Directs the NYS energy research and development authority and public and private operators of each nuclear-powered electric generating facility to establish a nuclear whistleblower access and assistance program; makes related provisions as to elements of the program and provides that employees of such plants shall not be subject to retaliation; requires authority to investigate reported safety concerns; provides that whistleblowers shall have standing to litigate and may do so without exhaustion of administration remedies; authorizes the attorney general to bring actions to enforce the labor law provisions. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Eliminates statutory authority of social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage, or lien. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Relates to 911 calls made on cell phones; requires all cell phones sold in the state to be capable of dialing 911 regardless of whether the consumer has entered or maintained a service contract; imposes a surcharge on prepaid wireless communications service. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Prohibits compensation based on home loan terms by mortgage brokers or mortgage lenders. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER

Establishes a three-hour safety course, developed by the municipal police training council, which shall be completed by an applicant prior to the issuance of a license to possess a pistol, revolver, rifle or shotgun; provides that a license for a firearm shall not be issued until a certificate of participation in such course is submitted to the licensing agency or officer. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Enacts the "children's weapon accident prevention act"; creates crimes of failure to store a weapon safely in the first and second degrees, aggravated failure to store a weapon, and criminally negligent storage of a weapon in the first and second degrees; provides affirmative defenses; directs the commissioner of education to develop a weapons safety program. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CODES

Relates to distribution of federal bonus awards relative to food stamp programs to local social services districts. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER

Establishes criteria for approval of rent increases to rent regulated property resulting from major capital improvements to insure that the work performed is an enhancement or upgrade to a housing accommodation or service therein and is not merely repair or replacement to existing services; prohibits approval of a major capital improvement rent increase where any outstanding hazardous violations exist. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Clarifies the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Increases penalties for failure to execute and file satisfied judgments of $5,000 or more with court clerk from $100 to $500. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Enacts the "New York State fair pay act"; provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, race and/or national origin by paying different wages. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Increases penalties for failure to execute and file satisfied judgments of $5,000 or more with court clerk from $100 to $500. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER

Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral, or religious reasons. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: HEALTH

Provides for the dispensing of emergency contraception under certain circumstances and conditions. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Enacts the New York city department of buildings community accountability act. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CITIES

Relates to requiring commercial parking garages to install and operate pedestrian warning devices where vehicles exiting such garage cross a pedestrian sidewalk; requires both visual and audible warning signals. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: FINANCE

Requires certain corporations to permit shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Requires air quality monitoring of certain major mass transportation projects that involve an excavation operation within a city having a population of one million or more. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires air quality monitoring of certain major mass transportation projects that involve an excavation operation within a city having a population of one million or more. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION