Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to students who attend a New York state community college; provides for eligibility and awards.
Requires the regents to promulgate rules to allow and encourage the reading and posting in public schools excerpts of the writings and documents regarding American heritage.
Requires the state to reimburse counties for costs incurred when holding parolees in detention facilities for technical parole violations pending a hearing with their parole officer.
Authorizes the city of Lockport to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy; provides the city of Lockport shall notify all owners or known interested parties of record of the placement of the code violations on the city tax levy as uncollected fines and penalties within thirty days of placement.
Requires a valid government issued photo identification card be presented when casting a ballot; provides for persons eligible for Medicaid to receive identification cards.
Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session.
Requires the department of education to establish professional development programs in culturally responsive instruction and provide access to those programs on its website.
Relates to establishing the crime of larceny by cyber extortion which occurs when a person intends to obtain property from another person or entity located in the state of New York through the use of certain malicious software.
Places limitations on transactions involving the sale of catalytic converters to junk dealers, junk yard owners or operators, or scrap metal processors or scrap metal processing facilities; relates to record keeping relating to transactions involving the sale of catalytic converters.
Establishes an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program for medical and non-medical professionals to promote earlier identification of Alzheimer's and to provide information and other assistance in finding community support for caregivers.
Directs the office for the aging and the department of economic development to expand encore entrepreneurship in the state, to empower individuals fifty years of age or older to establish small businesses.