Provides for crediting of time spent as a provisional appointee for promotional examinations and eligibility for appointment from the resulting eligible lists.
Directs the Office of the New York State Comptroller to conduct a study on the feasibility of automatically returning unclaimed funds held by such office to the rightful owners of such funds; requires a report of its findings and legislative recommendations.
Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards.
Enacts the "cannabis oversight and official engagement act"; requires the office of cannabis management to notify appropriate elected officials of applications for adult-use retail dispensaries in their legislative districts; requires the office to consider any responses from such elected officials in determining an application for an adult-use retail dispensary license; requires such communications to be made public.
Prohibits recording of the entrance or exit of a school ground or the entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its boundaries.
Provides for a line of duty disability presumption for any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in total or partial disability or death of certain deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities.
Requires stores to publicly display their return and refund policies, including tracking of returns; establishes that failure to display provides buyer with automatic refund or credit.
Prohibits the state liquor authority from conditioning a liquor license based on a cabaret law that has been repealed by a local jurisdiction or social practice or behavior otherwise allowed and not prohibited or banned by state or local law.
Requires the triborough bridge authority to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program; requires the metropolitan transportation authority to post their fee waiver policy on their website.
Requires the commissioner of transportation to install and maintain fiber optic utility along all highways and thruways in the state for access to fiber optic and broadband services.
Requires any proposed increase in fares by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority shall be submitted to the comptroller for approval before such fare increase takes effect; requires the metropolitan commuter transportation authority to submit a report to the comptroller which includes a justification for such proposed fare increase and the current financial condition of such authority.