Authorizes the city council in cities with a population of one million or more to prevent a proposed new charter or amendments from being placed on the ballot for submission to electors. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Authorizes the city council in cities with a population of one million or more from preventing a proposed new charter or amendments from being placed on the ballot for submission to electors and promotes representative charter commissions. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Provides that a vehicle shall not be towed as a result of unpaid parking fines unless such fines amount to at least five hundred dollars. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Provides that a quorum of the New York city planning commission must be present at all times during the conduct of the public hearing and vote on certain uniform land use review matters or the legal requirement for a public hearing shall not be deemed fulfilled; quorum to be majority of members of commission for this purpose. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Requires dangerous or unsafe structural conditions in structures in New York city to be reported upon knowledge thereof by owners, agents, employees, and engineers; provides that failure to do so by a licensed engineer is professional misconduct to be punished by suspension of license. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

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Requires taxicabs in New York city to display the taxi and limousine commission's complaint telephone number on their rear bumpers; requires the commission to staff this telephone with a person from 8 to 9 a.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m.; requires a taxicab driver who receives five complaints in a three month period to undergo safety training; sets minimum liability insurance requirements for taxicabs and liveries. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Relates to procurements by the New York city transit authority and the metropolitan transportation authority. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Relates to the power of the New York State Thruway Authority to finance certain projects in connection with the canal system. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Increase the amount of bonds and notes for the New York state medical care facilities finance agency. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority relative to the establishment of subsidiaries for certain purposes. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Prohibits diversion of resources from dedicated funds derived from taxes and fees that support the MTA, the NYC transit authority and their subsidiaries in certain instances. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Increases maximum civil penalties authorized to be imposed for violations of the rules of the New York city transit authority; provides that the notice of violation of any such rule shall be mailed by first class mail, rather than by registered or certified mail. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Provides for additional reporting guidelines for the metropolitan transportation authority's annual financial statements and when proposing fare and toll increases. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Provides for follow-up reviews by the state comptroller to examine the implementation status of recommendations of previously conducted audits; requires audited agencies to continue to provide 90 day updates to all recipients of the initial 90 day report until all recommendations to which it concurs have been implemented. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Ensures that uninsured persons discharged from mental hospitals have continuous access to medications; expands the medical assistance presumptive eligibility program to include persons without insurance who are discharged from psychiatric inpatient care; requires the department of family assistance to submit a report on the impact of expanding the program to include persons discharged from psychiatric inpatient care. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Directs the public service commission, in consultation with the attorney general, to prescribe policies for nuclear electric generating facility security personnel with respect to their use of machine guns and their use of deadly force during terrorist attacks; such policies shall be prescribed after action thereon by the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission and shall conform to the nuclear regulatory commission's recommendations. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Provides for maintenance of division of employment services offices. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Requires New York city water board to wait at least thirty days after adoption of the city budget before setting its annual fees, rates, rents or other charges for the use of the sewage system or water system, or both. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Requires a study to be performed by the authority budget office on the economic benefits provided by authorities; requires that financing provided by authorities and contractors receiving that financing be subject to certain standards. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee: