Requires cardiac screening of student athletes; mandates coaches receive training in CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Requires the renewal of firearms' licenses after five years and the taking of a safety course outside the city of New York; sets a date for expiration and provides for a schedule for recertification to be developed by the commissioner of criminal justice services. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Expands retraining opportunities to unemployed citizens of the state. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Relates to the dedicated occupational safety and health training and education and occupational health clinic programs fund. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: FINANCE

Establishes the actual innocence justice act of 2012; clarifies that convicted persons who can demonstrate a reasonable probability that they are innocent will have the right to challenge their convictions under the law, notwithstanding any other procedural or technical provisions of law that would have prevented them from doing so. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: CODES

Relates to consumer protection from deceptive acts and practices; increases damages and directs consumers on bringing an action for such deceptive acts and practices. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Relates to permanent total disability. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Provides for an annual increase in the aggregate annual amount of empire state film production credits taken, based upon inflation. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which is contingent on enrollment, funding, or programmatic changes shall not constitute reasonable assurance of continued employment. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Directs every banking organization or foreign banking corporation transacting business in this state to cash properly endorsed social security checks presented by the payee, upon sufficient identification, notwithstanding the fact that such payee does not maintain an account with such organization or corporation, upon proof that such payee is sixty-two years of age or older; defines "sufficient identification". /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Enacts the "survivor's accessing fair and equitable (SAFE) housing act"; directs the New York City Housing Authority to establish alternative requirements for domestic violence victim applications for N-1 priority in housing. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Elevates an intentional assault upon a school crossing guard to the class D felony of assault in the second degree. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: CODES

Relates to advertisements for bids for certain public contracts. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Prohibits the sale or purchase of more than 500 rounds of ammunition during any period of 30 days; makes a violation of such provisions a class A misdemeanor. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Increases the membership of the New York City Housing Authority by adding 2 additional members; provides members shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor of the city of New York and the tenant members shall serve for terms of 3 years. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Relates to the dedicated occupational safety and health training and education and occupational health clinic programs fund. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for a 10 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: LABOR

Directs telecommunications and cable corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and such corporations' service areas; includes a list of what services must be provided. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Establishes the actual innocence justice act of 2012; clarifies that convicted persons who can demonstrate a reasonable probability that they are innocent will have the right to challenge their convictions under the law, notwithstanding any other procedural or technical provisions of law that would have prevented them from doing so. /
Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES