Establishes the capital investment jobs retention program offering a tax credit program for businesses within New York state that opt to make large capital investments and maintain certain job levels. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: RULES

Provides that microbusinesses in New York are eligible for small business revolving loans and the linked deposit interest rate reductions. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Includes part of Ridge Road in the city of Lackawanna as a state highway. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: FINANCE

Enacts the "save New York call center jobs act of 2012"; requires prior notice of relocation of call center jobs from New York to a foreign country; directs the commissioner of labor to maintain a list of employers who move call center jobs; prohibits loans or grants. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: LABOR

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies; further prohibits the inclusion of certain goods/services in the sale of insurance policies without consent and provides penalty for a violation of this prohibition. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: INSURANCE

Provides veterans of the armed forces of the United States access to all state parks and recreational facilities without the charge of any admission. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Provides for establishment of the urban open space program in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; establishes the urban open space program fund; makes an appropriation of 10 million dollars; purpose of the program is to provide for the acquisition, creation, establishment, expansion, improvement, conservation and protection of open space areas in cities for the purpose of enhancing the urban environment, and thereby promoting the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state in a variety of ways, such as reduction of air and noise pollution, modification of extremes of temperature (resulting in the reduction of energy expended to heat/cool buildings/homes), assisting watershed management, providing habitats for desirable urban vegetation and wildlife, provision of shade, preservation of natural resources, enhancement of real estate values and beautification of urban areas throughout the state. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: FINANCE

Establishes a cap on the amount of money a municipality may annually charge a mobile food vendor. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: RULES

Relates to distribution of surcharges for off track winnings. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY

Relates to electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: HEALTH

Authorizes Karen McClure to file for Tier II status with the state comptroller because she is currently Tier III, but worked for Cattaraugus county starting in 1973. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Creates the small business innovation research/small business technology transfer technical assistance program. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: LABOR

Establishes centers of workforce achievement to advance the creation of public/private partnerships between the state university of New York's community colleges and private businesses. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: RULES

Replaces current system which grants veterans real property tax exemptions funded by local governments with a system funded by the state; provides that honorably discharged veterans of certain wars shall receive an additional personal income tax credit varying in amount based on factors like extent of disability for qualifying real property taxes; provides same to unremarried surviving spouse; includes multi-unit real property at least one unit of which is veteran's primary residence; repeals provisions relating to current system of veterans' real property tax exemptions. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires scrap processors to record the license plate number of motor vehicles driven by sellers of scrap materials. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Relates to signage on a portion of Interstate 90 designating the "Harriet Tubman Home". /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: RULES

Provides certain real property a 15% tax exemption. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: RULES

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict; amends the current law which provides regents awards to children of certain veterans of wars and disabled veterans in order to provide a free college education to children of any veteran who served in armed conflict regardless of disability status; defines amount of the tuition award, duration, and applicability. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION