Requires the MTA to hold hearings in each county affected by proposed fair increases, major reductions of transportation and/or major service changes; does not apply to standard seasonal or holiday adjustments, temporary changes due to routine maintenance and/or temporary changes in response to emergency situations; requires the authority to hold a hearing in each county of a service area that is affected by the proposed change(s) in fares or services, provided that such hearings be limited to one hearing per calendar day. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to promulgate forms which a landlord of a rent regulated unit in a building with four or more such units shall be required to use when requesting additional information from a tenant who has made a request to sublet. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Provides for authority of the department of health to engage in or support research on the health effects of artificial night light. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of nail polish and nail hardener containing certain dibutyl phthalates (DBP), toluene, or formaldehyde; prohibits the use of such nail polish and nail hardener by appearance enhancement businesses. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Requires pre-admission notification of policies authorizing the refusal to follow directives in health care proxies that are contrary to a hospital's operating principals. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Relates to requiring the department of health to review the safety of ultraviolet nail dryers and authorizes the department of health to promulgate any regulations deemed appropriate for governing the use of such devices by any appearance enhancement business. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Prohibits companion animal piercing and tattooing except for identification or medical benefit; establishes penalties for such violation. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Relates to the installation of radiator covers. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Seeks to comply with the federal equal pay act of 1963 by implementing a state policy of compensating employees in state service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality in job titles having been segregated by sex, race or national origin; requires the president of the civil service commission to report annually to the legislature and the governor on those segregated titles for which wage disparity exists; mandates governor to appropriate monies to ensure wage disparities are corrected. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Requires prior written notice upon hiring and once annually to all employees, informing them of the types of electronic monitoring which may occur. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee:

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol. / Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) Committee: