Relates to requiring covered entities to publicly report on franchise fees, consumer complaints and denials of requests for service; defines covered entities; provides that the department of public service shall investigate allegations against covered entities upon the written request of 25 customers, the chief executive officer of the municipality or the county legislature of the county served.
Establishes peer crisis diversion homes; requires the commissioner to establish or contract for no less than six peer crisis diversion homes within one year.
Creates an emergency in education tax surcharge to fund an omnibus education financing plan in New York city; provides for a maintenance of effort requirement.
Creates a disabled person retrofit tax credit; provides a tax credit that is equal to thirty percent of the cost of expenditures, up to $5,000 for making qualified improvements.
Prohibits the state from entering into certain contracts with companies requiring employees to stipulate to binding arbitration for all disputes unless it excludes disputes involving sexual assault.
Establishes an independent fatality review board to review and assess domestic violence cases which result in a fatality and compile a report and make recommendations to certain state agencies based on such review and assessment; provides for access to various records without subpoena and for access to sealed records with judicial authorization.
Establishes additional procedures to be followed by industrial development agencies prior to making loans; includes goals to be achieved by project such as job creation, continuance of business or industry, and public purpose to be attained.
Establishes a division of early childhood within the office of children and family services to coordinate, consolidate and integrate early childhood programs.
Establishes a statewide pilot program modeled after the NYC social impact bond project to lower recidivism and improve the lives of 16-18 year olds in New York's correctional facilities.
Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings for awarding shared parenting of minor children in the absence of an allegation that shared parenting would be detrimental to the best interests of the child; establishes an order of preference in awarding custody; defines shared parenting and parenting plan.
Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state in solicitation letter the interest rate to be applied to such loan and to demonstrate the total cost of loan in a dollar amount, at interest rate, over periods of six months, one year, and three years.
Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center.