Senate Resolution No. 504

BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS

in response to the 2021-2022 Executive Budget
submission (Legislative Bills S.2500-A, S.2501,
S.2502, S.2503, S.2504-A, S.2505-A, S.2506-A,
S.2507-A, S.2508-A, S.2509-A) to be adopted as
legislation expressing the position of the New York
State Senate relating to the 2021-2022 New York
State Budget

WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Legislature to effectuate the
timely passage of a State Budget; and

WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Legislature to engage in the Budget
Conference Committee process, which promotes increased participation by
the members of the Legislature and the public; and

WHEREAS, The Senate Finance Committee has conducted an extensive
study and review of the Governor's 2021-2022 Executive Budget submission
and has recommended proposed amendments to such Budget submission in the
above referenced Legislative Bills and Report on the Executive Budget;
and

WHEREAS, An extensive study and review of the Governor's 2021-2022
Executive Budget submission has revealed that the construction of the
budget bills submitted to the Legislature by the Governor constrains the
Legislature in its ability to fully effectuate its intent in amending
the Governor's budget submission; and

WHEREAS, The Senate, in addition to the Governor's 2021-2022
Executive Budget submission bills as amended by the Senate in the above
referenced legislative bills, does hereby provide its recommendations as
to provisions in the Governor's 2021-2022 Executive Budget submission;
and

WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Legislature that upon the passage
of the Governor's 2021-2022 Executive Budget submission as amended by
the Senate, and the incorporated Report on the Amended Executive Budget
may provide a basis for both houses of the Legislature to convene
Committees on Conference pursuant to Joint Rule III of the Senate and
Assembly for the purpose of reconciling any differences between the
amendments to the Governor's budget as proposed by each house of the
Legislature; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That, the above referenced legislative bills (Legislative
Bills S.2500-B, S.2501, S.2502-A, S.2503-A, S.2504-B, S.2505-B,
S.2506-B, S.2507-B, S.2508-B, S.2509-B) be and are incorporated as part
of this resolution and are hereby adopted as the New York State Senate's
budget proposal for the 2021-2022 New York State Budget.

REPORT ON THE AMENDED EXECUTIVE BUDGET

ALL STATE AGENCIES AND OPERATIONS

The Senate rejects with prejudice the following language contained
within the body of various appropriations:

* State Operations language (S.2500-A) provides the Executive broad
authority to shift resources among departments, agencies or public
authorities. While existing State Finance Law authorizes some
transfer, interchange and suballocation authority, the new proposal
would significantly expand such flexibility to restructure the
Budget after enactment, potentially moving resources from one area
to completely different programs or purposes. Any transfer of funds
from State agencies to public authorities could reduce oversight and
control of such resources. This means that agencies could spend more
than what was authorized for a particular purpose, eliminating
transparency and budgetary controls that are relied upon by decision
makers in all branches of State government, bondholders, and State
taxpayers.
* State Operations language limiting the certification and payment of
operational funding for certain agencies unless the legislature has
enacted appropriations in the Aid to Localities budgets for various
state agencies.
* Aid to Localities language (S.2503) provides the Budget Director
broad authority to withhold state aid if the budget is deemed
unbalanced and that the budget will be deemed unbalanced if the
State receives less than $3 billion in unrestricted federal aid.

The Senate understands the Governor's responsibility to ensure New
York's budget is fiscally sound, but it is equally important to ensure
that the constitutional limits on the Executive's powers are not
exceeded. Failure to ensure reasonable limits on Executive authority
would signal an irreversible abrogation of the Legislature's
constitutionally guaranteed legislative responsibility.

Adirondack Park Agency

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $4.9
million.

Aging, Office for the

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $12.1
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $259.6 million
with the following modifications:
o Invests $27 million into the community services for the elderly
program (CSE) to clear the Area Agencies on Aging waiting lists
and keep seniors out of nursing homes; and
o Restores $1.8 million in legislative additions.

Agriculture and Markets, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $121.8
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $47.4 million by
restoring $7.3 million for statewide agricultural programs.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $9.4 million by
adding $5 million for a competitive grant program to assist with
infrastructure improvements at animal shelters.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART M -- The Senate concurs with the Executive's proposal to make
permanent the transfer of authority to promulgate marketing orders
from the Department of Agriculture and Markets to the Urban
Development Corporation.
* NEW PART DDD -- The Senate advances a proposal to make the Nourish
New York program permanent, which provides surplus agricultural
products to food relief organizations at competitive wholesale
prices (S.4892-A).

Alcoholic Beverage Control, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $50.8
million, which reflects an increase of $37.4 million over SFY
2020-21 Enacted Levels. This increase in funding would support the
creation of an office to regulate adult use recreational cannabis.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART Y -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal regarding
extension and expansion of temporary permits for bars and
restaurants and alcohol manufacturers.
* PART Z -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal regarding
alcoholic beverages in movie theaters by replacing it with a
proposal that would authorize the sale of wine and beer in movie
theaters (S.4136).

