Authorizes ORES to issue siting permits for battery energy storage systems for use by data centers, regardless of the expected storage or transmission capacity of such battery energy storage systems, and whether or not such battery energy storage systems will be co-located with renewable energy systems; requires data centers to submit carbon reduction plans.
This bill allows the Town of Brookhaven to lease specific parkland parcels (described in Section 3) to Tag Towers LLC for up to 30 years to install and operate a wireless communication tower. The town must dedicate funds equal to the fair market value of the leased land toward acquiring new parklands or improving existing recreational facilities. If the tower is no longer used, the land reverts to public park purposes, and the tower must be removed. The bill directly affects Brookhaven residents through land use changes and the company Tag Towers LLC through the lease agreement.
This bill prohibits employers from using automated systems (like AI algorithms) to set individual wages based on surveillance data about employees, such as personal behaviors or biometrics. It directly affects employers who currently use such technology for wage decisions. Exceptions apply if employers base wages solely on job-specific data or labor costs, and they must disclose their wage-setting methods in plain language before hiring. Violations could trigger civil penalties up to $10,000 per employee per violation, and affected workers can sue for damages or file complaints.
Establishes disclosure requirements for AI-generated or materially AI-altered media depicting historically recognized human disasters when such media is publicly distributed; requires platform operators to allow the use of labelling; provides for enforcement by the attorney general.
This bill authorizes New York State to establish an electronic system for submitting marked absentee ballots, specifically for three groups: voters living outside the U.S. (while retaining NY voting eligibility), military voters, and voters with disabilities who cannot independently mark paper ballots. It requires the State Board of Elections to create a secure system for electronic submission via email or online, with ballots considered filed on the date transmitted. The system must meet accessibility standards (WCAG Level AA) and process ballots including digital signatures, while maintaining paper ballot submission as the default method for all other voters.
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Aligns state and local procurement laws with federal law prohibiting the procurement of certain technology and electronic parts or products which are determined to pose a risk to state and national security; relates to the authority of the office of information technology services to issue certain guidance relating thereto.
Prohibits a seller of a digital good from advertising or offering for sale a digital good to a purchaser with the terms "buy," "purchase," or any other term which a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good, or alongside an option for a time-limited rental, unless the seller receives at the time of each transaction an affirmative acknowledgment from the purchaser, or the seller provides to the consumer before executing each transaction a clear and conspicuous statement.
Provides for the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by a county, city, town, village, school district, board of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension board, district corporation, the state university of New York, the city university of New York, or community college; amends the effectiveness thereof.
Requires the registration of data brokers; imposes regulations upon data brokers; establishes a data deletion mechanism for consumers; imposes penalties upon data brokers for violations of the law.
Implements transparency requirements for developers of AI models; requires the establishment of an office for oversite of AI model developer transparency and reporting; makes related provisions.
