Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.

Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to the Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc.

Expands enhanced assault protection for highway workers, motor carrier investigators, and motor carrier inspectors; defines terms.

Extends provisions relating to the residential care off-site facility demonstration project until June 30, 2027.

Removes the requirement that an employer has employed an average of one thousand or more persons in the past three years in order to pay less frequently than weekly, but not less frequently than semi-monthly; provides for damages for violations where the employer paid the employee wages on a regular payday, no less frequently than semi-monthly.

Authorizes the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Christopher R. Fay, a deputy sheriff employed by the county of Monroe.

Authorizes the granting of retirement service credit in the optional twenty year retirement plan to Duane A. Palma for service as a correction officer at the Monroe county sheriff's office jail bureau.

Authorizes the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Gregory M. Prokop, a deputy sheriff/investigator employed by the county of Monroe.

Authorizes the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Carl J. Zimmerman, a deputy sheriff employed by the county of Monroe.

Establishes the New York state first home grant program; directs the commissioner of homes and community renewal, in consultation with the state comptroller, to implement such program; provides assistance on behalf of a first time home buyer qualified for such program; and for costs in connection with the acquisition, involving an eligible mortgage loan, of an eligible home, including downpayment costs, closing costs, and costs to reduce the rates of interest on eligible mortgage loans; subsidies to make shared equity homes affordable to home buyers by discounting the price for which the home will be sold and to preserve the affordability of the home for subsequent home buyers; and pre-occupancy home modifications required to accommodate qualified home buyers or members of their household with disabilities; excludes the amount of any grant to any first time home buyer awarded or any federal first time home buyer grant program from taxable income for the purpose of calculating New York adjusted gross income.

Alters the definition of "drug" to include any substance or combination of substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities.

Establishes the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar in each year, known as Diwali, as a school holiday.

Establishes domestic violence crimes when an individual commits or intends to commit a specified offense against a member of the same family or household; defines specified offenses; defines members of the same family; sets forth criteria for the authorized disposition of individuals convicted of a domestic violence crime.

Relates to increasing short-term disability benefits.

Authorizes the use of certain alternative project delivery methods for the New York city public works investment act.