Senator Gallivan's Votes for June 8-9, 2023

The following bills were approved by the NYS Senate.  Senator Gallivan's vote is noted.

S1303B Directs the Public Service Commission (PSC) to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed-charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules. The adjustment would allow the utility 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

S536A Amends general business law and public health law relating to electronic cigarettes. Prohibits anyone engaged in the chain of business for electronic cigarettes from misrepresenting any facts regarding their health consequences and provides for a $500 fine per violation. Prohibits any manufacturers and distributors of electronic cigarettes from making any other products with branding associated with electronic cigarettes. Also prohibits manufacturers, distributors and sellers from offering any promotional deals involving the purchase of electronic cigarettes or from sponsoring any social, sporting, or cultural event in a way that displays the name or branding identifiable with electronic cigarettes. AYE

S2935C Enacts the "just energy transition act"; requires a study of competitive options to facilitate the phase-out, replacement and redevelopment of New York state's oldest and most-polluting fossil fueled generation facilities and their sites by the year 2030. NAY

S2175 Provides for paid family leave after a stillbirth. AYE (Restored to original print. No amendments.)

S2330B 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

S1027A This bill would amend section 120 of the Workers' Compensation Law relating to discrimination against employees who have taken paid family leave. The bill would provide that an employee shall not be required to request reinstatement in order to file a discrimination claim regarding paid family medical leave benefits and provides for restitution of attorneys' fees and costs to such employee. AYE

S158B Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information. AYE

S4467B Clarifies the standard for disparate treatment claims by defining the terms "because of", "because", "by reason of", and "motivating factor" for the purposes of disparate treatment cases. AYE

S5881A Removes certain requirements for prospective purchasers of manufactured home parks; provides that owners of manufactured homes, a manufactured homeowner's association, or any other impacted party may bring an action for injunctive relief, actual damages, and attorneys' fees and costs for any violation of this section; makes related provisions. NOTE - does not address the concerns the Governor had in her veto message, namely that the bill would discourage investment in manufactured home parks.AYE

S5107A This bill makes numerous, mostly technical changes to the laws governing surrogacy and surrogacy agreements in New York. AYE

S154C Requires lithium-ion batteries sold in this state and to be used in a light electric-powered vehicle or personal electric mobility device to be manufactured in accordance with certain standards and specifications. AYE

S3601 Waives the residency requirement for the clerk to the board of supervisors of Seneca county allowing a person holding such office to reside in a county adjoining Seneca county. AYE

S5830 Prohibits the placement in segregated confinement of any person in the first eight weeks of the post-partum recovery period regardless of pregnancy outcome. NAY (Could make facilities less safe and is an expansion of the prohibition against placing certain inmates in segregated confinement, which was included in the HALT Act.)

S3603 Authorizes the county of Cortland to impose a tax of one dollar per five hundred dollars on real estate transfers. NAY (New tax.)

S5826 Requires courts, prior to accepting a plea to a misdemeanor or violation, to provide notice to the defendant that such plea and the acceptance thereof could result in deportation, removal from the United States, exclusion from the United States or denial of citizenship, if the defendant is not a citizen of the United States. AYE

S6405 Waives the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services, provided that such person remains a resident of an adjoining county. AYE

S5806 Authorizes non-membership not-for-profit corporations to classify boards through the by-laws and not solely through the certificate of incorporation. AYE

S4544 Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life. AYE

S643D Relates to rechargeable battery recycling; adds a battery used as the principal electric power source for an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist to the definition of "rechargeable battery"; provides that a battery manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute rechargeable batteries in the state unless the battery manufacturer is implementing or participating under an approved plan; allows a city with a population of one million or more to enforce through its own agencies. AYE

S3024A "This bill would provide a new Title within Article 9 of Environmental Conservation Law to create a Memorial Lands Facility permit, which is a property, other than a cemetery, that is primarily used for the respectful disposition of cremated remains." AYE

S5207B Authorizes municipalities in a pilot emergency repair program to add unpaid emergency repair charges and housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipalities' annual tax levy. NOTE - bill would not apply to owner occupied residential dwellings.  AYE

S6225 Requires the city of New York to reduce the interest accrued on certain charges assessed by the NYC department of health for inspections, clean-ups, examinations and other services performed between 1/21/97 and 11/9/99 on real property located at 1690 60th Street in Brooklyn. AYE

S6463A Requires statewide training for mandated reporters to include how to identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or developmental disability. AYE

S6238A Defines the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding as a shooting incident involving one or more firearms and during which four or more people, other than the perpetrator of the shooting or an accomplice of perpetrator, were injured or killed. AYE

S6341B Establishes harassment of a child in the 1st degree (a class A misdemeanor) when the perpetrator intentionally or knowingly harasses, annoys or alarms a child or a child's parent or guardian; establishes a private right of action for harassment of a child. B PRINT - makes technical changes. AYE

S5918B Requires corporations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to beginning services that may interfere with a property owner's ability to enjoy, use, or access such property owner's property; requires notice to include direct contact information for any subcontractor being used for such services; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs. AYE

S6691A Requires that any limited liability company who files a rent registration statement shall include a list of all members of such limited liability company and each member's ownership interest. NAY (Unnecessary regulation that limits privacy.)

S3346A Authorizes the town of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. AYE

S3444A Authorizes the county of Wayne to impose a hotel or motel room or seasonal rental occupancy tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. AYE

S4073 Authorizes the town of Cornwall in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. AYE

S5735A Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Skaneateles, not to exceed five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room. AYE

SE 5736A Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Skaneateles, not to exceed five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room. AYE

S5891A Permits the village of Woodbury to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. AYE

S6029 Authorizes the county of Rockland to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2025. AYE

S6190A Authorizes the village of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent. AYE

S6507 Authorizes and empowers the town of DeWitt to adopt and amend local laws to impose an occupancy tax. AYE

S6590 Authorizes the city of Beacon to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. AYE

S6679 Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. AYE

S4230 Establishes the extreme weather preparedness task force to evaluate the state and counties' ability to handle extreme weather across the state. AYE

S3313B Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability". B PRINT - places the terms "retardation", "developmentally disabled" and variants thereof with "persons who have a developmental disability" and or "developmental disability" throughout various areas of the law in New York. AYE

S6462 Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Port Authority Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas Memorial Bridge" located in the neighborhood of East Elmhurst, Queens County. AYE

S6580 GALLIVAN Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Specialist Peter J. Loretto, Jr. Memorial Bridge" in the town of Eden, county of Erie. AYE

S1292 This bill a new section within Article 19 of Environmental Conservation Law to establish clean fuel standard in New York, which will be a de facto Cap & Trade program with the goal of reducing the carbon intensity of fuels used in the transportation sector, and encouraging alternative blends and electrification. NAY (Likely increase cost at the pump.)

S6357 Allows for child protective services workers to complete the required training on the fundamentals of child protection through distance learning methods beginning April 1, 2024, excluding the annual in service training. AYE

S5516A Amends subdivision (c) of section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law (the geriatric services demonstration program) to authorize the commissioners of the office of mental health and department of health to waive rules and regulations to address barriers to collaboration between mental heal providers and providers of home care services under the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program. AYE

S1449 Directs the city of New York to conduct an analysis of storm water and groundwater issues (to include the feasibility and efficacy of the installation of reverse seepage basins; status of storm water upgrades; and potential rehabilitation of former water supply wells) in the communities of Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, Laurelton, Rosedale and Brookville areas of Queens. AYE

S6668 This bill would authorize presumptive Medicaid eligibility for an individual who is incarcerated by the department of corrections and community supervision, or in a local correctional facility for up to 60 days post-release. NAY (Personal responsibility and potential impact on local governments.)

S2477A This bill would amend the Labor Law by adding a new article 34 entitled New York State Fashion Workers Protection Act which would provide for the registration and duties of model management companies and creative management companies and provide complaint procedures and penalties for violations.  NAY

S4982 Protects employee freedom of speech and conscience by prohibiting employers from coercing employees into attending or participating in meetings sponsored by the employer concerning the employer's views on political or religious matters. NAY (Could stifle employers, including small business owners, from talking about labor unions with their employees.)

S3315A This bill increases Surrogate's Court fees on various matters involving estates or other subject matters. These matters involving estates include petitions to commence a proceeding to probate a will, petitions to commence a proceeding for administration in intestacy, and petitions to commence a proceeding for an accounting. A PRINT - lower the increased fee at the $750K-$1M threshold to $1,875; lower the fee at the $1M-$2M threshold to $2,500; lower the fee at the $2M-$3M threshold to $$5,000. NAY (Unnecessary.)

S5056A Directs the superintendent of financial services to create a private education debt registry which shall contain information and documentation relating to loans issued by creditors including interest rates and copies of the notes and instruments used by such creditors for education loans. NAY (Insufficient info from loan industry.)

S6226A This bill would permit ground ambulance services to store and distribute blood and initiate and administer blood transfusions to create parity between air and ground ambulances in regards to this service. AYE

S6550 Relates to the residential parking system in the town of Harrison; extends the area in which such residential parking system can be located. AYE

S6296 Adds falsely reporting the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as part of the crimes of falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degrees. AYE

S5802 COSPONSOR Allows for the hunting of deer by individuals age sixty and older with a crossbow in a special archery season. AYE

S6604 This bill would exempt certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements for wells drilled deeper than five hundred feet below the earth's surface. AYE

S6879A Transfers the village of West Carthage housing authority to the town of Wilna housing authority. AYE

S5834 Designates a portion of the state highway system in Orange county as the "Catholic War Veterans Memorial Highway". AYE

S5764B Requires third party verification of driving history when used as a rating or underwriting factor for private passenger motor vehicle insurance. AYE

S7057 Extends from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2028 the statutory clarification that the Medical Malpractice Insurance Pool (MMIP) is not required to offer a second layer of excess medical malpractice insurance coverage. AYE

S1687 Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to further certification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification. AYE

S5664 Requires certain public employees to be on the site for the duration of public works projects completed by contractors; requires such certain public employees to review a contractor's work on public works projects and determine whether the work performed is acceptable. AYE

S6609 Increases the number of persons from three hundred to five hundred to be considered a small business for the purposes of MWBE. AYE

S6787 Provides the construction advisory council a full year to issue its findings and recommendations, and to extend the statutory timeframe of the advisory council. AYE

S6402 Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate how to regulate artificial intelligence, robotics and automation; repeals such commission. AYE

S6476A Directs state agencies to submit reports detailing their telework policies; permits input from employees anonymously; directs the department of civil service to compile reports and submit a single report to the legislature. AYE

S6610A Authorizes the city of Rochester to convey by appropriate instruments to the Rochester Pure Waters District, an easement in Genesee Valley Park, for installation and maintenance of sanitary sewer facilities. AYE

S6667 Permits the Auburn enlarged city school district to establish an insurance reserve fund. AYE

S260 Directs the state education commissioner to require public school districts to report on compliance with art education instruction requirements. AYE

S6980A Requires the dissemination of written materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms to students and/or persons in a parental relationship to such students at the beginning of each semester or quarter of the regular school year beginning on and after July 1, 2024. AYE

S6627A Authorizes and directs the New York state power authority to rename the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant located in the town of Lewiston, county of Niagara, to the Shirley J. Hamilton Niagara Power Plant. NAY (Unnecessary.)

