Authorizes the issuance of warrants and orders of protection in persons in need of supervision cases. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Grants courts discretion to provide juries with written instructions for use during deliberations in both civil and criminal proceedings. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Provides protection to senior citizens who have resided in same dwelling for a period of not less than ten years; provides a cap on amount rent can be increased. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Creates the parent-mediation program for child custody disputes; requires parents, who were in a dispute over the custody of their child or children, to participate in a court sponsored mediation program; provides that the mediator would be responsible for submitting the results of the process to the court, which in turn would enter an appropriate custody and support order. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Provides that all residential leases shall contain a detailed description of tenant's statutory rights including among others, warranty of habitability, willful violation of lease, right to participate in tenants' associations, no eviction for good faith complaint, utility payment offset and sublet rights; grants tenant the right to install extra locks; sets out landlord obligations with respect to heating and oil delivery. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Authorizes the banking board to set the maximum rate of interest for credit cards at not to exceed 18% annually; such rate may only exceed 18% if the prime rate exceeds 18% for sixty consecutive days, but in no event shall such new rate be more than one and one quarter percent above the prime rate in effect at the time such rate is set. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Exempts veteran disability payments from inclusion as income of persons sixty-five years of age or over to determine eligibility for a real property tax exemption. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among inmates and employees and shall devise a reporting system for notification of such misconduct to appropriate authorities; establishes duties and membership of such commission. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Requires residential health care facilities to provide notices to patients when a temporary operator has been appointed. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Establishes the foster care higher education scholarship pilot program; grants awards for the purpose of enhancing opportunities for higher education for children and young adults receiving foster care services in New York. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Increases the maximum real property tax circuit breaker tax credit. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Enacts the "New York state organ donor awareness and education act"; provides mechanisms to fund the "life pass it on trust fund" through the department of motor vehicles. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee:

Relates to the consolidation of the bank and insurance departments. / Sponsor: Robinson (MS) Committee: