Provides that the income level for the requirement to file a personal income tax return shall be the dollar amount of the New York standard deduction. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES

Establishes the Asian Lunar New Year day as a school holiday for all city school districts of cities of one million inhabitants or more, with an Asian population of seven and one-half percent or more; uses the year 2000 federal decennial census as the basis for calculation of the Asian population. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES

Relates to political contributions by limited liability companies. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES

Relates to political contributions made by limited liability companies. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES

Reduces campaign contributions limits for candidates for election to public office or party position. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES

Amends procedures for change of party enrollment to require post mark 25 days prior to a primary, general or special election. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES

Creates a juvenile justice smart investment program. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: RULES

Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children and family services. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: RULES

Requires the disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns owned by any department, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state of New York and local governments by either selling or transferring to a law enforcement agency for destruction; prohibits the sale of any such weapon to any other person or entity. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: RULES

Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: RULES

Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

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

Directs telecommunications and cable corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and such corporations' service areas; includes a list of what services must be provided. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"; authorizes the department of labor to license any entity or organization in the state of New York which offers an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction safety and health course; requires any person or entity which issues an Occupational Safety and Health Administration construction and safety health course card in New York state to submit a copy to the department of labor, with the cardholder's name and address and the date of issuance. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Directs every banking organization or foreign banking corporation transacting business in this state to cash properly endorsed social security checks presented by the payee, upon sufficient identification, notwithstanding the fact that such payee does not maintain an account with such organization or corporation, upon proof that such payee is sixty-two years of age or older; defines "sufficient identification". / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Requires cardiac screening of student athletes; mandates coaches receive training in CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Relates to rental discrimination based on income. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES

Relates to implementing the immigrant assistance service enforcement act. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: RULES

Enacts the "corporate political activity accountability to shareholders act"; establishes the corporate political activity accountability to shareholders act which requires that corporate contributions to a political candidate or party committee or in support or opposition to a candidate or ballot referendum be approved by a majority of shareholders; applies to cooperative corporations, not-for-profit corporations, railroad and transportation corporations. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: RULES