| Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; relates to the Waterfront Commission Act (Part A); provides for mass transportation payments to the Central New York Regional Transportation District; adds Cortland county to such district (Part B); relates to the pre-licensing course internet program; extends the authorization of such program (Part C); reduces the time required for certain vehicles to be considered abandoned; increases the value of a motor vehicle considered abandoned which can become property of the local authority the vehicle is abandoned in (Part D); requires all limited use motorcycles sold in the State of New York be registered; relates to registration fees; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate regulations (Part G); extends provisions of law relating to certain tax increment financing provisions; requires the metropolitan transportation authority to publish certain information pertaining to capital project data for projects that are committed for construction on the capital program dashboard, to prepare a comparison of the metropolitan transportation corporation's performance and to maintain a database of capital needs; directs the metropolitan transportation corporation to publish a planned schedule for any projects included in its capital program plan (Part I); relates to certain provisions regarding labor disputes involving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Part J); relates to the acquisitions or transfers of property for certain transit projects; amends part VVV of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020 to extend the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating thereto (Part K); provides funding for the metropolitan transportation authority 2025-2029 capital program (Part M); adds obstructing traffic at intersection as a bus operation-related traffic regulation (Part O); authorizes a photo monitoring program for the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and New York state bridge authority; establishes a work zone speed camera administration fund; makes permanent provisions relating to certain notices of liability (Part Q); expands enhanced assault protection for motor vehicle license examiners, motor vehicle representatives, highway workers, motor carrier investigators, motor carrier inspectors, and Triborough bridge and tunnel authority workers (Part R); relates to the effectiveness of the New York state health insurance continuation assistance demonstration project (Part S); authorizes the Olympic regional development authority to enter into agreements for membership of one or more of its ski venues in reciprocal ski pass programs where such members are required to guarantee contractual indemnity up to a capped amount (Part T); prohibits the provision of an artificial intelligence companion to a user unless such artificial intelligence companion contains a protocol for addressing possible suicidal ideation or self-harm expressed by a user; requires certain notifications to certain users regarding crisis service providers and the non-human nature of such companion models (Part U); enhances disclosure requirements for automatic renewals (Part W); requires disclosure of algorithmically set prices for goods and services; prohibits certain online retailers from altering prices during a day due to dynamic pricing (Part X); relates to regulation of buy-now-pay-later lenders; requires such lenders to be licensed; establishes prohibited acts, limitations on loans, and consumer protections; includes any provision of closed-end credit to a consumer, other than for a motor vehicle, as engaging in the business of making loans in New York (Part Y); requires that a pharmacy benefit manager publish on its website the aggregate dollar amount of rebates, fees, price protection payments and any other payments received from drug manufacturers through a rebate contract (Part Z); i extends the authority of the New York state urban development to administer the empire state economic development fund (Part EE); extends the power of the New York state urban development corporation to make loans (Part FF); extends the authority of the dormitory authority to enter into certain design and construction management agreements (Part GG); extends certain provisions of the state finance law and the New York state infrastructure trust fund (Part KK); increases the cap on the amount of money authorized to be on deposit pursuant to the excelsior linked deposit program at any given time (Part LL); relates to purchasing thresholds for minority- or women-owned businesses or service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (Part MM); relates to agricultural and farmland protections, including the use of farmland protection conservation easements and activities which support local and regional food systems (Part OO); extends the waste tire management fee for two years; relates to the exclusion for mail order sales (Part PP); relates to the effectiveness of the youth deer hunting pilot program (Part QQ); relates to financial responsibility, recovery of response costs and natural resource damages, and abatement actions relating to disposal of inactive hazardous waste (Part RR); requires the recall of any sold or distributed firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally added PFAS within 2 years of effectiveness of this part; prohibits future manufacturing, sale or distribution of such products (Part SS); authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to acquire certain conservation easements; authorizes the general approval to approve certain titles in for conservation purposes (Subpart A); exempts conveyances of real property for open space, parks, or historic preservation purposes to any not-for-profit corporation operated for conservation, environmental, parks or historic preservation purposes (Subpart B)(Part TT); extends the department of environmental conservation's authority to regulate management of crabs to 2027; prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes (Part UU); authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to finance a portion of its research, development and demonstration, policy and planning, and Fuel NY program, as well as climate change related expenses of the department of environmental conservation and to supplement EmPower Plus Program, from an assessment on gas and electric corporations; directs unused funds to be refunded on a pro-rata basis to such gas and electric corporations (Part VV); ensures energy services companies are subject to the same consumer protection regulations regarding unclaimed deposits and refunds currently facing utility companies (Part WW); relates to utility and cable television assessments that provide funds to the department of health from cable television assessment revenues and to the department of agriculture and markets, department of state, the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, and the department of environmental conservation from utility assessment revenues; prohibits rate increases to recover certain operating expenses; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there of (Part XX); increases and redirects civil penalties for failing to comply with the department of public service's prescribed rules and regulations established for the protection of underground facilities (Part YY); authorizes the department of taxation and finance to disclose certain information to the department of environmental conservation or the New York state energy research and development authority for the purpose of implementing the New York state climate leadership and community protection act (Part ZZ); establishes and provides distinctive license plates for gold star families (Part AAA); establishes a commission to ensure the replacement of the statue of Robert R. Livingston in the National Statutory Hall of the United States