Rep. Simcha Eichenstein

Relates to establishing requirements and penalties for combination utility companies during service outages; provides that a penalty for failure to reasonably comply with requirements that protect the overall reliability and continuity of combination utility company services shall be up to one hundred dollars per violation or for a pattern or practice of such violations up to one thousand dollars per violation.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires the New York State Department of Transportation to annually report to the governor and legislature the 100 most structurally damaged bridges in the state. The report must be submitted within one year of the bill's enactment and each subsequent year. It does not change bridge repair standards or funding but mandates regular transparency about the condition of aging infrastructure. The requirement directly affects the Department of Transportation, which must collect and compile this data. The bill focuses on establishing a routine reporting process to inform state leadership about bridge safety concerns.

Enacts the "dismantling student antisemitism act", or "DSA act"; requires mandatory sensitivity training that includes the topic of antisemitism; includes reporting requirements regarding antisemitism complaints and disciplinary processes.

Enacts the "dialogue and decorum act" which establishes the crime of disruption or disturbance of a lawful assembly; makes such crime an unclassified misdemeanor.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits municipalities and their subdivisions from using the word "swastika" in their official names. It requires any existing municipality or subdivision with "swastika" in its name to change it through an action by its governing body. The law takes effect immediately and applies to all such entities across the state. The provision directly affects local governments that currently have names containing the banned term.

Creates the blue light emergency phones pilot program in all five boroughs; directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to study and report upon the use of such program.

Directs the commissioner of health to provide authorizations to all fiscal intermediaries that timely submit a request for authorization prior to January 1, 2026; details information required for such authorizations; makes related provisions.

Includes offenses involving situations where a person physically harms another or engages in conduct that results in an unacceptable level of danger as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail; requires the Office of Court Administration, in conjunction with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, to manage an electronic tracking system maintaining a record of all bail decisions and to deliver a report to the legislature.

Establishes a $500 tax credit for the purchase and installation of a security camera system on residential- and commercial-owned properties in a city having a population of one million or more persons.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires counties to provide at least one voting machine for every 1,400 registered voters in cities with populations of one million or more. It directly affects county election boards in large urban areas, mandating specific machine allocation to address potential voter access concerns. The key provision sets a clear ratio (1:1400) for machine distribution at polling locations, replacing prior standards. The law takes effect immediately upon enactment.