Establishes an all-party consent requirement for any audio or video recording of mediation and court-annexed alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Establishes a reasonable inference that certain transfers of money or property by a vulnerable elderly, physically disabled, incompetent or incapacitated person were a wrongful taking in violation larceny statutes.
Requires venues of public accommodation to maintain accessible parking in accordance with federal law; establishes penalties and enforcement mechanisms for the division of human rights and local governments.
Permits admission of spontaneous statements by victims of certain frauds, abuse and theft offenses, who are a vulnerable elderly person, an incompetent or physically disabled person, or a person who has been determined to be incapacitated.
Provides that a town may not direct abutting property owners to maintain sidewalks which abut county highways or which are not directly accessible from such owner's property.
Limits the amount of property tax shift between homestead/non-homestead and class share apportionment for local governments within and including Nassau and Suffolk County.
Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish and administer a program authorizing eligible vehicles to operate in designated high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, notwithstanding vehicle occupancy.
Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act" relating to increasing the age of victims of the patronizing, promoting, and compelling of prostitution.