Relates to the provision of financial assistance to museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums and other cultural institutions located in low-income urban, suburban or rural communities, or that provide educational services to students from such communities.
Requires motor vehicles sold, licensed or registered in the state to be equipped with an immobilizer; establishes certain criteria such immobilizer shall meet.
Establishes an educational program related to the prevention of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia bias and discrimination based on religion, race, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body.
Limits the reimbursement rate paid by the city school district to a charter school for charter school facilities expansion in a city school district located in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants by changing "actual rental costs" to "reasonable rental costs"; defines "reasonable rental costs".
Requires SUNY and CUNY campuses to hire energy management, materials management, and sustainability education and engagement employees at each SUNY and CUNY campus in numbers proportionate to campus size.
Establishes the biometric privacy act; requires private entities in possession of biometric identifiers or biometric information to develop a written policy establishing a retention schedule and guidelines for permanently destroying biometric identifiers and biometric information when the initial purpose for collecting or obtaining such identifiers or information has been satisfied or within three years of the individual's last interaction with the private entity, whichever occurs first.
Clarifies what buildings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the location of charter schools by describing an existing public school building as being a building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied but designated for potential school use.