Senator Gallivan's Votes June 5-7, 2023

The following bills were passed in the NYS Senate.  Senator Gallivan's vote is noted.

S1303A Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service.  AYE

S1936 Ensures that when land is disposed of by public authorities, certain safeguards are in place, including disclosure of ownership information, ensuring that disposals with that contain rights of first refusal make certain that the land is transferred at or above fair market value, that when land is transferred for less than fair market value, it is in the public interest to do so and the legislature retains oversight. AYE

S1212B Establishes environmental standards for lead in ambient air and lead contamination in soils and lead dust on floors and window sills. AYE

S1867A This bill establishes a New York State community doula directory for the purpose of Medicaid reimbursement and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients. AYE

S727 Requires cities with a population of one million or more to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; provides state assistance for such programs. AYE

S1817 Requires the display of a bus driver's credentials prominently while he or she is on duty and changes the review of his or her files by the department from every three years to annually. AYE

S2140B Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes. AYE

S2500B Authorizes the Jamesport Fire District to file an application for exemption from 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 real property taxes. AYE

S809A Prohibits littering on state park lands. A PRINT - increase the penalties for dumping. Any person upon conviction of a violation would receive a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. In addition, such violator would be liable to a civil penalty of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each day during which such violation continues. AYE

S358B Prohibits the installation of certain security devices used to control access to common areas of a residential building without the written permission of the owners, board of managers, board of directors, or authorized party of such property. AYE

S3285A Requires children's non-regulated camps to register annually with the department of health; imposes civil penalties for violations. AYE

S2330A This bill requires insurers to send policyholders a notice as to the "good faith increases of premium rates" for the policy over the next 10 years. NAY

S454A Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran when such veteran has no next of kin or other person designated to provide for the disposition of his or her remains; provides process. Further clarifies that such a veterans' organization or funeral firm engaged to provide these services may make an application to the division of veterans' services for reimbursement. AYE

S4041A This bill would replace the term 'handicapping conditions' with the word 'disabilities' within a number of references of Education Law. A PRINT - makes other conforming changes throughout the education law. AYE

S4878A In relation to unemployment insurance benefit eligibility, this bill would add to the employer written notification requirement regarding employees terminated from employment or whose scheduled working hours have been reduced must include information that such employees may be eligible for such benefits. A PRINT - is a conforming amendment to the Assembly version (A398-A) which does not include exclusions from the notification requirement for employees who are on paid or unpaid leave (paid family leave, vacation, parental leave, etc.). NAY (This bill is potentially onerous on employers, as they would now be required to provide notice to those employees whose scheduled work hours have been reduced where there was no such statutory requirement previously.)

S489A Establishes a comprehensive electric vehicle fast charging station implementation plan; requires the New York state energy and research development authority to further establish a "Fast Charge NY working group" to develop such plan; makes related provisions. AYE

S4555A Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes; creates an affirmative defense where the defendant, at the time he or she engaged in the conduct constituting the offense, did not know of the facts or conditions responsible for such lack of consent. A PRINT - removes language creating an affirmative defense where the defendant, at the time he or she engaged in the conduct constituting the offense, did not know of the facts or conditions responsible for such lack of consent. AYE

S4354A Extends the authority of the Excess Line Association of NY (ELANY) for five years until July 1, 2029. Further provides ELANY the power to examine the records of excess line brokers pertaining to placement of excess line risks and clarifies that ELANY has capacity of an unincorporated association to protect its rights in a legal proceeding. A PRINT - makes a small grammatical change. AYE

S5186A Requires the department of environmental conservation to authorize and encourage the use of nature-based solutions as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines in the state; provides such solutions should be considered when promulgating and implementing rules and regulations relating to such. A PRINT - makes technical amendments. AYE

S3534 Provides a liquor license exemption for the Mitzpah Towers property located in the city of Syracuse in the county of Onondaga. AYE

S1535A This bill requires that any parking facility owned and/or operated by the State of New York which has between 50 and 250 parking spots install electric charging stations in at least ten percent of the total parking spaces. The bill requires that any parking facility owned and/or operated by the State of New York with more than 250 parking spots install electric charging stations in at least 20 percent of the total parking spaces. The bill provides minimum technical requirements for each vehicle charging station. A PRINT - makes technical amendments. NAY (Excessive/unknown cost )

S4887 Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act" which requires the payment of prevailing wage or a project labor agreement or similar agreement for all contracts awarded for excavation projects by a public utility. NAY (Legislation enacted as part of the State’s FY2021 state budget already subjects a wide range of public and private projects to the state’s prevailing wage mandate and any future changes in its application or its definitions of types of construction work included under its purview are supposed to be determined by the “Public Subsidy Board” created by the legislation.)

S5823C This bill would create an age-based restriction on the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and supplements for weight loss and muscle building to minors. Under the bill, retailers would be required to age verify diet pills and muscle building supplements. AYE

S5974A Expands the municipal sustainable energy loan program related to climate and resiliency goals. This bill updates definitions within the program to include the use of the program for resiliency and water efficiency improvements. AYE

S3431A SKOUFIS The bill would amend the agriculture and markets law and penal law regarding animal fighting by making technical corrections, clarifying intent, and creating new penalties to existing law. This bill adds four new subsections (sections 351a, 351b, 351c, 351d) which is intended to elevate the penalty for highly-organized criminal fighting operations. The bill also makes a technical correction to the Penal Law to allow those repeat animal cruelty felony offenders to be eligible for second felony offender status. AYE

S5129A Amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law to require the operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a disabled vehicle or motor vehicle involved in an accident that is on the shoulder of a highway. Requires motorists move for the lane of an accident or lane adjacent to the accident, if possible. A PRINT - makes technical changes. AYE

S1801 Adds 'domestic workers' as required recipients of paid sick leave. NAY

S3586A Establishes the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program within the department of veterans' services. A PRINT - make various technical changes. AYE

S2679B Authorizes and empowers the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) to merge with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) with CREF ceasing to be a corporate entity and TIAA as the surviving entity.  AYE

S5959B Authorizes certain policies issued by a risk retention group not chartered in this state so long as the group is registered with the Superintendent of Department of Financial Services under the federal liability risk retention act of 1986, comprised entirely of organizations to which contributions are eligible for deduction under section 501(c) (3) of the federal internal revenue code and which qualifies as a charitable risk pool under section 501(n) of the federal internal revenue code. AYE

S6975 Requires the NYS Office of the State Inspector General to investigate any complaints of sexual assault in DOCCS operated facilities. AYE

S520A This bill would amend section 883 of the general municipal law (Conflicts of Interest) to prohibit individuals of an IDA (board member, officer, employee, or independent contractor) to take a position, paid or unpaid, with any business or entity which is applying for or receiving financial assistance or any other benefit granted by the IDA within two years after termination of employment or services.  AYE

S2727A This is a sunshine bill that would require Department of State to electronically transmit a copy of every certificate of incorporation that has been filed on behalf of a municipal corporation, state or local authority or district. NAY (Limits local decision making related to LDCs.)

S3009 COSPONSOR Repeals the provision of law requiring a $20 fee to be collected for each burial or removal permit issued to a funeral director or undertaker to fund the NYS Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS). AYE

S3492 Provides that uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system shall be entitled to accidental disability retirement if they sustain injuries as the result of a physical assault by an assailant suffered while in service. AYE

S4314A Permits commercial feed manufacturers to use the term "human food grade" for certain pet food if it conforms to certain state and federal standards. AYE

S4564B GALLIVAN Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper William P. Keane Memorial Bridge". AYE

S4811B Amend General Municipal Law (GML) Section 208-f(c) to increase certain Special Accidental Death Benefits (SADB) for surviving spouses, dependent children, and certain other individuals (Eligible Beneficiaries) of former uniformed employees of the City of New York and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, and for certain former employees of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, who were members of certain New York City Retirement Systems and Pension Funds (NYCRS) and died as a natural and proximate result of an accident sustained in the performance of duty. AYE

S4858 Establishes within the Department of Health an office of hospice and palliative care access and quality. The office will have the power and duties to provide expertise and input on hospice and palliative care policy development and regulation; ensure that providers, workers, and patients are considered when new policy or regulatory changes are contemplated and/or developed; make recommendations to improve patient care for individuals with chronic or life-limiting illnesses; facilitate communication between the department and hospice and palliative care providers; raise awareness; identify and eliminate barriers to such services; support models of care and service delivery; work to develop and promote innovative health care delivery models; establish and monitor quality and utilization metrics; support communitywide efforts to promote advance care planning; work collaboratively with the state palliative care education and training council; and ensure equitable access to hospice and palliative care services by underrepresented communities across the state. AYE

S4879 Provides that the legislative body of the county of Westchester shall fix the fee to be charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for the disposition of such fees. NAY

S4972 Provides that Tier 6 members of the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS) whose employer had previously elected a 1 year final average salary (FAS) pursuant to paragraph d of subdivision 9 of section 302 of RSSL shall be able to retain such 1 year FAS for retirement benefits. AYE

S5057A Allows Benjamin Doty to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of Columbia county deputy sheriff. AYE

S5329A The bill makes a number of clarifying provisions to the operations of the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG). A PRINT - makes technical amendments.  AYE

S5605 Authorizes the city of Binghamton to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to firefighter Scott Pavlick. AYE

S5607A Provides for a taxpayer assistance authorization for households in the county of Schenectady; provides for a $250 rebate for property owners in Schenectady county with a qualifying STAR exemption or school tax relief credit. AYE

S5900 Establishes a task force to identify evidence-based and evidence informed solutions to reduce children's exposure to adverse childhood experiences. AYE

S6102 Extend for two years the electronic open auction bond sale pilot program allowing municipalities the option to sell bonds in an open electronic auction format. AYE

S6122 Extends provisions of law relating to temporary investments by local governments from July 1, 2023 until July 1, 2026. AYE

S6167 Changes the name of the Bellport Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association to the Bellport Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association; decreases the board of trustees from 7 to 5 members; allows the association to use certain taxes collected and paid in furtherance of its purposes as stated in the association's charter. AYE

