Provides that a person sixty-two years of age or older, who is a tenant of a dwelling unit located in a building which is located in the city of New York, and who is threatened with eviction because such building is subject to a cooperative or condominium conversion plan, shall be entitled to remain in occupancy of such dwelling unit. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Directs the social services department to establish, operate and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone number for the purpose of receiving telephone calls alleging abuse or maltreatment of elderly persons for purposes of reporting of endangered adults. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Enacts a program within the office for the aging to provide volunteers for in-home respite care for the elderly; provides that credit for such services may be used for future respite services needed by such volunteer or a family member; also provides that the office for the aging shall establish a registry of volunteers. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Requires senior citizens centers or community centers that provide services to elderly persons, in cities with a population of one million or more, to provide a person that is certified in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to cover areas within such centers. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Changes the formula for determining the combined household income limit for eligibility for a tax abatement for rent controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens; defines "consumer price index" and "cost of living adjustment". / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Establishes an elderly crime prevention and control trust fund to be funded by an initial appropriation and administrative assessment penalties on persons convicted of felonies when an elderly person is a victim; the fund is to be administered by the division of criminal justice services which shall give grants to organizations who will set up programs to prevent crimes against elderly persons. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Grants a tax deferment for persons sixty-five years or over who own and occupy real property in a city having a population of one million or more persons. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Makes technical changes with respect to the activities of the office for the aging to include more detailed activities concerning informing the aged of opportunities, rights and entitlements; requires a detailed report of their activities to the governor, temporary president of the senate, and speaker of the assembly. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGING

Requires approval of the commissioner for compromise of a fine or penalty relating to kosher violations. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGRICULTURE

Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisions of the agriculture and markets law. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGRICULTURE

Prohibits the repackaging of meat offered for sale once the first sale date or last sell-by date is stamped or labeled on the packaging; also prohibits the changing of such date; treats such meat as unwholesome; provides that the period between the first date for sale label and the last date for sale label be no more than three days. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: AGRICULTURE

Requires all banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and other financial institutions that provide electronic banking services to replace moisture-activated adhesive deposit envelopes with self-adhesive deposit envelopes. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: BANKS

Imposes a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 upon a banking organization which fails or refuses to accept certain checks for deposit; directs department of banking to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: BANKS

Provides that banking institutions in New York State may release customer information in the following manner; (a) to the actual customer or authorized agent, or (b) unless a customer affirmatively and in writing prohibits the release, to a subsidiary or affiliate of the banking institution, or, (c) to any other persons or entities if the customer information intended to be released consists only of customer identification, (e.g. name or address of customer) and/or is recorded in public records; defines the term "customer information" to mean account records and any other information constructed from those records relating to the customer's relationship with the institution. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: BANKS

Prohibits a bank or trust company from charging a service charge or requiring a minimum balance for attorney trust or IOLA accounts that are non-interest bearing in nature; defines attorney trust account. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: BANKS

Provides that a bank upon which a negotiable instrument is drawn shall make payment on such negotiable instrument at the time of presentment, provided proper photo identification is submitted by the payee named in such instrument, irrespective of whether the payee maintains an account with such drawee bank; defines "sufficient identification". / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: BANKS

Directs the superintendent of banks to consider a banking institution's origination history for certain reverse mortgage loans to a mortgagor or mortgagors whose income does not exceed 80% of the median income of the county of residence when assessing its performance records in meeting credit needs of local communities. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: BANKS

Allows any discontinued member of the NYC Police Pension Fund to be a pension fund beneficiary for purposes of eligibility to receive supplemental benefits from the police officers supplements fund for any time period for which the discontinued member received payments of a deferred retirement allowance under the pension fund's original plan or improved benefits plan; specifies that the date of retirement of the discontinued member for determining benefit eligibility will be deemed to be the first day of the period for which the discontinued member first began receiving such deferred retirement allowance payments. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES

Permits different standards to be employed for department of environmental conservation approval of solid waste management plans of cities of 1 million or more population submitted to it; ensures that municipalities with a population of one million or more have the flexibility to determine the most efficient method of implementing local recycling programs. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES

Authorizes city with a population of 1,000,000 or more to allow credit, by local law or ordinance, against personal income tax imposed by such city, for expenses of providing security for the home, provided such structure is a one, two, three, four or five family owner occupied residence. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES