Votes in the NYS Senate for June 18, 2019

The bills listed below were voted on in the New York State Senate.  The legislation is listed by bill number and includes a short description, followed by Senator Gallivan's vote.

S2827  The bill amends the alcoholic beverage control law (ABCL) by adding two new sections 59-B and 59-c which conform to and contain the same conditions and restrictions as the existing provisions for direct wine shipment in ABCL § 79-c and -d. These new sections allow for both intrastate shipment and interstate shipment to New York by cideries located in states that afford the same treatment to New York cideries.
AYE

S3344B  Authorizes the professional certification of doulas; only those certified may provide doula services defined as continuous emotional and physical support provided by a certified doula throughout labor and birth, and intermittently during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
AYE

S3215A  Provides for increased fines for overnight parking of tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers on residential streets in the city of New York.
AYE

S4866  Requires the board of elections to provide email notifications to voters whenever they change the location of a polling place.
NAY  (Duplicative. Notice already given. Mandated.)

S1960  Authorizes the county of Washington to impose an additional 25 cents per $100 of debt, mortgage recording tax; revenue therefrom shall be used for community college purposes.
AYE

S4008C  Adds a new section 817 to education law to establish peerselected student governments either in high schools or district-wide where there currently are none.
AYE

S4930A  Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium.
NAY (Selective nature of application to chain restaurants only.)

S4766  This bill would amend section 862 of the general municipal law, to prohibit the provision of financial assistance from an industrial development agency, to an economic development project, unless it can be proven that such project will have a "regionally significant" economic impact.
NAY  (This bill will severely restrict the ability of IDAs to provide financial support.)

S3229A  To create the penalty of aggravated sexual contact in the first degree as a class D felony and to include public lewdness while a passenger on public transportation as a class A misdemeanor and provide for elevated sentencing levels as the result of conviction for a designated crime. To further allow for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to suspend or revoke the privilege to utilize the public transportation and facilities of the Authority following conviction of a designated crime under aggravated circumstance(s).
AYE

S97B  This bill would prohibit statewide elected officials, state officers or employees, members of the Legislature, legislative employees and a political party chairman who owns 10% or more of a corporation, limited liability corporation, partnership or firm from receiving or sharingcompensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for a state or local authority as defined in the Public Authorities Law. The principal source of this type of compensation is from legal and consulting work done for IDAs.
AYE

S5090A  Provides that an eligible employee may take two weeks of paid leave through the paid family leave program and an additional two weeks of unpaid leave during any 52 week calendar period as a result of being a victim of domestic or sexual abuse.
NAY  (Excessive cost to employer. Many employee leave options already available.)

S5481B  Creates a 15 member Belmont racetrack advisory board. Of these members five are designees of Nassau County of which four must be residents of Elmont, two members from the town of Hempstead where both must be Elmont residents, three designees by NYRA, one member by South Floral Park, two by Queens Community Board 13, and two designees of the village of Floral Park, Section 2 is the effective date.
AYE

S4080C  Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators and other automated people moving devices and creates the New York state elevator safety and standards board and the elevator and related conveyances safety program account, in cities with a population of less than one million (Part A); relates to the licensing of approved elevator agency directors, inspectors, and technicians performing elevator work in the city of New York (Part B).
AYE

S5516B  OCA DEPARTMENTAL - Relates to the determination of capacity to stand trial in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court.
AYE

S4202  Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife.
NAY 

S5395  This bill acknowledges existing authority of licensed podiatrists to diagnose and treat conditions affecting the skin of the foot and to extend that authority to conditions affecting the skin of the ankle, as well, consistent with recently enacted authority to diagnose and treat conditions of the ankle.
AYE

S5782A  Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers; permits the commission of public service to designate any commercial mobile radio service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing lifeline service.
AYE

S3223  This adds minority and women owned business as category that the superintendent of DFS shall take into account when deciding if banking institutions are meeting the credit needs of the community.
NAY  (Unfair application as it applies only to banks and not credit unions.)

S5188  Prohibits the making of any change, alteration or modification to any entrance to or exit from an open polling place unless such change, alteration or modification is necessary to maintain public safety due to the occurrence of an emergency, and requires the posting of signage in relation to such change, alteration or modification.
AYE

S5786  Establishes a task force to explore the effects of cyber-bullying in New York state and potential measures to address such effects.
AYE

S5078  This bill would add an appearance ticket issued for a traffic infraction related to parkingto the definition of an accusatory instrument.
AYE

S5285A  Amends subdivision 5 of section 242 of the Military Law to provide additional leave to public officers or employees not employed by the State of New York with military combat experience so that they may obtain health related services related to duty in a combat theater or combat zone of operations without loss of pay.
AYE

S6084  To allow engineering companies to receive certificates of authority to practice geology.
AYE

S4580B  The purpose of this bill is to amend the vehicle and traffic law to update requirements related to the registration, operation and insurance of autocycles, three-wheeled motor vehicles that are widely available in New York State.
AYE

S5671A  Describes the role of the ignition interlock monitor as well as requirements of people charged with violations that require the installation of an ignition interlock device to comply with court orders.
AYE

S6190B  Requires that prior to the issuance of taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire vehicle driver or owner licenses for vehicles transporting nine or more passengers, the applicant shall be fingerprinted by the authority authorized to issue such licenses for the purpose of securing criminal history records from both the state division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation.
AYE

S2761  Provides a fine of one thousand dollars for a person responsible for a trailer or semitrailer parked or left unattended in a city with a population of one million or more; makes certain exceptions.
AYE

S5739A  Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment, and fuel cells.
AYE

S183B  Requires the conducting of public hearings and reports thereon prior to the permanent closure of a park or historic site owned, held or administered by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation.
AYE

S1925B  Removes caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes and traffic lights in the city of New York, increases penalties and creates a graduated schedule of fines for repeat offenders, and directs that fines be deposited in the general transportation account of the New York city transportation assistance fund; extends the effectiveness of part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing a bus rapid transit demonstration program to restrict the use of bus lanes by means of bus lane photo devices.
AYE

S3645A  Relates to the rehabilitation of historic properties tax credit; provides that small projects of five million dollars or less are entitled to 110% of the amount of credit allowed the taxpayer under the internal revenue code; and provides that a taxpayer is permitted to transfer such credit one time.
AYE

S5815C  Relates to regulatory penalties for small businesses; provides that upon an initial violation of a state agency's rules or regulations, a small business shall be afforded a cure period or other opportunity for ameliorative action, which if successful shall prevent the imposition of a fine or fines.
AYE

S6429A  Authorizes the Yeshiva Shaar Ephraim of Monsey, Inc. to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption.
AYE

S64  Authorizes certain military personnel who are scheduled to be deployed within thirty days to get married within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license.
AYE

S215B  Requires the division of human rights to develop an anti-bias and inclusion training; requires certain public employees and private contractors to complete such training bi-annually.
AYE

S355  The bill would amend section 40 of Navigation Law to require all vessels which have a propeller and are used to instruct children under the age of eighteen to have propeller guards installed.
AYE

S398  This bill authorizes distinctive plates to be issued for members of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club. Members are described in the bill as any "person who is a resident of this state, who is an active or retired uniformed member of the New York city fire department and who holds an active membership in the New York city fire riders motorcycle club.
AYE

S1534  Provides additional aid to school districts with high numbers of cemeteries
AYE

S1720  Amends the labor law to include public schools within the group of public employers required to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.
AYE

S1751  Creates a residential condominium owner's bill of rights that includes the right to transparency, the right to timely decisions, voting rights, the right to notice, and the right against extraordinary expenses.
AYE

S1833  Requires boards of elections and bipartisan committees to hand count ballots during recanvass of any ballots cast in election for a position where the difference between the candidates is 10 or less votes, or .5% of the ballots cast for such position, whichever shall be greater.
NAY  (Hand counting ballots is the least accurate way to count ballots, that's why the BOE limits the handcount to only when the voting system has failed the post election audit.)

S2207  Creates a middle income home ownership subsidy program to assist persons with an income below the current median income for the city of New York with the purchase of a residence in an urban area.
AYE

S2397  Directs the New York state department of financial services and the New York state department of state's consumer protection division to conduct a study on consumer awareness and financial education in New York state and to make recommendations for a consumer awareness and financial education program.
AYE

S2482A  Establishes a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.
AYE

S2493  Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other charge; defines senior citizens as persons 62 years of age or older.
AYE

S2552  This bill would amend section 1805 of the real property tax law to modify the phased in changes to assessed value of condominiums and cooperatives, from the present five year phase-in period to a 12 year phase-in period.
AYE

S2612  This bill would amend Section 532 of the Real Property Tax Law, to authorize the taxation of all lands owned by the state for a public use in the county of Westchester.
AYE

S2622  Authorizes the city of Troy to impose hotel and motel taxes; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
AYE

S2708A  This bill creates a personal income tax credit for the costs associated with the removal of a tree infested with the emerald ash borer, or the costs associated with injection of an insecticide into a tree infested with the emerald ash borer.
AYE

S3318  The bill would amend various sections of law related to rent stabilized and controlled apartments to prohibit surcharges related to the installation and use of air conditioner units if the tenant pays the electric utility service.
NAY  (Additional rent control.)

S3319  Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service.
NAY (Additional rent control.)

S3352  Exempts breast pump replacement parts and certain supplies from sales and compensating use taxes.
AYE

S3435A  Establishes a commission to be known as the "New York seawall study commission" which will study the feasibility, costs, impacts, and best locations for construction of a seawall or sea gate being created to protect the city of New York from sea level rise and storm surge along the entire coastline.
AYE

S3698A  Requires potable water testing at schools and state and local parks at least once every three years and any finding of lead contamination must be abated within ninety days.
AYE

S3816  Authorizes the town of Mount Pleasant to adopt a local law to impose a 3 percent hotel/motel occupancy tax for hotels not located in a village.
AYE

S3951  Establishes the civic education fund for community-based organizations, non-profits and other non-traditional organizations to implement civics education projects.
AYE

S3960  This bill would require Medicaid managed care plans, managed long term care plans, and plans under Child Health Plus to implement required changes in rates, coverage or payments for behavioral health providers on the same date as the change takes effect for Medicaid non-managed care, or make payments retroactively back to that date.
NAY (This Bill would require plans to make payments to behavioral health providers with no guaranteeif or when plans would receive premium to cover such payments, resulting in rates being no longeractuarially sound.)

S3972  This bill would add a new section 561 to real property tax law to provide that notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any payment in lieu of taxes agreement entered into on or after the effective date of act, when the assessment of a property making payments in lieu of taxes is challenged through the grievance process, any reduction in payments in lieu of taxes made to a school district resulting from such challenge shall not take effect until the following taxable status year.
NAY  (This is an unprecedented withholding of a taxpayer's money after they have proven in a legalproceeding that they were being over assessed and overcharged in property taxes.)

S4045A  This bill would amend section 679-E of the Education Law to allow attorneys employed by municipalities to apply for student loan assistance if the agency that employs them provides social or protective service toindigent adults and children or police services.
AYE

S4066  This bill permits health insurance carriers and HMOs to offer premium discounts or other benefits for participation in wellness programs approved by DFS.
AYE

S4074  Relates to the maximum age at which a homeless youth can continue to receive shelter services; raises the age from twenty-one to twenty-four.
NAY  (Transitional independent living programs currently house youth 16 years of age and older. Housing a 24 year old with younger youth is problematic.)

S4112  Authorizes the village of Airmont building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers to live in the county of Rockland or an adjoining county.
AYE

S4419  Authorizes the county of Chenango to establish hotel and motel taxes of up to four percent.
AYE

S4654  Relates to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%.
AYE

S4717A  Allows for the establishment of an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis of up to three percent.
AYE

S5139  Permits special proceedings against certain designated state officials to be commenced in a supreme court in the judicial district of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business; provides that a proceeding against the public service commission shall only be commenced in the supreme court, Albany county.
AYE

S5146  This bill would create a new article 191 of the penal law related to identity theft, creatingthe new crimes of Petit Identity Theft (class A misdemeanor), Identity Theft in the Fourth Degree(class E felony), Identity Theft in the Third Degree (class D felony), Identity Theft in the Second Degree (class C felony), Identity Theft in the First Degree (class B felony). The bill also makes technical changes to Unlawful Possession of Personal Identification Information in the First, Second and Third Degrees by changing personal "identification" information to personal "identifying" information to conform with other provisions in the law, and including Social Security numbers in the definition.
AYE

S5151  Prohibits the sale of whipped cream chargers to persons under the age of twenty-one.
AYE

S5328A  This bill would prevent a health plan from denying payment for additional or related services or procedures due to lack of pre-authorization where the health care provider, while providing a service or procedure determines that providing an additional service to address a co-morbid condition is immediately necessary, and not medically advisable to interrupt care to the patient in order to obtain pre-authorization, where a service or procedure is a covered benefit;
AYE

S5344  Imposes an occupancy tax in the city of Cortland to be used for tourism development and promotion.
AYE

S5451  Increases hotel and motel taxes in the county of Essex from three to five percent.
AYE

S5453  Authorizes the town of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, to impose a hotel and motel tax.
AYE

S5586  Authorizes Bais Trany of Monsey, Inc. to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption.
AYE

S5672  Authorizes the county of Madison to impose an additional mortgage recording tax of twenty-five cents per one hundred dollars of debt.
AYE

S5721A  This bill would amend section 899-aa of the general business law to provide that where a security breach from a person or business other than a consumer credit reporting agency includes a social security number, and that person or business is required to provide notice, that person or business shall offer each resident of this state whose social security number was disclosed in the breach of security or is reasonably believed to have been disclosed in the breach of security, reasonable credit report monitoring, identity theft prevention services and, if applicable, identity theft mitigation services at no cost to said resident for a period of not less than 24 months.
NAY  (Too broad. Does not differentiate between large corporations and small businesses in relation to the assessment of such free services.)

S5761  Increases from 4% to 5%, the authorized rate of taxation for the hotel and motel tax in the county of Schenectady.
AYE

S5946B  Establishes the Syracuse city school district regional STEAM high school to provide instruction to students in the Onondaga, Cortland and Madison county BOCES and the central New York region in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).
AYE

S6042A  Authorizes an increase in the tuition of out-of-state residents for SUNY environmental science and forestry.
AYE

S6232  Authorizes the county of Onondaga to impose a tax of three dollars per thousand dollars on real estate transfers.
AYE

S6254  Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fremont as the "Specialist Allan Milk Memorial Bridge".
AYE

S6257A  This bill would authorizes the comptroller of the town of Mount Pleasant to refund fees, fines, penalties and interest to certain real property taxpayers due to an error of the post office to deliver mail at the time in question in such community.
AYE

S6270  This bill would extend the ability of a vendor track located within Oneida County and within 15 miles of a Tribal casino to use up to 4% of the facility's revenue currently earmarked for capital awards, and up to 75% of the 10% of revenue retained by the New York State Gaming Commission for administration, for operating purposes.
AYE

S6304  This bill would amend S.4940-B which enacted an additional one percent sales tax for the county of Westchester. This bill will push back the implementation date from June 1 to August 1, 2019. Additionally this bill would repeal the extension of Westchester County's spending cap and sales tax distribution.
AYE

S6337A  This bill would extend for two years and expand the pilot program allowing an individual that is an emergency medical technician (EMT), Advanced EMT, EMT-Critical Care, or Paramedic to renew their certification without taking a traditional recertification course and the state examinations. Additionally, includes certified first responders in the program.
AYE

S6347  OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill clarifies that cases that result in a conviction only for a petty offense (traffic infraction or violation offense) fall within the meaning of that statute regardless of the original arrest charge.
AYE

S6362  Relates to the hotel or motel tax in the county of Oneida; amends the rate of tax and the purposes for which funds collected therefrom can be used.
AYE

S6375  Authorizes Livingston county to enact a local law imposing a mortgage recording tax.
AYE

S6424A  This bill would amend section 20-f of the general city law, section 261-a of the town law, and section 7-701 of the village law to include lands at risk from sea level rise, storm surge or flooding in the authorization to be designated as a sending district for purposes of the transfer of development rights.
AYE

S6427A  Relates to the standards of proof for unfounded and indicated reports of abuse or maltreatment and the admissibility of reports of child abuse and maltreatment and requires a fair preponderance of evidence of the alleged report; relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment; makes related provisions.
AYE

S6465  Authorizes the city of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery, to finance a certain deficit by the issuance of bonds.
AYE

S6470  This bill makes minor technical corrections to S.4901/A.3425 to fix spelling errors and it will take effect at the same time as the aforementioned bills. The bills have passed both houses.
AYE

S6522  This bill would exempt from personal income taxes all the capital gains realized on a sale of stock or interest in a company if the sale of such company was made to an employee owned enterprise.
AYE

S20  Requires the public service commission to retain an independent auditor to conduct audits of private water utility companies prior to and after rate changes are approved by the public service commission.
NAY  (Overreach. Costly.)

S184  Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
AYE

S301A  Amends the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program to expand current school-based programs and marketing initiatives aimed at reducing tobacco use, to include electronic cigarette and liquid nicotine use.
AYE

S644A  Validates certain acts of the Islip Union Free school district with regard to certain capital improvement projects including project numbers 0003-12, 0011-007, 0011-008, 0003-013, 0007-009, 0007-010, 0007-012 and 0011-009.
AYE

S1557  Creates a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in New York city.
AYE

S1803A  This legislation would modify Articles 46 and 46A of the Public Health law to eliminate various barriers to the development, expansion, and efficient operation of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), while preserving vitally important resident protections.
AYE

S2062  Establishes the commission on New York state history and provides for its powers and duties.
AYE

S2279A  This bill amends PHL section 2805-i regarding hospital treatment of sexual offense victims to require a full regimen of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to sexual assault victims, and requires the hospital to provide the patient with information that payment for the services, including follow-up care, may be provided by the State Office of Victims Services.
NAY  (This bill would result in disparate treatment of victims of sexual assault by requiring HIV PEP treatment to be reimbursed by OVS without having to submit a crime victim’s compensation application. Should follow established procedures.)

S3020  Establishes military courtesy centers in airports in law and requires a center be located in each airport in the state upon new construction or renovation to serve the rest and recreational needs of traveling active service members and veterans.
AYE

S3133  Amends section 6-134 of the election law to provide that a court may receive sworn testimony from a signer of a designating petition as to the authenticity of his or her own signature.
NAY  (Not necessary. Undermines signature requirement.)

S3254  Allows cemetery corporations to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative or friend of the deceased within one hundred twenty days after cremation.
AYE

S3571  Requires the department of environmental conservation and the department of health to establish certain standards related to the cleaning of playground equipment after pesticide exposure.
NAY  (Overkill. Mandate.)

S3735B  Authorizes the East Northport Fire District to apply for retroactive real property tax exempt status.
AYE

S3907  To provide that there will be no sales tax, on goods or services that are less than $110 for a period. of six months from the first day construction has commenced within a certain portion of the Second Avenue Subway construction to assist the "Shop Second Avenue" campaign currently underway in bringing consumers in the doors of these beleaguered businesses that are likely to continue shopping there after the sales tax is reinstated.
NAY  (Unfair to all other areas.)

S4031B  Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York.
AYE

S4048A  Amends subdivision 5-a of section 340-b of the highway law to increase the rate used by the state when reimbursing municipalities for maintenance of the state and highway system within city borders. The rate would be raised to one dollar and eighty-seven cents from eighty-five cents per square yard of the pavement area that is included in the state highway system. The rate would also be raised from ten cents to twenty cents per square yard of such pavement area where such pavement area is located on any elevated bridge.
AYE

S4106  Authorizes Joseph DelGiorno's eligibility to apply for a military service credit for his service in the Korean conflict.
AYE

S4135A  Authorizes the city of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, to offer police officer Samuel Kenan Jr. an optional 20 year retirement plan.
AYE

S4389B  Prohibits household cleansing products, cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane (a colorless liquid with a faint sweet odor similar to that of diethyl ether).
AYE

S4392  Authorizes Broome county to impose an additional surcharge to pay for the costs associated with updating the telecommunication equipment and telephone services needed to provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve such county and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
AYE

S4520  Amends the Public Authorities Law to increase the term length limitation on EFC bonds issues for the purpose of financing deposits into the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. The maximum term length of such bonds would increase from not to exceed thirty years to not to exceed forty years.
AYE

S4530  Provides that the department of taxation and finance shall withdraw from county records a tax lien for which the tax debt has been paid in full and satisfied.
AYE

S4862B  Requires fingerprinting and background checks of construction contractors when performing work at a school. Said contractors would be required to conduct the background checks themselves.
NAY  (Burdensome. Overkill.)

S5035  Increases age for use of ATVs by minors from age ten to fourteen.
NAY  (Parental decision. Negatively impacts rural areas.)

S5202A  Directs the commissioner of the department of labor, in consultation with the commissioners of the office of temporary and disability assistance, the department of health, the office of children and family services, and the department of taxation and finance to conduct a study on the impact that the increase in minimum wage has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive certain income-based programs, subsidies and services.
NAY  (DOB study already required.)

S5312  This bill would direct the state board of real property tax services to conduct a study on real property tax saturation.
AYE

S5372  Amends the real property law to require the county clerk or city registrar, where applicable, to provide written notice to the title owner of record of the conveyance to a new owner. The party seeking to record such conveyance shall be at the cost of such written notice. The clerk of the county or city registrar is entitled to charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of mailing the envelope to the owner of record.
NAY  (Unfunded mandate)

S5439  Directs the commissioner of energy to adopt regulations increasing fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles purchased by or for the state or any agency or public authority thereof, and requires that by 2030 all such vehicles shall be battery, electric, plug-in hybrid electric or zero emission vehicles.
NAY  (Unrealistic and costly to state.)

