Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
This bill updates New York's definition of "period of war" in the real property tax law to expand eligibility for the alternative veterans' exemption. It adds specific recent military conflicts to the existing list, including the Global War on Terrorism (September 11, 2001, through end of hostilities), and NATO combat operations in Somalia (1992-1994), Bosnia (1995-2004), and Kosovo (1999-1999). Veterans who served during these newly included periods will now qualify for the tax exemption. The change directly affects veterans whose service falls within these defined modern conflicts, ensuring they meet the eligibility criteria under current law.
S 8397 allows state and local government entities to serve legal documents (process) electronically on the Secretary of State for corporations, associations, and limited liability companies. It requires submitting documents through a state-operated electronic system with a statutory fee, after which the Secretary of State reviews and accepts the service. The Secretary of State then either mails a copy to the entity’s registered address or emails a notice to its filed email address, making service complete upon acceptance. This applies to business entities that have filed contact information with the Department of State and replaces older service methods for government-initiated legal actions.
This bill requires the state department to notify specific officials and local leaders when considering revoking or suspending an adult care facility's operating license. It mandates that written materials about the action (including hearing notices) be sent to the governor, attorney general, county officials, and local legislative bodies. Additionally, the department must post a public summary online 30 days before a hearing, detailing facility violations, impacted residents, and the operator's plan for continued care. The law applies to all adult care facility closures occurring on or after its effective date, aiming to improve transparency for residents, families, and communities affected by facility closures.
Requires governmental entities to, whenever possible and feasible, consider implementing multifactor authentication for local and remote network access; requires public websites to encrypt all exchanges and to comply with privacy standards.
Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to make correctional facility water testing results accessible directly, upon request, to incarcerated individuals and correctional facility staff in such facilities and make such water testing results available to the public on the website of the department.
This bill (S 6578) allows people who have registered with New York's adoption information registry to pre-authorize the release of their identifying information (names and addresses only) to other registry members. Specifically, adoptees, birth parents, or biological siblings can use a standardized form to consent to sharing their information with the other party. The state department must then release this limited information to the authorized recipient, either through an adoption agency or directly, unless the person chooses otherwise. It does not change existing access to full adoption records but adds this optional pre-authorization process for sharing basic contact details.
Provides that a social services district may implement an income eligibility standard for recipients of child care block grant funds when such district projects that allocated funds will be insufficient to open all eligible non-guaranteed cases; sets the income eligibility standards.
This bill waives metered parking fees for vehicles displaying handicapped permits or plates issued to severely disabled drivers in New York State. It directly affects individuals with disabilities who meet specific criteria, such as limited fine motor control or inability to reach parking meters due to mobility challenges. The law allows these permit holders to park at metered spaces without paying fees, though time limits still apply. It also establishes rules for issuing permits to residents of smaller municipalities and imposes civil penalties for fraudulent attempts to obtain fee waivers.
Bill A 8197 aims to protect Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients from benefit theft due to skimming devices. It directly affects SNAP recipients by enhancing security and all retail food stores that accept SNAP benefits. The bill mandates that these stores display warning signs about EBT/SNAP skimming fraud at public entrances. Additionally, it requires all businesses accepting SNAP benefits to install and use chip-enabled point-of-sale terminals for EBT transactions. Non-compliant businesses may face civil penalties, though provisions for financial assistance to small businesses for equipment upgrades are included.
This bill eliminates the photo image fee for veterans who update their driver's license or state ID card to include a veteran notation. It specifically removes the fee when the only change is adding the veteran designation, which identifies the holder as a U.S. armed forces veteran. The policy applies directly to veterans seeking this license/ID amendment, ensuring no fee is charged for this specific notation. The change affects all veterans meeting the criteria under existing law, streamlining the process for this administrative update.
Provides for distinctive license plates for gold star family members; eliminates the registration fee for gold star parent and gold star family member distinctive license plates.
