Caps the amount of taxes a senior has to pay on his or her real property at the amount such individual paid in the year in which he or she turned 65; provides that the individual claiming the limitation must be the owner of the property and must reside in the property for at least seventy-five percent of the year.
Permits a retired member to change his or her option election or designate a new beneficiary where the beneficiary has been convicted of a family offense.
Designates services to be provided by a jail-based substance use disorder treatment, peer led recovery support services, and transition services program as essential medical care services.
Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals.
Establishes an accessory dwelling unit incentive program to encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units; includes accessory dwelling units in the definition of the term housing accommodations in the human rights law; provides for a temporary property tax exemption on the increase in value of property resulting from the addition of an accessory dwelling unit
Requires manufactured home park owners to provide a written justification for rent increases in excess of three percent of the current rent; provides that increases in costs to justify such rent increase for ordinary maintenance or repair to meet the warranty of habitability obligations must be shown to be necessary.
Expands the permitted use of proceeds from the lease of lands located at the state university of New York at Purchase to support current full-time faculty positions.
Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children commencing in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and continuing thereafter on an annual basis until each child successfully completes second grade; requires school districts to designate an individual to maintain complete and accurate records containing early screening reports for each child, and to provide resources and materials to the parent and/or guardian of any child who displays indications of dyslexia.
Permits assessment of certain fees and costs upon wrongful denial of access to records under the freedom of information law when either the person has substantially prevailed, or if the agency failed to respond within the statutory time.
Relates to the effect and rebuttal of certain medical presumptions relating to heart disease; provides that, for certain members, any condition of impairment of health caused by a disease of the heart, resulting in disability, shall be presumptive evidence that such disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the natural and proximate result of an accident.