Commending Inspector Victoria Perry upon the occasion of her designation for special recognition by the National Council of Negro Women Queens County Section on June 8, 2025
Commending Kevin Livingston upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the National Council of Negro Women Queens County Section on June 8, 2025
Commending Carl Clay upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the National Council of Negro Women Queens County Section on June 8, 2025
Commending Andrea Scarborough upon the occasion of her designation for special recognition by the National Council of Negro Women Queens County Section on June 8, 2025
Commending Delicia B. Davis upon the occasion of her designation for special recognition by the National Council of Negro Women Queens County Section on June 8, 2025
Commending Dr. Antoinette S. Jennings upon the occasion of her designation for special recognition by the National Council of Negro Women Queens County Section on June 8, 2025
Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.
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.
Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental resilience, racial equity, valued workforce, valued agricultural sector, animal welfare, and nutrition.
Prohibits participation in torture of incarcerated individuals by health professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture.