Provides for a cap on fares for paratransit transportation. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Eliminates the mandatory retirement for judges. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: JUDICIARY

Enacts the "protection in the workplace act"; provides that injuries to employees as a result of the commission of a sexual offense shall entitle such employee to all rights and benefits available pursuant to the workers' compensation law and, in addition, shall permit such employee to pursue any other remedies available at law or in equity; clarifies that workers' compensation should be exclusive remedy except when the employee suffers personal injury as a result of a sexual offense committed by a co-worker. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: LABOR

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2017. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2017. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Regulates the use of informants by the prosecuting attorney and law enforcement personnel; requires law enforcement personnel to submit an annual report to the department of state with statistical information relating to their use of informants. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: CODES

Establishes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the drilling of wells and prohibits drilling within five miles of the New York city water supply infrastructure. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides improved access to taxi cabs for persons with disabilities. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Provides improved access to taxi cabs for persons with disabilities. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log; defines web log as a website or webpage that contains an online journal containing news, comments and offers hyperlinks provided by the writer. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: CODES

Removes from admissibility evidence that proves or tends to prove that a victim has been convicted of a prostitution offense within three years prior to the sex offense which is the subject of the prosecution. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: CODES

Relates to the regulation of the drilling of natural gas resources. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides certain coverage for diagnosis and treatment of chemical abuse and chemical dependence. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: INSURANCE

Prohibits a charitable organization from using any charitable donations that the charitable organization receives to make any sort of payment that arises as a term of a confidentiality agreement or closed settlement agreement. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: FINANCE

Establishes mental health parity in public health insurance plans. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Establishes the metropolitan transportation riders' council for persons with disabilities; provides for membership and powers and duties. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Requires the city of New York or county within the district to make maintenance of escalators, elevators and other facilities in passenger stations a priority; requires daily inspections, reports to MTA inspector general and the management advisory board, emergency repair order after two consecutive daily reports of inoperable facilities, and annual reports by the management advisory board. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Requires police identification line-ups to be conducted sequentially, with defendants appearing one at a time. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: CODES

Provides that a two-thirds majority of all outstanding shares is necessary to dissolve a mutual limited profit housing company; disallows proxy voting except for illness or disability. /
Sponsor: DUANE Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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: DUANE Committee: JUDICIARY