from prostitution [by]:
1. BY unlawfully providing to a person who is patronized, with intent
to impair said person's judgment: (a) a narcotic drug or a narcotic
preparation; (b) concentrated cannabis as defined in [paragraph (a) of]
subdivision [four] SEVENTEEN of section [thirty-three hundred two] THREE
of the [public health] CANNABIS law; (c) methadone; or (d) gamma-hydrox-
ybutyrate (GHB) or flunitrazepan, also known as Rohypnol;
2. BY making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions to
induce or maintain the person being patronized to engage in or continue
to engage in prostitution activity;
3. BY withholding, destroying, or confiscating any actual or purported
passport, immigration document, or any other actual or purported govern-
ment identification document of another person with intent to impair
said person's freedom of movement; provided, however, that this subdivi-
sion shall not apply to an attempt to correct a social security adminis-
tration record or immigration agency record in accordance with any
local, state, or federal agency requirement, where such attempt is not
made for the purpose of any express or implied threat;
4. BY requiring that prostitution be performed to retire, repay, or
service a real or purported debt;
5. BY using force or engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to compel
or induce the person being patronized to engage in or continue to engage
in prostitution activity by means of instilling a fear in the person
being patronized that, if the demand is not complied with, the actor or
another will do one or more of the following:
(a) cause physical injury, serious physical injury, or death to a
person; or
(b) cause damage to property, other than the property of the actor; or
(c) engage in other conduct constituting a felony or unlawful impri-
sonment in the second degree in violation of section 135.05 of this
chapter; or
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(d) accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges or depor-
tation proceedings to be instituted against some person; provided,
however, that it shall be an affirmative defense to this subdivision
that the [defendant] ACTOR reasonably believed the threatened charge to
be true and that [his or her] THE ACTOR'S sole purpose was to compel or
induce the victim to take reasonable action to make good the wrong which
was the subject of such threatened charge; or
(e) expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or
false, tending to subject some person to hatred, contempt or ridicule;
or
(f) testify or provide information or withhold testimony or informa-
tion with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
(g) use or abuse [his or her] THE ACTOR'S position as a public servant
by performing some act within or related to [his or her] THE ACTOR'S
official duties, or by failing or refusing to perform an official duty,
in such manner as to affect some person adversely; or
(h) perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm the person who is patronized
materially with respect to [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S health, safety, or
immigration status; OR
6. WHERE THE PERSON BEING PATRONIZED IS MENTALLY DISABLED AS DEFINED
IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 130.00 OF THIS CHAPTER.
Sex trafficking is a class B felony.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART N
Section 1. Paragraph (k-2) of subdivision 2 of section 65.10 of the
penal law, as added by section 1 of part VV of chapter 56 of the laws of
2020, is amended to read as follows:
(k-2) (i) Refrain, upon sentencing for a crime involving unlawful
sexual conduct OR ASSAULT committed against EITHER a metropolitan trans-
portation authority SYSTEM passenger[,] OR customer, or employee [or a
crime involving assault against a metropolitan transportation authority
employee,] OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SYSTEM OR ANY
CONTRACTOR THEN PERFORMING WORK FOR ANY ENTITY OF THE SYSTEM, IF THE
OFFENSE WAS committed in or [on] ADJACENT TO any facility or conveyance
of the [metropolitan transportation authority or a subsidiary thereof or
the New York city transit authority or a subsidiary thereof] AUTHORITY'S
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, from using or entering any of [such] THE authori-
ty's subways, trains, buses, or other conveyances or facilities AS spec-
ified by the court for a period of up to three years, or a specified
period of such probation or conditional discharge, whichever is less.
For purposes of this section, a crime involving assault shall mean an
offense described in article one hundred twenty of this chapter which
has as an element the causing of physical injury or serious physical
injury to another as well as the attempt thereof. IF THE SENTENCE
IMPOSED BY THE COURT INCLUDES A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION FOLLOWED BY A
PERIOD OF PROBATION OR CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE, THEN THE COURT MAY IMPOSE
CONDITIONS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH TO BE OPERATIVE ONLY DURING THE PERIOD
OF PROBATION OR CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE. ORDERS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MAY
EXTEND TO ANY PART OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SYSTEM
IN THE COURT'S DISCRETION, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE SYSTEM OUTSIDE THE
COUNTY WHERE THE SENTENCING JUDGE SITS.
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(ii) The court may, in its discretion, suspend, modify or cancel a
condition imposed under this paragraph in the interest of justice at any
time. If the person depends on the authority's subways, trains, buses,
or other conveyances or facilities for trips of necessity, including,
but not limited to, travel to or from medical or legal appointments,
school or training classes or places of employment, obtaining food,
clothing or necessary household items, or rendering care to family
members, the court may modify such condition to allow for a trip or
trips as in its discretion are necessary.
(iii) A person at liberty and subject to a condition under this para-
graph who applies, within thirty days after the date such condition
becomes effective, for a refund of any prepaid fare amounts rendered
unusable in whole or in part by such condition including, but not limit-
ed to, a monthly pass, shall be issued a refund of the amounts so
prepaid.
(IV) ANY ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, WHETHER IMPOSING A
BAN OR MODIFYING ONE, SHALL BE SERVED ON THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY AS DIRECTED BY THE COURT.
(V) THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SHALL NOT USE FACIAL
RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO ENFORCE ANY ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS
PARAGRAPH.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART O
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 140.00 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 698 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as
follows:
2. "Building," in addition to its ordinary meaning, includes any
structure, vehicle or watercraft used for overnight lodging of persons,
or used by persons for carrying on business therein, OR USED FOR THE
BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTING PERSONS, or used as an elementary or secondary
school, or an [inclosed] ENCLOSED motor truck, or an [inclosed] ENCLOSED
motor truck trailer. Where a building consists of two or more units
separately secured or occupied, each unit shall be deemed both a sepa-
rate building in itself and a part of the main building.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART P
Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.80 to
read as follows:
§ 240.80 AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE.
1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE WHEN SUCH
PERSON COMMITS A SPECIFIED OFFENSE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
THIS SECTION, AND SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A SPECIFIED OFFENSE
WITHIN THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
IN CALCULATING THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, ANY PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE
DEFENDANT WAS INCARCERATED FOR ANY REASON BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE
COMMISSION OF ANY OF SUCH PREVIOUS OFFENSES AND THE TIME OF COMMISSION
OF THE PRESENT CRIME SHALL BE EXCLUDED AND SUCH FIVE YEAR PERIOD SHALL
BE EXTENDED BY A PERIOD OR PERIODS EQUAL TO THE TIME SERVED UNDER SUCH
INCARCERATION.
2. A "SPECIFIED OFFENSE" IS AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN SECTION 120.00
(ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.05 (ASSAULT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); SECTION 120.10 (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.13
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(MENACING IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.14 (MENACING IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); SECTION 120.15 (MENACING IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.20
(RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.25 (RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.45 (STALKING IN THE
FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 120.50 (STALKING IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION
120.55 (STALKING IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.60 (STALKING IN THE
FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 121.11 (CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR
BLOOD CIRCULATION); SECTION 121.12 (STRANGULATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE);
SECTION 121.13 (STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 125.15 (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO
OR FOUR OF SECTION 125.20 (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION
125.25 (MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.20 (SEXUAL MISCON-
DUCT); SECTION 130.30 (RAPE IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.35 (RAPE
IN THE FIRST DEGREE); FORMER SECTION 130.40 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE
THIRD DEGREE); FORMER SECTION 130.45 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); FORMER SECTION 130.50 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST
DEGREE); SECTION 130.52 (FORCIBLE TOUCHING); SECTION 130.53 (PERSISTENT
SEXUAL ABUSE); SECTION 130.55 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE);
SECTION 130.60 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.65
(SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 130.66 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL
ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 130.67 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN
THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 130.70 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST
DEGREE); SECTION 130.91 (SEXUALLY MOTIVATED FELONY); SECTION 130.95
(PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT); SECTION 130.96 (PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT
AGAINST A CHILD); SECTION 135.05 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE); SECTION 135.10 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SECTION 135.60 (COERCION IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 135.61 (COERCION
IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.65 (COERCION IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SECTION 140.20 (BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 140.25 (BURGLARY
IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.30 (BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SECTION 145.00 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 145.05
(CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 145.10 (CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 145.12 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE
FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 145.14 (CRIMINAL TAMPERING IN THE THIRD DEGREE);
SECTION 215.50 (CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 215.51
(CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 215.52 (AGGRAVATED
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT); SECTION 240.25 (HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO OR FOUR OF SECTION 240.30 (AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN
THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 245.00 (PUBLIC LEWDNESS); SECTION 245.01
(EXPOSURE OF A PERSON); SECTION 245.02 (PROMOTING EXPOSURE OF A PERSON);
SECTION 245.03 (PUBLIC LEWDNESS IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 245.05
(OFFENSIVE EXHIBITION); SECTION 245.11 (PUBLIC DISPLAY OF OFFENSIVE
SEXUAL MATERIAL); SECTION 245.15 (UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION
OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE); SECTION 250.45 (UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE IN THE
SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 250.50 (UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE IN THE FIRST
DEGREE); AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION OR
ANY ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ANY OF THE FOREGOING OFFENSES WHERE
THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED IN OR ADJACENT TO ANY FACILITY OR CONVEYANCE
OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF OR
THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF.
3. THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE CURRENT SPECIFIED OFFENSE IS COMMITTED
MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE PREVIOUS SPECIFIED
OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED.
AGGRAVATED TRANSPORTATION OFFENSE IS A CLASS C FELONY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
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PART Q
Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 396 of the laws of 2010 amending the
alcoholic beverage control law relating to liquidator's permits and
temporary retail permits, as amended by section 1 of part K of chapter
55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided that paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of
section 97-a of the alcoholic beverage control law as added by section
two of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed October 12, [2025]
2026.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART R
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2799-gg of the public authorities
law, as amended by section 1 of part TT of chapter 56 of the laws of
2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from
time to time to issue bonds, in conformity with applicable provisions of
the uniform commercial code, in such principal amounts as it may deter-
mine to be necessary pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred ninety-
nine-ff of this title to pay the cost of any project and to fund
reserves to secure such bonds, including incidental expenses in
connection therewith.
The aggregate principal amount of such bonds, notes or other obli-
gations outstanding shall not exceed, beginning July first, two thousand
twenty-four, twenty-one billion five hundred million dollars
($21,500,000,000) and beginning July first, two thousand twenty-five,
[twenty-seven] THIRTY billion five hundred million dollars
[($27,500,000,000)] ($30,500,000,000), excluding bonds, notes or other
obligations issued pursuant to sections twenty-seven hundred ninety-
nine-ss and twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-tt of this title; provided,
however, that upon any refunding or repayment of bonds (which term shall
not, for this purpose, include bond anticipation notes), the total
aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds, notes or other obli-
gations may be greater than, beginning July first, two thousand twenty-
four, twenty-one billion five hundred million dollars ($21,500,000,000),
and beginning July first, two thousand twenty-five, [twenty-seven] THIR-
TY billion five hundred million dollars [($27,500,000,000)]
($30,500,000,000), only if the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or
other obligations were issued in accordance with the provisions of
subparagraph (a) of subdivision two of paragraph b of section 90.10 of
the local finance law, as amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the authority may
be outstanding in an amount greater than the amount permitted by the
preceding sentence, provided that such additional amount at issuance,
together with the amount of indebtedness contracted by the city of New
York, shall not exceed the limit prescribed by section 104.00 of the
local finance law. The authority shall have the power from time to time
to refund any bonds of the authority by the issuance of new bonds wheth-
er the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue
bonds partly to refund bonds of the authority then outstanding and part-
ly to pay the cost of any project pursuant to section twenty-seven
hundred ninety-nine-ff of this title. Bonds issued by the authority
shall be payable solely out of particular revenues or other moneys of
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the authority as may be designated in the proceedings of the authority
under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issued, subject to any
agreements entered into between the authority and the city, and subject
to any agreements with the holders of outstanding bonds pledging any
particular revenues or moneys.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.
PART S
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 489-cccccc of the real property
tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
(E) PARKING FACILITY. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
TITLE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A PARKING FACILITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
TITLE, "PARKING FACILITY" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THEREOF IN
A CITY ON WHICH EXISTS A FACILITY OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT REQUIRES A
LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF A GARAGE OR PARKING LOT ISSUED BY THE
CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION AGENCY OF SUCH CITY.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 489-dddddd of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Application for benefits pursuant to this title may be made imme-
diately following the effective date of a local law enacted pursuant to
this title and continuing until March first, two thousand THIRTY OR,
WITH RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FOR PROPERTY DEFINED AS A
PEAKING UNIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-BBBBBB OF THIS TITLE, UNTIL MARCH
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 489-dddddd of the real property tax law,
as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
3. (a) No benefits AUTHORIZED pursuant to this title shall be granted
for construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued
after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROPERTY DEFINED
AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-BBBBBB OF THIS
TITLE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
(b) If no building permit was required, then no benefits AUTHORIZED
pursuant to this title shall be granted for construction work that is
commenced after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROP-
ERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-
BBBBBB OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT IS
COMMENCED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 489-gggggg of the real property tax law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
(A-1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BEGINNING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND SHALL BE
DESIGNATED A SPECIAL COMMERCIAL ABATEMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
TITLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH DESIGNATION MAY BE MODIFIED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 5. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 489-gggggg of the real
property tax law, as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
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(e) In the city of New York, the commission may designate any area
other than the area lying south of the center line of 96th Street in the
borough of Manhattan NOT INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, to be a special
commercial abatement area if it determines that market conditions in the
area are such that the availability of a special abatement is required
in order to encourage commercial construction work in such area. In
making such determination, the commission shall consider, among other
factors, the existence in such area of a special need for commercial and
job development, high unemployment, economic distress or unusually large
numbers of vacant, underutilized, unsuitable or substandard structures,
or other substandard, unsanitary, deteriorated or deteriorating condi-
tions, with or without tangible blight; PROVIDED THAT, HOWEVER, IN
MAKING SUCH DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, THE COMMIS-
SION SHALL CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER FACTORS, THE DENSITY OF EXISTING DEVEL-
OPMENTS AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS ON GOVERNOR'S
ISLAND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY.
§ 6. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 489-gggggg of the real
property tax law, as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) the area in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of
59th street, other than: (I) the areas designated renovation areas by
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision, OR (II) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
§ 7. Subdivision 4 of section 489-gggggg of the real property tax law,
as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
4. Commercial exclusion area. Except as provided in paragraph (f) of
subdivision three of section four hundred eighty-nine-bbbbbb of this
title, any area in the borough of Manhattan lying south of the center
line of 96th Street, other than: (A) the areas designated renovation
areas by subdivision three of this section AND (B) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, shall be a commercial exclu-
sion area. Commercial construction projects in the commercial exclusion
area shall not be eligible to receive tax abatements pursuant to this
title.
§ 8. Section 11-268 of the administrative code of the city of New York
is amended by adding two new subdivisions k-1 and o-1 to read as
follows:
K-1. "PARKING FACILITY" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THEREOF ON
WHICH EXISTS A FACILITY OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT REQUIRES A LICENSE FOR
THE OPERATION OF A GARAGE OR PARKING LOT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION.
O-1. "SELF-STORAGE FACILITY" SHALL MEAN ANY REAL PROPERTY OR A PORTION
THEREOF THAT IS DESIGNED AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OCCUPYING STORAGE
SPACE BY OCCUPANTS WHO ARE TO HAVE ACCESS THERETO FOR THE PURPOSE OF
STORING AND REMOVING PERSONAL PROPERTY, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THE LIEN LAW.
§ 9. Subdivision c of section 11-270 of the administrative code of the
city of New York is amended by adding two new paragraphs 4 and 5 to read
as follows:
(4) SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO
THIS PART FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF
SUCH PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY.
(5) PARKING FACILITY. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
PART FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A PARKING FACILITY.
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§ 10. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 11-271 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 332 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Application for benefits pursuant to this part may be made imme-
diately following the effective date of the local law that added this
section and continuing until March first, two thousand THIRTY OR, WITH
RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FOR PROPERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING
UNIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2-A) OF SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION
11-269 OF THIS PART UNTIL MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 11. Subdivision c of section 11-271 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
c. (1) No benefits AUTHORIZED pursuant to this part shall be granted
for construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued
after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROPERTY DEFINED
AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2-A) OF
SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION 11-269 OF THIS PART SHALL BE GRANTED FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AFTER
APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
(2) If no building permit was required, then no benefits AUTHORIZED
pursuant to this part shall be granted for construction work that is
commenced after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROP-
ERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (2-A) OF SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION 11-269 OF THIS PART SHALL BE
GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT IS COMMENCED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 12. Subdivision b of section 11-274 of the administrative code of
the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as
follows:
(1-A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BEGINNING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND SHALL BE
DESIGNATED A SPECIAL COMMERCIAL ABATEMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PART, PROVIDED THAT SUCH DESIGNATION MAY BE MODIFIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 13. Paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 11-274 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of
the city of New York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(5) The commission may designate any area other than the area lying
south of the center line of 96th Street in the borough of Manhattan NOT
INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, to be a special commercial abatement area
if it determines that market conditions in the area are such that the
availability of a special abatement is required in order to encourage
commercial construction work in such area. In making such determination,
the commission shall consider, among other factors, the existence in
such area of a special need for commercial and job development, high
unemployment, economic distress or unusually large numbers of vacant,
underutilized, unsuitable or substandard structures, or other substand-
ard, unsanitary, deteriorated or deteriorating conditions, with or with-
out tangible blight; PROVIDED THAT, HOWEVER, IN MAKING SUCH DETERMI-
NATION WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, THE TEMPORARY COMMERCIAL
INCENTIVE AREA BOUNDARY COMMISSION SHALL ONLY BE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER,
AMONG OTHER FACTORS, WHETHER SUCH DESIGNATION CONTINUES TO BE NECESSARY
TO ADEQUATELY PROMOTE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND THE
DENSITY OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PLANNED
DEVELOPMENTS ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING
INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY.
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§ 14. Paragraph 3 of subdivision c of section 11-274 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of
the city of New York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(3) the area in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of
59th street, other than the areas: (I) designated renovation areas by
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subdivision, OR (II) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
§ 15. Subdivision d of section 11-274 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of the city of New
York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
d. Commercial exclusion area. Except as provided in paragraph (6) of
subdivision c of section 11-269 of this part, any area in the borough of
Manhattan lying south of the center line of 96th Street, other than: (1)
the areas designated renovation areas by subdivision c of this section
AND (2) AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND,
shall be a commercial exclusion area. Commercial construction projects
in the commercial exclusion area shall not be eligible to receive tax
abatements pursuant to this part.
§ 16. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that: (i) para-
graph 4 of subdivision c of section 11-270 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as added by section nine of this act shall be
deemed to have been in full force and effect as of July 1, 2020, and
shall apply to projects for which the first building permit is issued
after July 1, 2020 or if no permit is required, for which construction
commences after July 1, 2020; and (ii) paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of
section 489-cccccc of the real property tax law, as added by section one
of this act, and paragraph 5 of subdivision c of section 11-270 of the
administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section nine of
this act, shall only apply to a project for which the first building
permit is issued on or after 90 days after this act takes effect, or if
no permit is required, for which construction commences on or after such
date.
PART T
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 5004 of the civil practice law
and rules, as amended by chapter 831 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) [Interest shall be at the rate of nine per centum per annum,
except where otherwise provided by statute; provided] NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, INCLUDING ANY
LAW OR REGULATION THAT LIMITS THE ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON
A JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM, THE ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON A
JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM SHALL BE CALCULATED AT THE ONE-YEAR UNITED
STATES TREASURY BILL RATE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE "ONE-YEAR
UNITED STATES TREASURY BILL RATE" MEANS THE WEEKLY AVERAGE ONE-YEAR
CONSTANT MATURITY TREASURY YIELD, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, FOR THE CALENDAR WEEK PRECEDING THE DATE
OF THE ENTRY OF THE JUDGMENT AWARDING DAMAGES; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT
THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PROVISION OF THE TAX LAW WHICH
PROVIDES FOR THE ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON A JUDGMENT OR
ACCRUED CLAIM. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the annual rate of interest to be paid
in an action arising out of a consumer debt where a natural person is a
defendant shall be two per centum per annum (i) on a judgment or accrued
claim for judgments entered on or after the effective date of [the]
chapter EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
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[which amended this section], and (ii) for interest upon a judgment
pursuant to section five thousand three of this article from the date of
the entry of judgment on any part of a judgment entered before the
effective date of [the] chapter EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE of the laws of
two thousand twenty-one [which amended this section] that is unpaid as
of such effective date.
§ 2. Section 16 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 681 of
the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
§ 16. Rate of interest on judgments and accrued claims against the
state. The rate of interest to be paid by the state upon any judgment
or accrued claim against the state shall [not exceed nine per centum per
annum] BE CALCULATED AT THE ONE-YEAR UNITED STATES TREASURY BILL RATE.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE "ONE-YEAR UNITED STATES TREASURY
BILL RATE" MEANS THE WEEKLY AVERAGE ONE-YEAR CONSTANT MATURITY TREASURY
YIELD, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
SYSTEM, FOR THE CALENDAR WEEK PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE ENTRY OF THE
JUDGMENT AWARDING DAMAGES. PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
APPLY TO ANY PROVISION OF THE TAX LAW WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE ANNUAL RATE
OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON A JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.
PART U
Section 1. Section 167-a of the civil service law, as amended by
section 1 of part I of chapter 55 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 167-a. Reimbursement for medicare premium charges. 1. Upon exclusion
from the coverage of the health benefit plan of supplementary medical
insurance benefits for which an active or retired employee or a depend-
ent covered by the health benefit plan is or would be eligible under the
federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance program, an amount
equal to the STANDARD MEDICARE premium charge for such supplementary
medical insurance benefits for such active or retired employee and [his
or her] SUCH EMPLOYEE'S dependents, if any, shall be paid monthly or at
other intervals to such active or retired employee from the health
insurance fund. THERE SHALL BE NO PAYMENT FOR THE INCOME RELATED MONTHLY
ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT INCURRED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-FIVE TO ANY ACTIVE OR RETIRED EMPLOYEE AND SUCH EMPLOYEE'S DEPEN-
DENTS, IF ANY. Where appropriate, such STANDARD MEDICARE PREMIUM amount
may be deducted from contributions payable by the employee or retired
employee; or where appropriate in the case of a retired employee receiv-
ing a retirement allowance, such STANDARD MEDICARE PREMIUM amount may be
included with payments of [his or her] SUCH EMPLOYEE'S retirement allow-
ance. All state employer, employee, retired employee and dependent
contributions to the health insurance fund, including contributions from
public authorities, public benefit corporations or other quasi-public
organizations of the state eligible for participation in the health
benefit plan as authorized by subdivision two of section one hundred
sixty-three of this article, shall be adjusted as necessary to cover the
cost of reimbursing federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance
program premium charges under this section. This cost shall be included
in the calculation of premium or subscription charges for health cover-
age provided to employees and retired employees of the state, public
authorities, public benefit corporations or other quasi-public organiza-
tions of the state; provided, however, the state, public authorities,
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public benefit corporations or other quasi-public organizations of the
state shall remain obligated to pay no less than its share of such
increased cost consistent with its share of premium or subscription
charges provided for by this article. All other employer contributions
to the health insurance fund shall be adjusted as necessary to provide
for such payments.
2. (A) ON DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL PROVIDE A PREMIUM REFUND TO ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS
RETIREES WHO RETIRED:
(I) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE BUT PRIOR
TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE; AND
(II) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE FROM A TITLE ALLO-
CATED OR EQUATED TO SALARY GRADE NINE OR BELOW. THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL
PREMIUM REFUND SHALL BE FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE AMOUNT REIMBURSED BY THE
DEPARTMENT TO ENROLLEES FOR INCOME RELATED MONTHLY ADJUSTMENT AMOUNTS
FOR SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-FOUR DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES.
(B) ON DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN AND DECEMBER FIRST OF
EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL PREMIUM
REFUND TO ELIGIBLE STATE RETIREES. THE AMOUNT OF THE REFUND SHALL BE THE
PREMIUM REFUND PROVIDED IN THE PRIOR YEAR INCREASED BY THE RATE OF
CHANGE FOR THE MOST RECENT TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN SEPTEMBER OF
THAT YEAR IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS ON A
NATIONAL AND SEASONALLY UNADJUSTED BASIS (CPI-U), OR A SUCCESSOR INDEX
AS CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply on January
1, 2025 for the income related monthly adjustment amount incurred on or
after January 1, 2025.
PART V
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the civil
service law, as amended by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, 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. Provided
further, the state civil service department shall, and a municipal
commission may, 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 governmental agreement, waive application
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fees for all examinations held between July first, two thousand twenty-
three and [December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five] JUNE THIRTI-
ETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. Notwithstanding 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 militia, and who (1) has been honor-
ably discharged or released from such service under honorable condi-
tions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of
the 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 one of the veterans' services law, and
has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
such service. The term "armed forces" shall mean the army, navy, air
force, marine corps, and coast guard.
§ 2. Section 2 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, amending
the civil service law relating to waiving state civil service examina-
tion fees between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed on [December 31, 2025] JUNE 30, 2026; provided that this
act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after
April 1, 2023.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the
civil service law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
expiration of such subdivision and shall expire and be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART W
Section 1. Subdivision 2 section 200 of the state finance law, as
amended by section 1 of part Q of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
where the state and an employee organization representing state officers
and employees who are in positions which are in collective negotiating
units established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law
enter into an agreement providing for an alternative procedure for the
payment of salaries to such employees or where the director of employee
relations shall authorize an alternative procedure for the payment of
salaries to state officers or employees in the executive branch who are
in positions which are not in collective negotiating units, such alter-
native procedure shall be implemented in lieu of the procedure specified
in subdivision one of this section. [Notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, where the state and an employee organization
representing officers and employees in the executive branch who are in
positions which are in collective negotiating units established pursuant
to article fourteen of the civil service law enter into an agreement, or
where the director of employee relations shall authorize for officers
and employees in the executive branch who are in positions which are not
in collective negotiating units, the alternate procedure specified here-
in shall be terminated for officers and employees hired on or after July
first, two thousand twenty-five. The alternate procedure specified here-
in shall also be terminated for: (i) nonjudicial officers and employees
of the unified court system hired on or after July first, two thousand
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twenty-five, if the chief administrator of the courts so elects; (ii)
employees of the senate hired on or after July first, two thousand twen-
ty-five, if the temporary president of the senate so elects; (iii)
employees of the assembly hired on or after July first, two thousand
twenty-five, if the speaker of the assembly so elects; and (iv) employ-
ees of joint legislative employers hired on or after July first, two
thousand twenty-five, if the temporary president of the senate and the
speaker of the assembly mutually so elect for all such joint legislative
employers. Any election made pursuant to paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), or
(iv) of this subdivision shall be in writing and filed with the state
comptroller not later than thirty days after the enactment of this
legislation.]
§ 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 210 to
read as follows:
§ 210. OPTIONAL PAYMENT ELECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE THE STATE AND AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTING OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO ARE IN
POSITIONS WHICH ARE IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING UNITS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, OR
WHERE THE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SHALL AUTHORIZE FOR OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO ARE IN POSITIONS WHICH ARE NOT
IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING UNITS, NEW EMPLOYEES HIRED ON OR AFTER JULY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE AN OPTIONAL
PAYMENT, WHICH SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY SUCH AGREEMENT OR FOR
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO ARE IN POSITIONS
WHICH ARE NOT IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING UNITS, AT A RATE TO BE DETER-
MINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET. SUCH PAYMENT SHALL
NOT BE CONSIDERED BASIC ANNUAL SALARY AND SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED AS
COMPENSATION FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES. SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE RECOVERED TO
THE STATE WITHIN THE FIRST FOURTEEN PAY PERIODS AFTER SUCH PAYMENT. THE
PAYMENT SPECIFIED HEREIN SHALL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR: (A)
NONJUDICIAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM HIRED ON
OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE CHIEF ADMINIS-
TRATOR OF THE COURTS SO ELECTS; (B) EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE HIRED ON OR
AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
DENT OF THE SENATE SO ELECTS; (C) EMPLOYEES OF THE ASSEMBLY HIRED ON
OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE SPEAKER OF THE
ASSEMBLY SO ELECTS; AND (D) EMPLOYEES OF JOINT LEGISLATIVE EMPLOY-
ERS HIRED ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IF THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY MUTU-
ALLY SO ELECT FOR ALL SUCH JOINT LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYERS. ANY ELECTION
MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A), (B), (C), OR (D) OF THIS SECTION SHALL
BE IN WRITING AND FILED WITH THE STATE COMPTROLLER NO LATER THAN SEPTEM-
BER THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided however, that
section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as section one of part Q of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024,
takes effect.
PART X
Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
103-e to read as follows:
§ 103-E. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING. 1. (A) EMPLOYEES OF THE
STATE WHO USE TECHNOLOGY AS A PART OF THEIR OFFICIAL JOB DUTIES SHALL
TAKE ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,
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TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
COMPLETE THE TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE.
(B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE" SHALL
INCLUDE EMPLOYEES OF ALL STATE AGENCIES AND ALL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATIONS, THE HEADS OF WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
2. EMPLOYEES OF A COUNTY, A CITY, A TOWN, OR A VILLAGE WHO USE TECH-
NOLOGY AS A PART OF THEIR OFFICIAL JOB DUTIES SHALL TAKE ANNUAL CYBERSE-
CURITY AWARENESS TRAINING BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
SIX. THE OFFICE SHALL MAKE A CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR USE BY
A COUNTY, A CITY, A TOWN, OR A VILLAGE AT NO CHARGE, BUT SUCH TRAINING
SHALL NOT BE THE EXCLUSIVE MEANS FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART Y
Section 1. Section 2 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015,
constituting the infrastructure investment act, subdivision (a) as
amended and subdivision (g) as added by section 1 of part AA of chapter
58 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. For the purposes of this act: (a) (i) "authorized state entity"
shall mean the New York state thruway authority, the department of
transportation, the office of parks, recreation and historic preserva-
tion, the department of environmental conservation, the New York state
bridge authority, the office of general services, the dormitory authori-
ty, the urban development corporation, the state university construction
fund, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 3 OF
SECTION 352 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE CITY UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION FUND,
the New York state Olympic regional development authority and the
battery park city authority.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 26 of section 1678
of the public authorities law, section 8 of the public buildings law,
sections 8 and 9 of section 1 of chapter 359 of the laws of 1968 as
amended, section 103 of the general municipal law, and the provisions of
any other law to the contrary, the term "authorized state entity" shall
also refer to only those agencies or authorities identified below solely
in connection with the following authorized projects, provided that such
an authorized state entity may utilize the alternative delivery [method]
METHODS referred to as design-build contracts OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR CONTRACTS solely in connection with the following authorized
projects should the total cost of each such project not be less than
five million dollars($5,000,000):
Authorized Projects Authorized State Entity
1. Frontier Town Urban Development Corporation
2. Life Sciences Laboratory Dormitory Authority & Urban
Development Corporation
3. Whiteface Transformative Projects New York State Olympic Regional
Development Authority
4. Gore Transformative Projects New York State Olympic Regional
Development Authority
5. Belleayre Transformative Projects New York State Olympic Regional
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Development Authority
6. Mt. Van Hoevenberg Transformative New York State Olympic Regional
Projects Development Authority
7. Olympic Training Center New York State Olympic Regional
Development Authority
8. Olympic Arena and Convention New York State Olympic Regional
Center Complex Development Authority
9. State Fair Revitalization Office of General
Projects Services
10. State Police Forensic Office of General
Laboratory Services
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all rights or
benefits, including terms and conditions of employment, and protection
of civil service and collective bargaining status of all existing
employees of authorized state entities shall be preserved and protected.
Nothing in this section shall result in the: (1) 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; (2) transfer of existing duties and
functions related to maintenance and operations currently performed by
existing employees of authorized state entities to a contracting entity;
or (3) transfer of future duties and functions ordinarily performed by
employees of authorized state entities to the contracting entity. Noth-
ing contained herein shall be construed to affect (A) the existing
rights of employees pursuant to an existing collective bargaining agree-
ment, and (B) the existing representational relationships among employee
organizations or the bargaining relationships between the employer and
an employee organization.
If otherwise applicable, authorized projects undertaken by the author-
ized state entities listed above solely in connection with the
provisions of this act shall be subject to section 135 of the state
finance law, section 101 of the general municipal law, and section 222
of the labor law; provided, however, that an authorized state entity may
fulfill its obligations under section 135 of the state finance law or
section 101 of the general municipal law by requiring the contractor to
prepare separate specifications in accordance with section 135 of the
state finance law or section 101 of the general municipal law, as the
case may be. Provided further, that authorized projects with a total
construction cost of not less than twenty-five million dollars
($25,000,000) undertaken by the authorized state entities listed above
solely in connection with the provisions of this act shall only be
undertaken pursuant to a project labor agreement in accordance with
section 222 of the labor law. If a project labor agreement is not
performed on the authorized project, the authorized state entity shall
not utilize a design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR
contract for such project. Prior to utilizing the alternative delivery
[method] METHODS referred to as design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR contracts for the authorized projects listed in this subpar-
agraph with a total construction cost of less than twenty-five million
dollars ($25,000,000), the authorized state entities listed above shall
conduct a feasibility study in accordance with section 222 of the labor
law.
(b) "best value" shall mean the basis for awarding contracts for
services to the offerer that optimize quality, cost and efficiency,
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price and performance criteria, which may include, but is not limited
to:
1. The quality of the contractor's performance on previous projects;
2. The timeliness of the contractor's performance on previous
projects;
3. The level of customer satisfaction with the contractor's perform-
ance on previous projects;
4. The contractor's record of performing previous projects on budget
and ability to minimize cost overruns;
5. The contractor's ability to limit change orders;
6. The contractor's ability to prepare appropriate project plans;
7. The contractor's technical capacities;
8. The individual qualifications of the contractor's key personnel;
9. The contractor's ability to assess and manage risk and minimize
risk impact; and
10. The contractor's past record of compliance with article 15-A of
the executive law.
Such basis shall reflect, wherever possible, objective and quantifi-
able analysis.
(c) "capital project" shall have the same meaning as such term is
defined by subdivision 2-a of section 2 of the state finance law.
(d) "CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR CONTRACT" MEANS A CONTRACT
IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD WHEREBY A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER:
(I) IS RETAINED BY THE OWNER AT THE TIME OF THE DESIGN PHASE AND IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AS PART OF A TEAM IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE OWNER AND OWNER'S SEPARATELY RETAINED DESIGN FIRM;
(II) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING THE OWNER WITH A
PROPOSED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE DESIGN AND PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF
THIS PART;
(III) DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICES
OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR AGREED UPON
COMPENSATION AS SET FORTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR
CONTRACT; AND
(IV) ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION, THE PERIOD OF TIME
FOR PERFORMANCE, AND THE COSTS EXCEEDING AN AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR CONTRACT.
(E) "cost plus" shall mean compensating a contractor for the cost to
complete a contract by reimbursing actual costs for labor, equipment and
materials plus an additional amount for overhead and profit.
[(e)] (F) "design-build contract" shall mean a contract for the design
and construction of a capital project with a single entity, INCLUDING
PROGRESSIVE DESIGN-BUILD, which may be a team comprised of separate
entities.
[(f)] (G) "procurement record" means documentation of the decisions
made and the approach taken in the procurement process.
[(g)] (H) "project labor agreement" shall have the meaning set forth
in subdivision 1 of section 222 of the labor law. A project labor agree-
ment shall require participation in apprentice training programs.
§ 2. Section 3 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, constitut-
ing the infrastructure investment act, as amended by section 2 of part
AA of chapter 58 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38 of the highway law,
[section] SECTIONS 136-a AND 163 of the state finance law, sections 359,
1678, 1680 and 1680-a of the public authorities law, sections 376,
407-a, 6281 and 7210 of the education law, sections 8 and 9 of the
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public buildings law, section 103 of the general municipal law, and the
provisions of any other law to the contrary, and in conformity with the
requirements of this act, an authorized state entity may utilize the
alternative delivery [method] METHODS referred to as design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contracts, in consultation with
relevant local labor organizations and construction industry, unless
otherwise provided below, for capital projects located in the state
related to physical infrastructure, including, but not limited to, high-
ways, bridges, buildings and appurtenant structures, dams, flood control
projects, canals, and parks, including, but not limited to, to repair
damage caused by natural disaster, to correct health and safety defects,
to comply with federal and state laws, standards, and regulations, to
extend the useful life of or replace highways, bridges, buildings and
appurtenant structures, dams, flood control projects, canals, and parks
or to improve or add to highways, bridges, buildings and appurtenant
structures, dams, flood control projects, canals, and parks; provided
that for the contracts executed by the department of transportation, the
office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, or the department
of environmental conservation, the total cost of each such project shall
not be less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000). Provided further
that authorized state entities may only utilize the alternative delivery
[method] METHODS referred to as design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR contracts on projects with a total construction cost of not
less than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) if undertaken pursu-
ant to a project labor agreement in accordance with section 222 of the
labor law. If a project labor agreement is not performed on [the] SUCH
project, the authorized state entity shall not utilize a design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract for such project. The use
of a project labor agreement on a federal aid project shall not be
required where the federal government prohibits or disapproves of the
use of a project labor agreement on such a federal aided project. Prior
to utilizing the alternative delivery [method] METHODS referred to as
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contracts for
projects with a total construction cost of less than twenty-five million
dollars ($25,000,000), authorized state entities shall conduct a feasi-
bility study in accordance with section 222 of the labor law.
§ 3. Section 4 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, constitut-
ing the infrastructure investment act, as amended by section 4 of part
RRR of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, the opening paragraph and subdi-
vision (a) as amended by section 2 of part DD of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4. An entity selected by an authorized state entity to enter into a
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract shall be
selected through a one or two-step method, as follows:
(a) Step one. Generation of a list of entities that have demonstrated
the general capability to perform the design-build OR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract. Such list shall consist of a specified
number of entities, as determined by an authorized state entity, and
shall be generated based upon the authorized state entity's review of
responses to a publicly advertised request for qualifications. The
authorized state entity's request for qualifications shall include a
general description of the project, the maximum number of entities to be
included on the list, the selection criteria to be used and the relative
weight of each criteria in generating the list. Such selection criteria
shall include the qualifications and experience, AS APPLICABLE, of the
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, design [and] AND/OR construction [team] TEAMS,
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organization, demonstrated responsibility, ability of the team or of a
member or members of the team to comply with applicable requirements,
including the provisions of articles 145, 147 and 148 of the education
law, past record of compliance with the labor law, and such other quali-
fications the authorized state entity deems appropriate which may
include but are not limited to project understanding, financial capabil-
ity and record of past performance. The authorized state entity shall
evaluate and rate all entities responding to the request for qualifica-
tions. Based upon such ratings, the authorized state entity shall list
the entities that shall receive a request for proposals in accordance
with subdivision (b) of this section. To the extent consistent with
applicable federal law, the authorized state entity shall consider, when
awarding any contract pursuant to this section, the participation of:
(i) firms certified pursuant to article 15-A of the executive law as
minority or women-owned businesses and the ability of other businesses
under consideration to work with minority and women-owned businesses so
as to promote and assist participation by such businesses; [and] (ii)
small business concerns identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of
section 139-g of the state finance law and (iii) firms certified pursu-
ant to article 17-B of the executive law as service-disabled veteran-
owned businesses and the ability of other businesses under consideration
to work with service-disabled veteran-owned businesses so as to promote
and assist participation by such businesses.
(b) Step two. Selection of the proposal which is the best value to the
authorized state entity. The authorized state entity shall issue a
request for proposals to the entities listed pursuant to subdivision (a)
of this section. If such an entity consists of a team of separate enti-
ties, the entities that comprise such a team must remain unchanged from
the entity as listed pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section unless
otherwise approved by the authorized state entity. The request for
proposals shall set forth the project's scope of work, and other
requirements, as determined by the authorized state entity. The request
for proposals shall specify the criteria to be used to evaluate the
responses and the relative weight of each such criteria. Such criteria
shall include, AS APPLICABLE, the proposal's cost, the quality of the
proposal's solution, the qualifications and experience of the design-
build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR entity, and other factors
deemed pertinent by the authorized state entity, which may include, but
shall not be limited to, the proposal's project implementation, ability
to complete the work in a timely and satisfactory manner, maintenance
costs of the completed project, maintenance of traffic approach, and
community impact. Any contract awarded pursuant to this act shall be
awarded to a responsive and responsible entity that submits the
proposal, which, in consideration of these and other specified criteria
deemed pertinent to the project, offers the best value to the authorized
state entity, as determined by the authorized state entity. The request
for proposals shall include a statement that entities shall designate in
writing those portions of the proposal that contain trade secrets or
other proprietary information that are to remain confidential; that the
material designated as confidential shall be readily separable from the
entity's proposal. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the
authorized entity from negotiating final contract terms and conditions
including cost. All proposals submitted shall be scored according to the
criteria listed in the request for proposals and such final scores shall
be published on the authorized state entity's website.
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§ 4. Section 11 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, is amended to read as follows:
§ 11. The submission of a proposal or responses or the execution of a
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract pursuant to
this act shall not be construed to be a violation of section 6512 of the
education law.
§ 5. Subdivision (a) of section 13 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws
of 2015, constituting the infrastructure investment act, as amended by
section 11 of part RRR of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017 and paragraph 3
as amended by section 4 of part DD of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the authorized state entity may award a [construction] contract[:
1. To] TO the DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTOR OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS
CONSTRUCTOR contractor [offering]:
1. OFFERING the best value; or
2. Utilizing a cost-plus not to exceed guaranteed maximum price form
of contract in which the authorized state entity shall be entitled to
monitor and audit all project costs. In establishing the schedule and
process for determining a guaranteed maximum price, the contract between
the authorized state entity and the DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTOR OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contractor shall:
(i) describe the scope of the work and the cost of performing such
work;
(ii) include a detailed line item cost breakdown;
(iii) include a list of all drawings, specifications and other infor-
mation on which the guaranteed maximum price is based;
(iv) include the dates for substantial and final completion on which
the guaranteed maximum price is based; and
(v) include a schedule of unit prices; or
3. [(i)] Utilizing a lump sum contract in which the DESIGN-BUILD
CONTRACTOR OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contractor agrees to
accept a set dollar amount for a contract which comprises a single bid
without providing a cost breakdown for all costs such as for equipment,
labor, materials, as well as such contractor's profit for completing all
items of work comprising the project, which lump sum price may be nego-
tiated and established by the authorized state entity based on a
proposed guaranteed maximum price[.]; OR
[(ii) The design-build contract may include] 4. UTILIZING A CONTRACT
THAT INCLUDES both lump sum elements and cost-plus not to exceed guaran-
teed maximum price elements [and], WHICH CONTRACT may also provide for
professional services on a fee-for-service basis.
§ 6. Section 14 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, is amended to read as follows:
§ 14. Prequalified contractors. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the authorized state entity [may maintain a list of
prequalified contractors who are eligible to submit a proposal pursuant
to this act and entry into such list shall be continuously available]
WHEN AWARDING ANY CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC WORK MAY ESTABLISH GUIDELINES
GOVERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTORS SEEKING TO BID, PROPOSE OR
ENTER INTO SUCH CONTRACT. Prospective contractors may be prequalified as
contractors to provide particular types of construction, in accordance
with general criteria established by the authorized state entity which
may include, but shall not be limited to, the experience, past perform-
ance, ability to undertake the type and complexity of work, financial
capability, responsibility, compliance with equal employment opportunity
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requirements and anti-discrimination laws, and reliability. Such
prequalification may be by categories designed by size, VALUE,
GEOGRAPHY, and other factors. IF THE AUTHORIZED STATE ENTITY MAINTAINS
AN APPROPRIATE LIST OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS, THE CONTRACT SHALL BE
AWARDED CONSISTENT WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE AUTHORIZED STATE
ENTITY.
(b) THE AUTHORIZED STATE ENTITY SHALL, NOT LESS THAN ANNUALLY, PUBLISH
IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION OR POST IN THE NEW YORK STATE
CONTRACT REPORTER AN ADVERTISEMENT REQUESTING PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS TO
SUBMIT QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS. LISTS OF PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS MAY
BE ESTABLISHED ON A PROJECT-SPECIFIC BASIS. PRE-QUALIFIED LISTS SHALL
INCLUDE ALL CONTRACTORS THAT QUALIFY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH
LIST SHALL HAVE NO LESS THAN FIVE BIDDERS. A contractor who is denied
prequalification or whose prequalification is revoked or suspended by
the authorized state entity may appeal such decision to the authorized
state entity. If such a suspension extends for more than three months,
it shall be deemed a revocation of the prequalification. The authorized
state entity may proceed with the contract award during any appeal.
§ 7. Section 15-b of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, as added by section 5 of part
DD of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
§ 15-b. Public employees as defined by paragraph (a) of subdivision 7
of section 201 of the civil service law and who are employed by author-
ized entities as defined in paragraph (i) of subdivision (a) of section
two of this act shall examine and review certifications provided by
contractors for conformance with material source testing, certifications
testing, surveying, monitoring of environmental compliance, independent
quality control testing and inspection and quality assurance audits.
Performance by authorized entities of any review described in this
subdivision shall not be construed to modify or limit contractors' obli-
gations to perform work in strict accordance with the applicable
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contracts or the
contractors' or any subcontractors' obligations or liabilities under any
law.
§ 8. Section 16 of part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, consti-
tuting the infrastructure investment act, as amended by section 6 of
part DD of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 16. A report shall be submitted on or no later than June 30, 2021
and annually thereafter, to the governor, the temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly by the New York state office of
general services on behalf of authorized entities defined in paragraph
(i) of subdivision (a) of section two of this act containing information
on each authorized state entity that has entered into a design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract pursuant to this act, which
shall include, but not be limited to, a description of each such
design-build OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR contract, informa-
tion regarding the procurement process for each such design-build OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR project, including the list of qual-
ified bidders, the total cost of each design-build OR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR project, an explanation of the estimated cost and
schedule savings of each project, an explanation of how the savings were
determined, the participation rate and total dollar value of minority-
and women-owned business enterprises and service-disabled veteran-owned
businesses, and whether a project labor agreement was used, and if
applicable, the justification for using a project labor agreement. Such
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report shall also be posted on the website of the New York state office
of general services for public review.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to part F of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015 made by
sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such part and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART Z
Section 1. Section 13-a of chapter 749 of the laws of 2019, constitut-
ing the New York city public works investment act, as added by chapter
534 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 13-a. (a) For purposes of this section:
[(1)] "Construction manager build" shall mean a project delivery meth-
od whereby a construction manager:
(i) serves as part of a team in conjunction with the owner in the
design phase of the project;
(ii) under the oversight of the owner, acts as the single source of
responsibility to bid, select and hold construction contracts on behalf
of the owner during the construction phase; and
(iii) manages the construction project on behalf of the owner.
[(2) "Department" shall mean the New York city department of design
and construction.]
(b) This section may only be applied to:
(1) Design-build contracts solicited by [the department] AN AUTHORIZED
ENTITY that have an estimated cost of not less than ten million
dollars[,] AND are undertaken pursuant to a project labor agreement in
accordance with section 222 of the labor law [and in connection with a
project that is primarily related to:
(i) water or sewer infrastructure, and primarily consists of the
replacement of existing, or installation of new, water mains or sewers
or the installation of assets to manage stormwater flow, or a combina-
tion of the foregoing; or
(ii) coastal resiliency, and primarily consists of flood walls,
deployable gates, the relocation or protection of existing infrastruc-
ture from flooding, or a combination of the foregoing]; or
(2) Construction manager build contracts solicited by [the department]
AN AUTHORIZED ENTITY that have an estimated cost of not less than five
million dollars[,] AND are undertaken pursuant to a project labor agree-
ment in accordance with section 222 of the labor law [and in connection
with a project for the construction or renovation of a cultural institu-
tion located on publicly owned real property on behalf of the New York
city department of cultural affairs or a public library in the city of
New York].
(c) Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law, rule, or regu-
lation to the contrary, a contractor selected by [the department] AN
AUTHORIZED ENTITY to enter into a construction manager build contract
pursuant to this section shall be selected through the two-step method
described in subdivision (a) of section four of this act. The [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY may use the types of contracts identified in
subdivision (b) of section four of this act for contracts procured using
the construction manager build delivery method.
(d) Where [the department] AN AUTHORIZED ENTITY determines in writing
that it is in the best interest of the public to solicit proposals using
the design-build contract delivery method in connection with a project
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that meets the criteria set forth in paragraph one of subdivision (b) of
this section, without generating a list pursuant to the process set
forth in paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section four of this act,
[the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY shall release, evaluate and
score a request for proposals pursuant to the procedure set forth in
subdivision (e) of this section. To the extent consistent with applica-
ble federal law, [the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY shall consider,
when soliciting proposals and awarding any contract pursuant to this
section, the participation of (i) entities that are certified as minori-
ty- or women-owned business enterprises pursuant to article fifteen-A of
the executive law, or certified pursuant to local law as minority- or
women-owned business enterprises, and (ii) small business concerns iden-
tified pursuant to subdivision (b) of section one hundred thirty-nine-g
of the state finance law. In addition, nothing in this section shall be
deemed to supersede any pre-qualification guidelines or requirements
otherwise authorized by law for [the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY.
(e) The request for proposals shall set forth the public work's scope
of work, and other requirements, as determined by the [department]
AUTHORIZED ENTITY, which may include separate goals for work under the
contract to be performed by businesses certified as minority- or women-
owned business enterprises pursuant to article fifteen-A of the execu-
tive law or certified pursuant to local law as minority- or women-owned
business enterprises. The request for proposals shall also specify the
criteria to be used to evaluate the responses and the relative weight of
each of such criteria. Such criteria shall include the proposal's cost,
the quality of the proposal's solution, the qualifications and experi-
ence of the proposer, and other factors deemed pertinent by the [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY, which may include, but shall not be limited to,
the proposal's manner and schedule of project implementation, the
proposer's ability to complete the work in a timely and satisfactory
manner, maintenance costs of the completed public work, maintenance of
traffic approach, and community impact. A contract awarded pursuant to
this section shall be awarded to a responsive and responsible proposer,
which, in consideration of these and other specified criteria deemed
pertinent, offers the best value, as determined by the [department]
AUTHORIZED ENTITY. The [department] AUTHORIZED ENTITY may engage in
negotiations or other discussions with all qualified proposers that have
expressed interest in response to the request for proposals released
pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section, provided that such [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY maintains a written record of the conduct of
negotiations or discussions and the basis for every determination to
continue or suspend negotiations, and, provided, further, that if such
[department] AUTHORIZED ENTITY determines for a particular contract or
for a particular type of contract that it is in the best interest of the
public to negotiate or enter into discussions with fewer proposers, it
shall make such a determination in writing. If such [department] AUTHOR-
IZED ENTITY enters into such negotiations, such [department] AUTHORIZED
ENTITY shall allow all proposers to revise their proposals upon conclu-
sion of negotiations, and shall evaluate any such revised proposals
using the criteria included in the request for proposals. The request
for proposals shall include a statement that proposers shall designate
in writing those portions of the proposal that contain trade secrets or
other proprietary information that are to remain confidential; that the
material designated as confidential shall be readily separable from the
proposal. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
authorized entity from negotiating final contract terms and conditions
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including cost. All proposals submitted shall be scored according to
the criteria listed in the request for proposals and such final
scores shall be published on the authorized entity's website after
registration of such contract or the date upon which such contract may
be implemented, if registration requirements do not apply.
(f) The reporting requirement set forth in section thirteen of this
act shall apply to contracts procured pursuant to this section, provided
that the requirement that such report include a list of responding enti-
ties shall not apply to any contract where no such list was generated.
Such report shall include a description of the scope of work for each
project, whether the project used the design-build or construction
manager build method as described in subdivision (b) of this section,
the percentage of alternative project delivery contracts that used the
methods described in subdivision (b) of this section, the type of
contract described in subdivision (b) of section four of this act that
was used to procure the project, information regarding the total
contract price upon contract award, the total contract price upon final
completion of the project, the [department's] AUTHORIZED ENTITY'S
initial projected estimate of the cost of the project and the partic-
ipation rate of and total dollar value of monies paid to minority- and
women-owned business enterprises and small business concerns under
alternative project delivery contracts.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
the amendments to chapter 749 of the laws of 2019 made by section one of
this act shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such chapter and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.
PART AA
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-2) to read as follows:
(B-2) UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ANY AUTHORIZED PROVIDER, ANY RESIDENT
OR FELLOW WHO MAY PRACTICE MEDICINE AS AN EXEMPT PERSON AS PROVIDED FOR
IN TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, MAY RENDER MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS
CHAPTER SO LONG AS THE SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE EDUCATION LAW ARE
MET AND NEITHER THE SUPERVISING PROVIDER NOR RESIDENT OR FELLOW HAVE
BEEN PROHIBITED FROM TREATING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS PURSUANT
TO SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART BB
Section 1. Section 13-a of the workers' compensation law, as added by
chapter 258 of the laws of 1935, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 363
of the laws of 1989, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 113 of the laws
of 1946, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 473 of the laws of 2000,
subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by section 8 of part CC of chapter 55 of
the laws of 2019, and subdivision 7 as added by chapter 6 of the laws of
2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 13-a. Selection of authorized [physician] PROVIDER by employee. (1)
An injured employee may, when care is required, select to treat [him or
her] THEM any [physician] PROVIDER authorized by the chair to render
medical care, as hereafter provided. If for any reason during the period
when medical treatment and care is required, the employee wishes to
transfer [his or her] THEIR treatment and care to another authorized
[physician] PROVIDER, [he or she] THEY may do so, in accordance with
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rules prescribed by the chair. In such instance the remuneration of the
[physician] PROVIDER whose services are being dispensed with shall be
limited to the value of treatment rendered at fees as established in the
schedule for [his or her] THEIR location, unless payment in higher
amounts has been approved as authorized in [section thirteen, paragraph]
SUBDIVISION a OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE. If a claimant shall
receive treatment in any hospital or other institution operated in whole
or in part by the state of New York, the employer shall be liable for
food, clothing and maintenance furnished by the hospital or other insti-
tution to such employee. If the employee is unable due to the nature of
the injury to select such authorized [physician] PROVIDER and the emer-
gency nature of the injury requires immediate medical treatment and
care, or if [he or she does] THEY DO not desire to select a [physician]
PROVIDER, and in writing so advises the employer, the employer shall
promptly provide [him or her] THEM with the necessary medical care,
provided however, that nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent
such employee, when subsequently able to do so, from selecting for
continuance of any medical treatment or care required, any [physician]
PROVIDER authorized by the chair to render medical care as hereinafter
provided.
(2) The [chairman] CHAIR shall prescribe the form of a notice inform-
ing employees of their privilege under this chapter, and such notice
shall be posted and maintained by the employer in a conspicuous place or
places in and about [his] THEIR place or places of business.
(3) The employer shall have the right to transfer the care of an
injured employee from the attending [physician] PROVIDER, whether chosen
originally by the employee or by the employer, to another authorized
[physician] PROVIDER (1) if the interest of the injured employee neces-
sitates the transfer or (2) if the [physician has not been authorized to
treat injured employees under this act or (3) if he has not been author-
ized under this act to treat the particular injury or condition as
provided by section thirteen-b (2)] PROVIDER IS CURRENTLY PLACED ON THE
EXCLUSION LIST. An authorized [physician] PROVIDER from whom the case
has been transferred shall have the right of appeal to an arbitration
committee as provided in subdivision two of section thirteen-g OF THIS
ARTICLE and if said arbitration committee finds that the transfer was
not authorized by this section, said employer shall pay to the [physi-
cian] PROVIDER a sum equal to the total fee earned by the [physician]
PROVIDER to whom the care of the injured employee has been transferred,
or such proportion of said fee as the arbitration committee shall deem
adequate.
(4) (a) No claim for medical or surgical treatment shall be valid and
enforceable, as against such employer, or employee, unless within
forty-eight hours following the first treatment the [physician] PROVIDER
giving such treatment furnishes to the employer and directly to the
chair a preliminary notice of such injury and treatment, within fifteen
days thereafter a more complete report and subsequent thereto progress
reports if requested in writing by the chair, board, employer or insur-
ance carrier at intervals of not less than three weeks apart or at less
frequent intervals if requested on forms prescribed by the chair. The
board may excuse failure to give such notices within the designated
periods when it finds it to be in the interest of justice to do so.
(b) Upon receipt of the notice provided for by paragraph (a) of this
subdivision, the employer, the carrier, and the claimant each shall be
entitled to have the claimant examined by a [physician] PROVIDER author-
ized by the chair in accordance with sections thirteen-b and one hundred
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thirty-seven of this chapter, at a medical facility convenient to the
claimant and in the presence of the claimant's [physician] PROVIDER, and
refusal by the claimant to submit to such independent medical examina-
tion at such time or times as may reasonably be necessary in the opinion
of the board, shall bar the claimant from recovering compensation for
any period during which [he or she] THE CLAIMANT has refused to submit
to such examination. No hospital shall be required to produce the
records of any claimant without receiving its customary fees or charges
for reproduction of such records.
(c) Where it would place an unreasonable burden upon the employer or
carrier to arrange for, or for the claimant to attend, an independent
medical examination by an authorized [physician] PROVIDER, the employer
or carrier shall arrange for such examination to be performed by a qual-
ified [physician] PROVIDER in a medical facility convenient to the
claimant.
(d) The independent medical examiner shall provide such reports and
shall submit to investigation as required by the chair.
(e) In order to qualify as admissible medical evidence, for purposes
of adjudicating any claim under this chapter, any report submitted to
the board by an independent medical examiner licensed by the state of
New York shall include the following:
(i) a signed statement certifying that the report is a full and truth-
ful representation of the independent medical examiner's professional
opinion with respect to the claimant's condition:
(ii) such examiner's board issued authorization number;
(iii) the name of the individual or entity requesting the examination;
(iv) if applicable, the registration number as required by section
thirteen-n of this article; and
(v) such other information as the chair may require by regulation.
Any report by an independent medical examiner who is not authorized,
and who performs an independent medical examination in accordance with
paragraph (c) of this subdivision, which is to be used as medical
evidence under this chapter, shall include in the report such informa-
tion as the chair may require by regulation.
(5) No claim for specialist consultations, surgical operations,
physiotherapeutic or occupational therapy procedures, x-ray examinations
or special diagnostic laboratory tests costing more than one thousand
dollars shall be valid and enforceable, as against such employer, unless
such special services shall have been authorized by the employer or by
the board, or unless such authorization has been unreasonably withheld,
or withheld for a period of more than thirty calendar days from receipt
of a request for authorization, or unless such special services are
required in an emergency, provided, however, that the basis for a denial
of such authorization by the employer must be based on a conflicting
second opinion rendered by a [physician] PROVIDER authorized by the
board. The board, with the approval of the superintendent of financial
services, shall issue and maintain a list of pre-authorized procedures
under this section. Such list of pre-authorized procedures shall be
issued and maintained for the purpose of expediting authorization of
treatment of injured workers. Such list of pre-authorized procedures
shall not prohibit varied treatment when the treating provider demon-
strates the appropriateness and medical necessity of such treatment.
(6) (a) Any interference by any person with the selection by an
injured employee of an authorized [physician] PROVIDER to treat [him]
SUCH EMPLOYEE, except when the selection is made pursuant to article
ten-A of this chapter, and the improper influencing or attempt by any
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person improperly to influence the medical opinion of any [physician]
PROVIDER who has treated or examined an injured employee, shall be a
misdemeanor; provided, however, that it shall not constitute interfer-
ence or improper influence if, in the presence of such injured employ-
ee's [physician] PROVIDER, an employer, [his] THE EMPLOYER'S carrier or
agent should recommend or provide information concerning rehabilitation
services or the availability thereof to an injured employee or [his] THE
EMPLOYEE'S family.
(b) Except as otherwise permitted by law, an employer, carrier, or
third-party administrator shall not interfere or attempt to interfere
with the selection by an injured employee of, or treatment by, an
authorized medical provider, including by directing or attempting to
direct that the injured employee seek treatment from a specific provider
or type of provider selected by the employer, carrier, or third-party
administrator. It shall not constitute improper interference under this
paragraph if the direction or attempt to direct the injured employee to
receive treatment from a specific provider or type of provider origi-
nates from the authorized medical provider while in the course of
providing treatment to the injured employee.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the chair
shall by regulation establish a performance standard concerning the
subject of any penalty imposed under this paragraph against an employer,
carrier or third-party administrator. The performance standard estab-
lished by the chair shall be used to measure compliance with this para-
graph by employers, carriers and third-party administrators. The chair
shall apply the performance standard based on multiple factors, includ-
ing but not limited to, findings of improper interference submitted as
complaints to the board's monitoring unit, unreasonable objections to
medical care, unwarranted objections to variances, medical billing
disputes, case delays brought about by employers, carriers and third-
party administrators, and the unreasonable denial of medical care.
(ii) Upon validating an allegation that the employer, carrier or
third-party administrator has failed to meet the promulgated performance
standard, a penalty shall be assessed by the board upon notice to the
employer, carrier or third-party administrator. The board shall impose
such penalty against the carrier, employer or third-party administrator
in the amount of fifty dollars per violation identified in subparagraph
(i) of this paragraph. The penalties for violations identified in
subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, may be aggregated into a single
penalty upon a finding that an employer, carrier or third-party adminis-
trator has interfered with an injured employee's necessary medical
treatment and care. Such aggregate penalty or assessment shall be based
upon the number of violations as multiplied against the applicable
penalty or assessment, but may be negotiated by the chair's designee in
full satisfaction of the penalty or assessment. Any aggregate penalty or
assessment issued under this paragraph shall be issued administratively,
and the chair shall, by regulation, specify the method of review or
redetermination, and the presentment of evidence and objections shall
occur solely upon the documentation. Any final determination shall be
subject to review under section twenty-three of this article but penal-
ties may not be subject to a stay. A final determination that an employ-
er, carrier or third-party administrator has engaged in a pattern of
interference with an injured worker's access to medically necessary
medical care shall result in the imposition of an aggregate penalty and
publication of notice of such finding on the board's web page.
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(7)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the
contrary, any insurance carrier authorized to transact the business of
workers' compensation insurance in this state, self-insurer or the state
insurance fund may contract with a network or networks, legally and
properly organized, to perform diagnostic tests, x-ray examinations,
magnetic resonance imaging, or other radiological examinations or tests
of claimants and may require claimant to obtain or undergo such diagnos-
tic test, x-ray examinations, magnetic resonance imaging or other radio-
logical examinations or tests with a provider or at a facility that is
affiliated with the network or networks with which the carrier
contracts, except if a medical emergency occurs requiring an immediate
diagnostic test, x-ray examination, magnetic resonance imaging or other
radiological examination or test or if the network with which the insur-
ance carrier, self-insurer or the state insurance fund contracts does
not have a provider or facility able to perform the examination or test
within a reasonable distance from the claimant's residence or place of
employment, as defined by regulation of the board.
(b) Any insurance carrier, self-insurer or the state insurance fund
which requires claimants to obtain or undergo diagnostic tests, x-ray
examinations, magnetic resonance imaging or other radiological examina-
tions or tests with a provider or at a facility affiliated with a
network or networks with which it contracts, must notify the claimant of
the name and contact information for the network or networks at the same
time the written statement of the claimant's rights as required by
subdivision two of section one hundred ten of this chapter or immediate-
ly after imposing such requirement if the time period within which the
written statement of the claimant's rights as required by subdivision
two of section one hundred ten of this chapter has expired.
(c) At the time a request for authorization for special diagnostic
tests, x-ray examinations, magnetic resonance imaging or other radiolog-
ical examinations or tests costing more than one thousand dollars as
required by subdivision five of this section is approved, the insurance
carrier, self-insurer or state insurance fund, or if so delegated the
network with which the insurance carrier, self-insurer or state insur-
ance fund has contracted, shall notify the [physician] PROVIDER request-
ing authorization of the requirement that the claimant obtain or undergo
the special diagnostic test, x-ray examination, magnetic resonance imag-
ing or other radiological examination or test with a provider or at a
facility affiliated with the network or networks with which it has
contracted, the contact information for the network and a list of the
providers and facilities within the claimant's geographic location, as
defined by regulation of the board. The claimant, in consultation with
the provider who requested the special diagnostic test, x-ray examina-
tion, magnetic resonance imaging or other radiological test or exam,
will determine the provider or facility from within the network which
will perform such diagnostic test, x-ray examination, magnetic resonance
imaging or other radiological examination or test.
(d) The results of the special diagnostic test, x-ray examination,
magnetic resonance imaging or other radiological test or exam must be
sent to the [physician] PROVIDER who requested the test or exam imme-
diately upon completion of the report detailing the results.
§ 2. Section 13-b of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
section 1 of part CC of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, and paragraphs
(p) and (q) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2 as
added by chapter 335 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
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§ 13-b. Authorization of providers, medical bureaus and laboratories
by the chair. 1. [No person shall render medical care or conduct inde-
pendent medical examinations under this chapter without such authori-
zation by the chair.] ANY PROVIDER AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE
AUTHORIZED TO RENDER MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS CHAPTER UNLESS THEY ARE
CURRENTLY EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE. INDE-
PENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS MAY ONLY BE PERFORMED BY A PHYSICIAN,
PODIATRIST, CHIROPRACTOR, OR PSYCHOLOGIST AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM SUCH
EXAMINATIONS BY THE CHAIR, OR AS SPECIFIED IN REGULATIONS, WHEN QUALI-
FIED BY THE BOARD. NO PROVIDER MAY CONDUCT INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINA-
TIONS UNLESS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF SECTION THIRTEEN-A AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS
CHAPTER. As used in this title, the following definitions shall have the
following meanings unless their context requires otherwise:
(a) "Acupuncturist" shall mean licensed as having completed a formal
course of study and having passed an examination in accordance with the
education law, the regulations of the commissioner of education, and the
requirements of the board of regents. Acupuncturists are required by the
education law to advise, in writing, each patient of the importance of
consulting with a physician for the condition or conditions necessitat-
ing acupuncture care, as prescribed by the education law.
(b) "Chair" of the board shall mean either the chair or the chair's
designee.
(c) "Chiropractor" shall mean licensed and having completed two years
of preprofessional college study and a four-year resident program in
chiropractic in accordance with the education law, and consistent with
the licensing requirements of the commissioner of education.
(d) "Dentist" shall mean licensed and having completed a four-year
course of study leading to a D.D.S. or D.D.M. degree, or an equivalent
degree, in accordance with the education law and the licensing require-
ments of the commissioner of education.
(e) "Employer" shall mean a self-insured employer or, if insured, the
insurance carrier.
(f) "Independent medical examination" shall mean an examination
performed by a physician, podiatrist, chiropractor or psychologist,
authorized under this section to perform such examination, for the
purpose of examining or evaluating injury or illness pursuant to para-
graph (b) of subdivision four of section thirteen-a and section one
hundred thirty-seven of this chapter and as more fully set forth in
regulation.
(g) "Nurse practitioner" shall mean a licensed registered professional
nurse certified pursuant to section sixty-nine hundred ten of the educa-
tion law acting within their lawful scope of practice.
(h) "Occupational therapist" shall mean licensed as having at least a
bachelor's or master's degree in occupational therapy from a registered
program with the education department or receipt of a diploma or degree
resulting from completion of not less than four years of postsecondary
study, which includes the professional study of occupational therapy in
accordance with the education law and the regulations of the commission-
er of education.
(i) "Physical therapist" shall mean licensed in accordance with the
education law and the licensing requirements of the commissioner of
education.
(j) "Physician" shall mean licensed with a degree of doctor of medi-
cine, M.D., or doctor of osteopathic medicine, D.O., or an equivalent
degree in accordance with the education law and the licensing require-
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ments of the state board of medicine and the regulations of the commis-
sioner of education.
(k) "Physician assistant" shall mean a licensed provider who is
licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five hundred
forty-one of the education law.
(l) "Podiatrist" shall mean a doctor of podiatric medicine licensed as
having received a doctoral degree in podiatric medicine in accordance
with the regulations of the commissioner of education and the education
law, and must satisfactorily meet all other requirements of the state
board for podiatric medicine.
(m) ["Provider"] "AUTHORIZED PROVIDER" OR "PROVIDER" shall mean a duly
licensed acupuncturist, chiropractor, nurse practitioner, occupational
therapist, physical therapist, physician, physician assistant, podia-
trist, psychologist, or social worker [authorized by the chair] AS
DEFINED IN THIS SECTION WHO IS NOT CURRENTLY EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO
SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE.
(n) "Psychologist" shall mean licensed as having received a doctoral
degree in psychology from a program of psychology registered with the
state education department or the substantial equivalent thereof in
accordance with the education law, the requirements of the state board
for psychology, and the regulations of the commissioner of education.
(o) "Social worker" shall mean a licensed clinical social worker. A
licensed clinical social worker has completed a master's degree of
social work that includes completion of a core curriculum of at least
twelve credit hours of clinical courses or the equivalent post-graduate
clinical coursework, in accordance with the education law and the regu-
lations of the commissioner of education.
(p) "Physical therapist assistant" shall mean licensed in accordance
with the education law and the licensing requirements of the commission-
er of education.
(q) "Occupational therapy assistant" shall mean licensed in accordance
with the education law and the licensing requirements of the commission-
er of education.
(R) "EXCLUSION LIST" MEANS THE LIST PUBLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE LISTING
PROVIDERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY DISQUALIFIED FROM RENDERING CARE OR FROM
PERFORMING INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
2. Any provider [licensed pursuant to the education law to provide
medical care and treatment in the state of New York may render emergency
care and treatment in an emergency hospital or urgent care setting
providing emergency treatment under this chapter without authorization
by the chair under this section;] RENDERING MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS
CHAPTER MUST COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE,
INCLUDING ANY APPLICABLE NEW YORK MEDICAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES AND THE
OFFICIAL NEW YORK MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE(S).
(a) Such licensed provider as identified in this subdivision who is on
staff at any hospital or urgent care center providing emergency treat-
ment may continue such medical care under this chapter while an injured
employee remains a patient in such hospital or urgent care setting; and
(b) Under the direct supervision of an authorized provider, medical
care may be rendered by a registered nurse or other person trained in
laboratory or diagnostic techniques within the scope of such person's
specialized training and qualifications. This supervision shall be
evidenced by signed records of instructions for treatment and signed
records of the patient's condition and progress. Reports of such treat-
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ment and supervision shall be made by such provider to the chair in the
format prescribed by the chair at such times as the chair may require.
(b-1) Under the direction and supervision of an authorized occupa-
tional therapist, occupational therapy services may be rendered by an
occupational therapy assistant. Under the direction and supervision of
an authorized physical therapist, physical therapy services may be
rendered by a physical therapist assistant. Where any such care or
treatment is rendered, records of the patient's condition and progress,
together with records of instruction for treatment, if any, shall be
maintained by the physical therapist or occupational therapist and by
the referring physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or nurse prac-
titioner. Said records shall be submitted to the chair on forms and at
such times as the chair may require.
(c) Where it would place an unreasonable burden upon the employer or
carrier to arrange for, or for the claimant to attend, an independent
medical examination by an authorized provider, the employer or carrier
shall arrange for such examination to be performed by a qualified
provider in a medical facility convenient to the claimant.
(d) Upon the prescription or referral of an authorized physician,
physician assistant, podiatrist, or nurse practitioner acting within the
scope of [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S practice, care or treatment may be
rendered to an injured employee by an authorized physical therapist,
occupational therapist or acupuncturist provided the conditions and the
treatment performed are among the conditions that the physical thera-
pist, occupational therapist or acupuncturist is authorized to treat
pursuant to the education law or the regulations of the commissioner of
education. Where any such care or treatment is rendered, records of the
patient's condition and progress, together with records of instruction
for treatment, if any, shall be maintained by the physical therapist,
occupational therapist or acupuncturist rendering treatment and by the
referring physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or nurse practi-
tioner. Said records shall be submitted to the chair on forms and at
such times as the chair may require.
(e) A record, report or opinion of a physical therapist, occupational
therapist, acupuncturist or physician assistant shall not be considered
as evidence of the causal relationship of any condition to a work
related accident or occupational disease under this chapter. Nor may a
record, report or opinion of a physical therapist, occupational thera-
pist or acupuncturist be considered evidence of disability. Nor may a
record, report or opinion of a physician assistant be considered
evidence of the presence of a permanent or initial disability or the
degree thereof.
(f) An independent medical examination performed in accordance with
section one hundred thirty-seven of this chapter, may only be performed
by a physician, podiatrist, chiropractor or psychologist authorized to
perform such examinations by the chair, or as specified in regulation,
when qualified by the board.
3. [A provider] IN ORDER TO PERFORM INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIR-
TEEN-A AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, A PHYSI-
CIAN, PODIATRIST, CHIROPRACTOR, OR PSYCHOLOGIST properly licensed or
certified pursuant to the regulations of the commissioner of education
and the requirements of the education law [desirous of being authorized
to render medical care under this chapter and/or to conduct independent
medical examinations in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdivision
four of section thirteen-a and section one hundred thirty-seven of this
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chapter] shall file an application for authorization under this chapter
with the chair or chair's designee AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE APPLICABLE
REGULATIONS, CURRENTLY SECTION 300.2 OF TITLE 12 NYCRR. [Prior to
receiving authorization, a physician must, together with submission of
an application to the chair, submit such application to the medical
society of the county in which the physician's office is located or of a
board designated by such county society or of a board representing duly
licensed physicians of any other school of medical practice in such
county, and such medical society shall submit the recommendation to the
board. In the event such county society or board fails to take action
upon a physician's completed and signed application within forty-five
days, the chair may complete review of the application without such
approval. Upon approval of the application by the chair or the chair's
designee, the applicant shall further agree to refrain from subsequently
treating for remuneration, as a private patient, any person seeking
medical treatment, or submitting to an independent medical examination,
in connection with, or as a result of, any injury compensable under this
chapter, if he or she has been removed from the list of providers
authorized to render medical care or to conduct independent medical
examinations under this chapter, or if the person seeking such treat-
ment, or submitting to an independent medical examination, has been
transferred from his or her care in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter. This agreement shall run to the benefit of the injured
person so treated or examined, and shall be available to him or her as a
defense in any action by such provider for payment for treatment
rendered by a provider after he or she has been removed from the list of
providers authorized to render medical care or to conduct independent
medical examinations under this chapter, or after the injured person was
transferred from his or her care in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.]
4. Laboratories and bureaus engaged in x-ray diagnosis or treatment or
in physiotherapy or other therapeutic procedures and which participate
in the diagnosis or treatment of injured workers under this chapter
shall be operated or supervised by providers authorized under this chap-
ter and shall be subject to the provisions of section thirteen-c of this
article. The person in charge of diagnostic clinical laboratories duly
authorized under this chapter shall possess the qualifications estab-
lished by the public health and health planning council for approval by
the state commissioner of health or, in the city of New York, the quali-
fications approved by the board of health of said city and shall main-
tain the standards of work required for such approval.
§ 3. Section 13-d of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
section 2 of part CC of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 13-d. [Removal of providers from lists of those authorized to render
medical care or to conduct independent medical examinations] PLACEMENT
OF PROVIDERS ON THE EXCLUSION LIST. 1. [The medical society of the coun-
ty in which the physician's office is located at the time or a board
designated by such county society or a board representing duly licensed
physicians of any other school of medical practice in such county shall
investigate, hear and make findings with respect to all charges as to
professional or other misconduct of any authorized physician as herein
provided under rules and procedure to be prescribed by the medical
appeals unit, and shall report evidence of such misconduct, with their
findings and recommendation with respect thereto, to the chair. Failure
to commence such investigation within sixty days from the date the
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charges are referred to the society by the chair or submit findings and
recommendations relating to the charges within one hundred eighty days
from the date the charges are referred shall empower the chair to
appoint, as a hearing officer, a member of the board, employee, or other
qualified hearing officer to hear and report on the charges to the
chair. A qualified hearing officer, who is neither a member of the
board, or employee thereof shall be paid at a reasonable per diem rate
to be fixed by the chair.
Such investigation, hearing, findings, recommendation and report may
be made by the society or board of an adjoining county upon the request
of the medical society of the county in which the alleged misconduct or
infraction of this chapter occurred, subject to the time limit and
conditions set forth herein. The medical appeals unit shall review the
findings and recommendation of such medical society or board, or hearing
officer appointed by the chair upon application of the accused physician
and may reopen the matter and receive further evidence. The findings,
decision and recommendation of such society, board or hearing officer
appointed by the chair or medical appeals unit shall be advisory to the
chair only, and shall not be binding or conclusive upon him or her.] IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION, THE CHAIR SHALL PUBLISH AND MAINTAIN AN
EXCLUSION LIST OF PROVIDERS CURRENTLY DISQUALIFIED FROM RENDERING
MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAM-
INATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
THIRTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
2. [The chair shall remove from the list of providers authorized to
render medical care under this chapter, or to conduct independent
medical examinations in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdivision
four of section thirteen-a of this article,] THE EXCLUSION LIST SHALL
PUBLISH the name of any provider who [he or she shall find] IS FOUND
after reasonable investigation [is] TO BE disqualified because such
provider:
(a) has been guilty of professional or other misconduct or incompeten-
cy in connection with rendering medical services under the law; or
(b) has exceeded the limits of [his or her] THEIR professional compe-
tence in rendering medical care or in conducting independent medical
examinations under the law, or has, AS APPLICABLE, made materially false
statements regarding [his or her] THEIR qualifications in [his or her]
THEIR application [for the recommendation of the medical society or
board as provided in section thirteen-b of this article]; or
(c) has failed to transmit copies of medical reports to claimant's
attorney or licensed representative as provided in subdivision (f) of
section thirteen of this article; or has failed to submit full and
truthful medical reports of all [his or her] THEIR findings to the
employer, and directly to the chair or the board within the time limits
provided in subdivision four of section thirteen-a of this article with
the exception of injuries which do not require (1) more than ordinary
first aid or more than two treatments by a provider or person rendering
first aid, or (2) loss of time from regular duties of one day beyond the
working day or shift; or
(d) knowingly made a false statement or representation as to a materi-
al fact in any medical report OR IN ANY SUBMISSION TO THE BOARD, made
pursuant to this chapter or in testifying or otherwise providing infor-
mation for the purposes of this chapter; or
(e) has solicited, or has employed another to solicit for [himself or
herself] THEMSELF or for another, professional treatment, examination or
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care of an injured employee in connection with any claim under this
chapter; or
(f) has refused to appear before, to testify, to submit to a deposi-
tion, or to answer upon request of, the chair, board, [medical appeals
unit] or any duly authorized officer of the state, any legal question,
or to produce any relevant book or paper concerning [his or her] THEIR
conduct [under any authorization granted to him or her] IN RENDERING
MEDICAL CARE OR IN THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION
under this chapter, INCLUDING WHEN A PROVIDER HAS ACCEPTED PAYMENTS FROM
BOTH THE HEALTH INSURER AND EMPLOYER OR CARRIER AND FAILED TO REIMBURSE
THE HEALTH INSURER AFTER THEY ARE GIVEN NOTICE; or
(g) has directly or indirectly requested, received or participated in
the division, transference, assignment, rebating, splitting or refunding
of a fee for, or has directly or indirectly requested, received or prof-
ited by means of a credit or other valuable consideration as a commis-
sion, discount or gratuity in connection with the furnishing of medical
or surgical care, an independent medical examination, diagnosis or
treatment or service, including X-ray examination and treatment, or for
or in connection with the sale, rental, supplying or furnishing of clin-
ical laboratory services or supplies, X-ray laboratory services or
supplies, inhalation therapy service or equipment, ambulance service,
hospital or medical supplies, physiotherapy or other therapeutic service
or equipment, artificial limbs, teeth or eyes, orthopedic or surgical
appliances or supplies, optical appliances, supplies or equipment,
devices for aid of hearing, drugs, medication or medical supplies, or
any other goods, services or supplies prescribed for medical diagnosis,
care or treatment, under this chapter; except that reasonable payment,
not exceeding the technical component fee permitted in the medical fee
schedule, established under this chapter for X-ray examinations, diagno-
sis or treatment, may be made by a provider duly authorized as a roent-
genologist to any hospital furnishing facilities and equipment for such
examination, diagnosis or treatment, provided such hospital does not
also submit a charge for the same services. Nothing contained in this
paragraph shall prohibit such providers who practice as partners, in
groups or as a professional corporation or as a university faculty prac-
tice corporation from pooling fees and moneys received, either by the
partnership, professional corporation, university faculty practice
corporation or group by the individual members thereof, for professional
services furnished by any individual professional member, or employee of
such partnership, corporation or group, nor shall the professionals
constituting the partnerships, corporations, or groups be prohibited
from sharing, dividing or apportioning the fees and moneys received by
them or by the partnership, corporation or group in accordance with a
partnership or other agreement[.]; OR
(H) HAS DEMONSTRATED A REPEATED FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THIS
CHAPTER AND APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND GUIDANCE, INCLUDING ANY
APPLICABLE NEW YORK MEDICAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES AND THE OFFICIAL NEW
YORK MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE(S); OR
(I) HAS MISREPRESENTED THEIR CREDENTIALS.
3. Any person who violates or attempts to violate, and any person who
aids another to violate or attempts to induce [him or her] THEM to
violate the provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision two of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in any
respect the power or duty of the chair to investigate instances of
misconduct, either before or after investigation by a medical society or
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board as herein provided, or to temporarily [suspend the authorization
of] ADD any provider TO THE EXCLUSION LIST that [he or she] THE CHAIR OR
THE CHAIR'S DESIGNEE may believe to be guilty of such misconduct.
5. Whenever the department of health or the department of education
shall conduct an investigation with respect to charges of professional
or other misconduct by a provider which results in a report, determi-
nation or consent order that includes a finding of professional or other
misconduct or incompetency by such provider, the chair shall have full
power and authority to temporarily [suspend, revoke or otherwise limit
the authorization under this chapter of] ADD any provider TO THE EXCLU-
SION LIST upon such finding by the department of health or the depart-
ment of education that the provider has been guilty of professional or
other misconduct. The recommendations of the department of health or the
department of education shall be advisory to the chair only and shall
not be binding or conclusive upon the chair.
§ 4. Subdivision 1 of section 13-f of the workers' compensation law,
as amended by chapter 353 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as
follows:
(1) Fees for medical services shall be payable only to a physician or
other qualified person permitted by [sections] SECTION thirteen-b[,
thirteen-k, thirteen-l and thirteen-m] of this [chapter] ARTICLE or
other authorized provider of health care under the education law or the
public health law permitted to render medical care or treatment under
this chapter, or to the agent, executor or administrator of the estate
of such [physician] PROVIDER or such other qualified person. Except as
provided in section thirteen-d of this [chapter] ARTICLE, no provider of
health care rendering medical care or treatment to a compensation claim-
ant, shall collect or receive a fee from such claimant within this
state, but shall have recourse for payment of services rendered only to
the employer under the provisions of this chapter. Any compensation
claimant who pays a fee to a provider of health care for medical care or
treatment under this chapter shall have a cause of action against such
provider of health care for the recovery of the money paid, which cause
of action may be assigned to the chair in trust for the assigning claim-
ant. All such assignments shall run to the chair. The chair may sue the
physician, or other authorized provider of health care as herein
described on the assigned cause of action with the benefits and subject
to the provisions of existing law applying to such actions by the claim-
ant [himself or herself] THEMSELF. Hospitals shall not be entitled to
receive the remuneration paid to physicians on their staff for medical
and surgical services.
§ 5. Section 13-g of the workers' compensation law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
(5) WHEN A PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER HAS KNOWLEDGE THAT AN EMPLOYER HAS
CONTROVERTED OR DENIED A CLAIM, OR RECEIVES A DENIAL OF A MEDICAL BILL
AND THE BASIS OF DENIAL IS THAT THE CLAIM IS CONTROVERTED, THE PROVIDER
MAY SUBMIT THE BILL TO THE PATIENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE. THE PROVIDER MAY
NOT REQUIRE A COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE FROM THE PATIENT, AND MAY NOT
OTHERWISE BILL THE PATIENT, WHILE THE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE CLAIM IS PENDING. IF THE PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE,
THE PROVIDER MAY NOT BILL THE PATIENT DIRECTLY WHILE DETERMINATION OF
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLAIM IS PENDING.
§ 6. Section 13-k of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED.
§ 7. Section 13-l of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED.
§ 8. Section 13-m of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED.
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§ 9. Section 141 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chap-
ter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 141. General powers and duties of the chair. The chair shall be the
administrative head of the workers' compensation board and shall exer-
cise the powers and perform the duties in relation to the administration
of this chapter heretofore vested in the commissioner of labor by chap-
ter fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and acts amendato-
ry thereof, and by this chapter excepting article six thereof, and
except in so far as such powers and duties are vested by this chapter in
the workers' compensation board. The chair shall preside at all meetings
of the board and shall appoint all committees and panels of the board;
shall designate the times and places for the hearing of claims under
this chapter and shall perform all administrative functions of the board
as in this chapter set forth. The chair, in the name of the board, shall
enforce all the provisions of this chapter, and may make administrative
regulations and orders providing for the receipt, indexing and examining
of all notices, claims and reports, for the giving of notice of hearings
and of decisions, for certifying of records, for the fixing of the times
and places for the hearing of claims, and for providing for the conduct
of hearings and establishing of calendar practice to the extent not
inconsistent with the rules of the board. The chair shall [issue and may
revoke certificates of authorization of physicians, chiropractors and
podiatrists as provided in sections thirteen-a, thirteen-k and thir-
teen-1 of this chapter] PUBLISH AND MAINTAIN AN EXCLUSION LIST, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, FOR PROVIDERS AS
DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTEEN-B OF THIS CHAPTER CURRENTLY DISQUALIFIED
FROM PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE OR FROM PERFORMING INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAM-
INATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
THIRTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, and licenses for medical bureaus and x-ray
and other laboratories under the provisions of section thirteen-c of
this chapter, issue stop work orders as provided in section one hundred
forty-one-a of this article, and shall have and exercise all powers not
otherwise provided for herein in relation to the administration of this
chapter heretofore expressly conferred upon the commissioner of labor by
any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the labor law. The chair,
on behalf of the workers' compensation board, shall enter into the
agreement provided for in section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax
law, and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to carry out
the agreement provided for in such section for matching beneficiary
records of workers' compensation with information provided by employers
to the state directory of new hires for the purposes of verifying eligi-
bility for such benefits and for administering workers' compensation.
§ 10. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
PART CC
Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 21-a of the workers'
compensation law, as amended by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contra-
ry, in any instance in which an employer is unsure of the extent of its
liability for a claim for compensation by an injured employee pursuant
to this chapter, such employer may initiate compensation payments and
payments for MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine
and continue such payments for one year, without prejudice and without
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admitting liability, in accordance with a notice of temporary payment of
compensation, on a form prescribed by the board.
2. The notice of temporary payment of compensation authorized by
subdivision one of this section shall be delivered to the injured
employee and the board. Such notice shall notify the injured employee
that the temporary payment of compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall not be deemed to be an admis-
sion of liability by the employer for the injury or injuries to the
employee. The board, upon receipt of a notice of temporary payment of
compensation, shall send a notice to the injured employee stating that:
(a) the board has received a notice of temporary payment of compen-
sation relating to such injured employee;
(b) the payment of temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine and the injured employee's accept-
ance of such temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE,
INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall not be an admission of liability by
the employer, nor prejudice the claim of the injured employee;
(c) the payment of temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall terminate on the elapse of:
one year, or the employer's contesting of the injured employee's claim
for compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed
medicine, or the board determination of the injured employee's claim,
whichever is first; and
(d) the injured employee may be required to enter into an agreement
with the employer to ensure the continuation of payments of temporary
compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medi-
cine.