S6173A Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2025. AYE

S6209 Increases from three million dollars to four millions dollars the cost of 10 projects which shall be located at the STEM at Blodgett Middle School, the Corcoran High School, the Delaware Primary School, the Henninger High School, the Syracuse Latin School, the Lincoln Middle School, the Nottingham High School, the Roberts PreK-8 School, the Seymour Dual Language Academy and the Webster Elementary School. AYE

S6426 Authorizes Vineyard Christian Fellowship South Shore Inc. to file with the county of Nassau assessor an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2020-2021 assessment roll for all the 2020-2021 school taxes and all the 2021 general taxes.  AYE

S6432A Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Torah Ohr Hebrew Academy for a portion of the 2021-2022 school taxes, a portion of the 2021 general taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes. AYE

S6521 Establishes a cystic fibrosis assistance program to reimburse the full cost of providing health care or health insurance to eligible persons (meaning a person who is 21 years of age, has been diagnosed with having cystic fibrosis, has resided in the State for a minimum of 12 continuous months prior to application for such services, must not be eligible for medical benefits under any group or individual health insurance, and must not be eligible for Medicaid solely due to earned income) who have cystic fibrosis. This bill also permits persons to be partially eligible if they meet the previous meaning but they are eligible for medical benefits under an insurance policy that does not cover all services necessary for the care and treatment of cystic fibrosis.  AYE

S6549 This bill would amend section 104 the Local Finance Law (Limitation on amount of local indebtedness which may be contracted) and amend paragraphs b, c, and d to delete the current debt limitation on small city school districts (with less than 125,000 people). This bill would conform with the language in S5025 (Mayer) which proposes a constitutional amendment that would remove such language from Section 4 of Article 8 of the State Constitution. AYE

S6596 This bill would amend the Environmental Conservation Law in relation to increasing the standards of materials that may be used in filling borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.  AYE

S6632 Authorizes the city of Syracuse to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone. AYE

S6682A Makes technical corrections relating to the MTA and the Penn Station Access Project; authorizes the city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to bring MetroNorth railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county. AYE

S6750 Authorizes the New York City Housing Development Corporation ("HDC" or the "Corporation") to increase the maximum aggregate principal amount of its outstanding notes and bonds from $18 billion to $19 billion.  AYE

S6764 Extends the temporary "commission to prevent childhood drowning" for an additional eighteen months.  AYE

S6788 Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore. AYE

S6793 Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Williston Park; makes changes to membership; directs where tax revenues may be used. AYE

S6861 Provides for the automatic enrollment of employees of the city of New York eligible to join the New York city board of education retirement system. AYE

S6876 Permits Warren county to become a member of the capital district transportation district by action of their governing body. AYE

S6885A Authorizes the North Shore Land Alliance, Inc. to file with the county of Nassau assessor an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption. AYE

S6901 Extends the authorization granted to the county of Montgomery to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2025.  AYE

S6940 OSC DEPARTMENTAL - amend Local Finance Law § 124.10 to extend, until 2034, the existing authorization for municipalities to exclude from their constitutional debt limitations indebtedness issued for the construction or reconstruction of facilities for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage. AYE

S6941 OSC DEPARTMENTAL - Amends the state finance law to require the public posting of certain contracts that would be otherwise subject to prior approval of the comptroller but have been approved as "exempted" or "emergency" contracts. AYE

S6942 OSC DEPARTMENTAL - Requires all state agencies and public authorities to provide bidders and interested parties with the opportunity to protest a contract award. AYE

S6943 DHCR DEPARTMENTAL - extends certain statutory authorizations of the New York State Housing Finance Agency ("HFA"), the State of New York Mortgage Agency ("SONYMA"), the New York City Housing Development Corporation ("HDC") and the SONYMA Mortgage Insurance Fund ("MIF"). This bill increases the bonding authority of SONYMA by $500 million.  AYE

S6945 OTDA DEPARTMENTAL - extend the driver license suspension process for two years. AYE

S7065 EFC DEPARTMENTAL - Extends until September 30, 2026 the "sunset" provision of Section 2 of Chapter 581 of the Laws of 2005, thereby extending for an additional three years the provisions of Local Finance Law ("LFL") § 62.10(c) which authorizes local governments to issue statutory installment bonds in an amount not to exceed $20 million to EFC at a fixed rate or, if issued in serial maturities, at a set rate for each individual maturity. AYE

S7066 EFC DEPARTMENTAL - Extends certain provisions relating to installment loans and obligations evidencing installment loans to 2026.  AYE

S7067 EFC DEPARTMENTAL - extend until September 30, 2026 the "sunset" provision of Section 2 of Chapter 629 of the Laws of 2005, thereby extending for an additional three years the provisions of Local Finance Law ("LFL") § 90.00(c)(2) which authorize municipalities with hardship SRF financing who are seeking to extend the term of their existing loans through refinancing through the SRF and whose current bonds or notes are within 5 years of issuance, to sell their refunding bonds to EFC without requiring a showing of savings. AYE

S7068 EFC DEPARTMENTAL - extend until September 30, 2026 the "sunset" provision of Section 3 of Chapter 307 of the Laws of 2005, thereby extending for an additional three years the provisions of Public Authorities Law ("PAL") §§ 1285-j(6)(b) and 1285-m(6)(b), which authorize authority of EFC to invest Clean Water State Revolving Fund ("CWSRF") and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund ("DWSRF") monies in security obligations available to municipalities under the General Municipal Law ("GML"). AYE

S7080 Extends provisions of subdivision 33- a of section 11.00 of the local finance law for an additional five years. AYE

S7091 Extends chapter 303 of 2021 (extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection) and chapter 653 of 2021 (extends provisions relating to self-employment assistance programs and other matters) an additional 2 years. AYE

S7094 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL DEPARTMENTAL - Renames the developmental disabilities planning council to be the state council on developmental disabilities; changes membership. AYE

S7116 Extends certain provisions relating to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; extends the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof. AYE

S7205 Establishes the crime of misappropriation of payroll funds when a person knows that funds are designated for use as employee payroll funds or as payment of payroll taxes, and intentionally prevents the funds from being used for their designated purpose. AYE

S7353 SED DEPARTMENTAL - Provides that an educational agency where a student who is ordered by a court to be held in a juvenile detention facility attended school prior to such an order, shall upon request of the juvenile detention facility where such student is held, disclose the student's educational records to educational program personnel at said facility without the consent of the parent or eligible student, pursuant to certain conditions. AYE

S7361 This bill would amend the Real Property Tax Law to limit the amount of property shift between homestead/nonhomestead and class share apportionment for local governments within and including Nassau county. AYE

S7363A Extends certain provisions of the general municipal law and the local finance law relating to electronic bidding until June 1, 2028. AYE

S7370 extend for four years, the requirement to produce a quarterly report on the status of all claims currently pending for disaster relief. AYE

S7371 NYC SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENTAL - Authorizes the director of the division of minority and women's business development and the mayor of the city of New York to enter into a memorandum of understanding to allow reciprocity between the state and New York City for businesses that are certified as minority and women-owned business enterprises. AYE

S7372 NYC ACTURARY DEPARTMENTAL - This bill is a two year extender of the actuarial rates used by the New York City retirement systems. At the request of the NYC Actuary, the City would extend for two fiscal years the current 7 percent per annum statutory rate of interest used in valuing retirement system liabilities for the purpose of computing the amount of employer contributions. AYE

S7373 Extends certain provisions relating to the boarding of out of state incarcerated individuals until September 1, 2026. AYE

S7374 DCJS DEPARTMENTAL - exempt fire police squads from the reporting requirements of the Police Officer and Peace Officer Registry maintained by the Division of Criminal Justice Services. AYE

S7375 DCJS DEPARTMENTAL - Codifies the Division of Criminal Justice Services' authority to regulate the oversight probation pretrial services. NOTE - DCJS would have the authority to adopt such rules, which would be binding on all probation officers and have the force and effect of law. AYE

S7376 CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENTAL - This is a Civil Service Departmental bill (Internal #3 - 2023) that would amend the Civil Service Law section 50 to remove an exclusion from background checks for police officers, but not for other civil servants. NAY

S7377 DEC DEPARTMENTAL - Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blueback herring. AYE

S7378 DIVISON OF VETERAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTAL - Eliminates the "wartime service" requirement to expand the number of qualified veterans eligible for certain civil service positions. AYE

S7379 DIVISON OF VETERAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTAL - Ensures that certain members of the New York Air National Guard, New York Army National Guard, New York Naval Militia, and New York Guard who participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations are honored for their service and afforded veteran status under New York state law. AYE

S7381 DOS DEPARTMENTAL - Provides for federal program compliance relating to civil penalties associated with manufactured homes. AYE

S7382 DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENTAL - Adds gender identity or expression as a protected class for purposes of the human rights law. AYE

S7383 NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE DEPARTMENTAL - This bill would amend the New York City Charter (section 326) to provide that before entering into any contract for goods, services, or construction that is to be awarded pursuant to a procurement method (other than for competitive bidding or competitive sealed bids from prequalified vendors) and that has a dollar value in excess of a threshold established by the NYC Procurement Policy Board by rule, the agency must give notice in the City Record that comments may be submitted online for a period of time (no less than seven days). AYE

S7393 Extends the authorization of the town of Mount Pleasant to adopt a local law to impose a hotel/motel occupancy tax for hotels not located in a village to September 1, 2025. AYE

S7400 This bill would allow the New York City Council to amend the cap on the maximum class growth rate as long as it does not exceed 5 percent for fiscal year 2023. AYE

S7430 Extends certain provisions authorizing the county of Hamilton to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by mortgages on real property to December 1, 2025. AYE

S1196A COSPONSOR Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing for diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of a covered person's disease or condition when the test is supported by medical and scientific evidence. AYE

S1690A Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program. AYE

S1793C Requires the office of renewable energy siting to consider agricultural impacts on active agricultural lands when reviewing the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility. AYE

S1983A Creates a uniform presentation for students regarding applying for financial aid; directs students to complete an affidavit certifying that the student attended the presentation and stating whether the student intends to apply for financial aid. NAY (Unfunded mandate. Nanny state.)

S3567A This bill would permit the sale or promotional gifting of certain complementary products for wine and spirits by retail licensees. A PRINT - adds language that requires that gift and promotional items "shall only include those items that are complimentary and directly associated with the sale of wine or distilled spirits they are gifting or promoting". AYE

S3598 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the authority of the village of Plandome Manor to enter into contracts to sell delinquent tax liens or to pledge such liens as collateral for a loan. AYE

S5291 Grants retroactive membership with tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Dana Kerstanski. AYE

S5361 Grants Peter Guarino retroactive membership with Tier IV status in the New York state teachers' retirement system. AYE

S5630A Requires discrimination, bias, and harassment prevention training for members of state boards and commissions. AYE

S5795A Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc. for the property located at 72 Neighborhood Road in Mastic Beach. AYE

S5894A This bill would require hospitals to develop and disseminate information and procedures to identify, assess, treat and refer cases of firearm violence, as well as establish ongoing training for personnel and designate staff to connect psychiatric services to the victim and coordinate such services. NAY (Service provided now. Should not be mandate unless NYS pays.)

S5955A Exempts books, magazines, pamphlets and other related items sold at a primary or secondary school facility or at a library at a book fair organized, hosted or sponsored by an organization established for educational purposes, including but not limited to a parent-teacher association, booster club, or a similar school-based association which supports school activities, or a friends of the library organization from sales and compensating use taxes. AYE

S6329B Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from De Bethesda Eglise for the 2020 and 2021 general taxes. AYE

S6360 Adds streets and areas to the residential parking system in the village of Cold Spring in the county of Putnam. AYE

S6363A This bill would amend chapter 538 of the laws of 1975 to expand the purposes of the South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association. This section would expand the purposes and duties of the association in regards to providing relief, and assistance to members and firefighter families that are injured, disabled, or indigent. AYE

S6441A Corrects a clerical error in the Goshen Central School District's State Aid Management System (SAMS)application for the 2020-2021 school year to ensure the District retains full transportation aid for that school year. AYE

S6519A Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting. No location change may occur within 48 hours of such commencement unless there is any disaster or declared state of emergency by the governor or any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the polling place is located. AYE

S6553 Authorizes Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, to file a new service retirement application and an option election form on behalf of her deceased husband with the New York state and local employees' retirement system. AYE

S6698A  Authorizes the Bais Tefila of Inwood to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status. NONE AYE 6898A BROUK Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Major General Norbert J. Rappl Memorial Highway". AYE

S6907 Extends the authorization of the long term care ombudsman program to advocate on behalf of managed long term care participants until December 31, 2025. AYE

S7062 Grants retroactive membership with Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Christine Fernandez, formerly Christine Lennard, for her 1984--1985 employment with the Voorheesville public library. AYE

S7107 This bill would provide an exemption to allow the Rocking Fish restaurant in Northport, NY to apply for an on premise liquor license from the New York State Liquor Authority. AYE

S7130 Provides an exemption for certain property, American Legion Post 483, from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school. AYE

S7159A This bill you exempt a property in Manhattan located at 72nd and Amsterdam from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises. AYE

S7242A Provides members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district with the eligibility to retire upon the completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service; makes related provisions. AYE

S7421 Establishes a task force on veterans employment opportunities in the department of veterans' services. AYE

S7441A Extends deadlines for the legislative commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority. NAY (Timeliness.)

S7452 COUNCIL ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENTAL - Establishes a council on children and families within the executive department; moves such council from the office of children and family services; defines terms; authorizes the governor to designate the executive director of such council; makes related provisions.  AYE

S7467 This bill would allow Common Roots Brewing Company, Inc., located in South Glens Falls, New York, to own and operate their existing brewery in South Glens Falls, open a currently in construction brewery and related facilities across the street in South Glens Falls, and also allow for the acquisition of Albany based C.H. Evans Brewing Co., Inc. AYE

S7468 Authorizes Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system for Marc Del Prado. AYE

S7469 Grants Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Vincent Stark. AYE

S7507 OMH DEPARTMENTAL - Aligns the laws applicable to orders not to resuscitate (DNR orders) and other medical orders for life-sustaining treatment (MOLSTs) for all inpatients receiving care in Department of Health (DOH) and Office of Mental Health (OMB) operated or licensed hospitals. Additionally, the bill clarifies the applicable laws for non-hospital DNR orders. AYE

S7508 NYC FINANCE DEPARTMENTAL - Would permit tax deductions related to the sale, production, or distribution of cannabis products. ion of cannabis products against the NYC unincorporated business tax ("UBT"), the general corporation tax ("GCT"), and the corporate tax of 2015, commonly referred to as the business corporation tax. NAY (Circumvents federal law.)

S7509 NYC ACTUARY DEPARTMENTAL - Updates certain death benefit provisions of the New York city employees' retirement system, the New York city teachers' retirement system, and the board of education retirement system of New York city to ensure continued compliance with the federal older workers' benefit protection act. AYE

S7510 Increases the authorization of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ("DASNY"), as successor to the New York State Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency ("MCFFA") pursuant to the Health Care Financing Consolidation Act of 1995, to issue hospital and nursing home project bonds and notes from $17.4 billion to $18.2 billion. AYE

S7512 NYS TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEPARTMENTAL - The bill would amend section 522 of the Education Law pertaining to transfers of contributions between retirement systems. It would also amend various sections of the Retirement and Social Security Law and the Administrative Code of the City of New York. The bill would require the transfer of reserves between retirement systems when a member of transfers between retirement systems and that member has ten or more years of retirement credit when that transfer is initiated. AYE

S7515 This bill would enact "the climate change property tax assessment relief act". This bill would give municipalities the option of providing assessment relief to property tax payers after extreme weather events at local option. AYE

S7516 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill is proposed in light of the 2018 change in CPLR §8003(b) which increased the maximum amount paid to referees from $500 to $750 in foreclosure sales(for property sold for less than $50,000 or where court does not find additional pay is proper). Would increase the threshold to when the judge or justice approved one or more fees or allowances of more than $750 for services performed by the court in any capacity.  AYE

S7517 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - Provides that an itemized bill or invoice, receipted or marked paid, for services or repairs of an amount not in excess of five thousand dollars is admissible in evidence and is prima facie evidence of the reasonable value and necessity of such services or repairs itemized therein in a civil action if accompanied by proper certification from the person rendering such services or making such repairs. NOTE - Increases the amount from $2,000 to $5,000 where these bills or invoices are generally admissible. AYE

S7518 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - Authorizes the state board of law examiners to procure proper and suitable quarters for such board in the county of Albany. AYE

S7522 OGS DEPARTMENTAL - Amends Public Buildings Law §§ 6 and 20, and State Finance Law § 137 to increase the dollar thresholds for the OGS delegation of authority for minor construction work the dollar threshold for bonding for public improvement construction projects each to $200,000 for all projects. AYE

S7523 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill amends CPLR 4518 (the business records exception to the hearsay rule) to clarify that for the business records exception to apply to a writing or a record, the judge must find that 1) the writing or record was made upon the recorder's personal knowledge or from information given to the recorder by a person with personal knowledge and a business duty to transmit the information accurately, or from information received by the recorder which itself is subject to an exception to the rule barring the admission of hearsay; and 2) for a hospital record, the entry must also be germane to the patient's treatment or diagnosis. NAY (Restricts access to medical records. Judge should decide.)

S7524 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill expands e-filing to all civil and criminal courts in NYS. The bill provides that efiling can be required or voluntary in matters as provided by the chief administrator of the courts, with the exception that the e-filing program shall be voluntary as to any party to an action or proceeding who is not represented by counsel. The bill also eliminates language which statutorily determined that certain matters would be required to generally use efiling. NAY (Unfunded mandate on local government courts.)

S7525 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - Relates to increasing the compensation of persons who serve as jurors to fifty dollars per day. AYE

S7526 NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE DEPARTMENTAL - Relates to construction and mentoring programs; provides that an agency may establish a mentoring program for small businesses in construction trades; directs the New York city housing authority to establish and implement reasonable procedures to secure meaningful participation of minority and women owned enterprises and small businesses in its procurement process; provides the New York city health and hospitals corporation to use the same measures to enhance mentoring opportunities for small businesses as are available to the city of New York. AYE

S599A Requires manufacturers of prescription drugs that are purchased or reimbursed in NYS by an insurance company authorized to write accident and health insurance, a higher education institution, a municipal cooperative health benefit plan, the NYS health insurance plan, non-profit medical and dental indemnity, HMOs, or by a pharmacy benefit manager to provide notification of an increase in price. NAY (National marketplace for pricing. Unconstitutional.)

S2432 Requires the public service commission (PSC) to consider the economic impact of utility rates and charges. When deciding whether to approve a rate or charge increase for a utility (gas, electric, water-works, steam, telegraph/telephone), the PSC would have to determine whether charges are just and reasonable, consideration must be given to the economic impact of such charges upon consumers and the area served by each such utility. AYE

S1783A Establishes that each long-term care facility in the State (meaning residential health care facilities, adult care facilities and assisted living facilities as such are defined in various sections of law) must not discriminate on the basis of a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or HIV status.  AYE

S302 Provides that for the purposes of educational leave, an eligible inmate shall include an inmate who is within two years of being an eligible inmate. This legislation would allow certain incarcerated individuals, who will otherwise be eligible for work release, the opportunity to be eligible for educational release up to four years from their potential release dates. NAY

S2422A Amend the vehicle and traffic law to permit NYC to set speed limits as low as 20mph in the city; requires written notice and opportunity for public comment before raising speed limits by more than 5mph (as is already required for lowering speed limit by 5mph); and permits lowering of speed limit to 5mph on specific streets for traffic calming purposes. AYE

S1081 Requires that municipal housing authorities report budget and capital information on state funded activities annually to the Authorities Budget Office. AYE

S2872 Exempts the metropolitan transportation authority from bond issuance charges otherwise required to be paid to the state. AYE

S2707 Provides a tax exemption for certain volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers in Westchester county. AYE

S2729 Prohibits food-service establishments and retail establishments throughout New York State from refusing to accept payment in cash from consumers. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $250 for the 1st violation and not more than $500 for subsequent violations. NAY (Anti-business.)

S1466 COSPONSOR Authorizes payments to nonparticipating or nonpreferred providers of ambulance services licensed under article 30 of the public health law. AYE

S3233 This bill requires the Division of Housing and Community renewal to calculate a rent reduction for tenants. States that notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any rent reduction attributable to diminution of services shall be calculated by the division of housing and community renewal to be effective upon the date that the diminution of service commenced, regardless of when that diminution of services was reported to the division or the date upon which the diminution of services was addressed by the division. NAY (This bill strips out protections for property owners, and would expand the rent reduction for tenants beyond when DHCR has served notice on the owner.)

S1890 This bill would establish Sickle cell centers for excellence and outpatient treatment centers. Appropriates $200,000 per year for each center. AYE

S3266A Creates, in addition to the existing sanction of criminal contempt of court, the remedies of labor law civil penalties and employee's right to bring civil action for unlawful discharge, penalty or discrimination on account of the exercise by an employee of a juror's right to be absent from employment by reason of jury service. NAY (Could open employers up to unlimited litigation by disgruntled employees seeking a cause of action.)

S2451 Adds a new section 116 to the not-for-profit corporation law so that not-for-profit corporations licensed by the office for people with developmental disabilities, the office of mental health, or the department of health as an approved provider; and that annually receive either one million dollars or more in government funding or seventy-five percent or more of its gross annual revenue through government funding is subject to the FOIL. Excludes patient records that the NYSP deem to be secure. AYE

S5268A Removes the requirement that the State Board of Elections' Chief Enforcement Counsel get board approval for subpoenas. Requires the Board to issue any rules and regulations necessary for implementation. NAY

S3161 This bill removes the penetration requirement from the rape statutes, redefines rape to include oral and anal sexual conduct within the definition of rape and makes conforming changes throughout various areas of law. AYE

S1819 This bill increases the income eligibility limits for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) or Disabled Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program from $50,000 to $55,000 beginning on July 1, 2023. AYE

S2928 This bill requires Medicaid Long-Term Care (MLTC) insurers to reimburse claims submitted by home and community based long-term care services or by fiscal intermediaries for expenses related to personal protective equipment (PPE) for direct care workers, care recipients and an emergency inventory of a 90-day supply of PPE. NAY (While laudable, this bill would place the cost of PPE for home care workers, personal assistants and home care patients on MLTC insurers, which already operate on thin margins.)

S3489A Authorizes the assessor of the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from the East Islip Fire District with respect to a portion of the 2021-2022 assessment roll and the entire 2022-2023 assessment roll. AYE

S5126A Amends the Public Service law to preclude a pole owner from requiring of broadband internet providers a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from the NYS Public Service Commission in order to attach to said pole. NOTE - the Public Service Commission has ruled that a CPCN is not required for providers of wireless telephone services, providers of only Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, providers of only broadband/internet services, or providers of telephone service by means of customer-owned or leased, currency or credit card operated telephones and motels, hotels or hospitals. AYE

S227B Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to disclose the measurement of PFAS chemicals found in any discharges from outfalls. AYE

S4922 Precludes health insurers providing coverage under the Child Health Plus (CHP) program from limiting or preventing health care services under CHP due to a health care provider’s lack of participation in said health insurers’ network. NAY (Allowing providers to choose to participate in some but not all products would significantly increase administrative costs for all insurance products, including CHP.)

S363 The bill sets a cap on installment credit interest rates that is equal to the state usury rate of 16 percent. Currently, installment sales contracts for goods and services fall under the Time Price Doctrine and are exempt from the state usury laws. AYE

S1106 Requires lithium batteries of less than 1 inch in diameter and products containing such batteries to be labeled with warnings that swallowing such batteries has been known to cause death. AYE

S1683A  Adds a new section to the Public Health law to require the department, on a quarterly basis, to publish the number of individuals receiving home care services; county of recipient; and services authorized by a county department of social services and by each Medicaid Managed Care plan on the department’s website. A PRINT - Amends the bill to require the Department post on an annual basis rather than quarterly. AYE

S5169 Establishes the "Neurodiversity Flag" as the official state flag for raising awareness of neurodiversity. AYE

S6026A Relates to residency requirements for the village clerk/treasurer and deputy village clerk/treasurer for the village of Otisville, Orange county. AYE

S4748B This bill requires correctional facilities to provide food options that satisfy the requirements of the religious dietary needs of inmates through commissary and vending machines in visitor areas. This includes but is not limited to halal and kosher foods. AYE

S760B Amends Vehicle and Traffic Law to prohibit reckless driving in or upon off-street parking facilities open to the public, whether privately or publically owned. A AND B PRINTS - Changed the language from off-street parking facility to parking lot. Parking lot is defined specifically not to include a driveway upon which a single-family residence is located. AYE

S6162 This bill would require that the Municipal Police Training Council (MPTC) tailor any rule or regulation relating to color vision requirements for police officers to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility to serve as a police officer. AYE

S5782A Includes Silver Lake Outlet within the definition of "inland waterways" as a major creek for the purposes of waterfront revitalization. AYE

S6326 Authorizes commercial feed for a pet, specialty pet, horse, or camelid to include hemp seed or a substance derived from hemp seed. AYE

S213B This bill makes amendments to the provision of law governing false advertising of a food or food product to, in part, consider whether such advertising was directed at a child. NAY (Nanny state. Burdensome for business. Usurps parental authority.)

S6410A This bill would amend section 50 of the Workers' Compensation law to create a new entity through which municipalities can purchase workers' compensation insurance referred to as the "public group self-insurer" or PGSI. A PRINT - Links definition of public entity to that provided pursuant to Insurance law section 107 (5). AYE

S895A Requires social media companies to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service; requires social media companies to submit to the attorney general certain terms of service reports; provides remedies for violations. NAY (Government overreach on business. Restricts free speech.)

S6151A Extends the expiration of payments in lieu of taxes for Lido Beach in the town of Hempstead until June 30, 2025. AYE

S6917A Requires a petition in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property in the city of Newburgh to allege proof of compliance with local laws requiring rental residential property registration and licensure. AYE

S4168B Includes the Shelter Island Public Library Society with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority. AYE

S6636 COSPONSOR Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought. AYE

S5852A Grants retroactive membership with Tier II status in the New York state teachers' retirement system to Lori Cohen. AYE

S6536 This bill would authorize of past service credit for police officers employed by the division of law enforcement in the Department of Environmental Protection in the City of New York to transfer from the New York City Employees' Retirement System to the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System. Such individual must elect to transfer the credit within one year of being a member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System. AYE

S6878 Authorizes the state cemetery board to accept from the town of Clarkstown an application for funding from the state cemetery vandalism restoration, monument repair or removal and administration fund for three abandoned cemeteries. AYE

S4828 Extends the time period for the conveyance of lands for the establishment of the Gateway National Recreation Area until June 30, 2025. AYE

S6858A Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the East Meadow Fire District with respect to the 2022-2023 assessment roll for all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes. AYE

S2165 Adds a new paragraph (i)to subdivision 10 of section 5007 of the education law to allow the State Education Department to transfer funds from the tuition reimbursement account to the proprietary vocational school supervision upon request by the Commissioner when the balance of the tuition reimbursement account exceeds $2.5 million. AYE

S582 Prohibits the sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one. NOTE - Sodium nitrite is a food additive commonly used to cure meats and poultry, but it can also be a fatal poison. It is also increasingly used as a tool for self-harm and suicide. NAY

S1001 Prohibits the preferred drug program, managed care programs and insurers from restricting or imposing delays in the distribution of antiretroviral prescription drugs prescribed to a person for the treatment or prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AYE

S99 Grants employees access to personnel records; requires notice of negative information in such records and an opportunity for a review; permits employee to include certain information in personnel records. NAY (Creates a private cause of action against employers. Burdensome.)

S932A Requires health clubs accept cancellation of a membership within twenty-four hours of receiving notice of the cancellation if within the first three days or after the completion of the term of membership. AYE

S7446 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill would provide for orders of protection in child abuse and neglect proceedings in family court. NOTE - Currently, orders of protection issued in child protective proceedings against individuals who are not the parents of the child, but who were members of the household at the time of the disposition, may only last for one year, subject to a one year extension even in the most extreme cases of severe physical or sexual abuse. AYE

S7447 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - Allows the court to enter an order regarding a destitute minor freeing the child for adoption and granting guardianship and custody to the commissioner of social services for the purposes of consenting to an adoption; authorizes certain commissioners of public welfare and city public welfare officers to consent to such adoptions. AYE

S942A COSPONSOR Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; adds athletic trainers to the list of persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.  AYE

S1048A Requires sellers to clearly post the credit card price inclusive of any surcharge at the location a sale occurs; does not prohibit merchants from offering a two-tier pricing system; establishes civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each violation.  AYE

S1211 Requires the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians. AYE

S1577 Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools and to implement a plan to increase the school counselor, school social worker and school psychologist to student ratio to nationally accepted standards and provide funding for such. AYE

S1863 Directs the education department and OCFS to prepare posters and pamphlets with information regarding higher education funding opportunities for foster youth. AYE

S1892 This bill adds the unlawful purchase or sale of ammunition to the offense of Criminal Purchase or Disposal of a Weapon and renames the offense Criminal Purchase or Disposal of a Weapon or Ammunition. NAY

S1900 Allows severely disabled individuals to apply for renewal of a parking permit for a handicapped person without providing updated medical records. AYE

S2102 Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence. NAY

S2323A Provides for the New York state of health to help veterans ascertain their eligibility for health care through the department of veterans affairs. AYE

S2356 Requires that academic credit toward a high school diploma be given for practical experience gained outside of school during high school. AYE

S2399 The bill amends Article 43 of the General Business Law The New York State Secure Choice Savings Program to allow participating individuals to participate in the program. NOTE - Participating Individuals is defined as any individual who enrolls in the program independent of a employment relationship with an eligible employer, maintains an account in the program, and is not a participating employee; and who is at least eighteen years of age and has New York taxable income within the calendar year.  AYE

S2465 Requires certain insurance policies and Medicaid to allow patients a one hundred twenty-day window for additional screening for breast cancer, which may include an additional mammogram, when the provider deems such screening is necessary. AYE

S2496 Requires social services districts to, every heating season, automatically re-enroll persons or households currently receiving assistance through the low-income home energy assistance program, so long as each person or household maintains eligibility. AYE

S2629A Enacts the safe schools by design act; directs the use of design principles and strategies, pursuant to guidance issued by the commissioner of education, as part of a comprehensive approach to provide a safe, secure and healthy school environment. AYE

S2956A Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop a clean energy outreach and community planning program. NAY

S3036 Provides for the licensure of school psychologists; authorizes the use of the title "school psychologist" to licensed or exempt individuals; defines practice of school psychology; sets forth requirements for professional licensure (including educational attainment, experience, exam and fee); provides for issuance of limited permits under specified circumstances; identifies exempt persons. AYE

S3309A Permits Gold Star families to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation in this state free of charge; defines "veteran". AYE

S3539 This bill would require that the release of a retainage from the contractor is conditional upon the achievement of the substantial completion terms described in the contract. NAY (Would be problematic for home builders/developer.)

S3591A COSPONSOR Authorizes physicians and pharmacists to enter into collaborative practice medication adherence protocols for their patients; makes permanent certain provisions relating to authorizing pharmacists to perform with physicians in certain settings. AYE

S4100 Requires automated external defibrillator equipment to be immediately available at school-sponsored competitive athletic events to athletic coaching and/or training staff. AYE

S4306 Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers supplemental breast cancer screenings; authorizes the comptroller to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.  AYE

S4393 Provides that when informational cards or sheets about opioid antagonists are distributed, such information shall include information about fentanyl strips and their uses. AYE

S4501A Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in local correctional facilities for the screening of visitors and staff in addition to incarcerated individuals. AYE

S4534 Requires the addition of fog lines on all state highways and other public ways under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation when such highway or public way is repaved. AYE

S4550 Enacts the "schools impacted by gross highways (SIGH) act"; prohibits the commissioner of education from approving the plans for the erection of any new schoolhouse within five hundred feet of a controlledaccess highway unless the commissioner of education determines that space limitations are so severe that there is no other site to erect such new schoolhouse. NAY (Overly broad, has the potential to increase the cost of both roadway and school construction.)

S4558A Renames the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge; directs the commissioner of transportation to provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system. AYE

S4598 Enacts the "school anti-violence education act"; creates a school anti-violence education program; establishes a school anti-violence education fund. AYE

S4862 COMRIE Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting eight to twenty-four passengers for hire and establishes a commuter van trust fund. AYE

S4864 Includes fire districts within the definition of "municipal corporation" to include employees of fire districts within the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses. AYE

S4973 This bill would amend the Labor Law to expand the definition of wages in the context of wage theft to include payment of wages to include compensation that is not payable solely at the employer's discretion, such as bonuses. requires certain notices; expands enforcement provisions.  AYE

S5201 This bill would establish claim and settlement standards for insurance companies to follow in the event of a state disaster emergency. AYE

S5254 Provides for accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Nassau county. AYE

S5261A Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in schools. AYE

S5289 COSPONSOR Relates 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. AYE

S5327A Provides that a caregiver shall be eligible for assistance for child care under the child care block grant regardless of the hours the parent actually works. NAY (Circumvents work rules.)

S5396 Directs the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to promulgate rules and regulations for providers operating in rural locations while taking into account the extra challenges encountered by such providers, including but not limited to, increased and additional expenses. AYE

S5423 Prohibits the mandated use of credit cards at state parks, recreational facilities or historic sites. AYE

S5424 Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. AYE

S5521A Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates to the spouse of a congressional medal of honor recipient, and the transfer of distinctive license plates issued to congressional medal of honor recipients who are now deceased to their surviving spouse. AYE

S5574 This bill prohibits a party in a criminal case from exercising a peremptory challenge to a prospective juror on the basis of such juror's race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation. AYE

S5591A Enacts the "fairness for accident victims act"; provides that with respect to a serious personal injury action still permissible under the no-fault insurance system, the award or decision of an arbitrator or master arbitrator rendered in a no-fault arbitration will not constitute a collateral estoppel of the issues arbitrated. NAY (Could result in more damages being paid out regarding serious personal injury cases)

S5650A Requires each school district and charter school to annually provide notification to parents and students of the benefits and the opportunities within the district or charter school of participating in advanced courses. AYE

S5728A Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations. AYE

S139B Amends Section 105 of the uniform justice court act to require that a town or village justice selected for a term office in the one hundred highest volume caseload town and village courts in the state as determined by OCA and DCJS be admitted to practice law in the state of New York and have 5 years of experience, with the exception of sitting justices. NAY

S225B CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDEMENT - Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against his or her will. NONE NAY 239C MAY Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies, under the leadership of conveners, to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides duties and an annual plan for data to be researched and reported. AYE

S368 GALLIVAN Repeals provisions of law relating to the town of Concord industrial development agency. AYE

S546 Enacts the "NYCHA utility accountability act"; requires the NYCHA to provide a rent reduction to tenants who experience a disruption in utility service. NAY

S683A Requires consent from any customer whose terms or conditions would undergo a material change. The bill would also include a provision that the energy provider disclose information about the current price of services, any proposed price changes, distribution prices, and information to inform the customer how they may view their past bills if there is to be a material change. NAY

S688 Requires local boards and the division of housing and community renewal to submit certain residential housing and zoning information to the department of state annually; requires such information to be published by the department of state on its website. NAY

S794 Ensures that residential gas, electric and steam service customers will receive a written determination regarding rate related complaints explaining the reasoning for the decision; requires that decisions are made by the public service commission within 90 days of receiving the complaint; requires utility corporations to retain customer billing statements dating back at least eight years. NAY

S995B This bill would amend the Limited Liability Company law to require that any LLC either formed or registered in New York State disclose to the Department of State their beneficial owners and additional personal identifiable information of all beneficial owners. NAY

S1047A Authorizes the Office of Cannabis Management to share licensee and applicant information with requesting financial institutions, with the consent of such applicants and licensees. AYE

S1208 Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results. NAY

S1671A Requires the small business revolving loan fund to target and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service disabled veteran-owned enterprises. AYE

S1970 This bill would prevent the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision from withholding merit time allowances because an inmate failed to complete a program because of circumstances beyond the inmates control. NAY (Unnecessary.)

S2016A  Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets. Eliminates the statutory requirement for gas utilities to provide service to new customers that request it and also allow for decommissioning sections of the gas system, switching customers to electric heat. Also removes the requirement that utilities provide free hookup to a gas line for new customers whose building is within 100 feet of an existing main. NAY (Likely lead to higher energy usage which will lead to higher costs)

S2161A Requires the department to establish a special needs assisted living program to serve persons with neurodegenerative diseases (such as dementia or Parkinson’s disease) with behavior disturbances. The program will be limited to 10 sites, with 10 residential beds, including 2 respite beds.  AYE

S2413B Provides for an annual adjustment for reimbursements for certain veterans funerals. This bill would allow the maximum amount to increase annually based on the rate of inflation with a minimum increase of 1% and a maximum increase of 4% in any given year. AYE

S2440A Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations. AYE

S2475B Prohibits consideration of a law of another state that authorizes a child to be removed from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming care in custody cases; prohibits law enforcement agencies from cooperating with or providing information to any individual or out-of-state agency or department regarding the provision of lawful gender-affirming care performed in this state; prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with certain out-ofstate proceedings relating to seeking health or related information about people who come to New York to receive gender-affirming care; prohibits the arrest of a person for performing or aiding in the lawful performance of gender-affirming care within this state; relates to the extradition of gender-affirming care providers; relates to licensure of health care providers; prohibits insurance providers from taking adverse action against a health care provider who provides gender-affirming care. NAY

S2712B Amend the vehicle and traffic law to direct surcharges from collected under VTL sec. 1809-c and 1809-e (being from convictions of alcohol or other drug-related traffic offenses pursuant to VTL S 1192) to fund county STOPDWI programs. AYE

S2946B Enacts the "9/11 notice act"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program. AYE

S3439 Directs NYSERDA to study and make recommendations regarding siting renewable energy resources at decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites. AYE

S4146A Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of his or her case; makes related provisions. AYE

S4671 Adds when a person commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and is operating a motor vehicle while such person has in effect five or more suspensions or revocations, imposed on at least five separate dates, to the crime of first degree aggravated unlicensed operation (AUO) of a motor vehicle. NOTE - limits the term of imprisonment imposed for a violation under this legislation shall be a definite sentence, not to exceed two years. AYE

S4804A Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold. NEW BILL AYE 5069A PERSAUD Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual. AYE

S5081A Establishes the warehouse worker injury reduction program; requires employers to establish an injury reduction program designed to identify and minimize the risks of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders among workers involved in performing manual materials handling tasks. NAY

S5253A Requires the New York State energy research and development authority to develop a real-time mobile application with a corresponding map with information on electric vehicle charging stations and to make such information available on the authority's website; requires the mobile application and website to include an interactive real-time map with the addresses of each electric vehicle charging station in the state and the number of charging stations at each location, the operability of charging stations, whether the charging station is located in a parking lot, parking garage or on a street, whether there are fees required to use a charging station, and where to report operational issues with charging stations. AYE

S5615 Directs that state agencies require that procurement of personal computing goods, services and solutions meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. AYE

S5652B Repeals provisions relating to the Town of Niagara industrial development agency. AYE

S5781A This bill would amend section 425 (School tax relief STAR exemption) of the Real Property Tax Law, paragraph b-1 Income, to exempt income earned working at the polls from the definition of income as an election inspector, poll clerk, or election coordinator. This would count for a general, primary, run-off primary or special election.  AYE

S5935 This bill directs the office of court administration to develop a program to issue a hope card to a petitioner that has been granted a final order of protection. The hope card would be provided at no cost, and it will contain 1) information about the respondent(person against whom it was issued); and 2) information regarding any other individuals or companion animals covered under such order, in addition to the petitioner. AYE

S5982A Authorizes the study of aviation flight operations by the department of transportation; requires reporting. AYE

S6184A Uses the job rate for salary grade (SG) 24 public employees for CSEA or PEF members, whichever is higher, as the threshold for filing a Financial Disclosure Statement. AYE

S6249 Permits designated towns to designate minimum maintenance roads by a local law passed by the town board following a hearing. AYE

S6350B Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available. AYE

S6419C Establishes extended producer responsibility for mattresses; requires mattress producers to establish a plan for the convenient and cost-effective recycling of used mattresses. NAY (Civil penalty unnecessary. Significant costs to State.)

S6545 Provides for joint and survivorship accounts, provides that absent indication to the contrary, funds remaining in such an account upon the death of the depositor shall be deemed part of the depositor's estate. AYE

S6752 Provides that a dental hygienist shall not administer local block anesthesia without a certificate and except under the personal supervision of a dentist and in conjunction with the performance of dental hygiene procedures authorized by law and in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner. AYE

S6891 Provides an exemption for certain property, known as Nettie's Restaurant, and located at 220-03 Hempstead Avenue in Queens Village, from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a place of worship. AYE

S6895 Relates to permitting the use of municipal space for outdoor dining to include a thoroughfare used by bicycles. AYE

S7050 Prohibits municipal officers or employees (paid or unpaid) from displaying political advertisements on public property occupied on the in the discharge of public duties. This would also prohibit political advertisements from being displayed on a flag pole, monument, sign or any other permanent structure. This bill would include members of any volunteer fire department which is a part of a municipality. NAY

S7175 This bill amends the Executive Law related to real estate appraisers to add violations of the Human Rights Law in an individual's official capacity as a real estate appraiser to the list of offenses that can trigger a disciplinary proceeding. AYE

S7230 This bill allows any individual to report a downed powerline to a electric or utility company. Downed power lines are extremely dangerous so it is important they are taken care of quickly. AYE

S7394A Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online. NAY (Susceptible to fraud.)

S7414 Clarifies that the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency services statutory review and analysis of measures to protect the security of critical infrastructure to include cyber security as part of that review. AYE

S7424 Requires camps and youth sports programs to establish an automated external defibrillator implementation plan; requires camps and youth sports programs to have at least one person trained to use such defibrillators at camps, games and practices. AYE

S7443A Authorizes the state university of New York to lease a portion of the lands on the campus of SUNY Buffalo State University for the relocation and operation of the Leonardo da Vinci High School; relates to the computation of building aid for the renovation and equipping of the Leonardo da Vinci high school.  AYE

S7521 Authorizes the City of White Plains to alienate property owned by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of White Plains public parking garage. AYE

S1161A This bill amends the Workers Compensation Law related to compensation for permanent or temporary total disability due to an accident or disablement that results from an occupational disease. AYE

S5482 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - Provides a mandatory retirement age of 76 for judges and justices. AYE

S2659A Provides that a business must provide notification of a data breach within 15 days of such breach; includes the department of financial services to the list of entities that must be notified of a data breach that affects any New York resident. AYE

S5549 Prohibits regional off-track betting corporations from providing items of value exceeding fifteen dollars to any board member, officer, or employee of the corporation, any contractor, subcontractor, consultant, or other agent of the corporation, or any spouse, child, sibling or parent of such persons; adds reporting requirements for regional off-track betting corporations. AYE

S4725 Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents, the mayor or a public member appointed by the mayor and a public member appointed by the governor who has experience in the science of water resource development. AYE

S2311 Increases the monetary penalties assessed against corporations for violations of the penal law to $80,000 (up from $10,000) for felony convictions; $40,000 (up from $5,000) for class A misdemeanors; $15,000 (up from $2,000) for class B misdemeanors; and $4,000 (up from $500) for violations. AYE

S4235 Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking in bids to the state and maintain a written policy for preventing human trafficking within its operations, business dealings, and supply chain and provide to the state a copy of such policy when submitting such statement. AYE

S5286 This bill prohibits any charitable organization registered in NY from taking any charitable donation that the organization receives and using such donation to make a payment related to a confidentiality agreement or closed settlement agreement. AYE

S5100 This bill establishes a new subdivision in public health law section 2981, regarding appointment of health care agent; health care proxy, to establish alternate procedure for witnessing of health care proxies. Establishes witnessing a health care proxy under this section may be done using audio-video technology, for either or both witnesses, provided certain conditions are met. AYE

S2163B Prohibits any person, corporation, association, or other entity from slaughtering a horse where such person, corporation, association, or other entity knows or has reason to know that such horse will be used for human or animal consumption; prohibits any person, corporation, association, or other entity from possessing, selling, importing, etc., a horse or horseflesh if such person, corporation, association, or other entity knows or should have known that any part of such horse or horseflesh will be used for human or animal consumption; provides penalties for violation. AYE

S2586 Amends Insurance Law Section 3411 to allow an insurer to accept policyholder's submission of required photographs via smartphone technology in addition to designated site inspection photographs. AYE

S4876A Relates to the amount of St. Lawrence county economic development power that may be used by the New York Power Authority to generate net earnings and authority TMED contracts. AYE

S1870A Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations. NAY (Redundant and unnecessary given that these are already rent controlled apartments.)

S6064 Authorizes the county of Niagara to continue to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes. AYE

S6761 Extends provisions allowing the county of Fulton to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property. AYE

S1731C This bill would prohibit an employer, labor organization and employment agencies from using a job applicant or employee's consumer credit history in his or her decision to hire, terminate, promote, demote, discipline, compensate, or in setting the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment. Under the bill, it would be considered an unlawful discriminatory practice to use consumer credit history for employment purposes. NAY (A credit report can be useful information for employers.)

S5541 Names a portion of route 202 in the town of Yorktown the "Captain Kenneth Sgroi Memorial Highway". AYE

S1736C Amends section 378 of the executive law by adding subdivision 17-a. Standards require that new construction with dedicated off-street parking involving a garage, driveway, parking lot or other off-street parking have electric vehicle charging stations or electric vehicle ready parking spaces. NAY (Cost prohibitive.)

S1856A Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients. NAY

S2630 Relates to establishing an urban deer management pilot program; authorizes the department of environmental conservation, after a review of the site-specific deer management plan, and upon a finding that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare, to issue a certified nuisance wildlife specialist a deer cull permit; defines terms. AYE

S3116A Provides that persons with a disability shall be eligible to receive a fishing license for five dollars. AYE

S4099 Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to organize, sponsor, conduct, promote, or participate in any contest, competition, tournament or derby where the objective of such contest or competition is to take wildlife. NAY (Unnecessary. DEC already has rules in place.)

S6719 Excludes deer management professionals retained by the incorporated village of Lloyd Harbor from the hunting rifle ban on Long Island. AYE

S4563 Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Wallkill as the "Private First Class Richard Cleveland Dunn Memorial Bridge". AYE

S6579A GALLIVAN Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Boston, county of Erie, as the "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge". AYE

S2677A Requires written notice of an adverse determination made by a utilization review agent in relation to a step therapy protocol override determination. AYE

S2684 Allows for insurance providers and corporations to create and offer reward or incentive programs to eligible members. AYE

S2798 Allows service contract providers to demonstrate financial responsibility pursuant to NY Insurance Law 7903(c)(1) by using "default" service contract reimbursement insurance policies and by procuring multiple policies of service contract reimbursement insurance. AYE

S3613 Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups. AYE

S4069 Includes the Olean Public Library with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority. AYE

S6813A Includes The Community Library in Cobleskill, New York with libraries eligible for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority. NEW BILL AYE 6938 CHU Relates to changing the time for calculating amounts for awards of grants to support preservation and/or conservation of library research materials from being calculated for each state fiscal year, to each academic year. AYE

S2535 This bill would amend the project applications and advisory opinions of the public authorities control board.  AYE

S2963A This bill creates a home subsidy for Battery Park City residents in an effort to combat the rise in cost of living in Battery Park City. NAY (Unnecessary. Middleclass subsidy.)

S3014 Adds the Power Authority of the State of New York to the list of authorities which must submit projects and undertakings for approval by the Public Authorities Control Board, and would ensure that projects of this and other authorities that involve energy generation or transmission can be examined for consistency with the State Energy Plan and other environmental and energyrelated policies. AYE

S4263 Requires Port Authority airports to make informational cards or signs available in any lactation rooms, which contain information on services for trafficking victims, including the national human trafficking hotline number. AYE

S4267 Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be provided in lactation rooms in Port Authority bus terminals. AYE

S3141 This bill establishes a grant program under the Housing Trust Fund Corporation for the purposes of replacing dilapidated mobile homes. The grants would be structured as declining deferred payment loans that would expire after 10 years. If the property is sold or refinanced prior to the expiration of the lien, the remaining balance would be repaid. AYE

S5230 This bill requires the attorney general to conduct fair housing testing annually. It further authorizes the attorney general to contract with a not for profit fair housing organization with expertise in fair housing testing, for all or a portion of the required fair housing testing. This bill requires the results of such testing to be provided annually to the governor and the legislature. AYE

S6354A Authorizes the Gold Coast public library district to file with the county of Nassau assessor for an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption. AYE

S3100A Prohibits non-compete agreements and certain restrictive covenants; authorizes covered individuals to bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any employer or persons alleged to have violated such prohibition. NAY

S4234A Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the first bill to the customer; requires utility corporations to provide a two-year history of charges in their bills. NAY (Responsible for usage regardless of when billing is issued.)

S2713 COSPONSOR Requires pharmacies to provide to the recipient of an opioid prescription a “personal use pharmaceutical disposal system” that is a portable product designed for personal use for the purpose of allowing the use of a prescribed opioid to deactivate the prescribed opioid to a non-retrievable condition or state. AYE

S7448 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill would add a child surrendered from foster care under Social Service Law to the definition of a child who would be eligible for inclusion in the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program. AYE

S7449 NYPA DEPARTMENTAL - add general hospitals to the list of entities that may access projects and services ("Energy Services") offered by the New York Power Authority ("NYPA") under Public Authorities Law ("PAL") § 1005(17). AYE

S7450 OPWDD DEPARTMENTAL - Provides for the release of patient or client clinical records to correctional facilities or a public health authority. AYE

S7451 OTDA DEPARTMENTAL - Adds the Secretary of State to the constituent members of the Interagency Task Force on Human Trafficking (the task force) and will extend the task force for an additional four years. AYE

S7453 GAMING COMMISSION DEPARTMENTAL - extend casino-related crimes to Racinos. AYE

S7457 DEC DEPARTMENTAL - Extends the Department's authority to issue limited entry commercial fishing licenses and permits. AYE

S7458 Extends provisions of law relating to the mercury thermostat collection act from January 1, 2024 until January 1, 2025. AYE

S5744 Relates to reopening the age 55 improved benefit retirement program and the 25-year early retirement program to active and retired members and staff of the NYC council. AYE

S5853 Establishes the electric landscaping equipment rebate program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting the adoption of quieter, zero-emission landscaping equipment; provides for rebates at the point of sale for applicants purchasing or leasing certain equipment; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. AYE

S5867 This bill would amend the Workers Compensation Law to require a hearing in every case and require that a stenographic record of the hearing be made and provided to the injured claimant at no cost. AYE

S6412 Requires trucks to utilize commercial GPS designed for use by a commercial vehicle which is able to provide audible and visual warnings when the truck is on a route where the height, weight, width, or length of the truck exceeds the limitations of such route when operating on public highways in the state. NAY

S6416 Permits NYC correction officers to borrow from accumulated contributions. AYE

S6458 Provides that in the event child protective services receives a duplicate report on an open case that has not been founded, indicated or referred to services, such duplicate report shall merge with the open case and remain open an additional thirty days for further investigation. AYE

S6534 Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance; requires insurers to provide necessary information. AYE

S6537 Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills. NAY

S6542 This bill amends Section 2500-a of the public health law to strike language governing the addition of glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (an inherited genetic enzyme disorder that affects the functioning of red blood cells and has the potential to cause attacks of acute hemolytic anemia, severe neonatal jaundice that can lead to bilirubin and other health risks) testing to the newborn screening panel in order to restore such testing for all newborns. AYE

S6552 Establishes the Middletown parking authority; provides for its powers, duties and obligations; repeals certain provisions relating thereto. AYE

S6640B This bill would amend the Real Property Tax Law to extend and enhance the solar generating system and electric storage system tax abatements for New York City. AYE

S6641A This bill would allow a nurse to visit the home and provide a core public health service, without being subject to licensure, so long as it follows statutory requirements and is not intended to serve as nursing services. The commissioner of health may determine if the services exceed the limits of the scope of public health services, as well as establish the requirements for reimbursement. AYE

S6644B Requires the commissioner of transportation to report on collisions that have occurred between motor vehicles and bridges or elevated structures on or crossing highways under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation in the annual report to the legislature. AYE

S6733 Requires the state fire administrator to establish a specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program to provide training to individuals responsible for providing emergency response recovery following incidents involving electric vehicles; defines emergency medical services agency. AYE

S6862 This bill would add a new section to the General Municipal Law (section 207-r) that would provide for a rebuttable statutory presumption that a qualifying partial or total disability or death related to a heart disease was incurred in the performance of duty. This would apply to fire alarm dispatchers in a city with a population of one million or more. AYE

S6897 COSPONSOR Establishes a four-year demonstration project to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities and a joint-management nursing home staffing workgroup to review and assess the impact of such demonstration project. Such demonstration project is to last from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. AYE

S6976 Provides for eligibility of certain participants in the New York City employees retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members. AYE

S7000 SED DEPARTMENTAL - Provides that the school district of the current location of a child in residential care, foster care, or who is homeless is responsible for the evaluation and placement of a preschool child suspected of having or who has a disability. AYE

S7012 Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide and post such guide to the division for small-business's website. AYE

S7082 This bill would include members or citizens of state and federally recognized Native American Nations among those who are able to access New York State parks and campsites free of charge. AYE

S7124 This bill will allow for a restaurant, Golden Blue Bar & Restaurant Inc., to obtain an on premises liquor license. The bill will amend the ABC 200-foot Law which will authorize the issuing of a retail liquor license to this business in the County of Kings, that is within a two hundred-foot proximity of a religious teaching institution. AYE

S7152 Enacts the "public university emergency contraception education act" requiring public universities to develop, produce and distribute informational materials related to emergency contraception. NAY

S7211 This bill amends the requirements for policies and procedures established by the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the state long term care ombudsman, to require timely and regular resolution of any issue reported to the Department. AYE

S7225A Enacts the "Syracuse regional airport authority designbuild act" allowing for the Syracuse regional airport authority to enter into a design-build contract for the installation, construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, and renovation in connection with a landside improvement project, terminal operational enhancement and aircraft deicing facility located in the towns of Cicero, De Witt and Salina at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport.  AYE

S7232 Extends the reporting deadline of the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises from June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024; further extends for one year the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises which is tasked with reporting and making recommendations on how best to support such businesses and promote the formation and growth of new employee-owned enterprises in New York state.  AYE

S7259A Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto. AYE

S7358 Allows Tammy Sciavillo, wife of deceased firefighter Vito Sciavillo, who was employed by the Greenville Fire Department in the county of Westchester, to file an application for continuation of state health insurance benefits.  AYE

S7384A This bill comes at the request of NYC Finance and would make statutory definitions for income for the Senior Citizen homeowners' exemption, the Disabled Homeowners' Exemption, the Tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property, and tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by persons with disabilities. AYE

S7385 Exempts the city of New York, the city school district of the city of New York, the New York city industrial development agency, the New York city health and hospitals corporation, or the New York city housing authority in connection with construction contracts that have an estimated cost of no less than five million dollars or is subject to an owner-controlled insurance program for projects from requirements regarding application to a particular insurance company, agent or broker. NAY

S7386 Extends certain provisions of law relating to tax rates and the imposition of income taxes in the city of New York. NAY

S7455 Extends authorization for certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by the New York Road Runners. AYE

S7461 For purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption, this bill expands the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces by considering individuals who meet the following conditions to have been discharged or released from active military, naval or air service despite the fact that no discharge may have been issued. AYE

S7462 Allows retirees of the New York state teachers' retirement system who suspend their retirement the option of a benefit recalculation after two years of service. AYE

S7463 Extends provisions relating to providing for an emergency technician 5 year re-certification program. AYE

S7464 SED DEPARTMENTAL - Codifies the NYS Smart Scholars Early College High School (ECHS) program and the New York State PTECH program, and allows SED to set aside a portion of future appropriations for program administration. AYE

S7465 JUSTICE CENTER DEPARTMENTAL - This bill relates to providing licensed facilities, provider agencies, and other providers of services a summary of final substantiated reports of category two conduct of an employee or volunteer. AYE

S7474 Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection. AYE

S7475 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - The bill amends the provisions of the Estates Powers and Trusts Law to provide that the trustees of charitable trusts shall be compensated on the same basis as trustees of private trusts. AYE

S7476 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill provides that out-ofstate companies who register to, are authorized to or are designated to do business in New York, consent to general jurisdiction of the courts of the State, regardless of whether such company maintains a principal place of business in New York and regardless of whether the claims at issue relate to events that took place within New York. AYE

S7478 Extends certain provisions relating to expanding the child health insurance plan until 2025. AYE

S7479 Extends provisions of the public health law relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform until 2025. AYE

S7480 Extends provisions of law relating to the Terence Cardinal Cooke health care center until December 31, 2028. AYE

S7481 Provides that the principal office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis management shall be located in Albany county. AYE

S7488 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill amends the state finance law to formally establish the attorney licensing fund. It will consist of the portion of attorney biennial registration fees currently deposited into the attorney licensing fund. AYE

S4671 Adds when a person commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and is operating a motor vehicle while such person has in effect five or more suspensions or revocations, imposed on at least five separate dates, to the crime of first degree aggravated unlicensed operation (AUO) of a motor vehicle. NOTE - limits the term of imprisonment imposed for a violation under this legislation shall be a definite sentence, not to exceed two years.  AYE

S138A Relates to certifying instructors in small arms practice; provides that after December 31, 2026 individuals certified as an instructor in small arms practice shall seek recertification subject to the standards and curriculum promulgated by the division of criminal justice services. NAY

S1078A Requires that functional epinephrine auto-injector devices be made available in places of public assembly and that at least one employee or volunteer of such place of public assembly be trained in its proper operation and use and be present at each facility function. AYE (Places of public assembly shall NOT include halls owned by churches, religious organizations, granges, public associations, or free libraries)

S1931B Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing within a city with a population of one million or more. AYE

S2129A This bill establishes the climate change adaptation cost recovery program to require companies that have contributed significantly to the buildup of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to bear a share of the costs of needed infrastructure investments to adapt to climate change. NAY

S2314 Permits the compounding, dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals to veterinarians. AYE

S2379A Requires certain for-hire vehicles with a seating capacity of 6 or less passengers to install and maintain an interior rear-facing video camera. AYE

S2672A Relates to the computation of building aid for the construction, reconstruction or modernizing of certain projects by the Binghamton city school district. AYE

S2695B This bill would exclude sheriffs and undersheriffs from certain training that is required under the General Municipal Law. AYE

S2773B Prohibits the sale of ATVs and off-highway motorcycles in the city of New York; provides enforcement mechanisms and penalties. NAY (Free market.)

S4520 Authorizes Lawrence Ecker to receive certain service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement system for his time as a state supreme court judge from approximately June 2021 through June 2022. AYE

S4531A  Authorizes the department of transportation to conduct a study pertaining to traffic flow and safety of State Route 35 and State Route 202 from the Hudson River to the border of Connecticut. AYE

S4669 Designates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge as the "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt MidHudson Bridge". AYE

S5495 This bill would amend the Retirement and Social Security Law, section 165-a to provide for the continuation of state health benefit plans for unremarried spouses and dependents of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority that have less than ten years of service and retire with an accidental disability retirement or performance of duty disability pension. AYE

S5633 Authorizes Janice Middlebrooks, the widow of William James Middlebrooks, to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband. AYE

S5688A This bill requires a notary appointed and commissioned in NYS and a commissioner of deeds to create a notarial record of each notarial act performed in connection with a document of conveyance, and file that record. The bill authorizes a notary charge a fee of $25 for performing a notarial act related to a document of conveyance for which a notarial record is required pursuant to these provisions. In addition to any other penalties, a person or entity violating these new provisions will be required to file an official bond of $25,000 for a first offense and $50,000 for subsequent offense. NAY

S5731 This bill would amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law to permit the sale of beer at retail on Sundays between the hours of 3 a.m. and 8 a.m. AYE

S5801A Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body. AYE

S5892 Provides that within a county that has established a traffic and parking violations agency and a liability is disposed of by such agency, eighty percent of such fine or penalty shall be paid to the thruway authority, and twenty percent of such fine or penalty shall be paid to the county in which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred; makes related provisions. NOTE - related to the work zone speed camera demonstration program. AYE

S5954 Provides that the Syracuse regional airport authority may acquire, hold, own, lease, establish, construct, effectuate, operate, maintain, renovate, improve, extend or repair any of its facilities through, and cause any one or more of its powers, duties, functions or activities to be exercised or performed by, no more than two wholly owned subsidiary corporations of the authority for the purposes of operating parking and concessions including food, beverage, and retail services, and airline and aircraft services including ticketing, baggage and fueling services and other services for the operation of the airport. AYE

S6188 Grants retroactive tier V membership in the NY state and local employees' retirement system for Daniel Miller. AYE

S6210A This bill provides that whenever the chief administrator is required to compile, report or make other court data publicly available, or wherever the chief administrator opts to require such collection, reporting and public availability of data, this shall include data from all courts, including the town and village courts, disaggregated by county and by individual court. NAY (Purpose/benefit? Cost to local governments.)

S6288 Enacts "Melanie's law"; relates to orders of protection; allows courts to issue orders of protection for immediate family members or household members of the named victims, regardless of age. AYE

S6289 Relates to incorporating the Salem Volunteer Fire Department Benevolent Association, and providing for its powers and duties. AYE

S6337A Amends chapter 802 of the laws of 2022 to authorize a pharmacist pursuant to a patient-specific (previously not specified) order to administer injectable medications for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorder and provides such pharmacist shall notify the prescriber such administration is complete within five days. AYE

S6430 Exempts aid derived from funding from childcare stabilization grants, childcare desert funding, or other nonrecurring funding, issued by the office of children and family services to childcare providers from income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs. AYE

S6443 Provides the liquor authority the ability to set the duration of brewer's licenses, farm brewery licenses and restaurant brewer licenses to three years. AYE

S6457 Directs the department of transportation to conduct a traffic and planning study on the feasibility of transforming the Harriman campus in connection with the relocation of the Wadsworth Laboratory at Harriman; directs a report on the findings of such study to be delivered within one year of effectiveness. AYE

S6577 This bill amends various provisions of law to increase protections against deed theft and related crimes, and to improve the ability of prosecutors to respond to protect victims of deed theft. AYE

S6631 Authorizes adjudication of traffic control signal indications at no more than thirty-six intersections in the city of Syracuse. AYE

S6649 Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home. NAY

S6659A Increases the number of years a small business can participate in the small business mentor program from four years to five years for Tier 1 and from four years to five years for Tier 2; increases cap on awards under MTA's small business mentor program from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars for Tier 2 contracts; requires a report to the legislature and the governor. AYE

S6662 Relates to qualifications for holding the offices of city controller and city engineer in the city of Amsterdam; provides that a person not living in the city of Amsterdam may hold the office of city controller or city engineer for such city provided he or she lives in Montgomery county or an adjoining county within the state of New York. AYE

S6715A Designates all that portion of the state highway system constituting New York state route 112 bridge over New York state route 27 in town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county, as the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge". AYE

S6743A Authorizes the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value to Homeland Towers, LLC for a term not to exceed 30 years certain lands to make the necessary renovations and operate a radio transmission tower facility. AYE

S6748 This bill would specify that any actions or practices which attempt to establish a monopoly or monopsony are illegal and void. The bill further makes it illegal for anyone in a dominant position to abuse that position in the conduct of any business, trade, commerce, in any labor market. It also allows recoverable damages to be recovered in any action which a court may authorize as a class action. The bill also bans non-compete and non-disclosure clauses between an employer and worker. NAY (May unintentionally apply to and hurt medium sized corporations.)

S6751 Authorizes the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan to file an application with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on behalf of such deceased member and deem such application as timely filed. AYE

S6755A Authorizes the town of Warwick, county of Orange to alienate certain lands held in public trust in the town of Warwick, county of Orange. AYE

S6927 Relates to residency requirements for village justice and/or associate justice of Laurel Hollow and allows the village board of trustees of Laurel Hollow to appoint a person who resides in the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk. AYE

S6965 Extends the effective date for S9471 of 2022 which would grant sufficient time to NYC to enact the necessary litigation to extent SCRIE, DRIE in New York City for residents in former Mitchell-Lama rental buildings. AYE

S6996 Increases the number of county court judges in Schenectady county from one judge to two. AYE

S6999 This bill would amend section 561-a of the Real Property Tax Law to exempt cities with a population of one million or more (NYC) from the notice requirements established in the Real Property Tax Law. AYE

S7038 Expands the residential health care for children with medical fragility in transition to young adults and young adults with medical fragility demonstration program from two eligible pediatric nursing homes to four, and reduces bed capacity from over 160 to 120. NOTE - The 2021 enacted budget implemented a residential health care for children with medical fragility in transition to young adults and young adults with medical fragility demonstration program.  AYE

S7081 Establishes an agrivoltaics research program to develop innovative science-based solutions to facilitate the colocation of crops and photovoltaics while promoting the biodiversity of endemic flora and fauna. AYE

S7202 Relates to ordering a study and report on improvements of State Route 9A in the Hudson River Greenway portion of State Route 9A; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. AYE

S7216A Establishes a tax on noise from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in cities with a population of one million or more. NAY

S7227 Provides for the purposes of the volunteer and exempt firemen's benevolent association of East Syracuse; changes the title of the association to include firefighters; directs the use of tax monies received to go towards furthering the purposes of such association. AYE

S7285A Authorizes the village of Washingtonville, Orange county, to issue serial bonds, subject to the provisions of section 10.10 of the local finance law, on or before November 30, 2024, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $4,500,000 for the specific object or purpose of liquidating the accumulated deficits of the general fund, water fund, sewer fund and capital projects fund. AYE

S7295A Authorizes conditional adult-use cultivator and processor licensees to sell tested, packaged, and sealed cannabis products or biomass to a cannabis dispensing facility licensed or permitted by a tribal nation for retail sale. AYE

S7369 This bill would allow for the use of electronic notices and documents in premium finance transactions so long as the parties have consented. AYE

S7387B This bill would establish a new Chapter 79 in the New York City Charter entitled "Community Hiring and Workforce Development" (CHWD) for the purpose of implementing community hiring programs. This would be accomplished by setting goals for contractors who perform specific work and would include building service, construction, hire economically disadvantages candidates and candidates from economically disadvantaged areas. AYE

S7388A This bill makes amendments to the "New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act" that allows student-athletes to receive compensation for the use of their name, likeness or image to include student-athletes who have completed at least their sophomore year of HS and restrict the NCAA from preventing a college from identifying, facilitating, enabling, or supporting opportunities for a student-athlete to earn compensation for the student athlete's name, image, or likeness. Makes additional changes. NAY (Differentiate between amateur collegiate athletes and pro athletes.)

S7409 Allows the special district operations and development committee, an entity also known as the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation (DSIC), which was formed through enabling legislation in 1977, to change the required number of members from nine to between nine and fifteen members on its Board of Directors. AYE

S7411A  Relates to the tribal-state compact revenue account, regarding monies appropriated and received each year by the state as a portion of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives; extends the effectiveness thereof. AYE

S7418 Authorizes Brett W. Brewer to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Ilion, notwithstanding the age requirements under the civil service law. AYE

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

S7420 Allows the department of financial services to have additional oversight of banks and insurance companies that are not currently licensed. Allows the DFS superintendent to impose additional civil penalties for prohibited unlicensed acts by insurers or bankers. NAY

S7439 Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, to alienate certain parklands for the purpose of installing an algae skimmer in Lake Agawam, and to replace such alienated parkland with a new, dedicated parkland. AYE

S7440 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Grand Island Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association. AYE

S7454 Repeals provisions relating to the Suffolk county judicial facilities agency. AYE

S7459 Amends Chapter 678 of 2022 to provide that only upon initially prescribing or dispensing a drug to dog, cat, or rabbit for use outside the office, must a veterinarian provide certain information. Provides that such information may be provided in writing or orally. Extends the effective date from 180 days to 18 months to provide SED more time to promulgate regulations. AYE

S7496 Authorizes the office of court administration to pay certain judicial compensation to certain supreme court and appellate division justices for the period January 1, 2021 to June 14, 2021. NOTE - In September of 2020, 46 of 49 Supreme Court and appellate justices who applied for certification to serve past age 70 were denied recertification by OCA on the basis of future budget cuts which never happened. According to the bill, 15 of the 46 denied recertification continue to serve. AYE

S7500 Directs the department of financial services to conduct a comprehensive study on how the department of financial services may create a compensation system commensurate with the compensation systems of similar federal financial regulators and to issue a report of its findings. AYE

S7511 Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a church for a condominium building in Manhattan. AYE

S7532 This bill would expand the instances in which DFS can remove a director, trustee, or official. NAY (Too much government power.)

S7535 OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill would amend the Family Court Act to require expiration dates for orders of protection under certain articles of the family court act to be plainly stated. Would provide that a temporary order of protection in juvenile delinquency cases may remain in effect for an initial period of up to thirty days and may be extended by the court for good cause, upon notice to the juvenile. Lastly, the bill would provide that the juvenile has a right to counsel upon the extension of the order of protection. AYE

S7541 DHCR DEPARTMENTAL - Grants the State of New York Mortgage Agency ("SONYMA") authority to purchase mortgages for modular or manufactured housing as personal property-not as real property, as SONYMA's statute currently requires. It would further authorize the SONYMA Mortgage Insurance Fund to provide mortgage pool insurance thereon. AYE

S7549A This bill establishes a temporary moratorium on conveying title of real property to municipalities as a result of tax foreclosure proceedings. The moratorium goes into effect July 1, 2023 and ends June 30, 2024. NOTE - this bill is in response to the Tyler v Hennepin Supreme Court case that prohibits municipalities from retaining excess proceeds resulting from tax foreclosure sales. AYE