Increases the amount of the credit against taxes for long-term care insurance from twenty to forty percent and from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand five hundred dollars.
Establishes the payment of certain volunteer firefighter and volunteer ambulance worker death benefits shall be within ninety days of the filing of application to receive such death benefit.
Deems home instruction which is compliant with the provisions of article 65 of the education law and the home instruction requirements prescribed in the commissioner of education's regulations to be substantially equivalent in amount and quality to the instruction given to students of like age and attainments at the public schools of the city or district where the student resides.
Requires the court to make an individualized determination whether a defendant poses a current physical threat to any person or to public safety when making a bail determination.
Requires that the state fund any program which imposes a mandate upon municipal corporations or school districts; establishes criteria for any exemption from such law if such mandate is ordered by the judiciary, pursuant to an executive order or requested by the locality; establishes the New York state mandate review council.
Grants retroactive tier II membership in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to Cory M. Rose for part-time employment during 2004--2005.
Honoring John S. Wood upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition after 50 years of dedicated service to the Southport Fire Department