Creates a fund for the compensation of unpaid or underpaid employees; requires the division of labor standards to provide instruction and assistance pertaining to tax filing and reporting requirements to persons who claim unpaid wages; directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to provide for the collection of income taxes from judgments for unpaid wages. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to the purchase, sale, or installation of salvaged high-intensity discharge headlamps; requires records to be kept regarding used HID lights including what vehicle they are taken from and the identification of the owner of such vehicle; and provides for penalties. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Establishes the crime of operating a vehicle while fatigued; relates to vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter by including within the definition of such crimes the operation of a vehicle while fatigued where the result of such operation is serious physical injury or death to another person. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides that certain actions for injury caused by domestic violence may be commenced within two years. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: RULES

Provides that the New York city housing authority shall not be required to pay for police services provided to the New York city housing authority by the city of New York. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Awards annuity to recipients of purple heart medals, who are identified as recipients under executive order 11016 and are New York state residents, annually for the amount of one thousand dollars. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Establishes a cigarette butt recycling program. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Creates the new offenses of criminal sale of a controlled substance resembling candy and criminal sale of marihuana resembling candy, and provides for penalties therefor. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CODES

Prohibits disclosure of immigration status for victims of domestic violence; adds enhanced penalties for coercive threats to expose immigration status of victims and witnesses of domestic violence. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CODES

Requires motor vehicle sales and lease contract terms be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in languages other than English deliver to consumers a translation of such contracts in the language in which such contracts were negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Requires the terms of a motor vehicle sales contract entered into in the city of New York to be written in the language in which such contract was negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in any language other than English to deliver to the consumer a translation of such contract in the language in which such contract was negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CITIES

Requires police accident reports to indicate whether a mobile phone was in use at the time of such vehicle accident. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: RULES

Provides a program fee option to allow graduate students who have taken at least 30 credits towards the completion of a degree to maintain access to certain facilities within the state university in order to continue a research project or to pursue other academic requirements. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Relates to establishing a new classification for properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assessment purposes. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: RULES

Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: FINANCE

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires coverage for cervical cytology screening for insureds by certain corporations and insurance policies: every policy with hospital, surgical or medical care, group or blanket policy, and medical expense indemnity corporation. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INSURANCE

Removes cancer screening deductibles, copayments and coinsurance. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: RULES

Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: FINANCE

Relates to the publication by the state of the receipt of unclaimed funds. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: WAYS AND MEANS