Establishes the crimes of assault on a pregnant person in the second degree as a class D felony and assault on a pregnant person in the first degree as a class C felony.
Prohibits the governor from preventing or inhibiting state agency cooperation with the federal government for the purposes of immigration enforcement; prohibits state agencies from preventing or inhibiting collaboration with federal agencies for the purposes of federal immigration enforcement.
Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".
Relates to the establishment of a waiver for child care learning pods; provides that unlicensed and unregulated child care learning pods may operate if there are otherwise no violations of laws or codes, rules, and regulations of New York and such child care learning pod is compliant with the local laws, codes, rules, and regulations of such local municipality in which they are located and operated; provides for civil penalty for violations.
Requires the governor and senior state officers to appear before the legislature as requested by the legislature to publicly explain actions and answer questions.
Protects the identity of witnesses of hate crimes in discovery proceedings by requiring identifying information to be redacted, unless the court rules otherwise for good cause shown.