Permits contracts for the purchase of rock salt or sodium chloride mined or hand harvested in Canada to be awarded as if such rock salt or sodium chloride was mined or hand harvested in the United States.
Requires affordable housing funded by the state be used for veterans and people with disabilities, with each group receiving five percent of such affordable housing.
Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.
Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.
Establishes a tax credit for individuals who serve or are employed as a direct support professional, or direct care worker, up to five thousand dollars for taxpayers who make less than fifty thousand dollars and phased out for individuals who make over one hundred thousand dollars.
Provides for certain victim statements to be taken at their workplace instead of the police department where such workplace was the scene of the crime and is a hospital, emergency medical facility, nursing home or residential health care facility.
Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency to examine state spending, identify unnecessary and wasteful spending and create a report of recommendations of spending items that can be eliminated by New York state.
Provides that the "look back" period for medical assistance eligibility for transfer of real property commences on filing the certificate of transfer with the county clerk.
Provides that the tax levy limit shall be equal to a zero percent increase over the prior year tax levy when the difference between the total amount of taxes levied for the prior year less the tax levy limit results in a negative number.
Provides for eminent domain reform; creates the "home and property protection act"; creates a temporary state commission to examine eminent domain laws.