3. An employer may cease making temporary payments of compensation and
MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine if such
employer delivers within five days after the last payment, to the
injured employee and the board, a notice of termination of temporary
payments of compensation on a form prescribed by the board. Such notice
shall inform the injured employee that the employer is ceasing temporary
payment of compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING
prescribed medicine. Upon the cessation of temporary payments of compen-
sation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine,
all parties to any action pursuant to this chapter shall retain all
rights, defenses and obligations they would otherwise have pursuant to
this chapter without regard for the temporary payment of compensation
and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
PART DD
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (d) of section 13 of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 419 of the laws of 2000, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) [In] AN INSURER OR HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN SHALL MAKE PAYMENTS FOR
OTHERWISE COVERED MEDICAL AND/OR HOSPITAL SERVICES FOR OR ON BEHALF OF
AN INJURED EMPLOYEE WHEN THE CLAIM IS CONTROVERTED AND THE INSURER OR
HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN RECEIVES FROM THE PROVIDER OF THE MEDICAL AND/OR
HOSPITAL SERVICES WHO IS TREATING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE A WRITTEN NOTICE
FROM THE CARRIER OR EMPLOYER THAT THE CARRIER OR EMPLOYER DENIED PAYMENT
FOR THE MEDICAL AND/OR HOSPITAL SERVICES. THE INSURER OR HEALTH BENEFITS
PLAN SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR SUCH PAYMENTS BY THE CARRIER
OR EMPLOYER WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL FEE SCHEDULES
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ADOPTED BY THE CHAIR IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE CLAIM IS COMPENSA-
BLE. ADDITIONALLY, IN the event that an insurer or health benefits plan
makes payments for medical and/or hospital services for or on behalf of
an injured employee WHEN THE CLAIM IS NOT CONTROVERTED, they shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for such payments by the carrier or employer
within the limits of the medical and hospital fee schedules ADOPTED BY
THE CHAIR if the board determines that the claim is compensable. For the
purposes of this section, an insurer or health benefits plan includes a
medical expense indemnity corporation, a health or hospital service
corporation, a commercial insurance company licensed to write accident
and health insurance in the state of New York, AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
EDUCATION CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THE
INSURANCE LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE A MUNICIPAL COOPERATIVE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN UNDER
ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF THE INSURANCE LAW, a health maintenance organiza-
tion operating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance
law or article forty-four of the public health law, or a self-insured or
self-funded health care benefits plan operated by, or on behalf of, any
business, municipality or other entity (including an employee welfare
fund as defined in article forty-four of the insurance law or any other
union trust fund or union health benefits plan). Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in no event shall the carrier or employer be
required to reimburse the insurer or health benefits plan in an amount
greater than the amount paid for medical and hospital services for or on
behalf of the injured [employer] EMPLOYEE by such [corporation] INSURER
or [company] HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN; provided, however, if the carrier or
employer does not reimburse the insurer or health benefits plan within
thirty days after the board determines that the claim is compensable,
the carrier or employer shall reimburse the insurer or health benefits
plan at the amount the carrier or employer would be obligated to reim-
burse the hospital or other provider of medical services if the carrier
or employer made payment directly to the provider of medical and/or
hospital services pursuant to this chapter (or, in the case of inpatient
hospital services, pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (b-1) of subdivision
one of section twenty-eight hundred seven-c of the public health law).
Upon reimbursement to the insurer or health benefits plan pursuant to
this subdivision, the carrier or employer shall be relieved of liability
for the medical and/or hospital services for which payment has been made
by the insurer or health benefits plan.
§ 2. The insurance law is amended by adding new section 3224-e to read
as follows:
§ 3224-E. PAYMENT OF CONTROVERTED WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE
CLAIMS. (A) PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
THIRTEEN OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, AN INSURER SHALL MAKE
PAYMENTS FOR OTHERWISE COVERED MEDICAL OR HOSPITAL SERVICES WHEN THE
WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE CLAIM IS CONTROVERTED AND THE INSURER
RECEIVES FROM THE PROVIDER OF THE MEDICAL OR HOSPITAL SERVICES WHO IS
TREATING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE A WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE WORKERS' COMPEN-
SATION INSURER OR EMPLOYER THAT THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURER OR
EMPLOYER DENIED PAYMENT FOR THE MEDICAL OR HOSPITAL SERVICES. THE INSUR-
ER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR SUCH PAYMENTS BY THE WORKERS'
COMPENSATION INSURER OR EMPLOYER WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL AND
HOSPITAL FEE SCHEDULES OF THE CHAIR OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD
IF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE CLAIM IS COMPENS-
ABLE.
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(B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "INSURER" SHALL MEAN AN INSURER
AUTHORIZED TO WRITE ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE IN THIS STATE, AN
ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION LICENSED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
FORTY-THREE OR FORTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION CERTIFIED UNDER
SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER
TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall apply to all
policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after such date.
PART EE
Section 1. The state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
loan money in accordance with the provisions set forth in subdivision 5
of section 4 of the state finance law to the following funds and/or
accounts:
1. DOL-Child performer protection account (20401).
2. Local government records management account (20501).
3. Child health plus program account (20810).
4. EPIC premium account (20818).
5. Education - New (20901).
6. VLT - Sound basic education fund (20904).
7. Sewage treatment program management and administration fund
(21000).
8. Hazardous bulk storage account (21061).
9. Utility environmental regulatory account (21064).
10. Federal grants indirect cost recovery account (21065).
11. Low level radioactive waste account (21066).
12. Recreation account (21067).
13. Public safety recovery account (21077).
14. Environmental regulatory account (21081).
15. Natural resource account (21082).
16. Mined land reclamation program account (21084).
17. Great lakes restoration initiative account (21087).
18. Environmental protection and oil spill compensation fund (21200).
19. Public transportation systems account (21401).
20. Metropolitan mass transportation (21402).
21. Operating permit program account (21451).
22. Mobile source account (21452).
23. Statewide planning and research cooperative system account
(21902).
24. New York state thruway authority account (21905).
25. Financial control board account (21911).
26. Regulation of racing account (21912).
27. State university dormitory income reimbursable account (21937).
28. Criminal justice improvement account (21945).
29. Environmental laboratory reference fee account (21959).
30. Training, management and evaluation account (21961).
31. Clinical laboratory reference system assessment account (21962).
32. Indirect cost recovery account (21978).
33. Multi-agency training account (21989).
34. Bell jar collection account (22003).
35. Industry and utility service account (22004).
36. Real property disposition account (22006).
37. Parking account (22007).
38. Courts special grants (22008).
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39. Asbestos safety training program account (22009).
40. Batavia school for the blind account (22032).
41. Investment services account (22034).
42. Surplus property account (22036).
43. Financial oversight account (22039).
44. Regulation of Indian gaming account (22046).
45. Rome school for the deaf account (22053).
46. Seized assets account (22054).
47. Administrative adjudication account (22055).
48. New York City assessment account (22062).
49. Cultural education account (22063).
50. Local services account (22078).
51. DHCR mortgage servicing account (22085).
52. Housing indirect cost recovery account (22090).
53. Voting Machine Examinations account (22099).
54. DHCR-HCA application fee account (22100).
55. Low income housing monitoring account (22130).
56. Restitution account (22134).
57. Corporation administration account (22135).
58. New York State Home for Veterans in the Lower-Hudson Valley
account (22144).
59. Deferred compensation administration account (22151).
60. Rent revenue other New York City account (22156).
61. Rent revenue account (22158).
62. Transportation aviation account (22165).
63. Tax revenue arrearage account (22168).
64. New York State Campaign Finance Fund account (22211).
65. New York state medical indemnity fund account (22240).
66. Behavioral health parity compliance fund (22246).
67. Pharmacy benefit manager regulatory fund (22255).
68. Virtual currency assessments account (22262).
69. State university general income offset account (22654).
70. Lake George park trust fund account (22751).
71. Highway safety program account (23001).
72. DOH drinking water program account (23102).
73. NYCCC operating offset account (23151).
74. Commercial gaming revenue account (23701).
75. Commercial gaming regulation account (23702).
76. Highway use tax administration account (23801).
77. New York state secure choice administrative account (23806).
78. New York state cannabis revenue fund (24800).
79. Cannabis education account (24801).
80. Fantasy sports administration account (24951).
81. Mobile sports wagering fund (24955).
82. Highway and bridge capital account (30051).
83. State university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100).
84. State parks infrastructure account (30351).
85. Clean water/clean air implementation fund (30500).
86. Hazardous waste remedial cleanup account (31506).
87. Youth facilities improvement account (31701).
88. Housing assistance fund (31800).
89. Housing program fund (31850).
90. Highway facility purpose account (31951).
91. New York racing account (32213).
92. Capital miscellaneous gifts account (32214).
93. Information technology capital financing account (32215).
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94. New York environmental protection and spill remediation account
(32219).
95. Department of financial services IT modernization capital account
(32230).
96. Mental hygiene facilities capital improvement fund (32300).
97. Correctional facilities capital improvement fund (32350).
98. New York State Storm Recovery Capital Fund (33000).
99. OGS convention center account (50318).
100. Empire Plaza Gift Shop (50327).
101. Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund, Interest Assessment Account
(50651).
102. Centralized services fund (55000).
103. Archives records management account (55052).
104. Federal single audit account (55053).
105. Civil service administration account (55055).
106. Civil service EHS occupational health program account (55056).
107. Banking services account (55057).
108. Cultural resources survey account (55058).
109. Neighborhood work project account (55059).
110. Automation & printing chargeback account (55060).
111. OFT NYT account (55061).
112. Data center account (55062).
113. Intrusion detection account (55066).
114. Domestic violence grant account (55067).
115. Centralized technology services account (55069).
116. Labor contact center account (55071).
117. Human services contact center account (55072).
118. Tax contact center account (55073).
119. Department of law civil recoveries account (55074).
120. Executive direction internal audit account (55251).
121. CIO Information technology centralized services account (55252).
122. Health insurance internal service account (55300).
123. Civil service employee benefits division administrative account
(55301).
124. Correctional industries revolving fund (55350).
125. Employees health insurance account (60201).
126. Medicaid management information system escrow fund (60900).
127. Animal shelter regulation account.
128. Climate initiative account.
129. Employers Assessment account.
§ 2. The state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to loan
money in accordance with the provisions set forth in subdivision 5 of
section 4 of the state finance law to any account within the following
federal funds, provided the comptroller has made a determination that
sufficient federal grant award authority is available to reimburse such
loans:
1. Federal USDA-food and nutrition services fund (25000).
2. Federal health and human services fund (25100).
3. Federal education fund (25200).
4. Federal block grant fund (25250).
5. Federal miscellaneous operating grants fund (25300).
6. Federal unemployment insurance administration fund (25900).
7. Federal unemployment insurance occupational training fund (25950).
8. Federal emergency employment act fund (26000).
9. Federal capital projects fund (31350).
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§ 3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, on
or before March 31, 2026, up to the unencumbered balance or the follow-
ing amounts:
Economic Development and Public Authorities:
1. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, underground facilities safety training account
(22172), to the general fund.
2. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, business and licensing services account (21977),
to the general fund.
3. $19,810,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, code
enforcement account (21904), to the general fund.
4. $3,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, tax revenue arrearage account (22168).
Education:
1. $2,590,856,000 from the general fund to the state lottery fund,
education account (20901), as reimbursement for disbursements made from
such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of
the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposited in
such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law.
2. $1,135,000,000 from the general fund to the state lottery fund, VLT
education account (20904), as reimbursement for disbursements made from
such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of
the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposited in
such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law.
3. $132,800,000 from the general fund to the New York state commercial
gaming fund, commercial gaming revenue account (23701), as reimbursement
for disbursements made from such fund for supplemental aid to education
pursuant to section 97-nnnn of the state finance law that are in excess
of the amounts deposited in such fund for purposes pursuant to section
1352 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
4. $1,418,000,000 from the general fund to the mobile sports wagering
fund, education account (24955), as reimbursement for disbursements made
from such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section
92-c of the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposit-
ed in such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1367 of the
racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
5. $5,000,000 from the interactive fantasy sports fund, fantasy sports
education account (24950), to the state lottery fund, education account
(20901), as reimbursement for disbursements made from such fund for
supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of the state
finance law.
6. $4,856,000 from the cannabis revenue fund cannabis education
account (24801), to the state lottery fund, education account (20901),
as reimbursement for disbursements made from such fund for supplemental
aid to education pursuant to section 99-ii of the state finance law.
7. An amount up to the unencumbered balance in the fund on March 31,
2025 from the charitable gifts trust fund, elementary and secondary
education account (24901), to the general fund, for payment of general
support for public schools pursuant to section 3609-a of the education
law.
8. Moneys from the state lottery fund (20900) up to an amount deposit-
ed in such fund pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law in excess of the
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current year appropriation for supplemental aid to education pursuant to
section 92-c of the state finance law.
9. $300,000 from the New York state local government records manage-
ment improvement fund, local government records management account
(20501), to the New York state archives partnership trust fund, archives
partnership trust maintenance account (20351).
10. $900,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, Batavia school for the blind account (22032).
11. $900,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, Rome school for the deaf account (22053).
12. $343,400,000 from the state university dormitory income fund
(40350) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state university
dormitory income reimbursable account (21937).
13. $70,000,000 from the state university income fund, state universi-
ty hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to the general fund for
hospital debt service.
14. $24,000,000 from any of the state education department's special
revenue and internal service funds to the miscellaneous special revenue
fund, indirect cost recovery account (21978).
15. $4,200,000 from any of the state education department's special
revenue or internal service funds to the capital projects fund (30000).
16. $30,013,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, HESC-insurance premium payments account (21960).
17. $312,000,000 from the State University Income Fund, Long Island
veterans' home account (22652), state university income fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653), state university
income fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655),
state university income fund, state university hospitals income reim-
bursable account (22656), state university income fund, SUNY stabiliza-
tion account (22657), state university income fund, state university-
wide hospital reimbursable account (22658), and/or state university
income fund, SUNY tuition reimbursable account (22659) to the General
Fund for the payment of SUNY Hospitals Health Insurance premiums on or
before March 31, 2026.
18. $25,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous capital
projects fund, state university of New York green energy loan fund.
Environmental Affairs:
1. $16,000,000 from any of the department of environmental conserva-
tion's special revenue federal funds, and/or federal capital funds, to
the environmental conservation special revenue fund, federal indirect
recovery account (21065).
2. $5,000,000 from any of the department of environmental conserva-
tion's special revenue federal funds, and/or federal capital funds, to
the conservation fund (21150) or Marine Resources Account (21151) as
necessary to avoid diversion of conservation funds.
3. $3,000,000 from any of the office of parks, recreation and historic
preservation capital projects federal funds and special revenue federal
funds to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, federal grant indirect
cost recovery account (22188).
4. $100,000,000 from the general fund to the environmental protection
fund, environmental protection fund transfer account (30451).
5. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the hazardous waste remedial
fund, hazardous waste cleanup account (31506).
6. An amount up to or equal to the cash balance within the special
revenue-other waste management & cleanup account (21053) to the capital
projects fund (30000) for services and capital expenses related to the
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management and cleanup program as put forth in section 27-1915 of the
environmental conservation law.
7. $1,800,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, public
service account (22011) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, util-
ity environmental regulatory account (21064).
8. $7,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, state fair
account (50051).
9. $3,000,000 from the waste management & cleanup account (21053) to
the general fund.
10. $3,000,000 from the waste management & cleanup account (21053) to
the environmental protection fund transfer account (30451).
11. $14,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, patron services account (22163).
12. $15,000,000 from the enterprise fund, golf account (50332) to the
state park infrastructure fund, state park infrastructure account
(30351).
13. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the environmental protection
and oil spill compensation fund (21203).
14. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, golf
account (50332).
Family Assistance:
1. $7,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, or department of health
special revenue federal funds and the general fund, in accordance with
agreements with social services districts, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, office of human resources development state match account
(21967).
2. $4,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
or office of temporary and disability assistance special revenue federal
funds to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, family preservation and
support services and family violence services account (22082).
3. $18,670,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, or department of health
special revenue federal funds and any other miscellaneous revenues
generated from the operation of office of children and family services
programs to the general fund.
4. $205,000,000 from any of the office of temporary and disability
assistance or department of health special revenue funds to the general
fund.
5. $2,500,000 from any of the office of temporary and disability
assistance special revenue funds to the miscellaneous special revenue
fund, office of temporary and disability assistance program account
(21980).
6. $35,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, department of labor, and
department of health special revenue federal funds to the office of
children and family services miscellaneous special revenue fund, multi-
agency training contract account (21989).
7. $205,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, youth
facility per diem account (22186), to the general fund.
8. $788,000 from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants, and
bequests fund, WB Hoyt Memorial account (20128).
9. $5,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
central registry (22028), to the general fund.
10. $900,000 from the general fund to the Veterans' Remembrance and
Cemetery Maintenance and Operation account (20201).
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11. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the housing program fund
(31850).
12. $15,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
special revenue federal funds to the office of court administration
special revenue other federal iv-e funds account.
13. $10,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
special revenue federal funds to the office of indigent legal services
special revenue other federal iv-e funds account.
General Government:
1. $9,000,000 from the general fund to the health insurance revolving
fund (55300).
2. $292,400,000 from the health insurance reserve receipts fund
(60550) to the general fund.
3. $150,000 from the general fund to the not-for-profit revolving loan
fund (20650).
4. $150,000 from the not-for-profit revolving loan fund (20650) to the
general fund.
5. $3,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, surplus
property account (22036), to the general fund.
6. $19,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, revenue
arrearage account (22024), to the general fund.
7. $3,828,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, revenue
arrearage account (22024), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
authority budget office account (22138).
8. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, parking
account (22007), to the general fund, for the purpose of reimbursing the
costs of debt service related to state parking facilities.
9. $11,460,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, central technology services account (55069), for the purpose of
enterprise technology projects.
10. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, state data center account (55062).
11. $12,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, parking
account (22007), to the centralized services, building support services
account (55018).
12. $33,000,000 from the general fund to the internal service fund,
business services center account (55022).
13. $9,500,000 from the general fund to the internal service fund,
building support services account (55018).
14. $1,500,000 from the combined expendable trust fund, plaza special
events account (20120), to the general fund.
15. $50,000,000 from the New York State cannabis revenue fund (24800)
to the general fund.
16. A transfer from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York State Campaign Finance Fund Account (22211), up
to an amount equal to total reimbursements due to qualified candidates.
17. $6,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, standards
and purchasing account (22019), to the general fund.
18. $12,400,000 from the banking department special revenue fund
(21970) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
19. $12,400,000 from the insurance department special revenue fund
(21994) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
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20. $1,550,000 from the pharmacy benefits bureau special revenue fund
(22255) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law, to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
21. $4,650,000 from the virtual currency special revenue fund (22262)
funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized by
section 206 of the financial services law, to the IT Modernization Capi-
tal Fund.
Health:
1. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, breast cancer research and education account (20155), up
to an amount equal to the monies collected and deposited into that
account in the previous fiscal year.
2. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, prostate cancer research, detection, and education
account (20183), up to an amount equal to the moneys collected and
deposited into that account in the previous fiscal year.
3. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, Alzheimer's disease research and assistance account
(20143), up to an amount equal to the moneys collected and deposited
into that account in the previous fiscal year.
4. $3,600,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, certificate
of need account (21920), to the miscellaneous capital projects fund,
healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
5. $4,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, vital
health records account (22103), to the miscellaneous capital projects
fund, healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
6. $6,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, profes-
sional medical conduct account (22088), to the miscellaneous capital
projects fund, healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
7. $127,000,000 from the HCRA resources fund (20800) to the capital
projects fund (30000).
8. $6,550,000 from the general fund to the medical cannabis trust
fund, health operation and oversight account (23755).
9. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the charitable gifts
trust fund, health charitable account (24900), to the general fund, for
payment of general support for primary, preventive, and inpatient health
care, dental and vision care, hunger prevention and nutritional assist-
ance, and other services for New York state residents with the overall
goal of ensuring that New York state residents have access to quality
health care and other related services.
10. $500,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
State cannabis revenue fund (24800), to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, environmental laboratory fee account (21959).
11. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the public health
emergency charitable gifts trust fund (23816), to the general fund, for
payment of goods and services necessary to respond to a public health
disaster emergency or to assist or aid in responding to such a disaster.
12. $1,000,000,000 from the general fund to the health care transfor-
mation fund (24850).
13. $2,590,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, patient
safety center account (22139), to the general fund.
14. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, nursing
home receivership account (21925), to the general fund.
15. $130,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, quality of
care account (21915), to the general fund.
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16. $2,200,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, adult home
quality enhancement account (22091), to the general fund.
17. $17,283,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, helen hayes hospital account (22140).
18. $3,672,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York city veterans' home account (22141).
19. $2,731,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York state home for veterans' and their dependents at
oxford account (22142).
20. $1,455,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, western New York veterans' home account (22143).
21. $4,683,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York state for veterans in the lower-hudson valley
account (22144).
22. $350,000,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, healthcare stability fund account (22267).
23. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the occupational health clin-
ics account (22177).
24. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans home
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York city veterans' home account (22141).
25. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans home
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York state home for veterans' and their dependents at oxford account
(22142).
26. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
western New York veterans' home account (22143).
27. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York state for veterans in the lower-Hudson valley account (22144).
28. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the state university income fund, Long
Island Veterans' Home Account (22652).
Labor:
1. $600,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL fee and
penalty account (21923), to the child performer's protection fund, child
performer protection account (20401).
2. $11,700,000 from the unemployment insurance interest and penalty
fund, unemployment insurance special interest and penalty account
(23601), to the general fund.
3. $50,000,000 from the DOL fee and penalty account (21923), unemploy-
ment insurance special interest and penalty account (23601), and public
work enforcement account (21998), to the general fund.
4. $850,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL elevator
safety program fund (22252) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
DOL fee and penalty account (21923).
5. $22,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Interest
and Penalty Account (23601), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Training and Education Account
(21251).
6. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Public Work
Enforcement account (21998), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Training and Education Account
(21251).
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7. $250,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, unem-
ployment insurance benefit fund, interest assessment account (50651).
8. $4,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Public Work
Enforcement account (21998), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupational Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Inspection Account (21252).
Mental Hygiene:
1. $2,000,000 from the general fund, to the mental hygiene facilities
capital improvement fund (32300).
2. $20,000,000 from the opioid settlement fund (23817) to the miscel-
laneous capital projects fund, opioid settlement capital account
(32200).
3. $20,000,000 from the miscellaneous capital projects fund, opioid
settlement capital account (32200) to the opioid settlement fund
(23817).
Public Protection:
1. $2,587,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, recruitment incentive account (22171).
2. $23,773,000 from the general fund to the correctional industries
revolving fund, correctional industries internal service account
(55350).
3. $2,000,000,000 from any of the division of homeland security and
emergency services special revenue federal funds to the general fund.
4. $115,420,000 from the state police motor vehicle law enforcement
and motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention fund, state
police motor vehicle enforcement account (22802), to the general fund
for state operation expenses of the division of state police.
5. $138,272,000 from the general fund to the correctional facilities
capital improvement fund (32350).
6. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the dedicated highway and
bridge trust fund (30050) for the purpose of work zone safety activities
provided by the division of state police for the department of transpor-
tation.
7. $10,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, statewide
public safety communications account (22123), to the capital projects
fund (30000).
8. $9,830,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, legal
services assistance account (22096), to the general fund.
9. $1,000,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, neighborhood work project account (55059).
10. $7,980,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, finger-
print identification & technology account (21950), to the general fund.
11. $1,100,000 from the state police motor vehicle law enforcement and
motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention fund, motor vehicle
theft and insurance fraud account (22801), to the general fund.
12. $38,938,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, criminal justice improvement account (21945).
13. $6,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, hazard mitigation revolving loan account (22266).
14. $234,000,000 from the indigent legal services fund, indigent legal
services account (23551) to the general fund.
Transportation:
1. $20,000,000 from the general fund to the mass transportation oper-
ating assistance fund, public transportation systems operating assist-
ance account (21401), of which $12,000,000 constitutes the base need for
operations.
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2. $727,500,000 from the general fund to the dedicated highway and
bridge trust fund (30050).
3. $244,250,000 from the general fund to the MTA financial assistance
fund, mobility tax trust account (23651).
4. $477,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, traffic adju-
dication account (22055), to the general fund.
5. $5,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, transporta-
tion regulation account (22067) to the general fund, for disbursements
made from such fund for motor carrier safety that are in excess of the
amounts deposited in the general fund for such purpose pursuant to
section 94 of the transportation law.
Miscellaneous:
1. $250,000,000 from the general fund to any funds or accounts for the
purpose of reimbursing certain outstanding accounts receivable balances.
2. $500,000,000 from the general fund to the debt reduction reserve
fund (40000).
3. $450,000,000 from the New York state storm recovery capital fund
(33000) to the revenue bond tax fund (40152).
4. $15,500,000 from the general fund, community projects account GG
(10256), to the general fund, state purposes account (10050).
5. $100,000,000 from any special revenue federal fund to the general
fund, state purposes account (10050).
6. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the special revenue
federal fund, ARPA-Fiscal Recovery Fund (25546) to the general fund.
7. $1,000,000,000 from the general fund to the hazardous waste cleanup
account (31506), State parks infrastructure account (30351), environ-
mental protection fund transfer account (30451), the correctional facil-
ities capital improvement fund (32350), housing program fund (31850), or
the Mental hygiene facilities capital improvement fund (32300), up to an
amount equal to certain outstanding accounts receivable balances.
§ 4. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, on or before March 31, 2026:
1. Upon request of the commissioner of environmental conservation, up
to $12,745,400 from revenues credited to any of the department of envi-
ronmental conservation special revenue funds, including $4,000,000 from
the environmental protection and oil spill compensation fund (21200),
and $1,834,600 from the conservation fund (21150), to the environmental
conservation special revenue fund, indirect charges account (21060).
2. Upon request of the commissioner of agriculture and markets, up to
$3,000,000 from any special revenue fund or enterprise fund within the
department of agriculture and markets to the general fund, to pay appro-
priate administrative expenses.
3. Upon request of the commissioner of the division of housing and
community renewal, up to $6,221,000 from revenues credited to any divi-
sion of housing and community renewal federal or miscellaneous special
revenue fund to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, housing indirect
cost recovery account (22090).
4. Upon request of the commissioner of the division of housing and
community renewal, up to $5,500,000 may be transferred from any miscel-
laneous special revenue fund account, to any miscellaneous special
revenue fund.
5. Upon request of the commissioner of health up to $13,694,000 from
revenues credited to any of the department of health's special revenue
funds, to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, administration account
(21982).
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6. Upon the request of the attorney general, up to $5,000,000 from
revenues credited to the federal health and human services fund, federal
health and human services account (25117) or the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, recoveries and revenue account (22041), to the miscella-
neous special revenue fund, litigation settlement and civil recovery
account (22117).
§ 5. On or before March 31, 2026, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to deposit earnings that would otherwise accrue to the
general fund that are attributable to the operation of section 98-a of
the state finance law, to the agencies internal service fund, banking
services account (55057), for the purpose of meeting direct payments
from such account.
§ 6. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget and
upon consultation with the state university chancellor or their desig-
nee, on or before March 31, 2026, up to $16,000,000 from the state
university income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state
general fund for debt service costs related to campus supported capital
project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program at the
University at Buffalo.
§ 7. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget and
upon consultation with the state university chancellor or their desig-
nee, on or before March 31, 2026, up to $6,500,000 from the state
university income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state
general fund for debt service costs related to campus supported capital
project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program at the
University at Albany.
§ 8. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state university
chancellor or their designee is authorized and directed to transfer
estimated tuition revenue balances from the state university collection
fund (61000) to the state university income fund, state university
general revenue offset account (22655) on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 8-a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, a
total of up to $100,000,000 from the general fund to the state universi-
ty income fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655)
and/or the state university income fund, state university hospitals
income reimbursable account (22656) during the period July 1, 2025
through June 30, 2026 to pay costs attributable to the state university
health science center at Brooklyn and/or the state university of New
York hospital at Brooklyn, respectively, pursuant to a plan approved by
the director of the budget.
§ 9. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, up
to $1,513,098,500 from the general fund to the state university income
fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655) during the
period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 to support operations at
the state university.
§ 10. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, up
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to $55,848,000 from the general fund to the state university income
fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655) during the
period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 for general fund operating
support pursuant to subparagraph (4-b) of paragraph h of subdivision 2
of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law.
§ 11. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of
the director of the budget and the chancellor of the state university of
New York or their designee, and in accordance with section 4 of the
state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
transfer monies from any special revenue fund of the state university of
New York to the state university of New York green energy loan fund for
the discrete purposes of the state university of New York green energy
loan fund and from the state university of New York green energy loan
fund to any special revenue fund of the state university of New York to
support such activity in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 from each
fund for the time period of July 1 to June 30 annually.
§ 12. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the state university chancel-
lor or their designee, up to $55,000,000 from the state university
income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account
(22656), for services and expenses of hospital operations and capital
expenditures at the state university hospitals; and the state university
income fund, Long Island veterans' home account (22652) to the state
university capital projects fund (32400) on or before June 30, 2026.
§ 13. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller, after consultation
with the state university chancellor or their designee, is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer moneys, in the first instance, from
the state university collection fund, Stony Brook hospital collection
account (61006), Brooklyn hospital collection account (61007), and Syra-
cuse hospital collection account (61008) to the state university income
fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) in
the event insufficient funds are available in the state university
income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account
(22656) to permit the full transfer of moneys authorized for transfer,
to the general fund for payment of debt service related to the SUNY
hospitals. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
also hereby authorized and directed, after consultation with the state
university chancellor or their designee, to transfer moneys from the
state university income fund to the state university income fund, state
university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) in the event
insufficient funds are available in the state university income fund,
state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to pay
hospital operating costs or to permit the full transfer of moneys
authorized for transfer, to the general fund for payment of debt service
related to the SUNY hospitals on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 14. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of
the director of the budget and the chancellor of the state university of
New York or their designee, and in accordance with section 4 of the
state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
transfer monies from the state university dormitory income fund (40350)
to the state university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100), and
from the state university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100) to
the state university dormitory income fund (40350), in an amount not to
exceed $125 million from each fund.
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§ 15. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $1,000,000,000 from the unencumbered balance of any special reven-
ue fund or account, agency fund or account, internal service fund or
account, enterprise fund or account, or any combination of such funds
and accounts, to the general fund. The amounts transferred pursuant to
this authorization shall be in addition to any other transfers expressly
authorized in the 2025-26 budget. Transfers from federal funds, debt
service funds, capital projects funds, the community projects fund, or
funds that would result in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits
or federal funds pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assent-
ed to in chapter 683 of the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of
1951 are not permitted pursuant to this authorization.
§ 16. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $100 million from any non-general fund or account, or combination
of funds and accounts, to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, tech-
nology financing account (22207), the miscellaneous capital projects
fund, the federal capital projects account (31350), information technol-
ogy capital financing account (32215), or the centralized technology
services account (55069), for the purpose of consolidating technology
procurement and services. The amounts transferred to the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, technology financing account (22207) pursuant to
this authorization shall be equal to or less than the amount of such
monies intended to support information technology costs which are
attributable, according to a plan, to such account made in pursuance to
an appropriation by law. Transfers to the technology financing account
shall be completed from amounts collected by non-general funds or
accounts pursuant to a fund deposit schedule or permanent statute, and
shall be transferred to the technology financing account pursuant to a
schedule agreed upon by the affected agency commissioner. Transfers from
funds that would result in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits
or federal funds pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assent-
ed to in chapter 683 of the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of
1951 are not permitted pursuant to this authorization.
§ 17. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $400 million from any non-general fund or account, or combination
of funds and accounts, to the general fund for the purpose of consol-
idating technology procurement and services. The amounts transferred
pursuant to this authorization shall be equal to or less than the amount
of such monies intended to support information technology costs which
are attributable, according to a plan, to such account made in pursuance
to an appropriation by law. Transfers to the general fund shall be
completed from amounts collected by non-general funds or accounts pursu-
ant to a fund deposit schedule. Transfers from funds that would result
in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits or federal funds pursu-
ant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assented to in chapter 683 of
the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of 1951 are not permitted
pursuant to this authorization.
§ 18. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as deemed
feasible and advisable by its trustees, the power authority of the state
of New York is authorized and directed to transfer to the state treasury
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to the credit of the general fund up to $10,000,000 for the state fiscal
year commencing April 1, 2025, the proceeds of which will be utilized to
support energy-related state activities.
§ 19. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as deemed
feasible and advisable by its trustees, the power authority of the state
of New York is authorized to transfer to the state treasury to the cred-
it of the general fund up to $25,000,000 for the state fiscal year
commencing April 1, 2025, the proceeds of which will be utilized to
support programs established or implemented by or within the department
of labor, including but not limited to the office of just energy transi-
tion and programs for workforce training and retraining, to prepare
workers for employment for work in the renewable energy field.
§ 20. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the New York state energy research and development authority
is authorized and directed to contribute $913,000 to the state treasury
to the credit of the general fund on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 21. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the New York state energy research and development authority
is authorized and directed to transfer five million dollars to the cred-
it of the Environmental Protection Fund on or before March 31, 2026 from
proceeds collected by the authority from the auction or sale of carbon
dioxide emission allowances allocated by the department of environmental
conservation.
§ 22. Section 56 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, amend-
ing the state finance law and other laws relating to providing for the
administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2023-2024
budget, authorizing certain payments and transfers, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 56. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided,
however, that the provisions of sections one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, [twenty-three,] and twenty-
four of this act shall expire March 31, 2025; and provided, further,
that sections twenty-five and twenty-six of this act shall expire March
31, 2027, when upon such dates the provisions of such sections shall be
deemed repealed.
§ 23. Subdivision 5 of section 97-rrr of the state finance law, as
amended by section 23 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred seventy-one-a
of the tax law, as separately amended by chapters four hundred eighty-
one and four hundred eighty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred eight-
y-one, and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter ninety-four of the
laws of two thousand eleven, or any other provisions of law to the
contrary, during the fiscal year beginning April first, two thousand
[twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE, the state comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to deposit to the fund created pursuant to this section
from amounts collected pursuant to article twenty-two of the tax law and
pursuant to a schedule submitted by the director of the budget, up to
[$1,575,393,000] $1,396,911,000 as may be certified in such schedule as
necessary to meet the purposes of such fund for the fiscal year begin-
ning April first, two thousand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE.
§ 24. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 93-b of the
state finance law, as amended by section 23 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, [commenc-
ing on April first, two thousand twenty-one, and continuing through
March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five,] the comptroller is hereby
authorized to transfer monies from the dedicated infrastructure invest-
ment fund to the general fund, and from the general fund to the dedi-
cated infrastructure investment fund, in an amount determined by the
director of the budget to the extent moneys are available in the fund;
provided, however, that the comptroller is only authorized to transfer
monies from the dedicated infrastructure investment fund to the general
fund in the event of an economic downturn as described in paragraph (a)
of this subdivision; and/or to fulfill disallowances and/or settlements
related to over-payments of federal medicare and medicaid revenues in
excess of one hundred million dollars from anticipated levels, as deter-
mined by the director of the budget and described in paragraph (b) of
this subdivision.
§ 25. Subdivision 2 of section 8-b of the state finance law is
REPEALED.
§ 26. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of the director
of the budget, on or before March 31, 2026, the following amounts from
the following special revenue accounts to the capital projects fund
(30000), for the purposes of reimbursement to such fund for expenses
related to the maintenance and preservation of state assets:
1. $43,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, administrative
program account (21982).
2. $1,583,110 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, helen hayes
hospital account (22140).
3. $488,220 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York city
veterans' home account (22141).
4. $610,790 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
state home for veterans' and their dependents at oxford account (22142).
5. $182,310 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, western New
York veterans' home account (22143).
6. $422,524 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
state for veterans in the lower-hudson valley account (22144).
7. $2,550,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, patron
services account (22163).
8. $11,909,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653).
9. $182,988,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university revenue offset account (22655).
10. $55,103,000 from the state university dormitory income fund, state
university dormitory income fund (40350).
11. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, litigation
settlement and civil recovery account (22117).
§ 27. Section 89-g of the state finance law is REPEALED.
§ 28. Section 22 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 762
of the laws of 1992, subdivisions 1-c, 14, 15 and 16 as added and para-
graphs d-2, e, e-2 and i of subdivision 3 and subdivision 4 as amended
by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, paragraphs a-1, a-2 and a-3 of subdi-
vision 3 as added by chapter 10 of the laws of 2006, paragraph j of
subdivision 3 as added by chapter 453 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 9
as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of 1993 and subdivisions 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 as renumbered by section 2 of part F of chapter
389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
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§ 22. The budget; contents. The budget submitted annually by the
governor to the legislature, in accordance with article seven of the
constitution, in addition to the information required by the constitu-
tion to be set forth therein, shall:
1. include a summary financial plan showing for each of the govern-
mental fund types: (a) the disbursements estimated to be made before the
close of the current fiscal year and the moneys estimated to be avail-
able from receipts and other sources therefor; and (b) the disbursements
proposed to be made during the ensuing fiscal year, and the moneys esti-
mated to be available from receipts and other sources therefor inclusive
of any receipts which are expected to result from proposed legislation
which [he] THE GOVERNOR deems necessary to provide receipts sufficient
to meet such proposed disbursements. For the purposes of this summary
financial plan, disbursements shall be presented by the following
purposes: state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt
service, and general state charges; receipts shall be presented for each
fund type by each revenue source which accounts for at least one per
centum of all such receipts and otherwise by categories of revenue
sources; receipts and disbursements for special revenue funds shall be
presented separately for federal funds and all other special revenue
funds. Whenever receipts or disbursements are proposed to be moved to a
different fund type, each significant amount so moved shall be identi-
fied.
1-a. within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with subdivision one of this section, the direc-
tor of the budget shall submit to the chairs of the senate finance and
the assembly ways and means committees and the comptroller summary
financial plans of receipts and disbursements for the internal service,
enterprise, and fiduciary fund types.
1-b. within ten days of the submission of the financial plan for the
special revenue fund type, the director of the budget shall submit to
the chairs of the senate finance and assembly ways and means committees
a schedule of receipts and disbursements by account within each special
revenue fund, excluding those which are financed primarily by federal
grants.
1-c. within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with subdivision one of this section, the direc-
tor of the budget shall submit to the chairs of the senate finance and
the assembly ways and means committees and the comptroller an estimate
of the fiscal impact of the executive budget general fund changes on
local governments and, where practicable, the fiscal impact on local
governments of the executive budget all fund changes concerning the
medicaid program, homeland security program, and workforce investment
programs. Such estimate shall be presented by class of local government
and shall measure all of the impacts of the executive budget, including
aid program changes, reimbursement changes, statutory changes in author-
izations for local taxation, mandates on local governments and other
requirements. Such estimate shall show the impact on local governments
by local fiscal years affected and shall cover the first local fiscal
year affected as well as the ensuing local fiscal year. Where such
estimate depends on any local option or action, the estimate shall
explicitly describe the assumptions used to calculate the estimate. When
under existing law a local tax option or program would end and the exec-
utive budget proposes the continuation thereof, the impact shall be
identified as a "deferral of sunset" and shall be calculated as a sepa-
rate component of such estimate.
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2. [include a summary financial plan showing for each of the govern-
mental fund types: (a) all of the expenditures estimated to be made, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, before the
close of the current fiscal year and all of the expenditures proposed to
be made, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
during the ensuing fiscal year; and (b) all of the revenues estimated to
accrue, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
before the close of the current fiscal year and during the ensuing
fiscal year inclusive of any revenues which are expected to result from
the proposed legislation which he deems necessary to provide receipts
sufficient to meet proposed disbursements. For the purposes of this
summary financial plan, expenditures shall be presented by the following
purposes: state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt
service, and general state charges; and revenues shall be presented by
each revenue source which accounts for at least one per centum of all
such revenues and otherwise by categories of revenue sources.
3.] show for each fund type (unless otherwise specified) in a form
suitable for comparison:
a. The appropriations, including reappropriations, made for the
current fiscal year, the appropriations and reappropriations recommended
for the ensuing fiscal year, the disbursements estimated to be made
before the close of the current fiscal year and proposed to be made
during the ensuing fiscal year based upon available and recommended
appropriations and reappropriations. Disbursements proposed to be made
shall be shown in separate parts as follows: those disbursements
proposed to be made for state purposes shall be set forth in one part,
those disbursements proposed to be made for local assistance shall be
set forth in another separate and distinct part, those disbursements
proposed to be made for capital projects shall be set forth in a third
separate and distinct part and those disbursements proposed to be made
for debt service shall be set forth in a fourth separate and distinct
part. The effect of any proposed changes in the payment dates of partic-
ular disbursements on the financial plan presented in accordance with
subdivision one of this section shall be set forth separately.
a-1. For each state agency, the appropriations, including reappropri-
ations, made for the current fiscal year and recommended for the ensuing
fiscal year for contracts for services made for state purposes.
a-2. For each state agency, the disbursements estimated to be made
before the close of the current fiscal year and proposed to be made
during the ensuing fiscal year for contracts for services made for state
purposes.
a-3. For each state agency, the estimated number of employees hired
for the current fiscal year and anticipated to be hired during the ensu-
ing fiscal year pursuant to contracts for services made for state
purposes based upon annual employment reports submitted by contractors
pursuant to section one hundred sixty-three of this chapter.
b. In separate sections for each fund type, the receipts actually had
and received during the preceding fiscal year, the receipts estimated to
be available and received during the current and ensuing fiscal years
respectively listed by each major source, including statistical and
summary tables and a narrative which includes a discussion of the
assumptions used in estimating such receipts. The effect of any proposed
changes in the rates, bases, payment dates or other aspects of partic-
ular sources of receipts on the financial plan presented in accordance
with subdivision one of this section shall be set forth separately and
the assumptions used in calculating such effect. Whenever a new fee or a
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new financing mechanism is proposed, a schedule of the new fee or
financing mechanism shall be included for purposes of showing the effect
of the new fee or financing mechanism on the financial plan.
c. [The expenditures estimated to be made in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles before the close of the current fiscal
year and proposed to be made in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles during the ensuing fiscal year. Expenditures esti-
mated and proposed to be made shall be shown in separate parts as
follows: those expenditures for state purposes shall be set forth in one
part, those expenditures for local assistance shall be set forth in
another separate and distinct part, those expenditures for capital
projects shall be set forth in a third separate and distinct part, and
those expenditures for debt service shall be set forth in a fourth sepa-
rate and distinct part.
d. The revenues actually accrued in the preceding fiscal year, the
revenues estimated to accrue during current and ensuing fiscal years
respectively. Revenues from each tax shall be shown both in total and
net of refunds.
d-1. A schedule for the general fund showing the differences between
projected operating results on a cash basis and those on the basis of
generally accepted accounting principles.
d-2.] Within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and two] of
this section, the director of the budget shall submit to the comptroller
and the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and
means committee:
(i) a detailed schedule by fund of the receipts and disbursements
comprising such summary financial plan;
(ii) [a schedule for each governmental fund type other than the gener-
al fund showing the differences between projected operating results on a
cash basis and those on the basis of generally accepted accounting prin-
ciples;
(iii) a detailed schedule by fund of revenues and expenditures within
the general fund;
(iv)] a detailed schedule by fund of receipts for the prior, current
and next three fiscal years. Such schedule shall present the major
revenue sources for each fund, including detail for each major tax, and
major components of miscellaneous receipts; and
[(v)] (III) an itemized list of transfers to and from the general
fund.
[e.] D. The anticipated general fund quarterly schedule and fiscal
year total for the prior, current and next ensuing fiscal years of:
disbursements; receipts; repayments of advances; total tax refunds; and
refunds for the tax imposed under article twenty-two of the tax law.
Such information shall be presented in the same form as the summary
financial plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION
one [and two] of this section. A separate, detailed, report of such
schedule shall be provided with receipts shown by each major revenue
category, including detail for each major tax and major components of
miscellaneous receipts, and with disbursements shown by major function
or program. The director of the division of the budget shall submit
concurrent with the submission of the financial plan to the legislature
pursuant to subdivision [two] ONE of this section and with each update
thereafter a revised monthly general fund cash flow projection of
receipts and disbursements for the current fiscal year that: (1)
compares actual results to (i) actual results through the same period
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for the prior year and (ii) the most recent prior update to the finan-
cial plan and to the enacted budget financial plan; (2) summarizes the
reasons for any variances; and (3) describes the revisions to the cash
flow projections. The monthly general fund cash flow projection shall be
stated by major category of local assistance, personal service, nonper-
sonal service, general state charges, and debt service, and by major
category of revenue. Such reports shall utilize a format that shall
facilitate comparison and analysis with those reports submitted to the
legislature by the office of audit and control pursuant to subdivision
nine of section eight of this chapter.
[e-1.] D-1. Within ten days following the submission of the financial
plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and
two] of this section, the anticipated general fund monthly and govern-
mental fund types quarterly schedule and fiscal year total for the ensu-
ing fiscal year of: disbursements; receipts; repayments of advances;
total tax refunds; and refunds for the tax imposed under article twen-
ty-two of the tax law. Such information shall be presented in the same
form as the summary financial plans presented in accordance with [subdi-
visions] SUBDIVISION one [and two] of this section.
[e-2.] D-2. A description of employment levels for each state depart-
ment, division or office, for the prior, current and next ensuing fiscal
year containing:
(1) separate schedules for each fund type; and
(2) an all funds summary. Such information shall be presented in a
form that facilitates comparisons among agencies and across fiscal
years, and shall include:
(i) actual and projected full-time equivalents; and
(ii) proposed changes to the work force in the executive budget,
including but not limited to: new positions, layoffs, attrition, and
changes in funding sources. To the extent practicable, the division of
the budget shall facilitate the provision of other relevant information
on employment to the legislature in a timely manner during the state
fiscal year.
[f.] E. A statement explaining any differences between the significant
accounting policies used in the preparation of the documents required to
be submitted pursuant to this section and those used by the comptroller
in the preparation of the financial statements contained in the annual
report to the legislature for the preceding fiscal year issued pursuant
to subdivision nine of section eight of this chapter.
[g.] F. The estimated borrowings in anticipation of the receipt of
taxes and revenues and the amount of interest estimated to be paid ther-
eon during the current and ensuing fiscal years respectively, and the
amounts actually so borrowed and the interest actually paid thereon
during the preceding fiscal year.
[h.] G. In connection with each statement of receipts from taxes
imposed pursuant to state law, the total amounts collected or estimated
to be collected therefrom.
[i.] H. A statement setting forth state involvement in the fiscal
operations of those public authorities and public benefit corporations
which may be part of the development of a comprehensive state budget
system and provided therefor in the state financial plan. Such statement
shall include those public authorities and public benefit corporations
with disbursements which are not currently reflected in the state
central accounting system from proceeds of any notes or bonds issued by
any public authority, and which bonds or notes would be considered as
state-supported debt as defined in section sixty-seven-a of this chap-
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ter. Such statement shall set forth the amount of all of the bonds,
notes and other obligations of each public authority, public benefit
corporation and all other agencies and instrumentalities of the state
for which the full faith and credit of the state has been pledged or on
account of which the state has by law given its pledge or assurance for
the continued operation and solvency of the authority, public corpo-
ration, or other agency or instrumentality of the state, as the case may
be. Such statement shall also set forth all proposed appropriations to
be made to any public authority, public benefit corporation, and any
other agency or instrumentality of the state which has been created or
continued by law and which is separate and distinct from the state
itself.
[j.] I. Include a summary financial plan for the funds of the state
receiving tax check-off monies which shall include estimates of all
receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeeding fiscal
years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.
[4. a.] 3. Include a three year financial projection showing the
anticipated disbursements and receipts for each of the governmental fund
types of the state. For the purposes of this three year financial
projection, disbursements shall be presented by the following purposes:
state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt service, trans-
fers and general state charges with each major function or major program
identified separately within each purpose; and receipts shall be
presented by each major revenue category, including detail for each
major tax, and major components of miscellaneous receipts and with
disbursements shown by major function or program for the prior year,
current year and next three fiscal years, and otherwise by each major
source which is separately estimated and presented pursuant to paragraph
b of subdivision [three] TWO of this section. Receipts and disbursements
for special revenue funds shall be presented separately for federal
funds and all other special revenue funds. Whenever receipts and
disbursements are proposed to be moved to a different fund type, each
significant amount so moved shall be explained. This three year finan-
cial projection shall include an explanation of any changes to the
financial plans submitted in accordance with subdivision one of this
section and include explanations of the economic, statutory and other
assumptions used to estimate the disbursements and receipts which are
presented. Whenever the projections for receipts and disbursements are
based on assumptions other than the current levels of service, such
assumptions shall be separately identified and explained. The three year
financial projections shall include a description of any projected defi-
cits or surpluses.
[5.] 4. Include a summary statement of operations for the proprietary
and fiduciary fund types. Such summary statement of operations shall
include the estimated and projected receipts of and disbursements from
appropriations and reappropriations available or recommended from such
fund types in the budget bills submitted by the governor pursuant to
section twenty-four of this [chapter] ARTICLE. Such summary statement
of operations shall be revised as soon as is practical after the legis-
lature has completed action on such budget bills.
[6.] 5. Include a list of proposed legislation submitted pursuant to
section three of article seven of the constitution.
[7.] 6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, budgets
submitted pursuant to this section shall not recommend first instance
expenditures. Any anticipated reimbursement of proposed expenditures
shall be shown as receipts or revenues to the appropriate fund.
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[8.] 7. Within ten days following the submission of the budget by the
governor, the director of the budget shall transmit to the chairs of the
senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee a
report, by agency, program, and fund, including but not limited to, the
following information pertaining to financed equipment acquisitions for
state departments, agencies and units of the state university and the
city university of New York including those financed equipment acquisi-
tions financed by the issuance of certificates of participation or simi-
lar instruments for state departments, agencies and units of the state
and city universities of New York:
[1.] A. For new financed equipment acquisitions to be financed in the
ensuing fiscal year:
[(a)] (1) An identification of the purposes of such financings,
including:
[(1)] (I) The nature of the equipment to be financed.
[(2)] (II) Whether the purposes are new financings or refinancings of
outstanding lease purchase and installment purchase agreements.
[(3)] (III) The recommended method of financing.
[(b)] (2) The estimated purchase cost of the equipment if purchased
outright.
[(c)] (3) The estimated interest rate and term of such financings.
[(d)] (4) The estimated expenses for the issuances of such certif-
icates or similar instruments as such expenses are defined in section
sixty-six-b of this chapter.
[(e)] (5) A schedule of estimated lease purchase payments by state
fiscal year for such financings, and estimated total financing costs.
[2.] B. For outstanding financed equipment acquisitions as of April
first of the ensuing fiscal year the total estimated amount for lease or
installment purchase payments for the ensuing fiscal year.
[3.] C. For outstanding financed equipment acquisitions financed by
certificates of participation the financing costs of outstanding certif-
icates of participation and similar instruments issued pursuant to
section sixty-six-b of this chapter with estimated payment schedules of
all such outstanding obligations.
[9.] 8. Include a summary of disbursements by function of state
government for the preceding fiscal year and the estimated disbursements
for the current and ensuing fiscal years in a form suitable for compar-
ison. Such summary shall present such disbursements by purpose as set
forth in subdivision one of this section and also including special
revenue funds-federal and special revenue funds-other. Such summary
shall also describe the state entities, as defined by [subdivisions
five, six, seven and eight of] section two-a of this chapter, within
each function. For the fiscal year beginning in nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three, such summary shall be presented within ten days of the budget
submission for the general fund, special revenue funds-other, capital
projects funds and debt service funds. For the fiscal year beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-four, such summary shall be presented with the
budget for the general fund and within ten days of the budget submission
for special revenue funds-other, capital projects funds and debt service
funds. For fiscal years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-five and
thereafter, such summary shall be presented with the budget.
[10.] 9. Include a statement showing projected disbursement for the
current fiscal year and proposed disbursements for the ensuing fiscal
year by agency and bill and fund type. For the fiscal year beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-three, such statement shall be presented within
ten days of the budget submission for the general fund, special revenue
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funds-other, capital projects funds and debt service funds. For the
fiscal year beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-four, such summary
shall be presented with the budget for the general fund and within ten
days of the budget submission for special revenue funds-other, capital
projects funds and debt service funds. For fiscal years beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-five and thereafter, such summary shall be
presented with the budget.
[11.] 10. Within ten days following the submission of the financial
plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and
two] of this section, the director of the budget shall submit to the
chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means
committee for the prior, the current and next ensuing fiscal years
detailed schedules by agency for the general fund showing proposed
appropriations in the state operations and aid to localities budget
bills with disbursements to be made against such appropriations, as well
as disbursements to be made against any existing appropriations.
[12.] 11. a. With respect to any proposed appropriations for the
purpose of remedying state agency violations or past problems of the
environmental conservation law or regulations adopted thereunder within
the proposed budget submitted annually by the governor to the legisla-
ture shall, set forth the amount recommended to remedy each functional
category of violation. A priority criterion to be considered in deter-
mining such recommended appropriations shall be the ranking of such
violations and past problems as determined by the agency pursuant to
paragraph b of subdivision one of section 3-0311 of the environmental
conservation law, with any reordering of rankings as determined by the
department of environmental conservation. Amounts appropriated shall be
disbursed for remediation of the violation or problem only after review
and determination by the department of environmental conservation of the
adequacy of the remedial plan pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision
three of section 3-0311 of the environmental conservation law.
b. Within thirty days following the submission of the budget by the
governor for each fiscal year, beginning with the nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three--ninety-four fiscal year, the director of the budget shall
transmit to the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly
ways and means committee a report which includes project specific infor-
mation for proposed appropriations for the purposes of remedying state
agency environmental violations or problems, as identified pursuant to
section 3-0311 of the environmental conservation law, contained within
such submitted budget.
[13.] 12. Include a summary financial plan for all research institutes
which shall set forth:
a. estimates of all revenues and all expenses for the current and
succeeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior
fiscal year; and
b. any agreement whereby any state agency will provide financial
support or any other assistance to cover any operating loss for such
research institute.
[14.] 13. a. With respect to information technology projects, depend-
ent on funding in the executive budget, involving one or more contracts
projected to total ten million dollars or more, within thirty days
following the submission of the budget by the governor for each fiscal
year, beginning with the two thousand eight--two thousand nine fiscal
year, the director of the budget shall transmit to the chairs of the
senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee a
report which shall set forth the following:
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(1) project summary describing the project purpose, proposed approach,
key milestones, current status and timetable;
(2) the proposed method of procurement, including whether the project
will, in whole or in part, utilize a centralized contract or a sole-
source contract; and
(3) the proposed funding source, financing method and estimated costs
by fiscal year.
b. Information provided pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision
may not be disclosed to any party other than a governmental entity as
defined in section one hundred thirty-nine-j of this chapter, if such
disclosure would impair the fairness or competitiveness of a pending or
potential procurement process.
Estimated costs by fiscal year shall not be disclosed.
[15.] 14. The division of the budget shall prepare the reports, sched-
ules, and other information described in this subdivision. To the extent
practicable, such reports, schedules, and information shall be in a
form, and presented at a level of detail, that facilitates comparison on
an annual basis and against actual results, as appropriate, and in a
manner consistent with the other reporting requirements enumerated in
this section. The reports, schedules, and other information required by
this subdivision shall be submitted to the chair of the senate finance
committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the
minority leaders of both houses, and the comptroller according to the
schedules set forth in this section. In determining the final content
and format of the information required by this section, the division of
the budget shall consult annually with the designees of the temporary
president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
ers of both houses, and the comptroller. All information described in
this subdivision shall be made available to the public.
a. The executive budget, the enacted budget report and each quarterly
update to the financial plan shall include an updated general fund fore-
cast of receipts and disbursements for the current and two succeeding
fiscal years. Such updated forecast shall clearly identify and explain
the revisions to the receipts and disbursements projections from the
most recent prior update to the financial plan, and any significant
revisions to the underlying factors affecting receipts and disbursements
by major function, and may include, but not be limited to: caseload,
service, and utilization rates; demographic trends; economic variables;
pension fund performance; incarceration rates; prescription drug prices;
health insurance premiums; inflation; contractual obligations; liti-
gation; and state employment trends.
b. The capital program and financing plan submitted pursuant to
section twenty-two-c of this article, and the update thereto required
pursuant to section twenty-three of this article, shall include a report
on the management of state-supported debt. Such report may include, but
is not limited to: (1) an assessment of the affordability of state debt,
including debt as a percent of personal income, debt per capita, and
debt service costs as a percent of the budget; (2) a summary and analy-
sis of the interest rate exchange agreements and variable rate exposure;
and (3) an assessment of financing opportunities related to the state's
debt portfolio.
[16.] 15. The governor shall make all practicable efforts to amend or
supplement the budget and submit supplemental bills or amendments to any
bills pursuant to article seven of the constitution within twenty-one
days after the budget is submitted to the legislature.
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16. THE AMENDED EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THIR-
TY DAYS AFTER THE SUBMISSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET TO THE LEGISLATURE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK TO BE SET FORTH THEREIN, SHALL INCLUDE:
A. A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN SHOWING FOR EACH OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND
TYPES: (1) ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED TO BE MADE, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES PROPOSED TO BE MADE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, DURING THE
ENSUING FISCAL YEAR; AND (2) ALL OF THE REVENUES ESTIMATED TO ACCRUE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, BEFORE THE
CLOSE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND DURING THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR
INCLUSIVE OF ANY REVENUES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION WHICH IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS SUFFICIENT TO
MEET PROPOSED DISBURSEMENTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH SUMMARY FINANCIAL
PLAN, EXPENDITURES SHALL BE PRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: STATE
PURPOSES, LOCAL ASSISTANCE, CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT SERVICE, AND GENERAL
STATE CHARGES; AND REVENUES SHALL BE PRESENTED BY EACH REVENUE SOURCE
WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST ONE PER CENTUM OF ALL SUCH REVENUES AND
OTHERWISE BY CATEGORIES OF REVENUE SOURCES;
B. THE EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY
ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL
YEAR AND PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES DURING THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR. EXPENDITURES ESTI-
MATED AND PROPOSED TO BE MADE SHALL BE SHOWN IN SEPARATE PARTS AS
FOLLOWS: THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR STATE PURPOSES SHALL BE SET FORTH IN ONE
PART, THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR LOCAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE SET FORTH IN
ANOTHER SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PART, THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS SHALL BE SET FORTH IN A THIRD SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PART, AND
THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR DEBT SERVICE SHALL BE SET FORTH IN A FOURTH SEPA-
RATE AND DISTINCT PART;
C. THE REVENUES ACTUALLY ACCRUED IN THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR AND THE
REVENUES ESTIMATED TO ACCRUE DURING CURRENT AND ENSUING FISCAL YEARS,
RESPECTIVELY. REVENUES FROM EACH TAX SHALL BE SHOWN BOTH IN TOTAL AND
NET OF REFUNDS;
D. A SCHEDULE FOR THE GENERAL FUND SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
PROJECTED OPERATING RESULTS ON A CASH BASIS AND THOSE ON THE BASIS OF
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES;
E. A SCHEDULE FOR EACH GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE OTHER THAN THE GENERAL
FUND SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROJECTED OPERATING RESULTS ON A
CASH BASIS AND THOSE ON THE BASIS OF GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRIN-
CIPLES; AND
F. A DETAILED SCHEDULE BY FUND OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE
GENERAL FUND.
§ 29. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section
22-c of the state finance law, as amended by section 3 of part F of
chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
(vi) the total amount of disbursements for the project estimated to be
made during the current fiscal year and during each of the next ensuing
five fiscal years, provided however, that (A) the information required
by this subparagraph may be provided for groupings of projects in those
cases where the governor determines it cannot be provided on a project
by project basis, and (B) the total of all disbursements estimated in
accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph to be made for all
capital projects during the current fiscal year and during each of the
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next ensuing five fiscal years, excluding those disbursements which are
estimated in accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph to be
made by public benefit corporations and which are not subject to appro-
priations, shall be equal, respectively, to the total of all disburse-
ments estimated, in the financial projections required by subdivisions
one and [four] THREE of section twenty-two of this article, to be made
for all capital projects during the then current fiscal year and during
each of the next ensuing five fiscal years,
§ 30. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 23 of the state finance law, as
amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as
follows:
3. Financial plans and capital improvement program; revisions. Not
later than thirty days after the legislature has completed action on the
budget bills submitted by the governor and the period for the governor's
review has elapsed, the governor shall cause to be submitted to the
legislature the revisions to the financial plans and the capital plan
required by subdivisions one, two, THREE, four and [five] PARAGRAPH (A)
OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN of section twenty-two of this article as are
necessary to account for all enactments affecting the financial plans
and the capital plan. The financial plan shall also contain a cash flow
analysis of projected receipts and disbursements and other financing
sources or uses for each month of the state's fiscal year. Notwithstand-
ing any other law to the contrary, such revised plans and accompanying
cash flow analysis shall be submitted to the legislature and the comp-
troller in the same form as the plans required by such subdivisions.
4. Financial plan updates. Quarterly, throughout the fiscal year, the
governor shall submit to the comptroller, the chairs of the senate
finance and the assembly ways and means committees, within thirty days
of the close of the quarter to which it shall pertain, a report which
summarizes the actual experience to date and projections for the remain-
ing quarters of the current fiscal year and for each of the next two
fiscal years of receipts, disbursements, tax refunds, and repayments of
advances presented in forms suitable for comparison with the financial
plan submitted pursuant to subdivisions one, THREE AND four[, and five,]
of section twenty-two of this article and revised in accordance with the
provisions of subdivision three of this section. The governor shall
submit with the budget a similar report that summarizes revenue and
expenditure experience to date in a form suitable for comparison with
the financial plan submitted pursuant to PARAGRAPH A OF subdivision
[two] SIXTEEN of section twenty-two of this article and revised in
accordance with the provisions of subdivision three of this section.
Such reports shall provide an explanation of the causes of any major
deviations from the revised financial plans and, shall provide for the
amendment of the plan or plans to reflect those deviations. The governor
may, if [he] THE GOVERNOR determines it advisable, provide more frequent
reports to the legislature regarding actual experience as compared to
the financial plans. The quarterly financial plan update most proximate
to October thirty-first of each year shall include the calculation of
the limitations on the issuance of state-supported debt computed pursu-
ant to the provisions of subdivisions one and two of section sixty-sev-
en-b of this chapter.
§ 31. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of the director
of the budget, on or before March 31, 2026 the following amounts from
the following special revenue accounts or enterprise funds to the gener-
al fund, for the purposes of offsetting principal and interest costs,
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incurred by the state pursuant to section 52 of part RR of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2023, provided that the annual amount of the transfer shall
be no more than the principal and interest that would have otherwise
been due to the power authority of the state of New York, from any state
agency, in a given state fiscal year. Amounts pertaining to special
revenue accounts assigned to the state university of New York shall be
considered interchangeable between the designated special revenue
accounts as to meet the requirements of this section and section 52 of
part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023:
1. $15,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653).
2. $5,000,000 from state university dormitory income fund, state
university dormitory income fund (40350).
3. $5,000,000 from the enterprise fund, city university senior college
operating fund (60851).
§ 32. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized to transfer, on or before March 31, 2026, up to
$25,000,000 from various state bond funds (30600 through 30690) to the
general debt service fund (40150), for the purposes of redeeming or
defeasing outstanding state bonds.
§ 33. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 47-e of the private
housing finance law, as amended by section 29 of part XX of chapter 56
of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, in order to enhance and encourage the promotion of housing
programs and thereby achieve the stated purposes and objectives of such
housing programs, the agency shall have the power and is hereby author-
ized from time to time to issue negotiable housing program bonds and
notes in such principal amount as shall be necessary to provide suffi-
cient funds for the repayment of amounts disbursed (and not previously
reimbursed) pursuant to law or any prior year making capital appropri-
ations or reappropriations for the purposes of the housing program;
provided, however, that the agency may issue such bonds and notes in an
aggregate principal amount not exceeding [fourteen billion five hundred
twenty-six million eighty-nine thousand dollars $14,526,089,000, plus a
principal amount of bonds issued to fund the debt service reserve fund
in accordance with the debt service reserve fund requirement established
by the agency and to fund any other reserves that the agency reasonably
deems necessary for the security or marketability of such bonds and to
provide for the payment of fees and other charges and expenses, includ-
ing underwriters' discount, trustee and rating agency fees, bond insur-
ance, credit enhancement and liquidity enhancement related to the issu-
ance of such bonds and notes] SIXTEEN BILLION FIVE HUNDRED SIX MILLION
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $16,506,364,000, EXCLUDING
BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE
OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH
BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUS-
LY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF
REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. No reserve fund securing the
housing program bonds shall be entitled or eligible to receive state
funds apportioned or appropriated to maintain or restore such reserve
fund at or to a particular level, except to the extent of any deficiency
resulting directly or indirectly from a failure of the state to appro-
priate or pay the agreed amount under any of the contracts provided for
in subdivision four of this section.
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§ 34. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 385 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 30 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The authority is hereby authorized, as additional corporate
purposes thereof solely upon the request of the director of the budget:
(i) to issue special emergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds and
notes for a term not to exceed thirty years and to incur obligations
secured by the moneys appropriated from the dedicated highway and bridge
trust fund established in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance
law; (ii) to make available the proceeds in accordance with instructions
provided by the director of the budget from the sale of such special
emergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds, notes or other obli-
gations, net of all costs to the authority in connection therewith, for
the purposes of financing all or a portion of the costs of activities
for which moneys in the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund estab-
lished in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law are authorized
to be utilized or for the financing of disbursements made by the state
for the activities authorized pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the
state finance law; and (iii) to enter into agreements with the commis-
sioner of transportation pursuant to section ten-e of the highway law
with respect to financing for any activities authorized pursuant to
section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law, or agreements with the
commissioner of transportation pursuant to sections ten-f and ten-g of
the highway law in connection with activities on state highways pursuant
to these sections, and (iv) to enter into service contracts, contracts,
agreements, deeds and leases with the director of the budget or the
commissioner of transportation and project sponsors and others to
provide for the financing by the authority of activities authorized
pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law, and each of
the director of the budget and the commissioner of transportation are
hereby authorized to enter into service contracts, contracts, agree-
ments, deeds and leases with the authority, project sponsors or others
to provide for such financing. The authority shall not issue any bonds
or notes in an amount in excess of [twenty-one billion four hundred
fifty-eight million three hundred nine thousand dollars $21,458,309,000]
TWENTY-TWO BILLION THREE HUNDRED NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS $22,309,294,000, plus a principal amount of bonds or
notes: (A) to fund capital reserve funds; (B) to provide capitalized
interest; and, (C) to fund other costs of issuance. In computing for the
purposes of this subdivision, the aggregate amount of indebtedness
evidenced by bonds and notes of the authority issued pursuant to this
section, as amended by a chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred nine-
ty-six, there shall be excluded the amount of bonds or notes issued that
would constitute interest under the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the amount of indebtedness issued to refund or
otherwise repay bonds or notes.
§ 35. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 14 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 31 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, (i) the dormitory authority shall not deliver a series of
bonds for city university community college facilities, except to refund
or to be substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city
university community college facilities pursuant to a resolution of the
dormitory authority adopted before July first, nineteen hundred eighty-
five or any resolution supplemental thereto, if the principal amount of
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bonds so to be issued when added to all principal amounts of bonds
previously issued by the dormitory authority for city university commu-
nity college facilities, except to refund or to be substituted in lieu
of other bonds in relation to city university community college facili-
ties will exceed the sum of four hundred twenty-five million dollars and
(ii) the dormitory authority shall not deliver a series of bonds issued
for city university facilities, including community college facilities,
pursuant to a resolution of the dormitory authority adopted on or after
July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, except to refund or to be
substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city university
facilities and except for bonds issued pursuant to a resolution supple-
mental to a resolution of the dormitory authority adopted prior to July
first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, if the principal amount of bonds so
to be issued when added to the principal amount of bonds previously
issued pursuant to any such resolution, except bonds issued to refund or
to be substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city
university facilities, will exceed [eleven billion seven hundred sixty-
three million twenty-two thousand dollars $11,763,022,000] TWELVE
BILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND
DOLLARS $12,215,368,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS,
(II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE
REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HERE-
IN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH
DATE. The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal such limit,
and the state of New York, the dormitory authority, the city university,
and the fund are prohibited from covenanting or making any other agree-
ments with or for the benefit of bondholders which might in any way
affect such right.
§ 36. Subdivision 1 of section 1689-i of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 32 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
1. The dormitory authority is authorized to issue bonds, at the
request of the commissioner of education, to finance eligible library
construction projects pursuant to section two hundred seventy-three-a of
the education law, in amounts certified by such commissioner not to
exceed a total principal amount of [four hundred eleven million dollars
$411,000,000] FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS $445,000,000.
§ 37. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 19 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 33 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, the dormitory authority shall not issue any bonds for state
university educational facilities purposes if the principal amount of
bonds to be issued when added to the aggregate principal amount of bonds
issued by the dormitory authority on and after July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-eight for state university educational facilities will
exceed [eighteen billion nine hundred eighty-eight million one hundred
sixty-four thousand dollars $18,988,164,000; provided, however, that
bonds issued or to be issued shall be excluded from such limitation if:
(1) such bonds are issued to refund state university construction bonds
and state university construction notes previously issued by the housing
finance agency; or (2) such bonds are issued to refund bonds of the
authority or other obligations issued for state university educational
facilities purposes and the present value of the aggregate debt service
on the refunding bonds does not exceed the present value of the aggre-
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gate debt service on the bonds refunded thereby; provided, further that
upon certification by the director of the budget that the issuance of
refunding bonds or other obligations issued between April first, nine-
teen hundred ninety-two and March thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three will generate long term economic benefits to the state, as
assessed on a present value basis, such issuance will be deemed to have
met the present value test noted above. For purposes of this subdivi-
sion, the present value of the aggregate debt service of the refunding
bonds and the aggregate debt service of the bonds refunded, shall be
calculated by utilizing the true interest cost of the refunding bonds,
which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual interest
rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt service
payments on the refunding bonds from the payment dates thereof to the
date of issue of the refunding bonds to the purchase price of the
refunding bonds, including interest accrued thereon prior to the issu-
ance thereof. The maturity of such bonds, other than bonds issued to
refund outstanding bonds, shall not exceed the weighted average economic
life, as certified by the state university construction fund, of the
facilities in connection with which the bonds are issued, and in any
case not later than the earlier of thirty years or the expiration of the
term of any lease, sublease or other agreement relating thereto;
provided that no note, including renewals thereof, shall mature later
than five years after the date of issuance of such note] TWENTY BILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS $20,538,164,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS,
(II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE
REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HERE-
IN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH
DATE. The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal such limit,
and the state of New York, the dormitory authority, the state university
of New York, and the state university construction fund are prohibited
from covenanting or making any other agreements with or for the benefit
of bondholders which might in any way affect such right.
§ 38. Subdivision 10-a of section 1680 of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 34 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
10-a. Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of
two thousand, but notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
contrary, the maximum amount of bonds and notes to be issued after March
thirty-first, two thousand two, on behalf of the state, in relation to
any locally sponsored community college, shall be [one billion three
hundred sixty-five million three hundred eight thousand dollars
$1,365,308,000] ONE BILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE MILLION SEVEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $1,495,774,000. Such amount shall
be exclusive of bonds and notes issued to fund any reserve fund or
funds, costs of issuance and to refund any outstanding bonds and notes,
issued on behalf of the state, relating to a locally sponsored community
college.
§ 39. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 9-a of section 1 of
chapter 392 of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York state medical
care facilities finance agency act, as amended by section 35 of part XX
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. The agency shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to
time to issue negotiable bonds and notes in conformity with applicable
provisions of the uniform commercial code in such principal amount as,
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in the opinion of the agency, shall be necessary, after taking into
account other moneys which may be available for the purpose, to provide
sufficient funds to the facilities development corporation, or any
successor agency, for the financing or refinancing of or for the design,
construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement
of mental health services facilities pursuant to paragraph a of this
subdivision, the payment of interest on mental health services improve-
ment bonds and mental health services improvement notes issued for such
purposes, the establishment of reserves to secure such bonds and notes,
the cost or premium of bond insurance or the costs of any financial
mechanisms which may be used to reduce the debt service that would be
payable by the agency on its mental health services facilities improve-
ment bonds and notes and all other expenditures of the agency incident
to and necessary or convenient to providing the facilities development
corporation, or any successor agency, with funds for the financing or
refinancing of or for any such design, construction, acquisition, recon-
struction, rehabilitation or improvement and for the refunding of mental
hygiene improvement bonds issued pursuant to section 47-b of the private
housing finance law; provided, however, that the agency shall not issue
mental health services facilities improvement bonds and mental health
services facilities improvement notes in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding [twelve billion nine hundred twenty-one million seven hundred
fifty-six thousand dollars $12,921,756,000, excluding mental health
services facilities improvement bonds and mental health services facili-
ties improvement notes issued to refund outstanding mental health
services facilities improvement bonds and mental health services facili-
ties improvement notes; provided, however, that upon any such refunding
or repayment of mental health services facilities improvement bonds
and/or mental health services facilities improvement notes the total
aggregate principal amount of outstanding mental health services facili-
ties improvement bonds and mental health facilities improvement notes
may be greater than twelve billion nine hundred twenty-one million seven
hundred fifty-six thousand dollars $12,921,756,000, only if, except as
hereinafter provided with respect to mental health services facilities
bonds and mental health services facilities notes issued to refund
mental hygiene improvement bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to the
provisions of section 47-b of the private housing finance law, the pres-
ent value of the aggregate debt service of the refunding or repayment
bonds to be issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate
debt service of the bonds to be refunded or repaid. For purposes hereof,
the present values of the aggregate debt service of the refunding or
repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and of the aggregate debt
service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so refunded or repaid,
shall be calculated by utilizing the effective interest rate of the
refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations, which shall be
that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual interest rate
(compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt service
payments on the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
from the payment dates thereof to the date of issue of the refunding or
repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and to the price bid includ-
ing estimated accrued interest or proceeds received by the authority
including estimated accrued interest from the sale thereof. Such bonds,
other than bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds, shall be scheduled
to mature over a term not to exceed the average useful life, as certi-
fied by the facilities development corporation, of the projects for
which the bonds are issued, and in any case shall not exceed thirty
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years and the maximum maturity of notes or any renewals thereof shall
not exceed five years from the date of the original issue of such notes.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the agency shall have
the power and is hereby authorized to issue mental health services
facilities improvement bonds and/or mental health services facilities
improvement notes to refund outstanding mental hygiene improvement bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of section 47-b of
the private housing finance law and the amount of bonds issued or
outstanding for such purposes shall not be included for purposes of
determining the amount of bonds issued pursuant to this section] THIR-
TEEN BILLION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS $13,639,554,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE
RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III)
REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED,
PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING
DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. The director of the budget shall allo-
cate the aggregate principal authorized to be issued by the agency among
the office of mental health, office for people with developmental disa-
bilities, and the office of addiction services and supports, in consul-
tation with their respective commissioners to finance bondable appropri-
ations previously approved by the legislature.
§ 40. Subdivision (a) of section 48 of part K of chapter 81 of the
laws of 2002, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2002-2003 budget, as amended by
section 36 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000 but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of the urban development
corporation act, the corporation is hereby authorized to issue bonds or
notes in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed [five hundred twenty-two million five hundred thousand dollars
$522,500,000] FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
$550,500,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service
reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or
notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued, for the purpose of financing capital costs related to homeland
security and training facilities for the division of state police, the
division of military and naval affairs, and any other state agency,
including the reimbursement of any disbursements made from the state
capital projects fund, and is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes
in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
[one billion eight hundred fifty-five million two hundred eighty-six
thousand dollars $1,855,286,000] TWO BILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS $2,168,331,000,
excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds,
to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to
refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for the
purpose of financing improvements to State office buildings and other
facilities located statewide, including the reimbursement of any
disbursements made from the state capital projects fund. Such bonds and
notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the state
shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds
other than those appropriated by the state to the corporation for debt
service and related expenses pursuant to any service contracts executed
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pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section, and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect.
§ 41. Subdivision 1 of section 47 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 37 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the corporation are hereby authorized to
issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
project costs for the office of information technology services, depart-
ment of law, and other state costs associated with such capital
projects. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to be
issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [one billion seven
hundred forty-two million seven hundred twelve thousand dollars
$1,742,712,000] ONE BILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE MILLION FOUR
HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $1,873,412,000, excluding bonds issued
to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance
of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay
such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the
dormitory authority and the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the dormitory authority and the corporation for principal, interest, and
related expenses pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any interest
income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
such bonds.
§ 42. Subdivision (b) of section 11 of chapter 329 of the laws of
1991, amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the
establishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, as amended
by section 38 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Any service contract or contracts for projects authorized pursuant
to sections 10-c, 10-f, 10-g and 80-b of the highway law and section
14-k of the transportation law, and entered into pursuant to subdivision
(a) of this section, shall provide for state commitments to provide
annually to the thruway authority a sum or sums, upon such terms and
conditions as shall be deemed appropriate by the director of the budget,
to fund, or fund the debt service requirements of any bonds or any obli-
gations of the thruway authority issued to fund or to reimburse the
state for funding such projects having a cost not in excess of [fourteen
billion eight hundred forty-four million five hundred eighty-seven thou-
sand dollars $14,844,587,000 cumulatively by the end of fiscal year
2024-25] FIFTEEN BILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $15,722,384,000. SUCH LIMIT SHALL EXCLUDE
BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE
OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH
BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUS-
LY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF
REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. For purposes of this subdivi-
sion, such projects shall be deemed to include capital grants to cities,
towns and villages for the reimbursement of eligible capital costs of
local highway and bridge projects within such municipality, where allo-
cations to cities, towns and villages are based on the total number of
New York or United States or interstate signed touring route miles for
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which such municipality has capital maintenance responsibility, and
where such eligible capital costs include the costs of construction and
repair of highways, bridges, highway-railroad crossings, and other
transportation facilities for projects with a service life of ten years
or more.
§ 43. Subdivision 1 of section 53 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 39 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs for the acquisition of equipment, including but
not limited to the creation or modernization of information technology
systems and related research and development equipment, health and safe-
ty equipment, heavy equipment and machinery, the creation or improvement
of security systems, and laboratory equipment and other state costs
associated with such capital projects. The aggregate principal amount
of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not
exceed [five hundred ninety-three million dollars $593,000,000] SIX
HUNDRED NINETY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS $693,000,000, excluding bonds
issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of
issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise
repay such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the
dormitory authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a
debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall
they be payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the
state to the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service
contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a
statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the
internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall
only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 44. Subdivision 3 of section 1285-p of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 40 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
3. The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued for the purpose of
financing environmental infrastructure projects authorized by this
section shall be [ten billion eight hundred sixty-six million five
hundred sixty thousand dollars $10,866,560,000] THIRTEEN BILLION TWO
HUNDRED NINETEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
$13,219,160,000, exclusive of bonds issued to fund any debt service
reserve funds, pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes
issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds or notes previously issued.
Such bonds and notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the corporation for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contracts executed pursuant to subdivision one of this section,
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect.
§ 45. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 17
of part D of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, relating to the financing
of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility
improvement fund, subdivision 1 as amended by section 41 of part XX of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as
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amended by section 20 of part P2 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of section 1 of chapter 174
of the laws of 1968, the New York state urban development corporation is
hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes and other obligations in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed [one billion sixty-six million
seven hundred fifty-five thousand dollars $1,066,755,000, which] ONE
BILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS $1,217,755,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (A) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS,
(B) TO PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (C) REFUND OR OTHERWISE
REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HERE-
IN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH
DATE. WHICH authorization increases the aggregate principal amount of
bonds, notes and other obligations authorized by section 40 of chapter
309 of the laws of 1996, and shall include all bonds, notes and other
obligations issued pursuant to chapter 211 of the laws of 1990, as
amended or supplemented. The proceeds of such bonds, notes or other
obligations shall be paid to the state, for deposit in the youth facili-
ties improvement fund or the capital projects fund, to pay for all or
any portion of the amount or amounts paid by the state from appropri-
ations or reappropriations made to the office of children and family
services from the youth facilities improvement fund OR THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS FUND for capital projects. [The aggregate amount of bonds,
notes and other obligations authorized to be issued pursuant to this
section shall exclude bonds, notes or other obligations issued to refund
or otherwise repay bonds, notes or other obligations theretofore issued,
the proceeds of which were paid to the state for all or a portion of the
amounts expended by the state from appropriations or reappropriations
made to the office of children and family services; provided, however,
that upon any such refunding or repayment the total aggregate principal
amount of outstanding bonds, notes or other obligations may be greater
than one billion sixty-six million seven hundred fifty-five thousand
dollars $1,066,755,000, only if the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
to be issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so to be refunded or
repaid. For the purposes hereof, the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
and of the aggregate debt service of the bonds, notes or other obli-
gations so refunded or repaid, shall be calculated by utilizing the
effective interest rate of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or
other obligations, which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the
semi-annual interest rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to
discount the debt service payments on the refunding or repayment bonds,
notes or other obligations from the payment dates thereof to the date of
issue of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
and to the price bid including estimated accrued interest or proceeds
received by the corporation including estimated accrued interest from
the sale thereof.]
(a) The New York state office of general services shall be responsible
for the undertaking of studies, planning, site acquisition, design,
construction, reconstruction, renovation and development of youth facil-
ities AND THE TONAWANDA INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE, including the making of
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any purchases therefor, on behalf of the New York state office of chil-
dren and family services.
§ 46. Subdivision 1 of section 386-b of the public authorities law, as
amended by section 42 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
authority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for
the purpose of financing peace bridge projects and capital costs of
state and local highways, parkways, bridges, the New York state thruway,
Indian reservation roads, and facilities, and transportation infrastruc-
ture projects including aviation projects, non-MTA mass transit
projects, and rail service preservation projects, including work appur-
tenant and ancillary thereto. The aggregate principal amount of bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed
[fifteen billion two hundred forty million six hundred sixty-nine thou-
sand dollars $15,240,669,000] SEVENTEEN BILLION FOUR MILLION TWENTY-SEV-
EN THOUSAND DOLLARS $ 17,004,027,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one
or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such
bonds, and to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority, the dormitory authority
and the urban development corporation shall not be a debt of the state,
and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out
of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to the authori-
ty, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation for
principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service contract
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal
revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be
used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 47. Subdivision 1 of section 44 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 43 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the corporation are hereby authorized to
issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
project costs for the regional economic development council initiative,
the economic transformation program, state university of New York
college for nanoscale and science engineering, projects within the city
of Buffalo or surrounding environs, the New York works economic develop-
ment fund, projects for the retention of professional football in west-
ern New York, the empire state economic development fund, the clarkson-
trudeau partnership, the New York genome center, the cornell university
college of veterinary medicine, the olympic regional development author-
ity, projects at nano Utica, onondaga county revitalization projects,
Binghamton university school of pharmacy, New York power electronics
manufacturing consortium, regional infrastructure projects, high tech
innovation and economic development infrastructure program, high tech-
nology manufacturing projects in Chautauqua and Erie county, an indus-
trial scale research and development facility in Clinton county, upstate
revitalization initiative projects, downstate revitalization initiative,
market New York projects, fairground buildings, equipment or facilities
used to house and promote agriculture, the state fair, the empire state
trail, the moynihan station development project, the Kingsbridge armory
project, strategic economic development projects, the cultural, arts and
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public spaces fund, water infrastructure in the city of Auburn and town
of Owasco, a life sciences laboratory public health initiative, not-for-
profit pounds, shelters and humane societies, arts and cultural facili-
ties improvement program, restore New York's communities initiative,
heavy equipment, economic development and infrastructure projects,
Roosevelt Island operating corporation capital projects, Lake Ontario
regional projects, Pennsylvania station and other transit projects,
athletic facilities for professional football in Orchard Park, New York,
Rush - NY, New York AI Consortium, New York Creates UEV Tool, and other
state costs associated with such projects. The aggregate principal
amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall
not exceed [twenty billion eight hundred seventy-eight million one
hundred ninety-four thousand dollars $20,878,194,000] TWENTY-TWO BILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-NINE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS $22,849,953,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt
service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds
or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previ-
ously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory authority and the
corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be
liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than
those appropriated by the state to the dormitory authority and the
corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a
service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face
thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying
with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond
proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 48. Subdivision (a) of section 28 of part Y of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, as amended by
section 44 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, one or more
authorized issuers as defined by section 68-a of the state finance law
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [two hundred ninety-seven
million dollars $297,000,000] THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
$397,000,000, excluding bonds issued to finance one or more debt service
reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or
notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued, for the purpose of financing capital projects for public
protection facilities in the Division of Military and Naval Affairs,
debt service and leases; and to reimburse the state general fund for
disbursements made therefor. Such bonds and notes of such authorized
issuer shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be
liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than
those appropriated by the state to such authorized issuer for debt
service and related expenses pursuant to any service contract executed
pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any interest
income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
such bonds.
§ 49. Subdivision 1 of section 50 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
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ration act, as amended by section 45 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs undertaken by or on behalf of the state educa-
tion department, special act school districts, state-supported schools
for the blind and deaf, approved private special education schools,
non-public schools, community centers, day care facilities, residential
camps, day camps, Native American Indian Nation schools, and other state
costs associated with such capital projects. The aggregate principal
amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall
not exceed [three hundred ninety-six million eight hundred ninety-eight
thousand dollars $396,898,000] FOUR HUNDRED FORTY MILLION THREE HUNDRED
NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS $440,397,000, excluding bonds issued to
fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of
such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such
bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory
authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a debt of
the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation for prin-
cipal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service contract and
such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to
such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal revenue
code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to
pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 50. Subdivision 1 of section 1680-k of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 46 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, but notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the
dormitory authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one
or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [forty-one
million sixty thousand dollars $41,060,000] FORTY-ONE MILLION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $41,175,000, excluding bonds
issued to finance one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs
of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or other-
wise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for the purpose of
financing the construction of the New York state agriculture and markets
food laboratory. Eligible project costs may include, but not be limited
to the cost of design, financing, site investigations, site acquisition
and preparation, demolition, construction, rehabilitation, acquisition
of machinery and equipment, and infrastructure improvements. Such bonds
and notes of such authorized issuers shall not be a debt of the state,
and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out
of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to such author-
ized issuers for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contract executed pursuant to subdivision two of this section
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal
revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be
used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 51. Subdivision 1 of section 1680-r of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023,
is amended to read as follows:
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1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs for the capital restructuring financing program
for health care and related facilities licensed pursuant to the public
health law or the mental hygiene law and other state costs associated
with such capital projects, the health care facility transformation
programs, the essential health care provider program, and other health
care capital project costs. The aggregate principal amount of bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [five
billion one hundred fifty-three million dollars $5,153,000,000] SIX
BILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS $6,168,000,000, exclud-
ing bonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay
costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or
otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and
notes of the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable
thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those
appropriated by the state to the dormitory authority and the urban
development corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses
pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on
the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of
complying with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on
bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 52. Subdivision 1 of section 386-a of the public authorities law, as
amended by section 55 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
authority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for
the purpose of assisting the metropolitan transportation authority in
the financing of transportation facilities as defined in subdivision
seventeen of section twelve hundred sixty-one of this chapter or other
capital projects. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to
be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [twelve billion five
hundred fifteen million eight hundred fifty-six thousand dollars
$12,515,856,000] FIFTEEN BILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS $15,515,856,000, excluding bonds
issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of
issuance of such bonds, and to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or
notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority, the
dormitory authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a
debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall
they be payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the
state to the authority, the dormitory authority and the urban develop-
ment corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant
to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face
thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying
with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond
proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary, including the limi-
tations contained in subdivision four of section sixty-seven-b of the
state finance law, (A) any bonds and notes issued prior to April first,
two thousand twenty-seven pursuant to this section may be issued with a
maximum maturity of fifty years, and (B) any bonds issued to refund such
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bonds and notes may be issued with a maximum maturity of fifty years
from the respective date of original issuance of such bonds and notes.
§ 53. Subdivision (a) of section 27 of part Y of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, as amended by
section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the urban devel-
opment corporation is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one
or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [five
hundred thirty-eight million one hundred thousand dollars $538,100,000]
FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS $550,100,000,
excluding bonds issued to finance one or more debt service reserve
funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued
to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for
the purpose of financing capital projects including IT initiatives for
the division of state police, debt service and leases; and to reimburse
the state general fund for disbursements made therefor. Such bonds and
notes of such authorized issuer shall not be a debt of the state, and
the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of
any funds other than those appropriated by the state to such authorized
issuer for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any service
contract executed pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and such
bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such
effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal revenue code,
any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay
debt service on such bonds.
§ 54. Subdivision 3 of section 1285-q of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 43 of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,
is amended to read as follows:
3. The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued for the purpose of
financing hazardous waste site remediation projects and environmental
restoration projects authorized by this section shall not exceed [two
billion two hundred million dollars] THREE BILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS $3,450,000,000 and shall not exceed one hundred million
dollars for appropriations enacted for any state fiscal year, provided
that the bonds not issued for such appropriations may be issued pursuant
to reappropriation in subsequent fiscal years. [No bonds shall be issued
for the repayment of any new appropriation enacted after March thirty-
first, two thousand twenty-six for hazardous waste site remediation
projects authorized by this section.] Amounts authorized to be issued by
this section shall be exclusive of bonds issued to fund any debt service
reserve funds, pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes
issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds or notes previously issued.
Such bonds and notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by this state to
the corporation for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contracts executed pursuant to subdivision one of this section,
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect.
§ 55. Subdivision 1 of section 16 of part D of chapter 389 of the laws
of 1997, relating to the financing of the correctional facilities
improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, as amended by
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section 28 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of section 1 of chapter 174
of the laws of 1968, the New York state urban development corporation is
hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes and other obligations in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed [ten billion two hundred nine-
ty-nine million three hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars
$10,299,359,000, and shall include all bonds, notes and other obli-
gations issued pursuant to chapter 56 of the laws of 1983, as amended or
supplemented. The proceeds of such bonds, notes or other obligations
shall be paid to the state, for deposit in the correctional facilities
capital improvement fund to pay for all or any portion of the amount or
amounts paid by the state from appropriations or reappropriations made
to the department of corrections and community supervision from the
correctional facilities capital improvement fund for capital projects.
The aggregate amount of bonds, notes or other obligations authorized to
be issued pursuant to this section shall exclude bonds, notes or other
obligations issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds, notes or other
obligations theretofore issued, the proceeds of which were paid to the
state for all or a portion of the amounts expended by the state from
appropriations or reappropriations made to the department of corrections
and community supervision; provided, however, that upon any such refund-
ing or repayment the total aggregate principal amount of outstanding
bonds, notes or other obligations may be greater than ten billion two
hundred ninety-nine million three hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars
$10,299,359,000, only if the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations to be
issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the bonds, notes or other obligations so to be refunded or repaid.
For the purposes hereof, the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and of
the aggregate debt service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so
refunded or repaid, shall be calculated by utilizing the effective
interest rate of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obli-
gations, which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual
interest rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt
service payments on the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other
obligations from the payment dates thereof to the date of issue of the
refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and to the
price bid including estimated accrued interest or proceeds received by
the corporation including estimated accrued interest from the sale ther-
eof] ELEVEN BILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-
NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS $11,117,359,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER
APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT
SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND
(III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED,
PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING
DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE.
§ 56. The opening paragraph of section 3573 of the public authorities
law, as added by chapter 5 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
Notwithstanding any provision of this article or any other provision
of law to the contrary, so long as bonds issued by the dormitory author-
ity [to finance facilities for] ON OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO MAKE LOANS TO the department of health of the
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state of New York TO FINANCE STATE HOSPITAL FACILITIES LISTED IN SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW remain outstanding as
defined in the bond resolution under which such bonds were issued, the
following provisions shall be applicable:
§ 57. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 409 of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 1997, is amended and
a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner shall, after the first day of July, nineteen
hundred seventy-one, pay over moneys received by the department includ-
ing, SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, moneys received from
the Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation for the care, maintenance
and treatment of patients at state hospitals in the department as
enumerated in section four hundred three of this chapter, together with
money received from fees, including parking fees, refunds, reimburse-
ments, payments received pursuant to leases, sales of property and
miscellaneous receipts of such hospitals other than gifts, grants,
bequests and moneys received under research contracts, and clinical
practice income received pursuant to a clinical practice plan estab-
lished pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section two hundred six of
this chapter except for the amount of money required by the comptroller
to be maintained on deposit in the department of health income fund
pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision less payments required to
be made into pools created by this chapter and for assessments estab-
lished pursuant to this chapter and less refunds made pursuant to law,
to the comptroller to be deposited by [him] THE COMPTROLLER in the
department of health income fund. Such moneys shall be kept separate and
shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the hands of the comp-
troller. All deposits of such money shall, if required by the comp-
troller, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state
of market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit and all
banks and trust companies are authorized to give such securities for
such deposits. The commissioner shall identify to the comptroller moneys
received from Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation or its subsid-
iaries.
6. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, UPON THE
PAYMENT OR PROVISION FOR PAYMENT OF ALL OUTSTANDING BONDS ISSUED ON OR
BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE BY THE DORMITORY
AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS TO THE DEPARTMENT TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE STATE
HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE BOND RESOLUTION
UNDER WHICH SUCH BONDS WERE ISSUED, THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO
AND FIVE OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING (I) THE PAYMENT AND IDENTIFICATION BY
THE DEPARTMENT TO THE COMPTROLLER OF MONEYS RECEIVED FROM THE ROSWELL
PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION, (II) THE DEPOSIT AND MAINTENANCE OF
SUCH MONEYS FROM THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION BY THE
COMPTROLLER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INCOME FUND, AND (III) THE
RELEASE OF EXCESS MONEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INCOME FUND ATTRI-
BUTED TO THE OPERATION OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION
OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, SHALL NO LONGER BE APPLICABLE AND, THEREAFTER, ALL
SUCH MONEYS FROM THE OPERATION OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE
CORPORATION SHALL REMAIN IN THE CUSTODY AND/OR CONTROL OF THE CORPO-
RATION AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
§ 58. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 54-b of section 1 of
chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development
corporation act, as amended by section 54 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
including, specifically, the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of
2000 and section sixty-seven-b of the state finance law, the dormitory
authority of the state of New York and the corporation are hereby
authorized to issue personal income tax revenue anticipation notes with
a maturity no later than March 31[, 2025] OF THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN
WHICH SUCH NOTES ARE ISSUED, in one or more series in an aggregate prin-
cipal amount for each fiscal year not to exceed three billion dollars,
and to pay costs of issuance of such notes, for the purpose of temporar-
ily financing budgetary needs of the state. Such purpose shall consti-
tute an authorized purpose under subdivision two of section
sixty-eight-a of the state finance law for all purposes of article
five-C of the state finance law with respect to the notes authorized by
this paragraph. Such notes shall not be renewed, extended or refunded.
For so long as any notes authorized by this paragraph shall be outstand-
ing, the restrictions, limitations and requirements contained in article
five-B of the state finance law shall not apply.
§ 59. Subdivision 8 of section 68-b of the state finance law, as
amended by section 60 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
8. Revenue bonds may only be issued for authorized purposes, as
defined in section sixty-eight-a of this article. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the dormitory authority of the state of New York, the urban
development corporation [and], the New York state thruway authority, THE
NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRON-
MENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION may issue revenue bonds for any authorized
purpose of any other such authorized issuer [through March thirty-first,
two thousand twenty-five]. Any such revenue bonds issued by the New York
state thruway authority shall be subject to the approval of the New York
state public authorities control board, pursuant to section fifty-one of
the public authorities law. The authorized issuers shall not issue any
revenue bonds in an amount in excess of statutory authorizations for
such authorized purposes. Authorizations for such authorized purposes
shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of revenue bonds
issued for such authorized purposes under this article. Such reduction
shall not be made in relation to revenue bonds issued to fund reserve
funds, if any, and costs of issuance, [if these items are not counted
under existing authorizations,] nor shall revenue bonds issued to refund
bonds issued under existing authorizations reduce the amount of such
authorizations.
§ 60. Subdivision 1 of section 56 of the state finance law, as amended
by chapter 415 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
1. Whenever in [his] THE COMPTROLLER'S opinion it is to the advantage
of the state the comptroller when issuing and selling any bonds of the
state may reserve to the state on such conditions as [he] THE COMP-
TROLLER may deem advisable and proper the privilege of refunding or of
redeeming [at not more than three per centum above par value] all or any
part of such bonds prior to the date on which they shall be due and
payable.
§ 61. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025; provided,
however, that the provisions of sections one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one of this act shall expire March
31, 2026.
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PART FF
Section 1. Section 13-638.2 of the administrative code of the city of
New York is amended by adding two new subdivisions k-3 and k-4 to read
as follows:
K-3. FOR NYCERS, NYCTRS AND BERS, ALL INSTALLMENTS OF CONTRIBUTION
RESULTING FROM ANY UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY ESTABLISHED FOR ANY SUCH
RETIREMENT SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED
LIABILITY AS OF JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE FOR SUCH
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDI-
VISION K-4 OF THIS SECTION WHICH ARE PAYABLE TO SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM
ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR ARE HEREBY CANCELED AND
SHALL NOT BE DUE AND PAYABLE ON OR AFTER SUCH JULY FIRST.
K-4. (1) (I) THE ACTUARY FOR EACH OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, UPON THE
BASIS OF THE LATEST MORTALITY AND OTHER TABLES APPLICABLE AT THE TIME
SUCH ACTUARY PERFORMS THE CALCULATIONS, AND THE VALUATION RATE OF INTER-
EST (AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH ELEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION),
SHALL CALCULATE SEPARATELY FOR NYCERS, NYCTRS AND BERS, AS OF JUNE THIR-
TIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE AND AS OF EACH SUCCEEDING JUNE THIRTI-
ETH, AN UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY FOR EACH RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE SUCCEEDING SUBPARAGRAPHS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
(II) THE ACTUARY SHALL CALCULATE, AS OF THE APPLICABLE JUNE THIRTIETH,
AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) THE TOTAL ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUE OF
ALL BENEFITS PAYABLE BY NYCERS, NYCTRS AND BERS PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE
LAW, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY, AND (B) THE LIABILITY OF EACH RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY, FOR AMOUNTS WHICH THE RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW TO PAY TO ANY OTHER FUND
ON ACCOUNT OF RELATED BENEFITS FINANCED THROUGH THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM,
WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING OFFSET IN THE LIABILITIES OF THE RETIREMENT
SYSTEM.
(III) THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY OF EACH OF SUCH RETIREMENT
SYSTEMS AS OF THE APPLICABLE JUNE THIRTIETH SHALL BE THE AMOUNT OBTAINED
BY DEDUCTING FROM THE AMOUNT OF SUCH TOTAL LIABILITY OF THE RETIREMENT
SYSTEM ON ACCOUNT OF BENEFITS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY PURSUANT TO
SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE SUM OF:
(A) THE ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUE OF ENTRY AGE NORMAL CONTRIBUTIONS
PAYABLE TO SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY AS OF
THE APPLICABLE JUNE THIRTIETH IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE ENTRY AGE
ACTUARIAL COST METHOD, AND WITH THE APPLICABLE METHODOLOGIES SET FORTH
FOR NYCERS IN SUBPARAGRAPH (D) OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION B OF
SECTION 13-127 OF THIS TITLE, FOR THE NYCTRS IN PARAGRAPH FIVE OF SUBDI-
VISION B OF SECTION 13-527 OF THIS TITLE OR FOR BERS IN ITEM (V) OF
SUBPARAGRAPH FOUR OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF SECTION
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
(B) THE PRESENT VALUE OF FUTURE MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL MEMBERS OF
SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY AS OF THE APPLICA-
BLE JUNE THIRTIETH;
(C) THE TOTAL FUNDS ON HAND OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR VALUATION
PURPOSES, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY AS OF THE APPLICABLE JUNE THIRTI-
ETH;
(D) THE PRESENT VALUE OF FUTURE INSTALLMENTS OF UNFUNDED ACCRUED
LIABILITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE PAID TO SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS OF THE
APPLICABLE JUNE THIRTIETH;
(E) THE PRESENT VALUE OF THE PENDING NORMAL CONTRIBUTION TO SUCH
RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS OF THE APPLICABLE JUNE THIRTIETH AS DETERMINED BY
THE ACTUARY AND ESTABLISHED IN THE VALUATION FOR THE PRIOR YEAR; AND
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(F) THE PRESENT VALUE OF PENDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUCH RETIREMENT
SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
SUBDIVISION F OF SECTION 13-103 OF THIS TITLE FOR NYCERS, SUBDIVISION D
OF SECTION 13-518 OF THIS TITLE FOR THE NYCTRS OR PARAGRAPH (E) OF
SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF
THE EDUCATION LAW FOR BERS.
(IV) THE ACTUARY, IN DETERMINING THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY PURSU-
ANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, MAY MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS WHICH SUCH ACTUARY DEEMS
APPROPRIATE DUE TO THE CALCULATION OF THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY AS
OF THE SECOND JUNE THIRTIETH PRECEDING THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE
FIRST INSTALLMENT OF SUCH UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY BECOMES PAYABLE OR
CREDITABLE.
(2) (I) THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY CALCULATED BY THE ACTUARY AS OF
JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "2023
UAL" OR, WITH RESPECT TO NYCERS AS THE "NYCERS 2023 UAL", WITH RESPECT
TO NYCTRS AS THE "NYCTRS 2023 UAL", AND WITH RESPECT TO BERS AS THE
"BERS 2023 UAL".
(II) THE 2023 UAL FOR NYCERS, NYCTRS AND BERS SHALL BE AMORTIZED IN
TWENTY ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY, WITH PAYMENTS
COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
FISCAL YEAR. THE ACTUARY FOR EACH OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEMS SHALL
DETERMINE THE SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTION INSTALLMENTS SUCH THAT EACH
INSTALLMENT AFTER THE FIRST SHALL DECLINE, RELATIVE TO THE NEXT PRECED-
ING INSTALLMENT, BY A CONSTANT DOLLAR AMOUNT EQUAL TO FIVE PERCENT OF
SUCH FIRST INSTALLMENT.
(3) (I) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION K-2 OF THIS
SECTION OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY
CALCULATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY THE ACTUARY
AS OF JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, AND AS OF EACH SUCCEED-
ING JUNE THIRTIETH, SHALL BE KNOWN AS A "POST-2023 UAL ADJUSTMENT". WITH
RESPECT TO NYCERS, NYCTRS AND BERS, SUCH UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY
SHALL BE KNOWN BY THE NAME CONSISTING OF THE APPLICABLE ABBREVIATION FOR
EACH RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH THREE, FOUR OR SEVEN OF
SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION, FOLLOWED BY THE CALENDAR YEAR AS OF WHICH
THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY WAS ESTABLISHED, FOLLOWED BY THE TERM
"UAL ADJUSTMENT".
(II) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION K-2 OF THIS
SECTION OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EACH POST-2023 UAL ADJUSTMENT
FOR NYCERS, NYCTRS AND BERS, EXCLUDING ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO INVESTMENT
GAINS AND LOSSES OR ENACTED CHANGES IN BENEFITS AS DESCRIBED IN SUBPARA-
GRAPHS (III) AND (IV) RESPECTIVELY OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE AMORTIZED
IN TWENTY EQUAL ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY, WITH
PAYMENTS OR CREDITS COMMENCING WITH THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR SUCCEEDING
THE JUNE THIRTIETH AS OF WHICH THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY WAS ESTAB-
LISHED.
(III) POST-2023 UAL ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO INVESTMENT GAINS AND LOSSES
SHALL BE AMORTIZED OVER TWENTY INSTALLMENTS SUCH THAT INSTALLMENTS ONE
THROUGH FIVE INCREASE BY A CONSTANT DOLLAR AMOUNT, INSTALLMENTS SEVEN-
TEEN THROUGH TWENTY DECREASE BY THAT SAME AMOUNT, AND INSTALLMENTS SIX
THROUGH SIXTEEN EQUAL INSTALLMENT FIVE, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY.
DEFERRED INVESTMENT GAINS AND LOSSES ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE POST-2023
UAL ADJUSTMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED BASED ON THEIR EXISTING
RECOGNITION SCHEDULE AND AMORTIZED IN TWENTY EQUAL ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS,
AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY, WITH PAYMENTS OR CREDITS COMMENCING WITH
THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR SUCCEEDING THE JUNE THIRTIETH AS OF WHICH THEY
ARE RECOGNIZED.
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(IV) POST-2023 UAL ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO ENACTED CHANGES IN BENEFITS
SHALL BE AMORTIZED OVER A NUMBER OF INSTALLMENTS EQUAL TO THE ROUNDED
NUMBER OF YEARS OF THE REMAINING WORKING LIFETIMES OF THOSE COVERED BY
THE BENEFIT CHANGES. WHERE THE LENGTH OF THE AMORTIZATION PERIOD FOR AN
UAL ADJUSTMENT IS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE LAW, THE ACTUARY, IN SUCH
ACTUARY'S DISCRETION, MAY SELECT AN AMORTIZATION PERIOD THAT IS REASON-
ABLY CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICE FOR AMORTIZING UAL ADJUSTMENTS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF CHANGES.
(V) IN THE EVENT THAT THE TOTAL UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY AS OF JUNE
THIRTIETH FOR NYCERS, NYCTRS OR BERS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY, IS
LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO ZERO BASED ON THE MARKET VALUE OF ASSETS, RESULTS
IN THE TOTAL AMORTIZATION INSTALLMENT BEING NEGATIVE WHILE THE TOTAL
UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY IS POSITIVE, OR RESULTS IN ANY OTHER MATH-
EMATICAL INCONSISTENCY AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY, THE ACTUARY, IN
THEIR DISCRETION, SHALL VOID ALL PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED REMAINING AMOR-
TIZATION INSTALLMENTS SCHEDULED FOR OR AFTER THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR
SUCCEEDING THE JUNE THIRTIETH AS OF WHICH THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE AND
SHALL ESTABLISH A NEW AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE OF TWENTY INSTALLMENTS THAT
WILL BE APPLIED AS CHARGES OR CREDITS AGAINST THE NORMAL CONTRIBUTION OF
ANY SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S OBLIGORS COMMENCING IN THAT SECOND FISCAL
YEAR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2024.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
SUMMARY: This proposed legislation (see Appendix) would modify exist-
ing statutory language to amortize the Unfunded Accrued Liabilities
(UAL) for the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS), the
New York City Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), and the New York City
Board of Education Retirement System (BERS) on an alternate schedule
effective upon enactment and deemed to have been in effect on and after
July 1, 2024.
EXPECTED INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Millions)
Year NYCERS TRS BERS TOTAL
2025 48.2 (523.8) (36.2) (511.8)
2026 (129.2) (661.4) (41.0) (831.6)
2027 (338.3) (644.0) (67.5) (1,049.8)
2028 (526.5) (693.8) (64.3) (1,284.6)
2029 (682.2) (582.9) (31.0) (1,296.1)
2030 (1,020.3) (611.7) (26.4) (1,658.4)
2031 (1,258.7) (673.4) (16.7) (1,948.8)
2032 (1,477.0) (924.6) (9.6) (2,411.2)
2033 1,162.3 1,526.3 128.5 2,817.1
2034 1,010.7 1,382.9 120.1 2,513.7
2035 1,170.1 1,329.6 72.3 2,572.0
2036 1,075.1 1,253.5 84.2 2,412.8
2037 727.7 880.5 42.1 1,650.3
2038 709.9 722.6 32.2 1,464.7
2039 782.4 674.5 18.3 1,475.2
2040 553.0 250.1 (33.2) 769.9
2041 442.4 278.0 2.0 722.4
2042 331.8 209.4 1.5 542.7
2043 221.2 139.6 1.0 361.8
2044 110.6 69.8 0.5 180.9
2045 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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2046 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2047 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2048 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2049 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Allocation of the impact above to New York City and other obligors
will vary by year.
IMPACT ON EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS: For NYCERS, TRS, and BERS, the
proposed legislation would amend the UAL amortization schedule; change
the smoothing method used for investment gains and losses; and allow a
reset of the UAL amortization schedule under certain scenarios. While
the proposed changes will impact the timing of employer contributions,
there is no change to the benefits paid and therefore no ultimate
savings or cost.
PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS: The Present Value of Benefits is the
discounted expected value of benefits paid to current members if all
assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
as of June 30, 2023 ($ in Millions)
Present Value (PV) NYCERS TRS BERS
(1) PV of Employer Contributions: 0.0 0.0 0.0
(2) PV of Employee Contributions: 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total PV of Benefits (1) + (2): 0.0 0.0 0.0
IMPACT ON UAL AMORTIZATION: Pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Laws of 2013,
an Initial UAL amortization base was established for each of the New
York City Retirement Systems and Pension Funds (NYCRS) such that the
annual amortization payments would increase by 3% per year consistent
with the expected annual increases in total payroll, with the final
payment scheduled to occur in Fiscal Year 2032. Subsequent changes in
the UAL have their own statutorily defined amortization period, general-
ly amortized using level dollar payments.
The proposed legislation would re-amortize all outstanding UAL
balances for NYCERS, TRS, and BERS as of June 30, 2023, adjusted for
pending employer contributions, over a 20-year period such that the
amortization payments decrease by a constant dollar amount annually. New
amortization bases would be added on an annual basis using level dollar
amortization. Actuarial gains and losses (currently amortized over 14
payments), assumption and method changes (currently amortized over 19
payments) would be amortized over 20 payments. Future benefit changes
would be amortized over the expected future working lifetime of the
impacted population.
This legislation also includes provisions that allow the NYCRS Actuary
to reset the amortization schedule over a 20-year period when a NYCERS,
TRS, or BERS plan becomes overfunded based on the Market Value of Assets
(MVA) or if the Actuary observes any anomalies in the amortization sche-
dule, such as a negative net amortization payment being applied to a
positive UAL.
IMPACT ON ASSET SMOOTHING: This legislation modifies the approach used
to smooth investment gains and losses. The current asset smoothing meth-
od phases in the recognition of investment gains and losses over a five-
year period producing an Actuarial Value of Assets (AVA) used to deter-
mine the UAL and related amortization payments that is different from
the Market Value of Assets (MVA).
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The proposed legislation would recognize the full investment gain or
loss immediately with a five-year phase-in and five-year phase-out of
the payments over a twenty-year period in total. This alternate method
produces a contribution smoothing effect similar to the current method
and eliminates the need to calculate an AVA different from the MVA. The
smoothing corridor currently used to constrain the AVA within plus or
minus twenty percent of the MVA becomes obsolete under this legislation.
Unrecognized investment gains and losses as of June 30, 2023 will be
recognized in future valuations based on their recognition schedule
established prior to this legislation, though those deferred gains and
losses will be amortized over 20 payments instead of the current 14
payments. This Fiscal Note does not reflect the difference in timing of
recognizing currently deferred investment gains and losses, though the
net impact of this difference is zero on a present value basis.
COST BASIS: The estimates presented herein are based on census data
collected as of June 30, 2023 and the Preliminary June 30, 2023 Actuari-
al Valuation. The Final June 30, 2023 Actuarial Valuation may reflect
subsequent events, such as data corrections or other legislative changes
that impact the timing of employer contributions shown in this Fiscal
Note.
ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS: The estimates presented herein, except for
those changes described in this Fiscal Note, have been calculated based
on the Revised 2021 Actuarial Assumptions and Methods of the impacted
NYCRS.
RISK AND UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal Note depend
highly on the actuarial assumptions, methods, and models used, demo-
graphics of the impacted population, and other factors such as invest-
ment, contribution, and other risks. If actual experience deviates from
actuarial assumptions, the actual costs could differ from those
presented herein. Quantifying these risks is beyond the scope of this
Fiscal Note.
This Fiscal Note is intended to measure pension-related impacts and
does not include other potential costs (e.g., administrative and Other
Postemployment Benefits). This Fiscal Note does not reflect any chapter
laws that may have been enacted during the current legislative session.
STATEMENT OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: Marek Tyszkiewicz and Gregory Zelikov-
sky are members of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of
Actuaries. We are members of NYCERS, but do not believe it impairs our
objectivity, and we meet the Qualification Standards of the American
Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
To the best of our knowledge, the results contained herein have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and
procedures and with the Actuarial Standards of Practice issued by the
Actuarial Standards Board.
FISCAL NOTE IDENTIFICATION: This Fiscal Note 2025-16 dated February
19, 2025 was prepared by the Chief Actuary for the New York City Retire-
ment Systems and Pension Funds and is intended for use only during the
2025 Legislative Session.
PART GG
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 135
to read as follows:
§ 135. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPER-
VISION BODY-WORN CAMERAS PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT A BODY-WORN CAMERAS PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF SUCH PROGRAM IS
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TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVIDENCE FOR DEPARTMENTAL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES, DEPARTMENT STAFF, RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, AND
THOSE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S CARE BY PROVIDING BODY-WORN CAMERAS TO ALL
CORRECTION OFFICERS, SECURITY SUPERVISORS, AND ANY CIVILIAN STAFF AS
IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE BODY-WORN CAMERAS THAT WILL BE POWERED
ON AND WORN BY CORRECTION OFFICERS AND SECURITY SUPERVISORS AT ALL
TIMES, WHILE ON DUTY. INCIDENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE STAFF TO
MANUALLY ACTIVATE THEIR BODY-WORN CAMERAS, REGARDLESS OF THE PRESENCE OF
FIXED CAMERAS, INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
(A) DURING ANY INTERACTION WITH AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL OR VISITOR,
IN ANY LOCATION. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY WHEN THE OFFICE OF
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS OR CRISIS INTERVENTION UNIT IS CONDUCTING AN
INTERVIEW WITH AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING CONFIDENTIAL INFOR-
MATION WHERE A RECORD OF INTERVIEW IS COMPLETED;
(B) WHEN STAFF OBSERVE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITY BY AN INCARCERATED INDI-
VIDUAL, A DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE FACILITY;
(C) DURING GENERAL MOVEMENT OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS;
(D) WHEN STAFF IS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY CALL FOR ASSISTANCE;
(E) DURING ALL INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL ESCORTS;
(F) DURING INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTS, AS DIRECTED BY THE
FACILITY WATCH COMMANDER OR HIGHER-RANKING SUPERVISOR. WHEN AN EMPLOYEE
ENTERS A NON-DEPARTMENT FACILITY, THE EMPLOYEE WILL COMPLY WITH THE
FACILITY LOCAL POLICY ON WEARING THE CAMERA AND RECORDING. IF A LOCAL
POLICY DOES NOT EXIST, THE EMPLOYEE SHALL DEFAULT TO DEPARTMENT POLICY;
(G) WHEN A FIREARM, OLEORESIN CAPSICUM SPRAY, OR A BATON IS REMOVED
FROM ITS HOLSTER OR HOLDER;
(H) ANY INSTANCE WHERE DEPARTMENT STAFF FEELS THERE IS AN IMMINENT
THREAT OR THE NEED TO DOCUMENT THEIR TIME ON DUTY;
(I) DURING ALL USES OF FORCE, INCLUDING ANY PHYSICAL AGGRESSION OR USE
OF A NON-LETHAL OR LETHAL WEAPON;
(J) DURING A DISCIPLINARY HEARING WHEN FIXED VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEMS
ARE NOT AVAILABLE WHERE THE DISCIPLINARY HEARING IS CONDUCTED. SUCH
RECORDINGS WILL BE SECURELY PRESERVED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL HEARING
RECORD FOR ALL TIER II AND TIER III HEARINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 270.3
OF THE NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS. AUDIO RECORDINGS OF ALL
HEARINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE VIDEO MONI-
TORING SYSTEM CAPTURES AUDIO;
(K) AS DIRECTED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OR CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS
FOR THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, OR SUCH DEPUTY COMMISSIONER'S
OR CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS' DESIGNEE, OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATORS MAY UTILIZE BODY-WORN CAMERA SYSTEMS PURSUANT TO THE
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS POLICY. THE USE OF SUCH CAMERAS BY THE
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATORS MAY INCLUDE BUT IS NOT
LIMITED TO ABSCONDER/FUGITIVE OPERATIONS, FACILITY INSPECTIONS, MONITOR-
ING OF FRISKS, CANINE OPERATIONS, HIGH-RISK IN-STATE TRANSPORTS OF
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS OR RELEASEES, AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES
WHICH ARE DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO RECORD;
(L) IN CONGREGATE SHOWER AREAS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT STAFF SHALL
PROVIDE A VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT A BODY-WORN CAMERA IS IN USE AND
AVOID INTENTIONAL RECORDING OF AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IN A STATE OF
UNDRESS UNLESS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO AS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR DUTIES;
(M) DURING ALL CORRECTIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM ACTIVATIONS; AND
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(N) DURING A STRIP SEARCH OR STRIP FRISK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE GIVEN VERBAL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE
BEING RECORDED, AND THE FOLLOWING RULES APPLY:
(I) THE WEARER OF THE BODY-WORN CAMERA SHALL BE OF THE SAME GENDER AS
THE GENDER DESIGNATION OF THE FACILITY. VIDEO RECORDINGS OF STRIP FRISKS
OR STRIP SEARCHES SHALL NOT BE VIEWED BY ANYONE, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
AUTHORIZED IN WRITING BY THE FACILITY'S DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR SECU-
RITY OR HIGHER AUTHORITY. IF THE RECORDING IS APPROVED FOR REVIEW, THE
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR SECURITY SHALL ASSURE THIS FACT IS DOCUMENTED
TO INCLUDE DATE, TIME, AUTHORIZATION, REVIEWER NAME, EXPLANATION OF WHY
THE REVIEW IS NECESSARY, AND THE RESULT OF SUCH REVIEW.
(II) A BODY-WORN CAMERA RECORDING OF ANY STRIP SEARCH OR STRIP FRISK
SHALL IMMEDIATELY BE TURNED OVER TO AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO UPLOAD,
CHARGE, AND ISSUE SUCH CAMERAS TO ASSIGNED STAFF FOR UPLOADING AND STOR-
AGE.
(III) THE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A STRIP FRISK OR OTHER INCIDENT DEPICTING
AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IN A STATE OF COMPLETE UNDRESS SHALL ONLY BE
VIEWED BY DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO ARE OF THE SAME GENDER AS THE GENDER
DESIGNATION OF THE FACILITY.
3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE CIVILIAN STAFF
ASSIGNED TO A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO WEAR BODY-WORN CAMERAS WHILE ON
DUTY WHERE THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE HAS DIRECT SUPERVISION OF AN INCARCER-
ATED INDIVIDUAL WITH ONLY INTERMITTENT SECURITY SUPERVISION. IN
INSTANCES WHERE THE COMMISSIONER HAS REQUIRED A CIVILIAN TO WEAR A BODY-
WORN CAMERA WHILE ON DUTY, SUCH CAMERAS SHALL BE ACTIVATED AND SHALL
RECORD:
(A) WHILE INTERACTING WITH AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF
THE EXISTENCE OF FIXED-VIDEO MONITORING; AND
(B) WHILE SUCH EMPLOYEE IS IN THE AREA OF A USE OF FORCE INCIDENT,
INCLUDING ANY PHYSICAL AGGRESSION OR USE OF A NON-LETHAL OR LETHAL WEAP-
ON.
4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRESERVE RECORDINGS OF SUCH BODY-WORN CAMERAS
FOR AT LEAST NINETY DAYS.
5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERFORM ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE ON THE
EQUIPMENT USED IN SUCH BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION.
6. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SOLELY DETERMINE THE
TIMING AND APPROPRIATENESS OF ANY REVIEW OR PROVISION OF BODY-WORN
CAMERA FOOTAGE TO AN EMPLOYEE PRIOR TO THAT EMPLOYEE BEING REQUIRED TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
TWO HUNDRED NINE-A OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, OR PRIOR TO AN EMPLOYMENT
DISCIPLINARY HEARING REGARDING THE POTENTIAL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH EMPLOY-
EE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth 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 HH
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 41 of the correction law, as added
by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
1. There shall be within the executive department a state commission
of correction. It shall consist of three persons to be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor
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shall designate one of the appointed members as [chairman] CHAIR to
serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The members shall devote
full time to their duties and shall hold no other salaried public posi-
tion.
§ 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the correction
law, as added by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Any member chosen to fill in a vacancy created other than by expi-
ration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the
SUCCEEDED member [whom he is to succeed]. Vacancies caused by the expi-
ration of term or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as
original appointments.
§ 3. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the correction
law, as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
follows:
4. The members of the council other than the [chairman] CHAIR shall
receive no compensation for their services but each member other than
the [chairman] CHAIR shall be entitled to receive [his or her] actual
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of [his or her] COUN-
CIL duties.
§ 4. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the correction
law, as amended by section 14 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
5. No appointed member of the council shall qualify or enter upon the
duties of [his] office, or remain therein, while [he is] an officer or
employee of the department of corrections and community supervision or
any correctional facility or is in a position [where he exercises] TO
EXERCISE administrative supervision over any correctional facility. The
council shall have such staff as shall be necessary to assist it in the
performance of its duties within the amount of the appropriation there-
for as determined by the [chairman] CHAIR of the commission.
§ 5. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 42 of the correction
law, as added by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
follows:
1. Advise and assist the commission in developing policies, plans and
programs for improving the commission's performance of its duties and
for coordinating the efforts of the commission and of correctional offi-
cials to improve conditions of care, treatment, safety, supervision,
rehabilitation, recreation, training and education in correctional
facilities. SUCH ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE SHALL MINIMALLY CONSIST OF AN
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO THE COMMISSION;
§ 6. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (c) of section 42 of the correction
law, as added by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Meet at least once per calendar month at a time and place desig-
nated by the [chairman] CHAIR of the council.
§ 7. Subdivision 1 of section 43 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 379 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
1. There shall be within the commission a correction medical review
board. It shall consist of six persons to be appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. In addition, the
governor shall designate one of the full-time members other than the
[chairman] CHAIR of the commission and the [chairman] CHAIR of the coun-
cil as [chairman] CHAIR of the board to serve as such at the pleasure of
the governor. Of the appointed members of the board one shall be a
physician duly licensed to practice in this state; one shall be a physi-
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cian duly licensed to practice in this state and a board certified
forensic pathologist; one shall be a physician duly licensed to practice
in this state and shall be a board certified forensic psychiatrist; one
shall be an attorney admitted to practice in this state; two shall be
members appointed at large.
§ 8. Subdivision 3 of section 43 of the correction law, as added by
chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
3. Any member chosen to fill a vacancy created other than by expira-
tion of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the SUCCEEDED
member [whom he is to succeed]. Vacancies caused by expiration of term
or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as original appoint-
ments.
§ 9. Section 44 of the correction law, as added by chapter 865 of the
laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§ 44. [Chairman] CHAIR of commission. 1. The [chairman] CHAIR shall be
the executive officer of the commission, the board and the council, AND
MAY SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OR COUNCIL AT ANY TIME NECESSITATED
BY A COMMISSION MEMBER VACANCY.
2. The [chairman] CHAIR may appoint such assistants, officers and
employees, committees and consultants for the board and the council as
[he may determine] necessary, prescribe their powers and duties, fix
their compensation and provide for reimbursement of their expenses with-
in amounts appropriated therefor.
3. The [chairman] CHAIR may, from time to time, create, abolish,
transfer and consolidate bureaus and other units within the commission,
the board and the council not expressly established by law as [he may
determine] necessary for the efficient operation of the commission, the
board and the council, subject to the approval of the director of the
budget.
4. The [chairman] CHAIR may request and receive from any department,
division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any
political subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance,
information and data as will enable the commission, the board and the
council properly to carry out its functions, powers and duties.
§ 10. Subdivision 3 of section 45 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3. [Except in circumstances involving health, safety or alleged
violations of established standards of the commission, visit] VISIT,
[and] inspect [correctional facilities consistent with a schedule deter-
mined by the chairman of the commission, taking into consideration
available resources, workload and staffing,] and appraise the management
of [such] correctional facilities with specific attention to matters
such as safety, security, health of incarcerated individuals, sanitary
conditions, rehabilitative programs, disturbance and fire prevention and
control preparedness, and adherence to laws and regulations governing
the rights of incarcerated individuals. SUCH VISITS, INSPECTIONS AND
APPRAISALS SHALL OCCUR, AT A MINIMUM, ANNUALLY FOR JAILS, SPECIALIZED
SECURE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES FOR OLDER YOUTH, FACILITIES OPER-
ATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND SECURE FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
§ 11. Subdivision 4 of section 45 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
4. Establish procedures to assure effective investigation of griev-
ances of, and conditions affecting, incarcerated individuals of local
correctional facilities. Such procedures shall include but not be limit-
ed to receipt of written complaints, interviews of persons, and on-site
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monitoring of conditions. In addition, the commission shall establish
procedures for the speedy and impartial review of grievances referred to
it by the commissioner [of the department of corrections and community
supervision]. THE COMMISSION SHALL MAINTAIN A WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS FOR
THE SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMPLAINTS REGARDING ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILI-
TY, AND PROVIDES THE COMMISSION'S ADDRESS FOR THE RECEIPT OF COMPLAINTS
BY MAIL. THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO PROVIDE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, IN WRITING,
THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AND MAILING ADDRESS.
§ 12. Subdivision 17 of section 45 of the correction law, as amended
by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
17. Make an annual report to the governor, the [chairman] CHAIR of the
assembly committee on correction and the [chairman] CHAIR of the senate
committee on crime victims, crime and correction concerning incarcerated
individuals confined in local correctional facilities pursuant to an
agreement authorized by section five hundred-o of this chapter. Such
report shall include but not be limited to the number of counties main-
taining such agreements and the number of incarcerated individuals
confined pursuant to such agreements.
§ 13. Subdivision 1 of section 46 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
1. The commission, any member or any employee designated by the
commission must be granted access at any and all times to any correc-
tional facility or part thereof and to all books, records, medical AND
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND TRANSITION SERVICES records of
incarcerated individuals and data pertaining to any correctional facili-
ty deemed necessary for carrying out the commission's functions, powers
and duties. The commission, any member or any employee designated by the
[chairman] CHAIR may require from the officers or employees of a correc-
tional facility any information deemed necessary for the purpose of
carrying out the commission's functions, powers and duties. COMMISSION
MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES MAY CONDUCT PRIVATE INTERVIEWS OF CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, WHO MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL OR A
UNION REPRESENTATIVE ACTING ON SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE'S BEHALF.
COMMISSION MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES MAY ALSO CONDUCT PRIVATE INTERVIEWS OF
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, UPON SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S CONSENT.
§ 14. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 47 of the correction
law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) Upon review of the cause of death and circumstances surrounding
the death of any incarcerated individual, the board shall submit its
report thereon to the commission and to the governor, the [chairman]
CHAIR of the assembly committee on correction and the [chairman] CHAIR
of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction and,
where appropriate, make recommendations to prevent the recurrence of
such deaths to the commission and the administrator of the appropriate
correctional facility. The report provided to the governor, the [chair-
man] CHAIR of the assembly committee on correction and the [chairman]
CHAIR of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction
shall not be redacted except as otherwise required to protect confiden-
tial medical records and behavioral health records in accordance with
state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
§ 15. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 47
of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
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(i) Investigate and report to the commission on the condition of
systems for the delivery of medical care to incarcerated individuals of
correctional facilities and where appropriate recommend such changes as
it shall deem necessary and proper to improve the quality and availabil-
ity of such medical care. SUCH REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION SHALL MINIMALLY
CONSIST OF AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD TO THE COMMISSION.
§ 16. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision 17 of section
45 of the correction law made by section twelve of this act shall not
affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall expire and be deemed
repealed therewith.
PART II
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 79-a and 79-b of
the correction law, the governor is authorized to close up to five
correctional facilities of the department of corrections and community
supervision, in the state fiscal year 2025--2026, as the governor deter-
mines to be necessary for the cost-effective and efficient operation of
the correctional system, provided that the governor provides at least 90
days' notice prior to any such closures to the temporary president of
the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such notice shall include
the list of facilities the governor plans to close, the number of incar-
cerated individuals in said facilities, and the number of staff working
in said facilities. The commissioner of corrections and community super-
vision shall also report in detail to the temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly on the results of staff relo-
cation efforts within 60 days after such closures.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025; provided,
however that this act shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31,
2026.
§ 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.
2025-S3005B (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Budget Bills
- Laws Affected:
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2025-S3005B (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to criminal justice including the psychological testing of candidates, expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers, prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, correctional facilities, inmate work release, furlough and leave, certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget, taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs, taxes, expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee, the ignition interlock device program, the merit provisions, prisoner litigation reform and the inmate filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter, the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994, certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence, the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses, the sentencing reform act of 1995, electronic court appearance in certain counties, the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities, the custody by the department of correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences, custody of federal prisoners, the closing of certain correctional facilities, military funds of the organized militia, providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the City of New York (Part A); expands eligibility for who may hold correction and police officer positions (Part C)
2025-S3005B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3005--B
I N S E N A T E
January 22, 2025
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A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to article 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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 887 of the laws of 1983, amending the correction
law relating to the psychological testing of candidates, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 428 of the laws of
1999, amending the executive law and the criminal procedure law relat-
ing to expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police
officers, in relation to extending the expiration of such chapter; to
amend chapter 886 of the laws of 1972, amending the correction law and
the penal law relating to prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the
crime of absconding therefrom, in relation to the effectiveness there-
of; to amend chapter 261 of the laws of 1987, amending chapters 50, 53
and 54 of the laws of 1987, the correction law, the penal law and
other chapters and laws relating to correctional facilities, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 339 of the
laws of 1972, amending the correction law and the penal law relating
to inmate work release, furlough and leave, in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof; to amend chapter 60 of the laws of 1994 relating to
certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropri-
ations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state oper-
ations budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, amending the tax law and other laws
relating to taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, in relation to
extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to
amend chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, amending the correction law,
the New York city criminal court act and the executive law relating to
prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarcera-
tion programs, in relation to extending the expiration of certain
provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 166 of the laws of 1991,
amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, in relation to
extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to
amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to extending the expi-
ration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee; to amend
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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chapter 713 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehicle and traffic law
relating to the ignition interlock device program, in relation to
extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 435 of the laws of
1997, amending the military law and other laws relating to various
provisions, in relation to extending the expiration date of the merit
provisions of the correction law and the penal law of such chapter; to
amend chapter 412 of the laws of 1999, amending the civil practice law
and rules and the court of claims act relating to prisoner litigation
reform, in relation to extending the expiration of the inmate filing
fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing
fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the
court of claims act of such chapter; to amend chapter 222 of the laws
of 1994 constituting the family protection and domestic violence
intervention act of 1994, in relation to extending the expiration of
certain provisions of the criminal procedure law requiring the arrest
of certain persons engaged in family violence; to amend chapter 505 of
the laws of 1985, amending the criminal procedure law relating to the
use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for
certain child witnesses, in relation to extending the expiration of
the provisions thereof; to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, enact-
ing the sentencing reform act of 1995, in relation to extending the
expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 689
of the laws of 1993 amending the criminal procedure law relating to
electronic court appearance in certain counties, in relation to
extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 688 of the laws of
2003, amending the executive law relating to enacting the interstate
compact for adult offender supervision, in relation to the effective-
ness thereof; to amend chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, amending the
correction law relating to limiting the closing of certain correction-
al facilities, providing for the custody by the department of correc-
tional services of inmates serving definite sentences, providing for
custody of federal prisoners and requiring the closing of certain
correctional facilities, in relation to the effectiveness of such
chapter; to amend chapter 152 of the laws of 2001 amending the mili-
tary law relating to military funds of the organized militia, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 554 of the
laws of 1986, amending the correction law and the penal law relating
to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the
crime of absconding from the community treatment facility, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend chapter 55 of the laws of
2018, amending the criminal procedure law relating to the pre-criminal
proceeding settlements in the City of New York, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof (Part A); intentionally omitted (Part B); to
amend the public officers law, in relation to residency requirements
for certain positions as a correction officer; to amend the retirement
and social security law, in relation to mandatory retirement for
certain members or officers of the state police; to amend the execu-
tive law, in relation to eligibility for appointment as a sworn member
of the state police; and to amend the civil service law, in relation
to the requirements for appointment of police officers (Part C);
intentionally omitted (Part D); to amend the correction law, in
relation to merit time allowance and limited credit time allowance
(Part E); to amend criminal procedure law, civil practice law and
rules, general municipal law, the court of claims act, and the educa-
tion law, in relation to eliminating the statute of limitations for
sex trafficking cases (Part F); to amend the executive law, in
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relation to expanding support services for victims of financial abuse
and homicide (Part G); to amend the executive law and the public
health law, in relation to expanding protections and services to
survivors of sexual assault (Part H); to amend the social services
law, in relation to public assistance for survivors of gender-based
violence; and to repeal subdivision four of section 349-a of the
social services law relating thereto (Part I); to amend the state
finance law and the executive law, in relation to a model gender-based
violence and the workplace policy (Part J); to amend the general
municipal law and the executive law, in relation to requiring munici-
pal cybersecurity incident reporting and exempting such reports from
freedom of information requirements (Part K); to amend the penal law,
in relation to artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse
material (Part L); to amend the penal law, in relation to including
the patronization of a person who is mentally disabled in the offense
of sex trafficking (Part M); intentionally omitted (Part N); inten-
tionally omitted (Part O); intentionally omitted (Part P); to amend
chapter 396 of the laws of 2010 amending the alcoholic beverage
control law relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail
permits, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part Q); to amend
the public authorities law, in relation to the bonding limit of the
New York city transitional finance authority (Part R); to amend the
real property tax law and the administrative code of the city of New
York, in relation to the industrial and commercial abatement program
(Part S); intentionally omitted (Part T); intentionally omitted (Part
U); to amend the civil service law, in relation to extending the waiv-
er of certain state civil service examination fees; and to amend part
EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, amending the civil service law
relating to waiving state civil service examination fees between July
1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, in relation to the effectiveness there-
of (Part V); intentionally omitted (Part W); to amend the state tech-
nology law, in relation to cybersecurity awareness training for
government employees, data protection standards and cybersecurity
protection (Part X); intentionally omitted (Part Y); to amend the New
York city public works investment act, in relation to authorizing the
use of certain alternative project delivery methods (Part Z); to amend
the workers' compensation law, in relation to medical providers enti-
tled to render emergency care and treatment in cases of a workers'
compensation injury (Part AA); intentionally omitted (Part BB); to
amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to temporary payment
of compensation for medical treatment and care (Part CC); inten-
tionally omitted (Part DD); in relation to providing for the adminis-
tration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2025-2026 budget,
authorizing certain payments and transfers; to amend the state finance
law, in relation to the administration of certain funds and accounts,
in relation to the effectiveness thereof, and in relation to interest
owed on outstanding balances of debt; to amend part XX of chapter 56
of the laws of 2024, amending the state finance law and other laws
relating to providing for the administration of certain funds and
accounts related to the 2023-2024 budget, in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof; authorizing the comptroller to transfer up to
$25,000,000 from various state bond funds to the general debt service
fund for the purposes of redeeming or defeasing outstanding state
bonds; to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to hous-
ing program bonds and notes; to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to the issuance of bonds and notes by the dedicated highway
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and bridge trust fund; to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for city university facil-
ities; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issu-
ance of bonds for library construction projects; to amend the public
authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds for state
university educational facilities; to amend the public authorities
law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for locally spon-
sored community colleges; to amend chapter 392 of the laws of 1973,
constituting the New York state medical care facilities finance agency
act, in relation to the issuance of mental health services facilities
improvement bonds and notes; to amend part K of chapter 81 of the laws
of 2002, relating to providing for the administration of certain funds
and accounts related to the 2002-2003 budget, in relation to the issu-
ance of bonds and notes to finance capital costs related to homeland
security; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the
urban development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of
bonds and notes for purposes of funding office of information technol-
ogy services project costs; to amend chapter 329 of the laws of 1991,
amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the estab-
lishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, in relation
to the issuance of funds to the thruway authority; to amend chapter
174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation
act, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes to fund costs for
statewide equipment; to amend part D of chapter 63 of the laws of
2005, relating to the composition and responsibilities of the New York
state higher education capital matching grant board, in relation to
higher education capital matching grants; to amend the public authori-
ties law, in relation to the issuance of bonds for purposes of financ-
ing environmental infrastructure projects; to amend part D of chapter
389 of the laws of 1997, relating to the financing of the correctional
facilities improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund,
in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the youth facili-
ties improvement fund; to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the purpose of financ-
ing peace bridge projects and capital costs of state and local high-
ways; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban
development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of bonds for
economic development initiatives; to amend part Y of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, in relation to the
issuance of bonds and notes for the purpose of financing capital
projects for the division of military and naval affairs and initiative
of the state police; to amend the public authorities law, in relation
to the issuance of bonds and notes for the purpose of financing the
construction of the New York state agriculture and markets food
laboratory; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to
authorization for the issuance of bonds for the capital restructur-
ing financing program, the health care facility transformation
programs, and the essential health care provider program; to
amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of
bonds or notes for the purpose of assisting the metropolitan transpor-
tation authority in the financing of transportation facilities; to
amend the public authorities law, in relation to bonds and notes for
hazardous waste remediation; to amend part D of chapter 389 of the
laws of 1997, relating to the financing of the correctional facilities
improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, in relation
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to the issuance of certain bonds and notes; to amend the public
authorities law, in relation to funds for the department of health and
financing through the dormitory authority; to amend the public health
law, in relation to the department of health income fund; to amend the
state finance law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for
certain purposes; to amend the state finance law, in relation to
refunding and redemption of bonds; to repeal certain provisions of the
state finance law relating to the required contents of the budget; and
providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
(Part EE); intentionally omitted (Part FF); to amend the correction
law, in relation to addressing accountability within the department of
corrections and community supervision (Part GG); to amend the
correction law, in relation to the functions, powers and duties of the
state commission of correction (Part HH); in relation to authorizing
the department of corrections and community supervision to close up to
five correctional facilities in the 2025--2026 state fiscal year; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
(Part II); to amend the legislative law, in relation to relieving
reporting requirements on small nonprofits (Part JJ); to amend the
legislative law, in relation to the law revision commission (Part KK);
to amend the judiciary law, in relation to increasing the amount of
allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of
the unified court system (Part LL); to amend the correction law, in
relation to available transportation for correction facility visita-
tion (Part MM); to amend the correction law, in relation to creating
an identification card program for incarcerated individuals in local
correctional facilities; and to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to issuance of and waiver of fees for identification cards
issued pursuant to identification card programs under the correction
law (Part NN); to amend the family court act, in relation to enacting
the "family court adjusted service time (FAST) act"; and providing for
the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part OO); to
amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a uniform elec-
tronic medical records system for correctional facilities (Part PP);
to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the state
inspector general to receive and investigate complaints of sexual
assault in correctional facilities and other places operated by the
department of corrections and community supervision for the confine-
ment of persons (Part QQ); to amend the judiciary law, in relation to
requiring the state commission on judicial conduct to transmit its
annual budget request to the governor for inclusion in the executive
budget without revision; to complaints regarding judges; and to
extending the jurisdiction of the state commission on judicial conduct
as to judges who resign or retire while under investigation or formal
charges (Part RR); to amend the judiciary law, in relation to audio-
visual coverage of judicial proceedings by the media; and to repeal
section 218 of the judiciary law and section 52 of the civil rights
law relating thereto (Part SS); to amend the criminal procedure law
and the mental hygiene law, in relation to determining the capacity of
a defendant to stand trial (Part TT); to amend the executive law, in
relation to defining the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergen-
cy response measures and access to emergency funding (Part UU); to
amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the office of gun
violence prevention and the gun violence advisory council (Part VV);
to amend the executive law, the public authorities law and the public
buildings law, in relation to the utilization of renewable energy at
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state-owned facilities in Albany (Part WW); to amend the executive
law, in relation to establishing the office of Native American affairs
(Part XX); to amend the state technology law, in relation to estab-
lishing the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and the
functions, powers and duties therefor (Part YY); to amend the retire-
ment and social security law, in relation to death benefits for active
New York city transit authority members (Part ZZ); to amend the
retirement and social security law, in relation to removing eligibil-
ity or receipt of primary social security disability benefits as a
condition for ordinary disability retirement for certain members (Part
AAA); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the verification of participation in the rescue, recovery,
and clean-up operations at the site of the World Trade Center terror
attacks on September 11, 2001 (Part BBB); to amend the administrative
code of the city of New York, in relation to promotions of police
detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants for retirement purposes (Part
CCC); to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
the restoration of 20 year service retirement for New York city police
officers (Part DDD); to amend the criminal procedure law and the judi-
ciary law, in relation to motions to vacate judgment; and to repeal
certain provisions of the criminal procedure law relating thereto
(Part EEE); to amend the retirement and social security law, in
relation to establishing a twenty-five year retirement plan for fire-
fighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs (Part
FFF); to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
death benefits for the beneficiaries of certain members of the retire-
ment system (Part GGG); to amend the alcoholic beverage control law,
in relation to permitting certain retail licensees to purchase wine
and liquor from certain other retail licensees (Part HHH); to amend
the state finance law, in relation to funding a seed to sale track and
trace system (Part III); to amend chapter 729 of the laws of 2023
acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhu-
manity of slavery in the City of New York and the State of New York,
in relation to reports to the legislature (Part JJJ); to amend the
retirement and social security law, in relation to increasing the
earning limitations for retired persons in positions of public service
(Part KKK); to amend the retirement and social security law, in
relation to establishing alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans
for certain officers of state law enforcement (Part LLL); to amend the
election law, in relation to providing for automatic voter registra-
tion and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department
of motor vehicles documentation, and for Medicaid enrollees (Part
MMM); to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
the calculation of past service credit for members in the title of
deputy sheriff transferring between the New York state and local
employees' retirement system to the New York state and local police
and fire retirement system (Part NNN); to amend part HH of chapter 56
of the laws of 2022 amending the retirement and social security law
relating to waiving approval and income limitations on retirees
employed in school districts and board of cooperative educational
services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part OOO); in
relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives for
municipalities redesign task force; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part PPP); to amend the state
finance law, in relation to increasing the citizens empowerment tax
credit award valuation and maximum award amounts (Part QQQ); to amend
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the general municipal law, in relation to the organization of indus-
trial development agencies and the definition of labor organization
(Part RRR); creating the Oak Orchard wastewater project; and providing
for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part SSS);
to amend the real property tax law, in relation to subjecting certain
state lands in Ulster county to real property taxation (Part TTT); to
amend chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, amending the general municipal
law and the town law relating to authorizing fees and charges for
emergency medical services, in relation to making such provisions
permanent (Part UUU); and to amend the general municipal law and the
public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting the use of funds,
financial incentives or subsidies where facilities or property are
used primarily for e-commerce storage and transfers, or the facili-
tation thereof (Part VVV)
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 public protection and general govern-
ment budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year. Each component is whol-
ly contained within a Part identified as Parts A through VVV. The effec-
tive 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. Section 2 of chapter 887 of the laws of 1983, amending the
correction law relating to the psychological testing of candidates, as
amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall remain in effect until September 1,
[2025] 2027.
§ 2. Section 3 of chapter 428 of the laws of 1999, amending the execu-
tive law and the criminal procedure law relating to expanding the
geographic area of employment of certain police officers, as amended by
section 2 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall
remain in effect until the first day of September, [2025] 2027, when it
shall expire and be deemed repealed.
§ 3. Section 3 of chapter 886 of the laws of 1972, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to prisoner furloughs in
certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, as amended by
section 3 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect 60 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027.
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§ 4. Section 20 of chapter 261 of the laws of 1987, amending chapters
50, 53 and 54 of the laws of 1987, the correction law, the penal law and
other chapters and laws relating to correctional facilities, as amended
by section 4 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 20. This act shall take effect immediately except that section thir-
teen of this act shall expire and be of no further force or effect on
and after September 1, [2025] 2027 and shall not apply to persons
committed to the custody of the department after such date, and provided
further that the commissioner of corrections and community supervision
shall report each January first and July first during such time as the
earned eligibility program is in effect, to the [chairmen] CHAIRS of the
senate crime victims, crime and correction committee, the senate codes
committee, the assembly correction committee, and the assembly codes
committee, the standards in effect for earned eligibility during the
prior six-month period, the number of [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
subject to the provisions of earned eligibility, the number who actually
received certificates of earned eligibility during that period of time,
the number of [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS with certificates who
are granted parole upon their first consideration for parole, the number
with certificates who are denied parole upon their first consideration,
and the number of individuals granted and denied parole who did not have
earned eligibility certificates.
§ 5. Subdivision (q) of section 427 of chapter 55 of the laws of 1992,
amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, surcharges, fees
and funding, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(q) the provisions of section two hundred eighty-four of this act
shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027 and be applicable
to all persons entering the program on or before August 31, [2025] 2027.
§ 6. Section 10 of chapter 339 of the laws of 1972, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to inmate work release,
furlough and leave, as amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 55 of
the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 10. This act shall take effect 30 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, and
provided further that the commissioner of correctional services shall
report each January first, and July first, to the [chairman] CHAIRS of
the senate crime victims, crime and correction committee, the senate
codes committee, the assembly correction committee, and the assembly
codes committee, the number of eligible [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVID-
UALS in each facility under the custody and control of the commissioner
who have applied for participation in any program offered under the
provisions of work release, furlough, or leave, and the number of such
[inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS who have been approved for partic-
ipation.
§ 7. Subdivision (c) of section 46 of chapter 60 of the laws of 1994,
relating to certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain
appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994, enacting the
state operations budget, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 55
of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(c) sections forty-one and forty-two of this act shall expire Septem-
ber 1, [2025] 2027; provided, that the provisions of section forty-two
of this act shall apply to [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS entering
the work release program on or after such effective date; and
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§ 8. Subdivision (aa) of section 427 of chapter 55 of the laws of
1992, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, surcharges,
fees and funding, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(aa) the provisions of sections three hundred eighty-two, three
hundred eighty-three and three hundred eighty-four of this act shall
expire on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 9. Section 12 of chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, amending the
correction law, the New York city criminal court act and the executive
law relating to prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention
and incarceration programs, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter
55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 12. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the
provisions of sections one through ten of this act shall remain in full
force and effect until September 1, [2025] 2027 on which date those
provisions shall be deemed to be repealed.
§ 10. Subdivision (p) of section 406 of chapter 166 of the laws of
1991, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, as amended
by section 10 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
(p) The amendments to section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law made
by sections three hundred thirty-seven and three hundred thirty-eight of
this act shall not apply to any offense committed prior to such effec-
tive date; provided, further, that section three hundred forty-one of
this act shall take effect immediately and shall expire November 1, 1993
at which time it shall be deemed repealed; sections three hundred
forty-five and three hundred forty-six of this act shall take effect
July 1, 1991; sections three hundred fifty-five, three hundred fifty-
six, three hundred fifty-seven and three hundred fifty-nine of this act
shall take effect immediately and shall expire June 30, 1995 and shall
revert to and be read as if this act had not been enacted; section three
hundred fifty-eight of this act shall take effect immediately and shall
expire June 30, 1998 and shall revert to and be read as if this act had
not been enacted; section three hundred sixty-four through three hundred
sixty-seven of this act shall apply to claims filed on or after such
effective date; sections three hundred sixty-nine, three hundred seven-
ty-two, three hundred seventy-three, three hundred seventy-four, three
hundred seventy-five and three hundred seventy-six of this act shall
remain in effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, at which time they
shall be deemed repealed; provided, however, that the mandatory
surcharge provided in section three hundred seventy-four of this act
shall apply to parking violations occurring on or after said effective
date; and provided further that the amendments made to section 235 of
the vehicle and traffic law by section three hundred seventy-two of this
act, the amendments made to section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law
by sections three hundred thirty-seven and three hundred thirty-eight of
this act and the amendments made to section 215-a of the labor law by
section three hundred seventy-five of this act shall expire on September
1, [2025] 2027 and upon such date the provisions of such subdivisions
and sections shall revert to and be read as if the provisions of this
act had not been enacted; the amendments to subdivisions 2 and 3 of
section 400.05 of the penal law made by sections three hundred seventy-
seven and three hundred seventy-eight of this act shall expire on July
1, 1992 and upon such date the provisions of such subdivisions shall
revert and shall be read as if the provisions of this act had not been
enacted; the state board of law examiners shall take such action as is
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necessary to assure that all applicants for examination for admission to
practice as an attorney and counsellor at law shall pay the increased
examination fee provided for by the amendment made to section 465 of the
judiciary law by section three hundred eighty of this act for any exam-
ination given on or after the effective date of this act notwithstanding
that an applicant for such examination may have prepaid a lesser fee for
such examination as required by the provisions of such section 465 as of
the date prior to the effective date of this act; the provisions of
section 306-a of the civil practice law and rules as added by section
three hundred eighty-one of this act shall apply to all actions pending
on or commenced on or after September 1, 1991, provided, however, that
for the purposes of this section service of such summons made prior to
such date shall be deemed to have been completed on September 1, 1991;
the provisions of section three hundred eighty-three of this act shall
apply to all money deposited in connection with a cash bail or a
partially secured bail bond on or after such effective date; and the
provisions of sections three hundred eighty-four and three hundred
eighty-five of this act shall apply only to jury service commenced
during a judicial term beginning on or after the effective date of this
act; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
affect the application, qualification, expiration or repeal of any
provision of law amended by any section of this act and such provisions
shall be applied or qualified or shall expire or be deemed repealed in
the same manner, to the same extent and on the same date as the case may
be as otherwise provided by law;
§ 11. Subdivision 8 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
8. The provisions of this section shall only apply to offenses commit-
ted on or before September first, two thousand [twenty-five] TWENTY-SEV-
EN.
§ 12. Section 6 of chapter 713 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law relating to the ignition interlock device program,
as amended by section 12 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the first day of April next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided,
however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment or repeal
of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of the fore-
going sections of this act on their effective date is authorized and
directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date and
shall remain in full force and effect until the first day of September,
[2025] 2027 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
deemed repealed.
§ 13. Paragraph a of subdivision 6 of section 76 of chapter 435 of the
laws of 1997, amending the military law and other laws relating to vari-
ous provisions, as amended by section 13 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
a. sections forty-three through forty-five of this act shall expire
and be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 14. Section 4 of part D of chapter 412 of the laws of 1999, amending
the civil practice law and rules and the court of claims act relating to
prisoner litigation reform, as amended by section 14 of part A of chap-
ter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
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§ 4. This act shall take effect 120 days after it shall have become a
law and shall remain in full force and effect until September 1, [2025]
2027, when upon such date it shall expire.
§ 15. Subdivision 2 of section 59 of chapter 222 of the laws of 1994,
constituting the family protection and domestic violence intervention
act of 1994, as amended by section 15 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
2. Subdivision 4 of section 140.10 of the criminal procedure law as
added by section thirty-two of this act shall take effect January 1,
1996 and shall expire and be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025]
2027.
§ 16. Section 5 of chapter 505 of the laws of 1985, amending the crim-
inal procedure law relating to the use of closed-circuit television and
other protective measures for certain child witnesses, as amended by
section 16 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
criminal actions and proceedings commenced prior to the effective date
of this act but still pending on such date as well as all criminal
actions and proceedings commenced on or after such effective date and
its provisions shall expire on September 1, [2025] 2027, when upon such
date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
§ 17. Subdivision d of section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws of 1995,
enacting the sentencing reform act of 1995, as amended by section 17 of
part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
d. Sections one-a through twenty, twenty-four through twenty-eight,
thirty through thirty-nine, forty-two and forty-four of this act shall
be deemed repealed on September 1, [2025] 2027;
§ 18. Section 2 of chapter 689 of the laws of 1993, amending the crim-
inal procedure law relating to electronic court appearance in certain
counties, as amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the
provisions of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and
effect since July 1, 1992 and the provisions of this act shall expire
September 1, [2025] 2027 when upon such date the provisions of this act
shall be deemed repealed.
§ 19. Section 3 of chapter 688 of the laws of 2003, amending the exec-
utive law relating to enacting the interstate compact for adult offender
supervision, as amended by section 19 of part A of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one
of this act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall remain in effect
until the first of September, [2025] 2027, upon which date this act
shall be deemed repealed and have no further force and effect; provided
that section one of this act shall only take effect with respect to any
compacting state which has enacted an interstate compact entitled
"Interstate compact for adult offender supervision" and having an iden-
tical effect to that added by section one of this act and provided
further that with respect to any such compacting state, upon the effec-
tive date of section one of this act, section 259-m of the executive law
is hereby deemed REPEALED and section 259-mm of the executive law, as
added by section one of this act, shall take effect; and provided
further that with respect to any state which has not enacted an inter-
state compact entitled "Interstate compact for adult offender super-
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vision" and having an identical effect to that added by section one of
this act, section 259-m of the executive law shall take effect and the
provisions of section one of this act, with respect to any such state,
shall have no force or effect until such time as such state shall adopt
an interstate compact entitled "Interstate compact for adult offender
supervision" and having an identical effect to that added by section one
of this act in which case, with respect to such state, effective imme-
diately, section 259-m of the executive law is deemed repealed and
section 259-mm of the executive law, as added by section one of this
act, shall take effect.
§ 20. Section 8 of part H of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, amending
the correction law relating to limiting the closing of certain correc-
tional facilities, providing for the custody by the department of
correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences, providing
for custody of federal prisoners and requiring the closing of certain
correctional facilities, as amended by section 20 of part A of chapter
55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
sections five and six of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed
September 1, [2025] 2027.
§ 21. Section 3 of part C of chapter 152 of the laws of 2001, amending
the military law relating to military funds of the organized militia, as
amended by section 21 of part A of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
amendments made to subdivision 1 of section 221 of the military law by
section two of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed September 1,
[2025] 2027.
§ 22. Section 5 of chapter 554 of the laws of 1986, amending the
correction law and the penal law relating to providing for community
treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the
community treatment facility, as amended by section 22 of part A of
chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
force and effect until September 1, [2025] 2027, and provided further
that the commissioner of correctional services shall report each January
first and July first during such time as this legislation is in effect,
to the [chairmen] CHAIRS of the senate crime victims, crime and
correction committee, the senate codes committee, the assembly
correction committee, and the assembly codes committee, the number of
individuals who are released to community treatment facilities during
the previous six-month period, including the total number for each date
at each facility who are not residing within the facility, but who are
required to report to the facility on a daily or less frequent basis.
§ 23. Section 2 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018, amending
the criminal procedure law relating to pre-criminal proceeding settle-
ments in the city of New York, as amended by section 23 of part A of
chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
force and effect until March 31, [2025] 2027, when it shall expire and
be deemed repealed.
§ 24. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART B
Intentionally Omitted
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PART C
Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
9-A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESI-
DENT OF THE STATE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON EMPLOYED AS A CORRECTION
OFFICER TRAINEE OR CORRECTION OFFICER WHO IS EMPLOYED AT A STATE CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITY.
§ 2. Subdivision e of section 381-b of the retirement and social
security law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2008, is amended
to read as follows:
e. Mandatory retirement. A member subject to the provisions of this
section shall be retired on December thirty-first of the year in which
[he or she] SUCH MEMBER attains [sixty] SIXTY-THREE years of age.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any member in service in the division
on August fifteenth, two thousand seven, and who on that date was enti-
tled to receive retirement benefits on the thirty-first day of December
in the year in which [he or she] SUCH MEMBER attained fifty-seven years
of age as provided in paragraph three of subdivision b of this section,
may elect to retain such entitlement, provided the member remains in
service on the thirtieth day of December in the year in which [he or
she] SUCH MEMBER attains fifty-seven years of age, AND ANY MEMBER IN
SERVICE IN THE DIVISION ON AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
FIVE, AND WHO ON THAT DATE WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS
ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER
ATTAINED SIXTY YEARS OF AGE AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVI-
SION B OF THIS SECTION, MAY ELECT TO RETAIN SUCH ENTITLEMENT, PROVIDED
THE MEMBER REMAINS IN SERVICE ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE
YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER ATTAINS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE. The provisions of
this subdivision shall not apply to the superintendent.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 215 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 478 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall be appointed
by the superintendent and permanent appointees may be removed by the
superintendent only after a hearing. No person shall be appointed to the
New York state police force as a sworn member unless [he or she] SUCH
PERSON shall be a citizen of the United States[, between the ages of
twenty-one and twenty-nine years except that in the superintendent's
discretion, the maximum age may be extended to thirty-five years.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any general or special law
to the contrary the time spent on military duty, not exceeding a total
of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has
passed his or her twenty-ninth birthday, solely for the purpose of
permitting qualification as to age and for no other purpose. Such limi-
tations as to age however shall not apply to persons appointed to the
positions of counsel, first assistant counsel, assistant counsel, and
assistant deputy superintendent for employee relations nor to any person
appointed to the bureau of criminal investigation pursuant to section
two hundred sixteen of this article nor shall any person] WHO IS AT
LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE. NO PERSON SHALL be appointed unless [he
or she] SUCH PERSON has fitness and good moral character and shall have
passed a physical and mental examination based upon standards provided
by the rules and regulations of the superintendent. Appointments shall
be made for a probationary period which, in the case of appointees
required to attend and complete a basic training program at the state
police academy, shall include such time spent attending the basic school
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and terminate one year after successful completion thereof. All other
sworn members shall be subject to a probationary period of one year from
the date of appointment. Following satisfactory completion of the proba-
tionary period the member shall be a permanent appointee. Voluntary
resignation or withdrawal from the New York state police during such
appointment shall be submitted to the superintendent for approval.
Reasonable time shall be required to account for all equipment issued or
for debts or obligations to the state to be satisfied. Resignation or
withdrawal from the division during a time of emergency, so declared by
the governor, shall not be approved if contrary to the best interest of
the state and shall be a misdemeanor. No sworn member removed from the
New York state police shall be eligible for reappointment. The super-
intendent shall make rules and regulations subject to approval by the
governor for the discipline and control of the New York state police and
for the examination and qualifications of applicants for appointment as
members thereto and such examinations shall be held and conducted by the
superintendent subject to such rules and regulations. The superintendent
is authorized to charge a fee of twenty dollars as an application fee
for any person applying to take a competitive examination for the posi-
tion of trooper, and a fee of five dollars for any competitive examina-
tion for a civilian position. The superintendent shall promulgate regu-
lations subject to the approval of the director of the budget, to
provide for a waiver of the application fee when the fee would cause an
unreasonable hardship on the applicant and to establish a fee schedule
and charge fees for the use of state police facilities.
§ 4. Section 58 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 560 of
the laws of 1978, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 244 of the
laws of 2013, paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 as amended by
section 16 and subdivision 5 as amended by section 17 of part BBB of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, subdivision 1-b as added by chapter 1016
of the laws of 1983, subdivision 1-c as added by chapter 840 of the laws
of 1985, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 561 of the laws of 2015,
subdivision 4 as separately amended by chapters 375 and 397 of the laws
of 1990, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 as amended by chapter
561 of the laws of 2015, paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by
chapter 190 of the laws of 2008, subparagraphs (ii) and (iv) of para-
graph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by section 58 of subpart B of part
C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 6 as added by chap-
ter 558 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
§ 58. Requirements for [provisional or permanent] appointment of
certain police officers. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
law or any general, special or local law to the contrary, no person
shall be eligible for [provisional or permanent] appointment [in the
competitive class of the civil service] as a police officer of the
department of environmental conservation or of any police force or
police department of any county, city, town, village, housing authority
or police district unless [he or she] THEY shall satisfy the following
basic requirements:
(a) [he or she is] THEY ARE not less than twenty years of age as of
the date of appointment [nor more than thirty-five years of age as of
the date when the applicant takes the written examination, provided that
the maximum age requirement of thirty-five years of age as set forth in
this paragraph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to
an examination administered prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred
ninety-nine or a police officer in the department of environmental
conservation, provided, however, that:
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(i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a
total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant
who has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in subdivi-
sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;
(ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand
five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next writ-
ten exam offered after the effective date of this subparagraph by the
city of Buffalo civil service commission for employment as a police
officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
thousand six, whichever is later; and
(iii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not
apply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village police
force not otherwise provided for in this section if the eligible list
has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,
however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of such
county, town, city or village and meet all other requirements of merit
and fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum age
of thirty-nine];
(b) [he or she is] THEY ARE a high school graduate or a holder of a
high school equivalency diploma issued by an education department of any
of the states of the United States or a holder of a comparable diploma
issued by any commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States
or by the Canal Zone or a holder of a report from the United States
armed forces certifying [his or her] THEIR successful completion of the
tests of general educational development, high school level;
(c) [he or she satisfies] THEY SATISFY the height, weight, physical
and psychological fitness requirements prescribed by the municipal
police training council pursuant to the provisions of section eight
hundred forty of the executive law; and
(d) [he or she is] THEY ARE of good moral character as determined in
accordance with the background investigation standards of the municipal
police training council pursuant to the provisions of section eight
hundred forty of the executive law.
1-b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,
general, special or local, in political subdivisions maintaining a
police department serving a population of one hundred fifty thousand or
less, no person shall be eligible for appointment nor shall [he or she]
THEY be appointed to any rank above the rank of police officer unless
[he or she has] THEY HAVE been appointed a police officer from an eligi-
ble list established according to merit and fitness as provided by
section six of article five of the constitution of the state of New York
or has previously served as a member of the New York state police.
1-c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,
general, special or local, any political subdivision maintaining a
police department serving a population of one hundred fifty thousand or
less and with positions for more than four full-time police officers,
shall maintain the office of chief of police.
2. The provisions of this section shall not prevent any county, city,
town, village, housing authority, transit authority, police district or
the department of environmental conservation from setting more restric-
tive requirements of eligibility for its police officers[, except the
maximum age to be a police officer as provided in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section].
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3. As used in this section, the term "police officer" means a police
officer in the department of environmental conservation, the state
university police, a member of the regional state park police or a
police force, police department, or other organization of a county,
city, town, village, housing authority, transit authority or police
district, who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime
and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, but shall
not include any person serving as such solely by virtue of [his or her]
occupying any other office or position, nor shall such term include a
sheriff, under-sheriff, commissioner of police, deputy or assistant
commissioner of police, chief of police, deputy or assistant chief of
police or any person having an equivalent title who is appointed or
employed to exercise equivalent supervisory authority.
4. (a) [Any person who has received provisional or permanent appoint-
ment in the competitive class of the civil service as a police officer
of the regional state park police, the state university of New York
police, the department of environmental conservation or any police force
or police department of any county, city, town, village, housing author-
ity, transit authority or police district shall be eligible to resign
from any police force or police department, and to be appointed as a
police officer in the same or any other police force or police depart-
ment without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph (a)
of subdivision one of this section at the time of such second or subse-
quent appointment, provided such second or subsequent appointment occurs
within thirty days of the date of resignation.
(b)] Any person who has received permanent appointment in the compet-
itive class of the civil service as a police officer of the regional
state park police, the state university of New York police, the depart-
ment of environmental conservation or any police force or police depart-
ment of any county, city, town, village, housing authority, transit
authority or police district shall be eligible to resign from any police
force or police department and, subject to such civil service rules as
may be applicable, shall be eligible for reinstatement in the same
police force or police department or in any other police force or police
department to which [he or she was] THEY WERE eligible for transfer,
without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section at the time of such reinstatement,
provided such reinstatement occurs within one year of the date of resig-
nation.
[(c)] (B) (i) Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature
hereby finds and declares that it is frequently impracticable to ascer-
tain fitness for the positions of detective and investigator within
various police or sheriffs departments around the state by means of a
competitive examination due to the unique nature of the duties assigned
and the intangible personal qualities needed to perform such duties. The
legislature further finds that competitive examination has never been
employed in many police, correction or sheriffs departments, to ascer-
tain fitness for the positions of detective and investigator within such
police, correction or sheriffs departments; such fitness has always been
determined by evaluation of the capabilities of an individual (who has
in any case received permanent appointment to the position of police
officer, correction officer of any rank or deputy sheriff) by superviso-
ry personnel. The legislature further finds that an individual who
performs in an investigatory position in a manner sufficiently satisfac-
tory to the appropriate supervisors to hold such an assignment for a
period of eighteen months, has demonstrated fitness for the position of
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detective or investigator within such police, correction or sheriffs
department at least as sufficiently as could be ascertained by means of
a competitive examination.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any jurisdiction,
other than a city with a population of one million or more or the state
department of corrections and community supervision, which does not
administer examinations for designation to detective or investigator,
any person who has received permanent appointment to the position of
police officer, correction officer of any rank or deputy sheriff and is
temporarily assigned to perform the duties of detective or investigator
shall, whenever such assignment to the duties of a detective or investi-
gator exceeds eighteen months, be permanently designated as a detective
or investigator and receive the compensation ordinarily paid to persons
in such designation.
(iii) Nothing contained in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph shall
be construed to limit any jurisdiction's ability to administer examina-
tions for appointment to the positions of detective and investigator,
provided however that any person temporarily assigned to perform the
duties of detective or investigator within the period commencing Septem-
ber twenty-third, nineteen hundred ninety-three through and including
the date upon which this paragraph shall have become a law and who has
not been designated as a detective or investigator and who has not been
subject to an examination for which there is a certified eligible list,
shall be permanently designated as a detective or investigator whenever
such assignment to the duties of detective or investigator exceeds eigh-
teen months.
(iv) Detectives and investigators designated since September twenty-
third, nineteen hundred ninety and prior to February twenty-fourth,
nineteen hundred ninety-five by any state, county, town, village or city
(other than a city with a population of one million or more or the state
department of corrections and community supervision) police, correction
or sheriffs department, pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph in
effect during such period, who continue to serve in such positions,
shall retain their detective or investigator status without any right to
retroactive financial entitlement.
5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the investigatory
personnel of the office of the district attorney in any county, includ-
ing any county within the city of New York.
6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any individual
holding the position of deputy sheriff in Westchester county prior to
July first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine upon the transfer of such
individual to service in the Westchester county department of public
safety services.
§ 5. This act shall take effect September 1, 2025.
PART D
Intentionally Omitted
PART E
Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of
section 803 of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters 242
and 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
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(iv) Such merit time allowance may be granted when an incarcerated
individual successfully participates in the work and treatment program
assigned pursuant to section eight hundred five of this article and when
such incarcerated individual obtains a general equivalency diploma, an
alcohol and substance abuse treatment certificate, a vocational trade
certificate following at least six months of vocational programming, at
least eighteen credits in a program registered by the state education
department from a degree-granting higher education institution or
performs at least four hundred hours of service as part of a community
work crew. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND
ACHIEVEMENTS FOR WHICH MERIT TIME MAY BE GRANTED.
Such allowance shall be withheld for any serious disciplinary infrac-
tion or upon a judicial determination that the person, while an incar-
cerated individual, commenced or continued a civil action, proceeding or
claim that was found to be frivolous as defined in subdivision (c) of
section eight thousand three hundred three-a of the civil practice law
and rules, or an order of a federal court pursuant to rule 11 of the
federal rules of civil procedure imposing sanctions in an action
commenced by a person, while an incarcerated individual, against a state
agency, officer or employee.
§ 2. Subparagraph (xii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section
803-b of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of
2021, is amended and a new subparagraph (xiii) is added to read as
follows:
(xii) receives a certificate from the food production center in an
assigned position following the completion of no less than eight hundred
hours of work in such position, and continues to work for an additional
eighteen months at the food production center[.]; OR
(XIII) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES A PROGRAM OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
MONTHS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
after it shall have become a law and shall apply to offenses committed
prior to, on or after the effective date of this act; provided that the
amendments to section 803 of the correction law made by section one of
this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
section pursuant to subdivision d of section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws
of 1995, as amended.
PART F
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 30.10 of the
criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 315 of the laws of 2019,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as
defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, or a crime defined or
formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexu-
al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal
law, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW, or incest in the
first degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal law may be
commenced at any time;
§ 2. Subdivision (b) of section 208 of the civil practice law and
rules, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
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(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law which imposes a period of
limitation to the contrary and the provisions of any other law pertain-
ing to the filing of a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file
a claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or special
proceeding, with respect to all civil claims or causes of action brought
by any person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition
suffered by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute a
sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law
committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age,
SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED
AGAINST SUCH PERSON WHO WAS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAF-
FICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW,
incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal law
committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age,
or the use of such person in a sexual performance as defined in section
263.05 of the penal law, or a predecessor statute that prohibited such
conduct at the time of the act, which conduct was committed against such
person who was less than eighteen years of age, such action may be
commenced, against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or
omissions are alleged to have resulted in the commission of said
conduct, on or before the plaintiff or infant plaintiff reaches the age
of fifty-five years. In any such claim or action, in addition to any
other defense and affirmative defense that may be available in accord-
ance with law, rule or the common law, to the extent that the acts
alleged in such action are of the type described in subdivision one of
section 130.30 of the penal law or FORMERLY DEFINED IN subdivision one
of section 130.45 of the penal law, the affirmative defenses set forth,
respectively, in the closing paragraph of such sections of the penal law
shall apply.
§ 3. Section 213-c of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by
chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 213-c. Action by victim of conduct constituting certain sexual
offenses. Notwithstanding any other limitation set forth in this arti-
cle, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section two hundred eight
of this article, all civil claims or causes of action brought by any
person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition suffered
by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute rape in the
first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, or rape in
the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six of section
130.30 of the penal law, or rape in the second degree as defined in
former subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or rape in
the third degree as defined in subdivision one, two, three, seven, eight
or nine of section 130.25 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined
in section 130.50 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined in
subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law, or a crime formerly
defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40 of the penal law,
or incest in the first degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal
law, or incest in the second degree as defined in section 255.26 of the
penal law (where the crime committed is rape in the second degree as
defined in subdivision four, five or six of section 130.30 of the penal
law, or rape in the second degree as formerly defined in subdivision two
of section 130.30 of the penal law, or a crime formerly defined in
subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law), or aggravated sexu-
al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal
law, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING AS
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DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW may be brought
against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or omissions are
alleged to have resulted in the commission of the said conduct, within
twenty years. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that
a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be obtained as a
condition of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving a civil judg-
ment pursuant to this section or be construed to require that any of the
rules governing a criminal proceeding be applicable to any such civil
action.
§ 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 50-e of the general
municipal law, as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) This section shall not apply to: (i) any claim made for physical,
psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a result of
conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article
one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child less than
eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF
THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL
LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal
law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or the
use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of
the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age;
or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 5. Subdivision 5 of section 50-i of the general municipal law, as
added by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this section
shall not apply to any claim made against a city, county, town, village,
fire district or school district for physical, psychological, or other
injury or condition suffered as a result of conduct which would consti-
tute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the
penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, SEX
TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED
AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAFFICKING OF A
CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW, incest as defined
in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal law committed against a
child less than eighteen years of age, or the use of a child in a sexual
performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law committed
against a child less than eighteen years of age.
§ 6. Subdivision 10 of section 10 of the court of claims act, as
amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
10. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this section
shall not apply to: (i) any claim to recover damages for physical,
psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a result of
conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article
one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child less than
eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF
THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A OF THE PENAL
LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal
law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or the
use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of
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the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age;
or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 7. Subdivision 2 of section 3813 of the education law, as amended by
chapter 153 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows.
2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained in
this section, no action or special proceeding founded upon tort shall be
prosecuted or maintained against any of the parties named in this
section or against any teacher or member of the supervisory or adminis-
trative staff or employee where the alleged tort was committed by such
teacher or member or employee acting in the discharge of [his] THEIR
duties within the scope of [his] THEIR employment and/or under the
direction of the board of education, trustee or trustees, or governing
body of the school unless a notice of claim shall have been made and
served in compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal law.
Every such action shall be commenced pursuant to the provisions of
section fifty-i of the general municipal law; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to: (i) any claim to recover damages for
physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a
result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in
article one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child
less than eighteen years of age, SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION
230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE, SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34-A
OF THE PENAL LAW, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25
of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of
age, or the use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section
263.05 of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen
years of age; or
(ii) any civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section
two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 8. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof,
but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
graph, section or part of this act directly involved in the controversy
in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to acts or
omissions occurring on or after such effective date and to acts or omis-
sions occurring prior to such effective date where the applicable stat-
ute of limitations in effect on the date of such act or omission has not
yet expired.
PART G
Section 1. Paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) of subdivision 1 of section 624
of the executive law, paragraph (i) as amended by section 9 of part A-1
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (j) as amended by chapter
427 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (k) as amended by chapter 117 of the
laws of 2017, are amended and a new paragraph (l) is added to read as
follows:
(i) a surviving spouse of a crime victim who died from causes not
directly related to the crime when such victim died prior to filing a
claim with the office or subsequent to filing a claim but prior to the
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rendering of a decision by the office. Such award shall be limited to
out-of-pocket loss incurred as a direct result of the crime; [and]
(j) a spouse, child or stepchild of a victim of a crime who has
sustained personal physical injury as a direct result of a crime[.];
(k) a surviving spouse, grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian,
[brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister,] SIBLING, STEPSIBLING, child,
stepchild, or grandchild of a victim of a crime who died as a direct
result of such crime and where such crime occurred in the residence
shared by such family member or members and the victim[.]; AND
(L) ANY PERSON NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WHO HAS
PAID FOR OR INCURRED THE CRIME SCENE CLEANUP EXPENSES, PROVIDED THAT
SUCH PERSON SHALL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE FOR CRIME SCENE CLEANUP.
§ 2. Subdivisions 2, 5, 9 and 18 of section 631 of the executive law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 2020, subdivision
5 as amended by section 22 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of
2010, paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 70 of the
laws of 2020, paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 as added by section 5 of
part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (g) of subdivision 5
as added by chapter 494 of the laws of 2018, subdivision 9 as amended by
section 1 of part I of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, and subdivision
18 as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as
follows:
2. Any award made pursuant to this article shall be in an amount not
exceeding out-of-pocket expenses, including indebtedness reasonably
incurred for medical or other services necessary as a result of the
injury upon which the claim is based; loss of earnings or support
resulting from such injury not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; loss
of savings not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; burial expenses not
exceeding [six] TWELVE thousand dollars of a victim who died on or after
November first, nineteen ninety-six as a direct result of a crime; the
costs of crime scene cleanup and securing of a crime scene not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars; reasonable relocation expenses not exceed-
ing twenty-five hundred dollars; reasonable employment-related transpor-
tation expenses, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars and the unre-
imbursed cost of repair or replacement of articles of essential personal
property lost, damaged or destroyed as a direct result of the crime. An
award for loss of earnings shall include earnings lost by a parent or
guardian as a result of the hospitalization of a child victim under age
eighteen for injuries sustained as a direct result of a crime. In addi-
tion to the medical or other services necessary as a result of the inju-
ry upon which the claim is based, an award may be made for rehabilita-
tive occupational training for the purpose of job retraining or similar
employment-oriented rehabilitative services based upon the claimant's
medical and employment history. For the purpose of this subdivision,
rehabilitative occupational training shall include but not be limited to
educational training and expenses. An award for rehabilitative occupa-
tional training may be made to a victim, or to a family member of a
victim where necessary as a direct result of a crime. An award for
employment-related transportation expenses shall be limited to the time
period necessary due to the personal physical injuries sustained as a
direct result of the crime upon which the claim is based, as determined
by the medical information collected during the investigation of the
claim.
5. (a) [In] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
IN determining the amount of an award, the office shall determine wheth-
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er, because of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S conduct, the victim of such crime
contributed to the infliction of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S injury, and the
office shall reduce the amount of the award or reject the claim alto-
gether, in accordance with such determination.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, the office shall disregard for this purpose the responsibility of
the victim for [his] SUCH VICTIM'S own injury where the record shows
that the person injured was acting as a good samaritan, as defined in
this article.
