Requires school districts and other facilities providing universal prekindergarten programs utilize all allotted funds for universal prekindergarten programs.
Authorizes New Hour for Women and Children LI, Inc. to receive a real property tax exemption for the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 assessment rolls.
Appropriates $5,550,000 for the purpose of establishing and expanding training programs for direct support professionals at boards of cooperative educational services.
Establishes a local government salt brine equipment grant program under which the secretary of state may award matching grants to municipalities to cover costs associated with purchasing salt brine equipment.
This bill establishes a compensation program for SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) and cash assistance recipients who had their benefits stolen or defrauded. It creates a dedicated $1.5 million fund (funded by a one-time appropriation from the general fund) to pay eligible individuals after fraud is verified by state agencies. The program requires an application process available in English and the ten most common non-English languages spoken in New York State.
Expands the real property tax exemption for persons with disabilities to property owners who are a parent or parents of an individual with a disability and such individual lives at such property.
Establishes the reentry assistance program; provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility; makes an appropriation of $25,000,000.
This bill creates a new policy allowing pay-per-ride Metrocard users to receive two automatic free transfers between subway and bus, or between buses owned by the authority, without additional cost. It directly affects Metrocard users who pay for individual rides, providing them with two transfers valid for two hours from the time their fare is paid. The policy requires separate state funding for implementation and cannot be paid from the authority's regular operating or capital budget. The bill does not change existing fare structures but adds this transfer benefit for eligible riders.
Establishes the police canine vest fund to be used for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining, repairing and replacing soft body ballistic armor vests and other protective equipment for state police and municipal department police canines utilized in the performance of police duties, as well as the purchasing and training of such police canines.
Expands the applicability of the assessment exemption for living quarters for parent or grandparent to include living quarters constructed or reconstructed before the effective date of the section providing such exemption.
