Clarifies that employment at any licensee under the cannabis law satisfies employment requirements for parole, probation or other state supervision unless the terms and conditions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohibit such employment.
Relates to designating the county of Kings a cease and desist zone; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones.
Provides for the revocation of licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol and lottery tickets for the possession or sale of illicit cannabis in violation of the cannabis law.
Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report to assess the staffing and other issues causing the continued displacement of individuals with developmental disabilities from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the office for people with developmental disabilities.
Enacts the "public renewables transparency act"; relates to the New York power authority's conferral process; requires the conferral report be posted on the authority's website; provides that the authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic plan; makes related provisions.
Requires the display of certain labels and warnings on gas stoves sold, displayed for sale, or offered for sale at retail to a consumer in this state; authorizes the department of state to adopt regulations regarding the placement and format of such labels; provides for penalties; authorizes the attorney general to enforce such provisions.
Enacts the tropical rainforest economic & environmental sustainability act requiring that companies contracting with the state do not contribute to tropical forest degradation or deforestation directly or through their supply chains; establishes the supply chain transparency assistance program to assist small and medium-sized businesses and minority and women-owned businesses in achieving compliant supply chains.
Expands the definition of mental health care provider to include licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists, for purposes of certain sex offenses committed during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination.
Expands eligibility for loans and grants pursuant to the resilient retrofits loan and grant program for private sewer repairs and upgrades; establishes the resilient retrofits loan and grant fund.
Relates to the criminal possession of a ghost gun; makes such possession a class C felony unless you are a licensed gunsmith or dealer in firearms with intent to manufacture and/or distribute such firearms; requires educational materials shall be provided for no less than 2 years after the effective date of such provisions.
Creates a banking development district working group to assess the banking development district program and provide an annual report to the governor and legislature on the strengths and weaknesses of such program; defines unbanked and underbanked.
Designates a portion of the state highway system including the bridge on the South Service Road, between Federal Circle and Perimeter Road Overpass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica as the "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge".
Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes that a person is guilty of failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor in the second degree if such improper storage leads to an individual under the age of 18 injuring themselves or another and in the first degree if such storage leads to an individual under the age of 18 killing themselves or another.
Requires a public engagement process to guide the investment of resources under the New York state climate leadership and community protection act to maximize the involvement of disadvantaged community members in the development of local clean energy and energy efficiency programs.
Relates to requiring certain figures in solid waste removal estimates and final invoices including the total tare weight of the waste removal project; includes graduated penalties for offenses.