Allows a one-year window for application for a disability retirement for members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and local police and fire retirement system who retired from service on or after January 1, 2021 due to heart disease; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Establishes the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program to support projects which sustain or enhance fire prevention and response operations, and fire prevention and response services infrastructure and equipment.
Commemorating the Month of May 2026, as the celebration of Fiesta de la Etnia Negra (Black Heritage Month) in Panama, and May 31, 2026, as Dia de la Etnia Negra Nacional (National Black Heritage Day
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 22, 2026, as Maritime Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of National Maritime Day
Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
Exempts school district providers of special services or programs for preschool students with disabilities from having to obtain program approval from the commissioner of education.