Requires certain joint tax returns pertaining to residential real estate cash purchases by limited liability companies to be accompanied by a document which identifies the source or sources of funds used for the purchase, including the type of funding used, the bank account information of any funds used in the purchase and the amount used by each source of funds.
Directs the president of the civil service commission to collect health care claims data relating to the price and utilization of hospital benefits by active employees, retired employees and their dependents and to publish a New York State health benefit plan hospital pricing report.
Authorizes a personal income tax deduction for expenses paid during the taxable year by a qualified taxpayer attributable to the cost of residential heating, including, but not limited to amounts paid for fuel oil, coal, wood, propane, natural gas, electricity, steam, kerosene and any other fuel used to heat such taxpayer's primary residence.
Establishes a temporary fuel tax holiday for one year; requires the comptroller and the director of the budget to transfer from the general fund to the special obligation reserve and payment account an amount equal to the amount that would have otherwise been deposited if the fuel tax holiday had not been authorized.
Relates to increasing the taxes imposed on distributors of beers and to directing revenue generated from such taxes be deposited to the credit of SUNY and CUNY; increases such taxes to thirty cents per gallon.
Provides that each electric corporation shall establish a unique priority phone number that shall remain in operation every day of the year for customers who have documented their need for essential electricity for medical needs; makes related provisions.
Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to all mothers who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such mothers, but not beyond the date such child reaches twenty-four months of age except in limited circumstances related to parole; allows children to remain with their mothers in a correctional institution until twenty-four months of age, or longer in certain cases related to parole; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to issue an annual report on data relating to incarcerated mothers.
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc. for the property located at 72 Neighborhood Road in Mastic Beach.
Requires lottery sales agents to return previously purchased lottery tickets to the persons submitting them to such agents for verification of prizes won or lost; requires lottery ticket dispensing machines used for verifying if a ticket is a winner or not to return the ticket submitted for verification.