Capitol with a statue of Harriet Tubman (Part BBB); relates to false advertising for food or food products; requires that in determining whether a violation has occurred, the court shall consider factors and whether such advertising was aimed at a child; makes related provisions (Part CCC); establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program (Part DDD); enacts the NY Home Energy Affordable Transition Act; aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity (Part EEE); enacts the climate resilient New York act; establishes the office of resilience and a resilience task force to assess and identify climate related threats and develop a statewide resilience plan (Part FFF); relates to the availability of technical assistance grants in brownfield site remedial programs; provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall provide grants to the New York city community board with jurisdiction over the site or to any not-for-profit corporation exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code at any site which may be affected by a brownfield site remedial program; repeals certain provisions thereof (Part GGG); provides for the disposition of certain fees and penalties; directs such fees to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund (Part HHH); enacts the "harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act"; establishes the harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention fund (Part III); directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment installation grant program, providing a one-time grant to private well users for the installation of PFAS treatment or service connection to a public water system; directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment maintenance rebate program, providing a rebate to private well users for the maintenance of PFAS treatment equipment (Part JJJ); establishes the climate corporate data accountability act requiring certain business entities within the state to annually disclose scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions; establishes the climate accountability and emissions disclosure fund (Part KKK); establishes a safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of existing local municipally-owned and funded drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems (Part LLL); relates to utility intervenor reimbursement to a participant for its reasonable costs of participation in any proceeding before the public service commission; establishes the utility intervenor account (Part MMM); establishes a smart irrigation device rebate pilot program in Nassau and Suffolk counties (Part NNN); relates to the completion and funding of environmental restoration projects (Part OOO); establishes the previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program to provide an incentive of an amount up to $2,000 for individuals who purchase used or previously owned zero-emission vehicles (Part PPP); directs the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a floating solar incentive and education program to provide information and resources including technical assistance, access to industry standards, and financing available through the authority or other public or private sector sources, to municipalities, developers, builders, design professionals, and potential owners for the construction of floating solar (Part QQQ); relates to advancing grid enhancement technologies; allows the department of public service to approve requests from distribution companies to develop grid enhancement technologies; requires distribution companies to submit a compliance filing report every 5 years (Part RRR); authorizes the director of the division of minority and women's business development and the mayor of the city of New York to enter into a memorandum of understanding to allow reciprocity between the state and New York City for businesses that are certified as minority and women-owned business enterprises (Part SSS); requires electric corporations, gas corporations, steam corporations and water-works corporations to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission unless such utility can successfully demonstrate that such authorized rates do not meet their capital and/or operating needs (Part TTT); requires insurance coverage for inhalers at no cost (Part UUU); relates to the procurement of electric-powered buses, vehicles or other related equipment (Part VVV); establishes a temporary state commission to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate and make recommendations concerning the formation and control of a state public bank; provides if such study finds that the state bank is feasible, the commission may recommend legislation to create a state public bank for New York (Part WWW); relates to voting by members of the New York state authorities control board (Part XXX); directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a plan to develop mixed-use commercial and residential property on a certain portion of the Harriman campus; directs such plan to be completed and made available for public comment no later than 180 days after the effective date; directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a master plan for the redesign of the Harriman campus; directs that such plan be completed and made available for public comment no later than one year after the effective date (Part YYY); establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, small school buses, and charter buses that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting eight to twenty-four passengers for hire; pre-arranged for-hire vehicles and accessible vehicles; defines terms (Part ZZZ); directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to expand the Fair Fares NYC program to include individuals whose income is 200% below the federal poverty level, and to include travel on the Long Island Rail Road or Metro-North Railroad within the city of New York (Subpart A); directs the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and New York city transit authority to offer a monthly optional discounted ticket that is also valid for transfers between the commuter rail services and the city transit authority's subways and buses (Subpart B); directs the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad to develop a lower cost, intra-city combination ticket certain individuals during peak and non-peak hours (Subpart C)(Part AAAA); provides a fare-free bus pilot program in New York City for one year, subject to appropriations (Part BBBB); makes permanent certain provisions relating to the empire AI consortium; relates to the responsibilities and membership of the empire AI consortium (Part CCCC); relates to returnable bottles; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state; repeals provisions relating to the beverage container assistance program (Part DDDD); requires signage on state highways designating where there is a zero-emission charging and refueling station that is open and available to the public within three miles of an exit or off-ramp (Part EEEE); relates to instruction concerning traffic stops in pre-licensing courses to provide drivers with their responsibilities when stopped by a law enforcement officer (Part FFFF); enacts the "just energy transition act"; requires a study of competitive options to facilitate the phase-out, replacement and redevelopment of New York state's oldest and most-polluting fossil fueled generation facilities and their sites by the year 2030 (Part GGGG); enacts the accountability for development assistance act; standardizes applications for state development assistance; requires submission of certain development assistance agreements to the department of taxation and finance; requires recipients of certain development assistance to submit progress reports which include certain information and disclosures (Part HHHH). |