S5570  Prohibits individuals designated as level three sex offenders from being paroled to residences that are within one thousand feet from a school when such person has been paroled for an offense unrelated to the sex offense for which they were assigned a level designation.
AYE

S5579  Requires the written notices, signs and markers required for pesticides for commercial and residential lawn application to be printed in the Spanish language in areas of the state with a significant number of Spanish speaking residents.
NAY  (Universal symbol already used. Another regulation.)

S5604A  The purpose of this bill is to provide Roswell Park Cancer Institute with flexibility in its procurement, thereby allowing more resources to be focused on its mission.
AYE

S5615  Establishes environmental standards for ambient lead and lead contamination in soils and on floors and window sills.
AYE

S5634  Permits the Village of Upper Nyack to file an application for a real property tax exemption.
AYE

S5649  Validates certain acts of the Mount Morris central school district with regard to two capital improvement projects and provides for payment of state aid for such projects.
AYE

S5653A  Amends section 3343-a of the public health law to require the department to identify and examine potential inappropriate prescribing of controlled substances.
AYE

S5703  Authorizes and directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to commission a statewide evaluation regarding the extent of gambling by New York state residents.
NAY  (Information already available.)

S5706A  Authorizes the assessor of the town of Smithtown, to accept from the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes.
AYE

S5719  Adds violent crime rates and the density of vacant properties as conditions that can be used to justify the creation of a child safety zone.
AYE

S5826  Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading, for dust control or de-icing.
AYE

S5829  Includes Dean Pond in the county of Putnam in the list of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program.
AYE

S5863A  Directs a study on the feasibility of adjusting the compulsory attendance age of minors attending full time instruction; on or before July 1, 2021.
AYE

S5891  Establishes the elder abuse shelter aftercare demonstration program to provide management services, financial counseling, and mental health services at the conclusion of the discharge process.
AYE

S5925  Establishes a blue alert system to aid in the identification, location and apprehension of any individuals suspected of killing or seriously wounding any local, state or federal law enforcement officer.
AYE

S5955  Authorizes the city of Syracuse to offer an optional twenty year retirement program to police officer Thomas R. Nicolini.
AYE

S5956  Authorizes Morgan McDole, Baraaka J. Titus and David Dunlap, firefighters in the City of Syracuse Fire Department, in the county of Onondaga, to elect to participate in an optional 20 year retirement program.
AYE

S6010A  Grants retroactive eligibility to apply for enhanced Tier 3 status to former New York City police officer Mark Rivera.
AYE

S6023  To direct the Division of Criminal Justice Services to provide criminal background checks to not-for-profit mentoring programs free of charge.
AYE

S6025  Designates state lands located within the boundaries of the Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, in the county of Suffolk, to be subject to taxation for all purposes.
NAY  (Should apply to all state property.)

S6027  This bill adds Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in the county of Nassau, to the tax rolls.
NAY  (Should apply to all state property.)

S6036  Directs the state board of elections to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results.
AYE

S6202A  Relates to direct marketing activities for New York beverages; and authorizes the sale of beer and wine at movie theaters.
AYE

S6226  Creates a Crohn's and colitis identification card to allow people suffering from such illnesses to have access to restrooms.
AYE

S6277  Authorizes the Monroe county jail to be used for the detention of persons under arrest for arraignment in any court in the county of Monroe.
AYE

S6360  Provides for an exception to firearm storage requirements related to persons less than sixteen years old when such person less than sixteen years old is at a shooting range under immediate supervision, or when such person less than sixteen years old is the holder of a hunting license or permit.
AYE

S6481  This bill would authorize New York City, Nassau and Suffolk County to retain their authority to enforce certain bottle bill provision s for an additional two years.
AYE

S6545  Increases the bonding authority of the New York city housing development corporation to $14.5 billion.
AYE

S6549  The purpose of this bill is to prevent further wage discrimination by prohibiting employers from asking for wage or salary history as a requirement for a job interview, job application, job offer, or promotion.
NAY  (Unnecessary regulation. Infringement on business.)

S1555  Enacts "Sir Henry's law" to require the informed consent of the owner of a companion animal prior to euthanizing such animal.
NAY  (Not necessary. Treats animals better than humans.)

