Includes in facilitating aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle consenting to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person who is less than eighteen years of age who has never had a license or the privilege of operating such motor vehicle in this state and the vehicle is operated upon a public highway by such person resulting in physical injury to another person.
Authorizes the imposition of bail for certain felony offenses involving the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession with intent to sell synthetic opioids.
Enacts the "Joseph Fletcher act"; permits certain claims by essential employees for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 which were previously denied or not timely filed.
Requires that an entity which pays funds which are profits from a crime, as defined by statute, to a family member, including a former spouse, of a person charged with or convicted of a crime, give notice of such payment of funds to the office of victim services.
Relates to proceedings in family court; requires all transcripts of proceedings or hearings in family court shall be provided to the parties within five days of such proceeding or hearing; requires attorneys for children shall meet monthly with both parents or guardians and submit a report, including, but not limited to each meeting, the non-confidential, substantive portion of any meetings and any communications with the parties and the child or children; increases the compensation of assigned counsel from $158 to $200 and the total amount of reimbursement from $10,000 to $20,000; authorizes the right of a trial by jury for matters of fact in family court proceedings.
Requires a premises license issued by the department of taxation and finance for businesses retailing certain smoking products and paraphernalia; directs the department to issue regulations.
Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to independently add to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergency basis pending review by the department of agriculture and markets in consultation with the New York invasive species council.
Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster; requires explicit inclusion of air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans with an action plan and annual inventory of air quality emergency resources.