Limits the amount of rent increase after the vacancy of a housing accommodation. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Requires the New York state "I Love NY" logo and website link on websites to be maintained by and advertisements or public service announcements disseminated by certain agencies, departments and authorities. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to preserve and maintain state historic sites that are closed for more than a month. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Authorizes the attorney general to commence a special proceeding in a court hearing jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the environmental conservation law and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in the name of the people of the state. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Establishes a twelve percent surcharge on the sale of animals by pet dealers and an animal shelter and wildlife rehabilitator account to be administered by an animal protection organization to be chosen by the comptroller and the commissioner of agriculture and markets. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: AGRICULTURE

Directs the state education commissioner to conduct an audit and report on statewide compliance with state instructional regulations for arts education and to establish a remediation process for schools found to be out of compliance. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: EDUCATION

Authorizes the commissioner of economic development together with the commissioner of agriculture and markets to devise a program to promote and distribute statewide and regional guides to farms, farmers markets and other agriculturally significant tourist destinations. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Enacts the New York State bicycle tourism promotion act; authorizes the issuance of grants for the purchase of equipment and operation of a bicycle tourism kiosk; authorizes the establishment of up to fifteen such kiosks. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Creates the "Pennies for parks" program providing funds for capital expenditures at state parks and historic sites; imposes tax on single use carryout plastic bags; establishes the pennies for parks fund to hold funds received by the tax on single use carryout plastic bags. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Prohibits the possession of concealed firearms in any national park or national wildlife refuge system; imposes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for a violation thereof. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Creates a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in New York city. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: FINANCE

Allows veterans of the armed forces of the United States to fish for free in state parks under the jurisdiction of a state agency. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Authorizes the New York City Housing Authority to conduct a survey of housing developments under its control for the purpose of determining the percentage of non-English proficient residents in such developments and requiring the institution of language assistance programs at public housing developments at which more than ten percent of the residents do not speak English. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other charge; defines senior citizens as persons 65 years of age or older. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Provides that each county within the state may limit, restrict or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits; provides that municipalities may do so by local law or ordinance. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Repeals provisions permitting rent increases after vacancy of a housing accommodation. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Prohibits littering on state park lands. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Limits certain charging practices by companies that provide prepaid telephone calling cards and increases fines for violations of limitation requirements. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires disclosure terms relating to pre-paid calling cards to be provided in languages other than English and increases fines for violations of disclosure requirements. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Creates the New York State Civilian Complaint Review Board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: FINANCE