Authorizes the enactment of local laws requiring residency in cities with a population of one million or more for members of the police force appointed to such positions; provides increased salaries for certain police officers who are residents of certain cities; provides additional credits on competitive exams for original appointment of police officers, tax credits, real property tax credits and student loan forgiveness based upon residency in certain cities. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides that no landlord shall deny access to a licensed professional engineer or licensed registered architect hired by any tenant or tenant association representing tenants of a multiple dwelling of six units or more for the purpose of conducting an inspection of a major capital improvement for which an application for a maximum rent adjustment has been filed by the landlord; provides that such inspection shall be conducted after notice to the landlord and during normal business hours; provides for the filing of such inspection report by such tenants with the New York city rent agency for consideration in such application's determination. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Creates a wage tax credit for employers who employ New York national guard men and women, reservists, volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2018. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires a landlord to return to a tenant the full security deposit within thirty days of the surrender of the premises by such tenant unless the landlord provides such tenant with a written statement listing the reasons for the retention of any portion of the deposit; sets forth particular situations for which the landlord may retain such security deposit; renders the landlord liable for treble damages for any violation. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: JUDICIARY

Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits under certain conditions. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: FINANCE

Provides that the use tax on heating fuels shall be suspended during winter months for certain low income senior citizens. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: FINANCE

Relates to requirements for lead agency, specifically in circumstances when actions involve the religious exercise of a person. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides that, prior to granting a certificate for the construction of an electric transmission line facility, the public service commission must find that the facility conforms to the most recent state energy plan and consider whether approval of the facility would cause adverse impacts on the state's environmental quality due to electric generation. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Provides that no person shall because of sex be subjected to any discrimination in his or her civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: JUDICIARY

Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Provides for the regulation of the licensure and practice of immigration providers by the department of state in order to protect immigrants from exploitation. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Requires the public service commission to establish standards of acceptable performance for electric corporations. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Relates to establishing an independent inspector general of the city of New York police department. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CITIES

Provides that for any appropriation of state moneys made to an athletic sports team or sports organization in the state of New York, the state shall make an equal appropriation of state money matching such appropriation to a comparable sports team of the opposite sex. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities who have been admitted directly from a facility and who have a chronic mental illness and are receiving services related to such illness. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Allows a person acting as de facto parent to apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus to have a minor child brought before the court. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LABOR

Enacts provisions relating to the reporting of child abuse; delineates what persons are required to report cases of suspected child abuse to law enforcement agencies; any person required to report or any clergy required to review records who willfully fails to do so shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for the first offense, a class E felony for the second offense and a class D felony for the third offense or any subsequent offense; provides immunity for certain persons who in good faith made such reports to the wrong recipient. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES