Patricia Fahy

Directs the New York State Department of Labor to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers entitled the Neurodiversity Training Pledge.

Exempts certain property within Manhattan in the city of New York from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a building occupied exclusively as a school or place of worship.

Requires health insurance plans to provide coverage for continuous blood glucose monitors for all children; requires coverage for glucose monitoring devices for all sugar disorders.

Requires that any law enforcement agency in the state that encrypts any portion of its radio communications shall ensure that all of its radio communications, with the exception of sensitive information, may be monitored in real time by professional journalists, newscasters, and individuals employed by emergency services organizations.

Dedicates a portion of state highway 284 in the village of Unionville, county of Orange, to the Appalachian Trail.

Extends certain provisions authorizing the city of Syracuse to impose a hotel and motel tax to December 31, 2029.

Provides a sales tax exemption to any admission charge for a comedy performance including both scripted and unscripted.

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Ithaca.

Repeals provisions relating to resolutions of disputes in the course of collective negotiations with certain deputy sheriffs to provide such deputy sheriffs with the same interest arbitration scope as municipal police officers.

Provides that consenting registrants of the adoption information registry may pre-authorize the release of identifying information.

Permits funds collected from the Oswego county occupancy tax to be used on making tourism related capital improvements; removes such tax on permanent residents.

Relates to notices of violation returnable to a parking violations bureau in a city with a population of one million or more; provides that in a city with a population of one million persons or more, if such notice is served upon the operator of a vehicle that has no such registration plate or if such registration plate is concealed or obscured, the vehicle identification number may be inserted in such notice in place of the plate designation and plate type.

Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities for fiscal year 2027.

Provides for emergency appropriation through May 6, 2026 for the support of government.

Expands the purposes of the drug treatment and public education fund to include prevention and recovery programs; requires reporting to be made available on the office of addiction services and supports' website.

Permits the Chenango Forks central school district to create an insurance reserve fund.

Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis.

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment.

Authorizes the Congregation Atzei Chaim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023 and 2024 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024 school taxes.

Requires a report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult, including the number of individuals who are primary caregivers for an older adult, the average age of a primary caregiver, the cost to an individual to provide care to an older adult, and the economic value and savings to the state of such individual's services.

Authorizes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for fire marshals I and supervisors of such title in Suffolk county.

Exempts the East Concord Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.

Broadens the court's discretion to use extended terms of interim probation on consent of the defendant to avoid incarceratory outcomes.

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering.

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to refunding bonds to 2029.

Establishes the block by block homeownership program to provide capital subsidies for the purpose of constructing, preserving, and rehabilitating one- to two- family dwellings throughout the state, outside of NYC.

Allows students attending agricultural learning events to be counted as in attendance at school; defines "agricultural learning events" as including FFA events and 4-H programs.

Authorizes Christine Hasseler to apply for a recalculation of her retirement benefits.

Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a person visiting such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating or has a contraceptive device or appears on body scan imaging or alternative methods to have or be using a menstrual product or contraceptive device.

Requires a report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult, including the number of individuals who are primary caregivers for an older adult, the average age of a primary caregiver, the cost to an individual to provide care to an older adult, and the economic value and savings to the state of such individual's services.

Adds the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad scenic byway into the state scenic byways system.

Prohibits any person, corporation, association or partnership who rents helmets or provides helmets to customers as part of their business from renting or providing a helmet that has sustained an impact.

Dedicates bridge number 1019119 on state route one hundred ten in the town of Babylon, county of Suffolk, to Detective Stephen J. Mullen.

Relates to requiring the establishment of automatic payment plans; requires utility companies headquartered in New York to establish a statewide program to provide eligible participants with affordable payment plans.

Provides that public officers and employees of the state who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay to participate in emergency services during certain air force assigned missions.

Requires consideration of evidence relating to the economic impact of major increases of rates or charges upon consumers and the areas affected by such increases of rates or charges prior to approval of any such rates or charges; establishes minimum data to be considered by the public service commission relating to such economic impact.

Authorizes the comptroller, in consultation with the NYS higher education services corporation, to develop and administer a scholarship and savings program to provide a pathway for eligible children to save for education expenses.

Increases the term of office from two years to four years for the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, and providing for the staggering of such terms of office.

Establishes the New York state park police under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation.

Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway between exit seventeen and exit thirty-one; provides for enhanced traffic enforcement and a reporting requirement.

Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to The New York Climate Exchange Inc. for the construction of facilities on Governor's Island.

Requires notification of residents who are potentially affected by a serious health threat to their water system within 24 hours of receiving investigation results.

Dedicates a portion of the state highway system including the bridge on the South Service Road, between Federal Circle and Perimeter Road Overpass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr.

Defines "period of war" for the alternative veterans' exemption.

Directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to establish a program for individuals to receive free drug test strips to detect the presence of medetomidine, benzodiazepine, nitazenes, and/or other harmful contaminants; directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, in cooperation with the commissioner of the department of health, to develop and conduct a public awareness and educational campaign on the dangers of medetomidine, benzodiazepine, nitazenes, and/or other harmful contaminants.

Authorizes Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to participate in the septic system replacement fund.

Requires the department of education, in consultation with the department of health, to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes; requires such materials to be made available to schools providing elementary education through the department's website; requires schools to distribute such materials to parents and guardians of elementary school students and new students.

Authorizes licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation statewide between June 11 and July 20, 2026.

Restructures the New York telecommunications relay service center as a state-wide workforce; extends provisions of law authorizing the establishment of such workforce from June 30, 2027 until June 30, 2030.

Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to East Fishkill veterans.

Provides that once the board of trustees of the village of Blasdell abolishes its fire department, the town of Hamburg may extend the Big Tree fire protection district to include such village.

Extends provisions providing for the sale of municipal obligations by the county of Erie.

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Relates to appropriations to the Barker central school district following the cessation of operations of an electric generating facility located within such district; permits awards for a period of ten years for the loss of tax revenue.

Establishes participation in assigned risk plans for voluntary foster care agencies (Part A); requires the office of children and family services to establish standards of payment for liability insurance costs beginning July 1, 2028 for the 2027-2028 rate year that ensures the maximum state aid rate accurately reflect the year over year increased costs for voluntary foster care agencies; directs such office to establish an application process (Part B); establishes the voluntary foster care agency insurance bridge fund; establishes a process for the distribution of moneys in such fund; sets eligibility requirements; requires certain supporting documentation (Part C).

Authorizes the New York state thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits which shall provide for travel at no charge between interchanges in permit areas.

Permits the Vestal Central School District to create an insurance reserve fund.

Authorizes the Congregation Divrei Chaim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023, 2024, 2025 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026 school taxes for two parcels of land located at 67 and 71 College Road in Monsey.

Provides for energy efficiency improvements to certain windows; relates to certain alterations concerning windows and HVAC equipment in multiple dwellings.

Expands the Tompkins county industrial development agency from a maximum of seven members to nine members.