S1951  Requires the office of court administration to promulgate certain housing court documents in the seven most common languages in the city of New York.
AYE

S2162  Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing.
AYE

S2184  Amends the Economic Development Law and creates the Center for Employee Ownership, housed within the State University of New York, out of a defunct economic development program to support education and outreach on employee ownership succession plans.
AYE

S2701  Adds section 457-a which expands eligibility for low interest rate program of the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) to graduates of postsecondary education for a period of seven years after graduation to participate in Low Interest Rate Program (LIRP) with SONY-MA; a thirty-year mortgage at 1.5% lower than the standard interest rate offered for a period of 10 years and, directs the Commissioner of SONYMA to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the program.
AYE

S3171A  Establishes patient protections from excessive hospital emergency charges; includes hospital charges, including hospital charges for inpatient services which follow an emergency room visit.
AYE

S3561A  Requires certain contractor, subcontractor and worker certifications for certain contracts which involve industrial painting or industrial coating work.
AYE

S4414A  Increases state funding for construction and improvement by the department of transportation where the municipality agrees to fund a complete street design feature as a component of the project.
AYE

S4610  To prohibit religious corporations owning, managing or controlling a cemetery from selling monuments.
NAY  (Stifles competition. Should be consumer choice.)

S4664  Establishes the toll advisory task force to study and report upon the current road and bridge toll rates, commuter discounts, resident discounts, commercial rates and funding for the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge.
AYE

S4711  Requires mandatory jail time of no less than thirty days for repeat violators of orders of protection.
AYE

S4790  Authorizes the city of Oswego to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to police officer Zackary Quinones, who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, failed to make a timely application to participate in such plan previously established by the retirement and social security law.
AYE

S5023  Establishes the interagency task force on health literacy, to study health literacy and develop recommendations for improving health literacy in this state.
AYE

S5152  Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms a transportation contract of the Fulton city school district.
AYE

S5394A  Provides for a parent to choose to opt their student out of the grade three through eight English language arts and math state assessments, and requires the commissioner of education to provide notice to parents of such right.
AYE

S5547  Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and regulations establishing gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses in New York State.
AYE

S5609  Incorporates resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures of project applicants into a uniform tax exemption policy.
AYE

S6000A  Relates to definitions and conforming changes pertaining to anatomical gifts (Part A); gift revocation (Part B); dispositions of gifts (Part C); documents of gifts (Part D); duties of donees (Part E); advance directives (Part F); and prohibition of sales of organs (Part G).
AYE

S6048  Amends the state finance law by amending section 163 to add a new subdivision 16, setting forth conditions that must be met when an agency shall enter into a contract for consulting services of more than $750,000, The agency shall compare costs to determine whether the work can be performed at lower cost by utilizing state employees rather than consultants.
AYE

S6110A  This bill will allow any employee of the State University of New York (SUNY) who is a registered nurse in a position within the Professional, Scientific and Technical bargaining unit, who first became employed with SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital between January 1, 1996 and December 31,1999, and who enrolled in the Optional Retirement Program, to terminate their membership in the Optional Retirement Program and to be deemed to be a member of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System (NYSLERS) with a date of membership as of the date of first employment by SUNY.
AYE

S6201  Relates to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain transportation contracts of the Corning city school district in the 2017-2018 school year.
AYE

S6206B  Relates to the alienation of certain parklands in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk.
AYE

S6228A  Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain state land, Cedar Street Southbound Extension, to the city of New Rochelle.
AYE

S6250A  Relates to the reversion of certain parkland to the city of New York if such parkland is not used for the purpose of construction and operation of a pre-kindergarten center with a focus on instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
AYE

S6291  Authorizes the town of East Hampton, in the county of Suffolk, to alienate parklands for the purpose of establishing a hospital emergency room.
AYE

S6292  Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to alienate certain parcels of land used as parklands and to dedicate other lands as parklands.
AYE

S6312A  MTA DEPARTMENTAL - Authorizes the discontinuance of park land of a portion of subsurface real property in the city of New York and grants easements to the metropolitan transportation authority to enable the New York city transit authority to use such lands for the construction of a new subsurface electrical substation adjacent to the existing tunnel of the A, C, E subway lines to provide power to enable additional subway trains to be operated.
AYE

S6340  Authorizes the board of supervisors of Tompkins county to contract with certain non-profit organizations and other corporations, associations and agencies for the development, maintenance, or management of affordable housing.
AYE

S6599  GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM BILL - Enacts the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; relates to climate change; renewable energy program; labor and job standards and worker protection.
NAY  (Too much authority to non-elected bureaucrats. Future regulations unknown. Extremely costly to families and businesses. Unrealistic goals.)

S6365  Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the actions of the Panama central school district regardless of the failure of such district to timely file final building cost reports.
AYE

S6382  Authorizes retroactive tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice.
AYE

S6394  JUSTICE CENTER DEPARTMENTAL - This bill would require additional providers of services to people whoare vulnerable to abuse or neglect to check the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs ("Justice Center") before hiring employees or allowing persons to have regular andsubstantial contact with a person with a disability, and would allow all providers required to check such register to re-check it no more than once in any six-month period.
AYE

S6398  This bill describes the lands to be conveyed to the State,which includes an approximately 214 acre parcel in Ulster County and an approximately 1206 acre parcel in Essex County. Note - This legislation details the lands that will be added to the forest preserve as required by the Constitutional amendment and Title 21 of Article 9 of the ECL.
AYE

S6402  OCA DEPARTMENTAL - Relates to pleas of guilty and removal of adolescent offender proceedings to the family court.
AYE

S6423  OCA DEPARTMENTAL - Relates to orders for temporary spousal support in conjunction with temporary and final orders of protection in family court and calculation of maintenance cap in family and supreme court; increases the income cap.
AYE

S6424A  This bill would amend section 20-f of the general city law, section 261-a of the town law, and section 7-701 of the village law to include lands at risk from sea level rise, storm surge or flooding in the authorization to be designated as a sending district for purposes of the transfer of development rights.
AYE

S6437  Allows for medical and psychiatric records of deceased inmates to be accessed by the board of correction of the city of New York under certain circumstances.
AYE

S6438  Requires the office of court administration to publish annually on its website pretrial data and information related to court detention.
AYE

S6443  Relates to exempting income earned by persons under the age of 24 from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs.
AYE

S6451  Exempts certain parcels of land from the provisions of law which generally restrict manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers from sharing an interest in a liquor license.
AYE

S6460  Permits the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Great South Bay Sayville to file an application for a real property tax exemption.
AYE

S6462  The purpose of this bill is to allow an establishment in the City of White Plains, Fogo de Chao, to be eligible to be issued a retail liquor license despite being located within two hundred feet of a religious institution.
AYE

S6476  Extends the effectiveness of the estate tax treatment of dispositions to surviving spouses who are not United States citizens to July 1, 2022.
AYE

S6483  The purpose of this bill is to increase by one year the number of years of military service that can be deducted from the age of an applicant for appointments or promotions for positions in public service.
AYE

S6485  This bill would extend the sunset provisions of chapter 2 of the laws of 1998 for an additional two years, to expire July 1, 2021. The provisions being extended establish premiums under Child Health Plus. The bill would also extend presumptive eligibility protections for children in the program.
AYE

S6486  Requires the commissioner of mental health to issue a report on short term crisis respite programs and intensive crisis respite programs.
AYE

S6492  To ensure that those in need of insulin can access it through various initiatives including a drug assistance demonstration program, emergency refills for expired prescriptions and reasonable insurance cost sharing.
AYE

S6493  Establishes a red light camera program in Westchester county
AYE

S6494  Requires the Rye Country Day School to make the athletic field and track available for rental to public recreation groups for a certain amount of time per year and to provide opportunity of public rental of recreation buildings constructed on the parcel transferred from the thruway authority.
AYE

S6497A  To extend for two years a real property tax abatement program for cooperative and condominium units in cities of one million or more.
AYE

S6503  Authorizes Christian Worship Center Church of God to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption.
AYE

S6504  Authorizes the Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church to file an application for a real property tax exemption.
AYE

S6517  This bill would define the practice of registered pharmacy technicians, set limitations on how an unlicensed person can assist a pharmacist in the dispensing of drugs, and add two registered pharmacy technicians to the State Board of Pharmacy.
AYE

S6518  Designates state route 394 between the town of Kennedy and the village of Falconer, county of Chautauqua, as the "Staff Sergeant David Textor Memorial Highway".
AYE

S6526A  Designates state route 60 in the city of Jamestown, county of Chautauqua, as the "Private Charles S. Cooper, Jr. Memorial Highway".
AYE

S6528  Designates state route 394 in the village of Lakewood, county of Chautauqua, as the "Lance Corporal Aaron M. Swanson Memorial Highway".
AYE

S6529  Makes technical amendments to provisions of law governing the maternal mortality review board.
AYE

S6547  This bill extends the exemptions from Risk Based Capital requirements and from an application for an order or rehabilitation or liquidation until December 31, 2022.
AYE

S5908  Relates to reporting abuses of persons receiving care or services in residential care facilities; includes misappropriation of property; establishes independent quality monitors and requirements relating to assets of operators.
AYE