Relates to consumer protection from deceptive acts and practices; increases damages and directs consumers on bringing an action for such deceptive acts and practices. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as his or her primary residence. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens where their rent is more than one-half of their income; additional protection, not a substitute for rent protection. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Relates to the suspension and revocation of firearms licenses upon the issuance of orders of protection. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Allows individuals to register their telefacsimile telephone numbers with the consumer protection board as part of the "do not call" statewide registry. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Relates to pre-disposition and pre-sentence investigations in family offense cases; makes provisions relating to probation access to the family protection registry. / Sponsor: ROBACH

Authorizes the establishment of the home equity protection insurance program directing the agency to issue a commitment to insure and insure the full value of certain residences which are owner-occupied by persons who meet certain income qualifications. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Makes state funding from the environmental protection fund available for national estuary implementation projects which would implement water quality improvement projects pursuant to an approved action or comprehensive conservation and management plan prepared under the national estuary program. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Eliminates the requirement for parental consent to an adoption when one parent has an order of protection against him or her for the protection of the other parent, a person in lawful custody of the child or the child. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans, from 75% to 85% of the cost thereof. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: AGRICULTURE

Provides clarification on determining the expiration date of an order of protection issued in relation to a family offense. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires courts to notify victims upon service of orders of protection. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires courts to notify victims upon service of orders of protection. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness. / Sponsor: BRESLIN Committee: CODES

Authorizes a court issuing a non-family offense temporary order of protection or an order of protection to direct that such order be filed with the computerized registry for orders of protection and warrants, if it is necessary to fulfill the purposes of such order; directs the superintendent of state police to include such orders on computerized registry. / Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: RULES

Requires the judge in a criminal proceeding or in a family court proceeding, upon issuance of an order of protection, to inquire as to the ownership of a firearm by the defendant or respondent. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: CODES

Requires the judge in a criminal proceeding or in a family court proceeding, upon issuance of an order of protection, to inquire as to the ownership of a firearm by the defendant or respondent. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Requires various persons (similar to child abuse) to report financial exploitation of the elderly (sixty-two or older) to a social services official; directs the commissioner of children and family services to develop rules for the conduct of investigations and the protection of the exploited. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: AGING

Includes pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in educational settings. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Establishes the independent office of child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of legal rights for youth in juvenile justice facilities; repeals certain provisions relating to the office of the ombudsman. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES