Relates to orders of observation for the purpose of determining incapacitation. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Requires fair and reasonable disclosure of income, assets and financial obligations of decedent for surviving spouse's waiver of right of election to be enforceable and renders inapplicable the "dead man's statute" for purposes of accepting relevant evidence in this regard and in regard to Totten trust and joint bank account transactions. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous action involving public petition and participation; expands application of actions involving public petition and participation. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Enacts the uniform guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act. / Sponsor: Weinstein (MS) Committee:

Provides that a landlord depositing security deposits in an interest bearing account shall be entitled to receive as administration expenses a sum equivalent to 20 percent of the interest earned by such security money per annum, but not to exceed one percent per annum of the money so deposited. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Defines "victim of domestic violence"; prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce certain child protective, domestic relations, or domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability provisions pertaining to non-economic loss and providing for limitation of joint liability. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Defines the kind of assistance required for a recipient to obtain medicaid personal care services, as assistance with health and safety needs including hands-on assistance, supervision and cuing to ensure safe performance of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living for persons with physical or cognitive impairments. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Provides that for settlements that require a court order, the order, or the judgment in a special proceeding, shall provide for the payment of interest on the settlement amount at the statutory interest rate on judgments. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at any time prior to the judgment of foreclosure and sale; requires the plaintiff in a foreclosure action to affirm that the plaintiff is the holder and owner, or its designed agent, of the subject mortgage and note; provides that the summons and complaint shall include a copy of the original mortgage and note, and all endorsements, assignments and transfers thereof, and any delegations of authority by the owner and holder of the mortgage and note. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought i.e. grief and anguish; loss of love, society, protection, comfort, companionship and consortium; reasonable funeral expenses; reasonable expenses for medical care, treatment etc. prior to death; pecuniary injuries due to loss of services, support, inheritance; and loss of nurture, guidance or education. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of financial services; provides that all such statements shall be made available to the public. / Sponsor: Weinstein (MS) Committee:

Relates to the filing of notices of claim prior to the commencement of a cause of action against any state or municipal entity, public authority or public benefit corporation; amends chapter 500 of the laws of 2012, amending the civil practice law and rules, the general municipal law, the environmental conservation law, the public authorities law, the education law, the mental hygiene law, the private housing finance law, the facilities development corporation act, the administrative code of the city of New York, and chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, relating to establishing a uniform process and requirement for the filing of notices of claim prior to the commencement of a cause of action against any state or municipal entity, public authority or public benefit corporation, in relation to the effectiveness thereof. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice to two years and six months from the time when a person knows or reasonably should have known of the alleged negligent act or omission and knows or reasonably should have known that such negligent act or omission has caused an injury. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment document. / Sponsor: Weinstein (MS) Committee:

Requires orders of protection and temporary orders of protection issued in family court or in cases of family offenses in criminal court or in matrimonial actions to be translated by an interpreter into the native language of the parties. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect, prior to trial, whether to reduce liability by the amount of the settlement or by the amount of the equitable share of damages delegated to the settler in the verdict. / Sponsor: Weinstein Committee:

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