Creates the blue light emergency phones pilot program in all five boroughs and directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to study and report upon the use of such program.
Provides an additional ten percent credit on qualified labor expenses under the empire state film production credit and empire state film post production credit in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters insurance, including a municipal identification card, or other state or local government-issued identification card, or a notarized copy of the rental lease signed by the property owner, the property management firm and the insured.
Creates the child care professionals loan forgiveness incentive program for applicants who agree to engage in employment in the child care field; establishes the eligibility for such awards; establishes the amount and duration of such awards.
Requires the department of health to establish nicotine levels for electronic cigarettes and e-liquids which automatically taper in nicotine strength in amounts and at certain time intervals; requires manufacturers to only manufacture, cause to be manufactured, or sold, in this state, any electronic cigarette or e-liquid unless such product automatically tapers in nicotine strength in amounts and at certain time intervals as determined by the department of health.
Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation to manage and coordinate the work of task forces, commissions, and other bodies and programs tasked with examining issues related to flooding, to review and assess best practices and make recommendations regarding flood prevention and mitigation, and to assist municipalities in developing strategies and policies to combat flooding.
Relates to directing the department of health to remove the pharmacy benefit from the managed care benefit package; provides the pharmacy benefit under the fee for service program.
Directs the division of criminal justice services, in consultation with the office of temporary and disability assistance, to establish a universal, statewide human trafficking hotline to provide individuals in the state access to appropriate counselling and services for human trafficking victims.
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.
Provides employers with a tax credit in an amount not to exceed 20% of expenses incurred in providing day care services to the children and wards of its employees and in training persons employed by the taxpayer or a third party provider rendering such services; provides that to receive such credit the facility or program rendering day care services must be licensed.