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.
Relates to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children; establishes independent development savings accounts for foster children over the age of 16; requires foster children to attend financial literacy and independent living classes.
Enacts the "Michael K. Williams law" to establish a grant program to incentivize counties and municipalities to reduce prison populations; makes an appropriation therefor.
Enacts the "omnibus renewable energy progress act"; requires state operations to use one hundred percent renewable electricity by two thousand thirty (Part A); exempts payment in lieu of taxes revenue from property tax cap calculations (Part B); requires the office of renewable energy siting to develop a procedure to process any financial security or letter of credit required by the office (Part C); relates to the recycling of solar photovoltaic panels (Part D); directs the New York power authority to propose a minimum of four priority transmission projects to address the areas of highest need on the bulk transmission system (Part E); relates to the endangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund (Part F); exempts renewable energy systems from certain requirements related to energy facilities (Part G); ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community (Part H); defines land used in agricultural production for the purposes of an agricultural property tax exemption (Part I); updates climate law goals for energy storage and renewable generation (Part J); establishes a sales tax exemption for energy storage (Part K); relates to residential solar tax credits (Part L); enacts the "solar for all homes and businesses act" (Part M).
Relates to establishing an abatement and exemption from real property taxes for capital improvements to reduce carbon emissions; establishes an energy efficiency improvement board to approve the abatements and exemptions.
Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records except for where the requesting party is a victim to or was charged with the crime related to such documents.