New York Bills

Relates to requiring affordable housing projects to calculate and only use the area median income for the specific zip code that the project is located in for determining affordability.

Exempts the costs associated with school safety plans from the real property tax levy limit.

Enacts the Multichannel Video Programming Distributor Competition Act; defines terms; imposes a 5% excise on gross receipts.

Relates to rental payments from the NYC water board; requires the general fund of NYC to provide to the local water fund an amount equal to the amount requested by NYC pursuant to the base rental sum of money pursuant to the lease terms; requires fifty percent of these sums shall be used to provide rebates to residential water and sewer accounts and fifty percent to pay principal and interest on certain outstanding debt.

Establishes the "caregiver's assistance act"; allows a personal income tax credit equal to twenty percent of qualified care expenses or five hundred fifty-five dollars, whichever is less, for the taxable year that is paid by taxpayer for the care of a qualifying senior family member.

Relates to the compensation, benefits and others terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; implements agreements between the state and an employee organization; relates to salaries of certain employees; and appropriates $109,000,000 therefor.

Relates to the early childhood advisory council.

Relates to employment agencies including the creation of terms and condition forms; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

Enacts the " New York state separate stormwater sewer system mandate relief act of 2017"; appropriates $600,000,000 therefor; provides that moneys received from any settlement with Deutsche Bank shall be used to fund such appropriation; directs the environmental facilities corporation to fund municipal stormwater management projects; establishes a new drinking water program management and administration fund; provides state aid for watershed protection; requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to consider a municipality's financial capabilities and the affordability of control options during the issuance of permits for wet weather discharges from sanitary sewers; authorizes use of the drinking water revolving fund for stormwater best management practices; provides for the municipal protection and restoration of groundwater, surface waters and drinking water quality.

Includes working farm dogs necessary for the control and protection of livestock within the meaning of the term "crops, livestock and livestock products" for purposes of provisions of law relating to agricultural districts.

Establishes the "education affordability act" and tax credit; provides credits against income and corporate franchise tax for various qualified education investments including scholarships, education funds and home-based instructional materials.

Increases the fines for dumping snow onto handicapped parking spaces.