Enacts the "sunshine in litigation act" regarding protective orders to prohibit settlement agreements which conceal a public hazard or any information that would identify a public hazard.
Requires SUNY and CUNY trustees to refrain from investing in and subsequently divest from stocks, debt or other securities of certain publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Relates to requiring the New York city housing authority to contract with non-profit private entities when qualifying for certain programs; requires the New York city housing authority to contract with a non-profit private entity when converting property to Section 8 units in order to qualify for any program that allows such private entity to renovate, repair, maintain and/or operate such New York city housing authority property.
Requires on-bill financing be an option for certain energy efficiency services; requires the disclosure of on-bill financing prior to the sale of real property.
Provides that to achieve cost savings to businesses and the state, improve decision timeliness, and minimize wrong-sized payments to eligible beneficiaries the department of labor shall obtain current employment and income information from a third-party provider, supplementing current state wage reporting files from the department of taxation and finance.
Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities including the causes and consequences of such violence with a particular emphasis on changes in levels of violence and the causes of those changes.
Honoring Nathaniel Boothe El upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition at the Young, Gifted, and Black Entrepreneurial Awards 20th Anniversary Gala on February 26, 2025
Establishes the manufactured home community preservation act to provide financial and technical assistance, within funds available to counties, municipalities, rural preservation companies, and other non-profit housing organizations for their housing preservation efforts; provides that funds in the mortgage insurance fund can be used to provide financial support to local governments and eligible non-profit housing organizations.
Requires that any penalties for violations of housing standards or building and fire codes be assessed and imposed within fourteen days; increases certain fine amounts for violations of housing standards.
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.
Establishes a tax credit for rent paid on the personal residence of certain taxpayers who lease the taxpayer's primary residence during the taxable year and who pay rent with respect to such residence in excess of thirty percent of such taxpayer's gross income for such taxable year whose income is less than fifty percent of the area median income.
Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop rules and regulations relating to truck rental security; requires any person or organization in the business of renting trucks, vans or trailers to the public to be registered with the state.
Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log; defines web log as a website or webpage that contains an online journal containing news, comments and offers hyperlinks provided by the writer.