Finance / Sponsor: STAVISKY

Aging / Sponsor: STAVISKY

Transportation / Sponsor: STAVISKY

Requires prescriptions to be typewritten, electronically printed or handwritten in ink or indelible pencil in a legible manner; requires that handwritten prescriptions shall only be written in print letters; prohibits the use of script letters in handwritten prescriptions. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Eliminates rent regulation protection for certain high income tenants and high rent apartments. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Increases penalties for the offense of making graffiti. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CODES

Expands definition of place of public accommodation, resort or amusement in relation to unlawful discriminatory practices. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires the terms of a motor vehicle sales contract entered into in the city of New York to be written in the language in which such contract was negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in any language other than English to deliver to the consumer a translation of such contract in the language in which such contract was negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CITIES

Enhances enforcement of primary care physician loan and scholarship programs by authorizing the commissioner of health to initiate proceedings to suspend the license of a loan repayment award or scholarship recipient who has failed to provide the required primary care service in an underserved area; also authorizes the commissioner to report the amount of such award or scholarship to the department of taxation and finance as income of the recipient. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: HEALTH

Relates to requiring evening court hours for the adjudication of parking violations; requires that hearing examiner be available until 7:00 p.m. at least one evening each week. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: FINANCE

Prohibits evictions for non-payment of rent in summary proceedings where a tenant of a multiple dwelling with 6 or more units has registered a complaint with a local rent office unless the court or local rent office has found that such complaint was without merit or the grounds for the complaint no longer exist or the court finds that rent should have been paid notwithstanding such complaint; provides that court may order eviction if it finds the complaint was made frivolously or with intent to defraud. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Relates to creating a forty-eight hour grace period from due date of credit card bill. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Prohibits the construction, development or siting of hazardous wildlife attractants near airports. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CITIES

Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY; prohibits trustees from being employees of the appointing authority. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Establishes the crime of operating a vehicle while fatigued; relates to vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter by including within the definition of such crimes the operation of a vehicle while fatigued where the result of such operation is serious physical injury or death to another person. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Relates to certain activities by members of a board of a community college. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: FINANCE

Provides space on a driver's license for health care proxy information. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides that the tax abatements for certain rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens commonly known as the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) shall be applicable where the rent constitutes more than one-fourth rather than one-third of the tenant's income. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: AGING