(c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
the person injured acted as a good samaritan, the office may, without
regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant, make an award for
out-of-pocket losses. Such award may also include compensation for any
loss of property up to five thousand dollars suffered by the victim
during the course of [his] SUCH VICTIM'S actions as a good samaritan.
(d) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
a person acted as a good samaritan, and was killed as a direct result of
the crime, the office may, without regard to the financial difficulty of
the claimant, make a lump sum award to such claimant for actual loss of
support not to exceed thirty thousand dollars.
(e) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where
a police officer or firefighter, both paid and volunteer, dies from
injuries received in the line of duty as a direct result of a crime, the
office may, without regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant,
make an award for the unreimbursed counseling expenses of the eligible
spouse, domestic partner, parents, [brothers, sisters] SIBLINGS or chil-
dren of such victim, and/or the reasonable burial expenses incurred by
the claimant.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, the office shall disregard for this purpose the responsibility of
the victim for [his or her] SUCH VICTIM'S own loss of savings.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
sion, WHEN DETERMINING A CLAIM MADE BY A PERSON ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH
(B), (C) OR (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF
THIS ARTICLE, if the crime upon which the claim is based resulted in the
death of the victim, the office shall [determine] NOT CONSIDER whether,
because of [his or her] THEIR conduct, the victim of such crime contrib-
uted to [the infliction of his or her injury, and the office may reduce
the amount of the award by no more than fifty percent, in accordance
with such determination] THEIR DEATH.
9. (A) Any award made for the cost of repair or replacement of essen-
tial personal property, including cash losses of essential personal
property, shall be limited to an amount of twenty-five hundred dollars,
except that all cash losses of essential personal property shall be
limited to the amount of one hundred dollars. In the case of medically
necessary life-sustaining equipment which was lost or damaged as the
direct result of a crime, the award shall be limited to the amount of
ten thousand dollars.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, IN THE CASE OF CASH LOSSES WHICH WERE THE RESULT OF AN ACT OR
SERIES OF ACTS OF LARCENY AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE
OF THE PENAL LAW, PERPETRATED BY THE SAME ACTOR INDICATED BY A REPORT OR
REPORTS OBTAINED FROM A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND A RECEIPT, RECEIPTS OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTA-
TION IS PROVIDED SHOWING SUCH CASH LOSS OR LOSSES, A SINGLE CLAIM MAY BE
FILED AND AN AWARD MAY BE MADE FOR CASH LOSSES OF ESSENTIAL PERSONAL
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PROPERTY FOR EACH ACT UP TO A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF NO MORE THAN TWENTY-
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
18. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article and
subject to any applicable maximum award limitations contained in this
section, where a victim has died as a direct result of the crime upon
which the claim is based and the crime occurred in the residence of a
person eligible pursuant to [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (k) AND (L) of subdi-
vision one of section six hundred twenty-four of this article, the
office may make no more than one award for crime scene clean-up related
to such residence.
§ 3. Subdivision 10 of section 621 of the executive law, as added by
chapter 688 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
10. "Disabled victim" shall mean a person who has [(a)] A physical,
mental or medical impairment [from anatomical, physiological or neuro-
logical conditions], AS EVIDENCED BY MEDICAL RECORDS, which prevents the
exercise of a normal bodily function [or is demonstrable by medically
accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques or (b) a record of
such an impairment or (c) a condition regarded by others as such an
impairment] AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 630 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 494 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
if the crime upon which the claim is based resulted in the death of the
victim, and it appears to the office that such claim is one with respect
to which an award probably will be made, and undue hardship will result
to the claimant if immediate payment is not made, the office may make
one or more emergency awards to the claimant for reasonable burial
expenses pending a final decision of the office or payment of an award
in the case; provided, however, that the total amount of an emergency
award or awards for reasonable burial expenses shall not exceed [three]
SIX thousand dollars. The amount of such emergency award or awards shall
be deducted from any final award made to the claimant, and the excess of
the amount of any such award or awards over the amount of the final
award, of the full amount of an emergency award or awards if no final
award is made, shall be repaid by the claimant to the office.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall apply to all claims filed on or
after such effective date.
PART H
Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 631 of the executive law, as
amended by section 3 of subpart S of part XX of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
13. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regu-
lation to the contrary, when any New York state accredited hospital,
accredited sexual assault examiner program, or licensed health care
provider furnishes services to any sexual assault survivor, including
but not limited to a health care forensic examination in accordance with
the sex offense evidence collection protocol and standards established
by the department of health, such hospital, sexual assault examiner
program, or licensed healthcare provider shall provide such services to
the person without charge and shall bill the office directly. The
office, in consultation with the department of health, shall define the
specific services to be covered by the sexual assault forensic exam
reimbursement fee, which must include at a minimum forensic examiner
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services, hospital or healthcare facility services related to the exam,
and any necessary related laboratory tests or pharmaceuticals BASED UPON
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES; including but
not limited to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis provided by a hospital
emergency room at the time of the forensic rape examination pursuant to
paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred five-i
of the public health law. [For a person eighteen years of age or older,
follow-up HIV post-exposure prophylaxis costs shall continue to be reim-
bursed according to established office procedure.] The office, in
consultation with the department of health, shall also generate the
necessary [regulations and] forms for the direct reimbursement procedure
AND REGULATIONS SETTING THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY RATES FOR THE ITEMIZED
CHARGES RELATED TO AN EXAM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR.
(b) The rate for reimbursement shall be the amount of itemized charg-
es, to be reimbursed at the [Medicaid rate and] USUAL AND CUSTOMARY
RATES AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AND which shall
cumulatively not exceed (1) eight hundred dollars for an exam of a sexu-
al assault survivor where no sexual offense evidence collection kit is
used; (2) one thousand two hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor where a sexual offense evidence collection kit is used;
AND (3) [one thousand five hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor who is eighteen years of age or older, with or without
the use of a sexual offense evidence collection kit, and with the
provision of a necessary HIV post-exposure prophylaxis seven day starter
pack; and (4)] two thousand five hundred dollars for an exam of a sexual
assault survivor [who is less than eighteen years of age], with or with-
out the use of a sexual offense evidence collection kit, and with the
provision of the full regimen of necessary HIV post-exposure prophylax-
is. The hospital, sexual assault examiner program, or licensed health
care provider must accept this fee as payment in full for these speci-
fied services. No additional billing of the survivor for said services
is permissible. A sexual assault survivor may voluntarily assign any
private insurance benefits to which [she or he is] THEY ARE entitled for
the healthcare forensic examination, in which case the hospital or
healthcare provider may not charge the office; provided, however, in the
event the sexual assault survivor assigns any private health insurance
benefit, such coverage shall not be subject to annual deductibles or
coinsurance or balance billing by the hospital, sexual assault examiner
program or licensed health care provider. A hospital, sexual assault
examiner program or licensed health care provider shall, at the time of
the initial visit, request assignment of any private health insurance
benefits to which the sexual assault survivor is entitled on a form
prescribed by the office; provided, however, such sexual assault survi-
vor shall be advised orally and in writing that [he or she] THEY may
decline to provide such information regarding private health insurance
benefits if [he or she believes] THEY BELIEVE that the provision of such
information would substantially interfere with [his or her] THEIR
personal privacy or safety and in such event, the sexual assault foren-
sic exam fee shall be paid by the office. Such sexual assault survivor
shall also be advised that providing such information may provide addi-
tional resources to pay for services to other sexual assault victims.
Such sexual assault survivor shall also be advised that the direct
reimbursement program established by this subdivision does not automat-
ically make them eligible for any other compensation benefits available
from the office including, but not limited to, reimbursement for mental
health counseling expenses, relocation expenses, and loss of earnings,
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and that such compensation benefits may only be made available to them
should the sexual assault survivor or other person eligible to file
pursuant to section six hundred twenty-four of this article, file a
compensation application with the office. If [he or she] SUCH SEXUAL
ASSAULT SURVIVOR declines to provide such health insurance information,
[he or she] THEY shall indicate such decision on the form provided by
the hospital, sexual assault examiner program or licensed health care
provider, which form shall be prescribed by the office.
§ 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2805-i of the public
health law, as amended by section 1 of subpart S of part XX of chapter
55 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
(c) offering and making available appropriate HIV post-exposure treat-
ment therapies; including [a seven day starter pack of HIV post-exposure
prophylaxis for a person eighteen years of age or older, or] the full
regimen of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis [for a person less than eigh-
teen years of age,] in cases where it has been determined, in accordance
with guidelines issued by the commissioner, that a significant exposure
to HIV has occurred, and informing the victim that payment assistance
for such therapies and other crime related expenses may be available
from the office of victim services pursuant to the provisions of article
twenty-two of the executive law. With the consent of the victim of a
sexual assault, the hospital emergency room department shall provide or
arrange for an appointment for medical follow-up related to HIV post-ex-
posure prophylaxis and other care as appropriate; and
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
after it shall have become a law and apply to all exams performed on or
after such effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
PART I
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 349-a of the social services law
is REPEALED.
§ 2. Subdivision 5 of section 349-a of the social services law, as
added by section 36 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
[5. Upon a determination that the individual's allegation is credible]
4. FOLLOWING REFERRAL TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON, (a) the individual
shall be informed BY THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON of services, which
shall be available on a voluntary basis; and (b) the domestic violence
liaison shall conduct an assessment to determine if and to what extent
domestic violence is a barrier to THE INDIVIDUAL'S compliance with
public assistance requirements or to employment AND SUCH ASSESSMENT
SHALL BE BASED UPON AN ATTESTATION OR THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE INDIVIDUAL ALLEGING SUCH ABUSE;
and (c) THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON shall [assess the need for] GRANT
ANY APPROPRIATE waivers of such program requirements BASED ON SUCH
ASSESSMENT. Such waivers shall, to the extent permitted by federal law,
include, but not be limited to, residency requirements, child support
cooperation requirements and employment and training requirements;
provided, however, that exemptions from the sixty month limit on receipt
of benefits under the federal temporary assistance to needy families
block grant program shall be available only when the individual would
not be required to participate in work or training activities because of
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an independently verified physical or mental impairment resulting from
domestic violence, anticipated to last for three months or longer, or if
the individual is unable to work because of the need to care for a
dependent child who is disabled as a result of domestic violence.
Provided, however, that pursuant to section one hundred forty-two of the
welfare reform act of 1997 victims of domestic violence may be exempted
from the application of subdivision two of section three hundred forty-
nine of this article on the basis of hardship.
§ 3. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 349-a of the social services law
are renumbered subdivisions 5 and 6 and a new subdivision 7 is added to
read as follows:
7. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM STATEWIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ADVOCACY GROUPS SHALL MEAN AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE IMPROVE-
MENTS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMMING
REGARDING THE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW
YORK STATE.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
after it shall have become a law.
PART J
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
139-m to read as follows:
§ 139-M. STATEMENT ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE, IN
BIDS. 1. (A) EVERY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPART-
MENT OR AGENCY THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS REQUIRED BY STAT-
UTE, RULE OR REGULATION, FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE
PERFORMED OR GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT SUBSCRIBED BY THE BIDDER AND AFFIRMED BY SUCH BIDDER AS TRUE
UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY:
"BY SUBMISSION OF THIS BID, EACH BIDDER AND EACH PERSON SIGNING ON
BEHALF OF ANY BIDDER CERTIFIES, AND IN THE CASE OF A JOINT BID EACH
PARTY THERETO CERTIFIES AS TO ITS OWN ORGANIZATION, UNDER PENALTY OF
PERJURY, THAT THE BIDDER HAS AND HAS IMPLEMENTED A WRITTEN POLICY
ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE AND HAS PROVIDED SUCH
POLICY TO ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEMBERS. SUCH POLICY
SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION 11 OF SECTION
FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW."
(B) EVERY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT OR
AGENCY THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS NOT REQUIRED BY STATUTE,
RULE OR REGULATION, FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED OR
GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, MAY CONTAIN, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPART-
MENT, AGENCY OR OFFICIAL, THE CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH
(A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
3. A BID SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD, NOR SHALL ANY AWARD BE
MADE TO A BIDDER WHO HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE BIDDER CANNOT MAKE THE FOREGOING
CERTIFICATION, SUCH BIDDER SHALL SO STATE AND SHALL FURNISH WITH THE BID
A SIGNED STATEMENT WHICH SETS FORTH IN DETAIL THE REASONS THEREFOR.
4. ANY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT, AGEN-
CY OR OFFICIAL THEREOF, BY A CORPORATE BIDDER FOR WORK OR SERVICES
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PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED OR GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, WHERE SUCH BID
CONTAINS THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SUCH BIDDER, AND SUCH AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE SIGN-
ING AND SUBMISSION OF SUCH BID AND THE INCLUSION THEREIN OF SUCH STATE-
MENT AS THE ACT AND DEED OF THE CORPORATION.
§ 2. Subdivisions 7 and 7-a of section 163 of the state finance law,
subdivision 7 as amended and subdivision 7-a as added by section 3 of
part R of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as
follows:
7. Method of procurement. Consistent with the requirements of subdivi-
sions three and four of this section, state agencies shall select among
permissible methods of procurement including, but not limited to, an
invitation for bid, request for proposals or other means of solicitation
pursuant to guidelines issued by the state procurement council. State
agencies may accept bids electronically including submission of the
statement of non-collusion required by section one hundred thirty-nine-d
of this chapter, and the statement of certification required by section
one hundred thirty-nine-l AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M of this
chapter. Except where otherwise provided by law, procurements shall be
competitive, and state agencies shall conduct formal competitive
procurements to the maximum extent practicable. State agencies shall
document the determination of the method of procurement and the basis of
award in the procurement record. Where the basis for award is the best
value offer, the state agency shall document, in the procurement record
and in advance of the initial receipt of offers, the determination of
the evaluation criteria, which whenever possible, shall be quantifiable,
and the process to be used in the determination of best value and the
manner in which the evaluation process and selection shall be conducted.
7-a. Notwithstanding the electronic bid provisions set forth in subdi-
vision seven of this section, starting April first, two thousand twen-
ty-three, and ending March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven,
state agencies may require electronic submission as the sole method for
the submission of bids for commodity, service and technology contracts,
including submission of the statement of non-collusion required by
section one hundred thirty-nine-d of this chapter, and the statement of
certification required by section one hundred thirty-nine-l AND SECTION
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M of this chapter, and may require electronic
signatures on all documents required for submission of a bid, any
resulting contracts, and required submissions during the term of any
contract. Prior to requiring the electronic submission of bids, the
agency shall make a determination, which shall be documented in the
procurement record, that electronic submission affords a fair and equal
opportunity for offerers to submit responsive offers, and that the elec-
tronic signature complies with the provisions of article three of the
state technology law.
§ 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-i to
read as follows:
§ 170-I. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE. 1. EACH STATE AGEN-
CY SHALL FORMULATE AND ISSUE A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE
POLICY FOR SUCH AGENCY. IN FORMULATING SUCH POLICY, THE STATE AGENCY
SHALL REFER TO THE MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY
DISTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PURSU-
ANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS
CHAPTER, AND ADOPT ITS PROVISIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
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2. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AGENCY LIAISON WHO SHALL ENSURE AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE PROVISIONS OF THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLI-
CY, BE TRAINED TO ASSIST VICTIMIZED EMPLOYEES, AND SERVE AS THE PRIMARY
CONTACT FOR THE POLICY DISTRIBUTED BY THE AGENCY.
3. EACH STATE AGENCY, IN FORMULATING OR REVISING ITS GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY, SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF INCREASING AWARENESS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND INFORMING
EMPLOYEES OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE; CLEARLY SPECIFYING HOW
TO REACH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON; ENSURING THAT PERSONNEL
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE FAIR TO DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, AND RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS; DEVELOPING WORK-
PLACE SAFETY RESPONSE PLANS; COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS OF POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY A PERSON CONVICTED
OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CRIME OR SUBJECT TO AN ORDER OF
PROTECTION; ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE EDUCATION
AND TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES; AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE EMPLOYEES WHO MISUSE
STATE RESOURCES OR AUTHORITY OR VIOLATE THEIR JOB DUTIES IN COMMITTING
AN ACT OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. EACH STATE AGENCY, WHEN IT ISSUES ITS
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY, SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF
THAT POLICY AND THE INFORMATION FOR ITS DESIGNATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AGENCY LIAISON TO THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
AND SHALL NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS OF THE POLI-
CY OR THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON.
4. (A) EVERY COVERED EMPLOYEE SHALL PARTICIPATE IN A GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE TRAINING DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MADE AVAILABLE ON THE STATEWIDE
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ANNUALLY.
(B) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "COVERED EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ALL
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER IN THE OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR AND NEW YORK STATE AGENCIES WHO SUPERVISE OTHER OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES, WHO SERVE AS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY LIAISON, OR WHO
ARE EMPLOYED IN A HUMAN RESOURCES POSITION. "OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO "STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE" IN SECTION
SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
5. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FURNISH SUCH INFORMATION, REPORTING,
AND ASSISTANCE AS THE OFFICE DETERMINES IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO
ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
§ 4. Section 575 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
11. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICIES. THE OFFICE SHALL
CONSULT WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AN
ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES,
SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMMING REGARDING THE PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK STATE, AND AN ORGANIZATION
DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROVIDE DIRECT
SUPPORT TO MEMBER RAPE AND CRISIS CENTERS IN NEW YORK STATE THROUGH
FUNDING, TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND PUBLIC
POLICY ADVOCACY TO CREATE AND PUBLISH A MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
THE WORKPLACE POLICY THAT EMPLOYERS MAY UTILIZE IN THEIR ADOPTION OF A
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE
HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. THE OFFICE SHALL ALSO
PUBLISH A MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY FOR EXEC-
UTIVE AGENCIES THAT SUCH AGENCIES MAY UTILIZE IN THEIR ADOPTION OF A
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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WORKPLACE POLICY REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-I OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH MODEL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
THE WORKPLACE POLICY SHALL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND POSTED ON THE
WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THE DIVISION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to
section 163 of the state finance law made by section two of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART K
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
cle 19-C to read as follows:
ARTICLE 19-C
CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
SECTION 995-A. DEFINITIONS.
995-B. REPORTING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS.
995-C. NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT.
§ 995-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: 1. "CYBERSE-
CURITY INCIDENT" MEANS AN EVENT OCCURRING ON OR CONDUCTED THROUGH A
COMPUTER NETWORK THAT ACTUALLY OR IMMINENTLY JEOPARDIZES THE INTEGRITY,
CONFIDENTIALITY, OR AVAILABILITY OF COMPUTERS, INFORMATION OR COMMUNI-
CATIONS SYSTEMS OR NETWORKS, PHYSICAL OR VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERS OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OR INFORMATION RESIDENT
THEREON.
2. "CYBER THREAT" MEANS ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR EVENT WITH THE POTENTIAL
TO ADVERSELY IMPACT ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL ASSETS, OR
INDIVIDUALS THROUGH AN INFORMATION SYSTEM VIA UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS,
DESTRUCTION, DISCLOSURE, MODIFICATION OF INFORMATION, AND/OR DENIAL OF
SERVICE.
3. "CYBER THREAT INDICATOR" MEANS INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY TO
DESCRIBE OR IDENTIFY:
(A) MALICIOUS RECONNAISSANCE, INCLUDING ANOMALOUS PATTERNS OF COMMUNI-
CATIONS THAT APPEAR TO BE TRANSMITTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF GATHERING TECH-
NICAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A CYBERSECURITY THREAT OR SECURITY VULNER-
ABILITY;
(B) A METHOD OF DEFEATING A SECURITY CONTROL OR EXPLOITATION OF A
SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(C) A SECURITY VULNERABILITY, INCLUDING ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY THAT
APPEARS TO INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(D) A METHOD OF CAUSING A USER WITH LEGITIMATE ACCESS TO AN INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM OR INFORMATION THAT IS STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSIT-
ING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM TO UNWITTINGLY ENABLE THE DEFEAT OF A SECURITY
CONTROL OR EXPLOITATION OF A SECURITY VULNERABILITY;
(E) MALICIOUS CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL;
(F) THE ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HARM CAUSED BY AN INCIDENT, INCLUDING A
DESCRIPTION OF THE INFORMATION EXFILTRATED AS A RESULT OF A PARTICULAR
CYBERSECURITY THREAT;
(G) ANY OTHER ATTRIBUTE OF A CYBERSECURITY THREAT, IF DISCLOSURE OF
SUCH ATTRIBUTE IS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW; OR
(H) ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
4. "DEFENSIVE MEASURE" MEANS AN ACTION, DEVICE, PROCEDURE, SIGNATURE,
TECHNIQUE, OR OTHER MEASURE APPLIED TO AN INFORMATION SYSTEM OR INFORMA-
TION THAT IS STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING AN INFORMATION
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SYSTEM THAT DETECTS, PREVENTS, OR MITIGATES A KNOWN OR SUSPECTED
CYBERSECURITY THREAT OR SECURITY VULNERABILITY. THE TERM "DEFENSIVE
MEASURE" DOES NOT INCLUDE A MEASURE THAT DESTROYS, RENDERS UNUSABLE,
PROVIDES UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR SUBSTANTIALLY HARMS AN INFORMATION
SYSTEM OR INFORMATION STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING SUCH INFOR-
MATION SYSTEM NOT OWNED BY THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OPERATING THE MEAS-
URE, OR FEDERAL ENTITY THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CONSENT AND HAS
PROVIDED CONSENT TO THAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FOR OPERATION OF SUCH
MEASURE.
5. "INFORMATION SYSTEM" MEANS A DISCRETE SET OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
ORGANIZED FOR THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, MAINTENANCE, USE, SHARING,
DISSEMINATION, OR DISPOSITION OF INFORMATION.
6. "MUNICIPAL CORPORATION" MEANS:
(A) A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINE-
TEEN-N OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
(B) A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-N OF THIS
CHAPTER.
7. "PUBLIC AUTHORITY" MEANS ANY STATE AUTHORITY OR LOCAL AUTHORITY, AS
SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF.
8. "RANSOM PAYMENT" MEANS THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY MONEY OR OTHER PROP-
ERTY OR ASSET, INCLUDING VIRTUAL CURRENCY, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WHICH
HAS AT ANY TIME BEEN DELIVERED AS RANSOM IN CONNECTION WITH A RANSOMWARE
ATTACK.
9. "RANSOMWARE ATTACK":
(A) MEANS AN INCIDENT THAT INCLUDES THE USE OR THREAT OF USE OF UNAU-
THORIZED OR MALICIOUS CODE ON AN INFORMATION SYSTEM, OR THE USE OR
THREAT OF USE OF ANOTHER DIGITAL MECHANISM SUCH AS A DENIAL OF SERVICE
ATTACK, TO INTERRUPT OR DISRUPT THE OPERATIONS OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
OR COMPROMISE THE CONFIDENTIALITY, AVAILABILITY, OR INTEGRITY OF ELEC-
TRONIC DATA STORED ON, PROCESSED BY, OR TRANSITING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
TO EXTORT A DEMAND FOR A RANSOM PAYMENT; AND
(B) DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SUCH EVENT IN WHICH THE DEMAND FOR PAYMENT
IS:
(I) NOT GENUINE; OR
(II) MADE IN GOOD FAITH BY AN ENTITY IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC REQUEST
BY THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM.
§ 995-B. REPORTING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND ALL PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES SHALL REPORT CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AND WHEN APPLICABLE,
THE DEMAND OF A RANSOM PAYMENT, TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF
HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE FORM AND METHOD
PRESCRIBED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES SHALL ALSO SUBMIT
SUCH CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES'
BUDGET OFFICE IN THE FORM AND METHOD PRESCRIBED BY SUCH DIRECTOR.
2. ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES SHALL REPORT
CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS NO LATER THAN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS AFTER THE MUNI-
CIPALITY OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY REASONABLY BELIEVES THE CYBERSECURITY INCI-
DENT HAS OCCURRED.
3. ANY CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORT AND ANY RECORDS RELATED TO A
RANSOM PAYMENT SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OR TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC AUTHOR-
ITY'S BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL
BE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
§ 995-C. NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND PUBLIC
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AUTHORITY SHALL, IN THE EVENT OF A RANSOM PAYMENT MADE IN CONNECTION
WITH A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT INVOLVING THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION,
PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMER-
GENCY SERVICES THROUGH MEANS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER WITH THE
FOLLOWING:
(A) WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, NOTICE OF THE
PAYMENT; AND
(B) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE REASONS PAYMENT WAS NECESSARY, THE AMOUNT OF THE RANSOM PAYMENT, THE
MEANS BY WHICH THE RANSOM PAYMENT WAS MADE, A DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNA-
TIVES TO PAYMENT CONSIDERED, ALL DILIGENCE PERFORMED TO FIND ALTERNA-
TIVES TO PAYMENT AND ALL DILIGENCE PERFORMED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS INCLUDING THOSE OF
THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL.
2. ANY SUCH NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT PROVIDED BY A
PUBLIC AUTHORITY TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURI-
TY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SHALL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE
AUTHORITIES' BUDGET OFFICE IN THE SAME TIME AND MANNER PURSUANT TO THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 711-c to
read as follows:
§ 711-C. CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REVIEWS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, OR THEIR
DESIGNEE, SHALL REVIEW EACH CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORT AND NOTICE AND
EXPLANATION OF RANSOM PAYMENT SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS NINE
HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-B AND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-C OF THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL LAW TO ASSESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AND
RANSOM PAYMENTS ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OR SECURITY OF THE STATE,
OR ITS RESIDENTS.
2. THE COMMISSIONER, OR THEIR DESIGNEE, MAY WORK WITH APPROPRIATE
STATE AGENCIES, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY
AGENCIES TO PROVIDE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS WITH REPORTS OF CYBERSECURITY
INCIDENTS AND TRENDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PRACTICABLE, RELATED CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION, CYBER THREAT INDICA-
TORS, AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES. THE COMMISSIONER MAY COORDINATE AND SHARE
SUCH REPORTED INFORMATION WITH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, STATE AGENCIES,
AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO
AND MITIGATE CYBERSECURITY THREATS.
3. SUCH REPORTS, ASSESSMENTS, RECORDS, REVIEWS, DOCUMENTS, RECOMMENDA-
TIONS, GUIDANCE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED OR USED IN ITS PREPARATION
SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS
LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART L
Section 1. Section 263.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of
the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.10 Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a
child when, knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON
produces, directs or promotes any obscene performance which includes
sexual conduct by a child less than seventeen years of age, INCLUDING A
PERFORMANCE CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
245.15 OF THIS PART.
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Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child is a class D felo-
ny.
§ 2. Section 263.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 456 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.11 Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a
child when, knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON
knowingly has in [his] SUCH PERSON'S possession or control, or knowingly
accesses with intent to view, any obscene performance which includes
sexual conduct by a child less than sixteen years of age, INCLUDING A
PERFORMANCE CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION
245.15 OF THIS PART.
Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child is a class E felo-
ny.
§ 3. Section 263.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.15 Promoting a sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of promoting a sexual performance by a child when,
knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON produces,
directs or promotes any performance which includes sexual conduct by a
child less than seventeen years of age, INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE CREATED
OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.15 OF THIS PART.
Promoting a sexual performance by a child is a class D felony.
§ 4. Section 263.16 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 456 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 263.16 Possessing a sexual performance by a child.
A person is guilty of possessing a sexual performance by a child when,
knowing the character and content thereof, [he] SUCH PERSON knowingly
has in [his] SUCH PERSON'S possession or control, or knowingly accesses
with intent to view, any performance which includes sexual conduct by a
child less than sixteen years of age, INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE CREATED OR
ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.15 OF THIS PART.
Possessing a sexual performance by a child is a class E felony.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART M
Section 1. Section 230.34 of the penal law, as added by chapter 74 of
the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 230.34 Sex trafficking.
A person is guilty of sex trafficking if [he or she] SUCH PERSON
intentionally advances or profits from prostitution [by]:
1. BY unlawfully providing to a person who is patronized, with intent
to impair said person's judgment: (a) a narcotic drug or a narcotic
preparation; (b) concentrated cannabis as defined in [paragraph (a) of]
subdivision [four] SEVENTEEN of section [thirty-three hundred two] THREE
of the [public health] CANNABIS law; (c) methadone; or (d) gamma-hydrox-
ybutyrate (GHB) or flunitrazepan, also known as Rohypnol;
2. BY making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions to
induce or maintain the person being patronized to engage in or continue
to engage in prostitution activity;
3. BY withholding, destroying, or confiscating any actual or purported
passport, immigration document, or any other actual or purported govern-
ment identification document of another person with intent to impair
said person's freedom of movement; provided, however, that this subdivi-
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sion shall not apply to an attempt to correct a social security adminis-
tration record or immigration agency record in accordance with any
local, state, or federal agency requirement, where such attempt is not
made for the purpose of any express or implied threat;
4. BY requiring that prostitution be performed to retire, repay, or
service a real or purported debt;
5. BY using force or engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to compel
or induce the person being patronized to engage in or continue to engage
in prostitution activity by means of instilling a fear in the person
being patronized that, if the demand is not complied with, the actor or
another will do one or more of the following:
(a) cause physical injury, serious physical injury, or death to a
person; or
(b) cause damage to property, other than the property of the actor; or
(c) engage in other conduct constituting a felony or unlawful impri-
sonment in the second degree in violation of section 135.05 of this
chapter; or
(d) accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges or depor-
tation proceedings to be instituted against some person; provided,
however, that it shall be an affirmative defense to this subdivision
that the [defendant] ACTOR reasonably believed the threatened charge to
be true and that [his or her] THE ACTOR'S sole purpose was to compel or
induce the victim to take reasonable action to make good the wrong which
was the subject of such threatened charge; or
(e) expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or
false, tending to subject some person to hatred, contempt or ridicule;
or
(f) testify or provide information or withhold testimony or informa-
tion with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
(g) use or abuse [his or her] THE ACTOR'S position as a public servant
by performing some act within or related to [his or her] THE ACTOR'S
official duties, or by failing or refusing to perform an official duty,
in such manner as to affect some person adversely; or
(h) perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm the person who is patronized
materially with respect to [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S health, safety, or
immigration status; OR
6. WHERE THE PERSON BEING PATRONIZED IS MENTALLY DISABLED AS DEFINED
IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 130.00 OF THIS CHAPTER.
Sex trafficking is a class B felony.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART N
Intentionally Omitted
PART O
Intentionally Omitted
PART P
Intentionally Omitted
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PART Q
Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 396 of the laws of 2010 amending the
alcoholic beverage control law relating to liquidator's permits and
temporary retail permits, as amended by section 1 of part K of chapter
55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided that paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of
section 97-a of the alcoholic beverage control law as added by section
two of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed October 12, [2025]
2026.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART R
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2799-gg of the public authorities
law, as amended by section 1 of part TT of chapter 56 of the laws of
2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from
time to time to issue bonds, in conformity with applicable provisions of
the uniform commercial code, in such principal amounts as it may deter-
mine to be necessary pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred ninety-
nine-ff of this title to pay the cost of any project and to fund
reserves to secure such bonds, including incidental expenses in
connection therewith.
The aggregate principal amount of such bonds, notes or other obli-
gations outstanding shall not exceed, beginning July first, two thousand
twenty-four, twenty-one billion five hundred million dollars
($21,500,000,000) and beginning July first, two thousand twenty-five,
[twenty-seven] THIRTY billion five hundred million dollars
[($27,500,000,000)] ($30,500,000,000), excluding bonds, notes or other
obligations issued pursuant to sections twenty-seven hundred ninety-
nine-ss and twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-tt of this title; provided,
however, that upon any refunding or repayment of bonds (which term shall
not, for this purpose, include bond anticipation notes), the total
aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds, notes or other obli-
gations may be greater than, beginning July first, two thousand twenty-
four, twenty-one billion five hundred million dollars ($21,500,000,000),
and beginning July first, two thousand twenty-five, [twenty-seven] THIR-
TY billion five hundred million dollars [($27,500,000,000)]
($30,500,000,000), only if the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or
other obligations were issued in accordance with the provisions of
subparagraph (a) of subdivision two of paragraph b of section 90.10 of
the local finance law, as amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the authority may
be outstanding in an amount greater than the amount permitted by the
preceding sentence, provided that such additional amount at issuance,
together with the amount of indebtedness contracted by the city of New
York, shall not exceed the limit prescribed by section 104.00 of the
local finance law. The authority shall have the power from time to time
to refund any bonds of the authority by the issuance of new bonds wheth-
er the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue
bonds partly to refund bonds of the authority then outstanding and part-
ly to pay the cost of any project pursuant to section twenty-seven
hundred ninety-nine-ff of this title. Bonds issued by the authority
shall be payable solely out of particular revenues or other moneys of
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the authority as may be designated in the proceedings of the authority
under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issued, subject to any
agreements entered into between the authority and the city, and subject
to any agreements with the holders of outstanding bonds pledging any
particular revenues or moneys.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.
PART S
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 489-cccccc of the real property
tax law is amended by adding two new paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as
follows:
(E) PARKING FACILITY. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
TITLE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A PARKING FACILITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
TITLE, "PARKING FACILITY" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THEREOF IN
A CITY ON WHICH EXISTS A FACILITY OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT REQUIRES A
LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF A GARAGE OR PARKING LOT ISSUED BY THE
CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION AGENCY OF SUCH CITY.
(F) STORAGE WAREHOUSE. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
TITLE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A STORAGE WAREHOUSE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
THIS TITLE, "STORAGE WAREHOUSE" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THER-
EOF IN A CITY ON WHICH EXISTS A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH A CONSUMER'S
HOUSEHOLD GOODS ARE RECEIVED FOR STORAGE FOR COMPENSATION, EXCEPT WARE-
HOUSES IN WHICH SUCH GOODS ARE STORED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A MERCHANT FOR
RESALE OR OTHER USE IN THE COURSE OF THE MERCHANT'S BUSINESS, OPERATED
IN A MANNER THAT REQUIRES A LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF A STORAGE WARE-
HOUSE ISSUED BY THE CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION AGENCY OF SUCH CITY.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 489-dddddd of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Application for benefits pursuant to this title may be made imme-
diately following the effective date of a local law enacted pursuant to
this title and continuing until March first, two thousand THIRTY OR,
WITH RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FOR PROPERTY DEFINED AS A
PEAKING UNIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-BBBBBB OF THIS TITLE, UNTIL MARCH
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 489-dddddd of the real property tax law,
as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
3. (a) No benefits AUTHORIZED pursuant to this title shall be granted
for construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued
after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROPERTY DEFINED
AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-BBBBBB OF THIS
TITLE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
(b) If no building permit was required, then no benefits AUTHORIZED
pursuant to this title shall be granted for construction work that is
commenced after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROP-
ERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-
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BBBBBB OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT IS
COMMENCED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 489-gggggg of the real property tax law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
(A-1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BEGINNING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND SHALL BE
DESIGNATED A SPECIAL COMMERCIAL ABATEMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
TITLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH DESIGNATION MAY BE MODIFIED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 5. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 489-gggggg of the real
property tax law, as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) In the city of New York, the commission may designate any area
other than the area lying south of the center line of 96th Street in the
borough of Manhattan NOT INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, to be a special
commercial abatement area if it determines that market conditions in the
area are such that the availability of a special abatement is required
in order to encourage commercial construction work in such area. In
making such determination, the commission shall consider, among other
factors, the existence in such area of a special need for commercial and
job development, high unemployment, economic distress or unusually large
numbers of vacant, underutilized, unsuitable or substandard structures,
or other substandard, unsanitary, deteriorated or deteriorating condi-
tions, with or without tangible blight; PROVIDED THAT, HOWEVER, IN
MAKING SUCH DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, THE COMMIS-
SION SHALL CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER FACTORS, THE DENSITY OF EXISTING DEVEL-
OPMENTS AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS ON GOVERNOR'S
ISLAND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY.
§ 6. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 489-gggggg of the real
property tax law, as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) the area in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of
59th street, other than: (I) the areas designated renovation areas by
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision, OR (II) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
§ 7. Subdivision 4 of section 489-gggggg of the real property tax law,
as added by chapter 119 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
4. Commercial exclusion area. Except as provided in paragraph (f) of
subdivision three of section four hundred eighty-nine-bbbbbb of this
title, any area in the borough of Manhattan lying south of the center
line of 96th Street, other than: (A) the areas designated renovation
areas by subdivision three of this section AND (B) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, shall be a commercial exclu-
sion area. Commercial construction projects in the commercial exclusion
area shall not be eligible to receive tax abatements pursuant to this
title.
§ 8. Section 11-268 of the administrative code of the city of New York
is amended by adding three new subdivisions k-1, o-1 and o-2 to read as
follows:
K-1. "PARKING FACILITY" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THEREOF ON
WHICH EXISTS A FACILITY OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT REQUIRES A LICENSE FOR
THE OPERATION OF A GARAGE OR PARKING LOT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION.
O-1. "SELF-STORAGE FACILITY" SHALL MEAN ANY REAL PROPERTY OR A PORTION
THEREOF THAT IS DESIGNED AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OCCUPYING STORAGE
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SPACE BY OCCUPANTS WHO ARE TO HAVE ACCESS THERETO FOR THE PURPOSE OF
STORING AND REMOVING PERSONAL PROPERTY, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THE LIEN LAW.
O-2. "STORAGE WAREHOUSE" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PORTION THEREOF ON
WHICH EXISTS A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IN WHICH A CONSUMER'S HOUSEHOLD
GOODS ARE RECEIVED FOR STORAGE FOR COMPENSATION OPERATED IN A MANNER
THAT REQUIRES A LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF A STORAGE WAREHOUSE ISSUED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION.
§ 9. Subdivision c of section 11-270 of the administrative code of the
city of New York is amended by adding three new paragraphs 4, 5, and 6
to read as follows:
(4) SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO
THIS PART FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF
SUCH PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY.
(5) PARKING FACILITY. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
PART FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A PARKING FACILITY.
(6) STORAGE WAREHOUSE. NO BENEFITS SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
PART FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REAL PROPERTY WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH
PROPERTY IS TO BE USED AS A STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
§ 10. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 11-271 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 332 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Application for benefits pursuant to this part may be made imme-
diately following the effective date of the local law that added this
section and continuing until March first, two thousand THIRTY OR, WITH
RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FOR PROPERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING
UNIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2-A) OF SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION
11-269 OF THIS PART UNTIL MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 11. Subdivision c of section 11-271 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
c. (1) No benefits AUTHORIZED pursuant to this part shall be granted
for construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued
after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROPERTY DEFINED
AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2-A) OF
SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION 11-269 OF THIS PART SHALL BE GRANTED FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AFTER
APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND twenty-nine.
(2) If no building permit was required, then no benefits AUTHORIZED
pursuant to this part shall be granted for construction work that is
commenced after April first, two thousand THIRTY, EXCEPT THAT FOR PROP-
ERTY DEFINED AS A PEAKING UNIT, NO BENEFITS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (2-A) OF SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION 11-269 OF THIS PART SHALL BE
GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT IS COMMENCED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND twenty-nine.
§ 12. Subdivision b of section 11-274 of the administrative code of
the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as
follows:
(1-A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BEGINNING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND SHALL BE
DESIGNATED A SPECIAL COMMERCIAL ABATEMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PART, PROVIDED THAT SUCH DESIGNATION MAY BE MODIFIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
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§ 13. Paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 11-274 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of
the city of New York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(5) The commission may designate any area other than the area lying
south of the center line of 96th Street in the borough of Manhattan NOT
INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, to be a special commercial abatement area
if it determines that market conditions in the area are such that the
availability of a special abatement is required in order to encourage
commercial construction work in such area. In making such determination,
the commission shall consider, among other factors, the existence in
such area of a special need for commercial and job development, high
unemployment, economic distress or unusually large numbers of vacant,
underutilized, unsuitable or substandard structures, or other substand-
ard, unsanitary, deteriorated or deteriorating conditions, with or with-
out tangible blight; PROVIDED THAT, HOWEVER, IN MAKING SUCH DETERMI-
NATION WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, THE TEMPORARY COMMERCIAL
INCENTIVE AREA BOUNDARY COMMISSION SHALL ONLY BE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER,
AMONG OTHER FACTORS, WHETHER SUCH DESIGNATION CONTINUES TO BE NECESSARY
TO ADEQUATELY PROMOTE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND THE
DENSITY OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PLANNED
DEVELOPMENTS ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING
INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY.
§ 14. Paragraph 3 of subdivision c of section 11-274 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of
the city of New York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(3) the area in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of
59th street, other than the areas: (I) designated renovation areas by
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subdivision, OR (II) AS OF JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
§ 15. Subdivision d of section 11-274 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of the city of New
York for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
d. Commercial exclusion area. Except as provided in paragraph (6) of
subdivision c of section 11-269 of this part, any area in the borough of
Manhattan lying south of the center line of 96th Street, other than: (1)
the areas designated renovation areas by subdivision c of this section
AND (2) AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND,
shall be a commercial exclusion area. Commercial construction projects
in the commercial exclusion area shall not be eligible to receive tax
abatements pursuant to this part.
§ 16. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that: (i) para-
graph 4 of subdivision c of section 11-270 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as added by section nine of this act shall be
deemed to have been in full force and effect as of July 1, 2020, and
shall apply to projects for which the first building permit is issued
after July 1, 2020 or if no permit is required, for which construction
commences after July 1, 2020; and (ii) paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of
section 489-cccccc of the real property tax law, as added by section one
of this act, and paragraph 5 of subdivision c of section 11-270 of the
administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section nine of
this act, shall only apply to a project for which the first building
permit is issued on or after 90 days after this act takes effect, or if
no permit is required, for which construction commences on or after such
date.
PART T
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Intentionally Omitted
PART U
Intentionally Omitted
PART V
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the civil
service law, as amended by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2023, 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. Provided
further, the state civil service department shall, and a municipal
commission may, 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 governmental agreement, waive application
fees for all examinations held between July first, two thousand twenty-
three and December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-five]
TWENTY-SEVEN. Notwithstanding 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 militia, 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 one of the 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 one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service. The
term "armed forces" shall mean the army, navy, air force, marine corps,
and coast guard.
§ 2. Section 2 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, amending
the civil service law relating to waiving state civil service examina-
tion fees between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed on December 31, [2025] 2027; provided that this act
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shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April
1, 2023.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the
civil service law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
expiration of such paragraph and shall expire and be deemed repealed
therewith.
PART W
Intentionally Omitted
PART X
Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
103-f to read as follows:
§ 103-F. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING. 1. (A) EMPLOYEES OF THE
STATE WHO USE TECHNOLOGY AS A PART OF THEIR OFFICIAL JOB DUTIES SHALL
TAKE ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
COMPLETE THE TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE.
(B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE" SHALL
INCLUDE EMPLOYEES OF ALL STATE AGENCIES AND ALL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATIONS, THE HEADS OF WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
2. EMPLOYEES OF A COUNTY, A CITY, A TOWN, OR A VILLAGE WHO USE TECH-
NOLOGY AS A PART OF THEIR OFFICIAL JOB DUTIES SHALL TAKE ANNUAL CYBERSE-
CURITY AWARENESS TRAINING BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
SIX. THE OFFICE SHALL MAKE A CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR USE BY
A COUNTY, A CITY, A TOWN, OR A VILLAGE AT NO CHARGE, BUT SUCH TRAINING
SHALL NOT BE THE EXCLUSIVE MEANS FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION.
§ 1-a. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section 210
to read as follows:
§ 210. CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) "BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM" MEANS (I) UNAUTHORIZED
EXFILTRATION, ACQUISITION, OR ACQUISITION WITHOUT VALID AUTHORIZATION,
OF COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION WHICH COMPROMISES THE SECURITY, CONFIDEN-
TIALITY, OR INTEGRITY OF STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMATION,
(II) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, OR ACCESS WITHOUT VALID AUTHORIZATION, TO
STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMATION OR TO AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
USED FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION, OR (III) UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATION OF THE
ACCESS PERMISSIONS, INCLUDING THROUGH THE USE OF ENCRYPTION, TO AN
INFORMATION SYSTEM USED FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION. "BREACH OF THE SECURI-
TY OF THE SYSTEM" DOES NOT INCLUDE GOOD FAITH ACQUISITION OF OR ACCESS
TO PERSONAL INFORMATION, OR ACCESS TO AN INFORMATION SYSTEM BY AN
EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF A STATE ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE STATE ENTI-
TY; PROVIDED THAT THE PRIVATE INFORMATION OR INFORMATION SYSTEM IS NOT
USED IN AN UNAUTHORIZED MANNER, ACCESSED FOR AN UNLAWFUL OR INAPPROPRI-
ATE PURPOSE, MODIFIED TO CHANGE ACCESS PERMISSIONS WITHOUT AUTHORI-
ZATION, OR SUBJECT TO UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE. IN DETERMINING WHETHER
STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMATION OR AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
USED FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXFILTRATED, ACQUIRED, ACCESSED,
OR EXPERIENCED A CHANGE IN ACCESS PERMISSIONS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OR
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WITHOUT VALID AUTHORIZATION, SUCH STATE ENTITY MAY CONSIDER THE FOLLOW-
ING FACTORS, AMONG OTHERS:
(1) INDICATIONS THAT THE INFORMATION IS IN THE PHYSICAL POSSESSION AND
CONTROL OF AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON, SUCH AS A LOST OR STOLEN COMPUTER OR
OTHER DEVICE CONTAINING INFORMATION;
(2) INDICATIONS THAT THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED OR COPIED;
(3) INDICATIONS THAT THE INFORMATION WAS USED BY AN UNAUTHORIZED
PERSON, SUCH AS FRAUDULENT ACCOUNTS OPENED OR INSTANCES OF IDENTITY
THEFT REPORTED; OR
(4) INDICATIONS THAT THE INFORMATION OR INFORMATION SYSTEM WAS
ACCESSED WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OR WITHOUT VALID AUTHORIZATION, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO DATA IN INFORMATION SYSTEM ACCESS LOGS, CHANGES MODI-
FYING ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION OR INFORMATION SYSTEM, MODIFICATION OR
DELETION OF STORED INFORMATION, INJECTING OR INSTALLING MALICIOUS CODE
ON THE INFORMATION SYSTEM, OR UNAUTHORIZED ENCRYPTION OF STORED INFORMA-
TION.
(B) "DATA SUBJECT" MEANS THE PERSON WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE PERSONAL
INFORMATION.
(C) "DATA VALIDATION" MEANS ENSURING THE ACCURACY, QUALITY, AND VALID-
ITY OF SOURCE DATA BEFORE USING, IMPORTING, SAVING, STORING, OR OTHER-
WISE PROCESSING DATA.
(D) "IMMUTABLE" MEANS DATA THAT IS STORED UNCHANGED OVER TIME OR
UNABLE TO BE CHANGED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF BACKUPS, "IMMUTABLE" SHALL
MEAN THAT, ONCE INGESTED, NO EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL OPERATION CAN MODIFY
THE DATA AND MUST NEVER BE AVAILABLE IN A READ/WRITE STATE TO THE
CLIENT. "IMMUTABLE" SHALL SPECIFICALLY APPLY TO THE CHARACTERISTICS AND
ATTRIBUTES OF A BACKUP SYSTEM'S FILE SYSTEM AND MAY NOT BE APPLIED TO
TEMPORARY SYSTEMS STATE, TIME-BOUND OR EXPIRING CONFIGURATIONS, OR
TEMPORARY CONDITIONS CREATED BY A PHYSICAL AIR GAP AS IS IMPLEMENTED IN
MOST LEGACY SYSTEMS, PROVIDED THAT IMMUTABLE BACKUPS MUST BE CAPABLE OF
DELETION AND REPLACEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DATA
RETENTION AND DELETION POLICY GOVERNING THE DATA. AN IMMUTABLE FILE
SYSTEM MUST DEMONSTRATE CHARACTERISTICS THAT DO NOT PERMIT THE EDITING
OR CHANGING OF ANY DATA BACKED UP TO PROVIDE AGENCIES WITH COMPLETE
RECOVERY CAPABILITIES.
(E) "INFORMATION SYSTEM" MEANS ANY GOOD, SERVICE OR A COMBINATION
THEREOF, USED BY ANY COMPUTER, CLOUD SERVICE, OR INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM
THAT IS MAINTAINED FOR OR USED BY A STATE ENTITY IN THE ACQUISITION,
STORAGE, MANIPULATION, MANAGEMENT, MOVEMENT, CONTROL, DISPLAY, SWITCH-
ING, INTERCHANGE, TRANSMISSION, OR RECEPTION OF DATA OR VOICE INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, INFORMATION APPLIANCES, FIRM-
WARE, PROGRAMS, SYSTEMS, NETWORKS, INFRASTRUCTURE, MEDIA, AND RELATED
MATERIAL USED TO AUTOMATICALLY AND ELECTRONICALLY COLLECT, RECEIVE,
ACCESS, TRANSMIT, DISPLAY, STORE, RECORD, RETRIEVE, ANALYZE, EVALUATE,
PROCESS, CLASSIFY, MANIPULATE, MANAGE, ASSIMILATE, CONTROL, COMMUNICATE,
EXCHANGE, CONVERT, COVERAGE, INTERFACE, SWITCH, OR DISSEMINATE DATA OR
INFORMATION OF ANY KIND OR FORM.
(F) "MISSION CRITICAL" MEANS INFORMATION OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT
ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE STATE ENTITY.
(G) "SEGMENTED STORAGE" MEANS THE METHOD OF DATA STORAGE WHEREBY (I)
INFORMATION IS PARTITIONED OR SEPARATED, WITH OVERLAPPING OR NON-OVER-
LAPPING PROTECTION, AND (II) SUCH INDIVIDUAL PARTITIONED OR SEPARATED
SETS OF INFORMATION ARE STORED IN MULTIPLE PHYSICALLY OR LOGICALLY
DISTINCT SECURE LOCATIONS.
(H) "STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMATION" MEANS PERSONAL
INFORMATION STORED BY A STATE ENTITY THAT WAS GENERATED BY A STATE ENTI-
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TY OR PROVIDED TO THE STATE ENTITY BY THE DATA SUBJECT, A STATE ENTITY,
A FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, OR ANY OTHER THIRD-PARTY SOURCE. SUCH
TERM SHALL ALSO INCLUDE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY AN ADVERSE
PARTY IN THE COURSE OF LITIGATION OR OTHER ADVERSARIAL PROCEEDING.
(I) "STATE ENTITY" MEANS ANY STATE BOARD, BUREAU, DIVISION, COMMITTEE,
COMMISSION, COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATION, OFFICE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL OR
PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT:
(I) THE JUDICIARY; AND
(II) ALL CITIES, COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, VILLAGES, TOWNS, AND OTHER
LOCAL AGENCIES.
2. DATA PROTECTION STANDARDS. (A) NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE DIRECTOR, IN CONSULTATION WITH
STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST
ONE PUBLIC HEARING, SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS THAT DESIGN AND DEVELOP
STANDARDS FOR:
(I) PROTECTION AGAINST BREACHES OF THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM FOR
MISSION CRITICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION USED
BY SUCH INFORMATION SYSTEMS;
(II) DATA BACKUP THAT INCLUDES;
(A) THE CREATION OF IMMUTABLE BACKUPS OF STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED
PERSONAL INFORMATION;
(B) THROUGH DATA VALIDATION TECHNIQUES, THE EXCLUSION OF UNWANTED DATA
FROM SUCH IMMUTABLE BACKUPS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ILLEGAL
CONTENT, CORRUPTED DATA, MALICIOUS CODE, AND CONTENT THAT BREACHES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS;
(C) PROHIBITIONS ON THE USE OF SUCH IMMUTABLE BACKUPS EXCEPT FOR
CONDUCTING DATA VALIDATION AND PERFORMING INFORMATION SYSTEM RECOVERY;
AND
(D) STORAGE OF SUCH IMMUTABLE BACKUPS IN SEGMENTED STORAGE;
(III) INFORMATION SYSTEM RECOVERY THAT INCLUDES CREATING AN IDENTICAL
COPY OF AN IMMUTABLE BACKUP OF STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMA-
TION IN SEGMENTED STORAGE FOR USE WHEN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN
ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY A BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM AND
REQUIRES RESTORATION FROM ONE OR MORE BACKUPS;
(IV) DATA RETENTION AND DELETION POLICIES SPECIFYING HOW LONG CERTAIN
TYPES OF DATA SHALL BE RETAINED ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND AS IMMUTABLE
BACKUPS IN SEGMENTED STORAGE AND WHEN OR UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH
DATA SHALL BE DELETED; AND
(V) ANNUAL WORKFORCE TRAINING REGARDING PROTECTION AGAINST BREACHES OF
THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED IN THE EVENT OF A BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE
SYSTEM.
(B) SUCH REGULATIONS MAY BE ADOPTED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS. IF SUCH
REGULATIONS ARE ADOPTED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, THE OFFICE SHALL ENGAGE
IN THE FORMAL RULEMAKING PROCEDURE NO LATER THAN THE DAY IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE DATE THAT THE OFFICE PROMULGATED SUCH REGULATIONS ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS. PROVIDED THAT THE OFFICE HAS COMMENCED THE FORMAL RULE-
MAKING PROCESS, THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS MAY BE
RENEWED NO MORE THAN TWO TIMES.
3. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO
THE CONTRARY, EACH STATE ENTITY SHALL ENGAGE IN VULNERABILITY TESTING OF
ITS INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS FOLLOWS:
(A) BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND ON A MONTHLY
BASIS THEREAFTER, EACH STATE ENTITY SHALL PERFORM, OR CAUSE TO BE
PERFORMED, A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF AT LEAST ONE MISSION CRITICAL
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INFORMATION SYSTEM ENSURING THAT EACH MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEM HAS UNDER-
GONE A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT DURING THE PAST YEAR. A REPORT DETAILING
THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE FOR REVIEW NO LATER THAN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER
THE TESTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
(B) BEGINNING DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, EACH STATE
ENTITY'S ENTIRE INFORMATION SYSTEM SHALL UNDERGO VULNERABILITY TESTING.
A REPORT DETAILING THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE FOR REVIEW NO LATER THAN FORTY-
FIVE DAYS AFTER SUCH TESTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
(C) THE OFFICE SHALL ASSIST STATE ENTITIES IN COMPLYING WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
4. DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM INVENTORY. (A) NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, EACH STATE ENTITY SHALL CREATE
AN INVENTORY OF THE STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMATION AND THE
PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL
INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED AND USED. THE INVENTORY SHALL INCLUDE A LIST-
ING OF ALL TYPES OF STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMATION, ALONG
WITH THE SOURCE AND THE MEDIAN AGE OF SUCH INFORMATION.
(B) NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,
EACH STATE ENTITY SHALL CREATE AN INVENTORY OF ITS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
AND THE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR WHICH EACH SUCH INFORMATION SYSTEM IS
MAINTAINED AND USED. THE INVENTORY SHALL DENOTE THOSE INFORMATION
SYSTEMS THAT ARE MISSION CRITICAL AND THOSE THAT USE PERSONAL INFORMA-
TION, AND WHETHER THE INFORMATION SYSTEM IS PROTECTED BY IMMUTABLE BACK-
UPS AND STORED IN A SEGMENTED MANNER.
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF A
STATE ENTITY HAS ALREADY COMPLETED A STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL
INFORMATION INVENTORY OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS INVENTORY, SUCH STATE ENTI-
TY SHALL UPDATE THE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED
PERSONAL INFORMATION INVENTORY OR INFORMATION SYSTEM INVENTORY NO LATER
THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
(D) UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE OFFICE, A STATE ENTITY SHALL PROVIDE
THE OFFICE WITH EITHER OR BOTH OF THE STATE ENTITY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS INVENTORIES REQUIRED TO BE CREATED
OR UPDATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
(E) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE STATE ENTI-
TY-MAINTAINED PERSONAL INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS INVENTORIES
REQUIRED TO BE CREATED OR UPDATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DISCLOSURE OR
INSPECTION UNDER THE STATE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW UNLESS A SUBPOENA
OR OTHER COURT ORDER DIRECTS THE OFFICE OR STATE ENTITY TO RELEASE SUCH
INVENTORY OR INFORMATION FROM SUCH INVENTORY.
5. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY. (A) NO LATER THAN EIGHTEEN MONTHS
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, EACH STATE ENTITY SHALL HAVE
CREATED AN INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN FOR INCIDENTS INVOLVING A BREACH OF
THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM THAT RENDER AN INFORMATION SYSTEM OR ITS DATA
UNAVAILABLE, AND INCIDENTS INVOLVING A BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE
SYSTEM THAT RESULT IN THE ALTERATION OR DELETION OF OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO, PERSONAL INFORMATION.
(B) SUCH INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN SHALL INCLUDE A PROCEDURE FOR SITU-
ATIONS WHERE INFORMATION SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY A
BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS A PROCEDURE FOR THE
STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND MISSION CRITICAL BACKUPS IN
SEGMENTED STORAGE TO ENSURE THAT SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION AND MISSION
CRITICAL SYSTEMS ARE PROTECTED BY IMMUTABLE BACKUPS.
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(C) BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT AND ON AN ANNU-
AL BASIS THEREAFTER, EACH STATE ENTITY SHALL COMPLETE AT LEAST ONE EXER-
CISE OF ITS INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN THAT INCLUDES COPYING THE IMMUTABLE
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS FROM THE
SEGMENTED PORTION OF THE STATE ENTITY'S INFORMATION SYSTEM AND USING
SUCH COPIES IN THE STATE ENTITY'S RESTORATION AND RECOVERY PROCESS. UPON
COMPLETION OF SUCH EXERCISE, THE STATE ENTITY SHALL DOCUMENT THE INCI-
DENT RESPONSE PLAN'S SUCCESSES AND SHORTCOMINGS IN AN INCIDENT RESPONSE
PLAN EXERCISE REPORT. SUCH INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN EXERCISE REPORT SHALL
BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DISCLOSURE OR
INSPECTION UNDER THE STATE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW UNLESS A SUBPOENA
OR OTHER COURT ORDER DIRECTS THE STATE ENTITY TO RELEASE SUCH INVENTORY
OR INFORMATION FROM SUCH INVENTORY.
6. NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL
BE CONSTRUED AS CREATING OR ESTABLISHING A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.
§ 1-b. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable and
if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or
circumstances shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this act and
the application thereof shall not be affected thereby.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART Y
Intentionally Omitted
PART Z
Section 1. Section 13-a of chapter 749 of the laws of 2019, constitut-
ing the New York city public works investment act, as added by chapter
534 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 13-a. (a) For purposes of this section:
[(1)] "Construction manager build" shall mean a project delivery meth-
od whereby a construction manager:
(i) serves as part of a team in conjunction with the owner in the
design phase of the project;
(ii) under the oversight of the owner, acts as the single source of
responsibility to bid, select and hold construction contracts on behalf
of the owner during the construction phase; and
(iii) manages the construction project on behalf of the owner.
[(2) "Department" shall mean the New York city department of design
and construction.]
(b) This section may only be applied to:
(1) Design-build contracts solicited by [the department] AN AUTHORIZED
ENTITY that have an estimated cost of not less than ten million
dollars[,] AND are undertaken pursuant to a project labor agreement in
accordance with section 222 of the labor law [and in connection with a
project that is primarily related to:
(i) water or sewer infrastructure, and primarily consists of the
replacement of existing, or installation of new, water mains or sewers
or the installation of assets to manage stormwater flow, or a combina-
tion of the foregoing; or
(ii) coastal resiliency, and primarily consists of flood walls,
deployable gates, the relocation or protection of existing infrastruc-
ture from flooding, or a combination of the foregoing]; or
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(2) Construction manager build contracts solicited by [the department]
AN AUTHORIZED ENTITY that have an estimated cost of not less than five
million dollars[,] AND are undertaken pursuant to a project labor agree-
ment in accordance with section 222 of the labor law [and in connection
with a project for the construction or renovation of a cultural institu-
tion located on publicly owned real property on behalf of the New York
city department of cultural affairs or a public library in the city of
New York].
(c) Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law, rule, or regu-
lation to the contrary, a contractor selected by [the department] AN
AUTHORIZED ENTITY to enter into a construction manager build contract
pursuant to this section shall be selected through the two-step method
described in subdivision (a) of section four of this act. The [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY may use the types of contracts identified in
subdivision (b) of section four of this act for contracts procured using
the construction manager build delivery method.
(d) Where [the department] AN AUTHORIZED ENTITY determines in writing
that it is in the best interest of the public to solicit proposals using
the design-build contract delivery method in connection with a project
that meets the criteria set forth in paragraph one of subdivision (b) of
this section, without generating a list pursuant to the process set
forth in paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section four of this act,
[the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY shall release, evaluate and
score a request for proposals pursuant to the procedure set forth in
subdivision (e) of this section. To the extent consistent with applica-
ble federal law, [the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY shall consider,
when soliciting proposals and awarding any contract pursuant to this
section, the participation of (i) entities that are certified as minori-
ty- or women-owned business enterprises pursuant to article fifteen-A of
the executive law, or certified pursuant to local law as minority- or
women-owned business enterprises, and (ii) small business concerns iden-
tified pursuant to subdivision (b) of section one hundred thirty-nine-g
of the state finance law. In addition, nothing in this section shall be
deemed to supersede any pre-qualification guidelines or requirements
otherwise authorized by law for [the department] SUCH AUTHORIZED ENTITY.
(e) The request for proposals shall set forth the public work's scope
of work, and other requirements, as determined by the [department]
AUTHORIZED ENTITY, which may include separate goals for work under the
contract to be performed by businesses certified as minority- or women-
owned business enterprises pursuant to article fifteen-A of the execu-
tive law or certified pursuant to local law as minority- or women-owned
business enterprises. The request for proposals shall also specify the
criteria to be used to evaluate the responses and the relative weight of
each of such criteria. Such criteria shall include the proposal's cost,
the quality of the proposal's solution, the qualifications and experi-
ence of the proposer, and other factors deemed pertinent by the [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY, which may include, but shall not be limited to,
the proposal's manner and schedule of project implementation, the
proposer's ability to complete the work in a timely and satisfactory
manner, maintenance costs of the completed public work, maintenance of
traffic approach, and community impact. A contract awarded pursuant to
this section shall be awarded to a responsive and responsible proposer,
which, in consideration of these and other specified criteria deemed
pertinent, offers the best value, as determined by the [department]
AUTHORIZED ENTITY. The [department] AUTHORIZED ENTITY may engage in
negotiations or other discussions with all qualified proposers that have
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expressed interest in response to the request for proposals released
pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section, provided that such [depart-
ment] AUTHORIZED ENTITY maintains a written record of the conduct of
negotiations or discussions and the basis for every determination to
continue or suspend negotiations, and, provided, further, that if such
[department] AUTHORIZED ENTITY determines for a particular contract or
for a particular type of contract that it is in the best interest of the
public to negotiate or enter into discussions with fewer proposers, it
shall make such a determination in writing. If such [department] AUTHOR-
IZED ENTITY enters into such negotiations, such [department] AUTHORIZED
ENTITY shall allow all proposers to revise their proposals upon conclu-
sion of negotiations, and shall evaluate any such revised proposals
using the criteria included in the request for proposals. The request
for proposals shall include a statement that proposers shall designate
in writing those portions of the proposal that contain trade secrets or
other proprietary information that are to remain confidential; that the
material designated as confidential shall be readily separable from the
proposal. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
authorized entity from negotiating final contract terms and conditions
including cost. All proposals submitted shall be scored according to
the criteria listed in the request for proposals and such final
scores shall be published on the authorized entity's website after
registration of such contract or the date upon which such contract may
be implemented, if registration requirements do not apply.
(f) The reporting requirement set forth in section thirteen of this
act shall apply to contracts procured pursuant to this section, provided
that the requirement that such report include a list of responding enti-
ties shall not apply to any contract where no such list was generated.
Such report shall include a description of the scope of work for each
project, whether the project used the design-build or construction
manager build method as described in subdivision (b) of this section,
the percentage of alternative project delivery contracts that used the
methods described in subdivision (b) of this section, the type of
contract described in subdivision (b) of section four of this act that
was used to procure the project, information regarding the total
contract price upon contract award, the total contract price upon final
completion of the project, the [department's] AUTHORIZED ENTITY'S
initial projected estimate of the cost of the project and the partic-
ipation rate of and total dollar value of monies paid to minority- and
women-owned business enterprises and small business concerns under
alternative project delivery contracts.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
the amendments to chapter 749 of the laws of 2019 made by section one of
this act shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such chapter and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.
PART AA
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-2) to read as follows:
(B-2) UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ANY AUTHORIZED PROVIDER, ANY RESIDENT
OR FELLOW WHO MAY PRACTICE MEDICINE AS AN EXEMPT PERSON AS PROVIDED FOR
IN TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, MAY RENDER MEDICAL CARE UNDER THIS
CHAPTER SO LONG AS THE SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE EDUCATION LAW ARE
MET AND NEITHER THE SUPERVISING PROVIDER NOR RESIDENT OR FELLOW HAVE
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BEEN PROHIBITED FROM TREATING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS PURSUANT
TO SECTION THIRTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART BB
Intentionally Omitted
PART CC
Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 21-a of the workers'
compensation law, as amended by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contra-
ry, in any instance in which an employer is unsure of the extent of its
liability for a claim for compensation by an injured employee pursuant
to this chapter, such employer may initiate compensation payments and
payments for MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine
and continue such payments for one year, without prejudice and without
admitting liability, in accordance with a notice of temporary payment of
compensation, on a form prescribed by the board.
2. The notice of temporary payment of compensation authorized by
subdivision one of this section shall be delivered to the injured
employee and the board. Such notice shall notify the injured employee
that the temporary payment of compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall not be deemed to be an admis-
sion of liability by the employer for the injury or injuries to the
employee. The board, upon receipt of a notice of temporary payment of
compensation, shall send a notice to the injured employee stating that:
(a) the board has received a notice of temporary payment of compen-
sation relating to such injured employee;
(b) the payment of temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine and the injured employee's accept-
ance of such temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE,
INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall not be an admission of liability by
the employer, nor prejudice the claim of the injured employee;
(c) the payment of temporary compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine shall terminate on the elapse of:
one year, or the employer's contesting of the injured employee's claim
for compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed
medicine, or the board determination of the injured employee's claim,
whichever is first; and
(d) the injured employee may be required to enter into an agreement
with the employer to ensure the continuation of payments of temporary
compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medi-
cine.
3. An employer may cease making temporary payments of compensation and
MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine if such
employer delivers within five days after the last payment, to the
injured employee and the board, a notice of termination of temporary
payments of compensation on a form prescribed by the board. Such notice
shall inform the injured employee that the employer is ceasing temporary
payment of compensation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING
prescribed medicine. Upon the cessation of temporary payments of compen-
sation and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine,
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all parties to any action pursuant to this chapter shall retain all
rights, defenses and obligations they would otherwise have pursuant to
this chapter without regard for the temporary payment of compensation
and MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE, INCLUDING prescribed medicine.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
PART DD
Intentionally Omitted
PART EE
Section 1. The state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
loan money in accordance with the provisions set forth in subdivision 5
of section 4 of the state finance law to the following funds and/or
accounts:
1. DOL-Child performer protection account (20401).
2. Local government records management account (20501).
3. Child health plus program account (20810).
4. EPIC premium account (20818).
5. Education - New (20901).
6. VLT - Sound basic education fund (20904).
7. Sewage treatment program management and administration fund
(21000).
8. Hazardous bulk storage account (21061).
9. Utility environmental regulatory account (21064).
10. Federal grants indirect cost recovery account (21065).
11. Low level radioactive waste account (21066).
12. Recreation account (21067).
13. Public safety recovery account (21077).
14. Environmental regulatory account (21081).
15. Natural resource account (21082).
16. Mined land reclamation program account (21084).
17. Great lakes restoration initiative account (21087).
18. Environmental protection and oil spill compensation fund (21200).
19. Public transportation systems account (21401).
20. Metropolitan mass transportation (21402).
21. Operating permit program account (21451).
22. Mobile source account (21452).
23. Statewide planning and research cooperative system account
(21902).
24. New York state thruway authority account (21905).
25. Financial control board account (21911).
26. Regulation of racing account (21912).
27. State university dormitory income reimbursable account (21937).
28. Criminal justice improvement account (21945).
29. Environmental laboratory reference fee account (21959).
30. Training, management and evaluation account (21961).
31. Clinical laboratory reference system assessment account (21962).
32. Indirect cost recovery account (21978).
33. Multi-agency training account (21989).
34. Bell jar collection account (22003).
35. Industry and utility service account (22004).
36. Real property disposition account (22006).
37. Parking account (22007).
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38. Courts special grants (22008).
39. Asbestos safety training program account (22009).
40. Batavia school for the blind account (22032).
41. Investment services account (22034).
42. Surplus property account (22036).
43. Financial oversight account (22039).
44. Regulation of Indian gaming account (22046).
45. Rome school for the deaf account (22053).
46. Seized assets account (22054).
47. Administrative adjudication account (22055).
48. New York City assessment account (22062).
49. Cultural education account (22063).
50. Local services account (22078).
51. DHCR mortgage servicing account (22085).
52. Housing indirect cost recovery account (22090).
53. Voting Machine Examinations account (22099).
54. DHCR-HCA application fee account (22100).
55. Low income housing monitoring account (22130).
56. Restitution account (22134).
57. Corporation administration account (22135).
58. New York State Home for Veterans in the Lower-Hudson Valley
account (22144).
59. Deferred compensation administration account (22151).
60. Rent revenue other New York City account (22156).
61. Rent revenue account (22158).
62. Transportation aviation account (22165).
63. Tax revenue arrearage account (22168).
64. New York State Campaign Finance Fund account (22211).
65. New York state medical indemnity fund account (22240).
66. Behavioral health parity compliance fund (22246).
67. Pharmacy benefit manager regulatory fund (22255).
68. Virtual currency assessments account (22262).
69. State university general income offset account (22654).
70. Lake George park trust fund account (22751).
71. Highway safety program account (23001).
72. DOH drinking water program account (23102).
73. NYCCC operating offset account (23151).
74. Commercial gaming revenue account (23701).
75. Commercial gaming regulation account (23702).
76. Highway use tax administration account (23801).
77. New York state secure choice administrative account (23806).
78. New York state cannabis revenue fund (24800).
79. Cannabis education account (24801).
80. Fantasy sports administration account (24951).
81. Mobile sports wagering fund (24955).
82. Highway and bridge capital account (30051).
83. State university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100).
84. State parks infrastructure account (30351).
85. Clean water/clean air implementation fund (30500).
86. Hazardous waste remedial cleanup account (31506).
87. Youth facilities improvement account (31701).
88. Housing assistance fund (31800).
89. Housing program fund (31850).
90. Highway facility purpose account (31951).
91. New York racing account (32213).
92. Capital miscellaneous gifts account (32214).
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93. Information technology capital financing account (32215).
94. New York environmental protection and spill remediation account
(32219).
95. Department of financial services IT modernization capital account
(32230).
96. Mental hygiene facilities capital improvement fund (32300).
97. Correctional facilities capital improvement fund (32350).
98. New York State Storm Recovery Capital Fund (33000).
99. OGS convention center account (50318).
100. Empire Plaza Gift Shop (50327).
101. Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund, Interest Assessment Account
(50651).
102. Centralized services fund (55000).
103. Archives records management account (55052).
104. Federal single audit account (55053).
105. Civil service administration account (55055).
106. Civil service EHS occupational health program account (55056).
107. Banking services account (55057).
108. Cultural resources survey account (55058).
109. Neighborhood work project account (55059).
110. Automation & printing chargeback account (55060).
111. OFT NYT account (55061).
112. Data center account (55062).
113. Intrusion detection account (55066).
114. Domestic violence grant account (55067).
115. Centralized technology services account (55069).
116. Labor contact center account (55071).
117. Human services contact center account (55072).
118. Tax contact center account (55073).
119. Department of law civil recoveries account (55074).
120. Executive direction internal audit account (55251).
121. CIO Information technology centralized services account (55252).
122. Health insurance internal service account (55300).
123. Civil service employee benefits division administrative account
(55301).
124. Correctional industries revolving fund (55350).
125. Employees health insurance account (60201).
126. Medicaid management information system escrow fund (60900).
127. Animal shelter regulation account.
128. Climate initiative account.
129. Employers Assessment account.
§ 2. The state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to loan
money in accordance with the provisions set forth in subdivision 5 of
section 4 of the state finance law to any account within the following
federal funds, provided the comptroller has made a determination that
sufficient federal grant award authority is available to reimburse such
loans:
1. Federal USDA-food and nutrition services fund (25000).
2. Federal health and human services fund (25100).
3. Federal education fund (25200).
4. Federal block grant fund (25250).
5. Federal miscellaneous operating grants fund (25300).
6. Federal unemployment insurance administration fund (25900).
7. Federal unemployment insurance occupational training fund (25950).
8. Federal emergency employment act fund (26000).
9. Federal capital projects fund (31350).
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§ 3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, on
or before March 31, 2026, up to the unencumbered balance or the follow-
ing amounts:
Economic Development and Public Authorities:
1. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, underground facilities safety training account
(22172), to the general fund.
2. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, business and licensing services account (21977),
to the general fund.
3. $19,810,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, code
enforcement account (21904), to the general fund.
4. $3,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, tax revenue arrearage account (22168).
Education:
1. $2,590,856,000 from the general fund to the state lottery fund,
education account (20901), as reimbursement for disbursements made from
such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of
the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposited in
such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law.
2. $1,135,000,000 from the general fund to the state lottery fund, VLT
education account (20904), as reimbursement for disbursements made from
such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of
the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposited in
such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law.
3. $132,800,000 from the general fund to the New York state commercial
gaming fund, commercial gaming revenue account (23701), as reimbursement
for disbursements made from such fund for supplemental aid to education
pursuant to section 97-nnnn of the state finance law that are in excess
of the amounts deposited in such fund for purposes pursuant to section
1352 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
4. $1,418,000,000 from the general fund to the mobile sports wagering
fund, education account (24955), as reimbursement for disbursements made
from such fund for supplemental aid to education pursuant to section
92-c of the state finance law that are in excess of the amounts deposit-
ed in such fund for such purposes pursuant to section 1367 of the
racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
5. $5,000,000 from the interactive fantasy sports fund, fantasy sports
education account (24950), to the state lottery fund, education account
(20901), as reimbursement for disbursements made from such fund for
supplemental aid to education pursuant to section 92-c of the state
finance law.
6. $4,856,000 from the cannabis revenue fund cannabis education
account (24801), to the state lottery fund, education account (20901),
as reimbursement for disbursements made from such fund for supplemental
aid to education pursuant to section 99-ii of the state finance law.
7. An amount up to the unencumbered balance in the fund on March 31,
2025 from the charitable gifts trust fund, elementary and secondary
education account (24901), to the general fund, for payment of general
support for public schools pursuant to section 3609-a of the education
law.
8. Moneys from the state lottery fund (20900) up to an amount deposit-
ed in such fund pursuant to section 1612 of the tax law in excess of the
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current year appropriation for supplemental aid to education pursuant to
section 92-c of the state finance law.
9. $300,000 from the New York state local government records manage-
ment improvement fund, local government records management account
(20501), to the New York state archives partnership trust fund, archives
partnership trust maintenance account (20351).
10. $900,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, Batavia school for the blind account (22032).
11. $900,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, Rome school for the deaf account (22053).
12. $343,400,000 from the state university dormitory income fund
(40350) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state university
dormitory income reimbursable account (21937).
13. Intentionally omitted.
14. $24,000,000 from any of the state education department's special
revenue and internal service funds to the miscellaneous special revenue
fund, indirect cost recovery account (21978).
15. $4,200,000 from any of the state education department's special
revenue or internal service funds to the capital projects fund (30000).
16. $30,013,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, HESC-insurance premium payments account (21960).
17. Intentionally omitted.
18. $25,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous capital
projects fund, state university of New York green energy loan fund.
Environmental Affairs:
1. $16,000,000 from any of the department of environmental conserva-
tion's special revenue federal funds, and/or federal capital funds, to
the environmental conservation special revenue fund, federal indirect
recovery account (21065).
2. $5,000,000 from any of the department of environmental conserva-
tion's special revenue federal funds, and/or federal capital funds, to
the conservation fund (21150) or Marine Resources Account (21151) as
necessary to avoid diversion of conservation funds.
3. $3,000,000 from any of the office of parks, recreation and historic
preservation capital projects federal funds and special revenue federal
funds to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, federal grant indirect
cost recovery account (22188).
4. $191,400,000 from the general fund to the environmental protection
fund, environmental protection fund transfer account (30451).
5. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the hazardous waste remedial
fund, hazardous waste cleanup account (31506).
6. An amount up to or equal to the cash balance within the special
revenue-other waste management & cleanup account (21053) to the capital
projects fund (30000) for services and capital expenses related to the
management and cleanup program as put forth in section 27-1915 of the
environmental conservation law.
7. $1,800,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, public
service account (22011) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, util-
ity environmental regulatory account (21064).
8. $7,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, state fair
account (50051).
9. $3,000,000 from the waste management & cleanup account (21053) to
the general fund.
10. $3,000,000 from the waste management & cleanup account (21053) to
the environmental protection fund transfer account (30451).
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11. $14,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, patron services account (22163).
12. $15,000,000 from the enterprise fund, golf account (50332) to the
state park infrastructure fund, state park infrastructure account
(30351).
13. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the environmental protection
and oil spill compensation fund (21203).
14. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, golf
account (50332).
Family Assistance:
1. $7,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, or department of health
special revenue federal funds and the general fund, in accordance with
agreements with social services districts, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, office of human resources development state match account
(21967).
2. $4,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
or office of temporary and disability assistance special revenue federal
funds to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, family preservation and
support services and family violence services account (22082).
3. $18,670,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, or department of health
special revenue federal funds and any other miscellaneous revenues
generated from the operation of office of children and family services
programs to the general fund.
4. $205,000,000 from any of the office of temporary and disability
assistance or department of health special revenue funds to the general
fund.
5. $2,500,000 from any of the office of temporary and disability
assistance special revenue funds to the miscellaneous special revenue
fund, office of temporary and disability assistance program account
(21980).
6. $35,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services,
office of temporary and disability assistance, department of labor, and
department of health special revenue federal funds to the office of
children and family services miscellaneous special revenue fund, multi-
agency training contract account (21989).
7. $205,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, youth
facility per diem account (22186), to the general fund.
8. $788,000 from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants, and
bequests fund, WB Hoyt Memorial account (20128).
9. $5,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
central registry (22028), to the general fund.
10. $900,000 from the general fund to the Veterans' Remembrance and
Cemetery Maintenance and Operation account (20201).
11. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the housing program fund
(31850).
12. $15,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
special revenue federal funds to the office of court administration
special revenue other federal iv-e funds account.
13. $10,000,000 from any of the office of children and family services
special revenue federal funds to the office of indigent legal services
special revenue other federal iv-e funds account.
General Government:
1. $9,000,000 from the general fund to the health insurance revolving
fund (55300).
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2. $292,400,000 from the health insurance reserve receipts fund
(60550) to the general fund.
3. $150,000 from the general fund to the not-for-profit revolving loan
fund (20650).
4. $150,000 from the not-for-profit revolving loan fund (20650) to the
general fund.
5. $3,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, surplus
property account (22036), to the general fund.
6. $19,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, revenue
arrearage account (22024), to the general fund.
7. $3,828,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, revenue
arrearage account (22024), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
authority budget office account (22138).
8. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, parking
account (22007), to the general fund, for the purpose of reimbursing the
costs of debt service related to state parking facilities.
9. $11,460,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, central technology services account (55069), for the purpose of
enterprise technology projects.
10. $10,000,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, state data center account (55062).
11. $12,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, parking
account (22007), to the centralized services, building support services
account (55018).
12. $33,000,000 from the general fund to the internal service fund,
business services center account (55022).
13. $9,500,000 from the general fund to the internal service fund,
building support services account (55018).
14. $1,500,000 from the combined expendable trust fund, plaza special
events account (20120), to the general fund.
15. $50,000,000 from the New York State cannabis revenue fund (24800)
to the general fund.
16. A transfer from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York State Campaign Finance Fund Account (22211), up
to an amount equal to total reimbursements due to qualified candidates.
17. $6,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, standards
and purchasing account (22019), to the general fund.
18. $12,400,000 from the banking department special revenue fund
(21970) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
19. $12,400,000 from the insurance department special revenue fund
(21994) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
20. $1,550,000 from the pharmacy benefits bureau special revenue fund
(22255) funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized
by section 206 of the financial services law, to the IT Modernization
Capital Fund.
21. $4,650,000 from the virtual currency special revenue fund (22262)
funded by the assessment to defray operating expenses authorized by
section 206 of the financial services law, to the IT Modernization Capi-
tal Fund.
Health:
1. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, breast cancer research and education account (20155), up
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to an amount equal to the monies collected and deposited into that
account in the previous fiscal year.
2. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, prostate cancer research, detection, and education
account (20183), up to an amount equal to the moneys collected and
deposited into that account in the previous fiscal year.
3. A transfer from the general fund to the combined gifts, grants and
bequests fund, Alzheimer's disease research and assistance account
(20143), up to an amount equal to the moneys collected and deposited
into that account in the previous fiscal year.
4. $3,600,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, certificate
of need account (21920), to the miscellaneous capital projects fund,
healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
5. $4,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, vital
health records account (22103), to the miscellaneous capital projects
fund, healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
6. $6,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, profes-
sional medical conduct account (22088), to the miscellaneous capital
projects fund, healthcare IT capital subfund (32216).
7. $127,000,000 from the HCRA resources fund (20800) to the capital
projects fund (30000).
8. $6,550,000 from the general fund to the medical cannabis trust
fund, health operation and oversight account (23755).
9. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the charitable gifts
trust fund, health charitable account (24900), to the general fund, for
payment of general support for primary, preventive, and inpatient health
care, dental and vision care, hunger prevention and nutritional assist-
ance, and other services for New York state residents with the overall
goal of ensuring that New York state residents have access to quality
health care and other related services.
10. $500,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
State cannabis revenue fund (24800), to the miscellaneous special reven-
ue fund, environmental laboratory fee account (21959).
11. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the public health
emergency charitable gifts trust fund (23816), to the general fund, for
payment of goods and services necessary to respond to a public health
disaster emergency or to assist or aid in responding to such a disaster.
12. $1,000,000,000 from the general fund to the health care transfor-
mation fund (24850).
13. $2,590,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, patient
safety center account (22139), to the general fund.
14. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, nursing
home receivership account (21925), to the general fund.
15. $130,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, quality of
care account (21915), to the general fund.
16. $2,200,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, adult home
quality enhancement account (22091), to the general fund.
17. $17,283,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, helen hayes hospital account (22140).
18. $3,672,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York city veterans' home account (22141).
19. $2,731,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York state home for veterans' and their dependents at
oxford account (22142).
20. $1,455,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, western New York veterans' home account (22143).
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21. $4,683,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, New York state for veterans in the lower-hudson valley
account (22144).
22. $350,000,000 from the general fund, to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, healthcare stability fund account (22267).
23. $20,000,000 from the general fund to the occupational health clin-
ics account (22177).
24. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans home
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York city veterans' home account (22141).
25. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans home
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York state home for veterans' and their dependents at oxford account
(22142).
26. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
western New York veterans' home account (22143).
27. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
New York state for veterans in the lower-Hudson valley account (22144).
28. $88,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, veterans
assistance account (20208), to the state university income fund, Long
Island Veterans' Home Account (22652).
29. $120,000,000 from the health care reimbursement account (20807) to
the medical indemnity fund account (22240).
Labor:
1. $600,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL fee and
penalty account (21923), to the child performer's protection fund, child
performer protection account (20401).
2. $11,700,000 from the unemployment insurance interest and penalty
fund, unemployment insurance special interest and penalty account
(23601), to the general fund.
3. $50,000,000 from the DOL fee and penalty account (21923), unemploy-
ment insurance special interest and penalty account (23601), and public
work enforcement account (21998), to the general fund.
4. $850,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, DOL elevator
safety program fund (22252) to the miscellaneous special revenue fund,
DOL fee and penalty account (21923).
5. $22,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Interest
and Penalty Account (23601), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Training and Education Account
(21251).
6. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Public Work
Enforcement account (21998), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupation Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Training and Education Account
(21251).
7. $250,000,000 from the general fund to the enterprise fund, unem-
ployment insurance benefit fund, interest assessment account (50651).
8. $4,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, Public Work
Enforcement account (21998), to the Training and Education Program on
Occupational Safety and Health Fund, OSHA Inspection Account (21252).
Mental Hygiene:
1. $2,000,000 from the general fund, to the mental hygiene facilities
capital improvement fund (32300).
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2. $20,000,000 from the opioid settlement fund (23817) to the miscel-
laneous capital projects fund, opioid settlement capital account
(32200).
3. $20,000,000 from the miscellaneous capital projects fund, opioid
settlement capital account (32200) to the opioid settlement fund
(23817).
Public Protection:
1. $2,587,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, recruitment incentive account (22171).
2. $23,773,000 from the general fund to the correctional industries
revolving fund, correctional industries internal service account
(55350).
3. $2,000,000,000 from any of the division of homeland security and
emergency services special revenue federal funds to the general fund.
4. $115,420,000 from the state police motor vehicle law enforcement
and motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention fund, state
police motor vehicle enforcement account (22802), to the general fund
for state operation expenses of the division of state police.
5. $138,272,000 from the general fund to the correctional facilities
capital improvement fund (32350).
6. $5,000,000 from the general fund to the dedicated highway and
bridge trust fund (30050) for the purpose of work zone safety activities
provided by the division of state police for the department of transpor-
tation.
7. $10,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, statewide
public safety communications account (22123), to the capital projects
fund (30000).
8. $9,830,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, legal
services assistance account (22096), to the general fund.
9. $1,000,000 from the general fund to the agencies internal service
fund, neighborhood work project account (55059).
10. $7,980,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, finger-
print identification & technology account (21950), to the general fund.
11. $1,100,000 from the state police motor vehicle law enforcement and
motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention fund, motor vehicle
theft and insurance fraud account (22801), to the general fund.
12. $38,938,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, criminal justice improvement account (21945).
13. $6,000,000 from the general fund to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, hazard mitigation revolving loan account (22266).
14. Intentionally omitted.
Transportation:
1. $20,000,000 from the general fund to the mass transportation oper-
ating assistance fund, public transportation systems operating assist-
ance account (21401), of which $12,000,000 constitutes the base need for
operations.
2. $727,500,000 from the general fund to the dedicated highway and
bridge trust fund (30050).
3. $244,250,000 from the general fund to the MTA financial assistance
fund, mobility tax trust account (23651).
4. $477,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, traffic adju-
dication account (22055), to the general fund.
5. $5,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, transporta-
tion regulation account (22067) to the general fund, for disbursements
made from such fund for motor carrier safety that are in excess of the
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amounts deposited in the general fund for such purpose pursuant to
section 94 of the transportation law.
Miscellaneous:
1. $250,000,000 from the general fund to any funds or accounts for the
purpose of reimbursing certain outstanding accounts receivable balances.
2. $500,000,000 from the general fund to the debt reduction reserve
fund (40000).
3. $450,000,000 from the New York state storm recovery capital fund
(33000) to the revenue bond tax fund (40152).
4. $15,500,000 from the general fund, community projects account GG
(10256), to the general fund, state purposes account (10050).
5. $100,000,000 from any special revenue federal fund to the general
fund, state purposes account (10050).
6. An amount up to the unencumbered balance from the special revenue
federal fund, ARPA-Fiscal Recovery Fund (25546) to the general fund.
7. $1,000,000,000 from the general fund to the hazardous waste cleanup
account (31506), State parks infrastructure account (30351), environ-
mental protection fund transfer account (30451), the correctional facil-
ities capital improvement fund (32350), housing program fund (31850), or
the Mental hygiene facilities capital improvement fund (32300), up to an
amount equal to certain outstanding accounts receivable balances.
§ 4. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, on or before March 31, 2026:
1. Upon request of the commissioner of environmental conservation, up
to $12,745,400 from revenues credited to any of the department of envi-
ronmental conservation special revenue funds, including $4,000,000 from
the environmental protection and oil spill compensation fund (21200),
and $1,834,600 from the conservation fund (21150), to the environmental
conservation special revenue fund, indirect charges account (21060).
2. Upon request of the commissioner of agriculture and markets, up to
$3,000,000 from any special revenue fund or enterprise fund within the
department of agriculture and markets to the general fund, to pay appro-
priate administrative expenses.
3. Upon request of the commissioner of the division of housing and
community renewal, up to $6,221,000 from revenues credited to any divi-
sion of housing and community renewal federal or miscellaneous special
revenue fund to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, housing indirect
cost recovery account (22090).
4. Upon request of the commissioner of the division of housing and
community renewal, up to $5,500,000 may be transferred from any miscel-
laneous special revenue fund account, to any miscellaneous special
revenue fund.
5. Upon request of the commissioner of health up to $13,694,000 from
revenues credited to any of the department of health's special revenue
funds, to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, administration account
(21982).
6. Upon the request of the attorney general, up to $5,000,000 from
revenues credited to the federal health and human services fund, federal
health and human services account (25117) or the miscellaneous special
revenue fund, recoveries and revenue account (22041), to the miscella-
neous special revenue fund, litigation settlement and civil recovery
account (22117).
§ 5. On or before March 31, 2026, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to deposit earnings that would otherwise accrue to the
general fund that are attributable to the operation of section 98-a of
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the state finance law, to the agencies internal service fund, banking
services account (55057), for the purpose of meeting direct payments
from such account.
§ 6. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget and
upon consultation with the state university chancellor or their desig-
nee, on or before March 31, 2026, up to $16,000,000 from the state
university income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state
general fund for debt service costs related to campus supported capital
project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program at the
University at Buffalo.
§ 7. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget and
upon consultation with the state university chancellor or their desig-
nee, on or before March 31, 2026, up to $6,500,000 from the state
university income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state
general fund for debt service costs related to campus supported capital
project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program at the
University at Albany.
§ 8. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state university
chancellor or their designee is authorized and directed to transfer
estimated tuition revenue balances from the state university collection
fund (61000) to the state university income fund, state university
general revenue offset account (22655) on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 8-a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, a
total of up to $100,000,000 from the general fund to the state universi-
ty income fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655)
and/or the state university income fund, state university hospitals
income reimbursable account (22656) during the period July 1, 2025
through June 30, 2026 to pay costs attributable to the state university
health science center at Brooklyn and/or the state university of New
York hospital at Brooklyn, respectively, pursuant to a plan approved by
the director of the budget.
§ 9. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, up
to $1,513,098,500 from the general fund to the state university income
fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655) during the
period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 to support operations at
the state university.
§ 10. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the budget, up
to $55,848,000 from the general fund to the state university income
fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655) during the
period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 for general fund operating
support pursuant to subparagraph (4-b) of paragraph h of subdivision 2
of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law.
§ 11. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of
the director of the budget and the chancellor of the state university of
New York or their designee, and in accordance with section 4 of the
state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
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transfer monies from any special revenue fund of the state university of
New York to the state university of New York green energy loan fund for
the discrete purposes of the state university of New York green energy
loan fund and from the state university of New York green energy loan
fund to any special revenue fund of the state university of New York to
support such activity in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 from each
fund for the time period of July 1 to June 30 annually.
§ 12. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, upon request of the state university chancel-
lor or their designee, up to $55,000,000 from the state university
income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account
(22656), for services and expenses of hospital operations and capital
expenditures at the state university hospitals; and the state university
income fund, Long Island veterans' home account (22652) to the state
university capital projects fund (32400) on or before June 30, 2026.
§ 13. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller, after consultation
with the state university chancellor or their designee, is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer moneys, in the first instance, from
the state university collection fund, Stony Brook hospital collection
account (61006), Brooklyn hospital collection account (61007), and Syra-
cuse hospital collection account (61008) to the state university income
fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) in
the event insufficient funds are available in the state university
income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account
(22656) to permit the full transfer of moneys authorized for transfer,
to the general fund for payment of debt service related to the SUNY
hospitals. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
also hereby authorized and directed, after consultation with the state
university chancellor or their designee, to transfer moneys from the
state university income fund to the state university income fund, state
university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) in the event
insufficient funds are available in the state university income fund,
state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to pay
hospital operating costs or to permit the full transfer of moneys
authorized for transfer, to the general fund for payment of debt service
related to the SUNY hospitals on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 14. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of
the director of the budget and the chancellor of the state university of
New York or their designee, and in accordance with section 4 of the
state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
transfer monies from the state university dormitory income fund (40350)
to the state university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100), and
from the state university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100) to
the state university dormitory income fund (40350), in an amount not to
exceed $125 million from each fund.
§ 15. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $1,000,000,000 from the unencumbered balance of any special reven-
ue fund or account, agency fund or account, internal service fund or
account, enterprise fund or account, or any combination of such funds
and accounts, to the general fund. The amounts transferred pursuant to
this authorization shall be in addition to any other transfers expressly
authorized in the 2025-26 budget. Transfers from federal funds, debt
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service funds, capital projects funds, the community projects fund, or
funds that would result in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits
or federal funds pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assent-
ed to in chapter 683 of the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of
1951 are not permitted pursuant to this authorization.
§ 16. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $100 million from any non-general fund or account, or combination
of funds and accounts, to the miscellaneous special revenue fund, tech-
nology financing account (22207), the miscellaneous capital projects
fund, the federal capital projects account (31350), information technol-
ogy capital financing account (32215), or the centralized technology
services account (55069), for the purpose of consolidating technology
procurement and services. The amounts transferred to the miscellaneous
special revenue fund, technology financing account (22207) pursuant to
this authorization shall be equal to or less than the amount of such
monies intended to support information technology costs which are
attributable, according to a plan, to such account made in pursuance to
an appropriation by law. Transfers to the technology financing account
shall be completed from amounts collected by non-general funds or
accounts pursuant to a fund deposit schedule or permanent statute, and
shall be transferred to the technology financing account pursuant to a
schedule agreed upon by the affected agency commissioner. Transfers from
funds that would result in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits
or federal funds pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assent-
ed to in chapter 683 of the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of
1951 are not permitted pursuant to this authorization.
§ 17. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with
section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer, at the request of the director of the budget,
up to $400 million from any non-general fund or account, or combination
of funds and accounts, to the general fund for the purpose of consol-
idating technology procurement and services. The amounts transferred
pursuant to this authorization shall be equal to or less than the amount
of such monies intended to support information technology costs which
are attributable, according to a plan, to such account made in pursuance
to an appropriation by law. Transfers to the general fund shall be
completed from amounts collected by non-general funds or accounts pursu-
ant to a fund deposit schedule. Transfers from funds that would result
in the loss of eligibility for federal benefits or federal funds pursu-
ant to federal law, rule, or regulation as assented to in chapter 683 of
the laws of 1938 and chapter 700 of the laws of 1951 are not permitted
pursuant to this authorization.
§ 18. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as deemed
feasible and advisable by its trustees, the power authority of the state
of New York is authorized and directed to transfer to the state treasury
to the credit of the general fund up to $10,000,000 for the state fiscal
year commencing April 1, 2025, the proceeds of which will be utilized to
support energy-related state activities.
§ 19. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as deemed
feasible and advisable by its trustees, the power authority of the state
of New York is authorized to transfer to the state treasury to the cred-
it of the general fund up to $25,000,000 for the state fiscal year
commencing April 1, 2025, the proceeds of which will be utilized to
support programs established or implemented by or within the department
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of labor, including but not limited to the office of just energy transi-
tion and programs for workforce training and retraining, to prepare
workers for employment for work in the renewable energy field.
§ 20. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the New York state energy research and development authority
is authorized and directed to contribute $913,000 to the state treasury
to the credit of the general fund on or before March 31, 2026.
§ 21. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the New York state energy research and development authority
is authorized and directed to transfer five million dollars to the cred-
it of the Environmental Protection Fund on or before March 31, 2026 from
proceeds collected by the authority from the auction or sale of carbon
dioxide emission allowances allocated by the department of environmental
conservation.
§ 22. Section 56 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, amend-
ing the state finance law and other laws relating to providing for the
administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2023-2024
budget, authorizing certain payments and transfers, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 56. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided,
however, that the provisions of sections one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, [twenty-three,] and twenty-
four of this act shall expire March 31, 2025; and provided, further,
that sections twenty-five and twenty-six of this act shall expire March
31, 2027, when upon such dates the provisions of such sections shall be
deemed repealed.
§ 23. Subdivision 5 of section 97-rrr of the state finance law, as
amended by section 23 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred seventy-one-a
of the tax law, as separately amended by chapters four hundred eighty-
one and four hundred eighty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred eight-
y-one, and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter ninety-four of the
laws of two thousand eleven, or any other provisions of law to the
contrary, during the fiscal year beginning April first, two thousand
[twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE, the state comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to deposit to the fund created pursuant to this section
from amounts collected pursuant to article twenty-two of the tax law and
pursuant to a schedule submitted by the director of the budget, up to
[$1,575,393,000] $1,396,911,000 as may be certified in such schedule as
necessary to meet the purposes of such fund for the fiscal year begin-
ning April first, two thousand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE.
§ 24. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 93-b of the
state finance law, as amended by section 23 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, commenc-
ing on April first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-FIVE, and continu-
ing through March thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-five] TWENTY-NINE,
the comptroller is hereby authorized to transfer monies from the dedi-
cated infrastructure investment fund to the general fund, and from the
general fund to the dedicated infrastructure investment fund, in an
amount determined by the director of the budget to the extent moneys are
available in the fund; provided, however, that the comptroller is only
authorized to transfer monies from the dedicated infrastructure invest-
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ment fund to the general fund in the event of an economic downturn as
described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; and/or to fulfill disal-
lowances and/or settlements related to over-payments of federal medicare
and medicaid revenues in excess of one hundred million dollars from
anticipated levels, as determined by the director of the budget and
described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
§ 25. Intentionally omitted.
§ 26. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of the director
of the budget, on or before March 31, 2026, the following amounts from
the following special revenue accounts to the capital projects fund
(30000), for the purposes of reimbursement to such fund for expenses
related to the maintenance and preservation of state assets:
1. $43,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, administrative
program account (21982).
2. $1,583,110 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, helen hayes
hospital account (22140).
3. $488,220 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York city
veterans' home account (22141).
4. $610,790 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
state home for veterans' and their dependents at oxford account (22142).
5. $182,310 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, western New
York veterans' home account (22143).
6. $422,524 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, New York
state for veterans in the lower-hudson valley account (22144).
7. $2,550,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, patron
services account (22163).
8. $11,909,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653).
9. $182,988,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university revenue offset account (22655).
10. $55,103,000 from the state university dormitory income fund, state
university dormitory income fund (40350).
11. $1,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, litigation
settlement and civil recovery account (22117).
§ 27. Intentionally omitted.
§ 28. Section 22 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 762
of the laws of 1992, subdivisions 1-c, 14, 15 and 16 as added and para-
graphs d-2, e, e-2 and i of subdivision 3 and subdivision 4 as amended
by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, paragraphs a-1, a-2 and a-3 of subdi-
vision 3 as added by chapter 10 of the laws of 2006, paragraph j of
subdivision 3 as added by chapter 453 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 9
as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of 1993 and subdivisions 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 as renumbered by section 2 of part F of chapter
389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
§ 22. The budget; contents. The budget submitted annually by the
governor to the legislature, in accordance with article seven of the
constitution, in addition to the information required by the constitu-
tion to be set forth therein, shall:
1. include a summary financial plan showing for each of the govern-
mental fund types: (a) the disbursements estimated to be made before the
close of the current fiscal year and the moneys estimated to be avail-
able from receipts and other sources therefor; and (b) the disbursements
proposed to be made during the ensuing fiscal year, and the moneys esti-
mated to be available from receipts and other sources therefor inclusive
of any receipts which are expected to result from proposed legislation
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which [he] THE GOVERNOR deems necessary to provide receipts sufficient
to meet such proposed disbursements. For the purposes of this summary
financial plan, disbursements shall be presented by the following
purposes: state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt
service, and general state charges; receipts shall be presented for each
fund type by each revenue source which accounts for at least one per
centum of all such receipts and otherwise by categories of revenue
sources; receipts and disbursements for special revenue funds shall be
presented separately for federal funds and all other special revenue
funds. Whenever receipts or disbursements are proposed to be moved to a
different fund type, each significant amount so moved shall be identi-
fied.
1-a. within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with subdivision one of this section, the direc-
tor of the budget shall submit to the chairs of the senate finance and
the assembly ways and means committees and the comptroller summary
financial plans of receipts and disbursements for the internal service,
enterprise, and fiduciary fund types.
1-b. within ten days of the submission of the financial plan for the
special revenue fund type, the director of the budget shall submit to
the chairs of the senate finance and assembly ways and means committees
a schedule of receipts and disbursements by account within each special
revenue fund, excluding those which are financed primarily by federal
grants.
1-c. within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with subdivision one of this section, the direc-
tor of the budget shall submit to the chairs of the senate finance and
the assembly ways and means committees and the comptroller an estimate
of the fiscal impact of the executive budget general fund changes on
local governments and, where practicable, the fiscal impact on local
governments of the executive budget all fund changes concerning the
medicaid program, homeland security program, and workforce investment
programs. Such estimate shall be presented by class of local government
and shall measure all of the impacts of the executive budget, including
aid program changes, reimbursement changes, statutory changes in author-
izations for local taxation, mandates on local governments and other
requirements. Such estimate shall show the impact on local governments
by local fiscal years affected and shall cover the first local fiscal
year affected as well as the ensuing local fiscal year. Where such
estimate depends on any local option or action, the estimate shall
explicitly describe the assumptions used to calculate the estimate. When
under existing law a local tax option or program would end and the exec-
utive budget proposes the continuation thereof, the impact shall be
identified as a "deferral of sunset" and shall be calculated as a sepa-
rate component of such estimate.
2. [include a summary financial plan showing for each of the govern-
mental fund types: (a) all of the expenditures estimated to be made, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, before the
close of the current fiscal year and all of the expenditures proposed to
be made, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
during the ensuing fiscal year; and (b) all of the revenues estimated to
accrue, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
before the close of the current fiscal year and during the ensuing
fiscal year inclusive of any revenues which are expected to result from
the proposed legislation which he deems necessary to provide receipts
sufficient to meet proposed disbursements. For the purposes of this
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summary financial plan, expenditures shall be presented by the following
purposes: state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt
service, and general state charges; and revenues shall be presented by
each revenue source which accounts for at least one per centum of all
such revenues and otherwise by categories of revenue sources.
3.] show for each fund type (unless otherwise specified) in a form
suitable for comparison:
a. The appropriations, including reappropriations, made for the
current fiscal year, the appropriations and reappropriations recommended
for the ensuing fiscal year, the disbursements estimated to be made
before the close of the current fiscal year and proposed to be made
during the ensuing fiscal year based upon available and recommended
appropriations and reappropriations. Disbursements proposed to be made
shall be shown in separate parts as follows: those disbursements
proposed to be made for state purposes shall be set forth in one part,
those disbursements proposed to be made for local assistance shall be
set forth in another separate and distinct part, those disbursements
proposed to be made for capital projects shall be set forth in a third
separate and distinct part and those disbursements proposed to be made
for debt service shall be set forth in a fourth separate and distinct
part. The effect of any proposed changes in the payment dates of partic-
ular disbursements on the financial plan presented in accordance with
subdivision one of this section shall be set forth separately.
a-1. For each state agency, the appropriations, including reappropri-
ations, made for the current fiscal year and recommended for the ensuing
fiscal year for contracts for services made for state purposes.
a-2. For each state agency, the disbursements estimated to be made
before the close of the current fiscal year and proposed to be made
during the ensuing fiscal year for contracts for services made for state
purposes.
a-3. For each state agency, the estimated number of employees hired
for the current fiscal year and anticipated to be hired during the ensu-
ing fiscal year pursuant to contracts for services made for state
purposes based upon annual employment reports submitted by contractors
pursuant to section one hundred sixty-three of this chapter.
b. In separate sections for each fund type, the receipts actually had
and received during the preceding fiscal year, the receipts estimated to
be available and received during the current and ensuing fiscal years
respectively listed by each major source, including statistical and
summary tables and a narrative which includes a discussion of the
assumptions used in estimating such receipts. The effect of any proposed
changes in the rates, bases, payment dates or other aspects of partic-
ular sources of receipts on the financial plan presented in accordance
with subdivision one of this section shall be set forth separately and
the assumptions used in calculating such effect. Whenever a new fee or a
new financing mechanism is proposed, a schedule of the new fee or
financing mechanism shall be included for purposes of showing the effect
of the new fee or financing mechanism on the financial plan.
c. [The expenditures estimated to be made in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles before the close of the current fiscal
year and proposed to be made in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles during the ensuing fiscal year. Expenditures esti-
mated and proposed to be made shall be shown in separate parts as
follows: those expenditures for state purposes shall be set forth in one
part, those expenditures for local assistance shall be set forth in
another separate and distinct part, those expenditures for capital
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projects shall be set forth in a third separate and distinct part, and
those expenditures for debt service shall be set forth in a fourth sepa-
rate and distinct part.
d. The revenues actually accrued in the preceding fiscal year, the
revenues estimated to accrue during current and ensuing fiscal years
respectively. Revenues from each tax shall be shown both in total and
net of refunds.
d-1. A schedule for the general fund showing the differences between
projected operating results on a cash basis and those on the basis of
generally accepted accounting principles.
d-2.] Within ten days following the submission of the financial plans
presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and two] of
this section, the director of the budget shall submit to the comptroller
and the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and
means committee:
(i) a detailed schedule by fund of the receipts and disbursements
comprising such summary financial plan;
(ii) [a schedule for each governmental fund type other than the gener-
al fund showing the differences between projected operating results on a
cash basis and those on the basis of generally accepted accounting prin-
ciples;
(iii) a detailed schedule by fund of revenues and expenditures within
the general fund;
(iv)] a detailed schedule by fund of receipts for the prior, current
and next three fiscal years. Such schedule shall present the major
revenue sources for each fund, including detail for each major tax, and
major components of miscellaneous receipts; and
[(v)] (III) an itemized list of transfers to and from the general
fund.
[e.] D. The anticipated general fund quarterly schedule and fiscal
year total for the prior, current and next ensuing fiscal years of:
disbursements; receipts; repayments of advances; total tax refunds; and
refunds for the tax imposed under article twenty-two of the tax law.
Such information shall be presented in the same form as the summary
financial plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION
one [and two] of this section. A separate, detailed, report of such
schedule shall be provided with receipts shown by each major revenue
category, including detail for each major tax and major components of
miscellaneous receipts, and with disbursements shown by major function
or program. The director of the division of the budget shall submit
concurrent with the submission of the financial plan to the legislature
pursuant to subdivision [two] ONE of this section and with each update
thereafter a revised monthly general fund cash flow projection of
receipts and disbursements for the current fiscal year that: (1)
compares actual results to (i) actual results through the same period
for the prior year and (ii) the most recent prior update to the finan-
cial plan and to the enacted budget financial plan; (2) summarizes the
reasons for any variances; and (3) describes the revisions to the cash
flow projections. The monthly general fund cash flow projection shall be
stated by major category of local assistance, personal service, nonper-
sonal service, general state charges, and debt service, and by major
category of revenue. Such reports shall utilize a format that shall
facilitate comparison and analysis with those reports submitted to the
legislature by the office of audit and control pursuant to subdivision
nine of section eight of this chapter.
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[e-1.] D-1. Within ten days following the submission of the financial
plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and
two] of this section, the anticipated general fund monthly and govern-
mental fund types quarterly schedule and fiscal year total for the ensu-
ing fiscal year of: disbursements; receipts; repayments of advances;
total tax refunds; and refunds for the tax imposed under article twen-
ty-two of the tax law. Such information shall be presented in the same
form as the summary financial plans presented in accordance with [subdi-
visions] SUBDIVISION one [and two] of this section.
[e-2.] D-2. A description of employment levels for each state depart-
ment, division or office, for the prior, current and next ensuing fiscal
year containing:
(1) separate schedules for each fund type; and
(2) an all funds summary. Such information shall be presented in a
form that facilitates comparisons among agencies and across fiscal
years, and shall include:
(i) actual and projected full-time equivalents; and
(ii) proposed changes to the work force in the executive budget,
including but not limited to: new positions, layoffs, attrition, and
changes in funding sources. To the extent practicable, the division of
the budget shall facilitate the provision of other relevant information
on employment to the legislature in a timely manner during the state
fiscal year.
[f.] E. A statement explaining any differences between the significant
accounting policies used in the preparation of the documents required to
be submitted pursuant to this section and those used by the comptroller
in the preparation of the financial statements contained in the annual
report to the legislature for the preceding fiscal year issued pursuant
to subdivision nine of section eight of this chapter.
[g.] F. The estimated borrowings in anticipation of the receipt of
taxes and revenues and the amount of interest estimated to be paid ther-
eon during the current and ensuing fiscal years respectively, and the
amounts actually so borrowed and the interest actually paid thereon
during the preceding fiscal year.
[h.] G. In connection with each statement of receipts from taxes
imposed pursuant to state law, the total amounts collected or estimated
to be collected therefrom.
[i.] H. A statement setting forth state involvement in the fiscal
operations of those public authorities and public benefit corporations
which may be part of the development of a comprehensive state budget
system and provided therefor in the state financial plan. Such statement
shall include those public authorities and public benefit corporations
with disbursements which are not currently reflected in the state
central accounting system from proceeds of any notes or bonds issued by
any public authority, and which bonds or notes would be considered as
state-supported debt as defined in section sixty-seven-a of this chap-
ter. Such statement shall set forth the amount of all of the bonds,
notes and other obligations of each public authority, public benefit
corporation and all other agencies and instrumentalities of the state
for which the full faith and credit of the state has been pledged or on
account of which the state has by law given its pledge or assurance for
the continued operation and solvency of the authority, public corpo-
ration, or other agency or instrumentality of the state, as the case may
be. Such statement shall also set forth all proposed appropriations to
be made to any public authority, public benefit corporation, and any
other agency or instrumentality of the state which has been created or
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continued by law and which is separate and distinct from the state
itself.
[j.] I. Include a summary financial plan for the funds of the state
receiving tax check-off monies which shall include estimates of all
receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeeding fiscal
years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.
[4. a.] 3. Include a three year financial projection showing the
anticipated disbursements and receipts for each of the governmental fund
types of the state. For the purposes of this three year financial
projection, disbursements shall be presented by the following purposes:
state purposes, local assistance, capital projects, debt service, trans-
fers and general state charges with each major function or major program
identified separately within each purpose; and receipts shall be
presented by each major revenue category, including detail for each
major tax, and major components of miscellaneous receipts and with
disbursements shown by major function or program for the prior year,
current year and next three fiscal years, and otherwise by each major
source which is separately estimated and presented pursuant to paragraph
b of subdivision [three] TWO of this section. Receipts and disbursements
for special revenue funds shall be presented separately for federal
funds and all other special revenue funds. Whenever receipts and
disbursements are proposed to be moved to a different fund type, each
significant amount so moved shall be explained. This three year finan-
cial projection shall include an explanation of any changes to the
financial plans submitted in accordance with subdivision one of this
section and include explanations of the economic, statutory and other
assumptions used to estimate the disbursements and receipts which are
presented. Whenever the projections for receipts and disbursements are
based on assumptions other than the current levels of service, such
assumptions shall be separately identified and explained. The three year
financial projections shall include a description of any projected defi-
cits or surpluses.
[5.] 4. Include a summary statement of operations for the proprietary
and fiduciary fund types. Such summary statement of operations shall
include the estimated and projected receipts of and disbursements from
appropriations and reappropriations available or recommended from such
fund types in the budget bills submitted by the governor pursuant to
section twenty-four of this [chapter] ARTICLE. Such summary statement
of operations shall be revised as soon as is practical after the legis-
lature has completed action on such budget bills.
[6.] 5. Include a list of proposed legislation submitted pursuant to
section three of article seven of the constitution.
[7.] 6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, budgets
submitted pursuant to this section shall not recommend first instance
expenditures. Any anticipated reimbursement of proposed expenditures
shall be shown as receipts or revenues to the appropriate fund.
[8.] 7. Within ten days following the submission of the budget by the
governor, the director of the budget shall transmit to the chairs of the
senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee a
report, by agency, program, and fund, including but not limited to, the
following information pertaining to financed equipment acquisitions for
state departments, agencies and units of the state university and the
city university of New York including those financed equipment acquisi-
tions financed by the issuance of certificates of participation or simi-
lar instruments for state departments, agencies and units of the state
and city universities of New York:
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[1.] A. For new financed equipment acquisitions to be financed in the
ensuing fiscal year:
[(a)] (1) An identification of the purposes of such financings,
including:
[(1)] (I) The nature of the equipment to be financed.
[(2)] (II) Whether the purposes are new financings or refinancings of
outstanding lease purchase and installment purchase agreements.
[(3)] (III) The recommended method of financing.
[(b)] (2) The estimated purchase cost of the equipment if purchased
outright.
[(c)] (3) The estimated interest rate and term of such financings.
[(d)] (4) The estimated expenses for the issuances of such certif-
icates or similar instruments as such expenses are defined in section
sixty-six-b of this chapter.
[(e)] (5) A schedule of estimated lease purchase payments by state
fiscal year for such financings, and estimated total financing costs.
[2.] B. For outstanding financed equipment acquisitions as of April
first of the ensuing fiscal year the total estimated amount for lease or
installment purchase payments for the ensuing fiscal year.
[3.] C. For outstanding financed equipment acquisitions financed by
certificates of participation the financing costs of outstanding certif-
icates of participation and similar instruments issued pursuant to
section sixty-six-b of this chapter with estimated payment schedules of
all such outstanding obligations.
[9.] 8. Include a summary of disbursements by function of state
government for the preceding fiscal year and the estimated disbursements
for the current and ensuing fiscal years in a form suitable for compar-
ison. Such summary shall present such disbursements by purpose as set
forth in subdivision one of this section and also including special
revenue funds-federal and special revenue funds-other. Such summary
shall also describe the state entities, as defined by [subdivisions
five, six, seven and eight of] section two-a of this chapter, within
each function. For the fiscal year beginning in nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three, such summary shall be presented within ten days of the budget
submission for the general fund, special revenue funds-other, capital
projects funds and debt service funds. For the fiscal year beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-four, such summary shall be presented with the
budget for the general fund and within ten days of the budget submission
for special revenue funds-other, capital projects funds and debt service
funds. For fiscal years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-five and
thereafter, such summary shall be presented with the budget.
[10.] 9. Include a statement showing projected disbursement for the
current fiscal year and proposed disbursements for the ensuing fiscal
year by agency and bill and fund type. For the fiscal year beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-three, such statement shall be presented within
ten days of the budget submission for the general fund, special revenue
funds-other, capital projects funds and debt service funds. For the
fiscal year beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-four, such summary
shall be presented with the budget for the general fund and within ten
days of the budget submission for special revenue funds-other, capital
projects funds and debt service funds. For fiscal years beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-five and thereafter, such summary shall be
presented with the budget.
[11.] 10. Within ten days following the submission of the financial
plans presented in accordance with [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one [and
two] of this section, the director of the budget shall submit to the
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chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means
committee for the prior, the current and next ensuing fiscal years
detailed schedules by agency for the general fund showing proposed
appropriations in the state operations and aid to localities budget
bills with disbursements to be made against such appropriations, as well
as disbursements to be made against any existing appropriations.
[12.] 11. a. With respect to any proposed appropriations for the
purpose of remedying state agency violations or past problems of the
environmental conservation law or regulations adopted thereunder within
the proposed budget submitted annually by the governor to the legisla-
ture shall, set forth the amount recommended to remedy each functional
category of violation. A priority criterion to be considered in deter-
mining such recommended appropriations shall be the ranking of such
violations and past problems as determined by the agency pursuant to
paragraph b of subdivision one of section 3-0311 of the environmental
conservation law, with any reordering of rankings as determined by the
department of environmental conservation. Amounts appropriated shall be
disbursed for remediation of the violation or problem only after review
and determination by the department of environmental conservation of the
adequacy of the remedial plan pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision
three of section 3-0311 of the environmental conservation law.
b. Within thirty days following the submission of the budget by the
governor for each fiscal year, beginning with the nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three--ninety-four fiscal year, the director of the budget shall
transmit to the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly
ways and means committee a report which includes project specific infor-
mation for proposed appropriations for the purposes of remedying state
agency environmental violations or problems, as identified pursuant to
section 3-0311 of the environmental conservation law, contained within
such submitted budget.
[13.] 12. Include a summary financial plan for all research institutes
which shall set forth:
a. estimates of all revenues and all expenses for the current and
succeeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior
fiscal year; and
b. any agreement whereby any state agency will provide financial
support or any other assistance to cover any operating loss for such
research institute.
[14.] 13. a. With respect to information technology projects, depend-
ent on funding in the executive budget, involving one or more contracts
projected to total ten million dollars or more, within thirty days
following the submission of the budget by the governor for each fiscal
year, beginning with the two thousand eight--two thousand nine fiscal
year, the director of the budget shall transmit to the chairs of the
senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee a
report which shall set forth the following:
(1) project summary describing the project purpose, proposed approach,
key milestones, current status and timetable;
(2) the proposed method of procurement, including whether the project
will, in whole or in part, utilize a centralized contract or a sole-
source contract; and
(3) the proposed funding source, financing method and estimated costs
by fiscal year.
b. Information provided pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision
may not be disclosed to any party other than a governmental entity as
defined in section one hundred thirty-nine-j of this chapter, if such
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disclosure would impair the fairness or competitiveness of a pending or
potential procurement process.
Estimated costs by fiscal year shall not be disclosed.
[15.] 14. The division of the budget shall prepare the reports, sched-
ules, and other information described in this subdivision. To the extent
practicable, such reports, schedules, and information shall be in a
form, and presented at a level of detail, that facilitates comparison on
an annual basis and against actual results, as appropriate, and in a
manner consistent with the other reporting requirements enumerated in
this section. The reports, schedules, and other information required by
this subdivision shall be submitted to the chair of the senate finance
committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the
minority leaders of both houses, and the comptroller according to the
schedules set forth in this section. In determining the final content
and format of the information required by this section, the division of
the budget shall consult annually with the designees of the temporary
president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
ers of both houses, and the comptroller. All information described in
this subdivision shall be made available to the public.
a. The executive budget, the enacted budget report and each quarterly
update to the financial plan shall include an updated general fund fore-
cast of receipts and disbursements for the current and two succeeding
fiscal years. Such updated forecast shall clearly identify and explain
the revisions to the receipts and disbursements projections from the
most recent prior update to the financial plan, and any significant
revisions to the underlying factors affecting receipts and disbursements
by major function, and may include, but not be limited to: caseload,
service, and utilization rates; demographic trends; economic variables;
pension fund performance; incarceration rates; prescription drug prices;
health insurance premiums; inflation; contractual obligations; liti-
gation; and state employment trends.
b. The capital program and financing plan submitted pursuant to
section twenty-two-c of this article, and the update thereto required
pursuant to section twenty-three of this article, shall include a report
on the management of state-supported debt. Such report may include, but
is not limited to: (1) an assessment of the affordability of state debt,
including debt as a percent of personal income, debt per capita, and
debt service costs as a percent of the budget; (2) a summary and analy-
sis of the interest rate exchange agreements and variable rate exposure;
and (3) an assessment of financing opportunities related to the state's
debt portfolio.
[16.] 15. The governor shall make all practicable efforts to amend or
supplement the budget and submit supplemental bills or amendments to any
bills pursuant to article seven of the constitution within twenty-one
days after the budget is submitted to the legislature.
16. THE AMENDED EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THIR-
TY DAYS AFTER THE SUBMISSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET TO THE LEGISLATURE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK TO BE SET FORTH THEREIN, SHALL INCLUDE:
A. A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN SHOWING FOR EACH OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND
TYPES: (1) ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED TO BE MADE, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES PROPOSED TO BE MADE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, DURING THE
ENSUING FISCAL YEAR; AND (2) ALL OF THE REVENUES ESTIMATED TO ACCRUE, IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, BEFORE THE
CLOSE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND DURING THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR
INCLUSIVE OF ANY REVENUES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION WHICH IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS SUFFICIENT TO
MEET PROPOSED DISBURSEMENTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH SUMMARY FINANCIAL
PLAN, EXPENDITURES SHALL BE PRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: STATE
PURPOSES, LOCAL ASSISTANCE, CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT SERVICE, AND GENERAL
STATE CHARGES; AND REVENUES SHALL BE PRESENTED BY EACH REVENUE SOURCE
WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST ONE PER CENTUM OF ALL SUCH REVENUES AND
OTHERWISE BY CATEGORIES OF REVENUE SOURCES;
B. THE EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY
ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL
YEAR AND PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES DURING THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR. EXPENDITURES ESTI-
MATED AND PROPOSED TO BE MADE SHALL BE SHOWN IN SEPARATE PARTS AS
FOLLOWS: THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR STATE PURPOSES SHALL BE SET FORTH IN ONE
PART, THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR LOCAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE SET FORTH IN
ANOTHER SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PART, THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS SHALL BE SET FORTH IN A THIRD SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PART, AND
THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR DEBT SERVICE SHALL BE SET FORTH IN A FOURTH SEPA-
RATE AND DISTINCT PART;
C. THE REVENUES ACTUALLY ACCRUED IN THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR AND THE
REVENUES ESTIMATED TO ACCRUE DURING CURRENT AND ENSUING FISCAL YEARS,
RESPECTIVELY. REVENUES FROM EACH TAX SHALL BE SHOWN BOTH IN TOTAL AND
NET OF REFUNDS;
D. A SCHEDULE FOR THE GENERAL FUND SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
PROJECTED OPERATING RESULTS ON A CASH BASIS AND THOSE ON THE BASIS OF
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES;
E. A SCHEDULE FOR EACH GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE OTHER THAN THE GENERAL
FUND SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROJECTED OPERATING RESULTS ON A
CASH BASIS AND THOSE ON THE BASIS OF GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRIN-
CIPLES; AND
F. A DETAILED SCHEDULE BY FUND OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE
GENERAL FUND.
§ 29. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section
22-c of the state finance law, as amended by section 3 of part F of
chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
(vi) the total amount of disbursements for the project estimated to be
made during the current fiscal year and during each of the next ensuing
five fiscal years, provided however, that (A) the information required
by this subparagraph may be provided for groupings of projects in those
cases where the governor determines it cannot be provided on a project
by project basis, and (B) the total of all disbursements estimated in
accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph to be made for all
capital projects during the current fiscal year and during each of the
next ensuing five fiscal years, excluding those disbursements which are
estimated in accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph to be
made by public benefit corporations and which are not subject to appro-
priations, shall be equal, respectively, to the total of all disburse-
ments estimated, in the financial projections required by subdivisions
one and [four] THREE of section twenty-two of this article, to be made
for all capital projects during the then current fiscal year and during
each of the next ensuing five fiscal years,
§ 30. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 23 of the state finance law, as
amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as
follows:
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3. Financial plans and capital improvement program; revisions. Not
later than thirty days after the legislature has completed action on the
budget bills submitted by the governor and the period for the governor's
review has elapsed, the governor shall cause to be submitted to the
legislature the revisions to the financial plans and the capital plan
required by subdivisions one, two, THREE, four and [five] PARAGRAPH (A)
OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN of section twenty-two of this article as are
necessary to account for all enactments affecting the financial plans
and the capital plan. The financial plan shall also contain a cash flow
analysis of projected receipts and disbursements and other financing
sources or uses for each month of the state's fiscal year. Notwithstand-
ing any other law to the contrary, such revised plans and accompanying
cash flow analysis shall be submitted to the legislature and the comp-
troller in the same form as the plans required by such subdivisions.
4. Financial plan updates. Quarterly, throughout the fiscal year, the
governor shall submit to the comptroller, the chairs of the senate
finance and the assembly ways and means committees, within thirty days
of the close of the quarter to which it shall pertain, a report which
summarizes the actual experience to date and projections for the remain-
ing quarters of the current fiscal year and for each of the next two
fiscal years of receipts, disbursements, tax refunds, and repayments of
advances presented in forms suitable for comparison with the financial
plan submitted pursuant to subdivisions one, THREE AND four[, and five,]
of section twenty-two of this article and revised in accordance with the
provisions of subdivision three of this section. The governor shall
submit with the budget a similar report that summarizes revenue and
expenditure experience to date in a form suitable for comparison with
the financial plan submitted pursuant to PARAGRAPH A OF subdivision
[two] SIXTEEN of section twenty-two of this article and revised in
accordance with the provisions of subdivision three of this section.
Such reports shall provide an explanation of the causes of any major
deviations from the revised financial plans and, shall provide for the
amendment of the plan or plans to reflect those deviations. The governor
may, if [he] THE GOVERNOR determines it advisable, provide more frequent
reports to the legislature regarding actual experience as compared to
the financial plans. The quarterly financial plan update most proximate
to October thirty-first of each year shall include the calculation of
the limitations on the issuance of state-supported debt computed pursu-
ant to the provisions of subdivisions one and two of section sixty-sev-
en-b of this chapter.
§ 31. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of the director
of the budget, on or before March 31, 2026 the following amounts from
the following special revenue accounts or enterprise funds to the gener-
al fund, for the purposes of offsetting principal and interest costs,
incurred by the state pursuant to section 52 of part RR of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2023, provided that the annual amount of the transfer shall
be no more than the principal and interest that would have otherwise
been due to the power authority of the state of New York, from any state
agency, in a given state fiscal year. Amounts pertaining to special
revenue accounts assigned to the state university of New York shall be
considered interchangeable between the designated special revenue
accounts as to meet the requirements of this section and section 52 of
part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023:
1. $15,000,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state
university general income reimbursable account (22653).
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2. $5,000,000 from state university dormitory income fund, state
university dormitory income fund (40350).
3. $5,000,000 from the enterprise fund, city university senior college
operating fund (60851).
§ 32. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized to transfer, on or before March 31, 2026, up to
$25,000,000 from various state bond funds (30600 through 30690) to the
general debt service fund (40150), for the purposes of redeeming or
defeasing outstanding state bonds.
§ 33. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 47-e of the private
housing finance law, as amended by section 29 of part XX of chapter 56
of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, in order to enhance and encourage the promotion of housing
programs and thereby achieve the stated purposes and objectives of such
housing programs, the agency shall have the power and is hereby author-
ized from time to time to issue negotiable housing program bonds and
notes in such principal amount as shall be necessary to provide suffi-
cient funds for the repayment of amounts disbursed (and not previously
reimbursed) pursuant to law or any prior year making capital appropri-
ations or reappropriations for the purposes of the housing program;
provided, however, that the agency may issue such bonds and notes in an
aggregate principal amount not exceeding [fourteen billion five hundred
twenty-six million eighty-nine thousand dollars $14,526,089,000, plus a
principal amount of bonds issued to fund the debt service reserve fund
in accordance with the debt service reserve fund requirement established
by the agency and to fund any other reserves that the agency reasonably
deems necessary for the security or marketability of such bonds and to
provide for the payment of fees and other charges and expenses, includ-
ing underwriters' discount, trustee and rating agency fees, bond insur-
ance, credit enhancement and liquidity enhancement related to the issu-
ance of such bonds and notes] SEVENTEEN BILLION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN
MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $17,318,964,000,
EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO
(I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSU-
ANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR
NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE
EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. No reserve fund
securing the housing program bonds shall be entitled or eligible to
receive state funds apportioned or appropriated to maintain or restore
such reserve fund at or to a particular level, except to the extent of
any deficiency resulting directly or indirectly from a failure of the
state to appropriate or pay the agreed amount under any of the contracts
provided for in subdivision four of this section.
§ 34. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 385 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 30 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The authority is hereby authorized, as additional corporate
purposes thereof solely upon the request of the director of the budget:
(i) to issue special emergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds and
notes for a term not to exceed thirty years and to incur obligations
secured by the moneys appropriated from the dedicated highway and bridge
trust fund established in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance
law; (ii) to make available the proceeds in accordance with instructions
provided by the director of the budget from the sale of such special
emergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds, notes or other obli-
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gations, net of all costs to the authority in connection therewith, for
the purposes of financing all or a portion of the costs of activities
for which moneys in the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund estab-
lished in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law are authorized
to be utilized or for the financing of disbursements made by the state
for the activities authorized pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the
state finance law; and (iii) to enter into agreements with the commis-
sioner of transportation pursuant to section ten-e of the highway law
with respect to financing for any activities authorized pursuant to
section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law, or agreements with the
commissioner of transportation pursuant to sections ten-f and ten-g of
the highway law in connection with activities on state highways pursuant
to these sections, and (iv) to enter into service contracts, contracts,
agreements, deeds and leases with the director of the budget or the
commissioner of transportation and project sponsors and others to
provide for the financing by the authority of activities authorized
pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law, and each of
the director of the budget and the commissioner of transportation are
hereby authorized to enter into service contracts, contracts, agree-
ments, deeds and leases with the authority, project sponsors or others
to provide for such financing. The authority shall not issue any bonds
or notes in an amount in excess of [twenty-one billion four hundred
fifty-eight million three hundred nine thousand dollars $21,458,309,000]
TWENTY-TWO BILLION THREE HUNDRED NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS $22,309,294,000, plus a principal amount of bonds or
notes: (A) to fund capital reserve funds; (B) to provide capitalized
interest; and, (C) to fund other costs of issuance. In computing for the
purposes of this subdivision, the aggregate amount of indebtedness
evidenced by bonds and notes of the authority issued pursuant to this
section, as amended by a chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred nine-
ty-six, there shall be excluded the amount of bonds or notes issued that
would constitute interest under the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the amount of indebtedness issued to refund or
otherwise repay bonds or notes.
§ 35. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 14 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 31 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, (i) the dormitory authority shall not deliver a series of
bonds for city university community college facilities, except to refund
or to be substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city
university community college facilities pursuant to a resolution of the
dormitory authority adopted before July first, nineteen hundred eighty-
five or any resolution supplemental thereto, if the principal amount of
bonds so to be issued when added to all principal amounts of bonds
previously issued by the dormitory authority for city university commu-
nity college facilities, except to refund or to be substituted in lieu
of other bonds in relation to city university community college facili-
ties will exceed the sum of four hundred twenty-five million dollars and
(ii) the dormitory authority shall not deliver a series of bonds issued
for city university facilities, including community college facilities,
pursuant to a resolution of the dormitory authority adopted on or after
July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, except to refund or to be
substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city university
facilities and except for bonds issued pursuant to a resolution supple-
mental to a resolution of the dormitory authority adopted prior to July
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first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, if the principal amount of bonds so
to be issued when added to the principal amount of bonds previously
issued pursuant to any such resolution, except bonds issued to refund or
to be substituted for or in lieu of other bonds in relation to city
university facilities, will exceed [eleven billion seven hundred sixty-
three million twenty-two thousand dollars $11,763,022,000] TWELVE
BILLION SIX HUNDRED FORTY-THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOU-
SAND DOLLARS $12,643,368,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE
FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR
OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT
NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR
TO SUCH DATE. The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal
such limit, and the state of New York, the dormitory authority, the city
university, and the fund are prohibited from covenanting or making any
other agreements with or for the benefit of bondholders which might in
any way affect such right.
§ 36. Subdivision 1 of section 1689-i of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 32 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
1. The dormitory authority is authorized to issue bonds, at the
request of the commissioner of education, to finance eligible library
construction projects pursuant to section two hundred seventy-three-a of
the education law, in amounts certified by such commissioner not to
exceed a total principal amount of [four hundred eleven million dollars
$411,000,000] FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS $465,000,000.
§ 37. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 19 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by section 33 of part XX of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, the dormitory authority shall not issue any bonds for state
university educational facilities purposes if the principal amount of
bonds to be issued when added to the aggregate principal amount of bonds
issued by the dormitory authority on and after July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-eight for state university educational facilities will
exceed [eighteen billion nine hundred eighty-eight million one hundred
sixty-four thousand dollars $18,988,164,000; provided, however, that
bonds issued or to be issued shall be excluded from such limitation if:
(1) such bonds are issued to refund state university construction bonds
and state university construction notes previously issued by the housing
finance agency; or (2) such bonds are issued to refund bonds of the
authority or other obligations issued for state university educational
facilities purposes and the present value of the aggregate debt service
on the refunding bonds does not exceed the present value of the aggre-
gate debt service on the bonds refunded thereby; provided, further that
upon certification by the director of the budget that the issuance of
refunding bonds or other obligations issued between April first, nine-
teen hundred ninety-two and March thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three will generate long term economic benefits to the state, as
assessed on a present value basis, such issuance will be deemed to have
met the present value test noted above. For purposes of this subdivi-
sion, the present value of the aggregate debt service of the refunding
bonds and the aggregate debt service of the bonds refunded, shall be
calculated by utilizing the true interest cost of the refunding bonds,
which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual interest
rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt service
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payments on the refunding bonds from the payment dates thereof to the
date of issue of the refunding bonds to the purchase price of the
refunding bonds, including interest accrued thereon prior to the issu-
ance thereof. The maturity of such bonds, other than bonds issued to
refund outstanding bonds, shall not exceed the weighted average economic
life, as certified by the state university construction fund, of the
facilities in connection with which the bonds are issued, and in any
case not later than the earlier of thirty years or the expiration of the
term of any lease, sublease or other agreement relating thereto;
provided that no note, including renewals thereof, shall mature later
than five years after the date of issuance of such note] TWENTY-ONE
BILLION EIGHTY-EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
$21,088,164,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY
COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY
SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN
SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE.
The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal such limit, and
the state of New York, the dormitory authority, the state university of
New York, and the state university construction fund are prohibited from
covenanting or making any other agreements with or for the benefit of
bondholders which might in any way affect such right.
§ 38. Subdivision 10-a of section 1680 of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 34 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
10-a. Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of
two thousand, but notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
contrary, the maximum amount of bonds and notes to be issued after March
thirty-first, two thousand two, on behalf of the state, in relation to
any locally sponsored community college, shall be [one billion three
hundred sixty-five million three hundred eight thousand dollars
$1,365,308,000] ONE BILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE MILLION SEVEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $1,495,774,000. Such amount shall
be exclusive of bonds and notes issued to fund any reserve fund or
funds, costs of issuance and to refund any outstanding bonds and notes,
issued on behalf of the state, relating to a locally sponsored community
college.
§ 39. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 9-a of section 1 of
chapter 392 of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York state medical
care facilities finance agency act, as amended by section 35 of part XX
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. The agency shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to
time to issue negotiable bonds and notes in conformity with applicable
provisions of the uniform commercial code in such principal amount as,
in the opinion of the agency, shall be necessary, after taking into
account other moneys which may be available for the purpose, to provide
sufficient funds to the facilities development corporation, or any
successor agency, for the financing or refinancing of or for the design,
construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement
of mental health services facilities pursuant to paragraph a of this
subdivision, the payment of interest on mental health services improve-
ment bonds and mental health services improvement notes issued for such
purposes, the establishment of reserves to secure such bonds and notes,
the cost or premium of bond insurance or the costs of any financial
mechanisms which may be used to reduce the debt service that would be
payable by the agency on its mental health services facilities improve-
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ment bonds and notes and all other expenditures of the agency incident
to and necessary or convenient to providing the facilities development
corporation, or any successor agency, with funds for the financing or
refinancing of or for any such design, construction, acquisition, recon-
struction, rehabilitation or improvement and for the refunding of mental
hygiene improvement bonds issued pursuant to section 47-b of the private
housing finance law; provided, however, that the agency shall not issue
mental health services facilities improvement bonds and mental health
services facilities improvement notes in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding [twelve billion nine hundred twenty-one million seven hundred
fifty-six thousand dollars $12,921,756,000, excluding mental health
services facilities improvement bonds and mental health services facili-
ties improvement notes issued to refund outstanding mental health
services facilities improvement bonds and mental health services facili-
ties improvement notes; provided, however, that upon any such refunding
or repayment of mental health services facilities improvement bonds
and/or mental health services facilities improvement notes the total
aggregate principal amount of outstanding mental health services facili-
ties improvement bonds and mental health facilities improvement notes
may be greater than twelve billion nine hundred twenty-one million seven
hundred fifty-six thousand dollars $12,921,756,000, only if, except as
hereinafter provided with respect to mental health services facilities
bonds and mental health services facilities notes issued to refund
mental hygiene improvement bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to the
provisions of section 47-b of the private housing finance law, the pres-
ent value of the aggregate debt service of the refunding or repayment
bonds to be issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate
debt service of the bonds to be refunded or repaid. For purposes hereof,
the present values of the aggregate debt service of the refunding or
repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and of the aggregate debt
service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so refunded or repaid,
shall be calculated by utilizing the effective interest rate of the
refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations, which shall be
that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual interest rate
(compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt service
payments on the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
from the payment dates thereof to the date of issue of the refunding or
repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and to the price bid includ-
ing estimated accrued interest or proceeds received by the authority
including estimated accrued interest from the sale thereof. Such bonds,
other than bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds, shall be scheduled
to mature over a term not to exceed the average useful life, as certi-
fied by the facilities development corporation, of the projects for
which the bonds are issued, and in any case shall not exceed thirty
years and the maximum maturity of notes or any renewals thereof shall
not exceed five years from the date of the original issue of such notes.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the agency shall have
the power and is hereby authorized to issue mental health services
facilities improvement bonds and/or mental health services facilities
improvement notes to refund outstanding mental hygiene improvement bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of section 47-b of
the private housing finance law and the amount of bonds issued or
outstanding for such purposes shall not be included for purposes of
determining the amount of bonds issued pursuant to this section] THIR-
TEEN BILLION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS $13,654,554,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL
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FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE
RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (III)
REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED,
PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING
DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. The director of the budget shall allo-
cate the aggregate principal authorized to be issued by the agency among
the office of mental health, office for people with developmental disa-
bilities, and the office of addiction services and supports, in consul-
tation with their respective commissioners to finance bondable appropri-
ations previously approved by the legislature.
§ 40. Subdivision (a) of section 48 of part K of chapter 81 of the
laws of 2002, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2002-2003 budget, as amended by
section 36 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000 but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of the urban development
corporation act, the corporation is hereby authorized to issue bonds or
notes in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed [five hundred twenty-two million five hundred thousand dollars
$522,500,000] FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
$550,500,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service
reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or
notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued, for the purpose of financing capital costs related to homeland
security and training facilities for the division of state police, the
division of military and naval affairs, and any other state agency,
including the reimbursement of any disbursements made from the state
capital projects fund, and is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes
in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
[one billion eight hundred fifty-five million two hundred eighty-six
thousand dollars $1,855,286,000] TWO BILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS $2,168,331,000,
excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds,
to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to
refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for the
purpose of financing improvements to State office buildings and other
facilities located statewide, including the reimbursement of any
disbursements made from the state capital projects fund. Such bonds and
notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the state
shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds
other than those appropriated by the state to the corporation for debt
service and related expenses pursuant to any service contracts executed
pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section, and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect.
§ 41. Subdivision 1 of section 47 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 37 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the corporation are hereby authorized to
issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
project costs for the office of information technology services, depart-
ment of law, and other state costs associated with such capital
projects. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to be
issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [one billion seven
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hundred forty-two million seven hundred twelve thousand dollars
$1,742,712,000] ONE BILLION EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $1,890,412,000, excluding bonds issued to fund
one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such
bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds
or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory
authority and the corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the
state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any
funds other than those appropriated by the state to the dormitory
authority and the corporation for principal, interest, and related
expenses pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall
contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any interest
income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
such bonds.
§ 42. Subdivision (b) of section 11 of chapter 329 of the laws of
1991, amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the
establishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, as amended
by section 38 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Any service contract or contracts for projects authorized pursuant
to sections 10-c, 10-f, 10-g and 80-b of the highway law and section
14-k of the transportation law, and entered into pursuant to subdivision
(a) of this section, shall provide for state commitments to provide
annually to the thruway authority a sum or sums, upon such terms and
conditions as shall be deemed appropriate by the director of the budget,
to fund, or fund the debt service requirements of any bonds or any obli-
gations of the thruway authority issued to fund or to reimburse the
state for funding such projects having a cost not in excess of [fourteen
billion eight hundred forty-four million five hundred eighty-seven thou-
sand dollars $14,844,587,000 cumulatively by the end of fiscal year
2024-25] FIFTEEN BILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS $15,872,384,000. SUCH LIMIT SHALL EXCLUDE
BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE
OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH
BONDS, AND (III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUS-
LY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF
REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. For purposes of this subdivi-
sion, such projects shall be deemed to include capital grants to cities,
towns and villages for the reimbursement of eligible capital costs of
local highway and bridge projects within such municipality, where allo-
cations to cities, towns and villages are based on the total number of
New York or United States or interstate signed touring route miles for
which such municipality has capital maintenance responsibility, and
where such eligible capital costs include the costs of construction and
repair of highways, bridges, highway-railroad crossings, and other
transportation facilities for projects with a service life of ten years
or more.
§ 43. Subdivision 1 of section 53 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 39 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs for the acquisition of equipment, including but
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not limited to the creation or modernization of information technology
systems and related research and development equipment, health and safe-
ty equipment, heavy equipment and machinery, the creation or improvement
of security systems, and laboratory equipment and other state costs
associated with such capital projects. The aggregate principal amount
of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not
exceed [five hundred ninety-three million dollars $593,000,000] SIX
HUNDRED NINETY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS $693,000,000, excluding bonds
issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of
issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise
repay such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the
dormitory authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a
debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall
they be payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the
state to the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service
contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a
statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the
internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall
only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 44. Subdivision 3 of section 1285-p of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 40 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
3. The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued for the purpose of
financing environmental infrastructure projects authorized by this
section shall be [ten billion eight hundred sixty-six million five
hundred sixty thousand dollars $10,866,560,000] THIRTEEN BILLION THREE
HUNDRED NINETEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
$13,319,160,000, exclusive of bonds issued to fund any debt service
reserve funds, pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes
issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds or notes previously issued.
Such bonds and notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the corporation for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contracts executed pursuant to subdivision one of this section,
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect.
§ 45. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 17
of part D of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, relating to the financing
of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility
improvement fund, subdivision 1 as amended by section 41 of part XX of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as
amended by section 20 of part P2 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of section 1 of chapter 174
of the laws of 1968, the New York state urban development corporation is
hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes and other obligations in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed [one billion sixty-six million
seven hundred fifty-five thousand dollars $1,066,755,000, which] ONE
BILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS $1,217,755,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (A) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS,
(B) TO PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND (C) REFUND OR OTHERWISE
REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HERE-
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IN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH
DATE. WHICH authorization increases the aggregate principal amount of
bonds, notes and other obligations authorized by section 40 of chapter
309 of the laws of 1996, and shall include all bonds, notes and other
obligations issued pursuant to chapter 211 of the laws of 1990, as
amended or supplemented. The proceeds of such bonds, notes or other
obligations shall be paid to the state, for deposit in the youth facili-
ties improvement fund or the capital projects fund, to pay for all or
any portion of the amount or amounts paid by the state from appropri-
ations or reappropriations made to the office of children and family
services from the youth facilities improvement fund OR THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS FUND for capital projects. [The aggregate amount of bonds,
notes and other obligations authorized to be issued pursuant to this
section shall exclude bonds, notes or other obligations issued to refund
or otherwise repay bonds, notes or other obligations theretofore issued,
the proceeds of which were paid to the state for all or a portion of the
amounts expended by the state from appropriations or reappropriations
made to the office of children and family services; provided, however,
that upon any such refunding or repayment the total aggregate principal
amount of outstanding bonds, notes or other obligations may be greater
than one billion sixty-six million seven hundred fifty-five thousand
dollars $1,066,755,000, only if the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
to be issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so to be refunded or
repaid. For the purposes hereof, the present value of the aggregate debt
service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
and of the aggregate debt service of the bonds, notes or other obli-
gations so refunded or repaid, shall be calculated by utilizing the
effective interest rate of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or
other obligations, which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the
semi-annual interest rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to
discount the debt service payments on the refunding or repayment bonds,
notes or other obligations from the payment dates thereof to the date of
issue of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
and to the price bid including estimated accrued interest or proceeds
received by the corporation including estimated accrued interest from
the sale thereof.]
(a) The New York state office of general services shall be responsible
for the undertaking of studies, planning, site acquisition, design,
construction, reconstruction, renovation and development of youth facil-
ities AND THE TONAWANDA INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE, including the making of
any purchases therefor, on behalf of the New York state office of chil-
dren and family services.
§ 46. Subdivision 1 of section 386-b of the public authorities law, as
amended by section 42 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
authority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for
the purpose of financing peace bridge projects and capital costs of
state and local highways, parkways, bridges, the New York state thruway,
Indian reservation roads, and facilities, and transportation infrastruc-
ture projects including aviation projects, non-MTA mass transit
projects, and rail service preservation projects, including work appur-
tenant and ancillary thereto. The aggregate principal amount of bonds
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authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed
[fifteen billion two hundred forty million six hundred sixty-nine thou-
sand dollars $15,240,669,000] SEVENTEEN BILLION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN
MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS $17,637,877,000,
excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds,
to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and to refund or otherwise repay
such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the
authority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable
thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those
appropriated by the state to the authority, the dormitory authority and
the urban development corporation for principal, interest, and related
expenses pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall
contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any interest
income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
such bonds.
§ 47. Subdivision 1 of section 44 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 43 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the corporation are hereby authorized to
issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
project costs for the regional economic development council initiative,
the economic transformation program, state university of New York
college for nanoscale and science engineering, projects within the city
of Buffalo or surrounding environs, the New York works economic develop-
ment fund, projects for the retention of professional football in west-
ern New York, the empire state economic development fund, the clarkson-
trudeau partnership, the New York genome center, the cornell university
college of veterinary medicine, the olympic regional development author-
ity, projects at nano Utica, onondaga county revitalization projects,
Binghamton university school of pharmacy, New York power electronics
manufacturing consortium, regional infrastructure projects, high tech
innovation and economic development infrastructure program, high tech-
nology manufacturing projects in Chautauqua and Erie county, an indus-
trial scale research and development facility in Clinton county, upstate
revitalization initiative projects, downstate revitalization initiative,
market New York projects, fairground buildings, equipment or facilities
used to house and promote agriculture, the state fair, the empire state
trail, the moynihan station development project, the Kingsbridge armory
project, strategic economic development projects, the cultural, arts and
public spaces fund, water infrastructure in the city of Auburn and town
of Owasco, a life sciences laboratory public health initiative, not-for-
profit pounds, shelters and humane societies, arts and cultural facili-
ties improvement program, restore New York's communities initiative,
heavy equipment, economic development and infrastructure projects,
Roosevelt Island operating corporation capital projects, Lake Ontario
regional projects, Pennsylvania station and other transit projects,
athletic facilities for professional football in Orchard Park, New York,
Rush - NY, New York AI Consortium, New York Creates UEV Tool, and other
state costs associated with such projects. The aggregate principal
amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall
not exceed [twenty billion eight hundred seventy-eight million one
hundred ninety-four thousand dollars $20,878,194,000] TWENTY-THREE
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BILLION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS $23,146,453,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt
service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds
or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previ-
ously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory authority and the
corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be
liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than
those appropriated by the state to the dormitory authority and the
corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a
service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face
thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying
with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond
proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 48. Subdivision (a) of section 28 of part Y of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, as amended by
section 44 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, one or more
authorized issuers as defined by section 68-a of the state finance law
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [two hundred ninety-seven
million dollars $297,000,000] THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
$397,000,000, excluding bonds issued to finance one or more debt service
reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or
notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
issued, for the purpose of financing capital projects for public
protection facilities in the Division of Military and Naval Affairs,
debt service and leases; and to reimburse the state general fund for
disbursements made therefor. Such bonds and notes of such authorized
issuer shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be
liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than
those appropriated by the state to such authorized issuer for debt
service and related expenses pursuant to any service contract executed
pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and such bonds and notes
shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any interest
income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
such bonds.
§ 49. Subdivision 1 of section 50 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, as amended by section 45 of part XX of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs undertaken by or on behalf of the state educa-
tion department, special act school districts, state-supported schools
for the blind and deaf, approved private special education schools,
non-public schools, community centers, day care facilities, residential
camps, day camps, Native American Indian Nation schools, and other state
costs associated with such capital projects. The aggregate principal
amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall
not exceed [three hundred ninety-six million eight hundred ninety-eight
thousand dollars $396,898,000] FIVE HUNDRED THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
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NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS $503,597,000, excluding bonds issued to
fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of
such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such
bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory
authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a debt of
the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation for prin-
cipal, interest, and related expenses pursuant to a service contract and
such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to
such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal revenue
code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to
pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 49-a. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 and clause (B) of subparagraph
(iii) of paragraph (j) of subdivision 4 of section 1 of part D of chap-
ter 63 of the laws of 2005, relating to the composition and responsi-
bilities of the New York state higher education capital matching grant
board, as amended by section 47 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of
2024, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Within amounts appropriated therefor, the board is hereby author-
ized and directed to award matching capital grants totaling [four
hundred twenty-five million dollars $425,000,000] FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS $475,000,000. Each college shall be eligible for a
grant award amount as determined by the calculations pursuant to subdi-
vision five of this section. In addition, such colleges shall be eligi-
ble to compete for additional funds pursuant to paragraph (h) of subdi-
vision four of this section.
(B) The dormitory authority shall not issue any bonds or notes in an
amount in excess of [four hundred twenty-five million dollars
$425,000,000] FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS $475,000,000 for
the purposes of this section; excluding bonds or notes issued to fund
one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such
bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds
or notes previously issued. Except for purposes of complying with the
internal revenue code, any interest on bond proceeds shall only be used
to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 50. Subdivision 1 of section 1680-k of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 46 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two
thousand, but notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the
dormitory authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one
or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [forty-one
million sixty thousand dollars $41,060,000] FORTY-ONE MILLION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $41,175,000, excluding bonds
issued to finance one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs
of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or other-
wise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for the purpose of
financing the construction of the New York state agriculture and markets
food laboratory. Eligible project costs may include, but not be limited
to the cost of design, financing, site investigations, site acquisition
and preparation, demolition, construction, rehabilitation, acquisition
of machinery and equipment, and infrastructure improvements. Such bonds
and notes of such authorized issuers shall not be a debt of the state,
and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out
of any funds other than those appropriated by the state to such author-
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ized issuers for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contract executed pursuant to subdivision two of this section
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal
revenue code, any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be
used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 51. Subdivision 1 of section 1680-r of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary,
the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation are hereby
authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for the purpose
of funding project costs for the capital restructuring financing program
for health care and related facilities licensed pursuant to the public
health law or the mental hygiene law and other state costs associated
with such capital projects, the health care facility transformation
programs, the essential health care provider program, and other health
care capital project costs. The aggregate principal amount of bonds
authorized to be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [five
billion one hundred fifty-three million dollars $5,153,000,000] SIX
BILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS $6,168,000,000, exclud-
ing bonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay
costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or
otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and
notes of the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable
thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those
appropriated by the state to the dormitory authority and the urban
development corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses
pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on
the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of
complying with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on
bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
§ 52. Subdivision 1 of section 386-a of the public authorities law, as
amended by section 55 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
authority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation
are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for
the purpose of assisting the metropolitan transportation authority in
the financing of transportation facilities as defined in subdivision
seventeen of section twelve hundred sixty-one of this chapter or other
capital projects. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to
be issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed [twelve billion five
hundred fifteen million eight hundred fifty-six thousand dollars
$12,515,856,000] FIFTEEN BILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS $15,515,856,000, excluding bonds
issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of
issuance of such bonds, and to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or
notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority, the
dormitory authority and the urban development corporation shall not be a
debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall
they be payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by the
state to the authority, the dormitory authority and the urban develop-
ment corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses pursuant
to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face
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thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of complying
with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on bond
proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary, including the limi-
tations contained in subdivision four of section sixty-seven-b of the
state finance law, (A) any bonds and notes issued prior to April first,
two thousand twenty-seven pursuant to this section may be issued with a
maximum maturity of fifty years, and (B) any bonds issued to refund such
bonds and notes may be issued with a maximum maturity of fifty years
from the respective date of original issuance of such bonds and notes.
§ 53. Subdivision (a) of section 27 of part Y of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain
funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, as amended by
section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the urban devel-
opment corporation is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one
or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [five
hundred thirty-eight million one hundred thousand dollars $538,100,000]
FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS $550,100,000,
excluding bonds issued to finance one or more debt service reserve
funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes issued
to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously issued, for
the purpose of financing capital projects including IT initiatives for
the division of state police, debt service and leases; and to reimburse
the state general fund for disbursements made therefor. Such bonds and
notes of such authorized issuer shall not be a debt of the state, and
the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of
any funds other than those appropriated by the state to such authorized
issuer for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any service
contract executed pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and such
bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such
effect. Except for purposes of complying with the internal revenue code,
any interest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay
debt service on such bonds.
§ 54. Subdivision 3 of section 1285-q of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 43 of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,
is amended to read as follows:
3. The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued for the purpose of
financing hazardous waste site remediation projects and environmental
restoration projects authorized by this section shall not exceed [two
billion two hundred million dollars] THREE BILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS $3,450,000,000 and shall not exceed one hundred million
dollars for appropriations enacted for any state fiscal year, provided
that the bonds not issued for such appropriations may be issued pursuant
to reappropriation in subsequent fiscal years. [No bonds shall be issued
for the repayment of any new appropriation enacted after March thirty-
first, two thousand twenty-six for hazardous waste site remediation
projects authorized by this section.] Amounts authorized to be issued by
this section shall be exclusive of bonds issued to fund any debt service
reserve funds, pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or notes
issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds or notes previously issued.
Such bonds and notes of the corporation shall not be a debt of the
state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be
payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by this state to
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the corporation for debt service and related expenses pursuant to any
service contracts executed pursuant to subdivision one of this section,
and such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement
to such effect.
§ 55. Subdivision 1 of section 16 of part D of chapter 389 of the laws
of 1997, relating to the financing of the correctional facilities
improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, as amended by
section 28 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of 2000, but
notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of section 1 of chapter 174
of the laws of 1968, the New York state urban development corporation is
hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes and other obligations in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed [ten billion two hundred nine-
ty-nine million three hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars
$10,299,359,000, and shall include all bonds, notes and other obli-
gations issued pursuant to chapter 56 of the laws of 1983, as amended or
supplemented. The proceeds of such bonds, notes or other obligations
shall be paid to the state, for deposit in the correctional facilities
capital improvement fund to pay for all or any portion of the amount or
amounts paid by the state from appropriations or reappropriations made
to the department of corrections and community supervision from the
correctional facilities capital improvement fund for capital projects.
The aggregate amount of bonds, notes or other obligations authorized to
be issued pursuant to this section shall exclude bonds, notes or other
obligations issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds, notes or other
obligations theretofore issued, the proceeds of which were paid to the
state for all or a portion of the amounts expended by the state from
appropriations or reappropriations made to the department of corrections
and community supervision; provided, however, that upon any such refund-
ing or repayment the total aggregate principal amount of outstanding
bonds, notes or other obligations may be greater than ten billion two
hundred ninety-nine million three hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars
$10,299,359,000, only if the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations to be
issued shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the bonds, notes or other obligations so to be refunded or repaid.
For the purposes hereof, the present value of the aggregate debt service
of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and of
the aggregate debt service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so
refunded or repaid, shall be calculated by utilizing the effective
interest rate of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obli-
gations, which shall be that rate arrived at by doubling the semi-annual
interest rate (compounded semi-annually) necessary to discount the debt
service payments on the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other
obligations from the payment dates thereof to the date of issue of the
refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations and to the
price bid including estimated accrued interest or proceeds received by
the corporation including estimated accrued interest from the sale ther-
eof] ELEVEN BILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-
NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS $11,117,359,000, EXCLUDING BONDS ISSUED AFTER
APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO (I) FUND ONE OR MORE DEBT
SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS, (II) PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND
(III) REFUND OR OTHERWISE REPAY SUCH BONDS OR NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED,
PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE EXCLUSION OF REFUNDING
DEBT ISSUED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE.
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§ 56. The opening paragraph of section 3573 of the public authorities
law, as added by chapter 5 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
Notwithstanding any provision of this article or any other provision
of law to the contrary, so long as bonds issued by the dormitory author-
ity [to finance facilities for] ON OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO MAKE LOANS TO the department of health of the
state of New York TO FINANCE STATE HOSPITAL FACILITIES LISTED IN SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW remain outstanding as
defined in the bond resolution under which such bonds were issued, the
following provisions shall be applicable:
§ 57. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 409 of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 1997, is amended and
a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner shall, after the first day of July, nineteen
hundred seventy-one, pay over moneys received by the department includ-
ing, SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, moneys received from
the Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation for the care, maintenance
and treatment of patients at state hospitals in the department as
enumerated in section four hundred three of this chapter, together with
money received from fees, including parking fees, refunds, reimburse-
ments, payments received pursuant to leases, sales of property and
miscellaneous receipts of such hospitals other than gifts, grants,
bequests and moneys received under research contracts, and clinical
practice income received pursuant to a clinical practice plan estab-
lished pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section two hundred six of
this chapter except for the amount of money required by the comptroller
to be maintained on deposit in the department of health income fund
pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision less payments required to
be made into pools created by this chapter and for assessments estab-
lished pursuant to this chapter and less refunds made pursuant to law,
to the comptroller to be deposited by [him] THE COMPTROLLER in the
department of health income fund. Such moneys shall be kept separate and
shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the hands of the comp-
troller. All deposits of such money shall, if required by the comp-
troller, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state
of market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit and all
banks and trust companies are authorized to give such securities for
such deposits. The commissioner shall identify to the comptroller moneys
received from Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation or its subsid-
iaries.
6. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, UPON THE
PAYMENT OR PROVISION FOR PAYMENT OF ALL OUTSTANDING BONDS ISSUED ON OR
BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE BY THE DORMITORY
AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS TO THE DEPARTMENT TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE STATE
HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE BOND RESOLUTION
UNDER WHICH SUCH BONDS WERE ISSUED, THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO
AND FIVE OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING (I) THE PAYMENT AND IDENTIFICATION BY
THE DEPARTMENT TO THE COMPTROLLER OF MONEYS RECEIVED FROM THE ROSWELL
PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION, (II) THE DEPOSIT AND MAINTENANCE OF
SUCH MONEYS FROM THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION BY THE
COMPTROLLER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INCOME FUND, AND (III) THE
RELEASE OF EXCESS MONEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INCOME FUND ATTRI-
BUTED TO THE OPERATION OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORPORATION
OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, SHALL NO LONGER BE APPLICABLE AND, THEREAFTER, ALL
SUCH MONEYS FROM THE OPERATION OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE
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CORPORATION SHALL REMAIN IN THE CUSTODY AND/OR CONTROL OF THE CORPO-
RATION AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
§ 58. Intentionally omitted.
§ 59. Subdivision 8 of section 68-b of the state finance law, as
amended by section 60 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
8. Revenue bonds may only be issued for authorized purposes, as
defined in section sixty-eight-a of this article. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the dormitory authority of the state of New York, the urban
development corporation and the New York state thruway authority may
issue revenue bonds for any authorized purpose of any other such author-
ized issuer through March thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-five] TWEN-
TY-NINE. Any such revenue bonds issued by the New York state thruway
authority shall be subject to the approval of the New York state public
authorities control board, pursuant to section fifty-one of the public
authorities law. The authorized issuers shall not issue any revenue
bonds in an amount in excess of statutory authorizations for such
authorized purposes. Authorizations for such authorized purposes shall
be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of revenue bonds issued for
such authorized purposes under this article. Such reduction shall not be
made in relation to revenue bonds issued to fund reserve funds, if any,
and costs of issuance, [if these items are not counted under existing
authorizations,] nor shall revenue bonds issued to refund bonds issued
under existing authorizations reduce the amount of such authorizations.
§ 60. Intentionally omitted.
§ 61. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025; provided,
however, that the provisions of sections one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one of this act shall expire March
31, 2026.
PART FF
Intentionally Omitted
PART GG
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 135
to read as follows:
§ 135. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPER-
VISION BODY-WORN CAMERAS PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT A BODY-WORN CAMERAS PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF SUCH PROGRAM IS
TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVIDENCE FOR DEPARTMENTAL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES, DEPARTMENT STAFF, RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, AND
THOSE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S CARE BY PROVIDING BODY-WORN CAMERAS TO ALL
CORRECTION OFFICERS, SECURITY SUPERVISORS, AND ANY CIVILIAN STAFF AS
IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE BODY-WORN CAMERAS THAT WILL BE POWERED
ON AND WORN BY CORRECTION OFFICERS AND SECURITY SUPERVISORS AT ALL
TIMES, WHILE ON DUTY. INCIDENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE STAFF TO
MANUALLY ACTIVATE THEIR BODY-WORN CAMERAS, REGARDLESS OF THE PRESENCE OF
FIXED CAMERAS, INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
(A) DURING ANY INTERACTION WITH AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL OR VISITOR,
IN ANY LOCATION. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY WHEN THE OFFICE OF
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS OR CRISIS INTERVENTION UNIT IS CONDUCTING AN
INTERVIEW WITH AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING CONFIDENTIAL INFOR-
MATION WHERE A RECORD OF INTERVIEW IS COMPLETED;
(B) WHEN STAFF OBSERVE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITY BY AN INCARCERATED INDI-
VIDUAL, A DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE FACILITY;
(C) DURING GENERAL MOVEMENT OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS;
(D) WHEN STAFF IS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY CALL FOR ASSISTANCE;
(E) DURING ALL INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL ESCORTS;
(F) DURING INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTS, AS DIRECTED BY THE
FACILITY WATCH COMMANDER OR HIGHER-RANKING SUPERVISOR. WHEN AN EMPLOYEE
ENTERS A NON-DEPARTMENT FACILITY, THE EMPLOYEE WILL COMPLY WITH THE
FACILITY LOCAL POLICY ON WEARING THE CAMERA AND RECORDING. IF A LOCAL
POLICY DOES NOT EXIST, THE EMPLOYEE SHALL DEFAULT TO DEPARTMENT POLICY;
(G) WHEN A FIREARM, OLEORESIN CAPSICUM SPRAY, OR A BATON IS REMOVED
FROM ITS HOLSTER OR HOLDER;
(H) ANY INSTANCE WHERE DEPARTMENT STAFF FEELS THERE IS AN IMMINENT
THREAT OR THE NEED TO DOCUMENT THEIR TIME ON DUTY;
(I) DURING ALL USES OF FORCE, INCLUDING ANY PHYSICAL AGGRESSION OR USE
OF A NON-LETHAL OR LETHAL WEAPON;
(J) DURING A DISCIPLINARY HEARING WHEN FIXED VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEMS
ARE NOT AVAILABLE WHERE THE DISCIPLINARY HEARING IS CONDUCTED. SUCH
RECORDINGS WILL BE SECURELY PRESERVED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL HEARING
RECORD FOR ALL TIER II AND TIER III HEARINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 270.3
OF THE NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS. AUDIO RECORDINGS OF ALL
HEARINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE VIDEO MONI-
TORING SYSTEM CAPTURES AUDIO;
(K) AS DIRECTED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OR CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS
FOR THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, OR SUCH DEPUTY COMMISSIONER'S
OR CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS' DESIGNEE, OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATORS MAY UTILIZE BODY-WORN CAMERA SYSTEMS PURSUANT TO THE
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS POLICY. THE USE OF SUCH CAMERAS BY THE
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATORS MAY INCLUDE BUT IS NOT
LIMITED TO ABSCONDER/FUGITIVE OPERATIONS, FACILITY INSPECTIONS, MONITOR-
ING OF FRISKS, CANINE OPERATIONS, HIGH-RISK IN-STATE TRANSPORTS OF
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS OR RELEASEES, AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES
WHICH ARE DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO RECORD;
(L) IN CONGREGATE SHOWER AREAS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT STAFF SHALL
PROVIDE A VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT A BODY-WORN CAMERA IS IN USE AND
AVOID INTENTIONAL RECORDING OF AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IN A STATE OF
UNDRESS UNLESS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO AS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR DUTIES;
(M) DURING ALL CORRECTIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM ACTIVATIONS; AND
(N) DURING A STRIP SEARCH OR STRIP FRISK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE GIVEN VERBAL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE
BEING RECORDED, AND THE FOLLOWING RULES APPLY:
(I) THE WEARER OF THE BODY-WORN CAMERA SHALL BE OF THE SAME GENDER AS
THE GENDER DESIGNATION OF THE FACILITY. VIDEO RECORDINGS OF STRIP FRISKS
OR STRIP SEARCHES SHALL NOT BE VIEWED BY ANYONE, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
AUTHORIZED IN WRITING BY THE FACILITY'S DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR SECU-
RITY OR HIGHER AUTHORITY. IF THE RECORDING IS APPROVED FOR REVIEW, THE
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR SECURITY SHALL ASSURE THIS FACT IS DOCUMENTED
TO INCLUDE DATE, TIME, AUTHORIZATION, REVIEWER NAME, EXPLANATION OF WHY
THE REVIEW IS NECESSARY, AND THE RESULT OF SUCH REVIEW.
(II) A BODY-WORN CAMERA RECORDING OF ANY STRIP SEARCH OR STRIP FRISK
SHALL IMMEDIATELY BE TURNED OVER TO AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO UPLOAD,
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CHARGE, AND ISSUE SUCH CAMERAS TO ASSIGNED STAFF FOR UPLOADING AND STOR-
AGE.
(III) THE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A STRIP FRISK OR OTHER INCIDENT DEPICTING
AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IN A STATE OF COMPLETE UNDRESS SHALL ONLY BE
VIEWED BY DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO ARE OF THE SAME GENDER AS THE GENDER
DESIGNATION OF THE FACILITY.
3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE CIVILIAN STAFF
ASSIGNED TO A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO WEAR BODY-WORN CAMERAS WHILE ON
DUTY WHERE THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE HAS DIRECT SUPERVISION OF AN INCARCER-
ATED INDIVIDUAL WITH ONLY INTERMITTENT SECURITY SUPERVISION. IN
INSTANCES WHERE THE COMMISSIONER HAS REQUIRED A CIVILIAN TO WEAR A BODY-
WORN CAMERA WHILE ON DUTY, SUCH CAMERAS SHALL BE ACTIVATED AND SHALL
RECORD:
(A) WHILE INTERACTING WITH AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF
THE EXISTENCE OF FIXED-VIDEO MONITORING; AND
(B) WHILE SUCH EMPLOYEE IS IN THE AREA OF A USE OF FORCE INCIDENT,
INCLUDING ANY PHYSICAL AGGRESSION OR USE OF A NON-LETHAL OR LETHAL WEAP-
ON.
4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRESERVE RECORDINGS OF SUCH BODY-WORN CAMERAS
FOR AT LEAST NINETY DAYS.
5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERFORM ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE ON THE
EQUIPMENT USED IN SUCH BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION.
6. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SOLELY DETERMINE THE
TIMING AND APPROPRIATENESS OF ANY REVIEW OR PROVISION OF BODY-WORN
CAMERA FOOTAGE TO AN EMPLOYEE PRIOR TO THAT EMPLOYEE BEING REQUIRED TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
TWO HUNDRED NINE-A OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, OR PRIOR TO AN EMPLOYMENT
DISCIPLINARY HEARING REGARDING THE POTENTIAL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH EMPLOY-
EE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth 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 HH
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 41 of the correction law, as added
by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
1. There shall be within the executive department a state commission
of correction. It shall consist of three persons to be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor
shall designate one of the appointed members as [chairman] CHAIR to
serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The members shall devote
full time to their duties and shall hold no other salaried public posi-
tion.
§ 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the correction
law, as added by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Any member chosen to fill in a vacancy created other than by expi-
ration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the
SUCCEEDED member [whom he is to succeed]. Vacancies caused by the expi-
ration of term or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as
original appointments.
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§ 3. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the correction
law, as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
follows:
4. The members of the council other than the [chairman] CHAIR shall
receive no compensation for their services but each member other than
the [chairman] CHAIR shall be entitled to receive [his or her] actual
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of [his or her] COUN-
CIL duties.
§ 4. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the correction
law, as amended by section 14 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
5. No appointed member of the council shall qualify or enter upon the
duties of [his] office, or remain therein, while [he is] an officer or
employee of the department of corrections and community supervision or
any correctional facility or is in a position [where he exercises] TO
EXERCISE administrative supervision over any correctional facility. The
council shall have such staff as shall be necessary to assist it in the
performance of its duties within the amount of the appropriation there-
for as determined by the [chairman] CHAIR of the commission.
§ 5. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 42 of the correction
law, as added by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
follows:
1. Advise and assist the commission in developing policies, plans and
programs for improving the commission's performance of its duties and
for coordinating the efforts of the commission and of correctional offi-
cials to improve conditions of care, treatment, safety, supervision,
rehabilitation, recreation, training and education in correctional
facilities. SUCH ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE SHALL MINIMALLY CONSIST OF AN
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO THE COMMISSION;
§ 6. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (c) of section 42 of the correction
law, as added by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Meet at least once per calendar month at a time and place desig-
nated by the [chairman] CHAIR of the council.
§ 7. Subdivision 1 of section 43 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 379 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
1. There shall be within the commission a correction medical review
board. It shall consist of six persons to be appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. In addition, the
governor shall designate one of the full-time members other than the
[chairman] CHAIR of the commission and the [chairman] CHAIR of the coun-
cil as [chairman] CHAIR of the board to serve as such at the pleasure of
the governor. Of the appointed members of the board one shall be a
physician duly licensed to practice in this state; one shall be a physi-
cian duly licensed to practice in this state and a board certified
forensic pathologist; one shall be a physician duly licensed to practice
in this state and shall be a board certified forensic psychiatrist; one
shall be an attorney admitted to practice in this state; two shall be
members appointed at large.
§ 8. Subdivision 3 of section 43 of the correction law, as added by
chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
3. Any member chosen to fill a vacancy created other than by expira-
tion of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the SUCCEEDED
member [whom he is to succeed]. Vacancies caused by expiration of term
or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as original appoint-
ments.
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§ 9. Section 44 of the correction law, as added by chapter 865 of the
laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§ 44. [Chairman] CHAIR of commission. 1. The [chairman] CHAIR shall be
the executive officer of the commission, the board and the council, AND
MAY SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OR COUNCIL AT ANY TIME NECESSITATED
BY A COMMISSION MEMBER VACANCY.
2. The [chairman] CHAIR may appoint such assistants, officers and
employees, committees and consultants for the board and the council as
[he may determine] necessary, prescribe their powers and duties, fix
their compensation and provide for reimbursement of their expenses with-
in amounts appropriated therefor.
3. The [chairman] CHAIR may, from time to time, create, abolish,
transfer and consolidate bureaus and other units within the commission,
the board and the council not expressly established by law as [he may
determine] necessary for the efficient operation of the commission, the
board and the council, subject to the approval of the director of the
budget.
4. The [chairman] CHAIR may request and receive from any department,
division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any
political subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance,
information and data as will enable the commission, the board and the
council properly to carry out its functions, powers and duties.
§ 10. Subdivision 3 of section 45 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3. [Except in circumstances involving health, safety or alleged
violations of established standards of the commission, visit] VISIT,
[and] inspect [correctional facilities consistent with a schedule deter-
mined by the chairman of the commission, taking into consideration
available resources, workload and staffing,] and appraise the management
of [such] correctional facilities with specific attention to matters
such as safety, security, health of incarcerated individuals, sanitary
conditions, rehabilitative programs, disturbance and fire prevention and
control preparedness, and adherence to laws and regulations governing
the rights of incarcerated individuals. SUCH VISITS, INSPECTIONS AND
APPRAISALS SHALL OCCUR, AT A MINIMUM, ANNUALLY FOR JAILS, SPECIALIZED
SECURE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES FOR OLDER YOUTH, FACILITIES OPER-
ATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND SECURE FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
§ 11. Subdivision 4 of section 45 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
4. Establish procedures to assure effective investigation of griev-
ances of, and conditions affecting, incarcerated individuals of local
correctional facilities. Such procedures shall include but not be limit-
ed to receipt of written complaints, interviews of persons, and on-site
monitoring of conditions. In addition, the commission shall establish
procedures for the speedy and impartial review of grievances referred to
it by the commissioner [of the department of corrections and community
supervision]. THE COMMISSION SHALL MAINTAIN A WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS FOR
THE SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMPLAINTS REGARDING ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILI-
TY, AND PROVIDES THE COMMISSION'S ADDRESS FOR THE RECEIPT OF COMPLAINTS
BY MAIL. THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO PROVIDE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, IN WRITING,
THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AND MAILING ADDRESS.
§ 12. Subdivision 17 of section 45 of the correction law, as amended
by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
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17. Make an annual report to the governor, the [chairman] CHAIR of the
assembly committee on correction and the [chairman] CHAIR of the senate
committee on crime victims, crime and correction concerning incarcerated
individuals confined in local correctional facilities pursuant to an
agreement authorized by section five hundred-o of this chapter. Such
report shall include but not be limited to the number of counties main-
taining such agreements and the number of incarcerated individuals
confined pursuant to such agreements.
§ 13. Subdivision 1 of section 46 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
1. The commission, any member or any employee designated by the
commission must be granted access at any and all times to any correc-
tional facility or part thereof and to all books, records, medical AND
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND TRANSITION SERVICES records of
incarcerated individuals and data pertaining to any correctional facili-
ty deemed necessary for carrying out the commission's functions, powers
and duties. The commission, any member or any employee designated by the
[chairman] CHAIR may require from the officers or employees of a correc-
tional facility any information deemed necessary for the purpose of
carrying out the commission's functions, powers and duties. COMMISSION
MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES MAY CONDUCT PRIVATE INTERVIEWS OF CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, WHO MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL OR A
UNION REPRESENTATIVE ACTING ON SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE'S BEHALF.
COMMISSION MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES MAY ALSO CONDUCT PRIVATE INTERVIEWS OF
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, UPON SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S CONSENT.
§ 14. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 47 of the correction
law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) Upon review of the cause of death and circumstances surrounding
the death of any incarcerated individual, the board shall submit its
report thereon to the commission and to the governor, the [chairman]
CHAIR of the assembly committee on correction and the [chairman] CHAIR
of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction and,
where appropriate, make recommendations to prevent the recurrence of
such deaths to the commission and the administrator of the appropriate
correctional facility. The report provided to the governor, the [chair-
man] CHAIR of the assembly committee on correction and the [chairman]
CHAIR of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction
shall not be redacted except as otherwise required to protect confiden-
tial medical records and behavioral health records in accordance with
state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
§ 15. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 47
of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) Investigate and report to the commission on the condition of
systems for the delivery of medical care to incarcerated individuals of
correctional facilities and where appropriate recommend such changes as
it shall deem necessary and proper to improve the quality and availabil-
ity of such medical care. SUCH REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION SHALL MINIMALLY
CONSIST OF AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD TO THE COMMISSION.
§ 16. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision 17 of section
45 of the correction law made by section twelve of this act shall not
affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall expire and be deemed
repealed therewith.
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PART II
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 79-a and 79-b of
the correction law, the governor is authorized to close up to five
correctional facilities of the department of corrections and community
supervision, in the state fiscal year 2025--2026, as the governor deter-
mines to be necessary for the cost-effective and efficient operation of
the correctional system, provided that the governor provides at least 90
days' notice prior to any such closures to the temporary president of
the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such notice shall include
the list of facilities the governor plans to close, the number of incar-
cerated individuals in said facilities, and the number of staff working
in said facilities. The commissioner of corrections and community super-
vision shall also report in detail to the temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly on the results of staff relo-
cation efforts within 60 days after such closures.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025; provided,
however that this act shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31,
2026.
§ 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.
PART JJ
Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 1-e of the legis-
lative law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
(4) Such biennial filings shall be completed on or before January
first of the first year of a biennial cycle commencing in calendar year
two thousand five and thereafter, by those persons who have been
retained, employed or designated as lobbyist on or before December
fifteenth of the previous calendar year and who reasonably anticipate
that in the coming year they will expend, incur or receive combined
reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of two thou-
sand dollars in years prior to calendar year two thousand six and five
thousand dollars commencing in two thousand six OR, WHERE SUCH LOBBYIST
IS QUALIFIED AS AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE, TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS COMMENCING IN TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-SIX; for those lobbyists retained, employed or designated after
the previous December fifteenth, and for those lobbyists who subsequent
to their retainer, employment or designation reasonably anticipate
combined reportable compensation and expenses in excess of such amount,
such filing must be completed within fifteen days thereafter, but in no
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event later than ten days after the actual incurring or receiving of
such reportable compensation and expenses.
§ 2. Paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of subdivision (e) of section 1-e of
the legislative law, as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 62 of
the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
(iii) The first statement of registration filed biennially by each
lobbyist for the first biennial registration requirements for calendar
years BETWEEN two thousand five and two thousand [six and thereafter]
TWENTY-FIVE, shall be accompanied by a registration fee of two hundred
dollars except that no registration fee shall be required from any
lobbyist who in any year does not expend, incur or receive an amount in
excess of five thousand dollars of reportable compensation and expenses,
as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of
this article, for the purposes of lobbying or of a public corporation. A
fee of two hundred dollars shall be required for any subsequent state-
ment of registration filed by a lobbyist during the same biennial peri-
od; (iv) THE FIRST STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION FILED BIENNIALLY BY EACH
LOBBYIST FOR THE FIRST BIENNIAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CALENDAR
YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND THEREAFTER, SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
REGISTRATION FEE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS EXCEPT THAT NO REGISTRATION FEE
SHALL BE REQUIRED FROM ANY LOBBYIST WHO IS QUALIFIED AS AN EXEMPT ORGAN-
IZATION OR ENTITY BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNDER
SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND IN ANY YEAR DOES NOT
EXPEND, INCUR OR RECEIVE AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES, AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH FIVE OF
SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION ONE-H OF THIS ARTICLE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
LOBBYING OR OF A PUBLIC CORPORATION. A FEE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS SHALL
BE REQUIRED FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION FILED BY A
LOBBYIST DURING THE SAME BIENNIAL PERIOD; (V) The statement of registra-
tion filed after the due date of a biennial registration shall be accom-
panied by a registration fee that is prorated to one hundred dollars for
any registration filed after January first of the second calendar year
covered by the biennial reporting requirement. In addition to the fees
authorized by this section, the commission may impose a fee for late
filing of a registration statement required by this section not to
exceed twenty-five dollars for each day that the statement required to
be filed is late, except that if the lobbyist making a late filing has
not previously been required by statute to file such a statement, the
fee for late filing shall not exceed ten dollars for each day that the
statement required to be filed is late.
§ 3. Subdivision (a) of section 1-h of the legislative law, as amended
by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Any lobbyist required to file a statement of registration pursuant
to section one-e of this article who in any lobbying year reasonably
anticipates that during the year such lobbyist will expend, incur or
receive combined reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in
excess of [five] TEN thousand dollars, OR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WHERE
SUCH LOBBYIST IS QUALIFIED AS AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY BY THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b)
of this section, for the purpose of lobbying, shall file with the
commission a bi-monthly written report, on forms supplied by the commis-
sion, by the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of the reporting
period in which the lobbyist was first required to file a statement of
registration. Such reporting periods shall be the period of January
first to the last day of February, March first to April thirtieth, May
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first to June thirtieth, July first to August thirty-first, September
first to October thirty-first and November first to December thirty-
first.
§ 4. Subdivision (a) of section 1-j of the legislative law, as amended
by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Semi-annual reports shall be filed by any client retaining,
employing or designating a lobbyist or lobbyists, whether or not any
such lobbyist was required to file a bi-monthly report, if such client
reasonably anticipates that during the year such client will expend or
incur an amount in excess of five thousand dollars, OR TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS WHERE SUCH LOBBYIST IS QUALIFIED AS AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION OR
ENTITY BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNDER SECTION
501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE of combined reportable compen-
sation and expenses, as provided in paragraph five of subdivision [(c)]
(B) of this section, for the purposes of lobbying.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART KK
Section 1. Section 70 of the legislative law, as amended by chapter
239 of the laws of 1944, is amended to read as follows:
§ 70. Commission [created] CONTINUED; terms and qualifications of
members. A law revision commission is hereby [created] CONTINUED, [to]
AND SHALL consist of the [chairman] CHAIRS of the committees on the
judiciary and codes of the senate and assembly, ex-officio, and [five]
TEN additional members, FIVE MEMBERS to be appointed by the governor,
ONE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, ONE
MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, ONE MEMBER
TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, ONE MEMBER TO BE
APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND ONE MEMBER TO BE
APPOINTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. The members first appointed by the
governor FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE THAT AMENDED THIS SECTION shall be appointed for
such terms that the term of one member will expire on each succeeding
thirty-first day of December. MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE SHALL BE
APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED BY THE
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE
APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. THE MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED BY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. The term
of a member thereafter appointed, except to fill a vacancy occurring
otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be five years from the expi-
ration of the term of [his] SUCH MEMBER'S predecessor. A vacancy in the
office of a member [appointed by the governor] occurring otherwise than
by expiration of term, shall be filled by the [governor] APPOINTING
AUTHORITY for ONLY the remainder [only] of the term OF SUCH MEMBER'S
PREDECESSOR. [Upon making the original appointments] IN JULY OF EACH
YEAR, the [governor] COMMISSION'S MEMBERSHIP shall designate one of the
appointed members as [chairman] CHAIR of the commission. [Upon] A VACAN-
CY IN the [appointment] OFFICE of [a successor to] the [chairman] CHAIR
of the commission OCCURRING OTHERWISE THAN BY EXPIRATION OF TERM, [the
governor] shall [designate such successor or other member of] BE FILLED
BY the [commission as chairman] COMMISSION'S MEMBERSHIP FOR ONLY THE
REMAINDER OF THE TERM OF SUCH CHAIR'S PREDECESSOR. Four members
appointed by the governor shall be attorneys and counselors at law,
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admitted to practice in the courts of this state, OR MEMBERS OF LAW
FACULTIES OF UNIVERSITIES OR LAW SCHOOLS WITHIN THE STATE RECOGNIZED BY
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, and at least two of
[them] SUCH MEMBERS shall be members of law faculties of universities or
law schools within the state recognized by the board of regents of the
state of New York. THE COMMISSION SHALL MEET IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY AT
LEAST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
§ 2. Section 71 of the legislative law, as amended by chapter 358 of
the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows:
§ 71. Expenses; employees. Each of the members of the commission
appointed by the governor OR BY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE shall receive
REIMBURSEMENT FOR necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
official duty. The commission may appoint such employees as may be need-
ed, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation within the amount
appropriated for the commission.
§ 3. Section 72 of the legislative law, as added by chapter 597 of the
laws of 1934, is amended to read as follows:
§ 72. Purposes of commission. It shall be the duty of the law revision
commission:
1. To examine the common law and statutes of the state and current
judicial decisions [for the purpose of discovering defects and anachro-
nisms in the law] and recommending needed reforms.
2. To receive and consider SUGGESTED AREAS OF STUDY AND proposed
changes in the law recommended by JUDGES, JUSTICES, PUBLIC OFFICIALS,
LAWYERS, the American law institute, the [commissioners for the
promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States] UNIFORM LAW
COMMISSION, [any] bar [association or] ASSOCIATIONS, other learned
bodies, OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SUGGESTIONS FOR AREAS OF STUDY MADE BY
STATUTE, THE GOVERNOR, MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, COURT OF APPEALS
JUDGES, OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL BE GIVEN PRIORITY REVIEW FOR
CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION.
3. [To receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public
officials, lawyers and the public generally as to defects and anachro-
nisms in the law.
4.] To recommend, from time to time, such changes in the law as it
deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated [and] OR inequitable
rules of law, and to bring the law of this state, civil and criminal,
into harmony with modern conditions.
[5.] 4. To report its proceedings annually to the legislature on or
before February first, and, if it deems advisable, to accompany its
report with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.
§ 4. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 73 to read
as follows:
§ 73. FUNDING OF THE COMMISSION. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE
JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE A FUND TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE LAW REVISION COMMISSION FUND. THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL DEPOSIT INTO THE LAW REVISION COMMISSION FUND ALL
MONEYS APPROPRIATED TO THE LAW REVISION COMMISSION. THE MONEYS SO
RECEIVED AND DEPOSITED IN THE LAW REVISION COMMISSION FUND SHALL NOT BE
COMMINGLED WITH MONEYS FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND SHALL BE USED SOLELY
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART LL
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Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 521 of the judiciary law, as
amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, trial and
grand jurors in each court of the unified court system shall be entitled
to an allowance equal to the sum of [forty] SEVENTY-TWO dollars per day
for each and every day of physical attendance wherein the court
convenes, except that no person who is employed shall be entitled to
receive such allowance if, pursuant to section five hundred nineteen of
this article, [his or her] THEIR employer is prohibited from withholding
the first [forty] SEVENTY-TWO dollars of wages of such person during
such period and such person's daily wages equal or exceed [forty] SEVEN-
TY-TWO dollars. If such person's daily wages are less than [forty]
SEVENTY-TWO dollars, [he or she] SUCH PERSON shall be entitled to
receive an allowance hereunder equal to the difference between [forty]
SEVENTY-TWO dollars and the amount of [his or her] THEIR daily wages.
Such fees and those expenses actually and necessarily incurred in
providing food and lodging for jurors shall be a state charge payable
out of funds appropriated to the office of court administration for that
purpose.
§ 2. Section 519 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 85 of the
laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
§ 519. Right of juror to be absent from employment. Any person who is
summoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and
who notifies [his or her] THEIR employer to that effect prior to the
commencement of a term of service shall not, on account of absence from
employment by reason of such jury service, be subject to discharge or
penalty. An employer may, however, withhold wages of any such employee
serving as a juror during the period of such service; provided that an
employer who employs more than ten employees shall not withhold the
first [forty] SEVENTY-TWO dollars of such juror's daily wages during the
first three days of jury service. Withholding of wages in accordance
with this section shall not be deemed a penalty. Violation of this
section shall constitute a criminal contempt of court punishable pursu-
ant to section seven hundred fifty of this chapter.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART MM
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b
to read as follows:
§ 138-B. VISITOR TRANSPORTATION. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUAL VISITING PROGRAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
FOR VISITORS TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT NO LESS
THAN BIMONTHLY, AT NO COST TO VISITORS. TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE PROVIDED
FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ROCHESTER, SYRACUSE, BUFFALO AND ALBANY TO
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. INFORMATION
CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC
WEBSITE, AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE TELEPHONE NUMBER DESIGNATED,
PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE. NOTICE
OF AVAILABLE TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO INCARCERATED INDIVID-
UALS UPON RECEPTION AND UPON TRANSFER TO A NEW CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
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PART NN
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 512
to read as follows:
§ 512. IDENTIFICATION CARD PROGRAM. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
"IDENTIFICATION CARD" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED NINETY OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
2. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WOULD
ALLOW INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES WITHOUT
AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, OR WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED A DRIVER'S LICENSE
OR LEARNER'S PERMIT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OR WHOSE
DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT IS EXPIRED, SUSPENDED, REVOKED OR
SURRENDERED, OR WHOSE IDENTIFICATION CARD IS EXPIRED, TO OBTAIN AN IDEN-
TIFICATION CARD PRIOR TO SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL'S RELEASE FROM A
LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AT THE OPTION OF SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVID-
UAL.
3. THE SENTENCE AND COMMITMENT OF AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IN A
LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT TO GRANT AUTHORI-
ZATION TO THE SHERIFF OF SUCH LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO ASSIST SUCH
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN AN IDENTIFICATION CARD
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
4. (A) PRIOR TO AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL'S RELEASE FROM A LOCAL
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE SHERIFF OF SUCH LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
SHALL NOTIFY SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL, VERBALLY AND IN WRITING, OF
THE IDENTIFICATION CARD PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION. THE SHERIFF OF SUCH
LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL ALSO DOCUMENT THAT THEY OFFERED TO
ASSIST SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IN OBTAINING AN IDENTIFICATION CARD
AND IF SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL DECLINED. THE SHERIFF OF A LOCAL
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL MAKE DILIGENT EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT AN
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IS PROVIDED WITH AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, IF
REQUESTED, PRIOR TO OR UPON THE RELEASE OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL FROM SUCH
LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
(B) IF AN IDENTIFICATION CARD IS OBTAINED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
SHERIFF OF A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL
PRIOR TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S RELEASE FROM SUCH LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILI-
TY, SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL BE KEPT IN SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVID-
UAL'S RECORDS UNTIL SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS RELEASED FROM SUCH LOCAL CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITY; AND UPON SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S RELEASE, SUCH IDENTIFICATION
CARD SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
§ 2. Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. IDENTIFICATION CARD PROGRAMS. IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED TO INCAR-
CERATED INDIVIDUALS PURSUANT TO AN IDENTIFICATION CARD PROGRAM UNDER
SECTION ELEVEN OR FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE CORRECTION LAW SHALL BE
FORMATTED IDENTICALLY TO ALL OTHER IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION. SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARDS SHALL NOT CONTAIN ANY MARK-
INGS OR OTHER INDICATIONS THAT SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARDS WERE ISSUED
PURSUANT TO SUCH AN IDENTIFICATION CARD PROGRAM.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 2 of part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of 2022, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner may waive the payment of fees
required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant is (a) an
incarcerated individual in an institution or correctional facility under
the jurisdiction of a state department or agency, OR A LOCAL CORRECTION-
AL FACILITY AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW, or (b) a
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victim of a crime and the identification card applied for is a replace-
ment for one that was lost or destroyed as a result of the crime.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth 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 OO
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "family court adjusted service time (FAST) act".
§ 2. Subdivision (a) of section 161 of the family court act is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The days and hours the court is open shall be as provided by rule
of court; PROVIDED, THAT THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL
REQUIRE THAT THE COURT REMAIN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT AT LEAST ONE NIGHT A
WEEK IN AT LEAST TWO COUNTIES IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, EFFECTIVE JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, AND IN AT LEAST THREE COUNTIES IN SUCH
CITY, EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN. WHEN A COURT
REMAINS OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON A DAY AS PROVIDED HEREIN, THE CHIEF
ADMINISTRATOR SHALL DETERMINE THE CLASSES OF CASES THAT MAY BE HEARD IN
SUCH COURT AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. AND SUCH CLASSES OF CASES MAY BE
HEARD BY THE COURT UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON SUCH DAY; EXCEPT THAT, WHERE SUCH
CLASSES INCLUDE CASES IN WHICH PETITIONS ARE FILED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES
THREE, SIX, EIGHT, AND TEN OF THIS ACT, THE CLERK OF SUCH COURT SHALL
ACCEPT SUCH PETITIONS UNTIL ELEVEN O'CLOCK P.M. ON SUCH DAY.
§ 3. Not later than December 1, 2027, the chief administrator of the
courts shall submit to the legislature, the governor, and the chief
judge of the state a report evaluating the use of family court in the
counties wherein the chief administrator, pursuant to subdivision (a) of
section 161 of the family court act, as amended in section two of this
act, has required that the court remain open until midnight.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire April 1,
2028 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
repealed.
PART PP
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 144
to read as follows:
§ 144. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF
MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP A UNIFORM ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM
TO BE UTILIZED BY ALL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN THE STATE.
2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
PART QQ
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Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 53 of the executive law, as added
by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivision 8
is added to read as follows:
7. establish programs for training state officers and employees
regarding the prevention and elimination of corruption, fraud, criminal
activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in covered agencies[.]; AND
8. RECEIVE AND INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CORRECTION-
AL FACILITIES AND OTHER PLACES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION FIFTY-FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 54-a to read
as follows:
§ 54-A. INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN INSTITUTIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
A. "INSTITUTION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH
(C) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
B. "SEXUAL ASSAULT" OR ANY DERIVATIVE TERM THEREOF MEANS ANY NON-CON-
SENSUAL SEXUAL CONTACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING
OFFENSES AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW: (I)
RAPE; (II) CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT; (III) SEXUAL MISCONDUCT; AND (IV) SEXUAL
ABUSE.
C. "NON-CONSENSUAL" OR ANY DERIVATIVE WORD OR PHRASE SHALL HAVE THE
SAME MEANING AS "LACK OF CONSENT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.05 OF THE
PENAL LAW.
2. A. THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL RECEIVE AND INVESTIGATE
COMPLAINTS FROM ANY SOURCE CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OF
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN INSTITUTIONS. THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL
SHALL HAVE ALL POWERS AS SET FORTH IN SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE
AND TO TAKE ANY OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH AND IMPAR-
TIAL INVESTIGATION.
B. ANY INDIVIDUAL IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN AN
INSTITUTION SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REPORT THE INCIDENT DIRECTLY TO THE
STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
3. A. THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL CREATE A CONFIDENTIAL AND
SECURE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO REPORT INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT IN SUCH INSTITUTIONS.
B. THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL DEVELOP PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES
FOR THE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS IN
INSTITUTIONS. PROTOCOLS SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM:
(I) PROCEDURES FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND CONFIDENTIAL REPORTING OF ALLEGA-
TIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT;
(II) PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE, INCLUDING FORENSIC
EVIDENCE;
(III) PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING THOROUGH AND IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATIONS
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH THE ALLEGED
VICTIM, WITNESSES, AND THE ACCUSED;
(IV) PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFYING VICTIMS OF THE STATUS OF THEIR CASE AND
THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION;
(V) PROCEDURES FOR THE REFERRAL OF CASES FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
WHERE APPROPRIATE; AND
(VI) PROCEDURES FOR TRACKING AND REPORTING ON SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGA-
TIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND OUTCOMES.
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4. WHEN THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL COMMENCES AN INVESTIGATION OF A
COMPLAINT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN AN INSTITUTION, SUCH INVESTIGATION SHALL
BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROTOCOLS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES
ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOW-
ING:
A. INTERVIEWS WITH THE VICTIM, WITNESSES, AND ANY ALLEGED PERPETRA-
TORS;
B. COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE, IF OR
WHEN APPLICABLE;
C. REVIEW OF RELEVANT INSTITUTIONAL OR DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS AND POLI-
CIES, IF RELEVANT TO THE INVESTIGATION;
D. COORDINATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES AND OTHER RELEVANT
AGENCIES AS NECESSARY; AND
E. ANY OTHER INVESTIGATIVE STEPS DEEMED NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT.
5. THE PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND AND SHALL BE
REGULARLY REVIEWED AND UPDATED BY THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL, AS NEED-
ED.
A. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, IN CONSUL-
TATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL, SHALL PROVIDE
INDIVIDUALS IN ITS CUSTODY WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO REPORT SEXUAL
ASSAULT TO THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON HOW TO
CONTACT THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, AND SHALL MAKE THIS INFOR-
MATION READILY AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS.
B. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, IN CONSUL-
TATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL, SHALL PROVIDE
INDIVIDUALS IN ITS CUSTODY WITH ACCESS TO A CONFIDENTIAL AND SECURE
METHOD FOR REPORTING SEXUAL ASSAULT TO THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL,
INCLUDING THE USE OF A HOTLINE OR OTHER SIMILAR SYSTEMS.
C. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION SHALL
ENSURE THAT ANY REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT MADE BY INDIVIDUALS IN ITS
CUSTODY WHEN THIS ACT TAKES EFFECT ARE IMMEDIATELY FORWARDED TO THE
OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
6. A. ANY INDIVIDUAL IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION WHO REPORTS A SEXUAL ASSAULT TO THE STATE
INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM RETALIATION, HARASSMENT, OR
ANY OTHER FORM OF RETRIBUTION OR ADVERSE TREATMENT AS A RESULT OF MAKING
SUCH REPORT. ANY ALLEGATIONS OF RETALIATION, HARASSMENT, OR ANY OTHER
FORM OF RETRIBUTION AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL WHO REPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULT TO
THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION AND POTEN-
TIAL REFERRAL FOR PROSECUTION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTI-
CLE.
B. THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL PROTECT THE CONFI-
DENTIALITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO FILE REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN INSTI-
TUTIONS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
7. THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION SHALL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO IMPLEMENT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRAINING STAFF
ON THE REPORTING PROCESS TO THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
PART RR
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Section 1. Section 42 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. TO TRANSMIT ITS ANNUAL BUDGET REQUEST TO THE GOVERNOR FOR INCLUSION
IN THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET WITHOUT REVISION BUT WITH SUCH RECOMMENDATION AS
THE GOVERNOR MAY DEEM PROPER.
§ 2. Subdivision 4 of section 44 of the judiciary law, as added by
chapter 156 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
4. If in the course of an investigation, the commission determines
that a hearing is warranted it shall direct that a formal written
complaint signed and verified by the administrator be drawn and served
upon the judge involved, either personally or by certified mail, return
receipt requested. The judge shall file a written answer to the [the]
FORMAL WRITTEN complaint with the commission within twenty days of such
service. THE FORMAL WRITTEN COMPLAINT AND ANSWER, AND THE RECORD OF
PROCEEDINGS THEREAFTER, INCLUDING THE HEARING AND ANY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE
THE COMMISSION, SHALL BE PUBLIC. If, upon receipt of the answer, or upon
expiration of the time to answer, the commission shall direct that a
hearing be held with respect to the FORMAL WRITTEN complaint, the judge
involved shall be notified in writing of the date of the hearing either
personally, at least twenty days prior thereto, or by certified mail,
return receipt requested, at least twenty-two days prior thereto. Upon
the written request of the judge, the commission shall, at least five
days prior to the hearing or any adjourned date thereof, make available
to the judge without cost copies of all documents which the commission
intends to present at such hearing and any written statements made by
witnesses who will be called to give testimony by the commission. The
commission shall, in any case, make available to the judge at least five
days prior to the hearing or any adjourned date thereof any exculpatory
evidentiary data and material relevant to the FORMAL WRITTEN complaint.
The failure of the commission to timely furnish any documents, state-
ments and/or exculpatory evidentiary data and material provided for
herein shall not affect the validity of any proceedings before the
commission provided that such failure is not substantially prejudicial
to the judge. The complainant may be notified of the hearing and unless
[he] THE COMPLAINANT shall be subpoenaed as a witness by the judge,
[his] THE COMPLAINANT'S presence thereat shall be within the discretion
of the commission. [The hearing shall not be public unless the judge
involved shall so demand in writing.] At the hearing the commission may
take the testimony of witnesses and receive evidentiary data and materi-
al relevant to the FORMAL WRITTEN complaint. The judge shall have the
right to be represented by counsel during any and all stages of the
hearing and shall have the right to call and cross-examine witnesses and
present evidentiary data and material relevant to the FORMAL WRITTEN
complaint. A transcript of the proceedings and of the testimony of
witnesses at the hearing shall be taken and kept with the records of the
commission.
§ 3. Section 45 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 35 of the
laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
§ 45. Confidentiality of records. [1.] Except as hereinafter provided,
all complaints, correspondence, commission proceedings and transcripts
thereof, other papers and data and records of the commission shall be
confidential and shall not be made available to any person except pursu-
ant to section forty-four of this article. The commission and its desig-
nated staff personnel shall have access to confidential material in the
performance of their powers and duties. If the judge who is the subject
of a complaint so requests in writing, copies of [the] ANY PENDING
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complaint, [the transcripts of hearings by the commission thereon, if
any] ANY DOCUMENTS MADE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR OF THIS
ARTICLE, and the dispositive action of the commission with respect to
[the] ANY complaint RESULTING IN A CAUTION, ADMONITION, CENSURE,
REMOVAL, RETIREMENT, OR RESIGNATION FROM JUDICIAL OFFICE, such copies
with any reference to the identity of any person who did not participate
at any such hearing suitably deleted therefrom, except the subject judge
or complainant, shall be made available for inspection and copying to
the public, or to any person, agency or body designated by such judge.
[2. Notwithstanding any provision in this section, the commission,
with the consent of the applicant, shall provide the record of any
proceeding pursuant to a formal written complaint against an applicant
for judicial appointment in which the applicant's misconduct was estab-
lished, any pending complaint against an applicant, and the record to
date of any pending proceeding pursuant to a formal written complaint
against an applicant for judicial appointment:
(a) to the commission on judicial nomination established by article
three-A of this chapter, with respect to applicants for appointment to
the court of appeals;
(b) to the governor with respect to all applicants whom the governor
indicates are under consideration for any judicial appointment; and
(c) to the temporary president of the senate and the chairman of the
senate judiciary committee with respect to all nominees for judicial
appointments which are subject to the advice and consent of the senate.]
The commission shall respond within fifteen days of a request for the
information provided for in this [subdivision] SECTION.
§ 4. Section 47 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 156 of the
laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
§ 47. Resignation OR RETIREMENT not to divest commission or court of
appeals of jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the court of appeals and
the commission pursuant to this article shall continue notwithstanding
that a judge resigns OR RETIRES from office after a [determination of
the commission that the judge be removed from office has been transmit-
ted to the chief judge of the court of appeals,] FORMAL WRITTEN
COMPLAINT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE HAS
BEEN SERVED ON THE JUDGE or in any case in which the [commission's
determination that a judge should be removed from office shall be trans-
mitted to the chief judge of the court of apppeals] FORMAL WRITTEN
COMPLAINT IS SERVED ON THE JUDGE within one hundred twenty days after
receipt by the chief administrator of the courts of the resignation OR
RETIREMENT of such judge. Any determination by the court of appeals
that a judge who has resigned OR RETIRED should be removed from office
shall render such judge ineligible to hold any other judicial office.
The chief administrator of the courts shall give written notice to the
commission of the resignation OR RETIREMENT of any judge who is the
subject of an investigation within five days after [his] receipt there-
of.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART SS
Section 1. Section 218 of the judiciary law is REPEALED and a new
section 218 is added to read as follows:
§ 218. AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 1. AUTHORI-
ZATION. SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER
THE PROCEEDING TO EXERCISE SOUND DISCRETION TO PROHIBIT OR LIMIT FILMING
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OR PHOTOGRAPHING OF PARTICULAR PARTICIPANTS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS TO
ENSURE SAFETY AND THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, AUDIO-VISUAL AND
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY COVERAGE BY THE MEDIA OF PUBLIC JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
IN THE APPELLATE AND TRIAL COURTS OF THIS STATE SHALL BE ALLOWED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
2. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) "PROCEEDING" SHALL MEAN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING HEARD IN A COURT
OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THIS STATE.
(B) "MEDIA" SHALL MEAN ANY NEWS REPORTING OR NEWS GATHERING AGENCY AND
ANY EMPLOYEE OR AGENT ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH AGENCY, INCLUDING TELEVISION,
RADIO, RADIO AND TELEVISION NETWORKS, NEWS SERVICES, NEWSPAPERS, MAGA-
ZINES, TRADE PAPERS, IN-HOUSE PUBLICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS OR ANY
OTHER NEWS REPORTING OR NEWS GATHERING AGENCY, THE FUNCTION OF WHICH IS
TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, OR SOME SEGMENT THEREOF.
3. EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL. THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE PERMITTED IN ANY
TRIAL COURT OR APPELLATE COURT PROCEEDING OTHER THAN A MATRIMONIAL
PROCEEDING OR A PROCEEDING IN FAMILY COURT:
(A) AT LEAST ONE COMPACT VIDEO CAMERA, OPERATED BY NO MORE THAN ONE
CAMERA PERSON. ADDITIONAL PERMITTED CAMERAS SHALL BE WITHIN THE SOLE
DISCRETION AND AUTHORITY OF THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER THE
PROCEEDING.
(B) NOT MORE THAN ONE AUDIO SYSTEM FOR RADIO BROADCAST PURPOSES.
AUDIO PICKUP FOR ALL MEDIA PURPOSES SHALL BE PROVIDED BY EXISTING AUDIO
SYSTEMS PRESENT IN THE COURTROOM. IF NO TECHNICALLY SUITABLE AUDIO
SYSTEM EXISTS IN THE COURTROOM, MICROPHONES AND RELATED WIRING ESSENTIAL
FOR MEDIA PURPOSES SHALL BE PERMISSIBLE PROVIDED THEY ARE UNOBTRUSIVE
AND SHALL BE LOCATED IN PLACES DESIGNATED IN ADVANCE OF ANY PROCEEDING
BY THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER THE PROCEEDING. IN THE EVENT
THAT THE COURTROOM HAS EXISTING CAMERAS SUITABLE FOR AUDIO-VISUAL COVER-
AGE, UPON REQUEST THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER THE PROCEEDING
SHALL HAVE SOLE DISCRETION TO PROVIDE A MEDIA FEED FROM SUCH CAMERAS
INSTEAD OF ALLOWING VIDEO CAMERAS IN THE COURTROOM.
(C) ADDITIONAL PERMITTED EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL SHALL BE WITHIN THE
SOLE DISCRETION AND AUTHORITY OF THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER THE
PROCEEDING. ALL COSTS OF ALL AUDIO AND VISUAL COVERAGE SHALL BE BORNE
BY THE ENTITY SEEKING TO PROVIDE SUCH COVERAGE.
(D) ANY POOLING ARRANGEMENTS AMONG MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CONCERNING
EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL SHALL BE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUCH MEMBERS
WITHOUT CALLING UPON THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER THE PROCEEDING
TO MEDIATE ANY DISPUTE AS TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE OR
EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED TO COVER A PARTICULAR PROCEEDING. IN THE ABSENCE OF
ADVANCE MEDIA AGREEMENT CONCERNING DISPUTED EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL
ISSUES, THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER THE PROCEEDING MAY EXCLUDE
ALL MEDIA PERSONNEL FROM A PROCEEDING.
4. SOUND AND LIGHT CRITERIA. ANY VIDEO AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING
STILL CAMERA EQUIPMENT, WHETHER FILM OR DIGITAL, SHALL BE OPERATED IN A
MANNER TO GENERATE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SOUND OR LIGHT, AND SUCH EQUIPMENT
SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED IF IT PRODUCES DISTRACTING SOUND OR LIGHT. NO
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING DEVICE OF ANY KIND SHALL BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE VIDEO EQUIPMENT OR STILL CAMERA.
5. LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL. VIDEO CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND STILL
CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHERS SHALL BE POSITIONED IN SUCH LOCATION OR LOCATIONS
IN THE COURTROOM AS SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESID-
ING OVER THE PROCEEDING. THE AREA DESIGNATED SHALL PROVIDE REASONABLE
ACCESS TO COVERAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS, SO LONG AS SUCH REASONABLE ACCESS
S. 3005--B 109
CAN BE PROVIDED WITHOUT INTERFERENCE WITH THE PROCEEDINGS. VIDEO
CAMERAS AND OPERATORS, AND ANY STILL CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS, IF
PERMITTED, SHALL ASSUME A FIXED POSITION WITHIN THE DESIGNATED AREA AND
SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO MOVE ABOUT TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OR VIDEO
RECORDINGS OF COURT PROCEEDINGS. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT MOVE
ABOUT THE COURT FACILITY WHILE PROCEEDINGS ARE IN SESSION.
6. EQUIPMENT MOVEMENT DURING PROCEEDINGS. NEWS MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHIC OR
AUDIO EQUIPMENT SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN, REMOVED FROM, OR MOVED ABOUT THE
AUTHORIZED LOCATION AS DETERMINED BY THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER
THE PROCEEDING, EXCEPT BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OR AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF
PROCEEDINGS EACH DAY. EQUIPMENT MAY BE MOVED DURING A RECESS ONLY WITH
THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE PRESIDING OVER THE PROCEED-
ING. NEITHER VIDEO CASSETTES OR FILM MAGAZINES NOR STILL CAMERA FILM,
DIGITAL MEDIA CARDS OR LENSES SHALL BE CHANGED WITHIN A COURTROOM EXCEPT
DURING A RECESS IN THE PROCEEDING.
7. COURTROOM LIGHT SOURCES. WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
JUDGE OR THE PRESIDING JUSTICE WHO OVERSEES THE COURT IN WHICH THE
PROCEEDING IS OCCURRING, MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS MAY BE MADE IN
LIGHT SOURCES EXISTING IN THE COURTROOM, PROVIDED SUCH MODIFICATIONS OR
ADDITIONS ARE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED WITHOUT PUBLIC EXPENSE.
8. RESTRICTIONS ON AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE INITIAL
APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE OF ANY COURT PROCEEDING,
THE PRESIDING TRIAL JUDGE SHALL HAVE DISCRETION THROUGHOUT THE PROCEED-
ING TO REVOKE SUCH APPROVAL OR LIMIT SUCH COVERAGE, AND MAY WHERE APPRO-
PRIATE EXERCISE SUCH DISCRETION TO LIMIT, RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT AUDIO OR
VISUAL BROADCAST OR PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANY PART OF THE PROCEEDING IN THE
COURTROOM, OR OF THE NAME OR FEATURES OF ANY PARTICIPANT THEREIN. IN ANY
CASE, AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE SHALL BE LIMITED AS FOLLOWS:
(A) TO PROTECT THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND THE EFFECTIVE RIGHT
TO COUNSEL, THERE SHALL BE NO VIDEO OR AUDIO PICKUP OR BROADCAST OF
CONFERENCES THAT OCCUR IN A COURTROOM BETWEEN ATTORNEYS AND THEIR
CLIENTS, BETWEEN CO-COUNSEL OF A CLIENT, OR BETWEEN COUNSEL AND THE
PRESIDING JUDGE HELD AT THE BENCH;
(B) NO CONFERENCE IN CHAMBERS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AUDIO-VISUAL COVER-
AGE;
(C) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE OF THE SELECTION OF THE PROSPECTIVE JURY
DURING VOIR DIRE SHALL BE PERMITTED;
(D) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE OF THE JURY, OR OF ANY JUROR OR ALTERNATE
JUROR, WHILE IN THE JURY BOX, IN THE COURTROOM, IN THE JURY DELIBERATION
ROOM DURING RECESS, OR WHILE GOING TO OR FROM THE DELIBERATION ROOM AT
ANY TIME SHALL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT UPON CONSENT OF THE
FOREPERSON OF A JURY, THE PRESIDING TRIAL JUDGE MAY, IN SUCH PRESIDING
TRIAL JUDGE'S DISCRETION, PERMIT AUDIO COVERAGE OF SUCH FOREPERSON
DELIVERING A VERDICT;
(E) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE SHALL BE PERMITTED OF A WITNESS, WHO AS A
PEACE OR POLICE OFFICER ACTED IN A COVERT OR UNDERCOVER CAPACITY IN
CONNECTION WITH THE INSTANT COURT PROCEEDING, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF SUCH WITNESS;
(F) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE SHALL BE PERMITTED OF A WITNESS, WHO AS A
PEACE OFFICER OR POLICE OFFICER IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN A COVERT OR
UNDERCOVER CAPACITY, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF SUCH WITNESS;
(G) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE SHALL BE PERMITTED OF THE VICTIM IN A
PROSECUTION FOR RAPE, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT, SEXUAL ABUSE OR OTHER SEX
OFFENSE UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OR SECTION 255.25 OF THE PENAL
LAW. NOTWITHSTANDING THE INITIAL APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR AUDIO-VISUAL
COVERAGE OF SUCH A PROCEEDING, THE PRESIDING TRIAL JUDGE SHALL HAVE
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DISCRETION THROUGHOUT THE PROCEEDING TO LIMIT ANY COVERAGE WHICH WOULD
IDENTIFY THE VICTIM, EXCEPT THAT SAID VICTIM CAN REQUEST OF THE PRESID-
ING TRIAL JUDGE THAT AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE BE PERMITTED OF SUCH VICTIM'S
TESTIMONY, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE THE VICTIM CAN REQUEST THAT COVERAGE OF
SUCH VICTIM'S TESTIMONY BE PERMITTED BUT THAT SUCH VICTIM'S IMAGE SHALL
BE VISUALLY OBSCURED BY THE NEWS MEDIA, AND THE PRESIDING TRIAL JUDGE IN
SUCH PRESIDING TRIAL JUDGE'S DISCRETION SHALL GRANT THE REQUEST OF THE
VICTIM FOR THE COVERAGE SPECIFIED;
(H) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE OF ANY ARRAIGNMENT OR SUPPRESSION HEARING
SHALL BE PERMITTED WITHOUT THE PRIOR CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES TO THE
PROCEEDING, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE A PARTY IS NOT YET REPRESENTED BY
COUNSEL, CONSENT MAY NOT BE GIVEN UNLESS THE PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
SUCH PARTY'S RIGHT TO THE AID OF COUNSEL PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
SECTION 170.10 OR 180.10 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW AND THE PARTY HAS
AFFIRMATIVELY ELECTED TO PROCEED WITHOUT COUNSEL AT SUCH PROCEEDING;
(I) NO JUDICIAL PROCEEDING SHALL BE SCHEDULED, DELAYED, REENACTED OR
CONTINUED AT THE REQUEST OF, OR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE NEWS MEDIA;
(J) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE OF ANY PARTICIPANT SHALL BE PERMITTED IF
THE PRESIDING TRIAL JUDGE FINDS THAT SUCH COVERAGE IS LIABLE TO ENDANGER
THE SAFETY OF ANY PERSON; AND
(K) NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE SHALL BE PERMITTED WHICH FOCUSES ON OR
FEATURES A FAMILY MEMBER OF A VICTIM OR A PARTY IN THE TRIAL OF A CRIMI-
NAL CASE, EXCEPT WHILE SUCH FAMILY MEMBER IS TESTIFYING. AUDIO-VISUAL
COVERAGE OPERATORS SHALL MAKE ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS TO DETERMINE THE
IDENTITY OF SUCH PERSONS, SO THAT SUCH COVERAGE SHALL NOT OCCUR.
9. IMPERMISSIBLE USE OF MEDIA MATERIAL. FILM, DIGITAL FILES, VIDE-
OTAPE, STILL PHOTOGRAPHS, OR AUDIO REPRODUCTIONS CAPTURED OR RECORDED
DURING OR BY VIRTUE OF COVERAGE OF A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING SHALL NOT BE
ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE IN THE PROCEEDING OUT OF WHICH IT AROSE, OR UPON
RETRIAL OR APPEAL OF SUCH PROCEEDINGS.
10. WRITTEN ORDER. (A) AN ORDER RESTRICTING AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE WITH
RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR PARTICIPANT SHALL BE IN WRITING. THE ORDER MUST
STATE GOOD CAUSE WHY SUCH COVERAGE WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL EFFECT UPON
THE INDIVIDUAL WHICH WOULD BE QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT FROM THE EFFECT ON
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND THAT SUCH EFFECT WILL BE QUALITA-
TIVELY DIFFERENT FROM COVERAGE BY OTHER TYPES OF MEDIA. BEFORE PROHIBIT-
ING AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE, THE PRESIDING JUDGE MUST FIRST CONSIDER THE
IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL LIMITATIONS, SUCH AS A DELAYED OR MODIFIED STILL
OR AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
(B) A PRESUMPTION OF GOOD CAUSE SHALL EXIST WITH RESPECT TO THE TESTI-
MONY OF MINORS AND TESTIMONY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL COVERED BY SECTION
FIFTY-B OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
11. CLOSING THE COURTROOM. NO AUDIO-VISUAL COVERAGE WILL BE PERMITTED
DURING ANY PERIOD IN WHICH THE COURTROOM IS LAWFULLY CLOSED TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK CONSTI-
TUTIONS, NEW YORK LAW AND COURT RULES.
12. APPELLATE REVIEW. ANY ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL
PRACTICE LAW AND RULES AND ANY RULES OF THE APPELLATE COURTS PROMULGATED
TO PROVIDE EXPEDITED REVIEW OF SUCH ORDER.
13. REGULATIONS. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR SHALL PROMULGATE APPROPRIATE
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION AFTER AFFORDING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, AGENCIES AND INSTI-
TUTIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT THEREON. SUCH RULES AND
REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO ENSURE THAT AUDIO-VISUAL COVER-
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AGE OF TRIAL PROCEEDINGS SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE DECORUM AND DIGNI-
TY OF COURTROOMS AND COURT FACILITIES.
§ 2. Section 52 of the civil rights law is REPEALED.
§ 3. Subdivision 5 of section 751 of the judiciary law, as added by
chapter 187 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
5. Where any member of the [news] media as [defined in subdivision two
of] REFERENCED IN section two hundred eighteen of this chapter, willful-
ly disobeys a lawful mandate of a court issued pursuant to such section,
the punishment for each day that such contempt persists may be by a fine
fixed in the discretion of the court, but not to exceed five thousand
dollars per day or imprisonment, not exceeding thirty days, in the jail
of the county where the court is sitting or both, in the discretion of
the court. In fixing the amount of the fine, the court shall consider
all the facts and circumstances directly related to the contempt,
including, but not limited to: (i) the extent of the willful defiance of
or resistance to the court's mandate, (ii) the amount of gain obtained
by the willful disobedience of the mandate, and (iii) the effect upon
the public and the parties to the proceeding of the willful disobedi-
ence.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART TT
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 730.10 of the criminal procedure
law is amended to read as follows:
1. "Incapacitated person" means a defendant who as a result of mental
disease or defect lacks capacity to understand the proceedings against
[him] SUCH DEFENDANT or to assist in [his] THEIR own defense.
§ 2. Subdivision 8 of section 730.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
separately amended by chapters 615 and 629 of the laws of 1974, is
amended to read as follows:
8. "Examination report" means a report made by a psychiatric examiner
wherein [he] SUCH EXAMINER sets forth [his] THEIR opinion as to whether
the defendant is or is not an incapacitated person, the nature and
extent of [his] THEIR examination and, if [he or she finds] THEY FIND
that the defendant is an incapacitated person, [his] THEIR diagnosis and
prognosis and a detailed statement of the reasons for [his] THEIR opin-
ion by making particular reference to those aspects of the proceedings
wherein the defendant lacks capacity to understand or to assist in [his]
THEIR own defense. THE REPORT MUST ALSO STATE THE EXAMINER'S PROFES-
SIONAL OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AT LEAST A REASONABLE
EXPECTATION THAT RESTORATION SERVICES COULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABIL-
ITY OF RESTORING THE DEFENDANT TO COMPETENCE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD
OF TIME. The state administrator and the commissioner must jointly adopt
the form of the examination report; and the state administrator shall
prescribe the number of copies thereof that must be submitted to the
court by the director.
§ 3. Section 730.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
10. "RESTORATION SERVICES" MEANS THOSE SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO MEDICATION SUPPORT, CLASSROOM-BASED COMPETENCY INSTRUCTION,
MOCK TRIALS, SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT, AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES PROVIDED TO
AN INCAPACITATED PERSON WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL STATE
OR DEVELOPMENTAL STATUS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE
CHARGES AGAINST THEM AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR OWN DEFENSE. RESTORATION
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SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AIMED AT RECOV-
ERY FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OR SERVICES AIMED AT IMPROVING A DEVELOPMENTALLY
DISABLED PERSON'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
§ 4. Section 730.20 of the criminal procedure law, subdivisions 1 and
5 as amended by chapter 693 of the laws of 1989 and subdivision 7 as
amended by chapter 692 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 730.20 Fitness to proceed; generally.
1. [The appropriate director to whom a criminal court issues an order
of examination must be determined in accordance with rules jointly
adopted by the judicial conference and the commissioner.] Upon receipt
of an examination order, the director TO WHOM THE COURT HAS ISSUED AN
ORDER must designate two qualified psychiatric examiners, of whom [he]
SUCH DIRECTOR may be one, to examine the defendant to determine if [he]
THE DEFENDANT is an incapacitated person. In conducting their examina-
tion, the psychiatric examiners [may] SHALL employ [any] A method [which
is accepted by the medical profession for the examination of persons
alleged to be mentally ill or mentally defective] AS SET FORTH IN STAND-
ARDS SET BY THE COMMISSIONER TO DETERMINE IF THE DEFENDANT IS AN INCA-
PACITATED PERSON. The court may authorize a psychiatrist or psychol-
ogist retained by the defendant to be present at such examination.
2. When the defendant is not in custody at the time a court issues an
order of examination, because [he] THE DEFENDANT was theretofore
released on bail or on [his] THE DEFENDANT'S own recognizance, the court
[may] SHALL direct that the examination be conducted on an out-patient
basis, and at such time and place as the director shall designate AND
THE COURT SHALL ORDER THE DEFENDANT TO APPEAR FOR SUCH EXAMINATION. If,
however, the director informs the court that hospital confinement of the
defendant is necessary for an effective examination, OR IF THE DEFENDANT
REFUSES TO APPEAR AS ORDERED FOR THE EXAMINATION, the court may direct
that the defendant be confined in a hospital [designated by the direc-
tor] OPERATED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER ONLY until the examination
is completed. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE NEED FOR SUCH EXAMINATION BE A BASIS
FOR INCARCERATING A DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL OR THEIR OWN
RECOGNIZANCE.
3. When the defendant is in custody at the time a court issues an
order of examination, the examination must be conducted at the place
where the defendant is being held in custody. If, however, the director
determines that hospital confinement of the defendant is necessary for
an effective examination, the sheriff must deliver the defendant to a
hospital designated by the [director] COMMISSIONER and hold [him] THE
DEFENDANT in custody therein, under sufficient guard, until the examina-
tion is completed.
4. Hospital confinement under subdivisions two and three shall be for
a period not exceeding [thirty] TEN days, except that, upon application
of the director, the court may authorize confinement for an additional
period not exceeding [thirty] TEN days if it is satisfied that a longer
period is necessary to complete the examination. [During the period of
hospital confinement, the physician in charge of the hospital may admin-
ister or cause to be administered to the defendant such emergency
psychiatric, medical or other therapeutic treatment as in his judgment
should be administered.]
5. Each psychiatric examiner, after [he has completed his] COMPLETING
THE examination of the defendant, must promptly prepare AND SUBMIT TO
THE DIRECTOR an examination report [and submit it to the director]
SETTING FORTH THE EXAMINER'S OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AT
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LEAST A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT RESTORATION SERVICES COULD HAVE A
SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF RESTORING THE DEFENDANT TO COMPETENCE WITHIN
A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. If the psychiatric examiners are not unani-
mous in their opinion as to whether the defendant is or is not an inca-
pacitated person, the director must designate another qualified psychi-
atric examiner to examine the defendant to determine if [he] THE
DEFENDANT is an incapacitated person AND, IF SO, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS
AT LEAST A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT RESTORATION SERVICES COULD HAVE A
SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF RESTORING THE DEFENDANT TO COMPETENCE WITHIN
A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. Upon receipt of the examination reports,
the director must submit them to the court that issued the order of
examination. The court must furnish a copy of the reports to counsel
for the defendant and to the district attorney.
6. When a defendant is subjected to examination pursuant to an order
issued by a criminal court in accordance with this article, any state-
ment made by [him] SUCH DEFENDANT for the purpose of the examination or
treatment shall be inadmissible in evidence against [him] SUCH DEFENDANT
in any criminal action on any issue other than that of [his] SUCH
DEFENDANT'S mental condition[, but such statement is admissible upon
that issue whether or not it would otherwise be deemed a privileged
communication].
7. A psychiatric examiner, WHO IS NOT REGULARLY EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY
OR THE STATE OF NEW YORK, is entitled to [his] THEIR reasonable travel-
ing expenses[, a] AND TO A REASONABLE fee [of fifty dollars] TO BE NEGO-
TIATED WITH THE EXAMINER BY THE DIRECTOR OR THE COUNTY OR, IF NO SUCH
FEE IS AGREED UPON, TO BE SET BY THE COURT for each examination of a
defendant and [a fee of fifty dollars] for each appearance at a court
hearing or trial [but not exceeding two hundred dollars in fees for
examination and testimony in any one case]; except that if such psychi-
atric examiner be an employee of the COUNTY OR OF THE state of New York
[he] THEY shall be entitled only to reasonable traveling expenses,
unless such psychiatric examiner makes the examination or appears at a
court hearing or trial outside [his] THEIR hours of state OR COUNTY
employment in a county in which the director of community [mental
health] services certifies to the fiscal officer thereof that there is a
shortage of qualified [psychiatrists] EXAMINERS available to conduct
examinations under [the criminal procedure law] THIS CHAPTER in such
county, in which event [he] SUCH EXAMINER shall be entitled to [the
foregoing] SUCH fees and reasonable traveling expenses AS APPROVED BY
THE COURT. Such fees and traveling expenses and the costs of sending a
defendant to another place of detention or to a hospital for examina-
tion[, of his maintenance therein] and THE COST of returning [him] THE
DEFENDANT shall, when approved AND SO ORDERED by the court, be a charge
of the county in which the defendant is being tried, AND THE COST OF THE
MAINTENANCE OF SUCH DEFENDANT THEREIN SHALL BE A COST TO THE STATE.
§ 5. Section 730.30 of the criminal procedure law, subdivision 3 as
amended by chapter 629 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 730.30 Fitness to proceed; order of examination.
1. At any time after a defendant is arraigned upon an accusatory
instrument other than a felony complaint and before the imposition of
sentence, or at any time after a defendant is arraigned upon a felony
complaint and before [he] SUCH DEFENDANT is held for the action of the
grand jury, OR UPON ARRAIGNMENT ON AN INDICTMENT BY A GRAND JURY, the
court wherein the criminal action is pending [must] MAY issue an order
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of examination when it [is of the opinion] HAS A REASONABLE BASIS TO
BELIEVE that the defendant may be an incapacitated person.
2. When the examination reports submitted to the court show that each
psychiatric examiner is of the opinion that the defendant is not an
incapacitated person, the court may, on its own motion, conduct a hear-
ing to determine the issue of capacity, and it must conduct a hearing
upon motion therefor by the defendant or by the district attorney. If
THE COURT DOES NOT DECIDE TO HOLD A HEARING ON ITS OWN MOTION AND no
motion for a hearing is made, OR IF, FOLLOWING A HEARING THE COURT IS
SATISFIED THAT THE DEFENDANT IS NOT AN INCAPACITATED PERSON, the crimi-
nal action against the defendant must proceed. [If, following a hearing,
the court is satisfied that the defendant is not an incapacitated
person, the criminal action against him must proceed; if the court is
not so satisfied, it must issue a further order of examination directing
that the defendant be examined by different psychiatric examiners desig-
nated by the director.]
3. When the examination reports submitted to the court show that each
psychiatric examiner is of the opinion that the defendant is an incapac-
itated person AND THAT THERE IS AT LEAST A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT
RESTORATION SERVICES COULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF RESTORING
THE DEFENDANT TO COMPETENCE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, the
court [may, on its own motion,] SHALL conduct a hearing to determine the
issue of capacity [and it must conduct such hearing upon motion therefor
by the defendant or by the district attorney].
4. When the examination reports submitted to the court show that the
psychiatric examiners are not unanimous in their opinion as to whether
the defendant is or is not an incapacitated person[, or when the exam-
ination reports submitted to the superior court show that the psychiat-
ric examiners are not unanimous in their opinion as to whether the
defendant is or is not a dangerous incapacitated person] AND THAT THERE
IS AT LEAST A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT RESTORATION SERVICES COULD
HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF RESTORING THE DEFENDANT TO COMPETENCE
WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, the court must conduct a hearing to
determine the issue of capacity [or dangerousness] AND EXPECTATION OF
RESTORATION WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME.
§ 6. Subdivision 1 of section 730.40 of the criminal procedure law, as
amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
1. When a local criminal court, following a hearing conducted pursuant
to subdivision TWO, three or four of section 730.30 of this article, is
satisfied that the defendant is not an incapacitated person, the crimi-
nal action against [him or her] SUCH DEFENDANT must proceed. If [it] A
LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT OTHER THAN A FELONY COMPLAINT
HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST THE DEFENDANT AND THE COURT is satisfied that the
defendant is an incapacitated person, [or if no motion for such a hear-
ing is made, such court must issue a final or temporary order of obser-
vation committing him or her to the custody of the commissioner for care
and treatment in an appropriate institution for a period not to exceed
ninety days from the date of the order, provided, however, that the
commissioner may designate an appropriate hospital for placement of a
defendant for whom a final order of observation has been issued, where
such hospital is licensed by the office of mental health and has agreed
to accept, upon referral by the commissioner, defendants subject to
final orders of observation issued under this subdivision. When a local
criminal court accusatory instrument other than a felony complaint has
been filed against the defendant,] such court must issue a final order
of observation. When a felony complaint has been filed against the
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defendant, such court must issue a temporary order of observation
committing [him or her] SUCH DEFENDANT to the custody of the commission-
er for [care and treatment] RESTORATION SERVICES in an appropriate
institution or, [upon the consent of the district attorney] IN THE
DISCRETION OF THE COURT, committing [him or her] SUCH DEFENDANT to the
custody of the commissioner for care and treatment on an out-patient
basis, for a period not to exceed ninety days from the date of such
order[, except that, with the consent of the district attorney,] OR it
may issue a final order of observation. Upon the issuance of a final
order of observation, the district attorney shall immediately transmit
to the commissioner, in a manner intended to protect the confidentiality
of the information, a list of names and contact information of persons
who may reasonably be expected to be the victim of any assault or any
violent felony offense, as defined in the penal law, or any offense
listed in section 530.11 of this [chapter] PART which would be carried
out by the committed person; provided that the person who reasonably may
be expected to be a victim does not need to be a member of the same
family or household as the committed person.
§ 7. Section 730.50 of the criminal procedure law, subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2013, subdivision 2 as amended by
chapter 789 of the laws of 1985, subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 629
of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
§ 730.50 Fitness to proceed; indictment.
1. When a superior court, following a hearing conducted pursuant to
subdivision TWO, three or four of section 730.30 of this article, is
satisfied that the defendant is not an incapacitated person, the crimi-
nal action against [him or her] SUCH DEFENDANT must proceed. If [it is
satisfied] AFTER A HEARING, THE COURT MAKES A FINDING that the defendant
is an incapacitated person, [or if no motion for such a hearing is made]
AND THAT THERE IS AT LEAST A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT RESTORATION
SERVICES COULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF RESTORING THE DEFENDANT
TO COMPETENCE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, it must adjudicate
[him or her] THEM an incapacitated person[, and must issue a final order
of observation or an order of commitment]. When the indictment does not
charge a felony or when the defendant has been convicted of an offense
other than a felony, such court (a) must issue a final order of observa-
tion [committing the defendant to the custody of the commissioner for
care and treatment in an appropriate institution for a period not to
exceed ninety days from the date of such order, provided, however, that
the commissioner may designate an appropriate hospital for placement of
a defendant for whom a final order of observation has been issued, where
such hospital is licensed by the office of mental health and has agreed
to accept, upon referral by the commissioner, defendants subject to
final orders of observation issued under this subdivision], and (b) must
dismiss the indictment filed in such court against the defendant, and
such dismissal constitutes a bar to any further prosecution of the
charge or charges contained in such indictment. Upon the issuance of a
final order of observation, the district attorney shall immediately
transmit to the commissioner, in a manner intended to protect the confi-
dentiality of the information, a list of names and contact information
of persons who may reasonably be expected to be the victim of any
assault or any violent felony offense, as defined in the penal law, or
any offense listed in section 530.11 of this [chapter] PART which would
be carried out by the committed person; provided that the person who
reasonably may be expected to be a victim does not need to be a member
of the same family or household as the committed person. When the
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indictment charges a felony [or when the defendant has been convicted of
a felony] AND THE COURT HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS AT LEAST A REASON-
ABLE EXPECTATION THAT RESTORATION SERVICES COULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL
PROBABILITY OF RESTORING THE DEFENDANT TO COMPETENCE WITHIN A REASONABLE
PERIOD OF TIME, it must issue an order of commitment committing the
defendant to the custody of the commissioner [for care and treatment] TO
RECEIVE RESTORATION SERVICES in an appropriate institution or[, upon the
consent of the district attorney,] committing [him or her] SUCH DEFEND-
ANT to the custody of the commissioner for care and treatment on an
out-patient basis, for a period not to exceed [one year] NINETY DAYS
from the date of such order. Upon the issuance of an order of commit-
ment, the court must exonerate the defendant's bail if [he or she was]
THEY WERE previously at liberty on bail; provided, however, that exoner-
ation of bail is not required when a defendant is committed to the
custody of the commissioner for care and treatment on an out-patient
basis. [When the defendant is in the custody of the commissioner pursu-
ant to a final order of observation, the commissioner or his or her
designee, which may include the director of an appropriate institution,
immediately upon the discharge of the defendant, must certify to such
court that he or she has complied with the notice provisions set forth
in paragraph (a) of subdivision six of section 730.60 of this article]
IN THE EVENT THAT THE COURT DETERMINES THERE IS NOT A REASONABLE EXPEC-
TATION THAT RESTORATION SERVICES COULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF
RESTORING THE DEFENDANT TO COMPETENCE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME
THE MATTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE SUPREME COURT FOR A HEARING
CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.33 OR 15.31 OF THE MENTAL
HYGIENE LAW.
2. When a defendant is in the custody of the commissioner immediately
prior to the expiration of the period prescribed in a temporary order of
commitment and the superintendent of the institution wherein the defend-
ant is confined is of the opinion that the defendant continues to be an
incapacitated person, such superintendent must apply to the court that
issued such order for an order of retention FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF
NINETY DAYS. THE COURT MUST HOLD A HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION TO
DETERMINE IF THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF RECOVERY IN THE FORE-
SEEABLE FUTURE. IF THE COURT DETERMINES THAT THERE IS SUCH REASONABLE
EXPECTATION OF RESTORATION, IT SHALL ISSUE AN ORDER OF RETENTION FOR AN
ADDITIONAL NINETY DAYS. IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THE DEFENDANT IS STILL
INCAPACITATED AND THERE IS NOT A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF RESTORATION
IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, IT SHALL REFER THE MATTER TO THE CIVIL
SECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE DEFENDANT'S CASE IS
PENDING, FOR A HEARING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE OR FIFTEEN OF THE MENTAL
HYGIENE LAW TO DETERMINE IF THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE HOSPITALIZED OR
OTHERWISE RETAINED ON AN INVOLUNTARY BASIS. [Such application must be
made within sixty days prior to the expiration of such period on forms
that have been jointly adopted by the judicial conference and the
commissioner.] The superintendent must give written notice of the appli-
cation FOR SUCH ORDER to the defendant and to the mental hygiene legal
service. Upon receipt of such application, the court [may, on its own
motion,] SHALL conduct a hearing [to determine the issue of capacity,
and it must conduct such hearing if a demand therefor is made by the
defendant or the mental hygiene legal service within ten days from the
date that notice of the application was given them. If, at the conclu-
sion of a hearing conducted pursuant to this subdivision, the court is
satisfied that the defendant is no longer an incapacitated person, the
criminal action against him must proceed. If it is satisfied that the
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defendant continues to be an incapacitated person, or if no demand for a
hearing is made, the court must adjudicate him an incapacitated person
and must issue an order of retention which shall authorize continued
custody of the defendant by the commissioner for a period not to exceed
one year] PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE NINE OR FIFTEEN OF THE
MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND THE COURT SHALL ORDER THAT THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE
MAINTAINED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER BUT TRANSFERRED TO A
HOSPITAL OR OTHER APPROPRIATE INSTITUTION TO BE INVOLUNTARILY ADMITTED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE OR FIFTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW SUBJECT
TO THE RETENTION PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.33 OR 15.31 OF THE MENTAL
HYGIENE LAW EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED HEREIN. SUCH ORDER SHALL
NOT BE DEEMED IN ANY WAY TO BE THE ORDER OF A CRIMINAL COURT.
3. [When] BEFORE a defendant is [in] RELEASED FROM the custody of the
commissioner [immediately prior to the expiration of the period
prescribed in the first order of retention, the procedure set forth in
subdivision two shall govern the application for and the issuance of any
subsequent order of retention, except that any subsequent orders of
retention must be for periods not to exceed two years each; provided,
however,] EITHER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE OR
FIFTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, THE COURT SHALL HOLD A HEARING TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE DEFENDANT CONTINUES TO BE AN INCAPACITATED
PERSON. IF, AT THE CONCLUSION OF A HEARING CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS
SUBDIVISION, THE COURT IS SATISFIED THAT THE DEFENDANT IS NO LONGER AN
INCAPACITATED PERSON, THE CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST THEM MUST PROCEED
EXCEPT THAT THE COURT SHALL HAVE THE DISCRETION TO DISMISS THE CASE IN
THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE. IF, AT THE CONCLUSION OF A HEARING CONDUCTED
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COURT FINDS THAT THE DEFENDANT CONTIN-
UES TO BE AN INCAPACITATED PERSON THEN THE COURT SHALL MAKE AN ORDER IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.33 OR 15.31 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW. IN ANY
CASE that the aggregate of periods prescribed in the temporary order of
commitment[, the first order of retention and all subsequent orders of
retention] AND ANY ORDER OF RETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE OR ARTI-
CLE NINE OR FIFTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW must not exceed two-thirds
of the authorized maximum term of imprisonment for the highest class
felony charged in the indictment [or for the highest class felony of
which he was convicted].
4. When a defendant is in the custody of the commissioner EITHER at
the expiration of the authorized period prescribed in the last order of
retention OR ANY ORDER OF RETENTION ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE OR
FIFTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, the criminal action pending against
[him] SUCH DEFENDANT in the superior court that issued such order shall
terminate for all purposes, and the commissioner must promptly certify
to such court and to the appropriate district attorney that the defend-
ant was in [his] THEIR custody on such expiration date. Upon receipt of
such certification, the court must dismiss the indictment, and such
dismissal constitutes a bar to any further prosecution of the charge or
charges contained in such indictment.
[5. When, on the effective date of this subdivision, any defendant
remains in the custody of the commissioner pursuant to an order issued
under former code of criminal procedure section six hundred sixty-two-b,
the superintendent or director of the institution where such defendant
is confined shall, if he believes that the defendant continues to be an
incapacitated person, apply forthwith to a court of record in the county
where the institution is located for an order of retention. The proce-
dures for obtaining any order pursuant to this subdivision shall be in
accordance with the provisions of subdivisions two, three and four of
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this section, except that the period of retention pursuant to the first
order obtained under this subdivision shall be for not more than one
year and any subsequent orders of retention must be for periods not to
exceed two years each; provided, however, that the aggregate of the time
spent in the custody of the commissioner pursuant to any order issued in
accordance with the provisions of former code of criminal procedure
section six hundred sixty-two-b and the periods prescribed by the first
order obtained under this subdivision and all subsequent orders of
retention must not exceed two-thirds of the authorized maximum term of
imprisonment for the highest class felony charged in the indictment or
the highest class felony of which he was convicted.]
§ 8. Section 730.60 of the criminal procedure law, subdivisions 1 and
3 as amended by chapter 231 of the laws of 2008, subdivision 2 as
amended by chapter 57 of the laws of 1984, subdivisions 4 and 5 as
renumbered by chapter 629 of the laws of 1974, subdivision 6 as added by
chapter 549 of the laws of 1980 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivi-
sion 6 as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 730.60 Fitness to proceed; procedure following custody by commission-
er.
1. When a local criminal court issues a [final or] temporary order of
observation or an order of commitment, it must forward such order and a
copy of the examination reports and the accusatory instrument to the
commissioner[, and, if available, a copy of the pre-sentence report].
Upon receipt thereof, the commissioner must designate an appropriate
institution operated by the department of mental hygiene in which the
defendant is to be placed[, provided, however, that the commissioner may
designate an appropriate hospital for placement of a defendant for whom
a final order of observation has been issued, where such hospital is
licensed by the office of mental health and has agreed to accept, upon
referral by the commissioner, defendants subject to final orders of
observation issued under this subdivision]. The sheriff [must hold the
defendant in custody pending such designation by the commissioner, and]
when notified of the designation, [the sheriff] must deliver the defend-
ant to the superintendent of such institution. The superintendent must
promptly inform the appropriate director of the mental hygiene legal
service of the defendant's admission to such institution. If a defendant
escapes from the custody of the commissioner, the escape shall interrupt
the period prescribed in any order of observation, commitment or
retention, and such interruption shall continue until the defendant is
returned to the custody of the commissioner.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions four and five OF THIS
SECTION, when a defendant is in the custody of the commissioner pursuant
to a temporary order of observation or an order of commitment or an
order of retention, the criminal action pending against the defendant in
the court that issued such order is suspended [until] PENDING FURTHER
ORDER OF THE COURT. IF the superintendent of the institution in which
the defendant is confined determines that [he] SUCH DEFENDANT is no
longer an incapacitated person[. In that event], the court that issued
such order and the appropriate district attorney must be notified, in
writing, by the superintendent of [his] THEIR determination. The court
must thereupon proceed in accordance with the provisions of subdivision
two of section 730.30 of this [chapter] ARTICLE; provided, however, if
the court is satisfied that the defendant remains an incapacitated
person, and upon consent of all parties, the court may order the return
of the defendant to the institution in which [he] THEY had been confined
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for such period of time as was authorized by the prior order of commit-
ment or order of retention. Upon such return, the defendant shall have
all rights and privileges accorded by the provisions of this article.
3. When a defendant is in the custody of the commissioner pursuant to
an order issued in accordance with this article, the commissioner may
transfer [him] SUCH DEFENDANT to any appropriate institution operated by
the department of mental hygiene, provided, however, that the commis-
sioner may designate an appropriate hospital for placement of a defend-
ant for whom a final order of observation has been issued, where such
hospital is licensed by the office of mental health and has agreed to
accept, upon referral by the commissioner, defendants subject to final
orders of observation issued under this section. The commissioner may
discharge a defendant in [his] THEIR custody under a final order of
observation at any time prior to the expiration date of such order, or
otherwise treat or transfer such defendant in the same manner as if [he]
SUCH DEFENDANT were a patient not in confinement under a criminal court
order.
4. When a defendant is in the custody of the commissioner pursuant to
an order of commitment or an order of retention, [he] THEY may make any
motion authorized by this chapter which is susceptible of fair determi-
nation without [his] THEIR personal participation. If the court denies
any such motion it must be without prejudice to a renewal thereof after
the criminal action against the defendant has been ordered to proceed.
If the court enters an order dismissing the indictment and does not
direct that the charge or charges be resubmitted to a grand jury, the
court must direct that such order of dismissal be served upon the
commissioner.
5. When a defendant is in the custody of the commissioner pursuant to
an order of commitment or an order of retention, the superior court that
issued such order may, upon motion of the defendant, and with the
consent of the district attorney, dismiss the indictment when the court
is satisfied that (a) the defendant is a resident or citizen of another
state or country and that [he] THEY will be removed thereto upon
dismissal of the indictment, or (b) the defendant has been continuously
confined in the custody of the commissioner, EITHER PURSUANT TO THIS
ARTICLE OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE OR FIFTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE
LAW, for a period of more than two years. Before granting a motion
under this subdivision, the court must be further satisfied that
dismissal of the indictment is consistent with the ends of justice and
that custody of the defendant by the commissioner pursuant to an order
of commitment or an order of retention is not necessary for the
protection of the public and that care and treatment can be effectively
administered to the defendant without the necessity of such order. If
the court enters an order of dismissal under this subdivision, it must
set forth in the record the reasons for such action, and must direct
that such order of dismissal be served upon the commissioner. The
dismissal of an indictment pursuant to this subdivision constitutes a
bar to any further prosecution of the charge or charges contained in
such indictment.
[6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person commit-
ted to the custody of the commissioner pursuant to this article, or
continuously thereafter retained in such custody, shall be discharged,
released on condition or placed in any less secure facility or on any
less restrictive status, including, but not limited to vacations,
furloughs and temporary passes, unless the commissioner or his or her
designee, which may include the director of an appropriate institution,
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shall deliver written notice, at least four days, excluding Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays, in advance of the change of such committed
person's facility or status, or in the case of a person committed pursu-
ant to a final order of observation written notice upon discharge of
such committed person, to all of the following:
(1) The district attorney of the county from which such person was
committed;
(2) The superintendent of state police;
(3) The sheriff of the county where the facility is located;
(4) The police department having jurisdiction of the area where the
facility is located;
(5) Any person who may reasonably be expected to be the victim of any
assault or any violent felony offense, as defined in the penal law, or
any offense listed in section 530.11 of this part which would be carried
out by the committed person; provided that the person who reasonably may
be expected to be a victim does not need to be a member of the same
family or household as the committed person; and
(6) Any other person the court may designate.
Said notice may be given by any means reasonably calculated to give
prompt actual notice.
(b) The notice required by this subdivision shall also be given imme-
diately upon the departure of such committed person from the actual
custody of the commissioner or an appropriate institution, without prop-
er authorization. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to
impair any other right or duty regarding any notice or hearing contained
in any other provision of law.
(c) Whenever a district attorney has received the notice described in
this subdivision, and the defendant is in the custody of the commission-
er pursuant to a final order of observation or an order of commitment,
he may apply within three days of receipt of such notice to a superior
court, for an order directing a hearing to be held to determine whether
such committed person is a danger to himself or others. Such hearing
shall be held within ten days following the issuance of such order. Such
order may provide that there shall be no further change in the committed
person's facility or status until the hearing. Upon a finding that the
committed person is a danger to himself or others, the court shall issue
an order to the commissioner authorizing retention of the committed
person in the status existing at the time notice was given hereunder,
for a specified period, not to exceed six months. The district attorney
and the committed person's attorney shall be entitled to the committed
person's clinical records in the commissioner's custody, upon the issu-
ance of an order directing a hearing to be held.
(d) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to impair any other
right or duty regarding any notice or hearing contained in any other
provision of law.]
§ 9. Section 730.70 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chap-
ter 629 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
§ 730.70 Fitness to proceed; procedure following termination of custody
by commissioner.
When a defendant is in the custody of the commissioner on the expira-
tion date of a final or temporary order of observation or an order of
commitment, or on the expiration date of the last order of retention, or
on the date an order dismissing an indictment is served upon the commis-
sioner, the superintendent of the institution in which the defendant is
confined may retain [him] SUCH DEFENDANT for care and treatment for a
period of NO MORE THAN thirty days from such date. If [the] DURING SUCH
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TIME TWO PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINERS ENGAGED BY THE superintendent [deter-
mines] DETERMINE that the defendant is so mentally ill or mentally
defective as to require continued care and treatment in an institution,
[he] THE SUPERINTENDENT may, before the expiration of such thirty day
period, apply for an order of [certification] RETENTION in the manner
prescribed in section [31.33] 9.33 OR 15.33 of the mental hygiene law.
§ 10. Subdivision (a) of section 9.33 of the mental hygiene law, as
amended by chapter 789 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) If the director shall determine that a patient admitted upon an
application supported by medical certification, for whom there is no
court order authorizing retention for a specified period, is in need of
retention and if such patient does not agree to remain in such hospital
as a voluntary patient, the director shall apply to the supreme court or
the county court in the county where the hospital is located for an
order authorizing continued retention. A COURT ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW SHALL BE
DEEMED AN ORDER OF RETENTION UNDER THIS SECTION. Such application shall
be made no later than sixty days from the date of involuntary admission
on application supported by medical certification or thirty days from
the date of an order denying an application for patient's release pursu-
ant to section 9.31, whichever is later; and the hospital is authorized
to retain the patient for such further period during which the hospital
is authorized to make such application or during which the application
may be pending. The director shall cause written notice of such applica-
tion to be given the patient and a copy thereof shall be given
personally or by mail to the persons required by this article to be
served with notice of such patient's initial admission and to the mental
hygiene legal service. Such notice shall state that a hearing may be
requested and that failure to make such a request within five days,
excluding Sunday and holidays, from the date that the notice was given
to the patient will permit the entry without a hearing of an order
authorizing retention.
§ 11. Subdivision (a) of section 15.33 of the mental hygiene law, as
amended by chapter 789 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) If the director shall determine that a resident admitted upon an
application supported by medical certification, for whom there is no
court order authorizing retention for a specified period, is in need of
retention and if such resident does not agree to remain in such school
as a voluntary resident, the director shall apply to the supreme court
or the county court in the county where the school is located for an
order authorizing continued retention. A COURT ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW SHALL BE
DEEMED AN ORDER OF RETENTION UNDER THIS SECTION. Such application shall
be made no later than sixty days from the date of involuntary admission
on application supported by medical certification or thirty days from
the date of an order denying an application for resident's release
pursuant to section 15.31, whichever is later; and the school is author-
ized to retain the resident for such further period during which the
school is authorized to make such application or during which the appli-
cation may be pending. The director shall cause written notice of such
application to be given the resident and a copy thereof shall be given
personally or by mail to the persons required by this article to be
served with notice of such resident's initial admission and to the
mental hygiene legal service. Such notice shall state that a hearing may
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be requested and that failure to make such a request within five days,
excluding Sunday and holidays, from the date that the notice was given
to the resident will permit the entry without a hearing of an order
authorizing retention.
§ 12. Subdivision (c) of section 43.03 of the mental hygiene law, as
amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Patients receiving services while being held IN THE CUSTODY OF THE
COMMISSIONER pursuant to order of a criminal court, other than patients
committed to the department pursuant to section 330.20 of the criminal
procedure law, or for examination pursuant to an order of the family
court shall not be liable to the department for such services. Fees due
the department for such services shall be paid by the county in which
such court is located UNLESS SUCH SERVICES ARE OR COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
PAYMENT PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND
except that counties shall not be responsible for the cost of services
rendered patients committed to the department pursuant to section 330.20
of the criminal procedure law, SECTION FIVE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE
CORRECTION LAW or patients committed to the department pursuant to arti-
cle NINE, ten OR FIFTEEN of this chapter.
§ 13. In the event that any county or any city with a population of
one million or more in any one year reduces payments made to the state
for restoration services pursuant to article 730 of the criminal proce-
dure law by an amount which is less than the average of such expendi-
tures for the previous three years, then such county or such city shall
utilize such savings for needed services which are identified as needed
in the local services plan, as defined in section 41.03 of the mental
hygiene law, of such county or such city.
§ 14. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART UU
Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 835 of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 69 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
11. "Mass shooting" means an incident in which at least four people
are murdered OR INJURED with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.
§ 2. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section
631-a of the executive law, as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
(vi) services to victims of a mass shooting as defined in subdivision
eleven of section eight hundred thirty-five of this chapter [or of a
shooting incident in which four or more people are injured].
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART VV
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
to read as follows:
§ 837-Y. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THE GUN
VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION:
(A) "ADVISORY COUNCIL" MEANS THE GUN VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL ESTAB-
LISHED UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
(B) "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
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(C) "GUN VIOLENCE" INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO ANY ATTEMPTED CRIME,
CRIME, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, SUICIDE, AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURY OR DEATH
INVOLVING A FIREARM.
(D) "OFFICE" MEANS THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
2. OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. (A) THE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 211 OF 2021 IS HEREBY REESTAB-
LISHED WITHIN THE DIVISION. THE OFFICE SHALL:
(I) DIRECT THE COORDINATION OF STATE, LOCAL, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO ALIGN AND ADVANCE EFFORTS TO
PREVENT AND ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IMPACTING STATE RESIDENTS.
(II) CENTRALIZE AND COORDINATE GRANTMAKING OPPORTUNITIES AND ALLO-
CATIONS TO GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE
AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
(III) DIRECT AND ENHANCE THE STATE'S HEALTH SYSTEMS CAPACITY TO
PREVENT AND RESPOND TO GUN VIOLENCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STATE
HOSPITAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVES. STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS.
(IV) DIRECT AND STRENGTHEN TIMELY DATA COLLECTION AND DATA INFRASTRUC-
TURE AND RESEARCH REGARDING FIREARM-RELATED INJURIES, FATALITIES, AND
INCIDENTS BY FOCUSING ON DATA INFORMED SURVEILLANCE, PREVENTION, AND
INTERVENTION OF GUN VIOLENCE STATEWIDE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
COORDINATION WITH THE STATE GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
(V) INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION BY CONDUCTING PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND UTILIZING OTHER
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF BEST PRACTICES RELATED
TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, THE VARIOUS TYPES OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT
IMPACT NEW YORK STATE, AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF
OR WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. THESE CAMPAIGNS AND STRATE-
GIES SHALL BE DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AGENCIES AND OFFICES REFER-
ENCED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
(VI) DIRECT AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, RESOURCES, AND TRAINING
TO PROFESSIONALS FOCUSED ON VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION STRATE-
GIES AND BEST PRACTICES.
(VII) COMMUNICATE REGULARLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGIS-
LATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO PROVIDE AND RECEIVE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
EFFECTIVE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION POLICY AND PROGRAMS.
(B) THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE SHALL BE THE DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE DIRECTOR SHALL OVERSEE THE DEVELOP-
MENT AND EXECUTION OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE OFFICE AS ESTABLISHED UNDER
THIS SECTION. THE DIRECTOR SHALL HIRE STAFF TO EXECUTE THE OFFICE'S
FUNCTIONS, AS SUFFICIENT GOVERNMENT FUNDING PERMITS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THREE UNITS:
(I) ADMINISTRATION UNIT TO MANAGE BUDGET, HUMAN RESOURCES, GRANT AND
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION;
(II) PLANNING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS UNIT; AND
(III) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION UNIT.
(C) THE OFFICE SHALL ISSUE AN ANNUAL REPORT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE STATE, RECOMMENDA-
TIONS FOR POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC INITIATIVES TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN
THE STATE, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE OFFICE TO CARRY OUT
THE DUTIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE OFFICE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH
REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER
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THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. SUCH REPORT
SHALL BE PUBLISHED ON THE DIVISION'S WEBSITE.
3. GUN VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL. (A) WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS
OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONVENE
THE GUN VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO SHARE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO THE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE
OFFICE'S RESPONSIBILITIES, STRATEGIES, AND FUNCTIONS. SUCH ADVISORY
COUNCIL SHALL BE CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR AND SHALL INCLUDE NO FEWER THAN
TWELVE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO STATE, COMMUNITY, AND NATIONAL POLICY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EXPERTS AS WELL AS A BROAD RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING:
(I) A SURVIVOR OF GUN VIOLENCE.
(II) A SENIOR-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE FROM A COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTER-
VENTION SERVICE PROVIDER.
(III) A LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL.
(IV) A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WHO PROVIDES TRAUMA CARE.
(V) A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN.
(VI) A DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR A REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNEE.
(VII) A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WHO WORKS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT DISPRO-
PORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
(VIII) A A YOUNG PERSON AGE EIGHTEEN OR UNDER WHO HAS HELD A COMMUNITY
OR ADVOCACY LEADERSHIP ROLE.
(IX) A VETERAN.
(X) REPRESENTATIVES FROM RELEVANT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVES OR POLICY-
MAKING.
(XI) PUBLIC SAFETY/LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS.
(XII) A SENIOR-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE OF A VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER.
(B) THE OFFICE SHALL CONVENE AND CONSULT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON A
QUARTERLY BASIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ANY OF THE COUNCIL'S
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE OFFICE'S
RESPONSIBILITIES, STRATEGIES, AND FUNCTIONS. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
DIRECTOR, THE OFFICE MAY CONVENE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE ADVISORY COUN-
SEL AS DETERMINED TO BE NECESSARY.
(C) TO COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK STATE, THE
FOLLOWING STATE EXECUTIVE AGENCIES SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE OFFICE TO
SUPPORT PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, OFFICE OF CHIL-
DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES, OFFICE OF TEMPORARY
AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DIVISION OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, STATE POLICE, AND ALL OTHER DIVISIONS AND OFFICES
WITHIN THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
§ 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 WW
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Renewable Capitol Act".
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§ 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 204 to read
as follows:
§ 204. RENEWABLE CAPITOL PROJECT. 1. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION,
THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) THE "ADVISORY COMMITTEE" SHALL MEAN THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
(B) THE "CLCPA" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND
COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT ENACTED AS CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIX OF THE LAWS
OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, AS IT SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE AMENDED.
(C) "CO-POLLUTANTS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN SUBDI-
VISION THREE OF SECTION 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
(D) "EMERGENCY GENERATOR" SHALL MEAN THE SET OF DIESEL GENERATORS
LOCATED ON SHERIDAN AVENUE IN ALBANY, NEW YORK AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS SECTION, THAT ARE INTENDED TO POWER THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA
COMPLEX DURING AN EMERGENCY FAULT CONDITION CAUSING AN INTERRUPTION TO
NORMAL ELECTRICITY SERVICE FROM THE GRID.
(E) "EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX" OR THE "COMPLEX" SHALL MEAN THE
COMPLEX OF STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS AND THE LAND THEREON IN ALBANY, NEW
YORK THAT UTILIZE THE STEAM DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF THE SHERIDAN AVENUE
STEAM PLANT, INCLUDING WHAT ARE POPULARLY KNOWN AS EMPIRE STATE PLAZA,
THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, THE STATE MUSEUM, THE ALFRED E. SMITH BUILD-
ING, THE STATE EDUCATION BUILDING, THE SHERIDAN AVENUE STEAM PLANT, AND
THE FORMER ALBANY NEW YORK SOLID WASTE ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM INCINERA-
TOR BUILDING.
(F) "GREENHOUSE GAS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN
SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
LAW.
(G) THE "LOCAL COMMUNITY" SHALL MEAN THE PORTION OF ALBANY, NEW YORK
DESIGNATED AS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY UNDER THE PLAN, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE,
AT A MINIMUM, THE ALBANY SHERIDAN HOLLOW, ARBOR HILL, CENTER SQUARE,
MANSION, WASHINGTON PARK, WEST HILL AND SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOODS.
(H) "NYSERDA" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT AUTHORITY CREATED UNDER SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
(I) THE "OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES" OR THE "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE
AGENCY CREATED UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE.
(J) THE "EMPIRE STATE PLAZA DECARBONIZATION PLAN" OR "PLAN" SHALL MEAN
THE PLAN SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, AND MANDATED BY
THIS SECTION AND SECTION NINETY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW.
(K) THE "PROJECT" SHALL MEAN THE WORK ON THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA
COMPLEX MANDATED BY THIS SECTION AND SECTION NINETY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC
BUILDINGS LAW.
(L) A "POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO
PARTIES, THE SELLER AND THE BUYER, TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTUAL OBLI-
GATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY.
(M) "RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS" MEANS SYSTEMS THAT ENTIRELY GENERATE
ELECTRICITY OR THERMAL ENERGY THROUGH USE OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES:
SOLAR THERMAL, PHOTOVOLTAICS, ON LAND AND OFFSHORE WIND, HYDROELECTRIC,
GEOTHERMAL ELECTRIC, GEOTHERMAL GROUND SOURCE HEAT, TIDAL ENERGY, WAVE
ENERGY, OCEAN THERMAL, AND FUEL CELLS WHICH DO NOT UTILIZE A FOSSIL FUEL
RESOURCE IN THE PROCESS OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY OR THERMAL ENERGY.
(N) "SHERIDAN AVENUE STEAM PLANT" SHALL MEAN THE STEAM PLANT FACILITY
OWNED BY NEW YORK STATE LOCATED AS OF THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SECTION AT 79 SHERIDAN AVENUE IN ALBANY, NEW YORK.
2. (A) WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,
THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE POWER AUTHORITY
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OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL OPERATIONS THAT POWER,
HEAT OR COOL THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX SHALL ENTIRELY USE RENEWABLE
ENERGY SYSTEMS. IN SATISFYING THIS REQUIREMENT, THE OFFICE MAY DEMON-
STRATE THAT THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY CREDITED TO THE COMPLEX
ANNUALLY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES THROUGH A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR
SIMILAR INSTRUMENT IS NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
CONSUMED ANNUALLY BY THE COMPLEX. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS MANDATE, THE
EMERGENCY GENERATOR SHALL BE PERMITTED TO UTILIZE NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY,
BUT THE OFFICE SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO RETIRE OR CONVERT THE EMERGENCY
GENERATOR TO WHOLLY OR ENTIRELY UTILIZE RENEWABLES IF POSSIBLE.
(B) THE PROJECT AND THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX SHALL COMPLY WITH
THE CLCPA, AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS ISSUED THEREUNDER, AND, IN
PARTICULAR, SECTION SEVEN OF SUCH LAW; THE STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS LIMITS SET FORTH IN SECTION 75-0107 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW; AND THE TARGETS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH
SHALL PRECLUDE THE OFFICE FROM MANDATING LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
LIMITS OR COMPLIANCE WITH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LIMITS IN A SHORTER
TIMEFRAME THAN SET FORTH IN SECTION 75-0107 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
VATION LAW, OR IN MANDATING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF RENEWABLES OR IN A
SHORTER TIMEFRAME THAN IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE LAW. EXCEPT IN REGARD TO THE PROVISION REGARDING TO THE
EMERGENCY GENERATOR AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
ANY ACTION TAKEN IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PROJECT THAT LEADS TO ANY
INCREASE IN THE EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES SHALL BE DEEMED INCONSIST-
ENT WITH AND IN INTERFERENCE WITH THE ATTAINMENT OF THE STATEWIDE GREEN-
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND THEREFORE SHALL TRIGGER THE PROCESS
SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SEVEN OF THE CLCPA.
3. (A) WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE
OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADVISE IT ON THE PREPA-
RATION, DESIGN AND CONTENT OF THE PLAN. SUCH PLAN SHALL BE COMPLETED NO
LATER THAN JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
RONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NYSERDA, OR
THEIR DESIGNEES, AND ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WHICH SHALL BE APPOINTED BY SUCH
COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH SUCH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AS
FOLLOWS: THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF ALBANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AT
LEAST TWO OF WHICH ARE FROM ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MISSION, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, IS TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE ARBOR HILL AND/OR SHERIDAN
HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALBANY; TWO ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS; ONE INDIVIDUAL NOT EMPLOYED BY NEW
YORK STATE WITH RECOGNIZED EXPERTISE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY; A REPRESEN-
TATIVE OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; A SCIENTIST WITH EXPERTISE IN ENERGY AND
CLIMATE POLICY; AN ENGINEER WITH EXPERTISE IN ENERGY (INCLUDING GEOTHER-
MAL) AND CLIMATE POLICY; AND THE MAYOR OF ALBANY OR THEIR DESIGNEE. THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL MEET AT LEAST THREE TIMES ANNUALLY, OR ADDI-
TIONAL TIMES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL BY MAJORITY VOTE DETERMINE. AT SUCH
MEETINGS, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE OFFICE, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, SHALL REPORT ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN COMPLETING THE PROJECT AND
OTHERWISE IMPLEMENTING THIS SECTION. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED
FOR THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR DUTIES. ALL AGENCIES OF THE STATE OR SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF MAY, AT
THE REQUEST OF THE ADVISORY PANEL OR THE OFFICE, PROVIDE THE ADVISORY
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PANEL WITH SUCH FACILITIES, ASSISTANCE AND DATA AS WILL ENABLE THE ADVI-
SORY PANEL TO CARRY OUT ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
(B) EACH MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ONE
VOTE. NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNLESS THERE IS
A QUORUM, WHICH SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
(C) THE OFFICE SHALL RETAIN A THIRD PARTY TO PERFORM AN ENGINEERING
STUDY TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL CONSIDER THE MATTERS SET FORTH IN
PARAGRAPH (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND ANY OTHER MATTERS CONSISTENT WITH
THIS SECTION THAT THE OFFICE SHALL DIRECT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "THIRD PARTY" SHALL MEAN A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER,
NOT EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR AN ENGINEERING FIRM, PROVIDED
THAT NONE OF THE ENGINEERS EMPLOYED BY SUCH FIRM SHALL ALSO BE EMPLOYED
BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(D) THE OFFICE SHALL BE TRANSPARENT IN ITS WORK TO DEVELOP THE PLAN
AND SHALL MAINTAIN A WEBSITE WHERE A DRAFT PLAN AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
RELEVANT TO ITS DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE POSTED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AT LEAST
FOURTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS MANDATED BY THIS
PARAGRAPH. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL HOLD AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEAR-
INGS AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE FINAL PLAN, OF
WHICH ONE SHALL BE HELD IN THE ARBOR HILL OR SHERIDAN HOLLOW NEIGHBOR-
HOODS AND ONE SHALL BE HELD DURING THE EVENING OR WEEKEND HOURS. THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL MAKE PROVISIONS FOR ONLINE AND TELEPHONIC
ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION. AT SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE DRAFT PLAN
SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN WRITTEN FORM FOR THOSE PHYSICALLY ATTENDING.
PROVISIONS SHALL ALSO BE MADE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT PLAN.
(E) THE PLAN SHALL CONTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS ON REGULATORY MEASURES AND
OTHER STATE ACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE MANDATES IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND
THREE OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION NINETY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW
ARE MET. THE MEASURES AND ACTIONS SET FORTH IN THE PLAN SHALL INCLUDE:
I. A TIMELINE FOR PLANNED STEPS TOWARD THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND OBTAINING
THE NECESSARY PERMITS TO BEGIN OPERATION. THE TIMELINE SHOULD MAXIMIZE
THE POTENTIAL FOR ACHIEVING, AND IF FEASIBLE MAKING GREATER EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS THAN THE STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LIMITS SET FORTH
IN SECTION 75-0107 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND MEETING THE
OTHER MANDATES OF THE CLCPA;
II. MEASURES TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, INCLUD-
ING PRIORITIZING THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND CO-POLLUTANTS AND
IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;
III. MEASURES TO OPTIMIZE THERMAL LOAD SHARING, ENERGY EFFICIENCY,
DEMAND RESPONSE, AND ENERGY CONSERVATION;
IV. COMPREHENSIVE CONSIDERATION OF RENEWABLE HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEMS OR
A COMBINATION OF SUCH SYSTEMS TO MEET THE HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS OF
THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: GEOTHERMAL
HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE EARTH, GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE HUDSON
RIVER, OPEN-LOOP AND CLOSED-LOOP GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE AQUI-
FER, HEAT EXCHANGE WITH POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES, HEAT RECOVERY FROM
WASTEWATER SOURCES, AIR-SOURCE HEAT PUMP TECHNOLOGY, AND THERMAL STOR-
AGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SYSTEMS DO NOT USE COMBUSTION-BASED OR FOSSIL
FUEL ENERGY;
V. PRIORITIZATION OF ELECTRICITY PROCUREMENT FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES
WITHIN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR (NYISO) ZONE F, ESPECIALLY
SOURCES MOST CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ELECTRICITY SERVING REAL-TIME LOAD
CONDITIONS OF THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
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NOT BE LIMITED TO, CONSIDERATION OF PROJECTS THAT EXPAND ELECTRICITY
GENERATION FROM ECOLOGICALLY-RESPONSIBLE, RUN-OF-THE-RIVER HYDROELECTRIC
FACILITIES WITHIN THE REGION; AND
VI. ELECTRICITY SERVICE UPGRADES FOR THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT MEASURES IDENTIFIED IN THIS SECTION.
(F) IN DESIGNING THE PLAN, THE OFFICE SHALL BE GUIDED BY ANY RECOMMEN-
DATIONS CONTAINED IN THE ENGINEERING STUDY MANDATED BY PARAGRAPH (C) OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, AND ANY COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE, INCLUDING AS TO SUCH ENGINEERING STUDY. SUCH ADVISORY
COMMITTEE SHALL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO REJECT OR MODIFY ANY RECOMMENDATION
UPON A FINDING THAT SUCH RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH OR
WILL INTERFERE WITH THE ATTAINMENT OF THE STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS-
SIONS LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW, THE CLIMATE JUSTICE PROVISIONS OF THE CLCPA, ANY RULES
OR REGULATIONS ISSUED THEREUNDER, OR THIS SECTION. IF THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE REJECTS OR MODIFIES ANY RECOMMENDATION, THE ORIGINAL VERSION
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE ENGINEERING STUDY SHALL
PRESUMPTIVELY NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE OFFICE, UNLESS SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE STUDY'S INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
(G) THE PLAN SHALL DESIGNATE THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY. IN DESIGNATING SUCH BOUNDARIES, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE ALBA-
NY SHERIDAN HOLLOW, ARBOR HILL, CENTER SQUARE, MANSION, WASHINGTON PARK,
WEST HILL, AND SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOODS, THE OFFICE SHALL CONSIDER
INCLUDING IN ITS DESIGNATION ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT EXPERIENCE
IMPACTS ON THEIR WATER, AIR QUALITY, NOISE AND TRAFFIC FROM THE EMPIRE
STATE PLAZA COMPLEX.
(H)(I) ANY PROJECT THAT MAY BE FUNDED AS A RESULT OF THE RENEWABLE
CAPITOL PROJECT COMPLETED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL: (A) BE DEEMED
A PUBLIC WORK PROJECT SUBJECT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE LABOR LAW; (B)
REQUIRE THAT THE COMPONENT PARTS OF ANY RENEWABLE CAPITOL PROJECT ARE
PRODUCED OR MADE IN WHOLE OR SUBSTANTIAL PART IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS
TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS, SUBJECT TO A WAIVER PROVISION SIMILAR TO THE
ONE CONTAINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX-S OF THE PUBLIC
SERVICE LAW; (C) CONTAIN A REQUIREMENT THAT ANY PUBLIC OWNER OR THIRD
PARTY ACTING ON BEHALF OF A PUBLIC OWNER ENTER INTO A PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENT AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW
FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION WORK; AND (D) REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF PREVAILING
WAGE STANDARDS CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE NINE OF THE LABOR LAW FOR BUILD-
ING SERVICES WORK.
(II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL RIGHTS
OR BENEFITS, INCLUDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, AND
PROTECTION OF CIVIL SERVICE AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STATUS OF ALL
EXISTING PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND THE WORK JURISDICTION, COVERED JOB
TITLES, AND WORK ASSIGNMENTS, SET FORTH IN THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT-
ING PUBLIC EMPLOYEES SHALL BE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED. ANY SUCH PROJECT
SHALL NOT RESULT IN THE: (A) DISPLACEMENT OF ANY CURRENTLY EMPLOYED
WORKER OR LOSS OF POSITION (INCLUDING PARTIAL DISPLACEMENT AS SUCH A
REDUCTION IN THE HOURS OF NON-OVERTIME WORK, WAGES, OR EMPLOYMENT BENE-
FITS) OR RESULT IN THE IMPAIRMENT OF EXISTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS; (B) TRANSFER OF EXISTING DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATED TO
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CURRENTLY PERFORMED BY EXISTING EMPLOYEES OF
AUTHORIZED ENTITIES TO A CONTRACTING ENTITY; OR (C) TRANSFER OF FUTURE
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS ORDINARILY PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEES OF AUTHORIZED
ENTITIES TO A CONTRACTING ENTITY.
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(I) IN THE CASE OF ANY CONFLICT AS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION
AND SECTION NINETY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW IN REGARD TO THE
PROJECT, THIS SECTION SHALL PREVAIL.
§ 3. The tenth undesignated paragraph of section 1005 of the public
authorities law, as added by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended
to read as follows:
The authority is further authorized, as deemed feasible and advisable
by the trustees, to acquire, maintain, manage, operate, improve and
reconstruct as a project or projects of the authority one or both of the
steam generation facilities owned by the state known as the Sheridan
[avenue] AVENUE steam [generating] plant [on Sheridan avenue in the city
of Albany and used to supply steam to state facilities], together with
any properties, buildings and equipment at the sites thereof or ancil-
lary thereto, for the generation and sale of thermal energy and the
cogeneration and sale of electricity for use by facilities of the state
within the county of Albany. All the authority's costs, including its
acquisition, capital, operating and maintenance costs, shall be recov-
ered fully from the customers receiving service from such project or
projects. Thermal energy and electricity not required by the state may
be sold by the authority to others. The authority is not authorized to
use refuse or refuse-derived fuel in operating the project or projects.
AS OF THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, ALL OF THE ENERGY,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HEAT, COOLING AND ELECTRICITY, PRODUCED AT
THE SHERIDAN AVENUE STEAM PLANT SHALL UTILIZE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.
Any agreement for such acquisition shall insure that the authority is
not liable or otherwise responsible for circumstances arising from the
prior operation of such facilities. The acquisition and purchase of such
land, buildings and equipment by the authority, and any actions taken to
effect such acquisition and purchase, are hereby exempt from the
provisions of article eight of the environmental conservation law. The
application of such exemption shall be strictly limited to the acquisi-
tion and purchase of such land, buildings and equipment by the authority
and such agreements with the state. Nothing herein shall exempt the
authority from otherwise applicable laws respecting the expansion,
conversion, operation and maintenance of such land, buildings and equip-
ment. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERMS "RENEWABLE ENERGY
SYSTEMS" AND "SHERIDAN AVENUE STEAM PLANT" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS
AS IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
§ 4. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 90 of the public buildings law,
as added by section 5 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, are
amended to read as follows:
2. "Decarbonization" and "decarbonize" means eliminating all on-site
combustion of fossil-fuels and associated co-pollutants with the excep-
tion of back-up emergency generators and redundant systems needed to
address public health, safety and security, providing heating and cool-
ing through thermal energy, and thermal energy networks, from non-com-
bustion sources, and to the greatest extent feasible producing on-site
electricity that is one hundred percent renewable. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR PURPOSES OF THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA
COMPLEX, SUCH TERM SHALL MEAN MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS
TWO AND THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND
SECTION NINETY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, AS SUCH REQUIREMENTS ARE APPLICABLE
TO THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX.
3. "Highest-emitting facilities" means state-owned facilities that are
among the highest producers of greenhouse gas emissions and collectively
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account for at least thirty percent of the greenhouse gas emissions as
recorded by the authority's Build Smart NY program established pursuant
to Executive Order 88 of 2012. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, ONE OF SUCH FACILITIES SHALL BE THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA
COMPLEX. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE "EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX"
SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION
ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
§ 5. The opening paragraph and paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 and
subdivision 2 of section 91 of the public buildings law, as added by
section 5 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, are amended and
a new paragraph (l) is added to subdivision 1 to read as follows:
The authority is hereby authorized and directed to establish decarbon-
ization action plans for fifteen of the highest-emitting facilities that
will serve as a basis for decarbonizing the facilities to the maximum
extent practicable, and subject to any needed redundant systems and
back-up systems needed for public safety and security. [Decarboniza-
tion] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (H) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, DECARBONIZATION action
plans shall address the following matters at a minimum:
(g) [Identification] EXCEPT FOR THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA DECARBONIZATION
PLAN, IDENTIFICATION of any parts of the facilities that cannot be
decarbonized, with explanations.
(L) IN THE CASE OF THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX DECARBONIZATION
ACTION PLAN, THE ITEMS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
2. [The] EXCEPT FOR THE DECARBONIZATION PLAN FOR THE EMPIRE STATE
PLAZA COMPLEX, THE authority shall complete the decarbonization action
plans no later than January thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six,
provided that such date shall be extended for justifiable delay outside
the control of the authority, including, but not limited to, previously
planned or current major renovations or replacements to the facilities,
delayed permitting or approval by building owners, local authorities, or
other essential parties, external resource bottlenecks, pending or unre-
solved investigations into utility grid capacity or similar circum-
stances where crucial information is not yet available or determined.
Such extension shall be limited to the time necessary to address the
factors causing such delay. THE EMPIRE STATE DECARBONIZATION PLAN SHALL
BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, AND NO
EXCLUSIONS FOR JUSTIFIABLE DELAYS SHALL BE PERMITTED.
§ 6. Subdivisions 5, 6 and 7 of section 91 of the public buildings law
are renumbered subdivisions 6, 7 and 8, and a new subdivision 5 is added
to read as follows:
5. THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO USE THE FUNDING PROVIDED IN
SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION TO PREPARE THE DECARBONIZATION ACTION
PLAN FOR THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA COMPLEX, TO UPDATE OR MODIFY ANY STUDY
OR PLAN UNDERTAKEN, WITH THE GOAL, IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF REDUCING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS APPLICABLE TO SUCH COMPLEX, OR TO PERFORM THE
ENGINEERING STUDY MANDATED BY PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PLAN
OR STUDY IN THE VIEW OF THE AUTHORITY WOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION USEFUL
FOR ACHIEVING THE PURPOSES OF SUCH SECTION.
§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART XX
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Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 15-D
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15-D
OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS
SECTION 328-D. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
328-E. GENERAL FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES.
§ 328-D. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED
IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AN OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS. THE
HEAD OF THE OFFICE SHALL BE THE COMMISSIONER OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS
WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND WHO SHALL HOLD OFFICE AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE GOVERNOR.
2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY TO BE FIXED BY THE
GOVERNOR WITHIN THE AMOUNT MADE AVAILABLE THEREFOR BY AN APPROPRIATION
AND SHALL BE ALLOWED SUCH COMMISSIONER'S ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES.
3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DIRECT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE AND SHALL BE
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE OFFICE. THE COMMISSIONER MAY APPOINT
SUCH OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AS SUCH COMMISSIONER MAY DEEM NECESSARY,
PRESCRIBE THEIR DUTIES, FIX THEIR COMPENSATION, AND PROVIDE FOR THE
REIMBURSEMENT OF THEIR EXPENSES, ALL WITHIN AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE
THEREFOR BY APPROPRIATION.
§ 328-E. GENERAL FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES. THE OFFICE OF NATIVE
AMERICAN AFFAIRS BY AND THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER OR SUCH COMMISSIONER'S
DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, SHALL:
1. ACT AS A CENTRALIZED OFFICE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS TO ACCESS
INFORMATION ON STATE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO NATIVE AMERICANS.
2. DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK
STATE'S NATIVE NATIONS, NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, NATIVE AMERICAN CITIZENS,
AND THE STATE.
3. ESTABLISH, MANAGE, COORDINATE, AND FACILITATE NATIVE AMERICAN-RE-
LATED POLICIES, POSITIONS, AND PROGRAMS.
4. ADVISE AND ASSIST STATE AGENCIES IN DEVELOPING POLICIES, PLANS, AND
PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS.
5. SERVE AS A CONNECTOR FOR NEW YORK STATE'S NATIVE NATIONS TO OTHER
STATE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
PART YY
Section 1. Section 101 of the state technology law is amended by
adding two new subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
7. "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" OR "AI" SHALL MEAN: (A) A MACHINE-BASED
SYSTEM THAT OPERATES WITH VARYING LEVELS OF AUTONOMY AND THAT MAY EXHIB-
IT ADAPTIVENESS AFTER DEPLOYMENT AND THAT, FOR EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT
OBJECTIVES, INFERS, FROM THE INPUT THE SYSTEM RECEIVES, HOW TO GENERATE
OUTPUTS SUCH AS PREDICTIONS, CONTENT, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DECISIONS THAT
MAY INFLUENCE PHYSICAL OR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS
NOT LIMITED TO, SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, SOFTWARE, OR DEVICES DESIGNED TO:
(I) SENSE, INTERPRET, PROCESS, ANALYZE, OR OTHERWISE COMPREHEND DATA,
TEXT, SPEECH, VOICE, IMAGES, VIDEO, SENSOR INPUTS, OR OTHER FORMS OF
INFORMATION FROM PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS.
(II) ABSTRACT CONCEPTS, DETECT PATTERNS, EXTRACT FEATURES, DEVELOP
EXPLANATORY AND PREDICTIVE DATA MODELS, OR OTHERWISE DERIVE HIGHER-ORDER
INSIGHTS THROUGH ANALYSIS OF DATA AND INFORMATION.
S. 3005--B 132
(III) APPLY REASONING, DECISION LOGIC, KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION,
PREDICTION MODELS, DATA MODEL INFERENCES, OR OTHER STRUCTURED AND
UNSTRUCTURED TECHNIQUES AND CAPABILITIES TO GENERATE OPTIONS, RECOMMEN-
DATIONS, FORECASTS, DETERMINATIONS, CONCLUSIONS, ACTIONS, OR OTHER
OUTPUTS THAT INFLUENCE PHYSICAL OR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, SYSTEMS, APPLI-
CATIONS, DEVICES, OR DECISION-MAKING.
(IV) OPERATE AUTONOMOUSLY ONCE DEPLOYED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
DESIGNED TO ALLOW HUMAN MONITORING, OVERSIGHT, INTERVENTION, OR OVER-
RIDE.
(B) THIS DEFINITION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SOFTWARE USED PRIMARILY FOR
BASIC COMPUTERIZED PROCESSES, SUCH AS CALCULATORS, SPELL CHECK TOOLS,
AUTOCORRECT FUNCTIONS, SPREADSHEETS, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR ANY
TOOL THAT RELATES ONLY TO INTERNAL MANAGEMENT AFFAIRS SUCH AS ORDERING
OFFICE SUPPLIES OR PROCESSING PAYMENTS, AND THAT DO NOT MATERIALLY
AFFECT THE RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, SAFETY OR WELFARE OF ANY HUMAN.
8. "AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN ANY SOFTWARE THAT
USES ALGORITHMS, COMPUTATIONAL MODELS, OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, OR A
COMBINATION THEREOF, TO AUTOMATE, SUPPORT, OR REPLACE HUMAN DECISION-
MAKING AND SHALL INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SYSTEMS THAT PROCESS DATA,
AND APPLY PREDEFINED RULES OR MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO ANALYZE
SUCH DATA, AND GENERATE CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, OUTCOMES, ASSUMP-
TIONS, PROJECTIONS, OR PREDICTIONS. "AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM"
SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SOFTWARE USED PRIMARILY FOR BASIC COMPUTERIZED
PROCESSES, SUCH AS CALCULATORS, SPELL CHECK TOOLS, AUTOCORRECT FUNC-
TIONS, SPREADSHEETS, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR ANY TOOL THAT RELATES
ONLY TO INTERNAL MANAGEMENT AFFAIRS SUCH AS ORDERING OFFICE SUPPLIES OR
PROCESSING PAYMENTS, AND THAT DO NOT MATERIALLY AFFECT THE RIGHTS,
LIBERTIES, SAFETY OR WELFARE OF ANY HUMAN.
§ 2. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section 102-a
to read as follows:
§ 102-A. CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER; FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND
DUTIES. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
GENCE WITHIN THE OFFICE. THE HEAD OF SUCH OFFICE SHALL BE THE CHIEF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE. THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
GENCE OFFICER SHALL BE IN SOLE CHARGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
OFFICE, AND SHALL REPORT TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. THE CHIEF ARTIFI-
CIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS MANAGEMENT CONFIDENTIAL
IN THE NONCOMPETITIVE CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SHALL HAVE EXPERTISE IN ARTI-
FICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATA PRIVACY, AND THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY.
2. THE OFFICE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES:
(A) DEVELOP STATEWIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
(I) DEVELOPING AND UPDATING STATE POLICY AND GUIDELINES ON THE USE,
PROCUREMENT, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND
AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH STATE
LAWS;
(II) DEVELOPING AND UPDATING A HANDBOOK REGARDING THE USE, STUDY,
DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION, AND PROCUREMENT OF SYSTEMS THAT USE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE, IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, AND
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR USE BY THE STATE'S DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES;
(III) DEVELOPING A RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN, INCLUDING PROCEDURES FOR
ASSESSING AND CLASSIFYING RISK LEVELS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
S. 3005--B 133
PERTAINING TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE STATE, DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY,
AND THE RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ANY HUMAN FOR USE OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS BY THE
STATE'S DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES; AND
(IV) SETTING GOVERNANCE STANDARDS FOR HUMAN OVERSIGHT OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, AND DETERMINING RESOURCE REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR RESPONSIBLE ADOPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DEVELOPING
AND DEPLOYING EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AND
(V) ENSURING PUBLIC ACCESS REQUIREMENTS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLI-
CATION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO EACH STATE AGENCY USE OF AUTOMATED
DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;
(B) COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF ANY AND ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES PERFORMING ANY FUNCTIONS
USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS;
(C) COORDINATE AND TRACK STATE DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, AGENCY
AND AUTHORITY PROCUREMENT AND PLANNING IN STATE PROGRAMS;
(D) INVESTIGATE AND ASSESS WHAT RESOURCES, MONETARY OR OTHERWISE, IF
ANY, A DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, AUTHORITY OR AGENCY REQUIRES TO
ADAPT TO THE CHANGES THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL BRING TO THE
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE AND TO ADEQUATELY ADOPT AND OVERSEE THE USE OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACROSS ITS OPERATIONS;
(E) PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN DEVELOPING, DESIGNING
AND DEPLOYING STANDARDS, MISSION, REGULATIONS, INVESTMENTS, PRACTICES,
SYSTEMS PERTAINING TO THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS AND AUTO-
MATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS, IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS THE RIGHTS AND
SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYEE TRAINING,
PROTECTING PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY, SAFEGUARDING AGAINST DISCRIMI-
NATION BASED ON RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, DISABILITY, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, MITIGATING RISKS OF MISINFORMATION
AND MANIPULATION, AND IMPACT ON THE HUMAN WORKFORCE;
(F) RECOMMEND THE REPLACEMENT, DISCONNECTION OR DEACTIVATION OF ANY
APPLICATION THAT UTILIZES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR ANY AUTOMATED DECI-
SION-MAKING SYSTEM AND THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT DEPLOYMENT AND USE IS
INCONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS OF LAW OR IS OTHERWISE HARMFUL TO THE OPER-
ATIONS OF THE STATE, DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY, OR THE RIGHTS, LIBER-
TIES, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF ANY HUMAN;
(G) STUDY THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE USAGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR
DATA COLLECTION TO INFORM TESTING AND EVALUATION, VERIFICATION AND VALI-
DATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
WILL PERFORM AS INTENDED, INCLUDING WHEN INTERACTING WITH HUMANS AND
OTHER SYSTEMS, DEVELOP COMMON METRICS TO ASSESS TRUSTWORTHINESS THAT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS WILL PERFORM AS INTENDED, AND MINIMIZE
PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS AND UNANTICIPATED OUTCOMES, PROTECT AGAINST RISKS
TO DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY, AND ADDRESS THE POSSIBILITY OF INTENTIONAL
MISUSE OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM;
(H) SUBMIT A REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON PROGRESS, FINDINGS, STUDIES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTO-
MATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS IN THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. SUCH
REPORT SHALL ALSO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE OF INFORMA-
TION TECHNOLOGY WEBSITE. WHERE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
MAKES A DETERMINATION THAT SUCH DISCLOSURE WOULD RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, INFRINGE UPON THE
PRIVACY RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS, OR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIR THE STATE'S ABIL-
ITY TO PROTECT ITS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OR OPERATIONAL ASSETS, THE
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OFFICER MAY REDACT SUCH INFORMATION, PROVIDED AN EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
BY WHICH SUCH DETERMINATION WAS MADE IS PUBLISHED ALONG WITH THE REDACT-
ED REPORT. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO
REQUIRE OR AUTHORIZE THE DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OR TRADE
SECRETS; AND
(I) INVESTIGATE AND CONDUCT PERIODIC AUDITS OF ANY DEPARTMENT'S,
BOARD'S, COMMISSION'S, AGENCY'S OR AUTHORITY'S USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE TOOLS OR AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS TO ENSURE:
(I) DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES DEVEL-
OP, ACQUIRE AND USE SUCH TOOLS OR SYSTEMS THAT COMPLY WITH THE CONSTITU-
TION, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS;
(II) ENSURE THAT ANY BENEFIT A DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, AGENCY
OR AUTHORITY RECEIVES BY USING SUCH TOOLS OR SYSTEMS OUTWEIGHS ANY RISK
IN USING THAT AUTOMATED SYSTEM;
(III) ENSURE THAT EACH SUCH TOOL OR SYSTEM IS SECURE, PROTECTED AND
RESISTANT TO CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THAT AUTOMATED SYSTEM FACES ANY
SYSTEMATIC VULNERABILITY, MANIPULATION OR MALICIOUS EXPLOITATION; AND
(IV) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS RESTRICTING THE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER'S OR ANY STATE DEPARTMENT'S, BOARD'S,
COMMISSION'S, AUTHORITY'S OR AGENCY'S ACCESS TO:
(1) CONDUCT ANY INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AIMED AT DEVELOPING, IMPROVING
OR REPAIRING ANY PRODUCT, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY,
(2) PREVENT, DETECT, PROTECT, RESPOND, INVESTIGATE, REPORT TO ANY
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SECURITY INCIDENT, IDENTITY THEFT, FRAUD,
HARASSMENT, MALICIOUS OR MISLEADING ACTIVITY OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, OR
(3) PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OR SECURITY OF ANY SYSTEM.
3. TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER MAY REQUEST AND RECEIVE FROM ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVI-
SION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION OR OTHER AGENCY OF THE STATE OR ANY
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF OR ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY, STAFF AND OTHER
ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION, AND RESOURCES AS WILL ENABLE THE OFFICE OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PROPERLY CARRY OUT ITS FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND
DUTIES.
§ 3. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section 104-a
to read as follows:
§ 104-A. ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR STATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY.
1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED IN THE OFFICE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR STATE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY. THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFI-
CER SHALL SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE
COMPOSED OF A MINIMUM OF SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES OR THEIR EQUIVALENT
SELECTED FROM STATE AGENCIES AND APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, PROVIDED
THAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED FROM A SINGLE AGENCY,
AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE DIRECTOR SHALL SERVE AS AN EX-OFFICIO
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. IN ADDITION, ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY
THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, ONE BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE, AND TWO MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AT THE RECOMMEN-
DATION OF THE TWO LARGEST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE REPRESENTING MUNIC-
IPAL LEADERSHIP.
2. ALL MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE
OF THEIR APPOINTING AUTHORITY. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL
RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR
ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
DUTIES.
3. NO MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM
HOLDING ANY OTHER PUBLIC OFFICE, NOR FORFEIT ANY SUCH OFFICE BY REASON
OF APPOINTMENT HEREUNDER, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL,
S. 3005--B 135
SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR CITY CHARTER, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, OR TEMPORARY
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SHALL BE CONSIDERED STATE OFFICERS AND SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION
SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
4. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL, AT MINIMUM, MEET TWICE IN EACH CALEN-
DAR YEAR, PROVIDED THAT ADDITIONAL MEETINGS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MAY BE CALLED BY THE CHAIRPERSON AT ANY TIME.
5. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL:
(A) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON BEST PRACTICES
FOR THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING
SYSTEMS IN AGENCIES;
(B) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON STATE POLICY
FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS;
(C) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON THE CURRENT
STATE OF THE STATE IN RELATION TO COMPETITIVENESS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
GENCE, INCLUDING THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF NEW YORK'S INVESTMENTS IN ARTI-
FICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;
(D) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON IMPROVING THE
WORKFORCE, INCLUDING USE IN TRAINING, EDUCATION AND WORKER ASSISTANCE IN
RELATION TO THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;
(E) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON LEVERAGING
LOCAL RESOURCES TO OPTIMIZE AND IMPROVE OPERATIONS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEDICAL SERVICES,
CYBER SECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS;
(F) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON OPPORTUNITIES
FOR LOCAL, REGIONAL, INTERSTATE, FEDERAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
AND REGULATIONS;
(G) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON STRATEGIES TO
PREVENT AND MITIGATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ASSISTED MISINFORMATION
CAMPAIGNS AND THE POTENTIALLY HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
GENCE;
(H) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON HOW THE STATE
CAN LEVERAGE THE SUBSTANTIAL AND GROWING EXPERTISE OF THE EMERGING TECH-
NOLOGIES, SUCH AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, IN THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT
OF PUBLIC POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE PRIVACY, RIGHTS, AND THE USE OF ARTI-
FICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLINE;
(I) ADVISE THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON STRATEGIES FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AMONG AGENCIES OF THE
FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COOPERATION; AND
(J) MAKE PERIODIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON LEGISLATIVE OR
REGULATORY CHANGES.
§ 4. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 102 of the state technology law,
as added by chapter 430 of the laws of 1997 and such section as renum-
bered by chapter 437 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as
follows:
2. The head of the office shall be the director of the office, who
shall serve as the chief technology officer for the state of New York
and shall be designated as management confidential in the noncompetitive
class in accordance with the civil service law. The director shall be
the chief executive officer of and in sole charge of the administration
of the office, WITH EXCEPTION TO THE OFFICE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-A OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE. The director
shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for expenses actually and
S. 3005--B 136
necessarily incurred by [him or her] SUCH DIRECTOR in the performance of
[his or her] SUCH DIRECTOR'S duties.
3. The director may, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer and
consolidate bureaus and other units within the office not expressly
established by law as [he or she] SUCH DIRECTOR may determine necessary
for the efficient operation of the office, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, WITH EXCEPTION TO THE OFFICE ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-A OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE COMMITTEE
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART ZZ
Section 1. Section 604-b of the retirement and social security law is
amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
F. DEATH BENEFITS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRA-
RY, WHERE A NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY MEMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTI-
TLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH BUT HAD
NOT YET FILED FOR SUCH SERVICE RETIREMENT PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (IV)
OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION C OF THIS SECTION, AND WHERE SUCH DEATH
OCCURS ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE BENEFICI-
ARY OR BENEFICIARIES OF SUCH MEMBER MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE, IN A LUMP SUM
OR ON AN ANNUITIZED BASIS, AN AMOUNT PAYABLE WHICH SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE
PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED HAD SUCH MEMBER RETIRED
ON THE DATE OF THEIR DEATH.
§ 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none
of the provisions of this act shall be subject to section 25 of the
retirement and social security law.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would provide an alternative death
benefit for Transit Tier 4 and Tier 6 Special Plan members of the New
York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) who die on or after the
effective date.
EXPECTED INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Millions)
Year NYCERS
2026 4.2
2027 4.2
2028 4.3
2029 4.3
2030 4.3
2031 4.3
2032 4.3
2033 4.3
2034 4.3
2035 4.3
2036 4.3
2037 4.3
2038 1.0
2039 1.0
2040 1.0
2041 1.0
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2042 1.0
2043 1.1
2044 1.1
2045 1.1
2046 1.1
2047 1.1
2048 1.1
2049 1.1
2050 1.1
Projected contributions include future new hires that may be impacted.
For Fiscal Year 2051 and beyond, the expected increase in normal cost as
a level percent of pay for impacted new entrants is approximately 0.01%.
The increase in employer contributions will be allocated to the New
York City Transit Authority.
PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS: The Present Value of Benefits is the
discounted expected value of benefits paid to current members if all
assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
Future new hires are not included in this present value.
INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
as of June 30, 2024 ($ in Millions)
Present Value (PV) NYCERS
(1) PV of Employer Contributions: 34.3
(2) PV of Employee Contributions: 0.0
Total PV of Benefits (1) + (2): 34.3
UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY (UAL): Actuarial Accrued Liabilities are
the portion of the Present Value of Benefits allocated to past service.
Changes in UAL were amortized over the expected remaining working life-
time of those impacted using level dollar payments.
AMORTIZATION OF UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY
NYCERS
Increase (Decrease) in UAL: 25.2 M
Number of Payments: 12
Amortization Payment: 3.3 M
CENSUS DATA: The estimates presented herein are based on preliminary
census data collected as of June 30, 2024. The census data for the
impacted population is summarized below.
NYCERS
Active Members
- Number Count: 37,476
- Average Age: 48.2
- Average Service: 11.4
- Average Salary: 93,100
IMPACT ON MEMBER BENEFITS: Currently, NYCERS Transit members are
generally entitled to a lump sum ordinary death benefit equal to a
multiple of salary plus the return of member accumulated contributions,
if any. These death benefits are generally calculated as three times the
final year's salary and may be subject to salary caps and other
reductions.
S. 3005--B 138
Under the proposed legislation, the ordinary death benefit for Transit
Tier 4 and Tier 6 Special Plan members who are eligible to receive a
service retirement benefit would be the greater of their current death
benefit or the value of the pension reserve that would have been estab-
lished had they retired on the date of their death.
The pension reserve is the actuarial present value of all pension
payments expected to be made had the member retired for service. This
type of lump sum pension reserve death benefit is sometimes referred to
as a Death Gamble, and is afforded, in a similar form, to Tier 1 NYCERS
members.
ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS: The estimates presented herein have been
calculated based on the Revised 2021 Actuarial Assumptions and Methods
of the impacted retirement systems. In addition:
o New entrants were assumed to replace exiting members so that total
payroll increases by 3% each year for impacted groups. New entrant demo-
graphics were developed based on data for recent new hires and actuarial
judgement.
RISK AND UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal Note depend
highly on the actuarial assumptions, methods, and models used, demo-
graphics of the impacted population, and other factors such as invest-
ment, contribution, and other risks. If actual experience deviates from
actuarial assumptions, the actual costs could differ from those
presented herein. Quantifying these risks is beyond the scope of this
Fiscal Note.
This Fiscal Note is intended to measure pension-related impacts and
does not include other potential costs (e.g., administrative and Other
Postemployment Benefits). This Fiscal Note does not reflect any chapter
laws that may have been enacted during the current legislative session.
STATEMENT OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: Marek Tyszkiewicz and Gregory Zelikov-
sky are members of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of
Actuaries. We are members of NYCERS, but do not believe it impairs our
objectivity, and we meet the Qualification Standards of the American
Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
To the best of our knowledge, the results contained herein have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and
procedures and with the Actuarial Standards of Practice issued by the
Actuarial Standards Board.
FISCAL NOTE IDENTIFICATION: This Fiscal Note 2025-27 dated March 6,
2025 was prepared by the Chief Actuary for the New York City Retirement
Systems and Pension Funds and is intended for use only during the 2025
Legislative Session.
PART AAA
Section 1. Section 506 of the retirement and social security law is
amended by adding a new subdivision c-2 to read as follows:
C-2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION A, B OR
C-1 OF THIS SECTION, THE ORDINARY DISABILITY BENEFIT FOR A NEW YORK CITY
ENHANCED PLAN MEMBER IN THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT BE
CONDITIONED UPON ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR UPON RECEIPT OF, PRIMARY SOCIAL
SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
SUMMARY: This proposed legislation modifies Ordinary Disability
Retirement (ODR) eligibility for Tier 3 members of FIRE by removing the
S. 3005--B 139
requirement of being eligible for primary Social Security disability
benefits (SSDI).
EXPECTED INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Millions)
Year FIRE
2026 0.4
2027 0.4
2028 0.5
2029 0.5
2030 0.6
2031 0.6
2032 0.7
2033 0.7
2034 0.8
2035 0.9
2036 0.9
2037 1.0
2038 1.0
2039 1.1
2040 1.2
2041 1.3
2042 1.3
2043 1.4
2044 1.4
2045 1.5
2046 1.6
2047 1.7
2048 1.7
2049 1.8
2050 1.9
Projected contributions include future new hires that may be impacted.
For Fiscal Year 2051 and beyond, the increase in normal cost for new
entrants will remain level as a percent of pay for the impacted popu-
lation (approximately 0.06%).
The entire increase in employer contributions will be allocated to New
York City.
PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS: The Present Value of Benefits is the
discounted expected value of benefits paid to current members if all
assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
Future new hires are not included in this present value.
INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
as of June 30, 2024 ($ in Millions)
Present Value (PV) FIRE
(1) PV of Employer Contributions: 5.8
(2) PV of Employee Contributions: 0.0
Total PV of Benefits (1) + (2): 5.8
UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY (UAL): Actuarial Accrued Liabilities are
the portion of the Present Value of Benefits allocated to past service.
S. 3005--B 140
Changes in UAL were amortized over the expected remaining working life-
time of those impacted using level dollar payments.
AMORTIZATION OF UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY
FIRE
Increase (Decrease) in UAL: 0.5 M
Number of Payments: 17
Amortization Payment: 0.1 M
CENSUS DATA: The estimates presented herein are based on preliminary
census data collected as of June 30, 2024. The census data for the
impacted population is summarized below.
FIRE
Active Members
- Number Count: 5,571
- Average Age: 34.1
- Average Service: 6.2
- Average Salary: 118,600
IMPACT ON ELIGIBILITY: Currently, active Tier 3 FIRE enhanced plan
members with at least five years of credited service are only eligible
for an ODR benefit if they are approved for primary Social Security
disability benefits (SSDI).
Under the proposed legislation, Tier 3 FIRE enhanced plan members with
at least five years of credited service would be eligible for an ODR
benefit, irrespective of SSDI eligibility.
The formula for calculating Enhanced Plan ODR benefits would remain
unchanged
ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS: The estimates presented herein have been
calculated based on the Revised 2021 Actuarial Assumptions and Methods
of the impacted retirement systems. In addition:
* New entrants were assumed to replace exiting members so that total
payroll increases by 3% each year for impacted groups. New entrant demo-
graphics were developed based on data for recent new hires and actuarial
judgement.
* For purposes of this Fiscal Note, it has been assumed that 100% of
members exiting for ODR under current ODR rates would be ineligible for
SSDI.
* It is assumed that the Medical Board will be responsible for deter-
mining the eligibility for ODR benefits in place of the SSDI require-
ment.
RISK AND UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal Note depend
highly on the actuarial assumptions, methods, and models used, demo-
graphics of the impacted population, and other factors such as invest-
ment, contribution, and other risks. If actual experience deviates from
actuarial assumptions, the actual costs could differ from those
presented herein. Quantifying these risks is beyond the scope of this
Fiscal Note.
This Fiscal Note is intended to measure pension-related impacts and
does not include other potential costs (e.g., administrative and Other
Postemployment Benefits). This Fiscal Note does not reflect any chapter
laws that may have been enacted during the current legislative session.
S. 3005--B 141
STATEMENT OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: Marek Tyszkiewicz and Gregory Zelikov-
sky are members of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of
Actuaries. We are members of NYCERS, but do not believe it impairs our
objectivity, and we meet the Qualification Standards of the American
Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
To the best of our knowledge, the results contained herein have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and
procedures and with the Actuarial Standards of Practice issued by the
Actuarial Standards Board.
FISCAL NOTE IDENTIFICATION: This Fiscal Note 2025-06 dated February 4,
2025 was prepared by the Chief Actuary for the New York City Retirement
Systems and Pension Funds and is intended for use only during the 2025
Legislative Session.
PART BBB
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13-252.1 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 489 of the laws of
2013, is amended to read as follows:
2. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or of any gener-
al, special or local law, charter, administrative code or rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, if a member who [participated] FILED A TIMELY
NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or clean-
up operations as defined in section two of the retirement and social
security law[, and] subsequently retired [on a service retirement, an
ordinary disability retirement, an accidental disability retirement, a
performance of duty disability retirement, or was separated from service
with a vested right to deferred payability of a retirement allowance]
and subsequent to such retirement or separation is determined by the
[NYCPPF] POLICE PENSION FUND board of trustees to have a qualifying
World Trade Center condition, as defined in section two of the retire-
ment and social security law, upon such determination by the [NYCPPF]
POLICE PENSION FUND board of trustees, it shall be presumed that such
disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty as the
natural and proximate result of an accident not caused by such member's
own willful negligence, and that the member would have been physically
or mentally incapacitated for the performance and discharge of duty of
the position from which he or she retired or vested had the condition
been known and fully developed at the time of the member's retirement or
separation from service with vested rights, unless the contrary is prov-
en by competent evidence.
(b) The [NYCPPF] POLICE PENSION FUND board of trustees shall consider
a reclassification of the member's retirement or vesting as an acci-
dental disability retirement effective as of the date of such reclassi-
fication.
(c) Such member's retirement option shall not be changed as a result
of such reclassification.
(d) [The member's former employer at the time of the member's retire-
ment shall have an opportunity to be heard on the member's application
for reclassification by the NYCPPF board of trustees according to proce-
dures developed by the NYCPPF board of trustees] NOTWITHSTANDING THE
PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TO THE CONTRARY, BUT EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY
FOR WORLD TRADE CENTER BENEFITS, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED PRESUMPTIVE
EVIDENCE THAT UPON THE TIMELY FILING OF A FULLY SWORN NOTICE OF PARTIC-
IPATION, SUCH MEMBER SHALL HAVE A QUALIFYING WORLD TRADE CENTER CONDI-
S. 3005--B 142
TION, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION THIRTY-SIX OF SECTION TWO OF THE RETIRE-
MENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT
EVIDENCE AND ADOPTED BY A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
(e) The [NYCPPF] POLICE PENSION FUND board of trustees is hereby
authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the
provisions of this paragraph.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART CCC
Section 1. Section 14-114 of the administrative code of the city of
New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
D. (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN A
DETECTIVE, SERGEANT, OR LIEUTENANT SHALL HAVE ACCRUED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
OF UNIFORMED SERVICE WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
RETIRES IN ANY SUCH RANK, THEY SHALL HAVE FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE HIGHEST
GRADE OF PAY UNDER THE APPLICABLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT OF
SUCH RANK IN WHICH THEY RETIRE, ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE SALARY, USED FOR
THE PURPOSES OF COMPUTING PENSION BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN IN WHICH THEY
ARE ENROLLED WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND. A MEMBER WHO
RECEIVES AN INCREASE TO THEIR PENSION BENEFIT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL
NOT RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE UNDER SECTION 14-111 OF THIS CHAPTER;
OR
(2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN A
DETECTIVE, SERGEANT, OR LIEUTENANT SHALL HAVE ACCRUED THIRTY YEARS OF
UNIFORMED SERVICE WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND RETIRES
IN ANY SUCH RANK, THEY SHALL HAVE TEN PER CENTUM OF THE HIGHEST GRADE OF
PAY UNDER THE APPLICABLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT OF SUCH RANK IN
WHICH THEY RETIRE, ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE SALARY, USED FOR THE PURPOSES
OF COMPUTING PENSION BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN IN WHICH THEY ARE ENROLLED
WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND. A MEMBER WHO RECEIVES AN
INCREASE TO THEIR PENSION BENEFIT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT RECEIVE
AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE UNDER SECTION 14-111 OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
(3) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN A
DETECTIVE, SERGEANT, OR LIEUTENANT SHALL HAVE ACCRUED THIRTY-FIVE YEARS
OF UNIFORMED SERVICE WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
RETIRES IN ANY SUCH RANK, THEY SHALL HAVE FIFTEEN PER CENTUM OF THE
HIGHEST GRADE OF PAY UNDER THE APPLICABLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREE-
MENT OF SUCH RANK IN WHICH THEY RETIRE, ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE SALARY,
USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPUTING PENSION BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN IN
WHICH THEY ARE ENROLLED WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND. A
MEMBER WHO RECEIVES AN INCREASE TO THEIR PENSION BENEFIT UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE UNDER SECTION 14-111
OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
SUMMARY: This proposed legislation, as it relates to the New York City
Police Pension Fund (POLICE), would increase the salary used for deter-
mining pension benefits for Detectives, Sergeants, and Lieutenants who
retire with at least 25 years of uniformed NYPD service.
EXPECTED INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Millions)
Year POLICE
2026 0.0
2027 2.8
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2028 5.6
2029 8.5
2030 11.5
2031 14.6
2032 17.8
2033 21.2
2034 24.7
2035 28.4
2036 32.4
2037 36.5
2038 41.1
2039 45.9
2040 51.0
2041 53.6
2042 56.2
2043 59.0
2044 61.9
2045 64.9
2046 68.0
2047 71.1
2048 74.3
2049 77.5
2050 80.7
Projected contributions are based on historical experience for Tier
2 members. Future retirement patterns may differ due to a larger
impacted Tier 3 population (e.g., Tier 2 is expected to retire at 20
years of service whereas Tier 3 is expected to retire at 25 years of
service).
The entire increase in employer contributions will be allocated to New
York City.
PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS: The Present Value of Benefits (PVFB) is the
discounted expected value of benefits paid to current members if all
assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
The enactment of this proposed legislation is expected to increase the
PVFB by approximately $23.3 million in the first year and every year
thereafter. Each year's PVFB increase will depend on the actual experi-
ence of benefiting retirees and will be recognized in the year benefits
are first payable.
UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY (UAL): Actuarial Accrued Liabilities are
the portion of the Present Value of Benefits allocated to past service.
For purposes of this Fiscal Note, changes in UAL were amortized as an
ongoing gain/loss using level dollar payments.
AMORTIZATION OF UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY
POLICE
Increase (Decrease) in UAL: 23.3 M
Number of Payments: 14
First-year Amortization Payment: 2.8 M
CENSUS DATA: The estimates presented herein are based on preliminary
census data collected as of June 30, 2024. The census data for POLICE
active members is summarized below.
POLICE
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Active Members
- Number Count: 33,803
- Average Age: 37.5
- Average Service: 11.1
- Average Salary: 134,900
The salaries used in this analysis were provided by the Lieutenants
Benevolent Association and are summarized below.
o Detectives would use a highest grade of pay of $149,518
o Sergeants would use a highest grade of pay of $149,519 based on the
salary provided and adjusted to reflect outstanding wage contracts
o Lieutenants would use a highest grade of pay of $164,476
Data from the prior ten years of actuarial valuations was used to
estimate the number of retirees who could potentially benefit from this
proposed legislation each year and is summarized below.
Average Number Retired Detectives Sergeants Lieutenants
per Year
At least 25 but less
than 30 years of service 129 73 51
At least 30 but less
than 35 years of service 38 23 20
At least 35 years of
service 12 7 7
IMPACT ON MEMBER BENEFITS: The proposed legislation would increase the
applicable salary used for computing pension benefits (Final Salary for
Tier 2 members or Final Average Salary for Tier 3 members) who retire as
a detective, sergeant, or lieutenant with at least 25 years of uniformed
NYPD service.
The increase in applicable salary would be equal to:
o 5% for members with at least 25 years of service, 10% for members
with at least 30 years of service, or 15% for members with at least 35
years of service, multiplied by
o The highest grade of pay under the applicable collective bargaining
agreement of the rank in which the member retires.
For example, a Detective who retires with 32 years of uniformed NYPD
service would receive an increase in their annual pension of approxi-
mately $7,476 (a 50% annual benefit of 10% multiplied by the highest-
grade detective pay of $149,518). This additional benefit would then be
subject to applicable Cost-of-Living or Escalation increases.
Based on an estimate of the number of POLICE members who are expected
to be impacted by this proposed legislation, the annual increase in
POLICE pension benefits paid will be approximately $1.9 million in the
first year and increase in every year thereafter.
With respect to an individual member, the impact on benefits due to
this proposed legislation could vary greatly depending on the member's
age, years of service, retirement cause, and Tier.
ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS: The estimates presented herein have been
calculated based on the Revised 2021 Actuarial Assumptions and Methods
of the impacted retirement systems. In addition:
o New entrants were assumed to replace exiting members so that total
payroll increases by 3% each year for impacted groups. New entrant demo-
graphics were developed based on data for recent new hires and actuarial
judgement.
S. 3005--B 145
o Future contribution impacts have been developed assuming a homogene-
ous population and consistent retirement pattern.
RISK AND UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal Note depend
highly on the actuarial assumptions, methods, and models used, demo-
graphics of the impacted population, and other factors such as invest-
ment, contribution, and other risks. If actual experience deviates from
actuarial assumptions, the actual costs could differ from those
presented herein. Quantifying these risks is beyond the scope of this
Fiscal Note.
This Fiscal Note is intended to measure pension-related impacts and
does not include other potential costs (e.g., administrative and Other
Postemployment Benefits). This Fiscal Note does not reflect any chapter
laws that may have been enacted during the current legislative session.
STATEMENT OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: Marek Tyszkiewicz and Gregory Zelikov-
sky are members of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of
Actuaries. We are members of NYCERS, but do not believe it impairs our
objectivity, and we meet the Qualification Standards of the American
Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
To the best of our knowledge, the results contained herein have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and
procedures and with the Actuarial Standards of Practice issued by the
Actuarial Standards Board.
FISCAL NOTE IDENTIFICATION: This Fiscal Note 2025-04 dated January 31,
2025 was prepared by the Chief Actuary for the New York City Retirement
Systems and Pension Funds and is intended for use only during the 2025
Legislative Session.
PART DDD
Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 501 of the retirement and social
security law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended
to read as follows:
17. "Normal retirement age" shall be age sixty-two, for general
members, and the age at which a member completes or would have completed
twenty-two years of service, for police/fire members, New York city
uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and investigator
revised plan members, EXCEPT THAT FOR POLICE/FIRE MEMBERS OF THE NEW
YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND, NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE SHALL BE THE AGE AT
WHICH A MEMBER COMPLETES OR WOULD HAVE COMPLETED TWENTY YEARS OF
SERVICE.
§ 2. Subdivision d of section 503 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
as follows:
d. The normal service retirement benefit specified in section five
hundred five of this article shall be paid to police/fire members, New
York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and
investigator revised plan members without regard to age upon retirement
after twenty-two years of service, EXCEPT THAT THE NORMAL SERVICE
RETIREMENT BENEFIT SPECIFIED IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTI-
CLE SHALL BE PAID TO POLICE/FIRE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE
PENSION FUND, AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE. Early service retirement
shall be permitted upon retirement after twenty years of credited
service or attainment of age sixty-two, provided, however, that New York
city police/fire revised plan members, New York city uniformed
correction/sanitation revised plan members and investigator revised plan
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members shall not be eligible to retire for service prior to the attain-
ment of twenty years of credited service.
§ 3. Section 505 of the retirement and social security law is amended
by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN ANY OTHER LAW,
POLICE/FIRE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR A NORMAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT IN LIEU OF AN EARLY
SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT UPON COMPLETING TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION D OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would reduce the Normal Retirement
Age for Tier 3 members of the New York City Police Pension Fund (POLICE)
to be the age at which a member completes or would have completed twenty
years of service.
EXPECTED IMPACT ON EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
($ in Millions)
Year POLICE
2026 16.3
2027 17.4
2028 18.7
2029 20.0
2030 21.3
2031 22.5
2032 23.5
2033 24.5
2034 25.5
2035 26.4
2036 27.3
2037 28.2
2038 29.1
2039 29.9
2040 30.8
2041 31.7
2042 25.8
2043 26.7
2044 27.6
2045 28.5
2046 29.4
2047 30.3
2048 31.2
2049 32.1
2050 33.1
Projected contributions include future new hires that may be impacted.
For Fiscal Year 2051 and beyond, the increase in normal cost for new
entrants will remain level as a percent of pay for the impacted popu-
lation (approximately 0.33%).
The entire increase in employer contributions will be allocated to New
York City.
PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS: The Present Value of Benefits is the
discounted expected value of benefits paid to current members if all
assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
Future new hires are not included in this present value.
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INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
as of June 30, 2024 ($ in Millions)
Present Value (PV) POLICE
(1) PV of Employer Contributions: 122.9
(2) PV of Employee Contributions: (10.6)
Total PV of Benefits (1) + (2): 112.3
UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY (UAL): Actuarial Accrued Liabilities are the
portion of the Present Value of Benefits allocated to past service.
Changes in UAL were amortized over the expected remaining working life-
time of those impacted using level dollar payments.
AMORTIZATION OF UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY
POLICE
Increase (Decrease) in UAL: 61.6 M
Number of Payments: 16
Amortization Payment: 6.8 M
CENSUS DATA: The estimates presented herein are based on preliminary
census data collected as of June 30, 2024. The census data for the
impacted population is summarized below.
POLICE
Active Members
- Number Count: 21,782
- Average Age: 33.2
- Average Service: 6.5
- Average Salary: 116,200
IMPACT ON MEMBER BENEFITS: Currently, Tier 3 POLICE members who retire
with at least 20 years of service are eligible to receive an annual
benefit that is equal to 42% of Final Average Salary (FAS), increasing
to a maximum benefit of 50% of FAS after 22 years of service.
Under the proposed legislation, Tier 3 POLICE members who retire with
at least 20 years of service would be eligible to receive an annual
benefit that is equal to 50% of FAS.
ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS: The estimates presented herein have been
calculated based on the Revised 2021 Actuarial Assumptions and Methods
of the impacted retirement systems. In addition:
o Retirement rates were adjusted to reflect the earlier payability of
the service retirement benefit associated with the proposed legislation.
o New entrants were assumed to replace exiting members so that total
payroll increases by 3% each year for impacted groups. New entrant demo-
graphics were developed based on data for recent new hires and actuarial
judgement.
RISK AND UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal Note depend
highly on the actuarial assumptions, methods, and models used, demo-
graphics of the impacted population, and other factors such as invest-
ment, contribution, and other risks. If actual experience deviates from
actuarial assumptions, the actual costs could differ from those
presented herein. Quantifying these risks is beyond the scope of this
Fiscal Note.
This Fiscal Note is intended to measure pension-related impacts and
does not include other potential costs (e.g., administrative and Other
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Postemployment Benefits). This Fiscal Note does not reflect any chapter
laws that may have been enacted during the current legislative session.
STATEMENT OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: Marek Tyszkiewicz and Gregory Zelikov-
sky are members of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of
Actuaries. We are members of NYCERS, but do not believe it impairs our
objectivity, and we meet the Qualification Standards of the American
Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
To the best of our knowledge, the results contained herein have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and
procedures and with the Actuarial Standards of Practice issued by the
Actuarial Standards Board.
FISCAL NOTE IDENTIFICATION: This Fiscal Note 2025-02 dated January 17,
2025 was prepared by the Chief Actuary for the New York City Retirement
Systems and Pension Funds and is intended for use only during the 2025
Legislative Session.
PART EEE
Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding two new
sections 440.00 and 440.11 to read as follows:
§ 440.00 DEFINITION.
AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "APPLICANT" MEANS A PERSON PREVIOUS-
LY CONVICTED OF A CRIME WHO IS APPLYING FOR RELIEF UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
§ 440.11 MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT; CHANGE IN THE LAW.
1. AT ANY TIME AFTER THE ENTRY OF A JUDGMENT OBTAINED AT TRIAL OR BY
PLEA, THE COURT IN WHICH IT WAS ENTERED MAY, UPON MOTION OF THE APPLI-
CANT, VACATE SUCH CONVICTION UPON THE GROUND THAT THE APPLICANT WAS
CONVICTED OF ANY OFFENSE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHICH HAS BEEN SUBSE-
QUENTLY DECRIMINALIZED AND IS THUS A LEGAL NULLITY.
2. IF THE COURT GRANTS A MOTION UNDER THIS SECTION, IT SHALL VACATE
THE CONVICTION ON THE MERITS, DISMISS THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT, SEAL
THE CONVICTION, AND MAY TAKE SUCH ADDITIONAL ACTION AS IS APPROPRIATE IN
THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
§ 2. Section 440.10 of the criminal procedure law, paragraph (g-1) of
subdivision 1 as added by chapter 19 of the laws of 2012, paragraph (h)
of subdivision 1, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 and subdivision 4 as
amended and subdivisions 7 and 8 as renumbered by chapter 332 of the
laws of 2010, paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 6 as
amended by chapter 629 of the laws of 2021, paragraph (j) of subdivision
1 as amended by chapter 131 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (k) of subdi-
vision 1 as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021, paragraphs (b)
and (c) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2021,
and subdivision 9 as added by section 4 of part OO of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 440.10 Motion to vacate judgment.
1. At any time after the entry of a judgment OBTAINED AT TRIAL OR BY
PLEA, the court in which it was entered may, upon motion of the [defend-
ant] APPLICANT, vacate such judgment upon the ground that:
(a) The court did not have jurisdiction of the action or of the person
of the [defendant] APPLICANT; or
(b) The judgment was procured by duress, misrepresentation or fraud on
the part of the court or a prosecutor or a person acting for or in
behalf of a court or a prosecutor; or
(c) [Material evidence adduced at a trial] EVIDENCE THAT WAS LIKELY
RELIED UPON BY A FACT FINDER resulting in the judgment AT TRIAL OR THAT
WAS LIKELY RELIED UPON BY ANY PARTY AS A BASIS FOR A PLEA AGREEMENT was
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false [and was, prior to the entry of the judgment, known by the prose-
cutor or by the court to be false]; or
(d) [Material evidence adduced by the people at a trial] EVIDENCE THAT
WAS LIKELY RELIED UPON BY A FACT FINDER resulting in the judgment AT
TRIAL OR THAT WAS LIKELY RELIED UPON BY ANY PARTY AS A BASIS FOR A PLEA
AGREEMENT was procured in violation of the [defendant's] APPLICANT'S
rights under the constitution of this state or of the United States; or
(e) During the proceedings resulting in the judgment, the [defendant]
APPLICANT, by reason of mental disease or defect, was incapable of
understanding or participating in such proceedings; or
(f) Improper [and prejudicial] conduct not appearing in the record
occurred during a trial resulting in the judgment which conduct, if it
had appeared in the record, would have [required] MADE POSSIBLE a
reversal of the judgment upon an appeal therefrom; or
(g) New evidence has been discovered [since the entry of a judgment
based upon a verdict of guilty after trial, which could not have been
produced by the defendant at the trial even with due diligence on his
part and which] OR BECOME AVAILABLE THAT, WHEN VIEWED ALONE OR WITH
OTHER EVIDENCE, is of such character as to create a REASONABLE probabil-
ity that had such evidence been received at the trial OR DISCOVERED
PRIOR TO TRIAL OR PLEA AGREEMENT THAT the verdict OR PLEA would have
been more favorable to the [defendant; provided that a motion based upon
such ground must be made with due diligence after the discovery of such
alleged new evidence] APPLICANT. TYPES OF NEW EVIDENCE SHALL INCLUDE,
BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO NEWLY AVAILABLE FORENSIC EVIDENCE OR EVIDENCE THAT
HAS EITHER BEEN REPUDIATED BY THE EXPERT WHO ORIGINALLY PROVIDED THE
OPINION AT A HEARING OR TRIAL OR THAT HAS BEEN UNDERMINED BY LATER
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; or
(g-1) [Forensic DNA] IN CASES INVOLVING THE FORENSIC testing of
evidence performed since the entry of a judgment, [(1) in the case of a
defendant convicted after a guilty plea, the court has determined that
the defendant has demonstrated a substantial probability that the
defendant was actually innocent of the offense of which he or she was
convicted, or (2) in the case of a defendant convicted after a trial,]
the court has determined that there exists a reasonable probability that
the verdict OR PLEA OFFER would have been more favorable to the [defend-
ant] APPLICANT, OR THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE REJECTED THE PLEA OFFER.
(h) The judgment was obtained in violation of a right of the [defend-
ant] APPLICANT under the constitution of this state or of the United
States, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A JUDGMENT ENTERED, WHETHER UPON
TRIAL OR GUILTY PLEA, AGAINST AN APPLICANT WHO IS ACTUALLY INNOCENT. AN
APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY INNOCENT WHERE THE APPLICANT PROVES BY A PREPON-
DERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT NO REASONABLE JURY OF THE APPLICANT'S PEERS
WOULD HAVE FOUND THE APPLICANT GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT; or
(i) The judgment is a conviction where the [defendant's] APPLICANT'S
participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of sex
trafficking under section 230.34 of the penal law, sex trafficking of a
child under section 230.34-a of the penal law, labor trafficking under
section 135.35 of the penal law, aggravated labor trafficking under
section 135.37 of the penal law, compelling prostitution under section
230.33 of the penal law, or trafficking in persons under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act (United States Code, title 22, chapter 78);
provided that
(i) official documentation of the [defendant's] APPLICANT'S status as
a victim of sex trafficking, labor trafficking, aggravated labor traf-
ficking, compelling prostitution, or trafficking in persons at the time
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of the offense from a federal, state or local government agency shall
create a presumption that the [defendant's] APPLICANT'S participation in
the offense was a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking,
labor trafficking, aggravated labor trafficking, compelling prostitution
or trafficking in persons, but shall not be required for granting a
motion under this paragraph;
(ii) a motion under this paragraph, and all pertinent papers and docu-
ments, shall be confidential and may not be made available to any person
or public or private [entity] AGENCY except [where] WHEN specifically
authorized by the court; and
(iii) when a motion is filed under this paragraph, the court may, upon
the consent of the petitioner and all of the INVOLVED state [and] OR
local prosecutorial agencies [that prosecuted each matter], consolidate
into one proceeding a motion to vacate judgments imposed by distinct or
multiple criminal courts; or
(j) The judgment is a conviction for [a class A or unclassified] ANY
misdemeanor entered prior to the effective date of this paragraph and
satisfies the ground prescribed in paragraph (h) of this subdivision.
There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a conviction by plea to
such an offense was not knowing, voluntary and intelligent, based on
ongoing collateral consequences, including potential or actual immi-
gration consequences, and there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a
conviction by verdict constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under
section five of article one of the state constitution based on such
consequences; or
(k) The judgment occurred prior to the effective date of the laws of
two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-THREE that amended this paragraph and
is a conviction for an offense as defined in [subparagraphs] SUBPARA-
GRAPH (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (k) of subdivision three of
section 160.50 of this part, OR A MISDEMEANOR UNDER THE FORMER ARTICLE
TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE PENAL LAW, in which case the court shall
presume that a conviction by plea for the aforementioned offenses was
not knowing, voluntary and intelligent if it has severe or ongoing
consequences, including but not limited to potential or actual immi-
gration consequences, and shall presume that a conviction by verdict for
the aforementioned offenses constitutes cruel and unusual punishment
under section five of article one of the state constitution, based on
those consequences. The people may rebut these presumptions[.]; OR
(L) ANY OFFENSE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT AN INTERMEDIATE APPEL-
LATE COURT, COURT OF APPEALS, OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT WITH JURIS-
DICTION OVER NEW YORK STATE LAW ISSUES HAS DEEMED IN VIOLATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE OR OF THE UNITED STATES, OR ANY OTHER RIGHT
UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, the court [must]
MAY deny a motion to vacate a judgment when:
(a) The ground or issue raised upon the motion was previously deter-
mined on the merits upon an appeal from the judgment, unless since the
time of such appellate determination there has been a retroactively
effective change in the law controlling such issue. HOWEVER, IF ALL OF
THE EVIDENCE CURRENTLY BEFORE THE COURT WAS NOT DULY CONSIDERED PREVI-
OUSLY BY THE COURT, THE COURT SHALL GRANT THE MOTION OR ORDER THE HEAR-
ING; or
(b) The judgment is, at the time of the motion, appealable or pending
on appeal, and sufficient facts appear on the record with respect to the
ground or issue raised upon the motion to permit adequate review thereof
upon such an appeal unless the issue raised upon such motion is ineffec-
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tive assistance of counsel. This paragraph shall not apply to a motion
under paragraph (i), (J), (K) OR (L) of subdivision one of this section;
or
(c) [Although sufficient facts appear on the record of the proceedings
underlying the judgment to have permitted, upon appeal from such judg-
ment, adequate review of the ground or issue raised upon the motion, no
such appellate review or determination occurred owing to the defendant's
unjustifiable failure to take or perfect an appeal during the prescribed
period or to his or her unjustifiable failure to raise such ground or
issue upon an appeal actually perfected by him or her unless the issue
raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel; or
(d)] The ground or issue raised relates solely to the validity of the
sentence and not to the validity of the conviction. IN SUCH CASE, THE
COURT SHALL DEEM THE MOTION TO HAVE BEEN MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION 440.20
OF THIS ARTICLE.
[3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, the court may
deny a motion to vacate a judgment when:
(a) Although facts in support of the ground or issue raised upon the
motion could with due diligence by the defendant have readily been made
to appear on the record in a manner providing adequate basis for review
of such ground or issue upon an appeal from the judgment, the defendant
unjustifiably failed to adduce such matter prior to sentence and the
ground or issue in question was not subsequently determined upon appeal.
This paragraph does not apply to a motion based upon deprivation of the
right to counsel at the trial or upon failure of the trial court to
advise the defendant of such right, or to a motion under paragraph (i)
of subdivision one of this section; or
(b) The ground or issue raised upon the motion was previously deter-
mined on the merits upon a prior motion or proceeding in a court of this
state, other than an appeal from the judgment, or upon a motion or
proceeding in a federal court; unless since the time of such determi-
nation there has been a retroactively effective change in the law
controlling such issue; or
(c) Upon a previous motion made pursuant to this section, the defend-
ant was in a position adequately to raise the ground or issue underlying
the present motion but did not do so.]
(D) Although the court may deny the motion under any of the circum-
stances specified in this subdivision, in the interest of justice and
for good cause shown it may in its discretion grant the motion if it is
otherwise meritorious and vacate the judgment.
[4.] 3. If the court grants the motion, it must, except as provided in
subdivision [five] FOUR or [six] FIVE of this section, vacate the judg-
ment, and must EITHER:
(A) dismiss AND SEAL the accusatory instrument, or
(B) order a new trial, or
(C) take such other action as is appropriate in the circumstances.
[5.] 4. Upon granting the motion upon the ground, as prescribed in
paragraph (g) of subdivision one, that newly discovered evidence creates
a probability that had such evidence been received at the trial the
verdict would have been more favorable to the [defendant] APPLICANT in
that the conviction would have been for a lesser offense than the one
contained in the verdict, the court may either:
(a) Vacate the judgment and order a new trial; or
(b) With the consent of the people, modify the judgment by reducing it
to one of conviction for such lesser offense. In such case, the court
must re-sentence the [defendant] APPLICANT accordingly.
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[6.] 5. If the court grants a motion under [paragraph (i) or] para-
graph [(k)] (H), (I), (J), (K) OR (L) of subdivision one of this
section, it must vacate the judgment [and] ON THE MERITS, dismiss the
accusatory instrument, SEAL THE JUDGMENT, and may take such additional
action as is appropriate in the circumstances. [In the case of a motion
granted under paragraph (i) of subdivision one of this section, the
court must vacate the judgment on the merits because the defendant's
participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of
trafficking.
7.] 6. Upon a new trial resulting from an order vacating a judgment
pursuant to this section, the indictment is deemed to contain all the
counts and to charge all the offenses which it contained and charged at
the time the previous trial was commenced, regardless of whether any
count was dismissed by the court in the course of such trial, except (a)
those upon or of which the [defendant] APPLICANT was acquitted or deemed
to have been acquitted, and (b) those dismissed by the order vacating
the judgment, and (c) those previously dismissed by an appellate court
upon an appeal from the judgment, or by any court upon a previous post-
judgment motion.
[8.] 7. Upon an order which vacates a judgment based upon a plea of
guilty to an accusatory instrument or a part thereof, but which does not
dismiss the entire accusatory instrument, the criminal action is, in the
absence of an express direction to the contrary, restored to its
[prepleading] PRE-PLEADING status and the accusatory instrument is
deemed to contain all the counts and to charge all the offenses which it
contained and charged at the time of the entry of the plea, except those
subsequently dismissed under circumstances specified in paragraphs (b)
and (c) of subdivision six. Where the plea of guilty was entered and
accepted, pursuant to subdivision three of section 220.30, upon the
condition that it constituted a complete disposition not only of the
accusatory instrument underlying the judgment vacated but also of one or
more other accusatory instruments against the [defendant] APPLICANT then
pending in the same court, the order of vacation completely restores
such other accusatory instruments; and such is the case even though such
order dismisses the main accusatory instrument underlying the judgment.
[9.] 8. Upon granting of a motion pursuant to paragraph (j) of subdi-
vision one of this section, the court may either:
(a) With the consent of the people, vacate the judgment or modify the
judgment by reducing it to one of conviction for a lesser offense; or
(b) Vacate the judgment and order a new trial wherein the [defendant]
APPLICANT enters a plea to the same offense in order to permit the court
to resentence the [defendant] APPLICANT in accordance with the amendato-
ry provisions of subdivision one-a of section 70.15 of the penal law.
§ 3. Section 440.20 of the criminal procedure law, subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
§ 440.20 Motion to set aside sentence; by [defendant] APPLICANT.
1. At any time after the entry of a judgment, the court in which the
judgment was entered may, upon motion of the [defendant] APPLICANT, set
aside the sentence upon the ground that it was unauthorized, illegally
imposed, EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY LAW, OBTAINED OR IMPOSED IN
VIOLATION OF THE DEFENDANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, or WAS otherwise
invalid as a matter of law. Where the judgment includes a sentence of
death, the court may also set aside the sentence upon any of the grounds
set forth in paragraph (b), (c), (f), (g) or (h) of subdivision one of
section 440.10 as applied to a separate sentencing proceeding under
section 400.27, provided, however, that to the extent the ground or
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grounds asserted include one or more of the aforesaid paragraphs of
subdivision one of section 440.10, the court must also apply [subdivi-
sions] SUBDIVISION two [and three] of section 440.10, other than para-
graph [(d)] (C) of [subdivision two of] such [section] SUBDIVISION, in
determining the motion. In the event the court enters an order granting
a motion to set aside a sentence of death under this section, the court
must either direct a new sentencing proceeding in accordance with
section 400.27 or, to the extent that the defendant cannot be resen-
tenced to death consistent with the laws of this state or the constitu-
tion of this state or of the United States, resentence the defendant to
life imprisonment without parole or to a sentence of imprisonment for
the class A-I felony of murder in the first degree other than a sentence
of life imprisonment without parole. Upon granting the motion upon any
of the grounds set forth in the aforesaid paragraphs of subdivision one
of section 440.10 and setting aside the sentence, the court must afford
the people a reasonable period of time, which shall not be less than ten
days, to determine whether to take an appeal from the order setting
aside the sentence of death. The taking of an appeal by the people stays
the effectiveness of that portion of the court's order that directs a
new sentencing proceeding.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, the court
[must] MAY deny such a motion when the ground or issue raised thereupon
was previously determined on the merits upon an appeal from the judgment
or sentence, unless since the time of such appellate determination there
has been a retroactively effective change in the law controlling such
issue. HOWEVER, IF ALL OF THE EVIDENCE CURRENTLY BEFORE THE COURT WAS
NOT DULY CONSIDERED PREVIOUSLY BY THE COURT, THE COURT SHALL NOT DENY
THE MOTION TO VACATE AND INSTEAD SHALL ORDER A HEARING OR GRANT THE
MOTION. EVEN IF THE COURT HAS ALREADY CONSIDERED ALL OF THE EVIDENCE
CURRENTLY BEFORE THE COURT, THE COURT IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND FOR
GOOD CAUSE SHOWN MAY GRANT THE MOTION IF IT IS OTHERWISE MERITORIOUS.
3. [Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, the court may
deny such a motion when the ground or issue raised thereupon was previ-
ously determined on the merits upon a prior motion or proceeding in a
court of this state, other than an appeal from the judgment, or upon a
prior motion or proceeding in a federal court, unless since the time of
such determination there has been a retroactively effective change in
the law controlling such issue. Despite such determination, however,
the court in the interest of justice and for good cause shown, may in
its discretion grant the motion if it is otherwise meritorious.
4.] An order setting aside a sentence pursuant to this section does
not affect the validity or status of the underlying conviction, and
after entering such an order the court must resentence the [defendant]
APPLICANT in accordance with the law.
§ 4. Section 440.30 of the criminal procedure law, subdivisions 1 and
1-a as amended by chapter 19 of the laws of 2012 and the opening para-
graph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as amended by section 10 of part
LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 440.30 Motion to vacate judgment and to set aside sentence; procedure.
1. [(a) A] AN APPLICATION FOR ASSIGNMENT OF COUNSEL FOR A motion to
vacate a judgment pursuant to section 440.10 OR 440.11 of this article
and a motion to set aside a sentence pursuant to section 440.20 of this
article must be made in writing BY A PRO SE APPLICANT TO THE JUDGE OR
JUSTICE WHO IMPOSED THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE and upon reasonable notice to
the people. [Upon the motion, a defendant]
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(A) THE COURT SHALL ASSIGN DEFENSE COUNSEL IN CASES WHERE THERE IS A
COLORABLE CLAIM OF RELIEF ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE COUNTY LAW. FOR THE PURPOSE OF
THIS SECTION, A COLORABLE CLAIM IS A CLAIM THAT, TAKING THE FACTS
ALLEGED IN THE APPLICATION AS TRUE AND VIEWED IN A LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE
TO THE APPLICANT, WOULD ENTITLE THE APPLICANT TO RELIEF.
(B) IF THE JUDGE DECIDES NOT TO ASSIGN COUNSEL, THEY SHALL STATE THE
REASONS FOR DENYING THE REQUEST FOR ASSIGNMENT OF COUNSEL IN WRITING.
(C) IF, AT THE TIME OF SUCH APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR ASSIGNMENT OF
COUNSEL, THE ORIGINAL SENTENCING JUDGE OR JUSTICE NO LONGER WORKS IN THE
COURT IN WHICH THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED, THEN THE REQUEST SHALL
BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE COURT IN WHICH
THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED.
(D) APPLICANTS ALREADY REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL, EITHER APPOINTED PURSU-
ANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE COUNTY LAW OR OTHERWISE
RETAINED, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR ASSIGNMENT OF
COUNSEL.
2. UPON THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT OR THEIR DEFENSE COUNSEL, THE
COURT SHALL ORDER:
(A) THE PEOPLE TO MAKE AVAILABLE A COPY OF ITS FILE OF THE CASE,
INCLUDING ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE'S POSSESSION AND GRAND
JURY MINUTES;
(B) THE APPLICANT'S PRIOR TRIAL AND APPELLATE DEFENSE COUNSEL TO MAKE
AVAILABLE THEIR COMPLETE FILES RELATING TO THE CASE;
(C) COURT CLERKS AND PROBATION DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE COURT
FILES OR PROBATION RECORDS RELATING TO THE CASE; AND
(D) ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INVOLVED WITH THE CASE TO TURN OVER ITS
FILES OF THE CASE, INCLUDING POLICE REPORTS, WITNESS STATEMENTS,
EVIDENCE VOUCHERS, OR ANY OTHER RELEVANT RECORDS OR EVIDENCE AT ITS
DISPOSAL.
THE COURT SHALL FURTHER ENSURE THAT ANY DISCLOSURE OF EVIDENCE OR
PROPERTY ORDERED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE SUBJECT TO A
PROTECTIVE ORDER AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.70 OF THIS PART, WHERE APPRO-
PRIATE.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PRECLUDE THE COURT FROM CONDUCTING AN IN
CAMERA INSPECTION OF EVIDENCE AND ISSUING A PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO
SECTION 245.70 OF THIS PART AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROSECUTION OR
DEFENSE.
3. (A) AN APPLICANT who is in a position adequately to raise more than
one ground should raise every such ground upon which [he or she intends]
THEY INTEND to challenge the judgment or sentence. If the motion is
based upon the existence or occurrence of facts, the motion papers
[must] MAY contain sworn allegations thereof, whether by the [defendant]
APPLICANT or by another person or persons. 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 [defend-
ant] APPLICANT may further submit documentary evidence or information
supporting or tending to support the allegations of the moving papers.
(B) The people may file with the court, and in such case must serve a
copy thereof upon the [defendant] APPLICANT or [his or her] THEIR coun-
sel, if any, an answer denying or admitting any or all of the allega-
tions of the motion papers, and may further submit documentary evidence
or information refuting or tending to refute such allegations.
(C) After all papers of both parties have been filed, and after all
documentary evidence or information, if any, has been submitted, the
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court must consider the same for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
motion is determinable without a hearing to resolve questions of fact.
[(b) In conjunction with the filing or consideration of a motion to
vacate a judgment pursuant to section 440.10 of this article by a
defendant convicted after a trial, in cases where the court has ordered
an evidentiary hearing upon such motion, the court may order that the
people produce or make available for inspection property in its
possession, custody, or control that was secured in connection with the
investigation or prosecution of the defendant upon credible allegations
by the defendant and a finding by the court that such property, if
obtained, would be probative to the determination of defendant's actual
innocence, and that the request is reasonable. The court shall deny or
limit such a request upon a finding that such a request, if granted,
would threaten the integrity or chain of custody of property or the
integrity of the processes or functions of a laboratory conducting DNA
testing, pose a risk of harm, intimidation, embarrassment, reprisal, or
other substantially negative consequences to any person, undermine the
proper functions of law enforcement including the confidentiality of
informants, or on the basis of any other factor identified by the court
in the interests of justice or public safety. The court shall further
ensure that any property produced pursuant to this paragraph is subject
to a protective order, where appropriate. The court shall deny any
request made pursuant to this paragraph where:
(i) (1) the defendant's motion pursuant to section 440.10 of this
article does not seek to demonstrate his or her actual innocence of the
offense or offenses of which he or she was convicted that are the
subject of the motion, or (2) the defendant has not presented credible
allegations and the court has not found that such property, if obtained,
would be probative to the determination of the defendant's actual inno-
cence and that the request is reasonable;
(ii) the defendant has made his or her motion after five years from
the date of the judgment of conviction; provided, however, that this
limitation period shall be tolled for five years if the defendant is in
custody in connection with the conviction that is the subject of his or
her motion, and provided further that, notwithstanding such limitation
periods, the court may consider the motion if the defendant has shown:
(A) that he or she has been pursuing his or her rights diligently and
that some extraordinary circumstance prevented the timely filing of the
motion; (B) that the facts upon which the motion is predicated were
unknown to the defendant or his or her attorney and could not have been
ascertained by the exercise of due diligence prior to the expiration of
the statute of limitations; or (C) considering all circumstances of the
case including but not limited to evidence of the defendant's guilt, the
impact of granting or denying such motion upon public confidence in the
criminal justice system, or upon the safety or welfare of the community,
and the defendant's diligence in seeking to obtain the requested proper-
ty or related relief, the interests of justice would be served by
considering the motion;
(iii) the defendant is challenging a judgment convicting him or her of
an offense that is not a felony defined in section 10.00 of the penal
law; or
(iv) upon a finding by the court that the property requested in this
motion would be available through other means through reasonable efforts
by the defendant to obtain such property.
1-a.] 4. (a) [(1)] Where the [defendant's] APPLICANT'S motion requests
the performance of a forensic DNA test on specified evidence, and upon
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the court's determination that any evidence containing deoxyribonucleic
acid ("DNA") was secured in connection with the trial OR THE PLEA
resulting in the judgment, the court shall grant the application for
forensic DNA testing of such evidence upon its determination that [if a]
HAD THE DNA test [had] RESULTS been [conducted on such evidence, and if
the results had been admitted in the trial resulting in the judgment,]
AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF TRIAL OR PLEA, there [exists] IS a reasonable
probability that the verdict would have been more favorable to the
[defendant] APPLICANT.
[(2) Where the defendant's motion for forensic DNA testing of speci-
fied evidence is made following a plea of guilty and entry of judgment
thereon convicting him or her of: (A) a homicide offense defined in
article one hundred twenty-five of the penal law, any felony sex offense
defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law, a violent felony
offense as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 70.02
of the penal law, or (B) any other felony offense to which he or she
pled guilty after being charged in an indictment or information in supe-
rior court with one or more of the offenses listed in clause (A) of this
subparagraph, then the court shall grant such a motion upon its determi-
nation that evidence containing DNA was secured in connection with the
investigation or prosecution of the defendant, and if a DNA test had
been conducted on such evidence and the results had been known to the
parties prior to the entry of the defendant's plea and judgment thereon,
there exists a substantial probability that the evidence would have
established the defendant's actual innocence of the offense or offenses
that are the subject of the defendant's motion; provided, however, that:
(i) the court shall consider whether the defendant had the opportunity
to request such testing prior to entering a guilty plea, and, where it
finds that the defendant had such opportunity and unjustifiably failed
to do so, the court may deny such motion; and
(ii) a court shall deny the defendant's motion for forensic DNA test-
ing where the defendant has made his or her motion more than five years
after entry of the judgment of conviction; except that the limitation
period may be tolled if the defendant has shown: (A) that he or she has
been pursuing his or her rights diligently and that some extraordinary
circumstance prevented the timely filing of the motion for forensic DNA
testing; (B) that the facts upon which the motion is predicated were
unknown to the defendant or his or her attorney and could not have been
ascertained by the exercise of due diligence prior to the expiration of
this statute of limitations; or (C) considering all circumstances of the
case including but not limited to evidence of the defendant's guilt, the
impact of granting or denying such motion upon public confidence in the
criminal justice system, or upon the safety or welfare of the community,
and the defendant's diligence in seeking to obtain the requested proper-
ty or related relief, the interests of justice would be served by toll-
ing such limitation period.]
(b) WHERE THE APPLICANT'S MOTION FOR RELIEF REQUESTS THE PERFORMANCE
OF ANY OTHER TESTING OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE OR ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
SECURED IN THE CASE, THE COURT SHALL GRANT THE APPLICATION FOR TESTING
OF SUCH EVIDENCE, UPON ITS DETERMINATION THAT HAD THE RESULTS OF TESTING
OF FORENSIC OR OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BEEN AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF
TRIAL OR PLEA, THERE IS A REASONABLE PROBABILITY THAT THE VERDICT WOULD
HAVE BEEN MORE FAVORABLE TO THE APPLICANT.
(C) (I) In conjunction with the filing of a motion under this subdivi-
sion, the court may direct the people to provide the [defendant] APPLI-
CANT AND THEIR COUNSEL with information in the possession of the people
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concerning the current physical location of the specified evidence and
if the specified evidence no longer exists or the physical location of
the specified evidence is unknown, a representation to that effect and
information and documentary evidence in the possession of the people
concerning the last known physical location of such specified evidence.
(II) If there is a finding by the court that the specified evidence no
longer exists or the physical location of such specified evidence is
unknown, [such information in and of itself shall not be a factor from
which any inference unfavorable to the people may be drawn by the court
in deciding a motion under this section] THE COURT MAY GRANT THE APPLI-
CANT'S MOTION AND VACATE THE JUDGMENT UPON A FINDING BY THE COURT THAT
SUCH EVIDENCE IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO MALFEASANCE OR NEGLECT.
(III) The court, on motion of the [defendant] APPLICANT, may also
issue a subpoena duces tecum directing a public or private hospital,
laboratory or other entity to produce such specified evidence in its
possession and/or information and documentary evidence in its possession
concerning the location and status of such specified evidence.
[(c)] (D) In response to a motion under this paragraph, upon notice to
the parties and to the entity required to perform the search the court
may order an entity that has access to the combined DNA index system
("CODIS") or its successor system to compare a DNA profile obtained from
probative biological material gathered in connection with the investi-
gation or prosecution of the [defendant] APPLICANT against DNA databanks
by keyboard searches, or a similar method that does not involve upload-
ing, upon a court's determination that (1) such profile complies with
federal bureau of investigation or state requirements, whichever are
applicable and as such requirements are applied to law enforcement agen-
cies seeking such a comparison, and that the data meet state DNA index
system and/or national DNA index system criteria as such criteria are
applied to law enforcement agencies seeking such a comparison and (2) if
such comparison had been conducted, [and if the results had been admit-
ted in the trial resulting in the judgment,] a reasonable probability
exists that the verdict would have been more favorable to the [defend-
ant, or in a case involving a plea of guilty, if the results had been
available to the defendant prior to the plea, a reasonable probability
exists that the conviction would not have resulted] APPLICANT. For
purposes of this subdivision, a "keyboard search" shall mean a search of
a DNA profile against the databank in which the profile that is searched
is not uploaded to or maintained in the databank.
[2. If it appears by conceded or uncontradicted allegations of the
moving papers or of the answer, or by unquestionable documentary proof,
that there are circumstances which require denial thereof pursuant to
subdivision two of section 440.10 or subdivision two of section 440.20,
the court must summarily deny the motion. If it appears that there are
circumstances authorizing, though not requiring, denial thereof pursuant
to subdivision three of section 440.10 or subdivision three of section
440.20, the court may in its discretion either (a) summarily deny the
motion, or (b) proceed to consider the merits thereof.]
[3.] 5. Upon considering the merits of the motion, the court must
grant it without conducting a hearing and vacate the judgment or set
aside the sentence, as the case may be, if:
(a) The moving papers allege a ground constituting legal basis for the
motion; and
(b) Such ground, if based upon the existence or occurrence of facts,
is supported by sworn allegations thereof; and
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(c) The sworn allegations of fact essential to support the motion are
either conceded by the people to be true or are conclusively substanti-
ated by unquestionable documentary proof.
[4.] 6. Upon considering the merits of the motion, the court may deny
it without conducting a hearing if:
(a) The moving papers do not allege any ground constituting legal
basis for the motion; or
(b) [The motion is based upon the existence or occurrence of facts and
the moving papers do not contain sworn allegations substantiating or
tending to substantiate all the essential facts, as required by subdivi-
sion one; or
(c)] An allegation of fact essential to support the motion is conclu-
sively refuted by unquestionable documentary proof; or
[(d)] (C) An allegation of fact essential to support the motion (i) is
contradicted by a court record or other official document[, or is made
solely by the defendant and is unsupported by any other affidavit or
evidence,] and (ii) under these and all the other circumstances attend-
ing the case, there is no reasonable possibility that such allegation is
true.
[5.] 7. If the court does not determine the motion pursuant to [subdi-
visions two, three or four] SUBDIVISION FIVE OR SIX OF THIS SECTION, it
must conduct a hearing and make findings of fact essential to the deter-
mination thereof. The [defendant] APPLICANT has a right to be present at
such hearing but may waive such right in writing. If [he] THE APPLICANT
does not so waive it and if [he is] THEY ARE confined in a prison or
other institution of this state, the court must cause [him] THEM to be
produced at such hearing.
[6.] 8. At such a hearing, the [defendant] APPLICANT has the burden of
proving by a preponderance of the evidence every fact essential to
support the motion. AT THE HEARING, EITHER PARTY SHALL RECEIVE A DAILY
COPY OF THE HEARING MINUTES, UPON REQUEST.
[7.] 9. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, WHEN THE
APPLICANT RAISES A COLORABLE CLAIM OF RELIEF PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE,
THE COURT SHALL NOT SUMMARILY DENY THE MOTION ON THE GROUND THAT THE
APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY MOVED FOR RELIEF UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
10. Regardless of whether a hearing was conducted, the court, upon
determining the motion, must set forth on the record its findings of
fact, its conclusions of law and the reasons for its determination.
§ 5. Subdivision 4 of section 450.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
amended by chapter 671 of the laws of 1971 and as renumbered by chapter
516 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
4. An order, entered pursuant to [section 440.40, setting aside a
sentence other than one of death, upon motion of the People] ARTICLE
FOUR HUNDRED FORTY OF THIS TITLE, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO AN INTERMEDIATE
APPELLATE COURT AS A MATTER OF RIGHT.
§ 6. Subdivision 5 of section 450.10 of the criminal procedure law is
REPEALED.
§ 7. Section 216 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL COLLECT DATA AND REPORT
EVERY YEAR IN RELATION TO APPLICATIONS AND MOTIONS FILED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED FORTY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, BROKEN DOWN BY
EACH SECTION OF SUCH ARTICLE TO INCLUDE MOTIONS FILED PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 440.10, 440.20, 440.40, 440.46, 440.46-A, AND 440.47 OF THE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW. INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED AND DISCLOSED SHALL
INCLUDE THE RAW NUMBER OF BOTH APPLICATIONS AND/OR MOTIONS FILED IN EACH
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COUNTY AND ON APPEAL IN EACH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. INFORMATION SHALL
INCLUDE THE TOP CONVICTION CHARGE FOR EACH APPLICATION OR MOTION; WHEN
PRO SE APPLICANTS REQUEST ASSIGNMENT OF COUNSEL PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
TWO OF SECTION 440.30 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, WHETHER OR NOT
COUNSEL WAS ASSIGNED; THE OUTCOME OF EACH MOTION FILED, WHETHER DENIED
WITHOUT HEARING, DENIED WITH HEARING, VACATUR GRANTED, OR OTHER; AND THE
AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME MOTION UNDER ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED FORTY OF THE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW REMAINS PENDING FOR EACH COUNTY. SUCH REPORT
SHALL AGGREGATE THE DATA COLLECTED BY COUNTY AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
THE DATA SHALL BE AGGREGATED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF INDI-
VIDUAL APPLICANTS. THE REPORT SHALL BE RELEASED PUBLICLY AND PUBLISHED
ON THE WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION AND THE DIVISION
OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. THE FIRST REPORT SHALL BE PUBLISHED TWELVE
MONTHS AFTER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW, AND SHALL INCLUDE
DATA FROM THE FIRST SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBDIVISION. REPORTS FOR SUBSEQUENT PERIODS SHALL BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
THEREAFTER.
§ 8. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application of
any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, that shall not affect
the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, or of
any other application of any provision of this act, which can be given
effect without that provision or application; and to that end, the
provisions and applications of this act are severable.
§ 9. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
PART FFF
Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
a new section 89-y to read as follows:
§ 89-Y. TWENTY-FIVE YEAR RETIREMENT PLAN FOR FIREFIGHTERS EMPLOYED BY
THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS. A. A MEMBER WHO SERVES AS AN
AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT FIRE-
FIGHTER II, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER III, OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER AND
IS EMPLOYED BY THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH
ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS AVAIL-
ABLE UNDER ANY OTHER PLAN OF THIS ARTICLE TO WHICH SUCH MEMBER IS
SUBJECT.
B. SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIRE UPON THE COMPLETION OF
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE BY FILING AN APPLICATION
THEREFOR IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION SEVENTY OF THIS ARTICLE.
C. UPON COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE AND UPON
RETIREMENT, EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER
WITH AN ANNUITY WHICH SHALL BE THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF THEIR ACCUMU-
LATED CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT AND AN ADDITIONAL
PENSION WHICH IS THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF THE RESERVED-FOR-IN-
CREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY TO WHICH THEY MAY THEN BE ENTITLED SHALL BE SUFFI-
CIENT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF
THEIR FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
D. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "CREDITABLE SERVICE" SHALL INCLUDE ANY AND
ALL SERVICES PERFORMED AS A FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER
I, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER II, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER III, OR TRAINING AND
SAFETY OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS.
E. CREDIT FOR SERVICE AS A PAID FIREFIGHTER OR OFFICER OF ANY ORGAN-
IZED FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE CREDITABLE SERVICE AND
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SHALL BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING YEARS OF TOTAL SERVICE FOR RETIREMENT
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
F. A MEMBER CONTRIBUTING ON THE BASIS OF THIS SECTION AT THE TIME OF
RETIREMENT, MAY RETIRE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF
TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE. APPLICATION THEREFOR MAY BE FILED IN A MANNER
SIMILAR TO THAT PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVENTY OF THIS ARTICLE. UPON
COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE AND UPON RETIREMENT,
EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER WITH AN ANNUITY
WHICH SHALL BE THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF THEIR ACCUMULATED CONTRIB-
UTIONS AT THE TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT AND AN ADDITIONAL PENSION WHICH
IS THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF THE RESERVED-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY
TO WHICH THEY MAY THEN BE ENTITLED SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THEM
WITH A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF THEIR FINAL AVERAGE
SALARY; FOR SERVICE BEYOND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND FOR NON-FIREFIGHTER
SERVICE THE BENEFIT IS INCREASED BY ONE-SIXTIETH OF FINAL AVERAGE SALARY
FOR EACH YEAR OF ADDITIONAL SERVICE CREDIT.
G. IN COMPUTING THE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF TOTAL SERVICE OF A MEMBER
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FULL CREDIT SHALL BE GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE
SHALL BE MADE FOR SERVICE OF SUCH MEMBER IN TIME OF WAR AFTER WORLD WAR
I AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED SUCH MEMBER AT THE
TIME OF THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THE ARMED FORCES WAS IN THE SERVICE OF THE
STATE.
H. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT A MEMBER, WHO
DOES NOT RETIRE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, FROM UTILIZ-
ING SERVICE WHICH IS CREDITABLE SERVICE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION FOR SERVICE CREDIT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER
PLAN OF THIS ARTICLE TO WHICH SUCH MEMBER IS SUBJECT.
I. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONTROLLING NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY.
J. ANY MEMBER WHO, ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, IS
A FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER II,
AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER III, OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE
DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS MAY, BY FILING AN ELECTION WITHIN
ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, ELECT TO BE SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE IN WRITING,
SHALL BE DULY EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE COMPTROLLER AND SHALL BE IRRE-
VOCABLE.
§ 2. Subdivision a of section 445 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law, as amended by chapter 714 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
read as follows:
a. No member of a retirement system who is subject to the provisions
of this article shall retire without regard to age, exclusive of retire-
ment for disability, unless [he or she is] THEY ARE a police officer, an
investigator member of the New York city employees' retirement system,
firefighter, correction officer, a qualifying member as defined in
section eighty-nine-t, as added by chapter six hundred fifty-seven of
the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-eight, of this chapter, sanitation
worker, a special officer (including persons employed by the city of New
York in the title urban park ranger or associate urban park ranger),
school safety agent, campus peace officer or a taxi and limousine
commission inspector member of the New York city employees' retirement
system or the New York city board of education retirement system, a
dispatcher member of the New York city employees' retirement system, a
police communications member of the New York city employees' retirement
system, an EMT member of the New York city employees' retirement system,
a deputy sheriff member of the New York city employees' retirement
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system, a correction officer of the Westchester county correction
department as defined in section eighty-nine-e of this chapter or
employed in Suffolk county as a peace officer, as defined in section
eighty-nine-s, as added by chapter five hundred eighty-eight of the laws
of nineteen hundred ninety-seven, of this chapter, employed in Suffolk
county as a correction officer, as defined in section eighty-nine-f of
this chapter, or employed in Nassau county as a correction officer,
uniformed correction division personnel, sheriff, undersheriff or deputy
sheriff, as defined in section eighty-nine-g of this chapter, or
employed in Nassau county as an ambulance medical technician, an ambu-
lance medical technician/supervisor or a member who performs ambulance
medical technician related services, or a police medic, police medic
supervisor or a member who performs police medic related services, as
defined in section eighty-nine-s, as amended by chapter five hundred
seventy-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-eight, of this
chapter, or employed in Nassau county as a peace officer, as defined in
section eighty-nine-s, as added by chapter five hundred ninety-five of
the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven, of this chapter, or employed
in Albany county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, correction
officer or identification officer, as defined in section eighty-nine-h
of this chapter or is employed in St. Lawrence county as a sheriff,
undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer, as defined in
section eighty-nine-i of this chapter or is employed in Orleans county
as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer, as
defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter or is employed in
Jefferson county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or
correction officer, as defined in section eighty-nine-j of this chapter
or is employed in Onondaga county as a deputy sheriff-jail division
competitively appointed or as a correction officer, as defined in
section eighty-nine-k of this chapter or is employed in a county which
makes an election under subdivision j of section eighty-nine-p of this
chapter as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer
as defined in such section eighty-nine-p or is employed in Broome County
as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer, as
defined in section eighty-nine-m of this chapter or is a Monroe county
deputy sheriff-court security, or deputy sheriff-jailor as defined in
section eighty-nine-n, as added by chapter five hundred ninety-seven of
the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-one, of this chapter or is employed
in Greene county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or
correction officer, as defined in section eighty-nine-o of this chapter
or is a traffic officer with the town of Elmira as defined in section
eighty-nine-q of this chapter or is employed by Suffolk county as a park
police officer, as defined in section eighty-nine-r of this chapter or
is a peace officer employed by a county probation department as defined
in section eighty-nine-t, as added by chapter six hundred three of the
laws of nineteen hundred ninety-eight, of this chapter or is employed in
Rockland county as a deputy sheriff-civil as defined in section eighty-
nine-v of this chapter as added by chapter four hundred forty-one of the
laws of two thousand one, or is employed in Rockland county as a superi-
or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-v of this chap-
ter as added by chapter five hundred fifty-six of the laws of two thou-
sand one or is a paramedic employed by the police department in the town
of Tonawanda and retires under the provisions of section eighty-nine-v
of this chapter, as added by chapter four hundred seventy-two of the
laws of two thousand one, or is a county fire marshal, supervising fire
marshal, fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, assistant chief fire
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marshal, chief fire marshal, division supervising fire marshal or fire
marshal trainee employed by the county of Nassau as defined in section
eighty-nine-w of this chapter or is employed in Monroe county as a depu-
ty sheriff-civil as defined in section eighty-nine-x of this chapter,
employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician,
advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such
titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district as defined in
section eighty-nine-ss of this chapter, OR IS A FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE,
AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER II, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER III,
OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AND
NAVAL AFFAIRS AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-Y OF THIS CHAPTER and is
in a plan which permits immediate retirement upon completion of a speci-
fied period of service without regard to age. Except as provided in
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-a of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-b of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-c of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-d of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-e of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-f of this article and
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-h of this article, a
member in such a plan and such an occupation, other than a police offi-
cer or investigator member of the New York city employees' retirement
system or a firefighter, shall not be permitted to retire prior to the
completion of twenty-five years of credited service; provided, however,
if such a member in such an occupation is in a plan which permits
retirement upon completion of twenty years of service regardless of age,
[he or she] THEY may retire upon completion of twenty years of credited
service and prior to the completion of twenty-five years of service, but
in such event the benefit provided from funds other than those based on
such a member's own contributions shall not exceed two per centum of
final average salary per each year of credited service.
§ 3. Section 603 of the retirement and social security law is amended
by adding a new subdivision w to read as follows:
W. THE SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT SPECIFIED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED
FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE PAYABLE TO MEMBERS WITH TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
OF CREDITABLE SERVICE, WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY THE
DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS AS A FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE,
AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER II, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER III,
OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-Y OF
THIS CHAPTER IF: (I) SUCH MEMBERS HAVE MET THE MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIRE-
MENTS UPON RETIREMENT; AND (II) IN THE CASE OF A MEMBER SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, SUCH MEMBER FILES AN
ELECTION THEREFOR WHICH PROVIDES THAT THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AND TO NONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH ARTICLE
FOURTEEN. SUCH ELECTION, WHICH SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE, SHALL BE IN WRIT-
ING, DULY EXECUTED AND SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMPTROLLER WITHIN ONE
YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER
ENTERING THE EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS
UPON WHICH ELIGIBILITY IS BASED, WHICHEVER COMES LATER. FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "CREDITABLE SERVICE" SHALL HAVE THE MEAN-
ING AS SO DEFINED IN BOTH SECTIONS EIGHTY-NINE-Y AND SIX HUNDRED ONE OF
THIS CHAPTER.
§ 4. Section 604 of the retirement and social security law is amended
by adding a new subdivision w to read as follows:
W. THE EARLY SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR A MEMBER WHO IS EMPLOYED
IN THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS AS A FIREFIGHTER APPREN-
S. 3005--B 163
TICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER II, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER
III, OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER EMPLOYED AS DEFINED IN SECTION
EIGHTY-NINE-Y OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE A PENSION EQUAL TO ONE-FIFTIETH
OF FINAL AVERAGE SALARY TIMES YEARS OF CREDITED SERVICE AT THE
COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AS SUCH DIVISION OF MILITARY
AND NAVAL AFFAIRS FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT
FIREFIGHTER II, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER III, OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER,
BUT NOT EXCEEDING ONE-HALF OF THEIR FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
§ 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would permit members of the New York State and Local Employ-
ees' Retirement System employed by the Division of Military and Naval
Affairs in certain airport firefighter titles to retire upon completion
of twenty-five years of creditable service with a benefit of one-half
final average salary. Affected members in Tiers 1 or 2 would be awarded
additional sixtieths for all service, including non-firefighter service,
in excess of twenty-five years. Additionally, members covered under
Article 14 would be permitted one year to make an irrevocable election
to switch to the twenty-five-year plan.
If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $280,000 in the
annual contributions of the State of New York for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary but is expected to
average 4.2% of salary annually.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $2.17 million which will
be borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate
assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2026.
These estimated costs are based on 55 affected members employed by the
Division of Military and Naval Affairs, with annual salary of approxi-
mately $5.3 million as of March 31, 2024.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
2024 Report of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
2024 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the
Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and
Control. The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March
31, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
and Supplementary Information.
This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
the professional judgment of an attorney.
This estimate, dated January 23, 2025, and intended for use only
during the 2025 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2025-12. As
Chief Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System, I,
Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with
applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of
Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing
Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
which I am a member.
PART GGG
S. 3005--B 164
Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
a new section 63-j to read as follows:
§ 63-J. DEATH BENEFITS FOR STATE-PAID JUDGES AND JUSTICES. A. AS USED
IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "JUDGE OR JUSTICE" SHALL MEAN A STATE-PAID
JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM INCLUDING A RETIRED JUDGE
OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OR RETIRED JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHO IS
SERVING AS A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PURSUANT TO CERTIFICATION BY
THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF THE COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE
HUNDRED FOURTEEN OR ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE JUDICIARY LAW, OR A HOUS-
ING JUDGE OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A JUDGE
OR JUSTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT
THE TIME OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE'S DEATH AND WHERE SUCH DEATH OCCURS ON
OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE BENEFICIARY OR BENEFI-
CIARIES MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE, IN A LUMP SUM, AN AMOUNT PAYABLE WHICH
SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
HAD THE MEMBER RETIRED ON THE DATE OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE'S DEATH, OR
THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-
PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
§ 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
section 508-d to read as follows:
§ 508-D. DEATH BENEFITS FOR STATE-PAID JUDGES AND JUSTICES. A. AS
USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "JUDGE OR JUSTICE" SHALL MEAN A STATE-
PAID JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM INCLUDING A RETIRED
JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OR RETIRED JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
WHO IS SERVING AS A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PURSUANT TO CERTIF-
ICATION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF THE COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN OR ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE JUDICIARY
LAW, OR A HOUSING JUDGE OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A JUDGE
OR JUSTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT
THE TIME OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE'S DEATH AND WHERE SUCH DEATH OCCURS ON
OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE BENEFICIARY OR BENEFI-
CIARIES MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE, IN A LUMP SUM, AN AMOUNT PAYABLE WHICH
SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
HAD THE MEMBER RETIRED ON THE DATE OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE'S DEATH, OR
THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-
PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
§ 3. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
section 606-d to read as follows:
§ 606-D. DEATH BENEFITS FOR STATE-PAID JUDGES AND JUSTICES. A. AS
USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "JUDGE OR JUSTICE" SHALL MEAN A STATE-
PAID JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM INCLUDING A RETIRED
JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OR RETIRED JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
WHO IS SERVING AS A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PURSUANT TO CERTIF-
ICATION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF THE COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN OR ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE JUDICIARY
LAW, OR A HOUSING JUDGE OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A JUDGE
OR JUSTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT
THE TIME OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE'S DEATH AND WHERE SUCH DEATH OCCURS ON
OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE BENEFICIARY OR BENEFI-
CIARIES MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE, IN A LUMP SUM, AN AMOUNT PAYABLE WHICH
SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
HAD THE MEMBER RETIRED ON THE DATE OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE'S DEATH, OR
S. 3005--B 165
THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-
PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
§ 4. All past service costs associated with implementing the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the state of New York and may
be amortized over a period of ten years.
§ 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none
of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation
requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would modify the in-service death benefit for retirement
eligible members of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement
System who are employed as state-paid judges or justices of the Unified
Court System. The in-service death benefit will be the value of the
pension reserve as if the member had retired on their date of death.
If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $287,000 in the
annual contributions of the State of New York for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary but is expected to
average 0.1% of salary annually.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $4.85 million which will
be borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate
assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2026. If the State of New
York elects to amortize this cost over a 10-year period, the cost for
each year including interest would be $619,000.
These estimated costs are based on 1,153 affected members employed by
the State of New York, with annual salary of approximately $228 million
as of March 31, 2024.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
2024 Report of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
2024 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the
Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and
Control. The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March
31, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
and Supplementary Information.
This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
the professional judgment of an attorney.
This estimate, dated February 13, 2025, and intended for use only
during the 2025 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2025-24. As
Chief Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System, I,
Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with
applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of
Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing
Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
which I am a member.
PART HHH
Section 1. Section 106 of the alcoholic beverage control law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
S. 3005--B 166
2-B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY, A
RETAIL LICENSEE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO
PURCHASE UP TO TWELVE BOTTLES OF WINE AND LIQUOR PER WEEK FROM AN OFF-
PREMISES RETAIL LICENSEE, AND MAY RESELL ANY WINE AND LIQUOR SO
PURCHASED FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES LICENSED THEREFOR.
§ 2. Section 105 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 2 to read as follows:
2. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY,
A RETAIL LICENSEE TO SELL LIQUOR AND/OR WINE FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE
PREMISES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO SELL UP TO TWELVE BOTTLES OF WINE AND
LIQUOR PER WEEK TO A RETAIL LICENSEE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.
(B) A RETAIL LICENSEE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION SHALL RETAIN
EVIDENCE OF EACH PURCHASE OF WINE AND LIQUOR FROM A RETAILER LICENSED TO
SELL LIQUOR AND/OR WINE FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES IN THE FORM OF
A PURCHASE RECEIPT SHOWING THE NAME OF THE RETAILER, THE DATE OF
PURCHASE, A DESCRIPTION OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES PURCHASED, AND THE
PRICE PAID FOR THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES. THE RETAIL LICENSEE FOR ON-PREMIS-
ES CONSUMPTION SHALL RETAIN THE RECEIPT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR
INSPECTION BY THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY AND ITS DULY AUTHORIZED AGENTS
AND EMPLOYEES.
§ 3. 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 III
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 99-ii of the state finance law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
(I) NECESSARY AND REASONABLE COSTS INCURRED BY THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS
MANAGEMENT TO RELIEVE LICENSED CULTIVATORS OF THE EXPENSES OF IMPLEMENT-
ING A SEED TO SALE TRACK AND TRACE SYSTEM.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART JJJ
Section 1. Subdivision c of section 3 of chapter 729 of the laws of
2023 acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and
inhumanity of slavery in the City of New York and the State of New York,
is amended to read as follows:
c. Report to the legislature. The commission shall submit a written
report of its findings and recommendations to the temporary president of
the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leaders of the
senate and the assembly and the governor not later than [one year] TWO
YEARS after the date of the first meeting of the commission held pursu-
ant to subdivision c of section four of this act.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
the amendments to chapter 729 of the laws of 2023 made by section one of
this act shall not affect the expiration of such chapter and shall
expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
PART KKK
S. 3005--B 167
Section 1. Section 212 of the retirement and social security law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
SECTION, THE EARNING LIMITATIONS FOR RETIRED PERSONS IN POSITIONS OF
PUBLIC SERVICE SHALL BE INCREASED TO SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM
THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND THEREAFTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART LLL
Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by
adding two new sections 383-e and 383-f to read as follows:
§ 383-E. RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT; TWENTY YEAR
RETIREMENT PLAN. A. MEMBERSHIP. EVERY NON-SEASONALLY APPOINTED SWORN
MEMBER OR OFFICER OF THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, A FOREST RANGER IN THE SERVICE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WHICH SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO
SERVES ON A FULL-TIME BASIS IN THE TITLE OF FOREST RANGER I, FOREST
RANGER II, FOREST RANGER III, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FOREST FIRE
CONTROL, SUPERINTENDENT OF FOREST FIRE CONTROL OR ANY SUCCESSOR TITLES
OR NEW TITLES IN THE FOREST RANGER TITLE SERIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, A POLICE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
RONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE REGIONAL STATE PARK POLICE, AND UNIVERSITY
POLICE OFFICERS WHO ENTER OR RE-ENTER SERVICE IN ANY SUCH TITLE WHOSE
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP IS ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN SHALL
BE COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, AND EVERY MEMBER DESCRIBED
IN THIS SUBDIVISION IN SUCH SERVICE ON OR BEFORE ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION MAY ELECT TO BE COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION BY FILING AN ELECTION THEREFOR WITH THE COMPTROLLER. TO
BE EFFECTIVE, SUCH ELECTION MUST BE DULY EXECUTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED ON A
FORM PREPARED BY THE COMPTROLLER FOR THAT PURPOSE.
B. RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE. A MEMBER, COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIRE UPON
COMPLETION OF TWENTY YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE IN SUCH TITLES,
AND SHALL RETIRE UPON THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE
PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION, BY FILING AN APPLICATION THEREFOR IN A
MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THIS
ARTICLE.
1. UPON COMPLETION OF TWENTY YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE AND UPON RETIRE-
MENT, EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER WITH AN
ANNUITY FOR SUCH YEARS OF SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH FOUR OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE SUCH MEMBER WITH A RETIRE-
MENT ALLOWANCE OF ONE-HALF OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
2. UPON COMPLETION OF MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE AND UPON
RETIREMENT, EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE, FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF TWENTY, AN ADDITIONAL PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER WITH AN ANNUITY
FOR EACH SUCH YEAR AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH FOUR OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
SHALL BE EQUAL TO ONE-SIXTIETH OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PENSION PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE-QUARTERS OF FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
3. UPON ATTAINMENT OF THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE WITHOUT COMPLETION
OF TWENTY YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE, EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE A
PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER WITH AN ANNUITY FOR SUCH YEARS OF SERVICE AS
PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH FOUR OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL BE EQUAL TO ONE-
FORTIETH OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR OF CREDITA-
BLE SERVICE IN SUCH TITLES. EVERY SUCH MEMBER SHALL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO
S. 3005--B 168
AN ADDITIONAL PENSION EQUAL TO THE PENSION FOR ANY CREDITABLE SERVICE
RENDERED WHILE NOT AN EMPLOYEE IN SUCH TITLES AS PROVIDED UNDER PARA-
GRAPHS THREE AND FOUR OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVEN-
TY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS LATTER PENSION SHALL NOT INCREASE THE
TOTAL ALLOWANCE TO MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE
SALARY.
4. THE ANNUITY PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPHS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT, AT THE TIME OF RETIRE-
MENT, OF THE MEMBER'S ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS BASED UPON THE RATE OF
CONTRIBUTION FIXED UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS
TITLE AND UPON THE SALARIES EARNED WHILE IN SUCH SERVICE. SUCH ANNUITY
SHALL BE COMPUTED AS IT WOULD BE IF IT WERE NOT REDUCED BY THE ACTUARIAL
EQUIVALENT OF ANY OUTSTANDING LOAN NOR BY REASON OF THE MEMBER'S
ELECTION TO DECREASE SUCH MEMBER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD RETIREMENT IN
ORDER TO APPLY THE RESULTING AMOUNT TOWARD PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
OLD AGE AND SURVIVOR'S INSURANCE. ANY ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS IN
EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE ANNUITY COMPUTED PURSUANT
TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE USED TO INCREASE THE MEMBER'S RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE.
C. CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS SERVICE. IN COMPUTING THE YEARS OF TOTAL CRED-
ITABLE SERVICE FOR EACH MEMBER DESCRIBED HEREIN, FULL CREDIT SHALL BE
GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE SHALL BE MADE FOR SERVICE RENDERED AS A POLICE
OFFICER OR STATE UNIVERSITY PEACE OFFICER OR MEMBER OF A POLICE FORCE OR
DEPARTMENT OF A STATE PARK AUTHORITY OR COMMISSION OR AN ORGANIZED
POLICE FORCE OR DEPARTMENT OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, POLICE
DISTRICT, AUTHORITY OR OTHER PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER OR MEMBER OF THE
CAPITAL POLICE FORCE IN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WHILE A MEMBER OF
THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, OF THE
NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR OF THE NEW YORK
CITY POLICE PENSION FUND AND FOR ALL SERVICE FOR WHICH FULL CREDIT HAS
BEEN GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE MADE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE-H OF THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
FULL CREDIT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SECTION SHALL MEAN ONLY
SUCH SERVICE AS WOULD BE CREDITABLE SERVICE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-A,
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-B, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-
FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
THREE-B, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF
NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-C OR THREE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-D OF THIS TITLE OR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
TITLE THIRTEEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR
ANY MEMBER CONTRIBUTING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHO TRANSFERRED TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OFFICERS AND FOREST
RANGERS, REGIONAL STATE PARK POLICE OR STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
PEACE OFFICERS.
D. RETIREMENT FOR CAUSE. UPON RECEIPT OF A CERTIFICATE FROM THE HEAD
OF THE ENTITY WHERE SUCH MEMBER IS EMPLOYED OR SUCH MEMBER'S DESIGNEE, A
MEMBER AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION, WHO HAS ACCRUED
TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
RETIRED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH NEXT SUCCEEDING THE DATE
SUCH CERTIFICATE WAS FILED WITH THE COMPTROLLER.
E. CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE. IN COMPUTING THE YEARS OF TOTAL CRED-
ITABLE SERVICE FULL CREDIT SHALL BE GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE SHALL BE
MADE FOR SERVICE OF SUCH MEMBER IN WAR AFTER WORLD WAR I AS DEFINED IN
SECTION THREE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED SUCH MEMBER AT THE
S. 3005--B 169
TIME OF SUCH MEMBER'S ENTRANCE INTO THE ARMED FORCES WAS IN POLICE
SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TWO OF
THIS ARTICLE.
F. TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ANY MEMBER
CURRENTLY ENROLLED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND WHO PREVIOUSLY TRANS-
FERRED SERVICE CREDIT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MAY ELECT TO TRANSFER SUCH PREVIOUSLY TRANSFERRED
SERVICE CREDIT BACK TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM, AND SUCH MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO RETROACTIVELY
TRANSFER SUCH MEMBER'S MEMBERSHIP INTO SUCH EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM.
G. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONTROLLING, NOTWITHSTAND-
ING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY.
§ 383-F. RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT; ALTERNATIVE
TWENTY-FIVE YEAR RETIREMENT PLAN. A. MEMBERSHIP. EVERY NON-SEASONALLY
APPOINTED SWORN MEMBER OR OFFICER OF THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, A FOREST RANGER IN THE
SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WHICH SHALL
MEAN A PERSON WHO SERVES ON A FULL-TIME BASIS IN THE TITLE OF FOREST
RANGER I, FOREST RANGER II, FOREST RANGER III, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
OF FOREST FIRE CONTROL, OR ANY SUCCESSOR TITLES OR NEW TITLES IN THE
FOREST RANGER TITLE SERIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA-
TION, A POLICE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION,
THE REGIONAL STATE PARK POLICE, AND UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICERS WHOSE
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP IS PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN SHALL BE
COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, AND EVERY MEMBER DESCRIBED IN
THIS SUBDIVISION IN SUCH SERVICE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS SECTION OR WITHIN ONE YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT IN AN ELIGIBLE TITLE,
WHICHEVER IS LATER, MAY ELECT TO BE COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION BY FILING AN ELECTION THEREFOR WITH THE COMPTROLLER. UPON
COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE AND UPON RETIREMENT,
EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER WITH AN ANNUI-
TY, IF ANY, WHICH SHALL BE THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF SUCH MEMBER'S
ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT AND AN ADDI-
TIONAL PENSION WHICH IS THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF THE RESERVE-FOR-IN-
CREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY TO WHICH SUCH MEMBER MAY THEN BE ENTITLED, IF ANY,
SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE SUCH MEMBER WITH A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE
EQUAL TO FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THEIR FINAL AVERAGE SALARY. TO BE
EFFECTIVE, SUCH ELECTION MUST BE DULY EXECUTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED ON A
FORM PREPARED BY THE COMPTROLLER FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
B. RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE. 1. A MEMBER, COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIRE UPON
COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE IN SUCH
TITLES BY FILING AN APPLICATION THEREFOR IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT
PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THIS ARTICLE.
2. UPON COMPLETION OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE AND
UPON RETIREMENT, EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE, FOR EACH YEAR OF
SERVICE IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE, AN ADDITIONAL PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER
WITH AN ANNUITY FOR EACH SUCH YEAR AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL BE EQUAL TO ONE-SIXTIETH OF THEIR FINAL AVERAGE
SALARY, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PENSION PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE-QUARTERS OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE
SALARY.
3. THE ANNUITY PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
BE THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT, AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT, OF THE MEMBER'S
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ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS BASED UPON THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FIXED
UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE AND UPON THE
SALARIES EARNED WHILE IN SUCH SERVICE. SUCH ANNUITY SHALL BE COMPUTED AS
IT WOULD BE IF IT WERE NOT REDUCED BY THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF ANY
OUTSTANDING LOAN NOR BY REASON OF THE MEMBER'S ELECTION TO DECREASE SUCH
MEMBER'S CONTRIBUTIONS FOR OLD AGE AND SURVIVOR'S INSURANCE. ANY ACCUMU-
LATED CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE
ANNUITY COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE USED TO INCREASE
THE MEMBER'S RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE.
C. CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS SERVICE. IN COMPUTING THE YEARS OF TOTAL CRED-
ITABLE SERVICE FOR EACH MEMBER DESCRIBED HEREIN, FULL CREDIT SHALL BE
GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE SHALL BE MADE FOR SERVICE RENDERED AS A POLICE
OFFICER OR STATE UNIVERSITY PEACE OFFICER OR MEMBER OF A POLICE FORCE OR
DEPARTMENT OF A STATE PARK AUTHORITY OR COMMISSION OR AN ORGANIZED
POLICE FORCE OR DEPARTMENT OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, POLICE
DISTRICT, AUTHORITY OR OTHER PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER OR MEMBER OF THE
CAPITAL POLICE FORCE IN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES WHILE A MEMBER OF
THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, OF THE
NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR OF THE NEW YORK
CITY POLICE PENSION FUND AND FOR ALL SERVICE FOR WHICH FULL CREDIT HAS
BEEN GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE MADE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE-H OF THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
FULL CREDIT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SECTION SHALL MEAN ONLY
SUCH SERVICE AS WOULD BE CREDITABLE SERVICE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-A,
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-B, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-
FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
THREE-B, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF
NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-C OR THREE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-D OF THIS TITLE OR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
TITLE THIRTEEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR
ANY MEMBER CONTRIBUTING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHO TRANSFERRED TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OFFICERS AND FOREST
RANGERS, REGIONAL STATE PARK POLICE OR STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
PEACE OFFICERS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
PART MMM
Section 1. Subdivision 1, paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 6
and subdivisions 10 and 13 of section 5-900 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as
follows:
1. In addition to any other method of voter registration provided for
by this chapter, state and local agencies designated in subdivisions
thirteen and fourteen of this section shall provide to the state board
of elections voter registration qualification information associated
with each person who submits an application for services or assistance
at such agency, including a renewal, recertification, or reexamination
transaction at such agency, and each person who submits a change of
address or name form. [For the purposes of the department of motor vehi-
cles, "application for services or assistance at such agency" refers
only to an application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a driver's
license renewal or an identification card if such card is issued by the
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department of motor vehicles in its normal course of business.] For
purposes of the New York city housing authority "application for
services or assistance at such agency" refers only to applications that
reach an eligibility interview and reexamination transactions. Such
designated agencies shall ensure agency applications substantially
include all of the elements required by section 5-210 of this article,
including the appropriate attestation, so that persons completing such
applications shall be able to also submit an application to register to
vote through the electronic voter registration transmittal system. For
purposes of this section, "agency" shall mean any state or local agency,
department, division, office, institution or other entity designated in
subdivision thirteen of this section or designated by the governor
pursuant to subdivision fourteen of this section. For purposes of this
section, registration shall also include pre-registration pursuant to
section 5-507 of this article.
(c) include a box for the applicant to check to indicate whether the
applicant would like to decline to register to vote along with the
following statement, OR ITS SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT, in prominent type,
"IF YOU DO NOT CHECK THIS BOX, AND YOU PROVIDE YOUR SIGNATURE ON THE
SPACE BELOW, YOU WILL HAVE APPLIED TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE,
AND YOU WILL HAVE ATTESTED TO YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGIS-
TER TO VOTE."
(d) include the following warning statement, OR ITS SUBSTANTIAL EQUIV-
ALENT, in prominent type, "IF YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED
STATES, YOU MUST CHECK THE BOX BELOW. NON-CITIZENS WHO REGISTER OR
PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND SUCH VOTER
REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION MAY RESULT IN DEPORTATION OR REMOVAL,
EXCLUSION FROM ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES, OR DENIAL OF NATURALIZA-
TION.";
(e) include a space for the applicant to indicate the applicant's
choice of party enrollment, with a clear alternative provided for the
applicant to decline to affiliate with any party and the following
statement, OR ITS SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT, in prominent type "ONLY
ENROLLED MEMBERS OF A POLITICAL PARTY MAY VOTE IN THAT PARTY'S PRIMA-
RIES".
10. A voter shall be able to decline to register to vote using an
integrated application by selecting a single check box, or equivalent,
which shall include the following statement, OR ITS SUBSTANTIAL EQUIV-
ALENT: "I DECLINE USE OF THIS FORM FOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGIS-
TRATION PURPOSES. DO NOT FORWARD MY INFORMATION TO THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS."
13. [Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-three, designated
agencies for purposes of this section shall include the department of
motor vehicles.] Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-four,
designated agencies for the purposes of this section shall [also]
include the department of health, the office of temporary and disability
assistance, the department of labor, the office of adult career and
continuing education services - vocational rehabilitation, county and
city departments of social services, and the New York city housing
authority, as well as any other agency designated by the governor.
PROVIDED THAT, ANY TRANSACTIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR COUNTY
AND CITY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES INVOLVING MEDICAID ENROLLMENT
SHALL BE PROCESSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-901-A OF THIS TITLE, IN PLACE
OF THIS SECTION. Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-five,
designated agencies for the purposes of this section shall also include
the state university of New York. Each designated agency shall enter
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into an agreement with the state board of elections finalizing the
format and content of electronic transmissions required by this section.
The state board of elections shall prepare and distribute to designated
agencies written instructions as to the implementation of the program
and shall be responsible for establishing training programs for employ-
ees of designated agencies listed in this section. Such instructions and
such training shall ensure usability of the integrated application for
low English proficiency voters. Any such designated agency shall take
all actions that are necessary and proper for the implementation of this
section, including facilitating technological capabilities to allow
transmission of data through an interface with the electronic voter
registration transmittal system in a secure manner.
§ 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-901 to read
as follows:
§ 5-901. PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. 1.
BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL UTILIZE THE AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION FOR EACH PERSON WHO CONDUCTS ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING REAL ID OR ENHANCED LICENSE TRANSACTIONS: AN APPLICATION FOR
A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, OR ANY
RENEWAL, RECERTIFICATION, OR REEXAMINATION TRANSACTION FOR SUCH DOCU-
MENTS, OR ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR NAME FORM FOR SUCH DOCUMENTS. PRIOR
TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES SHALL UTILIZE THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 5-900 OF
THIS TITLE FOR SUCH TRANSACTIONS. BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-NINE, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL UTILIZE THE AUTOMAT-
IC VOTER REGISTRATION PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION FOR EACH
PERSON WHO CONDUCTS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARD LICENSE TRANSACTIONS:
AN APPLICATION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR AN IDENTIFICATION
CARD, OR ANY RENEWAL, RECERTIFICATION, OR REEXAMINATION TRANSACTION FOR
SUCH DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR NAME FORM FOR SUCH DOCU-
MENTS. PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, THE DEPARTMENT
OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL UTILIZE THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED UNDER SECTION
5-900 OF THIS TITLE FOR SUCH STANDARD LICENSE TRANSACTIONS.
2. (A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHERE
A PERSON CONDUCTS A DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND SUCH PERSON HAS PROVIDED DOCUMENTA-
TION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES CONCLUSIVELY DEMONSTRATING
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IS OF SUFFICIENT AGE TO REGISTER OR PRE-
REGISTER TO VOTE, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL PROMPTLY TRANS-
MIT ELECTRONICALLY TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THE FOLLOWING INFOR-
MATION REGARDING SUCH PERSON:
(I) SUCH PERSON'S NAME;
(II) SUCH PERSON'S DATE OF BIRTH;
(III) SUCH PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE OR STATE ID NUMBER;
(IV) SUCH PERSON'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS, AND MAILING ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT
FROM SUCH RESIDENCE ADDRESS;
(V) SUCH PERSON'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE;
(VI) SUCH PERSON'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS;
(VII) AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF SUCH PERSON'S MANUAL SIGNATURE THAT IS IN
THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES;
(VIII) THE DATE OF SUCH PERSON'S TRANSACTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES;
(IX) SUCH PERSON'S GENDER, IF AVAILABLE;
(X) SUCH PERSON'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, IF AVAILABLE; AND
(XI) SUCH PERSON'S E-MAIL ADDRESS, IF AVAILABLE.
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(B) THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
SHALL JOINTLY DETERMINE WHICH DOCUMENTS ACCEPTABLE FOR TRANSACTIONS
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION CONCLUSIVELY DEMONSTRATE
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.
(C) THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL NOT TRANSMIT INFORMATION
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS A
PROGRAM PARTICIPANT IN THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO
SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
(D) UPON RECEIVING INFORMATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION FOR A PERSON WHO IS NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE IN NEW YORK STATE
AND WHO IS OF SUFFICIENT AGE TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE, UNLESS
THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS EVIDENCE THAT SUCH PERSON IS A PROGRAM
PARTICIPANT IN THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION
ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
SHALL ELECTRONICALLY FORWARD SUCH INFORMATION TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
OF THE COUNTY OR THE CITY OF THE PERSON'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS FOR REGIS-
TRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER.
(E) (I) UPON RECEIVING INFORMATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, A COUNTY OR CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL REGISTER OR PRE-
REGISTER THE PERSON TO VOTE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-210 OF THIS ARTICLE
EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE OF SUCH PERSON'S TRANSACTION WITH THE DEPART-
MENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE COUNTY OR CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
PROMPTLY SEND TO SUCH PERSON'S MAILING ADDRESS, BY NON-FORWARDABLE MAIL,
A NOTICE THAT SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN REGISTERED TO VOTE, OR PRE-REGISTERED
TO VOTE, IF APPLICABLE, THAT CONTAINS A POSTAGE PAID PREADDRESSED RETURN
FORM BY WHICH SUCH PERSON MAY DECLINE TO BE REGISTERED OR PRE-REGIS-
TERED. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE COMBINED WITH THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 5-308 OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL ALSO OFFER
SUCH PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL WITH A PARTY. SUCH NOTICE SHALL
ALSO INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT, IF SUCH PERSON DECLINES TO REGISTER OR
PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE, THE FACT THAT SUCH PERSON HAS DECLINED REGISTRA-
TION OR PRE-REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL BE USED ONLY
FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION PURPOSES, AND A STATEMENT THAT, IF SUCH
PERSON DOES NOT DECLINE REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION, THE OFFICE AT
WHICH SUCH PERSON WAS REGISTERED OR PRE-REGISTERED WILL REMAIN CONFIDEN-
TIAL AND WILL BE USED ONLY FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION PURPOSES. SUCH
NOTICE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND PROCEDURES FOR ANYONE WISHING
TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF THEIR RESIDENCE ADDRESS, INCLUDING INFORMATION
REGARDING THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE UNDER SECTION 5-508 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH MAY BE COMBINED WITH THE NOTICE PROVIDED TO NEWLY
REGISTERED VOTERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION 5-210 OF THIS
ARTICLE.
(II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, A PERSON OF
SUFFICIENT AGE TO REGISTER TO VOTE WHOSE INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED TO A
COUNTY OR CITY BOARD PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH
SHALL BE REGISTERED TO VOTE FOR AN ELECTION IF THE DATE OF SUCH PERSON'S
TRANSACTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF THIS SECTION OCCURS BY THE TWELFTH DAY BEFORE SUCH ELECTION
AND SUCH PERSON'S INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNTY OR CITY BOARD
BY THE TENTH DAY BEFORE SUCH ELECTION. A PERSON WHOSE TRANSACTION WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OCCURS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF AN
ELECTION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO AFFIRM BEFORE VOTING THAT SUCH PERSON HAS
RESIDED IN SUCH PERSON'S COUNTY, CITY, OR VILLAGE FOR AT LEAST THIRTY
DAYS BEFORE SUCH ELECTION. SUCH AFFIRMATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE AT THE
TIME OF VOTING AND AT THE TIME OF REQUESTING AN EARLY MAIL OR ABSENTEE
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BALLOT. A VOTER WHO SIGNS AN AFFIRMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH
SHALL NOT BE CHALLENGED OR REQUIRED TO VOTE AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT ON THE
GROUNDS THAT SUCH VOTER SIGNED SUCH AFFIRMATION.
(F) (I) IF A PERSON RETURNS THE NOTICE PROVIDED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I)
OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND DECLINES TO BE REGISTERED OR
PRE-REGISTERED TO VOTE, SUCH PERSON'S REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION
SHALL BE CANCELED, AND SUCH PERSON SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NOT REGIS-
TERED OR PRE-REGISTERED. HOWEVER, IF SUCH PERSON HAS VOTED IN AN
ELECTION AFTER THE TRANSMISSION OF SUCH PERSON'S INFORMATION BUT BEFORE
THE NOTICE IS RETURNED, THE RETURNED FORM SHALL BE OF NO EFFECT AND SUCH
PERSON SHALL REMAIN REGISTERED AS OF THE DATE OF SUCH PERSON'S TRANS-
ACTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. INFORMATION RELATING TO
THE RETURN OF A NOTICE FORM DECLINING TO BE REGISTERED OR PRE-REGISTERED
SHALL NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.
(II) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 5-304 OF THIS ARTICLE,
IF A PERSON RETURNS THE NOTICE PROVIDED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARA-
GRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND ELECTS TO ENROLL IN A PARTY, SUCH
ENROLLMENT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. HOWEVER, ANY PRE-REGISTRANT'S
REGISTRATION SHALL REMAIN CLASSIFIED AS "PENDING" UNTIL THE VOTER
REACHES THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY.
(III) IF A PERSON RETURNS THE NOTICE PROVIDED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I)
OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION BUT DOES NOT SELECT ANY OPTIONS,
THE RETURNED NOTICE SHALL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, AND SUCH PERSON
SHALL REMAIN REGISTERED TO VOTE, OR PRE-REGISTERED TO VOTE, IF APPLICA-
BLE.
3. (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL NOT PROVIDE AN OPPORTU-
NITY TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE OR TRANSMIT ANY INFORMATION TO
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF VOTER REGISTRATION FOR ANY PERSON
WHO, WHEN CONDUCTING A DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSACTION PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDES DOCUMENTATION CONCLUSIVELY
DEMONSTRATING THAT SUCH PERSON IS NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN. THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
JOINTLY DETERMINE WHICH DOCUMENTS ACCEPTABLE FOR TRANSACTIONS PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION CONCLUSIVELY DEMONSTRATE THAT A
PERSON IS NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN.
(B) FOR ANY PERSON WHO CONDUCTS A DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TRANS-
ACTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION WHOSE INFORMATION IS
NOT ALREADY SUBJECT TO TRANSMISSION TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION AND WHO
DOES NOT PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION AT THE TIME OF SUCH PERSON'S TRANSACTION
CONCLUSIVELY DEMONSTRATING THAT SUCH PERSON IS NOT A UNITED STATES CITI-
ZEN, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSACTION SHALL PROVIDE AN INTE-
GRATED VOTER REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITY AS PART OF SUCH TRANSACTION. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, REGISTRATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE PRE-REGIS-
TRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-507 OF THIS ARTICLE.
(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ENSURE AGENCY APPLICATIONS PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION INCLUDE ALL OF THE ELEMENTS REQUIRED BY
SECTION 5-210 OF THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE ATTESTATION, SO
THAT PERSONS COMPLETING SUCH APPLICATIONS SHALL BE ABLE TO ALSO SUBMIT
AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER TO VOTE THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER REGIS-
TRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM.
(D) THE INTEGRATED VOTER REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITY SHALL:
(I) INCLUDE A STATEMENT OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER
REGISTRATION AND SHALL REQUIRE AN APPLICANT TO ATTEST THAT SUCH APPLI-
CANT MEETS SUCH REQUIREMENTS UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY;
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(II) INFORM AN APPLICANT, IN PRINT IDENTICAL TO THAT USED IN THE
ATTESTATION SECTION, OF THE FOLLOWING:
(A) VOTER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS;
(B) PENALTIES FOR SUBMISSION OF A FALSE REGISTRATION APPLICATION;
(C) THAT THE OFFICE WHERE SUCH APPLICANT APPLIES FOR REGISTRATION
SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND THE VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION SHALL
BE USED ONLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES;
(D) THAT IF SUCH APPLICANT APPLIES TO REGISTER TO VOTE ELECTRONICALLY,
SUCH APPLICANT THEREBY CONSENTS TO THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF SUCH
APPLICANT'S MANUAL SIGNATURE THAT IS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES, AS SUCH APPLICANT'S VOTER REGISTRATION EXEMPLAR SIGNA-
TURE;
(E) IF SUCH APPLICANT SIGNS THE APPLICATION AND AFFIRMATIVELY SELECTS
THE VOTER REGISTRATION OPTION, SUCH APPLICANT THEREBY CONSENTS TO THE
USE OF ANY INFORMATION REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE VOTER REGISTRATION
APPLICATION; AND
(F) IF SUCH APPLICANT DECLINES TO REGISTER, SUCH APPLICANT'S DECLINA-
TION SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND BE USED ONLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
PURPOSES;
(III) REQUIRE AN APPLICANT WHO ATTESTS TO THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR VOTER REGISTRATION TO EITHER AFFIRMATIVELY SELECT OR AFFIRMATIVELY
DECLINE VOTER REGISTRATION AS A NECESSARY CONDITION TO COMPLETE THE
APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION;
(IV) INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING WARNING STATEMENT, OR ITS SUBSTANTIAL
EQUIVALENT, IN PROMINENT TYPE, "IF YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED
STATES, DO NOT SELECT THE OPTION TO REGISTER TO VOTE. NON-CITIZENS WHO
REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES
AND SUCH VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION MAY RESULT IN DEPORTA-
TION OR REMOVAL, EXCLUSION FROM ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES, OR
DENIAL OF NATURALIZATION.";
(V) INCLUDE A SPACE FOR AN APPLICANT TO INDICATE SUCH APPLICANT'S
CHOICE OF PARTY ENROLLMENT, WITH A CLEAR ALTERNATIVE PROVIDED FOR SUCH
APPLICANT TO DECLINE TO AFFILIATE WITH ANY PARTY AND THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT, OR ITS SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT, IN PROMINENT TYPE "ONLY
ENROLLED MEMBERS OF A POLITICAL PARTY MAY VOTE IN THAT PARTY'S PRIMA-
RIES."; AND
(VI) INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT IF AN APPLICANT IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OR STALKING, SUCH APPLICANT MAY CONTACT THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS BEFORE OR AFTER REGISTERING OR PRE-REGISTERING TO VOTE IN
ORDER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY
PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNDER SECTION 5-508 OF THIS
ARTICLE.
(E) FOR EACH PERSON WHO COMPLETES AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER TO VOTE
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHO ATTESTS TO THE ELIGI-
BILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, AND AFFIRMATIVELY SELECTS
VOTER REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (D) OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ELECTRONICALLY
TRANSMIT TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THROUGH AN INTERFACE WITH THE
ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED AND MAIN-
TAINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SUCH PORTION OF THE APPLICATION
THAT INCLUDES VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION. IF SUCH PERSON IS NOT
ALREADY REGISTERED TO VOTE IN NEW YORK STATE, THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS SHALL ELECTRONICALLY FORWARD SUCH APPLICATION TO THE APPLICA-
BLE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR REGIS-
TRATION CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT TRANSMIT
TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION FOR A
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PERSON WHO INDICATES ON THE INTEGRATED PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION
APPLICATION THAT SUCH PERSON DOES NOT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR REGISTRATION.
(F) AN INTEGRATED VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT SHALL BE TRANSMIT-
TED TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER REGIS-
TRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM AND SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE VOTER REGISTRA-
TION DATA ELEMENTS, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE, AS APPLICABLE, AND
RECORD OF ATTESTATION OF THE ACCURACY OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION AND ANY RELEVANT DOCUMENT IMAGES.
(G) AN INTEGRATED VOTER REGISTRATION FORM SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN PAPER FORMAT SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL
SYSTEM BY CONVERTING THE PAPER FORM TO AN IMAGE FILE OR A PORTABLE DOCU-
MENT FORMAT FILE WHICH SHALL THEREAFTER BE DEEMED THE ORIGINAL FORM FOR
VOTER REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT PURPOSES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL RETAIN
THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL PAPER APPLICATION FOR NO LESS THAN TWO YEARS. THE
TRANSMITTAL OF THE CONVERTED PAPER APPLICATION MAY INCLUDE OR BE ACCOM-
PANIED BY DATA ELEMENTS AND TRANSMITTAL INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
(H) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDACT OR REMOVE FROM THE COMPLETED INTE-
GRATED APPLICATION TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ANY
INFORMATION SOLELY APPLICABLE TO THE AGENCY APPLICATION.
(I) INFORMATION FROM AN APPLICANT RELEVANT TO BOTH VOTER REGISTRATION
AND THE DEPARTMENT APPLICATION SHALL BE ENTERED BY THE APPLICANT ONLY
ONCE UPON AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION.
(J) INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS, WHEN
COLLECTED AND TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL NOT BE
RETAINED, USED, OR SHARED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE EXCEPT AS MAY BE
REQUIRED BY LAW.
(K) FOR EACH PERSON WHO ATTESTS TO THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
VOTER REGISTRATION, BUT WHO DOES NOT AFFIRMATIVELY SELECT VOTER REGIS-
TRATION PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT TO
THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THROUGH AN INTERFACE WITH THE ELECTRONIC
VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SUCH PORTION OF THE APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES
VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH A CLEAR DESIGNATION THAT SUCH INFOR-
MATION SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING EXISTING REGISTRA-
TION RECORDS.
4. (A) IF INFORMATION IS RECEIVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI-
SION TWO OR PARAGRAPH (E) OR (K) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION
FOR A PERSON WHO IS ALREADY REGISTERED OR PRE-REGISTERED TO VOTE IN NEW
YORK STATE, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES INDICATES A
DIFFERENT NAME, RESIDENCE ADDRESS, OR MAILING ADDRESS FROM THAT ON SUCH
PERSON'S REGISTRATION RECORD.
(B) IF INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSU-
ANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OR PARAGRAPH (E) OR (K) OF
SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION INDICATES A DIFFERENT NAME, RESIDENCE
ADDRESS, OR MAILING ADDRESS FOR A REGISTERED OR PRE-REGISTERED VOTER
FROM THAT ON SUCH PERSON'S REGISTRATION RECORD, THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS SHALL ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT THE UPDATED NAME OR ADDRESS FOR
SUCH PERSON TO THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR SUCH PERSON'S
RESIDENCE. IF SUCH PERSON HAS CHANGED RESIDENCE FROM ONE COUNTY TO
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ANOTHER, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT SUCH
INFORMATION TO BOTH THE BOARD OF THE PREVIOUS COUNTY OR CITY OF RESI-
DENCE AND THE NEW COUNTY OR CITY OF RESIDENCE. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN
SUCH PERSON'S COUNTY OR CITY OF RESIDENCE SHALL USE THE INFORMATION
TRANSMITTED BY THE BOARD TO UPDATE SUCH PERSON'S EXISTING VOTER REGIS-
TRATION RECORD, TRANSFER THE PERSON'S REGISTRATION, IF INACTIVE, TO
ACTIVE STATUS, AND SEND TO SUCH PERSON'S ADDRESS OF RECORD THE NOTICE
REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 5-208 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN ANY PREVIOUS COUNTY OR CITY OF RESIDENCE SHALL
UPDATE SUCH PERSON'S VOTER REGISTRATION RECORD TO REFLECT THAT SUCH
PERSON HAS MOVED TO A DIFFERENT COUNTY.
(C) IF A PERSON RETURNS THE NOTICE REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF
THIS SUBDIVISION AND INDICATES THAT THE CHANGE TO SUCH PERSON'S REGIS-
TRATION RECORD WAS IN ERROR, THE APPROPRIATE BOARDS OF ELECTIONS,
INCLUDING THE BOARD OF THE PREVIOUS COUNTY OR CITY OF RESIDENCE, SHALL
PROMPTLY CORRECT SUCH PERSON'S PREVIOUSLY UPDATED INFORMATION IN THE
STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST.
(D) ANY APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
INFORM THE APPLICANT THAT IF SUCH APPLICANT IS ALREADY REGISTERED OR
PRE-REGISTERED TO VOTE IN NEW YORK STATE, THE NAME, RESIDENCE ADDRESS,
AND MAILING ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SHALL BE USED TO UPDATE
SUCH PERSON'S REGISTRATION RECORD AND THAT SUCH PERSON SHALL RECEIVE
NOTICE OF ANY UPDATE BY MAIL, ALONG WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO CORRECT
SUCH UPDATE, IF NEEDED.
5. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING TRAINING
PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. SUCH
INSTRUCTIONS AND SUCH TRAINING SHALL ENSURE USABILITY OF THE INTEGRATED
APPLICATION IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION FOR LOW-ENGLISH PROFI-
CIENCY VOTERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL TAKE ALL ACTIONS
THAT ARE NECESSARY AND PROPER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION,
INCLUDING FACILITATING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TO ALLOW TRANSMISSION
OF DATA THROUGH AN INTERFACE WITH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION
TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM IN A SECURE MANNER.
6. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SECTION.
7. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE DOCUMENTARY
PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP FOR VOTER REGISTRATION. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION
SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE OR REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI-
CLES TO REQUEST DOCUMENTATION ESTABLISHING AN APPLICANT'S CITIZENSHIP
SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTER REGISTRATION.
8. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PUBLICLY RELEASE DATA REPORTS,
AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SUCH DATA REPORTS
SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, SHALL BE
SUBCATEGORIZED BY GENDER AND AGE OF THE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDED, AND SHALL
INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(A) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED TO VOTE OR PRE-REGISTERED TO
VOTE UNDER THE PROCEDURES IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
(B) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED TO VOTE OR PRE-REGISTERED TO
VOTE UNDER THE PROCEDURES IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
(C) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DECLINED VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-
REGISTRATION UNDER THE PROCEDURES IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
(D) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DECLINED VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-
REGISTRATION UNDER THE PROCEDURES IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
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(E) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGIS-
TRATION WAS UPDATED PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
THIS SECTION.
§ 3. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-901-a to
read as follows:
§ 5-901-A. PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO MEDICAID ENROLLMENT. 1. SUBJECT TO
ANY MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS AND
REGULATIONS INCLUDING SUCH MODIFICATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
SECTION, BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, THE DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND COUNTY AND CITY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL
AUTOMATICALLY AND ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO
THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND
PRE-REGISTRATION FOR EACH PERSON WHO APPLIES FOR OR RE-ENROLLS IN MEDI-
CAID, WHO IS OF SUFFICIENT AGE TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE, AND
WHO IS EXTERNALLY VERIFIED AS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AS PART OF AN
APPLICATION FOR MEDICAID:
(A) SUCH PERSON'S NAME;
(B) SUCH PERSON'S DATE OF BIRTH;
(C) THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF SUCH PERSON'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER;
(D) SUCH PERSON'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS, AND MAILING ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT
FROM THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS;
(E) SUCH PERSON'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE;
(F) SUCH PERSON'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS;
(G) AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF SUCH PERSON'S MANUAL SIGNATURE, IF AVAIL-
ABLE;
(H) THE DATE OF SUCH PERSON'S APPLICATION OR RE-ENROLLMENT TRANS-
ACTION;
(I) SUCH PERSON'S GENDER, IF AVAILABLE;
(J) SUCH PERSON'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, IF AVAILABLE; AND
(K) SUCH PERSON'S E-MAIL ADDRESS, IF AVAILABLE.
2. IF NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW, BEFORE TRANSMITTING A
PERSON'S INFORMATION TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF
VOTER REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND COUNTY AND CITY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
OR THEIR DESIGNEES SHALL, WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF SUCH PERSON'S APPLICA-
TION OR RE-ENROLLMENT TRANSACTION, NOTIFY BY MAIL SUCH PERSON WHOSE DATA
IS SUBJECT TO TRANSMISSION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
AND PROVIDE SUCH PERSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLINE TRANSMISSION. SUCH
NOTICE SHALL BE SENT TO SUCH PERSON'S MAILING ADDRESS BY NON-FORWARDABLE
MAIL, NOTIFY SUCH PERSON THAT SUCH PERSON'S INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED
WITH ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR PURPOSES OF KEEPING VOTER REGISTRATION
RECORDS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE, AND CONTAIN A POSTAGE PAID PREADDRESSED
RETURN FORM BY WHICH SUCH PERSON MAY DECLINE TRANSMISSION OF SUCH
PERSON'S DATA TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. IF SUCH PERSON RETURNS
SUCH NOTICE WITHIN SEVENTEEN DAYS OF MAILING AND DECLINES TRANSMISSION
OF SUCH PERSON'S INFORMATION, SUCH PERSON'S INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE
TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF VOTER REGIS-
TRATION. IF SUCH PERSON DOES NOT RETURN THE NOTICE PROVIDED UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION AND DECLINES TRANSMISSION OF SUCH PERSON'S INFORMATION WITH-
IN SEVENTEEN DAYS OF MAILING, SUCH PERSON'S INFORMATION SHALL BE TRANS-
MITTED TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WITHIN THREE DAYS FOR PURPOSES OF
VOTER REGISTRATION.
3. IN PROCESSING INFORMATION RECEIVED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
COUNTY AND CITY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND BOARDS OF
ELECTIONS FOR EACH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
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REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND FOUR OF SECTION 5-901
OF THIS TITLE. PROVIDED THAT, A PERSON OF SUFFICIENT AGE TO REGISTER TO
VOTE WHOSE INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED TO A COUNTY OR CITY BOARD PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE REGISTERED TO VOTE FOR AN ELECTION IF THE
INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNTY OR CITY BOARD BY THE TENTH DAY
BEFORE SUCH ELECTION.
4. PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND COUNTY AND CITY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL
UTILIZE THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 5-900 OF THIS TITLE FOR
MEDICAID ENROLLMENT TRANSACTIONS.
§ 4. Section 5-902 of the election law, as amended by chapter 37 of
the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5-902. Failure to receive exemplar signature not to prevent regis-
tration. If a voter registration exemplar signature is not received from
an applicant who submits a voter registration or pre-registration appli-
cation OR IS OTHERWISE REGISTERED OR PRE-REGISTERED TO VOTE pursuant to
this title and such signature exemplar is not otherwise available from
the statewide voter registration database or a state or local agency,
the local board of elections shall, absent another reason to reject the
application, proceed to register or pre-register and, as applicable,
enroll the applicant. Within ten days of such action, the board of
elections shall send a standard form promulgated by the state board of
elections to the voter whose record lacks an exemplar signature, requir-
ing such voter to submit a signature for identification purposes. The
voter shall submit to the board of elections a voter registration exemp-
lar signature by any one of the following methods: in person, by mail
with return postage paid provided by the board of elections, by elec-
tronic mail, or by electronic upload to the board of elections through
the electronic voter registration transmittal system. If such voter does
not provide the required exemplar signature, when the voter appears to
vote the voter shall be entitled to vote by affidavit ballot.
§ 5. The opening paragraphs of subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 5-904
of the election law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2021, are
amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding subdivision six of section 5-210 of this article or
any other law to the contrary, a person who is ineligible to vote who
fails to decline to register or pre-register to vote in accordance with
the provisions of this [section] TITLE OR WHO IS OTHERWISE REGISTERED OR
PRE-REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE,
and WHO did not willfully and knowingly seek to register or pre-register
to vote knowing that the person is not eligible to do so:
Notwithstanding subdivision six of section 5-210 of this article or
any other law to the contrary, a person who is ineligible to vote who
fails to decline to register or pre-register to vote in accordance with
the provisions of this [section] TITLE OR WHO IS OTHERWISE REGISTERED OR
PRE-REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE,
AND who then either votes or attempts to vote in an election held after
the effective date of that person's registration, and who did not will-
fully and knowingly seek to register or pre-register to vote knowing
that the person is not eligible to do so, and did not subsequently vote
or attempt to vote knowing that the person is not eligible to do so:
§ 6. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 5-308 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as
follows:
1. The board of elections shall, promptly and not later than twenty-
one days after receipt of a voter registration or pre-registration
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application submitted pursuant to title nine of this article by a voter
registering or pre-registering for the first time, send any such voter
who did not enroll in a party a notice and a form to indicate party
enrollment. Such notice shall offer the voter the opportunity to enroll
with a party or to decline to enroll with a party and contain the
following statement in prominent type "ONLY ENROLLED MEMBERS OF A POLI-
TICAL PARTY MAY VOTE IN THAT PARTY'S PRIMARIES." Such form shall provide
a clear alternative for the applicant to decline to affiliate with any
party. IF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE
PARTY ENROLLMENT NOTICE AND FORM SENT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, OR
TO A NOTICE SENT PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDI-
VISION TWO OF SECTION 5-901 OF THIS ARTICLE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF A
PERSON'S REGISTRATION, THE BOARD SHALL MAIL A SECOND PARTY ENROLLMENT
NOTICE AND FORM TO SUCH PERSON.
2. Notwithstanding subdivision two of section 5-304 of this title, if
a voter who registered to vote for the first time (or pre-registered)
pursuant to title nine of this article responds to EITHER OF the
[notice] NOTICES required by subdivision one of this section and elects
to enroll in a party, such enrollment shall take effect immediately.
However, any pre-registrant's registration shall remain classified as
"pending" until the voter reaches the age of eligibility.
§ 7. This act shall take effect January 1, 2028.
PART NNN
Section 1. Section 43 of the retirement and social security law is
amended by adding a new subdivision m to read as follows:
M. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRA-
RY, ANY MEMBER IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE
PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICER SERVICE TRANSFERRING FROM THE NEW YORK
STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND
LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBDIVISION AND ANY MEMBER PREVIOUSLY IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO
PROVIDED POLICE PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICE SERVICE HAVING MADE SUCH
TRANSFER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE
CREDIT THAT IS ELIGIBLE ON A TWENTY YEAR OR TWENTY-FIVE YEAR RETIREMENT
PLAN IF, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH DEPUTY SHERIFF FIRST
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM OR WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, SUCH MEMBER ELECTS TO DO SO. IF THE MEMBER SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERS
BACK TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE
FULL AMOUNT OF SERVICE CREDIT EARNED WHILE IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHER-
IFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICER SERVICE SHALL
BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM.
2. THE CALCULATION OF THE AMOUNT OF SUCH SERVICE CREDIT FOR A MEMBER
WILL BE DETERMINED BY MULTIPLYING THE ELIGIBLE SERVICE CREDITED WHILE IN
THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE PROTECTION OR CORRECTION
OFFICER SERVICE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM PLAN BY A SALARY MULTIPLIER, REFLECTING THE RATE OF SALARY IN THE
NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN RELATIVE TO
THE RATE OF SALARY IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN, AND A BILLING RATE MULTIPLIER, REFLECTING THE
ACTUARIAL LONG-TERM AVERAGE BILLING RATE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN RELATIVE TO THE ACTUARIAL LONG-TERM
AVERAGE BILLING RATE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
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RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN. THE DETERMINATION OF THE SALARY MULTIPLIER AND
BILLING RATE MULTIPLIER WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY OF THE NEW
YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE NEW YORK STATE
AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE AMOUNT OF SUCH SERVICE
CREDITED TO THE MEMBER IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE CREDITED
TO THE MEMBER WHILE IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE
PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICER SERVICE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN.
§ 2. Section 343 of the retirement and social security law is amended
by adding a new subdivision j to read as follows:
J. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRA-
RY, ANY MEMBER IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE
PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICER SERVICE TRANSFERRING FROM THE NEW YORK
STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND
LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBDIVISION AND ANY MEMBER PREVIOUSLY IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO
PROVIDED POLICE PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICER SERVICE HAVING MADE
SUCH TRANSFER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF
SERVICE CREDIT THAT IS ELIGIBLE ON A TWENTY YEAR OR TWENTY-FIVE YEAR
RETIREMENT PLAN IF, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH DEPUTY
SHERIFF FIRST BECAME A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND
FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, SUCH MEMBER ELECTS TO DO SO. IF THE MEMBER SUBSEQUENTLY
TRANSFERS BACK TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM, THE FULL AMOUNT OF SERVICE CREDIT EARNED WHILE IN THE TITLE OF
DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICER
SERVICE SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
2. THE CALCULATION OF THE AMOUNT OF SUCH SERVICE CREDIT FOR A MEMBER
WILL BE DETERMINED BY MULTIPLYING THE ELIGIBLE SERVICE CREDITED WHILE IN
THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE PROTECTION OR CORRECTION
OFFICER SERVICE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM PLAN BY A SALARY MULTIPLIER, REFLECTING THE RATE OF SALARY IN THE
NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN RELATIVE TO
THE RATE OF SALARY IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN, AND A BILLING RATE MULTIPLIER, REFLECTING THE
ACTUARIAL LONG-TERM AVERAGE BILLING RATE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN RELATIVE TO THE ACTUARIAL LONG-TERM
AVERAGE BILLING RATE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN. THE DETERMINATION OF THE SALARY MULTIPLIER AND
BILLING RATE MULTIPLIER WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE ACTUARY OF THE NEW
YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE NEW YORK STATE
AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE AMOUNT OF SUCH SERVICE
CREDITED TO THE MEMBER IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE CREDITED
TO THE MEMBER WHILE IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO PROVIDED POLICE
PROTECTION OR CORRECTION OFFICER SERVICE IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN.
3. IF SUCH MEMBER SUBSEQUENTLY RETIRES ON AN AGE BASED RETIREMENT PLAN
IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
INSTEAD OF A TWENTY YEAR OR TWENTY-FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE FULL AMOUNT OF
SERVICE CREDIT EARNED WHILE IN THE TITLE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF SHALL BE
GRANTED.
4. NO MEMBER WHO RECEIVES SERVICE CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SERVICE CREDIT PURSUANT TO
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SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR-E OF THIS ARTICLE IF
SUCH DEPUTY SHERIFF'S EMPLOYER HAS ELECTED TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE CRED-
IT.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART OOO
Section 1. Section 3 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022
amending the retirement and social security law relating to waiving
approval and income limitations on retirees employed in school districts
and board of cooperative educational services, as amended by section 1
of part GG of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed June 30, [2025] 2027.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would amend Part HH of Chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, most
recently amended by Part GG of Chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, to extend
the waiver of the earnings-after-retirement limitation for two more
years to June 30, 2027 for retired members who return to work with a
school district or a board of cooperative educational services (BOCES).
The current expiration date is June 30, 2025 for the waiver of this
limit. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed
repealed on June 30, 2027.
This waiver of the earnings-after-retirement limit is expected to have
an impact on the Retirement System's patterns of retirement, and it is
expected that some members will retire earlier than they otherwise would
have. Earlier retirement generally increases plan costs since members
will be receiving their benefits for a longer period. If retirement
patterns shift more than expected, there will be additional costs.
The annual cost to the employers of members of the New York State
Teachers' Retirement System for this benefit is estimated to be $27.0
million or 0.13% of payroll if this bill is enacted. Additional costs
would be expected if this change is made permanent.
Member data is from the System's most recent actuarial valuation files
as of June 30, 2024, consisting of data provided by the employers to the
Retirement System. The most recent data distributions and statistics can
be found in the System's Annual Report for fiscal year ended June 30,
2024. System assets are as reported in the System's financial statements
and can also be found in the System's Annual Report. Actuarial assump-
tions and methods will be provided in the System's Actuarial Valuation
Report as of June 30, 2024, except rates of retirement which have been
modified to reflect anticipated utilization of this benefit.
The source of this estimate is Fiscal Note 2025-14 dated March 7, 2025
prepared by the Office of the Actuary of the New York State Teachers'
Retirement System and is intended for use only during the 2025 Legisla-
tive Session. I, Richard A. Young, am the Chief Actuary for the New York
State Teachers' Retirement System. I am a member of the American Academy
of Actuaries and I meet the Qualification Standards of the American
Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
PART PPP
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Section 1. 1. New York state aid and incentives for municipalities
redesign task force. There is hereby created the aid and incentives for
municipalities redesign task force whose membership shall consist of 7
members: the director of the division of the budget or such director's
designee as chair; the comptroller or such comptroller's designee; the
executive director of the New York State Conference of Mayors or such
director's designee; the executive director of the New York State Asso-
ciation of Counties or such director's designee; the executive director
of the New York State Association of Towns or such director's designee;
one member appointed by the temporary president of the senate; and one
member appointed by the speaker of the assembly. The task force shall
report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary
president of the senate no later than one year after the effective date
of this act. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for muni-
cipalities formula and allocations;
(b) An analysis of available alternatives to the current aid and
incentives for municipalities formula and allocations, including models
from other states; provided however, that such alternatives shall
include the allocation of funds to any municipality which is not
currently receiving aid and incentives for municipalities funding;
(c) Recommendations concerning such alternatives to the formula used
to determine future aid and incentives to municipalities funding allo-
cations; provided however, that such recommendations shall include the
allocation of funds to any municipality which is not currently receiving
aid and incentives for municipalities funding; and
(d) Any other information the task force deems necessary or relevant.
2. All appointments to the task force shall be made no later than
sixty days after the effective date of this act. Any vacancy shall be
filled by the appointing authority. The task force shall meet as
frequently as it deems necessary prior to issuing its findings and
recommendations. The members of the task force shall serve without
compensation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and
actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this
section. The department of taxation and finance and the division of the
budget shall provide the task force with such data as the task force may
request to carry out its powers and duties. To the extent practicable,
such data shall be provided in a format in accordance with the standards
outlined in the New York State Open Data Handbook pursuant to executive
order 95 of the laws of 2013. The task force may consult with any public
or private entity it deems necessary in order to assist the task force
with information gathering, analysis, and formulating its conclusions
and recommendations.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed December 31, 2026.
PART QQQ
Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph p of subdivision 10 of
section 54 of the state finance law, as amended by section 1 of part CC
of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(ii) Within the annual amounts appropriated therefor, surviving muni-
cipalities following a consolidation or dissolution occurring on or
after the state fiscal year commencing April first, two thousand seven,
and any new coterminous town-village established after July first, two
thousand twelve that operates principally as a town or as a village but
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not as both a town and a village, shall be awarded additional annual
aid, starting in the state fiscal year following the state fiscal year
in which such reorganization took effect, equal to [fifteen] THIRTY
percent of the combined amount of real property taxes levied by all of
the municipalities participating in the reorganization in the local
fiscal year prior to the local fiscal year in which such reorganization
took effect. In instances of the dissolution of a village located in
more than one town, such additional aid shall equal the sum of [fifteen]
THIRTY percent of the real property taxes levied by such village in the
village fiscal year prior to the village fiscal year in which such
dissolution took effect plus [fifteen] THIRTY percent of the average
amount of real property taxes levied by the towns in which the village
was located in the town fiscal year prior to the town fiscal year in
which such dissolution took effect, and shall be divided among such
towns based on the percentage of such village's population that resided
in each such town as of the most recent federal decennial census. In no
case shall the additional annual aid pursuant to this paragraph exceed
[one] THREE million dollars. For villages in which a majority of the
electors voting at a referendum on a proposed dissolution pursuant to
section seven hundred eighty of the general municipal law vote in favor
of dissolution after December thirty-first, two thousand seventeen, in
no case shall the additional annual aid pursuant to this paragraph
exceed the lesser of [one] THREE million dollars or the amount of real
property taxes levied by such village in the village fiscal year prior
to the village fiscal year in which such dissolution took effect. Such
additional annual aid shall be apportioned and paid to the chief fiscal
officer of each eligible municipality on or before September twenty-
fifth of each such state fiscal year on audit and warrant of the state
comptroller out of moneys appropriated by the legislature for such
purpose to the credit of the local assistance fund.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to tax
years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
PART RRR
Section 1. Section 854 of the general municipal law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
(22) "LABOR ORGANIZATION"--SHALL MEAN ANY ORGANIZATION WHICH EXISTS
AND IS CONSTITUTED FOR THE PURPOSE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING, OR OF DEALING WITH EMPLOYERS CONCERNING GRIEVANCES, TERMS OR
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, OR OF OTHER MUTUAL AID OR PROTECTION AND WHICH
IS NOT A COMPANY UNION.
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 856 of the general municipal law, as
amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
follows:
2. (A) An agency shall be a corporate governmental agency, constitut-
ing a public benefit corporation. Except as otherwise provided by
special act of the legislature, an agency shall consist of not less than
three nor more than seven members who shall be appointed by the govern-
ing body of each municipality and who shall serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authority. IF THE INITIAL ADDITION OF THE MANDATORY MEMBERS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WOULD INCREASE
THE AGENCY SIZE TO ABOVE THE MAXIMUM SEVEN-MEMBER LIMIT, THE AGENCY MAY
TEMPORARILY INCREASE ITS SIZE TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITION OF SUCH MANDATO-
RY MEMBERS. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH AGENCY SIZE SHALL DECREASE TO
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SEVEN OR FEWER MEMBERS AS THE SEATS OF NON-MANDATORY MEMBERS ARE
VACATED.
(B) Such members may include representatives of local government
[school] and business, AND SHALL AT LEAST INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A
LOCAL LABOR ORGANIZATION AND EITHER A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR
A REPRESENTATIVE OF A SCHOOL BOARD. A member shall continue to hold
office until [his] THEIR successor is appointed and has qualified. The
governing body of each municipality shall designate the first [chairman]
CHAIRPERSON and file with the secretary of state a certificate of
appointment or reappointment of any member. Such members shall receive
no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to the neces-
sary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge
of their duties.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
PART SSS
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oak
Orchard wastewater project act".
§ 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
1. "Oak Orchard wastewater project" or "project" shall mean, in
conformity with the requirements of this act, any and all phases of
planning, development, financing, design, construction, expansion,
improvements, repairs which are undertaken in whole or in part by the
county for the wastewater treatment plant known as the "Oak Orchard
wastewater treatment plant" located at 4300 Oak Orchard Road in the Town
of Clay, Onondaga county, SBL No. 031.-01-03.0, including any other
necessary improvements or expansions to the county wastewater treatment
and collection system within five miles of the perimeter of the plant.
2. "Oak Orchard wastewater treatment plant" shall mean the parcel more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the division line between said lands conveyed
to Joseph V. Jankowski by the first above mentioned deed on the west and
lands conveyed by Scott Sitterly and Lena E. Sitterly to Green Island
Contracting Corporation in Parcel No. 1 of feed dated April 24, 1970 and
recorded in Onondaga County Clerk's Office on April 24, 1970 in Book of
Deeds 2426 at Page 210, on the east, said point also being 400 distant
southerly, measured along the division line from its intersection with
the division line between lands conveyed to Joseph V. Jankowski in the
first above mentioned deed, on the south, and said lands conveyed to
Green Island Contracting Corporation in Parcel No. 2 of the aforemen-
tioned deed, on the north; running thence S 3°03'04" E along said divi-
sion line and its southerly prolongation, a distance of 2587.66 feet to
a point on the easterly prolongation of the southerly boundary of lands
conveyed by Effie J. Bush to Scott Sitterly and Lena E. Sitterly by deed
dated March 1, 1994 and recorded in Onondaga County Clerk's Office on
March 2, 1944, in Book of Deeds 1089 at Page 35; thence S 86°.4'06" W, a
distance of 1141.86 feet to the southeast corner of said lands conveyed
to Scott Sitterly and Lena E. Sitterly in the last mentioned deed;
thence N 4°04'05" W along the easterly boundary of said lands conveyed
to Scott Sitterly and Lena E. Sitterly, a distance of 663.82 feet to the
northeast corner thereof; thence S86°28'55" W along the northerly bound-
ary of said lands conveyed by Effie J. Bush to Scott Sitterly and Lena
E. Sitterly, a distance of about 119 feet to the centerline of "Mud
S. 3005--B 186
Creek"; thence northerly along the centerline of Mud Creek", as it winds
and turns, a distance of about 1965 feet to its intersection with the
southwest prolongation of the southeasterly boundary of lands conveyed
by Owen P. Honors to Charles F. Honors and Marion F. Honors by deed
dated April 8, 1972 and recorded in Onondaga County Clerk's Office on
June 30, 1972 in Book of Deeds 2478 at Page 719; thence N 41°08'58" E
along said prolongation and along the southeasterly boundary of said
lands conveyed to Charles F. Honors and Marion F. Honors, a distance of
about 595 feet to a point, said point being S 41°08'58" W, a distance of
238.94 feet as measured along the southeasterly boundary from an iron
pipe monument marking the most easterly corner of said lands conveyed to
Charles F. Honors and Marion F. Honors; thence N 86°28'55" E, parallel
to the southerly boundary of Farm Lot No. 16, a distance of 1328.39 feet
to a point of beginning. Containing 74.41 acres of land more or less.
Subject to a Flowage Easement granted by William Lepinski and Dora
Lepinske to the State of New York dated January 2, 1917 and recorded in
Onondaga County Clerk's Office on January 27, 1917 in Book of Deed 455
at Page 176.
3. "County" shall mean the county of Onondaga.
4. "Best value" shall mean the basis for awarding contracts for
services to the proposer that optimize quality, cost and efficiency,
price and performance criteria, which may include, but is not limited
to:
(a) The quality of the contractor's performance on previous projects;
(b) The timeliness of the contractor's performance on previous
projects;
(c) The level of customer satisfaction with the contractor's perform-
ance on previous projects;
(d) The contractor's record of performing previous projects on budget
and ability to minimize cost overruns;
(e) The contractor's ability to limit change orders;
(f) The contractor's ability to prepare appropriate project plans;
(g) The contractor's technical capacities;
(h) The individual qualifications of the contractor's key personnel;
(i) The contractor's ability to assess and manage risk and minimize
risk impact; and
(j) The contractor's past record of encouraging women and minority
owned business enterprise participation and compliance with article 15-A
of the executive law.
Such basis shall reflect, wherever possible, objective and quantifiable
analysis.
5. "Design-build contract" shall mean, in conformity with the require-
ments of this act a contract for the design and construction of the Oak
Orchard wastewater project with a single entity, which may be a team
comprised of separate entities.
6. "Procurement record" shall mean documentation of the decisions made
and the approach taken in the procurement process.
7. "Project labor agreement" shall mean a pre-hire collective bargain-
ing agreement between a contractor and a bona fide building and
construction trade labor organization establishing the labor organiza-
tion as the collective bargaining representative for all persons who
will perform work on a project, and which provides that only contractors
and subcontractors who sign a pre-negotiated agreement with the labor
organization can perform project work.
§ 3. Notwithstanding section 103 of the general municipal law or the
provisions of any other law to the contrary, in conformity with the
S. 3005--B 187
requirements of this act, and only when a project labor agreement is
performed, the county may utilize the alternative delivery method
referred to as a design-build contract for a project. The county shall
ensure that its procurement record reflects the design-build contract
process authorized by this act.
§ 4. An entity selected by the county to enter into a design-build
contract for a project shall be selected on the basis of which proposal
provides the best value to the county, as follows:
1. The county shall issue a request for proposals for a project. The
request for proposals for a project shall set forth the project's scope
of work, qualifications and experience required, minimum business terms,
technical requirements as well as other requirements, as determined by
the county. The request for proposals shall specify the criteria to be
used to evaluate the responses and the relative weight of each such
criteria. Such criteria shall include the proposal's cost, the quality
of the proposal's solution, the qualifications and experience of the
design-build entity, adherence to minimum business terms, technical
approach and other factors deemed pertinent by the county, which may
include, but shall not be limited to, the proposal's project implementa-
tion, ability to complete the work in a timely and satisfactory manner,
operation and maintenance costs of the completed project, maintenance of
traffic approach, and community impact. Any contract awarded pursuant to
this act shall be awarded to a responsive and responsible entity that
submits the proposal, which, in consideration of these and other speci-
fied criteria deemed pertinent to the project, offers the best value to
the county, as determined by the county. Nothing in this act shall be
construed to prohibit the county from negotiating final contract terms
and conditions including cost. As used herein, qualifications and expe-
rience shall include the qualifications and experience of the design and
construction team, organization, demonstrated responsibility, ability of
the team or of a member or members of the team to comply with applicable
requirements, including the provisions of articles 145, 147 and 148 of
the education law, past record of compliance with the labor law includ-
ing prevailing wage requirements under state and federal law; the past
record of compliance with existing labor standards and maintaining
harmonious labor relations; the record of protecting the health and
safety of workers on public works projects and job sites as demonstrated
by the experience modification rate for each of the last three years;
the prospective proposer's ability to undertake the particular type and
complexity of work; the financial capability, responsibility and reli-
ability of the prospective proposer for such type and complexity of
work; the prospective proposer's compliance with equal employment oppor-
tunity requirements and anti-discrimination laws, and demonstrated
commitment to working with minority and women-owned businesses through
joint ventures or subcontractor relationships; whether or not the
prospective proposer or a person or entity with an interest of at least
ten per centum in the prospective proposer, is debarred for having
disregarded obligations to employees under the Davis-Bacon Act pursuant
to 40 U.S.C. 3144 and 29 C.F.R. 5.12 and such other qualifications the
county deems appropriate which may include but are not limited to
project understanding, financial capability and record of past perform-
ance. To the extent consistent with applicable federal law, the county
shall consider, when awarding any contract pursuant to this section, the
participation of: (a) firms certified pursuant to article 15-A of the
executive law as minority or women-owned businesses and the ability of
other businesses under consideration to work with minority and women-
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owned businesses so as to promote and assist participation by such busi-
nesses; and (b) small business concerns identified pursuant to subdivi-
sion (b) of section 139-g of the state finance law.
2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, when any
person or entity is debarred for having disregarded obligations to
employees under the Davis-Bacon Act pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 3144 and 29
C.F.R. 5.12, such person or entity, and any firm, corporation, partner-
ship or association in which the person or entity owns or controls at
least ten per centum, shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be
awarded any contract authorized by this act while the name of the person
or entity is published in the list of debarred contractors pursuant to
40 U.S.C. 3144. The department of labor will notify the person or entity
immediately of such ineligibility and such person or entity must be
afforded the opportunity to appeal to the department of labor.
§ 5. Any contract entered into pursuant to this act shall include a
clause requiring that any professional services regulated by articles
145, 147 and 148 of the education law shall be performed and stamped and
sealed, where appropriate, by a professional licensed in accordance with
such articles.
§ 6. The construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, reha-
bilitation, repair, renovation of a project undertaken by the county
pursuant to this act shall be deemed a "public work" to be performed in
accordance with the provisions of article 8 of the labor law, as well as
subject to sections 200, 240, 241 and 242 of the labor law and enforce-
ment of prevailing wage requirements by the New York state department of
labor.
§ 7. A project labor agreement shall be included in the request for
proposals for a project, provided that, based upon a study done by or
for the county, the county determines that its interest in obtaining the
best work at the lowest possible price, preventing favoritism, fraud and
corruption, and other considerations such as the impact of delay, the
possibility of cost savings advantages, and any local history of labor
unrest, are best met by requiring a project labor agreement. The county
shall conduct such a study and the project labor agreement shall be
performed consistent with the provisions of section 222 of the labor
law. If a project labor agreement is not performed on the project: (1)
the county shall not utilize a design-build contract for the project;
and (2) sections 101 and 103 of the general municipal law shall apply to
the project.
§ 8. Each contract entered into by the county pursuant to this act
shall comply, whenever practical, with the objectives and goals of
minority and women-owned business enterprises pursuant to article 15-A
of the executive law or, if a project receives federal aid, shall comply
with applicable federal requirements for disadvantaged business enter-
prises.
§ 9. A project undertaken by the county pursuant to this act shall be
subject to the requirements of article 8 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, and, where applicable, the requirements of the national envi-
ronmental policy act.
§ 10. If otherwise applicable, a project undertaken by the county
pursuant to this act shall be governed by the general municipal law.
§ 11. The submission of a proposal or responses or the execution of a
design-build contract pursuant to this act shall not be construed to be
a violation of section 6512 of the education law.
§ 12. Nothing contained in this act shall limit the right or obli-
gation of the county to comply with the provisions of any existing
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contract, including any existing contract with or for the benefit of the
holders of the obligations of the county, or to award contracts as
otherwise provided by law.
§ 13. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed ten years after such date, provided that if Onondaga
county has issued requests for proposals for a project prior to such
repeal, such project shall be permitted to continue under this act
notwithstanding such repeal.
PART TTT
Section 1. Section 532 of the real property tax law is amended by
adding two new subdivisions (m) and (n) to read as follows:
(M) ALL STATE LANDS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SOJOURNER
TRUTH STATE PARK IN THE COUNTY OF ULSTER, EXCLUSIVE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON.
(N) ALL STATE LANDS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FRANNY REESE
STATE PARK IN THE COUNTY OF ULSTER, EXCLUSIVE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE-
ON.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on
and after the date on which this act shall have become a law.
PART UUU
Section 1. Section 4 of part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022,
amending the general municipal law and the town law relating to author-
izing fees and charges for emergency medical services, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply to health care claims submitted on or
after such date[; provided, however, that this act shall expire and be
deemed repealed four years after it shall have become a law].
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART VVV
Section 1. Section 862 of the general municipal law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
(3) NO FUNDS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR SUBSIDIES OF THE AGENCY SHALL BE
USED IN RESPECT OF ANY PROJECT WHERE FACILITIES OR PROPERTY ARE USED
PRIMARILY FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (E-COMMERCE) STORAGE AND TRANSFERS, OR
THE FACILITATION THEREOF.
§ 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 1953 of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, such
financial assistance may, however, be provided to a project where facil-
ities or property that are primarily used in making retail sales of
goods or services to customers who personally visit such facilities to
obtain such goods or services constitute more than one-third of the
total project cost, where: (i) the predominant purpose of the project
would be to make available goods or services which would not, but for
the project, be reasonably accessible to the residents of the city of
Troy because of a lack of reasonably accessible retail trade facilities
offering such goods or services; or (ii) the project is located in a
S. 3005--B 190
highly distressed area. With respect to projects authorized pursuant to
this paragraph no project shall be approved unless the authority shall
find after the public hearing required by section twenty-three hundred
seven of this chapter that undertaking the project will serve the public
purposes of this article by preserving permanent, private sector jobs or
increasing the overall number of permanent, private sector jobs in the
state. Where the authority makes such a finding, prior to providing
financial assistance to the project by the authority, the chief execu-
tive officer of the city of Troy shall confirm the proposed action of
the authority. NO FUNDS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR SUBSIDIES OF THE
AUTHORITY SHALL BE USED IN RESPECT OF ANY PROJECT WHERE FACILITIES OR
PROPERTY ARE USED PRIMARILY FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (E-COMMERCE) STORAGE
AND TRANSFERS, OR THE FACILITATION THEREOF. To carry out said purposes,
the authority shall have power:
§ 3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 2306 of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 304 of the laws of 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, such
financial assistance may, however, be provided to a project where facil-
ities or property that are primarily used in making retail sales of
goods or services to customers who personally visit such facilities to
obtain such goods or services constitute more than one-third of the
total project cost, where: (i) the predominant purpose of the project
would be to make available goods or services which would not, but for
the project, be reasonably accessible to the residents of the city of
Auburn because of a lack of reasonably accessible retail trade facili-
ties offering such goods or services; or (ii) the project is located in
a highly distressed area. With respect to projects authorized pursuant
to this paragraph no project shall be approved unless the authority
shall find after the public hearing required by section twenty-three
hundred seven of this title that undertaking the project will serve the
public purposes of this article by preserving permanent, private sector
jobs or increasing the overall number of permanent, private sector jobs
in the state. Where the authority makes such a finding, prior to provid-
ing financial assistance to the project by the authority, the chief
executive officer of the city of Auburn shall confirm the proposed
action of the authority. NO FUNDS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR SUBSIDIES OF
THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE USED IN RESPECT OF ANY PROJECT WHERE FACILITIES
OR PROPERTY ARE USED PRIMARILY FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (E-COMMERCE)
STORAGE AND TRANSFERS, OR THE FACILITATION THEREOF. To carry out said
purpose, the authority shall have power:
§ 4. 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 VVV of this act shall
be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.
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