S 5670 establishes the JFK Innovation Center near JFK Airport in Queens as a public-private partnership between New York state agencies and private companies. The center directly supports startups developing SmartCities (using sensors for efficient urban management) and CleanTech (environmentally focused innovations like energy efficiency and sustainable solutions). Key provisions include providing capital awards to startups addressing issues like airport efficiency and coastal flooding, requiring diversity in hiring, allowing companies to pilot new technologies on-site, and creating jobs through economic development. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.
S 3920 proposes adding a constitutional amendment to guarantee that "the inherent right of each person to personal privacy shall not be infringed." This would directly affect all natural persons (individuals) in the state by enshrining privacy as a fundamental constitutional right. The bill does not specify new laws or enforcement mechanisms but would require future legislation to implement protections. As a procedural constitutional amendment, it currently awaits review by the Judiciary committee and the Attorney General's opinion.
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This bill, S 5692, streamlines approval for minor upgrades to existing wireless infrastructure. It exempts wireless companies from needing municipal zoning permits when making small modifications to current towers or base stations - such as adding small antennas, removing equipment, or replacing existing gear - without changing the structure's size. Municipalities must process these requests under a uniform state procedure within 60 days, eliminating local review delays for these specific changes. The bill does not affect new construction or modifications that substantially alter a facility's height or size, preserving local control over those aspects.
Requires state employees who use a computer to complete at least twenty-five percent of such employees' required duties to undergo annual cyber security training.
This bill requires New York's DMV to notify vehicle owners when their registration details are shared with third-party companies (like insurers or data brokers). It gives owners the right to request removal of their personal information from these companies' files, with specific exceptions for safety recalls, government use, fraud prevention, and insurance claims. The law applies to new contracts after its effective date and aims to increase control over how vehicle registration data is used. Vehicle owners directly affected by this change will receive notifications and have a formal process to delete their data from participating companies' records.
Relates to privacy rights involving digitization; provides that such right of privacy and action for injunction and damages shall include a portrait, picture, likeness or voice created or altered by digitization.
Relates to establishing the online consumer protection act; defines terms; provides that an advertising network shall post clear and conspicuous notice on the home page of its own website about its privacy policy and its data collection and use practices related to its advertising delivery activities; makes related provisions.
Provides for real property tax exemptions for last mile broadband infrastructure constructed, altered, installed or improved in an area designated a broadband opportunity area.
This bill amends New York's stalking law to explicitly include unauthorized Bluetooth tracking as a form of "following" in the crime of stalking in the fourth degree. It directly affects individuals who use Bluetooth technology to secretly track another person's location without permission. The key change adds Bluetooth (along with GPS) to the legal definition of "following," making such unauthorized tracking a punishable offense under existing stalking statutes. Stalking in the fourth degree remains a class B misdemeanor under this updated law.
Relates to the establishment of a single computerized state DNA identification index; requires municipalities to expunge any DNA record stored in a municipal DNA identification index.
