Relates to veterans' eligibility for public housing; expands eligibility requirements to include veterans of the recent conflicts; requires granting of a preference for public housing to veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected disability. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions; increases the the credit preference for wartime and disabled wartime veterans by five points for a competitive examination for original appointment and by two and one-half points for a competitive examination for promotion. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Extends real property partial tax exemptions for qualified veterans to include taxes for school purposes. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Provides authorization to grant certain exemptions from real property tax for school districts to eligible veterans where such exemption is adopted by the governing body of the school district. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Increases the real property tax exemption a veteran may receive on real property purchased with eligible funds from $5,000 to $7,500 of the assessed value of such property. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Requires operators of nuclear power plants (or designee) to give notice of: scheduled releases of radioactive materials at least 24 hours before the release is planned to occur; unscheduled releases of such materials as soon as possible, but not more than 24 hours after discovery of the release; and breakdowns or malfunction; specifies that such notice shall be given to specified parties, including to the public via a toll free number; specifies elements to be contained in the notice (i.e., the total amount of radioactivity released or planned to be released, the estimated individual dose that may occur due to the event, weather conditions at the time of release, the area affected or anticipated to be affected, the equipment that malfunctioned or the operator error or other condition that caused the release, and the corrective action taken); requires study thereof by the commissioner of health; requires preparation and distribution of a report thereupon by the commissioner of health; provides for submission of annual reports by operators of nuclear power plants; provides monetary penalties for violations. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Allows veterans who performed military service during a period of war to ride public transportation free of charge for the year immediately after his or her return to this state. / Sponsor: SMITH Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Gives preference to service disabled veteran owned small businesses with respect to state contracts. / Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Authorizes the state mortgage agency to purchase veterans' assisted forward commitment mortgages from banks within the state; requires the board of directors of the state mortgage agency to establish income limits for eligible veterans from time to time. / Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Authorizes the division of veterans' affairs to provide for the interment of the unclaimed remains of veterans. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Creates the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees; provides that criminal interference in the first degree be a class E felony and in the second degree to be a class A misdemeanor. / Sponsor: GRIFFO Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Provides for the "campaign medal for service" to be awarded to those who have provided military service during certain wars and conflicts. / Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such active duty reservists to be his or her primary residence and such active duty reservist must have retained his or her active duty status for at least 90 consecutive days to claim such tax exemption; defines "eligible reservist". / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Authorizes municipalities to grant a real property tax credit during the first year a veteran or veterans become eligible for the alternative veterans tax exemption. / Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Provides that Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans shall receive up to four years of undergraduate or three years graduate education at SUNY or CUNY tuition free. / Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Provides an exemption against real property school taxes for veterans with service connected disabilities. / Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Provides for the same real property tax exemption for veterans to persons in active duty and deployed to the Persian Gulf, and/or wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Excludes a social security number or card from documentation required to renew an existing driver's license. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Authorizes the adjutant general to investigate any applicant for a position within the division of military and naval affairs' law enforcement or youth programs; requires each applicant to submit sets of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal history search with the division of criminal justice services; provides that a record of a felony or misdemeanor conviction may be grounds for disqualification from such position. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS