New York Bills

Relates to tuition assistance program awards for graduate students; establishes tuition assistance program award amounts for graduate students and limits on the number of academic years such graduate students shall be eligible.

Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for aliens.

Provides that possession of a condom may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, permitting prostitution, maintaining a premises for prostitution, lewdness or assignation, or maintaining a bawdy house.

Creates the under-grounding of electrical power or telecommunications lines fund.

Enacts the regional labor protection act of 2017 requiring the use of qualified local labor by contractors awarded projects in the construction of public works providing for the expenditure of state public money when the unemployment rate for construction workers is six percent or higher for three consecutive months.

Creates the linguistic and culturally compatible accident prevention course pilot program.

Establishes that electric generating facilities that use biomass for more than 50% of its annual heat input shall not be required to obtain carbon dioxide allowances for carbon dioxide emissions attributable to the burning of biomass under the carbon dioxide budget trading program.

Exempts white collar boxing from regulation by the state boxing commission; provides that a "white collar boxer" is a person who is not a professional boxer or an amateur registered with the U.S. Amateur Boxing Federation, and who engages in boxing or sparring contests and exhibitions where no cash prizes having a value of more than $35 are given or prizes in excess of an amount established by the United States White Collar Boxing, Inc.

Provides for the establishment of a New York city liquor authority to license and regulate the retail alcoholic beverage business in the city; provides for its functions, powers, and duties; places limits on conflicts of interest.

Prohibits the sale of forged instruments; includes the sale and manufacture of government issued documents in the class C felony of forgery in the first degree.

Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas.

Enacts the "personal motor vehicle sharing act"; defines terms; defines "personal motor vehicle sharing program" as a program engaged in facilitating the sharing of private passenger motor vehicles; provides that no personal passenger motor vehicle insured shall be classified as a commercial vehicle, for-hire vehicle, permissive use vehicle, taxicab, livery or any other type of vehicle operated for commercial use solely because the personal motor vehicle sharing owner allows it to be used for personal motor vehicle sharing when the owner is a party to a valid contract with a personal motor vehicle sharing program and the owner has not knowingly placed such personal passenger motor vehicle into use as a commercial vehicle or as a vehicle for hire; makes related provisions.