Requires the state urban development corporation and each of its subsidiaries to take affirmative action so as to assure that business enterprises owned and operated by women be given an equal opportunity to participate in the planning, construction and operation of projects of the corporation or its subsidiaries; provides that the UDC shall from time to time gather information and make written findings, if warranted, with respect to areas of the state where its projects are located, concerning the effects of past discrimination against women and business enterprises owned and operated by women; provides that the UDC shall adopt, in writing and implement such actions to achieve and maintain equal employment and business opportunity as it may reasonably deem necessary and appropriate. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Prohibits the use or exploitation of official position by an officer or employee of a state agency for political fundraising as a standard of ethics for state employees; makes unlawful use of official position, in the first or second degree, to engage in political fundraising a class E felony and class A misdemeanor, respectively. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: FINANCE

Makes provisions for the state to assume all costs of basic quality education and for the elimination of real property taxes for the support of education; requires board of regents to establish a schedule of mandatory basic services and costs thereof; provides that school districts shall submit an annual basic budget to the department of education for basic services; increases taxes on personal income and business; makes special provisions for reduction of tax in certain cities and for reduction in rent by tenants in such cities; provides for phased in methods of funding using a "Basic Quality Education" formula; repeals certain provisions of the tax law and real property tax law relating thereto. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: EDUCATION

Treats parent corporations and their 50% or more owned subsidiaries as one entity for purposes of the applicability of the $5,000 campaign contribution limit; applies additional disclosure requirements to certain corporations including the names and addresses of parent corporations and individuals who own or control shares of either the parent or subsidiary corporation. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: ELECTIONS

Relates to defining permissible personal use of campaign contributions; provides options for the disposition of unused campaign funds; prohibits certain state and legislative employees from accepting campaign contributions for election to state or federal office. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: ELECTIONS

Provides that, for purposes of veterans seeking to qualify for public housing, "probable annual aggregate income" shall not include disability benefits paid by federal government to veterans for service-connected disabilities; provides that such disability benefits shall not be included in computing any surcharge against such veterans. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Prohibits the use of flowback water from oil or natural gas wells, pools or fields on any highway. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Prohibits voting by the legislature between the hours of 9:00 pm and 9:00 am. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: FINANCE

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens; establishes educational measures and the tick borne illness research, detection and education fund. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: HEALTH

Requires a plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure action to maintain the subject property in good faith. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Relates to sales and compensating use tax in Dutchess county. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides strict liability for medical costs resulting from a dog bite or bites; allows exemptions for police work dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs; allows additional recovery where it can be proved that the dog had dangerous or vicious propensities and the owner had knowledge of such propensities. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to standardized testing for grades kindergarten through grade two; prohibits the use of assessments for anything other than diagnostic purposes. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: EDUCATION

Enacts the "behavioral health services for veterans act". /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Requires the plans and specifications for the siting, erection, purchase, repair, enlargement or remodeling of school buildings in every school district to be subject to the approval of the commissioner of education for a determination that such plans and specifications are consistent with the standards for "green buildings" and for healthy and high performance schools. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel job protection. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: LABOR

Provides that communications or contact between protected parties with a party against whom an order of protection or temporary order of protection is issued shall not affect the validity of such order; requires notice thereof to be included in such orders; prohibits protected parties from being held to have violated an order of protection or a temporary order of protection. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Relates to increasing the length of the term of senate members to four years and imposing term limits on all members of the legislature of sixteen years. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to increasing the length of the term of senate members to four years and imposing term limits on all members of the legislature of sixteen years. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to providing witnesses with facility dogs. /
Sponsor: GIPSON Committee: CODES