S1610 This bill provides that a landlord, or any person acting on behalf of a landlord, who willfully includes information he or she knows to be misleading or incorrect in any notice provided pursuant to the 421-A program (Affordable New York Housing program) about the unit becoming subject to decontrol upon the expiration of such tax benefit, shall be guilty of a violation. Such violation would be punishable by a fine of $1,000. This bill was amended from last year's bill to also require the Commissioner of Housing and Community and Renewal to standardize the notice provided by landlords to their tenants pursuant to these provisions. NAY

S6676 This bill amends the uniform city court act and the uniform justice court act so that in small claims actions where the claimant is or was a tenant or lessee of real property owned by the defendant, and the claimant is unable to provide notice of the claim to the defendant at their residence or office(place of work), then they can provide notice to them anywhere in the state where claimant can mail or deliver rent. AYE

S6647A Creates a banking development district working group to assess the banking development district program and provide an annual report to the governor and legislature on the strengths and weaknesses of such program; defines unbanked and underbanked. AYE

S6970 Permits the submission of applications for banking development district designations regardless of the date the applicant opened, banks and trust companies need not have opened after December 31, 1996. AYE

S6674 Expands coverage requirements for human donor milk; removes the requirement for inpatient use. AYE

S885B Regulates short-term residential rentals by creating a registration system for such rentals and allowing for the collection of sales and occupancy tax generated from such rentals to the state and local governments. B PRINT - Makes changes to put further requirements on municipalities to establish regulations within their rental registration systems that mirror state regulation. NAY

S2481 This bill will require state contractors to disclose data on employee compensation by gender, race, ethnicity, and other relevant data. NAY (Overly burdensome. Discrimination already prohibited. More power to Governor.)

S3381A This bill would require the State, public authorities and counties to provide certain documents and forms in the 12 most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants that have been in the country for five years or less. The exact languages would be determined by the American Community Survey, as published by the United States Census Bureau. NAY (Unfunded mandate and creates a private right of action.)

S6292 Increases the total amount of bonds the Buffalo sewer authority may issue from two hundred fifty million to five hundred million dollars. AYE

S5554 Establishes a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments for the purposes of designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the department. NAY (Unfunded mandate. Not necessary.)

S6599 Authorizes the assessor of the town of Mount Pleasant to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Spectrum Designs Foundation Ltd. for a certain parcel in the village of Pleasantville in the town of Mount Pleasant. AYE

S6171 Makes technical amendments relating to authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real property in the county of New York and to grant easements to the metropolitan transportation authority so that it may make handicapped accessible improvements and upgrades to the New York city transit authority 168 Street transit station. AYE

S6276 Makes technical amendments to a chapter authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland a portion of real property in the borough of Brooklyn and to transfer such lands to the metropolitan transportation authority. AYE

S4557 Allows that in a county of between 390,000 and 425,000 residents any municipality in said county will be eligible for state reimbursement for their enforcement of state navigation law, regardless of whether the county has filed an application provided that the total amount reimbursed to the municipality does not exceed limits set forth in section 79-B. AYE

S6815 Adds designated agent, domestic partner, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of the deceased individual to be able to receive a death certificate. AYE 

S6956 Requires the commissioner of health to develop a sustainability plan for the state university of New York downstate medical center; provides that such sustainability plan shall not limit or alter the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. AYE

S6551 This bill would amend section 596 of the Labor Law as it relates to an individual's right to request a hearing regarding an unemployment insurance benefits claim. The bill would provide that such a hearing can be requested if benefits or a written notice of determination denying their claim are not received within thirty days of providing all required information. AYE

S6675 Requires public-facing websites operated by political committees to contain "paid for by" language; adds such public-facing websites to the list of political communications that qualify as independent expenditures. AYE

S6933 Increases the term of office of an election commissioner from two to four years beginning January first of each odd numbered year. AYE

S6694 Requires every public utility to provide an affidavit, annually, that no call centers, or other facility providing customer assistance, have been closed without notice and hearing before the Public Service Commission and that the utility has not relocated such customer assistance to another area of the State or outside State without notice and hearing before the commission. AYE

S6796 All Corporations, association or other entities offering for sale or purchases of a thoroughbred or standbred horses, including live-stock auction houses must have signage posted, that states it is illegal to sell or transfer a thoroughbred or Standardbred for the purpose of slaughter will have penalties. AYE

S6597A  Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request. NAY (Business decision.)

S6538 Extends the operations for the Rockland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for two years until August 11, 2025. AYE

S6564 Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before June 30, 2024. AYE

S6802A Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Albany; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2028. AYE

S7026B This bill allows Westchester county to implement a red light camera pilot program and impose fines of up to $50 for violations. AYE

S7460 Extends provisions of law relating to the adoption and submission of an annual budget by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton from January 1, 2024 until January 1, 2025. AYE

S1746 COSPONSOR The bill would amend the Labor Law section 27-b (2) (a) to add public schools to the definition of employer. This amendment would require public schools to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.  AYE

S2904 Designates the bridge on the portion of Charley Hill Road which crosses interstate route 87 in the town of Schroon, county of Essex as the "Trooper Lawrence P. Gleason Memorial Bridge". AYE

S2905 Designates a bridge on state Route 22, crossing over interstate eighty-seven in the town of Chesterfield, county of Essex as the "Lance Cpl. Scott Lee Schultz Memorial Bridge". AYE

S4401A Requires the department of health to develop, maintain, and distribute to practicing and licensed physicians in the state a resource library related to continuing medical education and training opportunities regarding nutrition.  AYE

S4707A Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Firefighter Peyton L. S. Morse Memorial Highway" in the hamlet of La Fargeville, town of Orleans, Jefferson county. AYE

S4897A Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Corporal Derick Franklin Brinckerhoff Memorial Highway". AYE

S5897  Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; repeals provisions relating to directing the office of children and family services to make information publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effectiveness thereof. AYE

S5971 Designates a portion of state route 111 in the towns of Islip and Smithtown as the "Port Authority Police Officer Steven J. Tursellino Memorial Highway".  AYE

S6050 Relates to requiring the use of project labor agreements for large scale construction projects under the state university construction fund; provides an exception to such requirement may be granted; provides that the fund may require every contractor become party to a project labor agreement. AYE

S6097 Relates to additional member contributions for certain members under the age fifty-seven retirement program; provides that members holding certain titles who due to their age at the time of enrollment in the age fifty-seven retirement program will not obtain twenty-five years of service credit and therefore will not be eligible for a refund of their additional member contributions shall not be required to make additional member contributions.  AYE

S6216 Provides for special accidental death benefits for widows or widowers of certain deputy sheriff members of the New York city sheriff's department. AYE

S6246 Requires that each weigh in motion violation monitoring system undergo a calibration check every six months in accordance with specifications prescribed pursuant to a memorandum of agreement between the New York city department of transportation and the New York state department of agriculture and markets, or in accordance with an applicable reference standard as determined by the New York city department of transportation. NAY

S6247 This bill prohibits contributions, indirectly or directly, to political committees from individuals with business dealing with a state governmental entity during the restricted vendor contribution period operationally, when those committees are controlled by officeholders with authority over state governmental entities responsible for issuing a procurement solicitation, evaluating responses, or determining or awarding a final contract or to political committees of candidates for office of such a government entity. AYE

S6253 Provides that any lung disease that impairs the health of a New York City deputy sheriff is presumptive evidence that the illness was acquired during the performance and discharge of their duties. The deputy sheriff will be entitled to retire on a pension equal to three-quarters of their final average salary. AYE

S6254 Provides that any heart disease that impairs the health of a New York City deputy sheriff is presumptive evidence that the illness was acquired during the performance and discharge of their duties. The deputy sheriff will be entitled to retire on a pension equal to three-quarters of their final average salary.  AYE

S6293 Relates to a child care leave credit for New York city uniformed correction officers who are members of the New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan. AYE

S6318A Enacts the "cellular mapping act"; requires the public service commission to review cellular services within the state; requires the expansion of cellular services. AYE

S6335A Authorizes the Syracuse Hancock International Airport to hire and promote employees on a permanent basis. AYE

S6339 Modifies the retirement program for Triborough bridge and tunnel members to a twenty-year retirement program; clarifies the statutory peace officer designation of certain employees of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority. AYE

S6584A This bill would amend the Executive Law related to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions to require separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups.  AYE

S7431A Extends the authority of the town of Newburgh to impose a hotel and motel tax for an additional two years.  AYE

S7489 Extends provisions relating to the New York state medical care facilities finance agency act. AYE

S6441B 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. B PRINT - replaces language appropriating $500,000.  AYE

S2279C Requires a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients listed in order of predominance on diapers sold in the state; imposes a civil penalty of one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not to exceed one thousand dollars per package or box on the manufacturer. NAY (Should be addressed at the national level.)

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

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.)

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

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

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

S365B Enacts the New York privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared. NAY

S586A Establishes venue in actions to recover student debt; provides that in actions to recover student debt owed to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of the defendant, if one resides in the state. AYE

S721 Creates a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in New York city. AYE

S955 Establishes the YMCA distinctive license plate; creates the YMCA foundation fund. AYE

S1163A This bill would establish the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies. NAY (Could be used to justify massive costs and policy changes.)

S1554B Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program. AYE

S1723A The bill would create in Unconsolidated Law a Youth Development Agriculture Technology Challenge for elementary, high school, and college students in which the students develop solutions to relevant technological problems and issues faced by farmers and food producers. AYE

S1724A  Amends Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, providing that operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian from behind proceeding on the same roadway shall pass to the left of such bicycle at a safe distance of no less than three feet until safely clear thereof. This would apply to cities with a population of less than one million and towns and villages. NAY (Not fairly applied across the entire state.)

S1780A Expands the FreshConnect program, which provides rebates for the purchase of local produce to certain people, to include local produce sold in supermarkets and grocery stores. AYE

S2237A Requires insurance coverage be provided to illegal immigrants identical to the State of New York’s basic health program (the Essential Plan), regardless of federal financial participation, for health care services, which are services and supplies consistent with the provisions of the patient protection and affordable care act and dental and vision services defined by the NYS DOH, so long as such person is a resident of this state and has a household income below 250 percent of the federal poverty level.  NAY

S2328A Classifies military monuments and memorials as parkland; provides military monuments or memorials erected or constructed on property of a municipal corporation shall require authorization by an act of the legislature prior to any change in status including alienation, development, leasing, transfer, sale or discontinuance. AYE

S2407 Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program to provide farm owners with a succession planning toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who plan on selling or closing their farm. AYE

S3144D Relates to increasing the earnings limitation for retired law enforcement officers; increases the earnings limitation from $35,000 to $65,000 for retired law enforcement officers employed as law enforcement officers after retirement. AYE

S4329A  Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states, countries, provinces or territories that issue driver licenses. NAY (Okay with US States. Concerned with other countries.)

S4546 Establishes an emergency heating energy assistance program benefit to provide emergency assistance to certain households where such household is threatened with shut-off or an energy emergency due to nonpayment. AYE

S4548 The bill requires the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to conduct automated file matching and enrollment of participants in affordability programs to utility corporation customer accounts. AYE

S4561A Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program. NAY

S4649 Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes the diabetes research and education fund. AYE

S4817A  Requires that both casinos in region five of zone two shall be taxed on gross gaming revenue at the same percentages as each other at all times. AYE

S4830C COSPONSOR Establishes a highway and depot charging needs evaluation to assist in achieving targets set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck, advanced clean cars II rules and the zero-emissions school bus mandate. AYE

S5448A Requires the chief of every police department, each county sheriff, and the superintendent of state police to report to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program. A PRINT - Removes the reporting requirements for police agencies and instead requires DCJS to report this information to DCJS. AYE

S5712 Directs the department of health to conduct a study relating to opening a new hospital in southeast Queens; requires the department of health to deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted and any legislative recommendations to the governor and the legislature.  AYE

S5819 Extends provisions relating to certain real property to be conveyed to the town of Huntington for one year. AYE

S5909B Establishes a three year pilot hospital medical debt relief program for eligible residents (meaning an individual that is a resident of this State and has a household income at or below 400 percent of the FPL or has hospital-based medical debt equal to 5 percent or more of the their household income and has had hospital medical debt relieved under this program). B PRINT - Includes language subjecting the program to general fund appropriations, as well as, subjects provisions requiring the Commissioner to contract with a not-for-profit.  NAY (Unfairly spread the cost of covering such medical debt to all taxpayers.)

