Establishes the New York state foreign children tax inclusion act authorizing a tax deduction for support provided to children outside of the United States; defines "dependent children"; provides an exemption of $1,000 for each foreign dependent child. / Sponsor: Castro (MS) Committee:

Requires the state division of housing and community renewal to verify there are no class B or C housing code violations or no more than 30 class A housing code violations on the property prior to authorizing a rent increase for major capital improvements for such property; provides that outstanding violations shall be corrected by the landlord and verified by the city rent agency prior to authorization of a rent increase. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Relates to roundabouts and makes technical corrections to provisions of law relating to lane-use control signal indications, circular intersections and railroad grade crossings. / Sponsor: Castro (MS) Committee:

Establishes a hire-now tax credit. / Sponsor: RULES COM Rivera N a, Espinal, Rodriguez, Castro, Rivera J, Rivera P, Arroyo, R Committee:

Prohibits the harassment of family day care homes and group family day care homes by landlords. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Requires parents of students disciplined for repeated disruptive activity to participate in parenting support, counseling and educational programs with students. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Creates tax abatements for certain commercial properties located within the Kingsbridge Armory mall project. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Excludes substitute teachers from the limits imposed on unemployment insurance benefits available during vacation periods for professional employees of educational institutions. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Requires translation of examinations for the license to practice cosmetology into Spanish, French, Russian or Chinese. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Increases the wages for nurses and physician's assistants that are bilingual and working in hospitals. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Prohibits the disruption of health services by third party requiring patients to use certain health care providers. / Sponsor: Castro (MS) Committee:

Establishes a process for regulating the collecting, recording, and disclosing of confidential information by state employees. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Prohibits authorized emergency vehicles from using emergency lights or sirens when not in an emergency situation. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony. / Sponsor: Castro (MS) Committee:

Prohibits sex offender treatment programs from requiring that inmates or applicants for such program admit guilt to any crime as a prerequisite for admission into such program. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Requires an eight hour pre-marriage counseling session with a licensed marriage and family therapist before the issuance of a marriage license for persons intending to be married in New York state. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Provides that no insurer or health care plan shall by contract, written policy or written procedure require the maintenance of hospital privileges by any non-hospital employee health care provider as a condition of entering into or maintaining a contract, agreement of membership or acceptance into a health care plan or health maintenance organization's provider network; provides that no insurer or health care plan can prohibit or restrict any health care provider from referring an insured to another physician based solely upon the referred physician's lack of affiliation and/or lack of hospital privileges. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Establishes penalties for licensed barbers who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years, including the loss of barbering license. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Creates the crime of assault on a retail or service shop owner, retail or service shop employee or delivery service worker; class C felony. / Sponsor: Castro Committee: