Relates to the creation of the emergency financial relief fund to provide financial relief to federal employees or employees of federal contractors who are residents of New York state and required to work without compensation or placed on unpaid leave as a result of a lapse in appropriations by the United States government beginning on or after December 22, 2022; provides financial relief to non-profit organizations licensed to do business in New York state, with a contract to provide services to the federal government, and that are not providing such services as a result of such lapse in appropriations.
Authorizes the New York state department of financial services to oversee the planned closing of bank branch offices by federally chartered banking organizations.
Relates to establishing the furloughed or non-pay federal workers revolving loan program and fund; provides zero percent interest loans to residential electric and natural gas customers who have been either furloughed or designated non-pay federal employees due to a period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations by the federal government in order to assist such customers in paying their electric and gas bills.
Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report improper business activities; applicable to employees who in good faith reasonably believe that an improper business activity has or will occur, based on information that the employees reasonably believe to be true; provides remedies and relief.
Creates the federal contract workers assistance program to permit the state to provide loans to certain small businesses affected by the federal government shutdown.
Establishes the state financial literacy fund which provides funding for project grants to organizations in order to establish financial capability and financial literacy programs, products content and/or services for at-risk populations in New York.
Establishes the state financial literacy fund which provides funding for project grants to organizations in order to establish financial capability and financial literacy programs, products content and/or services for at-risk populations in New York.
Enacts the "New York state Palestinian refugee relocation prevention act"; provides that no state or local agency, authority, or official shall cooperate with, or provide any assistance to, the federal government in the relocation or resettlement of Palestinian refugees within the state of New York; requires that federal funds allocated for the resettlement of Palestinian refugees in New York shall be rejected and returned to the federal government; imposes a temporary moratorium on the admission to any institution of higher education in this state of Palestinian students and scholars; makes related provisions.
Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students.
Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students.