Requires notice to members of the legislature and certain local officials relating to certain construction and other projects affecting such members' and officials' districts.
Requires a proposed amendment to the constitution or other question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote be submitted to the people for their approval in plain language which is deemed to be no higher than an eighth grade reading level.
Requires the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to implement certain standards issued by the society for protective coatings pertaining to applying and removing coatings from bridges, trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks and stations.
Directs the New York City Housing Authority and the department of information technology and telecommunications of the city of New York to establish a 311 hotline to receive public housing complaints.
Mandates that the public service commission examine a process for streamlining actions relating to identifying and removing certain utility poles that do not have any attachments and are no longer in use; makes related provisions.
Relates to providing that monies from the CARES act be allocated to food banks or other participating entities to purchase food products from New York farmers and processors for distribution to New Yorkers experiencing hunger or food insecurity.
Relates to conducting a study on the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital funding; the department of education, in consultation with the dormitory authority, the office of the state comptroller, and the public library systems of the state, shall assess and report on the capital needs of such public library systems, including public libraries and association libraries.
Relates to requiring agencies to provide unsuccessful bidders that are certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises with a written statement of the completion of the procurement selection process and that such enterprise was not selected.
Requires stores to publicly display their return and refund policies, including tracking of returns; establishes that failure to display provides buyer with automatic refund or credit.
Relates to regulation of the billing by general hospitals and the distribution of funds from the general hospital indigent care pool; requires use of a uniform application form and policy.