S5963A Requires the commissioner to establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instructions for school districts. AYE

S5980 Requires a multi-agency study of the issues impacting the continuum of caregiving in the state; requires the submission of a report of the findings, conclusions and recommendations from such study to the governor and the legislature. AYE

S6130A  Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state. NAY (Under current law a poll watcher must be a qualified voter of the city or county in which they serve.)

S6303A  Provides for an allowable recovery by a rental vehicle company from its renters for actual costs incurred to title, register, plate and inspect rental vehicles as determined by an annual audit conducted by the rental vehicle company.  AYE

S6409A  This bill would raise the tax abatement rate of the Green Roof Tax Abatement Program and extending certain deadlines for properties within New York City. Furthermore, it would remove some of the restrictions that have been barriers to participation within the program.  AYE

S6504A Establishes an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program.  AYE

S6527A  Authorizes the Grace Gospel Church of Suffolk, Inc. to file an application for retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2020--2021 and 2021--2022 assessment rolls.  AYE

S6535  Authorizes the Shulamith School for Girls to file an application with the Nassau county assessor for a retroactive real property tax exemption.  AYE

S6569A  ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL - This bill would create several new offenses involving deed theft.  AYE (Be easier to go after those bad actors that fraudulently obtain title to a property belonging to another person)

S6617  Provides for limited credit time allowances for working in the horse handling program for a period of no less than eighteen months and receipt of a certification from the Groom Elite program. NAY

S6622A  Allows Brian Laurange Jr. to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of deputy sheriff for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time deputy sheriff for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.  AYE

S6722A  Authorizes the United Church of God Seventh Day to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status.  AYE

S6807A  Makes eligible for provisional appointment and authorizes Paul Strobel to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a part-time police officer for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.  AYE

S6814  Requires that newborns be tested for duchenne muscular dystrophy using a test validated by the Wadsworth center for laboratories and research; directs the Wadsworth center for laboratories and research to begin the process of testing validation upon the development of a test for duchenne muscular dystrophy.  AYE

S6896  Authorizes Ulster County to impose by local law, a tax on hotel and motel occupancy of up to four percent of the charge. AYE

S6919A  Authorizes the town of Putnam Valley, in Putnam county to adopt and amend local laws imposing a tax on persons occupying a room for hire in any hotel in an amount not to exceed 2% of the per diem rental rate for each room. AYE

S7021  Stipulate that an individual recertifying for paratransit service may, in lieu of an in-person assessment, submit a note from licensed physician indicating the necessity of such service. The note must be dated within the preceding thirty days, and the rules regarding the form and content of the note will be set by the proper authority.  AYE

S7070 Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Genesee, as the "SP4 George Harold Fry Memorial Highway".  AYE

S7077A Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association.  AYE

S7095A Permits the Superintendent of Financial Services to share confidential information, including trade secret documents, with any third-party consultant designated by the Superintendent, and any local law enforcement authority.  AYE

S7212  Authorizes the Knickerbocker Greys program to access and use for a permanent headquarters the seventh regiment armory for the purposes of programming during periods which are not periods of civil or military emergency.  AYE

S7218  Exempts persons holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Greene from the requirement that such persons reside in such county.  AYE

S7219  Exempts the Leeds Hose Company No. 1, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.  AYE

S7251 Establishes the commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing; requires the commission of the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing to transmit complaints in matters affecting the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing communities to the vulnerable persons' central register; repeals provisions relating to the New York state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing.  AYE

S7253A Establishes the power plant tax assessment reserve fund to reserve against, lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy and/or tax rate resulting from decreases in revenue or taxes or a significant shift in tax liability due to a tax certiorari settlement or judgment; defines terms; makes related provisions.  AYE

S7273 Requires the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken civil service exams.  AYE

S7274 Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; the program shall include a component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians; certification of the completion of the program may be provided to participants through the office.  AYE

S7289A  Includes thyroid cancer in the list of cancers presumed to be incurred in the performance of duty for purposes of disability retirement for firefighters in a city with a population of one million or more.  AYE

S7292A  Relates to granting retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system for Maureen Sullivan Nasca.  AYE

S7434A  Authorizes the village clerk/treasurer and the deputy clerk for the village of Cold Spring, Putnam county, to reside outside such village, but within the county in which such village is located or an adjoining county.  AYE

S7505  Makes technical corrections regarding the unlawful possession and sale of cannabis.  NAY

S7527  Updates the scope of restricted clinical laboratory licenses to include the practice of molecular testing.  AYE

S7531  Designates the bridge over the Sagtikos Parkway on G Road in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, the "Trooper Fabio Buttitta Memorial Bridge".  AYE

S7534  Increases the number of judges in the second, ninth and eleventh districts; provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and certain counties; provides for additional city and civil court judges in New York city.  AYE

S7537  This bill would create the Village Incorporation Commission and make changes to the rules for incorporating a new village. It would also require that this commission publicly issue a report and send it to the Governor and Legislative Leaders detailing an analysis of the Village Incorporation Law and whether the revised requirements of the article are able to protect the fiscal, service and taxation interests of the residents of the proposed village and residents of the surrounding areas. NAY  (No local input.)

S7538  This bill would change the requirements for village requirements to ensure that village incorporations are assessed properly the petition process considers the fiscal, service, and taxation requirements of the potential incorporation of a new village. NAY (No local input.)

S7539 Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations. NAY (Increase costs. Too heavy handed toward business.)

S7548  This bill makes several significant changes to the current mechanisms for defendants to file motions seeking to have their conviction vacated.  NAY

S7550 Relates to the presidential primary, to provide for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in 2024; schedules the presidential primary election for April 2, 2024; updates the political calendar accordingly; requires cure affirmations for curing ballots to be received by the board of elections no later than 7 business days after the board's mailing of the curable rejection notice or the day before the election, whichever is later; provides that any write-in vote for a candidate whether or not such candidate's name is on the ballot for that contest shall be counted for such candidate unless such write-in vote creates an invalid overvote in the contest; allows ballot envelopes without a postmark to be a curable defect; requires additional attestations to cure such defect; relates to the ability and proceeding to contest certain certificates to fill a vacancy in a designation; provides that absentee ballots may be canvassed at the poll site on election day; provides that no board of elections shall commence a full manual recount of a particular contest unless and until such board has completed and announced the results of the recanvas otherwise required, for each applicable election district.  NAY

S4899A  Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Chief Daniel Nimham Memorial Highway". AYE

S4814A  Directs DEC to designate a representative for each environmental conservation region of the state to serve as the point of contact for municipalities to aid in the acquisition of resources and funding for water projects.  AYE

S5836 Includes aquatic invertebrate species and aquatic plants within the meaning of aquatic growth control permitted by towns through improvement districts.  AYE

S6218  Enacts "the planned offshore wind transmission act"; requires the New York state energy and research development authority to establish a plan for improved transmission planning and coordinating systems for an offshore grid; requires the authority conduct a benefit-costanalysis and ratepayer impact study to determine the overall costs of implementing planned transmission and coordinated systems for an offshore grid.  NAY (Opposition to local wind project.)

S2943B  Relates to applying the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 to rent calculations and rent records maintenance and destruction for all rent stabilized apartments.  NAY

S2980C Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; defines permanently vacated; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to public hearings by the city rent agency (Part A); relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the preHSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents (Part B); relates to the failure of owners to file rent registration statements and the enforcement powers of the commissioner of housing and community renewal (Part C).  NAY

S5962  Relates to removing the residency requirement to hold the position of assistant district attorney in the county of Rensselaer, provided that such assistant district attorney resides in an adjoining county.  AYE

S5850A  Authorizes Seaford Fire District to file with the county of Nassau assessor an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption.  AYE

S5355A  Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career. A PRINT - specifics the students must be enrolled matriculated.  AYE

S6349A  Adds North Chuctanunda Creek to the definition of inland waterways. A PRINT - Specified it as North Chuctanunda instead of just Chuctanunda.   AYE

S110  Amends State Finance Law to require every parking garage with an electric vehicle charging station installed with state funds to be open to the public; provides that no project using state funds and involving the construction, acquisition, installation, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, equipping, furnishing or leasing of an electric vehicle charging station shall be approved in a commercial garage, unless such garage waives any and all access fees for a motor vehicle owner or operator solely charging their vehicle at a charging station located in such garage.  NAY

S6063  This bill amends Chapter 248 of 2022 to clarify that nonregulated camps must check the national sex offender registry using the United States department of justice national sex offender public website.  AYE

S6573 Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to study and adopt uniform fire prevention and building code standards to promote fire safety and accessibility in single-exit, single stairway multi-unit residential buildings above 3 stories and up to at least 6 stories, based on a study of building codes existing in the city of New York and in other cities and jurisdictions that have adopted such buildings into their building codes.  AYE

S6749B  This bill establishes a community-based paramedicine demonstration program to evaluate the concept of community paramedicine in different communities throughout the state.  AYE

S6893 Provides that it shall be unlawful to discharge any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant; provides for attorney general enforcement.  AYE

S5965A  Requires that when a person 18 years of age and older is discharged from a local correctional facility that such person be notified of their rights to vote and be provided with a form of application for voter registration, together with written information distributed by the board of elections on the importance and the mechanics of voting.  NAY (Mandate on local jails.)

S5796  Authorizes the Ruth AME Zion Church to file with the town of Brookhaven assessor an application for certain real property tax exemptions.  AYE

S6493C  Relates to the name and powers of the Oriskany Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Association of Oriskany, county of Oneida; changes the name to the Oriskany Volunteer Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association of Oriskany, county of Oneida and makes conforming changes; expands the powers of such association.  AYE

S6906 This bill would require landlords to include information regarding the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIB) programs on all new and renewal leases, rent bills, and on any electronic information for certain housing accommodations.  AYE

S6886A Permits hospitals to establish standing orders for the care of patients, which may authorize an attending nurse (meaning a registered nursing attending to such patient acting within their scope of practice) to provide services and care to a patient. A standing order may be implemented by an attending practitioner or the attending nurse, in the absence of specific direction by the attending practitioner.  AYE

S6195  Allows for absentee ballot envelopes to be valid if they are sealed with tape, paste or any other binding agent or device as long as there is no indication of tampering. NAY

S6185  Includes certain lands used in single operation for the production of tree nuts in the definition of agricultural land; includes tree nuts in the definition of fruits.  AYE

S3146A  Regarding managed care programs and plans under Medicaid and HMOs, in setting reimbursement, the department of health must establish a quality incentive program that is disbursed based on such program or plan performance in meeting quality objectives, set by the commissioner. The quality incentive program is to be funded at a level of at least one percent of the total annual premium paid to such managed care providers, or in the case of Medicaid managed care providers, $300 million, whichever is greater.  AYE

S4900A  Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway".  AYE

S5237  Designates the bridge over the Battenkill River on state route three hundred seventy-two between Barber Avenue and Mill Street in the village of Greenwich, county of Washington, as the "Deputy Chief Brian Buell Memorial Bridge".  AYE

S5741 Permits the town board of the town of East Hampton to provide health insurance coverage for enrolled members of the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as is currently authorized for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.  AYE

S6441B  Approves certain employee benefit costs for transportation employees for the Goshen Central school district.  AYE

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

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

S266A Requires the NYS DOH, in consultation with the OASAS, to certify or designate four maternal-infant care centers in areas of need in the State to provide cost effective, necessary services and enhance the quality of care for infants experiencing withdrawal from in utero exposure to substance use. Such centers must also provide supports and services to parents preparing to bring their infants home and continue said services for a period of time after the infant has left the center.  AYE (To the extent these centers will provide more enhanced care to infants and reduce the length of stay when compared to standard neonatal intensive unit care, then this bill merits consideration. Nonetheless, to preclude the reporting of child abuse and maltreatment is concerning.)

S288C Requires the department of environmental conservation, in coordination with NYSERDA, to submit an annual agency climate expenditure report containing a comprehensive estimate and summary of funds needed and funds spent to achieve the state climate goals.  AYE

S513B Relates to establishing Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Lunar New Year, Tihar, Bandi Chhor Divas and Onam as school holidays.  AYE

S961  This bill would require a finding of youthful offender status with respect to a youth who has been convicted of a misdemeanor offense and has no prior convictions or having been adjudicated a youthful offender previously, regardless of whether such conviction was rendered in a superior or local criminal court.  NAY

S1039A  Amends Section 75 of the Civil Service Law to provide that disciplinary hearings against individual employees not in the service of the City of New York shall be held by a hearing officer who is a member of the American Arbitration Association, selected by the mutual agreement of the parties involved. The decision of the hearing officer will be required to be implemented by the employer. In addition, this legislation provides that such employees may be suspended with pay during such disciplinary action.  NAY

S1045  Amends the general municipal law and education law to provide that the tax base growth factor (or quantity change factor) include the value of new assessment exempted under a Payment In Lieu of Taxes agreement being added to a community.  AYE

S1082  Exempts non-profit community gardens from payment for water usage and supply. It also defines what a non-profit community gardens is in the city on New York.  AYE

S1139 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Sanborn Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association, Inc.  AYE

S1580 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Lewiston Fire Company No. 2.  AYE

S1581 Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Upper Mountain, Inc.  AYE

S2985C Enacts the "housing affordability, resiliency, and energy efficiency investment act"; relates to the modernization of affordable housing financing authorities that authorize financing for the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing.  AYE

S3505B Provides that certain local elections held outside of New York City shall be held on election day in November in even-numbered years.  NAY

S5372A  Establishes the Afghanistan Iraq War Commemorative Medal for members of the armed forces serving in Afghanistan War during the period of time from October 7, 2001 through August 30, 2021.  AYE

S5394A  Establishes the Iraq War Commemorative Medal for members of the armed forces serving abroad in the Iraq War during the period of time from March 20, 2003 through December 31, 2021. AYE

S5400  Amends the Real Property Law to add new questions relating to a property's flood history and flood insurance requirements to the Property Condition Disclosure Statement. Property owners would have to disclose whether the property is located in a 100-year or 500-year floodplain.  NAY

S5653 This bill would allow any Tier 6 member who is a uniformed court officer or peace officer employed by the unified court system to retire without early age reduction upon attaining 30 years of creditable service and age 55. It would also reduce the normal retirement age from 63 to 62, and lessen the reductions in benefits for those who retire prior to normal retirement age.  AYE

S5678 Amends the New York City Administrative Code to provide that the surviving spouse or domestic partner of both active and retired firefighters are entitled to continuing healthcare coverage after the death of the firefighter.  AYE

S5814A  Authorizes the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, to discontinue as parklands and lease certain lands to J.P. Supreme Caterers, Inc., d/b/a Nicky's on the Bay, or its successors and/or assigns, for operation of a fuel dock and restaurant.  AYE

S5849  COSPONSOR Provides state correctional officers employed at the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) as well as security hospital treatment assistants employed by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) with a death gamble benefit. NOTE - The death gamble was enacted for New York law enforcement officers, firefighters and teachers in 2000 (Chapter 554) to incentivize public employees who wish to work past retirement age by providing that should the employee pass away before taking retirement, his or her family shall be able to receive the full value of his or her pension benefit.  AYE

S6027 Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Doc Schelin Memorial Highway".  AYE

S6169A  Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it privately and independently.  NAY (Potential to segregate those with disabilities.)

S6309A  Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Maritime Administration, a component of the United States Department of Transportation with respect to the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 assessment rolls for the parcel conveyed to such organization located at 307 Steamboat Road, Great Neck, county of Nassau.  AYE

S6500 Grants park rangers in Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provided that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.  AYE

S6598  Provides 3/4 accidental disability benefits to Suffolk County deputy sheriffs who were hired on or after July 27, 1976, and are injured in the line of duty.  AYE

S6681  Provides an exemption that would allow for an on-premise liquor license from the New York State Liquor Authority to be granted at 269 Hempstead Avenue in the Village of Malverne.  AYE

S6706 Designates a portion of the state highway system in Nassau county as the "Trooper James R. Gohery Memorial Bridge".  AYE

S6714B  COSPONSOR Establishes the New York state organized retail crime task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on organized retail crime and various countermeasures to counter losses from such crime in the state.  AYE

S6877  Amends the Administrative Code of the City of New York (ACCNY) to add a new Section 13-638.7 allowing certain employees who have concurrent eligible employment for participation in two New York City funded retirement systems (City System) a one-time chance to suspend their current membership in their first City System and elect to participate in the other City System as of the earlier of the date of election, or the date on which the member would have been mandated into the subsequent system absent the prior membership.  AYE

S6993A  This bill would allow Campgrounds of America to apply for retail licensees in NYS, while also maintaining an interest in a craft manufacturing license located in Tennessee.  AYE

S7356  Permits dentists to administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related to a declared public health emergency.  AYE

S7395C  Authorizes the assessor of the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate Inc.  AYE

S7493  Authorizes an occupancy tax of seven percent of the per diem rental rate of hotel rooms in the village of Weedsport, county of Cayuga; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.  AYE

S7549A  Institutes an in rem foreclosure moratorium and provides that no tax enforcement officer may convey title to any tax-delinquent parcel of real property owned by a tax district, which has been the subject of an in rem tax foreclosure proceeding, to the treasurer or other official of the tax district, in any in rem foreclosure action which was filed and adjudicated prior to the effective date of the act, and prior to its expiration date.  NAY

S7551A  Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.  NAY

S7553  Requires automobile brokers to maintain a place of business; requires certain notices and recordkeeping; makes related provisions.  AYE

S7559 GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM BILL - Relates to including service rendered by investigators and sworn officers of the waterfront commission of New York harbor in the 20 year retirement plan for officers of the state police; adds investigators and sworn officers to the definition of police officer.  AYE

S7561 GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM BILL - Requires renewal of notary public commissions to be submitted to and processed by the Secretary of State. The legislation would also clarify requirements relating to transmission of records between the Secretary of State and County Clerks, add language relating to electronic notary public registration, and align the fees in the Executive Law associated with certificates of official character of notaries public and certification of notarial signatures with the fees for the same services set forth in the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR).  AYE

S7562 GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM BILL - Amends Empire State Film Production Tax Credit Program to clarify that the law allows applicants who have applied to the program prior to April 1, 2023, to access the increased pool of funding that was added to the program in the 2023-2024 budget.  AYE

S7563  Increases the city of New York procurement limit for businesses owned by women and minorities from one million dollars to one million, five hundred thousand dollars.  NAY

S7564 Amends provisions relating to public campaign financing; changes certain thresholds and procedures; permits retention of matching funds for future use; specifies when a candidate is opposed by a competitive candidate; requires a disclosure on political communications.  NAY

S7575 GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM BILL - This bill is necessary to implement the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between the Executive Branch of the State of New York and the United University Professions, the employee organization certified to represent members of the Unit, which was entered into pursuant to Article 14 of the Civil Service Law.  AYE

S7576 GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM BILL - implement the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between the Executive Branch and the PS&T Unit. Provides the State's M/C employees with benefits and increases for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026.  AYE

S7579  Authorizes the governor to amend and continue the tribal-state compact and that such amendment and continuation be deemed ratified by the legislature upon the governor's certification to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the secretary of state.  AYE

S1991 Relates to establishing a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers of law enforcement; includes every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university police officers in such twenty year plan.  AYE

S6361 Requires individuals employed and participating in one of New York state retirement system to formally acknowledges termination of participation in the retirement system. NAY (Unnecessary)

S4709A  Authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing. NOTE - NYC bill would replace the J-51 program which expired on June 29th 2022.  NAY (Private right of action.)

S4712B Authorizes the town of Orangetown to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.  AYE

S4901 Permits the village justice of the village of Maybrook, Orange county, to reside outside of the Village boundaries but within the town of Montgomery or the town of Hamptonburgh.  AYE

S4981B Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.  AYE

S5120B  Relates to establishing electric vehicle charging station reliability reporting and standards; requires the commission to develop reliability, recordkeeping and reporting standards for electric vehicle charging stations by January 1, 2025.  AYE

S5239 Establishes a twenty-five year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs.  AYE

S5742  Permits the village board of the village of Southampton to provide health insurance coverage for enrolled members of the Southampton Village Ocean Rescue as is currently authorized for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.  AYE

S5827 Provides that lactation rooms in service areas which are maintained or operated by the New York state thruway authority shall display information for services related to human trafficking. AYE

S6126A   Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to alienate certain parklands for the purpose of constructing a municipal drainage system and acquire and dedicate certain other lands as parklands. AYE

S6177B  Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from New York Jesus Baptist Church with respect to the 2022-2023 assessment roll for all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2023 general taxes.  AYE

S6262A Relates to the Ocean Beach Volunteer and Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association, Inc's purpose and use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.  AYE

S7399 Includes remedial services, homework or childcare as the transportation responsibility of the city school district located in a city having a population of one million or more.  AYE

S7444  OCA DEPARTMENTAL - This bill would provide for expungement of records of Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) cases in family court. Such expungement would be automatic from a proceeding that has been terminated in favor of the respondent.  AYE

S7456 Requires the New York city housing authority to provide written notice to residents of disruptions to water services when water is not safe for drinking or cooking; requires the New York city housing authority to establish measures to ensure all contractors and subcontractors who deal with the collection and examining of water samples to comply with federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations regarding the examination of water quality.  AYE

S7492B  Relates to allowing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician who are currently licensed and in good standing in another state or territory to be granted authorization to practice in this state for a limited period of time pending a determination on licensure.  AYE

S7513  Makes technical corrections to the definition of "certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprise" for purposes of the excelsior linked deposit program.  AYE

S7519  Includes SUNY police officers for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease.  AYE

S7542  Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus for the purposes of operating and maintaining a water treatment plant.  AYE

S7566B GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM BILL - Authorizes the governor to execute a settlement relating to certain land claims between the state and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, and the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs.  AYE

S7573 Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday. AYE

S7574 Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York. AYE

S1051A  Establishes the 15 member New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission to develop policies to improve the community, economic and social well-being, and the health and educational needs important to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state; to develop and coordinate statewide programs, recognizing the continuing contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals in the state; to create and implement public education campaigns regarding Asian American and Pacific Islander issues and culture; to increase the awareness among Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals of state and local resources that may benefit Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals and communities as a whole; and to undertake any other activities the commission deems necessary and applicable to support Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state.   AYE

S6858C  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

S7362A  NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CONTRACT SERVICES - Provides that the appropriate officer, board or agency of the City of New York may require bids and offers may be submitted electronically.   AYE

S7573 Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.  AYE

S7574  Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.  AYE

S7571 Authorizes the assessor of Richmond county to grant the Silver Lake Foundation Inc. retroactive real property tax exempt status upon an application therefor.  AYE