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NY A08806

NY A08806
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year; relates to requirements under contracts for excellence; relates to calculation of foundation aid; relates to allowable transportation expenses; directs a foundation aid formula study by the Nelson A. Rockefeller institute; relates to transportation aid under the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of


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Introduced
01/17/2024
In Committee
04/19/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2024

Introduced Session

2023-2024 General Assembly

Bill Summary

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excellence; to amend the education law, in relation to foundation aid; to amend the education law, in relation to allowable transportation expenses; to direct a foundation aid formula study by the Nelson A. Rockefeller institute; to amend the education law, in relation to transportation aid and the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022; to amend the education law, in relation to transportation aid for zero-emission school buses and establishing the New York state zero-emission bus resource center; to amend the education law, in relation to academic enhancement aid; to amend the education law, in relation to high tax aid; to amend the education law, in relation to universal pre-kindergarten and the Statewide universal full-day pre-kindergarten program; directing a study on consolidation of pre-kindergarten funding; to amend the education law, in relation to implementation of the smart schools bond act of 2014; to amend the education law, in relation to special apportionments and grants-in-aid to school districts; to amend the education law, in relation to extending certain provisions of the teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program; to amend the education law, in relation to maximum class sizes for special classes for certain students with disabilities; to amend chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, amending the education law and other laws relating to state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the support of government, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 756 of the laws of 1992 relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city, in relation to reimbursement for the 2023-2024 school year withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid and in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend the education law, in relation to funding for employment preparation education programs; to amend the education law, in relation to the financing of charter schools; to amend part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023 directing the education department to conduct a comprehensive study of alternative tuition rate-setting methodologies for approved providers operating school-age and preschool programs receiving state funding, in relation to extending the date for the submission of such recommendations; to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 1976 relating to paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible pupils in certain school districts, in relation to a state subsidy; to amend chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, relating to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state operations, aid to localities, capital projects and debt service budgets, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend subpart F of part C of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, amending the education law relating to census reporting, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; providing for special apportionment for salary expenses; providing for special apportionment for public pension accruals; to amend chapter 121 of the laws of 1996 authorizing the Roosevelt union free school district to finance deficits by the issuance of serial bonds, in relation to an apportionment for salary expenses; providing for set-asides from the state funds which certain districts are receiving from the total foundation aid; providing for support of public libraries; to repeal certain provisions of the education law relating to phase-in foundation increase; to repeal certain provisions of the education law relating to foundation aid; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof (Part A); to amend the education law, in relation to establishing evidence-based reading instructional best practices for students attending prekindergarten through grade three (Part B); to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commissioner of education to require the completion of a free application for federal student aid or a waiver of such requirement and requires school districts to issue annual reports on students completing the free application for federal student aid and the waiver (Part C); to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for unrestricted aid to independent colleges and universities (Part D); intentionally omitted (Part E); to amend chapter 260 of the laws of 2011 amending the education law and the New York state urban development corporation act relating to establishing components of the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part F); to amend part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, amending the social services law relating to restructuring financing for residential school placements, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part G); to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part H); intentionally omitted (Part I); to amend the labor law, in relation to nursing employees' right to express breast milk (Part J); intentionally omitted (Part K); intentionally omitted (Part L); to amend chapter 25 of the laws of 2020, relating to providing requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19, in relation to providing for the expiration and repeal of such provisions (Part M); to utilize reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for various housing purposes (Part N); to amend the criminal procedure law and the penal law, in relation to the crime of deed theft; to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the attorney general to prosecute crimes involving deed theft; to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to the partition of heirs property; and to amend the real property law, in relation to allowing transfer on death deeds (Part O); intentionally omitted (Part P); to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to authorizing a city of one million or more to remove the cap on the floor area ratio of certain dwellings (Part Q); to amend the labor law and the real property tax law, in relation to the exemption from real property taxation of certain multiple dwellings in a city having a population of one million or more (Part R); to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to establishing a program to address the legalization of specified basement and cellar dwelling units and the conversion of other specified basement and cellar dwelling units in a city with a population of one million or more (Part S); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to eligible multiple dwellings under the affordable New York housing program (Part T); to amend the real property tax law and the labor law, in relation to enacting the affordable neighborhoods for New Yorkers tax incentive (Part U); to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state fire prevention and building code council to study and adopt uniform fire prevention and building code standards to promote fire safety and accessibility in certain single-exit, single stairway multi-unit residential buildings; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof (Part V); to amend the education law, in relation to permitting tuition assistance program awards to be made to part-time students enrolled in certain degree granting institutions chartered or authorized by the New York state board of regents (Part W); to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the income eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance program (Part X); to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing differential payment rates for child care services provided by licensed, registered or enrolled child care providers (Part Y); to amend chapter 277 of the laws of 2021 amending the labor law relating to the calculation of weekly employment insurance benefits for workers who are partially unemployed, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part Z); to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to owner liability for failure of an operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm; and to amend chapter 145 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law relating to school bus photo violation monitoring systems and owner liability for failure of operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part AA); to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discrimination because of the affordability of residential buildings (Part BB); to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the use of project labor agreements for large scale construction projects under the state university construction fund (Part CC); relating to the city of Dunkirk fiscal recovery act; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part DD); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing an optional local tax exemption for affordable multi-family housing and an optional local tax exemption for newly converted or constructed fully income restricted rental multiple dwellings (Part EE); to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the administrative code of the city of New York, and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to increasing the amount recoverable by an owner for individual apartment improvements (Part FF); to amend the executive law, in relation to including an accessory dwelling unit in the term housing accommodations in the human rights law; and to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing a tax exemption on the increase in value of property resulting from the addition of an accessory dwelling unit (Part GG); to amend the real property law and the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to enacting the "good cause eviction law"; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof (Part HH); to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to further establishing when a landlord-tenant relationship exists (Part II); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to directing the department of housing preservation and development to develop a program to conduct annual audits of compliance with the affordable New York housing program (Part JJ); to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to establishing the New York housing for the future homeownership program and the New York housing for the future rental housing program (Part KK); to amend the election law, the civil practice law and rules and the education law, in relation to regulating public data maintained by county and city boards of elections (Part LL); to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to permitting the use of contiguous and non-contiguous municipal public space by certain licensees; and to repeal chapter 238 of the laws of 2021, relating to permitting the use of municipal space for outdoor dining (Part MM); to amend the transportation law, in relation to clarifying certain provisions of the stretch limousine passenger safety act (Part NN); to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing speed limits in cities with populations in excess of one million people (Part OO); to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the reproductive freedom and equity grant program (Part PP); to amend the retirement and social security law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the calculation of the final average salary for purposes of the calculation of a pension benefit (Part QQ); to amend the tax law, in relation to reducing the rate of tax applicable to certain authorized combative sports under article 19 thereof (Part RR); authorizing the lease of certain lands located at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Part SS); to amend the public authorities law, in relation to bonds issued by the New York city transitional finance authority (Part TT); to amend the public authorities law, in relation to fare enforcement by the metropolitan transportation authority (Part UU); in relation to directing the office of children and family services to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of providing after school programming to every school-aged child in New York (Part VV); to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to obstructed or obscured license plates and the penalty imposed upon the operator of a vehicle with an intentionally altered or obscured license plate while on a toll highway, bridge or tunnel or in a tolled central business district; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing law enforcement to confiscate license plate coverings; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing vehicle registration suspension for failure to comply with the removal of materials or substances altering or obscuring a license plate; and to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing public authorities with bridges, tunnels or highways under their jurisdiction to enter judgments for unpaid liabilities for a violation of toll collection regulations and enforce such judgments without court proceedings (Subpart A); and to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the payment of tolls under the tolls by mail program (Subpart B) (Part WW); to provide for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2023-2024 budget, authorizing certain payments and transfers; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the administration of certain funds and accounts, in relation to the effectiveness thereof, and in relation to interest owed on outstanding balances of debt; to amend part D of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997 relating to the financing of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of certain bonds or notes; to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to housing program bonds and notes; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes by the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for city university facilities; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds for library construction projects; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds for state university educational facilities; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for locally sponsored community colleges; to amend chapter 392 of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York state medical care facilities finance agency act, in relation to the issuance of mental health services facilities improvement bonds and notes; to amend part K of chapter 81 of the laws of 2002, relating to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2002-2003 budget, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes to finance capital costs related to homeland security; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for purposes of funding office of information technology services project costs; to amend chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the establishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, in relation to the issuance of funds to the thruway authority; to amend chapter of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes to fund costs for statewide equipment; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds for purposes of financing environmental infrastructure projects; to amend part D of chapter 389 of the laws of , relating to the financing of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the youth facilities improvement fund; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the purpose of financing peace bridge projects and capital costs of state and local highways; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of bonds for economic development initiatives; to amend part Y of chapter 61 of the laws of 2005, relating to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the purpose of financing capital projects for the division of military and naval affairs; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of bonds for special education and other educational facilities; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds and notes for the purpose of financing the construction of the New York state agriculture and markets food laboratory; to amend section 1 of part D of chapter 63 of the laws of 2005, relating to the composition and responsibilities of the New York state higher education capital matching grant board, in relation to higher education capital matching grants; to amend chapter of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York state medical care facilities finance agency act, in relation to including comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs and housing for mentally ill persons in the definition of mental health services facility; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the private sale of certain revenue bonds, and in relation to including assets that provide a long-term interest in land in the definition of fixed assets; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to bond issuance charges; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the redemption price of certain revenue bonds; to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation to the issuance of personal income tax revenue anticipation notes; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the issuance of bonds or notes for the purpose of assisting the metropolitan transportation authority in the financing of transportation facilities; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part XX); to amend chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, amending the legislative law and the state finance law relating to the operation and administration of the legislature, in relation to extending such provisions (Part YY); to amend the education law, in relation to school governance in the city of New York; and to amend chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the education law and other laws relating to reorganization of the New York city school construction authority, board of education and community boards, and chapter 345 of the laws of 2009 amending the education law and other laws relating to the New York city board of education, chancellor, community councils and community superintendents, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part ZZ); to amend the economic development law, in relation to establishing the newspaper and broadcast media jobs program; and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing the newspaper and broadcast media jobs tax credit (Part AAA); and to amend the tax law, in relation to a payment of a supplemental empire state child credit (Part BBB)

AI Summary

This bill enacts major components of legislation necessary to implement the state's education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Key provisions include: - Modifying the calculation of foundation aid, including changes to the foundation amount, expected minimum local contribution, and public excess cost aid setaside. It also requires a comprehensive study of the foundation aid formula by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute. - Allowing the city school district of New York City to use foundation aid for afterschool programs. - Establishing a program to address the legalization and conversion of certain basement and cellar dwelling units in New York City. - Providing tax exemptions for newly constructed or converted rental multiple dwellings that meet affordability and other requirements in cities with a population of one million or more. - Enacting the "good cause eviction law" to limit evictions of residential tenants in certain circumstances. - Requiring the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a waiver by high school seniors. - Increasing the income eligibility threshold for the Tuition Assistance Program. - Establishing differential payment rates for child care services provided by certain providers. - Authorizing the lease of certain lands located at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. - Regulating the use of public data maintained by county and city boards of elections. - Establishing the "newspaper and broadcast media jobs program" and related tax credit. The bill also includes various other provisions related to education, labor, housing, transportation, and other policy areas.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Budget (Senate)

Last Action

substituted by s8306c (on 04/19/2024)

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