Establishes a task force on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education standards for New York state schools; appropriates funds therefor. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: EDUCATION

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 city residents; 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: Robinson Committee: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Requires residential health care facilities to provide notices to patients when a temporary operator has been appointed. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Requires the director of the division of probation and correctional alternatives and the division of parole, subject to the authority of the chairman, to provide probation officers, and parole officers, respectively, with substance abuse training and education programs; provides that such training shall include, but not be limited to, identification of controlled substances, identification of the physical signs of substance abuse and use, an awareness of the impact of substance abuse and use on the family unit, and the availability of drug treatment, prevention, education services, and appropriate referrals; requires such programs to be developed in conjunction with the division of substance abuse services; appropriates $500,000 therefor. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: CORRECTION

Requires public and private colleges and universities to provide all incoming and current students with information relating to suicide prevention and resources available to them on campus. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires instruction related to the prevention of suicide among youths as an integral part of health education. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: EDUCATION

Requires financial planners working with the elderly to be certified financial planners. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: BANKS

Increases the amount of liquidated damages payable by an employer for failure to pay wages as legally required to twice the total amount of wages found to be due; authorizes a class action to recover liquidated damages. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: LABOR

Provides protection to senior citizens who have resided in same dwelling for a period of not less than ten years; provides a cap on amount rent can be increased. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: JUDICIARY

Authorizes the issuance of warrants and orders of protection in persons in need of supervision cases. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Prohibits the disclosure of contact information of seniors who visit senior centers. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: AGING

Provides that all residential leases shall contain a detailed description of tenant's statutory rights including among others, warranty of habitability, willful violation of lease, right to participate in tenants' associations, no eviction for good faith complaint, utility payment offset and sublet rights; grants tenant the right to install extra locks; sets out landlord obligations with respect to heating and oil delivery. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: JUDICIARY

Exempts veteran disability payments from inclusion as income of persons sixty-five years of age or over to determine eligibility for a real property tax exemption. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Relates to credit union memberships and membership powers; sets forth the qualifications for membership in a credit union; and amends the powers of credit unions in relation to business loans, investment activities and other powers. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Provides that every banking institution which maintains checking accounts for customers shall pay checks in the order received within account balance; provides such banks may dishonor check for insufficient funds, but then must honor smaller checks within amounts on deposit in the subject account. /
Sponsor: Robinson

Requires inclusion and explanation of additional annual data in assessing record of performance of banking institutions in meeting community credit needs; additional data to include but not be limited to: loans for housing low and moderate-income residents of low and moderate income areas, the scope of efforts to market housing and small business loans in low and moderate-income areas and other data. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Exempts monthly assessments due from residential health facilities located in any area designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area or serving a medically underserved population and experiencing a medical assistance utilization rate of eighty-five percent or greater from interest or penalties for any period prior to October 1, 2014. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: HEALTH

Directs the commissioner of education to create a pilot program to improve physical education/physical activity programs in certain schools. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: EDUCATION

Establishes the New York calcium purchasing preference initiative by instructing the purchasing agent of any governmental entity to give preference to a product containing a higher level of calcium than products of the same type and quality which are equal to or lower in price than products of the same type and quality. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: AGRICULTURE

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among inmates and employees and shall devise a reporting system for notification of such misconduct to appropriate authorities; establishes duties and membership of such commission. /
Sponsor: Robinson Committee: WAYS AND MEANS