Establishes a one-stop farming hotline with the Cornell cooperative extension.
Includes urban farming within farm operations for purposes of agricultural districts.
Creates the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson program; authorizes the residential unit tax; establishes the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson program fund.
Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
Establishes an animal abuser registry; requires background checks for pet store and animal shelter licenses.
Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience.
Excludes violations in a cooperative housing development containing Mitchell-Lama housing with no fewer than ten thousand units from bus operation-related traffic regulations.
Extends protections to tenants of cooperative housing entities by expanding the definition of landlord to include cooperative entities; defines cooperative entities.
Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; defines terms.