Adds medical and health insurance information within the definitions of identity theft. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CODES

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

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

Establishes procedure for the suspension and revocation of license to carry and possess a firearm if a person carries loaded firearm on person in a public place while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or if a person who is so charged refuses to submit to a chemical test to determine the alcohol or drug levels in blood; requires person to successfully complete an alcohol and drug rehabilitation program as a condition of the suspension. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CODES

Prohibits banking organizations from issuing checks or drafts to any person or other legal entity when the endorsement or deposit of such check or draft by such person or other legal entity would constitute such person's or other legal entity's acceptance of an unsolicited loan from such banking organization. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: BANKS

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or non-sexual misdemeanor criminal offices; defines the term "eligible misdemeanor"; excludes certain misdemeanor offenses as eligible misdemeanors for the purposes of conditional sealing; lists certain eligibility requirements for sealing; provides an order granting sealing under this section shall restore the individual concerned, in the contemplation of the laws, to the status such individual occupied before the arrest or institution of criminal proceedings for the crime that was the subject of the sealing. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CODES

Establishes the uniform mediation act; establishes that a mediation communication is privileged and is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence unless waived or precluded; prohibits certain reports to be made by mediators; establishes that mediation communications are confidential; requires mediators to disclose conflicts of interests. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires the taxi and limousine commission of the city of New York to develop procedures for requiring inspection stickers to be visible to the general public and indicate the date for the next subsequent inspection date. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CITIES

Requires notice by certified mail with return receipt requested for the commencement of a small claims action in New York city civil courts. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Creates a private right of action for improper debt collection procedures; allows plaintiffs to recover punitive damages and reasonable attorneys' fees. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Relates to providing funding for transitional programs for students from English-speaking Caribbean countries who are not eligible for limited English proficiency programs. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: EDUCATION

Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates for African-American veterans; provides that such distinctive license plates shall bear the words "African-American Veteran"; provides for a one-time service charge of $10 for each such plate. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides that hospital admission registration forms include the name of school attended by school-aged patients; provides a protocol for notification to parents. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: HEALTH

Authorizes the environmental control board to adjudicate disputes between adjoining real property owners over the blocking of a driveway, the ownership or use of which is shared by such adjoining owners in the city of New York; further appoints another hearing officer to the board who shall be an attorney; defines the term "blocking". / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CITIES

Authorizes the environmental control board to adjudicate disputes between adjoining real property owners over the blocking of a driveway, the ownership or use of which is shared by such adjoining owners in the city of New York; further appoints another hearing officer to the board who shall be an attorney; defines the term "blocking". / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CITIES

Relates to limited-profit housing companies; authorizes certain companies to pay dividends or interest in excess of six percent per annum; relates to the dissolution of certain rental housing companies. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Prohibits landlords convicted of housing violations from claiming exemptions, credits or itemized deductions for such property on state tax returns. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes an attorney to attach a lien to awards and settlement proceeds received by his or her client through alternative dispute resolution or settlement negotiations. / Sponsor: SAMPSON

Requires all-way stop signs erected at all intersections immediately surrounding a public or private school in a city with a population of 1 million or more. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Enacts the New York state community health care investment fund act; creates two new funds in the state finance law to be known as the New York state community health care investment fund and the New York state health care entrepreneurial stimulus fund; establishes the New York state community health care investment fund council consisting of 13 members to oversee the New York state health care community investment funds, establish the RFP process, award grants and issue an annual report. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: FINANCE