Addiction Services and Supports, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $147.2
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $681.8 million
as follows:
o Restores $3.2 million for HIV Early Intervention Services;
o Restores $1.9 million for Jail-Based Treatment Funding;
o Restores $1.2 million for College Coalition Initiative;
o Restores $903,000 for Regional Addiction Resource Centers;
o Restores $826,000 for day rehab funding;
o Restores $3.5 million for New York City Department of Education
Prevention Funding;
o Includes $4.3 million for Cost of Living Adjustment;
o Restores $3.5 million in legislative adds; and
o Invests $450,000 for an addiction recovery supportive
transportation demonstration program.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)

* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $90 million.

Article VII Proposals (S.2507-B)
* PART Y -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to establish a
set of standards for addiction professionals.
* PART CC -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to create the
Office of Addiction and Mental Health Services to replace it with a
proposal that creates the Office of Addiction, Mental Health, and
Wellness. The Senate proposes increased stakeholder engagement in
the integration process, the reinvestment of any realized savings
resulting from the integration into addiction and mental health
programs, a report on the development of adequate staffing
requirements, and distinct representation for mental health services
and addiction services at the Deputy Commissioner level within the
new agency (S.5084-B).
* PART DD -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to authorize
integrated licensure for comprehensive outpatient services.
* NEW PART MM -- The Senate advances legislation establishing an
Addiction Recovery Supportive Transportation Demonstration Program
for two locations to be determined by the Commissioner, one rural
and one urban, to provide transportation services for individuals
that will support treatment and recovery.
* NEW PART OO -- The Senate advances language to create an Opioid
Settlement Fund that will consist of state monies received through
settlements of litigation related to prescription opioids and to
establish an Advisory Board to make recommendations for distribution
of the funds. Monies from the fund will be available for public
health education and prevention campaigns, treatment programs, harm
reduction counseling services, housing services, and medication
assisted treatment in state and local correctional facilities.

Audit and Control, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $342.7
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $32.03
million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation that the
Department does not have any new capital funding needs in the coming
fiscal year, which reflects a decrease of $10.1 million from SFY
2020-21 Enacted levels.

Budget, Division of the

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive Budget recommendation of $49.2
million to provide an additional $537,000 in funding as follows:
o $479,000 for the Council on State Governments;
o $48,000 for the National Conference of State Legislatures; and
o $10,000 for the National Conference of Insurance Legislators.

Children and Family Services, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $515.6 million
as follows:
o Rejects the shortening of the one-year notice requirement to six
months and provides $10.9 million in additional funding for the
four youth facilities centers to remain open.
o Rejects the consolidation of Community Multi-Service Offices and
provides $1.8 million in additional funding for offices to
remain open.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $4.7 billion as
follows:
o Rejects the consolidation of the Community Optional Prevention
Services (COPS) and the Supervision and Treatment Services for
Juveniles Program (STSJP) and provides a total of $4.1 million
in additional funding to programs.
o Restore funding for the following programs:
- $3 million for child care facilitated enrollment
demonstration projects in New York City, Erie County, and
Onondaga County;
- $2 million in additional funding for Child Advocacy Centers,
for a total of $7.0 million:
- $2 million for 2-1-1;
- $1.5 million in additional funding for the Youth Development
Program, for a total of $14.9 million; and
- $500,000 in additional funding for Runaway and Homeless
Youth, for a total of $4.8 million.
o Provides funding for the following programs:
- $22 million for the State share of the Committee on Special
Education placements; and
- $9.9 million to restore various non-profit human services
organizations;
- $15 million for various non-profit health, human services,
labor and veterans organizations; and
- $950,000 in additional funding for the Kinship Navigator
program, for a total of $1.3 million.
* The Senate supports the use of federal funds for childcare services
and is committed to enacting a plan that adheres to forthcoming
federal prescriptions.

Miscellaneous Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $250 million
for Raise the Age.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $43.5
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2506-B)
* PART H -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to both close
four Office of Children and Family Services youth facilities and
provide the Legislature with six months notice of such closures, as
compared to the current one year required statutory notice. The
Senate intends to further study this proposal to find a methodology
for the efficient use of state resources, while also providing
accessible facilities for youth close to their communities.

* PART I -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to permanently
shift the State's share for Committee on Special Education (CSE)
residential placement costs to local school districts.
* PART J -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to permanently
consolidate the funding structure for the Youth Development and
Delinquency Prevention Program and the Special Delinquency
Prevention Program.
* PART K -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to provide
permanent authorization to the Office of Children and Family
Services (OCFS) to enter into contracts with the Board of
Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to provide educational
instruction for youth in OCFS custody.
* PART L -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal relating to
children's placements in Qualified Residential Treatment Programs
(QRTPs), as required under the federal Family First Prevention
Services Act. The Senate provides technical changes to clarify the
timeliness of required notice and hearings, and continued assessment
of the QRTP placement at periodic hearings.
* PART M -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to require all
local social services districts to establish and implement a
differential response program to investigate certain allegations of
maltreatment.
* PART Z -- The Senate modifies the Executive's proposal to implement
a statewide parental childcare copay cap of 20 percent of a family's
income above federal poverty level, by lowering the copay cap to 10
percent of a family's income above federal poverty level.

City University of New York (CUNY)

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $2.88 billion as
follows:
o Eliminates the TAP Gap for the 2021-22 academic year through a
combination of $30 million in direct operating support for TAP
Gap relief and a $1,000 increase in the maximum TAP award. CUNY
will see a total of $79 million in additional aid due to these
changes, fully offsetting the TAP Gap;
o Rejects the Executive's proposal to cut $26.2 million in direct
operating support for CUNY Senior Colleges;
o Provides an additional $5.6 million for the Search for
Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) opportunity program,
for a total of $33.7 million;
o Provides $4 million for mental health services at CUNY;
o Restores $1.5 million for the CUNY School of Labor and Urban
Studies for a total of $3.7 million;
o Provides $275,000 for the first year of a four-year phase-in to
eliminate graduate student program fees for graduate students
employed by CUNY;
o Adds $300,000 for CUNY LEADS, for a total of $1.8 million;
o Restores $20,000 for the CUNY Citizenship Now program; and
o Funds $9.375 million in additional legislative priorities.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $1.63 billion as
follows:
o Provides an additional $13.6 million for community college base
aid, a $250 per FTE increase from $2,947 to $3,197, with each

campus guaranteed to receive 98 percent of the prior year base
aid amount;
o Restores $2.5 million for the Accelerated Study and Associate
Program and adds $500,000 for a total of $3 million;
o Restores $902,000 for child care centers, for a total of $1.7
million;
o Rejects the Executive's proposal to cut $447,000 for CUNY
community college rental aid; and
o Provides an additional $270,000 for the College Discovery
Program, for a total of $1.6 million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $357 million as
follows:
o Provides an additional $250 million for capital expansion
initiatives.

Article VII Proposals (S.2506-B)
* PART D -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal extending
existing procurement flexibility.
* PART E -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal by accepting
the authorization allowing CUNY to lower the tuition rate for
high-demand certificate programs and rejecting the extension
authorizing CUNY to increase tuition and the flexible tuition rate
for institutions with graduate and research programs.
o The Senate seeks to increase the level of State support to CUNY
to provide for a more robust city university system that is less
reliant on student tuition.
* NEW PART FF -- The Senate advances language to require the Executive
to include a five-year capital plan for providing funding for all
critical maintenance needs of the system.
* NEW PART GG -- The Senate advances language to enhance the
maintenance of effort provisions for the system that were enacted
under Chapter 59 of the Laws of 2017 (S.4219).
* NEW PART HH -- The Senate advances language to phase out the
charging of mandatory fees to graduate student workers at CUNY.
* NEW PART II -- The Senate advances language to create the Search for
Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) Diversity in Medicine
educational opportunity program.

Civil Service, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $57.5
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $2 million.

Commission of Correction, State

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $3 million.

Convention Center Operating Corporation, New York

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)

* PART S -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to grant the New
York Convention Center Operating Corporation construction-permitting
authority with respect to the Javits Convention Center under New
York City and State codes.

Corrections, and Community Supervision, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $2.9 billion as
follows:
o Restores $7.5 million to support any additional costs that may
result from the modification of the Executive's right-sizing
proposal relating to State correctional facility closures.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $34.5
million, an increase of $5 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $437
million, an increase of $12 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Article VII Proposals (S.2505-B)
* PART M -- The Senate modifies the Executive's proposal authorizing
the Governor to close State correctional facilities with 90-day
notice to the Legislature to require 180-day notice prior to any
closure being effectuated. The Senate will undertake a thoughtful
and deliberate process in reviewing any closures proposed by the
Executive.
* NEW PART XX -- The Senate advances language that requires state and
local correctional facilities to establish a medication assisted
treatment program for individuals with a substance use disorder
(S.1795).

Council on the Arts

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $4.4
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $42.5 million as
follows:
o Provides an additional $100 million to New York State Council on
the Arts for grants to non-profit cultural organizations; and
o Restores $100,000 for cultural institutions.
* The Senate supports the use of federal funds for grants to artistic
institutions and arts-related businesses to cover operating
expenses, including labor and benefits, and to make physical
improvements necessary to meet COVID-19 related health and safety
standards.

Criminal Justice Services, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $85.4 million,
an increase of $1 million compared to SFY 2020-21 levels, as
follows:

o $1 million decrease in expenses related to implementation of the
police accreditation reform proposal.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $238.5 million,
a decrease of $16 million from SFY 2020-21 levels, as follows:
o Adds $23.5 million in support for community safety and
restorative justice grant programs including but not limited to,
support for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, gun
violence prevention, criminal and/or civil legal services,
alternatives to incarceration, community supervision and
re-entry initiatives, gang and crime reduction strategies
managed by local governments, and/or community-based
not-for-profits service providers. This includes the following;
- $16 million to restore prior year legislative grants.
- $7.5 million for additional funding to support new
legislative grants.
o Modifies the Executive recommendations related to the Legal
Services Assistance Fund Account to restore Senate request of:
- $770,000 for Civil or Criminal Legal Services, including
legal services for survivors of Domestic Violence or
Veterans; and
- $600,000 for the Indigent Parolee Program.
o Adds $6 million in additional funding for upstate Civil or
Criminal Legal Services;
o Adds $1 million in additional funding for the Rochester Police
Accountability Board; and
o Modifies the Executive recommendations, without prejudice,
related to the Federal Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant
(JAG) appropriation. Alternatively, the Senate requests that
the Byrne JAG program be allocated as it has been in previous
years.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation to eliminate
funding to:
o Restore $25 million for the Securing Communities Against Hate
Crime Program. The Senate includes appropriation language to
protect communities from threats on the internet, and directs
that up to $12.5 million be reserved to allocate by the Senate.

Article VII Proposals (S.2505-B)
* PART A -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend
various public protection programs and services as follows:
o The Senate accepts the following proposals:
- Extension of a provision allowing local police to be
reassigned to a different geographic area as part of a State
Police Task Force;
- A provision requiring mandatory arrest in domestic violence
cases or where an order of protection is already in place;
- Provisions allowing court appearances via video conference
in certain enumerated counties;
- Provisions regarding authorizations of DOCCS to enter into
agreement with local jails to provide supervision for
certain inmates;
- Provisions related to the armory rental account; and

- A provision allowing New York City district attorneys to
retain a portion of settlement funds from agreements
arranged before accusatory instruments are filed.
o The Senate modifies the following proposals by making the
policies or programs proposed therein permanent:
- To extend allowing DOCCS to conduct psychological screening
of corrections officer applicants;
- Extending furlough programs for New York City Department of
Corrections facilities, and for any county jail that opts in
and extending the crime of escaping from a furlough program;
the earned eligibility program;
- Extending part of the definition of the alcohol and
substance abuse treatment correctional annex in DOCCS;
- The temporary release program, absconding under the Penal
Law, and sections regarding length of imprisonment;
- The DOCCS alcohol and substance abuse treatment correctional
annex and the prisoner furlough program for eligible
individuals;
- Assignment to correctional housing units, barring unlawful
fees by local correctional facilities, requirements
regarding housing of prisoners and other persons in custody
in local jails;
- Requirements for custody and control of prisoners in local
jails, the requirement that counties submit an Alternative
to Incarceration Service Plan for Classification Funding to
New York State, and appropriations to DCJS and the
Commission on Corrections to enable it to carry out their
duties;
- Mandatory fees and surcharges for various violations of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law;
- The ignition interlock program;
- Merit time sentence reductions;
- A provision allowing child witnesses to testify in criminal
proceedings via closed circuit television;
- Existing sentencing laws;
- The interstate compact for adult offender supervision;
- The Court of Claims filing fee and requirement for
incarcerated individuals to exhaust administrative remedies
before bringing a claim for loss or destruction of personal
property against DOCCS; and
- Community treatment facilities for post-release substance
abuse treatment.
o The Senate accepts the proposal to extend a number of sections
relating to speeding and parking violations, the authority of
the DCJS Commissioner to provide additional state aid to local
probation departments that are providing additional services
dedicated to intensive supervision programs and intensive
programs for those convicted of sex offenses, a fee for
probation investigations, and a bar on punishment for failure to
meet ticket and arrest quotas; however, the Senate strongly
opposes any fees assessed against any person under probation
supervision.
o The Senate rejects the following proposals and would let the
programs lapse:
- Extend the incarceration fee for incarcerated individuals,
restrictions on the ability of the DOCCS commissioner to
collect fees, and the requirement that the DOCCS

Commissioner provide an annual report to relevant chairs of
the Legislature on fees collected;
- The supervision fee for individuals on parole;
- The probation administrative fee; and
- The requirement that indigent incarcerated individuals pay a
reduced court filing fee, rather than having the fee waived
as is the case with other indigent litigants.
* PART C -- The Senate rejects the proposal to establish a new
domestic violence misdemeanor.
* PART G -- This part was intentionally omitted by the Executive.
Similar legislation has already been passed by both Houses and
enacted into law.
* PART J -- The Senate rejects the proposal to expand virtual court
appearances to all counties.
* PART K -- Due to the structure and funding of this proposal, the
Senate rejects the proposal to establish mandatory accreditation for
police agencies.
* PART L -- The Senate rejects the proposal to allow the Executive to
direct the Attorney General to appoint monitors to oversee police
departments that do not comply with Executive Order 203, due to the
unclear language of this proposal. The Senate remains deeply
committed to eradicating bias in policing, and is determined to
achieve this goal outside the budget process.
* PART N -- The Senate rejects the proposal to prohibit people with
open arrest warrants from possessing firearms. The Senate remains
committed to gun violence prevention and will seek alternate methods
of accomplishing this goal outside the budget process.
* PART O -- The Senate rejects the proposal to strengthen information
sharing between local police, DCJS, and federal databases.
* NEW PART BBB -- The Senate advances a proposal to permit the
Director of the Budget to withhold funds from any police department
that fails to adhere to Executive Order 203.

Deferred Compensation Board

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $892,000.

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART II -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend the
Dormitory Authority's authorization to provide design and
construction services to the Department of Environmental
Conservation and the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation to April 1, 2024, to instead extend such authorization
to April 1, 2023.
* Part RR -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to authorize
the Dormitory Authority to provide capital financing and design and
construction services to all not-for-profit profit corporations for
any projects of $5 million or more, and to provide working capital
loans during the period of the COVID-19-related public health
emergency.
* Part SS -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to increase the
cap for Dormitory Authority financing issued under the Medical Care
Facilities Financing Agency (MCFFA) statute by $800 million.

Economic Development, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $28.7
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $54.5 million as
follows:
o Rejects the Executive's proposal to change Centers for
Excellence (COEs) into Centers for Advanced Technology (CATs);
o Adds funds to bring each COE to $1 million; and
o Adds $1.8 million for Centers for Advanced Technology.

Education Department, New York State

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $612 million as
follows:
o Rejects language linking enactment of the Aid to Localities
budget bill to the funding of State Operations; and
o Provides $1.25 million in new funding to SED for special
education tuition rate-setting redesign.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $38.7 billion as
follows:
o Provides a total School Aid increase of $5.7 billion (20.5
percent), including a $1.37 billion (7.4 percent) Foundation Aid
increase and $3.85 billion in federal Coronavirus Response and
Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act funding. The
Senate provides $3.5 billion more School Aid than the Executive
proposal, and requires federal aid to supplement, not supplant,
State funding. State-funded school aid would increase to a
total of $29.5 billion (a year-to-year increase of 6.6 percent);
o Provides a three-year phase-in of Foundation Aid, ensuring that
all districts would receive their full Foundation Aid by the
2023-24 school year. Every school district is guaranteed a
minimum 2.0 percent increase in Foundation Aid and every
district is allocated at least 60 percent of their full
Foundation Aid funding for the 2021-22 school year;
o Restores the Executive's proposed $1.35 billion cut to STAR
reimbursement to school districts through the proposed Local
District Funding Adjustment;
o Rejects the consolidation of expense-based aids into Services
Aid and restores the corresponding $693 million cut to
expense-based aids. The Senate fully funds expense-based aids at
the current law level of $9.2 billion, an increase of $443
million over 2020-21 school year levels;
o Provides $500 million to fully-fund four-year-old full-day
prekindergarten Statewide;
o Restores $47 million in charter school facilities aid
reimbursement to New York City;
o Restores the Executive's proposed $35 million cut to
supplemental basic tuition payments to school districts. The
Senate provides $167 million for full funding of these payments;
o Restores $26.4 million for the New York City Fiscal
Stabilization Grant;
o Restores $25 million for Teachers of Tomorrow;

o Provides $20 million for school districts experiencing
significant financial hardships created by an extraordinary
change in taxable property;
o Restores $18.7 million for prior-year aid claims;
o Restores $14.3 million for Teacher Resource and Computer
Training Centers;
o Provides a $12.75 million increase in nonpublic school's
Mandated Services Aid, for a total of $206 million;
o Restores $12 million for the Yonkers City School District;
o Provides $10 million in additional funding for STEM teachers in
nonpublic schools, for a total of $40 million;
o Restores $7 million for aid to public libraries;
o Provides $6.9 million in additional funding to schools for the
blind and deaf (4201 schools), for a total of $110.8 million;
o Restores $4.5 million for the Executive's proposed 2 percent
reduction in nonpublic school aid;
o Restores $2 million for the Teacher-Mentor Intern Program;
o Restores $1.5 million for Adult Literacy Education, for a total
of $7.8 million;
o Restores $1.5 million for the Consortium for Worker Education
set aside within the Employment Preparation Education program,
for a total of $13 million;
o Restores $1 million for nonpublic schools's student immunization
record-keeping;
o Provides $1 million for implicit bias training for teachers;
o Restores $903,000 for the Henry Viscardi School;
o Restores $903,000 for the New York School for the Deaf;
o Restores $700,000 for public broadcasting stations;
o Restores $500,000 for the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf;
o Restores $500,000 for the Cleary School for the Deaf;
o Restores $500,000 for the Center for Autism and Related
Disabilities (SUNY CARD);
o Restores $500,000 for the Consortium for Worker Education
Credential Initiatives;
o Restores $500,000 for the Long Island Prekindergarten Regional
Technical Assistance Center;
o Restores $475,000 for the Executive Leadership Institute;
o Restores $475,000 for the Magellan Foundation Inc;
o Restores $450,000 for NYC Community Learning Schools;
o Restores $368,000 for the Albert Shanker National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards Certification Grant Program;
o Provides $300,000 in new funding to SED to develop racially and
culturally inclusive curriculum;
o Restores $365,000 for educational grants to public libraries and
not-for-profit institutions;
o Restores $175,000 for the Rochester City School District
monitor;
o Provides $175,000 for the Hempstead Union Free School District
monitor;
o Provides $175,000 for the Wyandanch Union Free School District
monitor; and
o Restores and funds $27.5 million in additional legislative
priorities.

The Senate provides additional education aid to Yonkers and Rochester
school districts in order to completely close projected deficits in each
school district in the next school year.

* The Senate also provides the following to SED's Office of Higher
Education and the Professions:
o Restores $35.1 million in general operating support for private
colleges (Bundy Aid).
o Provides $7.1 million in additional funding for the Higher
Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), for a total of $42.6
million.
o Provides $7 million to provide additional support for resident
students with disabilities attending college in New York.
o Provides $3.7 million in additional funding for the Liberty
Partnerships Program, for a total of $22 million.
o Provides $3.2 million in additional funding for the Science and
Technology Entry Program (STEP), for a total of $19 million.
o Provides $2.4 million in additional funding for the Collegiate
Science and Technology Entry Program (C-STEP), for a total of
$14.4 million.
o Provides $1.2 million in additional funding for the Foster Youth
Initiative, for a total of $7.2 million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $85 million as
follows:
o Adds $20 million for library construction, for a total of $34
million.
o Adds $30 million in capital funding for 4201 schools.

Article VII Proposals (S.2506-B)
* PART A -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal related to
school aid to:
o Reject the consolidation of expense-based aids and the
corresponding Services Aid cut;
o Reject the creation of the Local District Funding Adjustment;
o Modify the proposal to expand allowable transportation expenses
to provide reimbursement for costs related to the delivery of
meals, education supplies, and internet access to include
standby costs, including personnel costs, and extend such
reimbursement through the 2020-21 school year;
o Reject the freezing of school aid claims based on the November
data and the elimination of prior year aid claims;
o Reject the allowance of school districts, private schools, or
BOCES to apply for waivers from certain special education
requirements;
o Reject the elimination of the teacher support grants, known as
the Teachers of Tomorrow Recruitment and Retention Program, NYS
Mentor Teacher-Internship Program and the Albert Shanker
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification
Grant Program;
o Reject amendments to charter school funding, the reissuance of
surrendered, revoked, or terminated charters, and the
elimination of New York City Charter School Facilities Aid;
o Rejects cuts to nonpublic schools and rejects amendments to
nonpublic school claiming deadlines;
o Modifies to increase the allocation for Consortium for Worker
Education; and
o Modifies to extend teacher certification provisions for the
Statewide Universal Full-Day Prekindergarten Program for three
years;
* NEW PART A-1 -- The Senate advances language to:

o Increase Foundation Aid and provide a three-year phase-in of
Foundation Aid owed;
o Establish a task force to study and make recommendations on
education funding and property tax reform because the current
funding system leaves an economic burden on middle-class
property taxpayers, while leaving high-needs districts
underfunded, especially in light of the federal cap on the State
and Local Tax (SALT) deduction;
o Repeal current law that requires school districts to submit
school level funding plans that are duplicative of requirements
under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act;
o Provide amnesty for building aid penalties;
o Provide amnesty for transportation aid penalties;
o Apply prior year adjustments toward State aid recoveries;
o Increase the amount of surplus funds that may be retained by a
school district through the 2024-25 school year;
o Provide school districts with additional flexibilities in using
reserve funds to pay for COVID-19 related expenses;
o Increase the funding rate for 853 schools, 4410 schools, and
Special Act School Districts commensurate with increases in
school aid;
o Hold harmless Special Act School Districts, 853 schools, and
4410 schools from enrollment declines during the 2020-21 school
year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure these schools
face no reduction in their tuition rates as a result of federal
stimulus aid;
o Authorize the establishment of a four percent reserve fund for
Special Act School Districts and 853 schools;
o Increase the aidable salaries for staff providing career and
technical education services through BOCES;
o Provide reimbursement for ninth graders in Special Services Aid
for non-component school districts;
o Increase building aid reimbursement for districts that have
historically low rates of reimbursement, but that have a high
percentage of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch;
o Accelerate the reimbursement to school districts for
supplemental charter tuition for 2021-2022 school year and
thereafter;
o Clarify the methodology used for the calculation of nonpublic
school mandated services aid;
o Increases supplemental educational improvement grant aid to
Yonkers Public Schools; and
o Establish a workgroup to collaborate with the State Education
Department to create racially and culturally inclusive
curriculum and resources for schools to use in grades K-12.
* PART B -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal related to
ownership of accounting firms by keeping the registration fees
collected from non-certified public accountants within the
department (S.4221).
* PART C -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal that would
authorize colleges and universities to self-register new curricula
or programs of study without department approval.
o The Senate supports the Department's capital request to
modernize the Office of College and University Evaluation for
the purpose of speeding up the existing approval process for
colleges and universities.
* NEW PART JJ -- The Senate advances language to enhance support for
students with disabilities postsecondary success.

* NEW PART KK -- The Senate advances language to change the
educational requirements mandated by the Board of Pharmacy for
supervisors of manufacturing and repacking wholesalers (S.2204).
* NEW PART OO -- The Senate advances language to extend the authority
of the Syracuse Joint Schools Construction Board to modernize
educational facilities in the Syracuse City School District.
* NEW PART PP -- The Senate advances language to extend the authority
of the Rochester Joint Schools Construction Board to modernize
educational facilities in the Rochester City School District.

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)
* PART P -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to expand the
list of immunizations that pharmacists can administer to adult
patients to include immunizations recommended by the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The Senate also rejects the Executive
proposals to add pharmacists as qualified health professionals and
to alter the existing Collaborative Drug Therapy Management program.
* PART Q -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal as follows:
o The Senate accepts:
- The inclusion of fingerprinting and criminal history record
checks as part of the physician registration process; and
- The requirement to add more information to the online
physician proposal.
o The Senate rejects:
- The proposal to end lifetime physician licensure;
- The proposal to alter the handling of misconduct complaints;
and
- The proposal to impose additional mandates on physicians.

Elections, State Board of State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $15.9 million to
provide $2 million for additional personal services and non-personal
service expenses.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation and provides $4
million for reimbursement to Local Boards of Election for expansion
of early voting initiatives.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART I -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to make voter
registration records of judges, retired judges, and their families
private. The Senate is open to negotiating new privacy protections
for judges and their families during the remainder of the
legislative session.
* PART Q -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to expand the
absentee ballot request period since the Senate has already passed
similar legislation (S.631).
* PART R -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to establish a
deadline for processing absentee ballot requests since the Senate
has already passed similar legislation (S.516).
* PART S -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to expand early
voting hours.
* PART T -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to expedite
absentee ballot counting since the Senate has already passed similar
legislation (S.1027).

* PART U -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to clarify the
timeframe of manual recounts.

Empire State Development Corporation

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $87.6 million as
follows:
o Adds $500 million for Small Business Assistance Grants,
including $100 million for the New York Small Business Grant
Program;
o Adds $500 million for Commercial Rent Relief;
o Adds $1.37 million for the Minority and Women-Owned Business
Development and Lending Program, for a total of $2 million;
o Restores $1.4 million for additional economic development
initiatives; and
o Adds $3.5 million for other Senate priorities.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $380.4
million.
* The Senate rejects $1.3 billion in appropriation authority for the
Empire Station Complex because of insufficient transparency and
communication between the Empire State Development Corporation and
the local community.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART J -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend the
general loan powers of the New York State Urban Development
Corporation by replacing the three-year extension with a one-year
extension.
* PART K -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend the
authorization of the New York State Urban Development Corporation to
administer the Empire State Economic Development Fund by replacing
the three-year extension with a one-year extension.
* PART KK -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to convert the
Centers of Excellence into Centers for Advanced Technology.
* NEW PART HHH -- The Senate advances a proposal to establish the New
York Small Business Grant Program for providing grants to assist
small businesses recovering from lockdowns during the COVID-19
pandemic, administered by the Empire State Development Corporation,
utilizing up to $100 million in federal relief funds (S.4688A).

Employee Relations, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $8.7
million.

Energy Research and Development Authority

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $20.5
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART R -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to allow large
building owners in New York City to purchase tier 2 renewable energy

credits to comply with Local Law 97. The Senate encourages all
local stakeholders to find a solution that achieves the
decarbonization and green economy goals of each party in line with
the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
* PART W -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to authorize an
assessment on gas and electric corporations to finance NYSERDA's
research and development program, energy policy and planning
program, and climate change related expenses at the Department of
Environmental Conservation and the Department of Agriculture and
Markets.
* PART EE -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to allow
NYSERDA to establish single-purpose project holding entities by
ensuring NYSERDA build-ready projects are subject to public works
prevailing wage.

Environmental Conservation, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $463.3
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation by adding $2
million for Senate environment and parks priorities, including
funding for stewardship efforts in the Catskill and Adirondack
parks.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $1.4 billion as
follows:
o Modifies the $300 million Environmental Protection Fund by
restoring funding for zoos, botanical gardens, and aquaria and
farmland preservation.
o Authorizes a $3 billion Clean Water, Green Jobs, Green New York
Environmental Bond Act that will fund projects related to
restoration and flood risk reduction, open space land
preservation and recreation, climate change mitigation, and
water quality improvement and resilient infrastructure.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART X -- The Senate concurs with the Executive's proposal to lower
the hunting age for big game to twelve years old and to expand the
crossbow hunting season.
* PART Y -- The Senate rejects the Executive's proposal to amend the
Plastic Bag Ban.
* PART Z -- The Senate concurs with the Executive's proposal to make
technical amendments to legal descriptions of easements granted for
the Bay Park Conveyance Project.
* PART AA -- The Senate concurs with the Executive's proposal to
extend the brownfields tax credit for two years.
* PART BB -- The Senate concurs with the Executive's proposal to grant
easements in three State forests for installation of transmission
lines associated with a wind energy project.
* PART CC -- The Senate modifies the Executive's proposal to extend
for two years the authority of New York City and Nassau and Suffolk
counties to retain a portion of civil penalties collected from
enforcement of the Bottle Bill by making the authority permanent.

* PART DD -- The Senate concurs with the Executive's proposal to
create an accelerated environmental review process for rezoning
proposals for housing projects within one-half mile of commuter rail
stations.
* NEW PART AAA -- The Senate advances a proposal authorizing creation
of state debt in the amount of $3 billion for the Environmental Bond
Act of 2021, "Clean Water, Green Jobs, Green New York," for the
purposes of environmental improvements that preserve, enhance, and
restore New York's natural resources and reduce the impact of
climate change; and providing for inclusion of the proposal on the
ballot to be voted upon at the general election to be held in
November, 2021.
* NEW PART BBB -- The Senate advances a proposal to implement the
Environmental Bond Act of 2021, "Clean Water, Green Jobs, Green New
York," by funding projects related to the restoration and flood risk
reduction, open space land preservation and recreation, climate
change mitigation, and water quality improvement and resilient
infrastructure.
* NEW PART CCC -- The Senate advances a proposal to impose product
stewardship requirements on producers of paper and packaging
(S.1185-B).

Executive Chamber

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $17.85
million.

Financial Services, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $378.84
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $67.9
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART P -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to authorize
remote notarial acts by replacing it with a Senate proposal that
authorizes electronic notarization and authorizes the use of video
and audio conference technology in identifying individuals for
electronic notarization (S.1780-B).
* PART JJ - The Senate modifies the Executive proposal regarding
no-fault insurance by removing the proposal that grants the
Superintendent of Financial Services greater authority in removing
healthcare providers from the no-fault insurance program, and
modifying the proposal to create a Motor Vehicle Insurance Task
Force to include legislative appointees and to require the findings
of the task force to be sent to the Legislature.
* PART LL -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to extend the
covered period for residential mortgage forbearance until the later
of December 31, 2021, or the end of the relevant Executive Orders.
The Senate supports the provisions of this Part and looks forward to
passing legislation outside the context of the budget.

* PART UU -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to merge the
College Retirement Equities Fund into the Teachers Insurance and
Annuity Association of America.

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)
* PART J -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to license and
regulate pharmacy benefit managers. The Senate supports legislation
that provides stronger protections for consumers and independent
pharmacists against unscrupulous actions from Pharmacy Benefit
Managers (S.3762).
* PART K -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to restructure
the Physicians Excess Medical Malpractice Fund by rejecting the
changes to how the fund reimburses doctors and insurers and instead
extends the program through June 30, 2022.

Gaming Commission

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $103.4
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $321
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2509-B)
* PART J -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to reform
the State Racing Admissions Tax.
* PART Y -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to authorize
mobile sports wagering and permit the Gaming Commission to establish
a casino tax rate petition process.
* PART Z -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to authorize a
request for information for gaming facility licenses.
* PART AA -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
eliminate Quick Draw restrictions.
* PART BB -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to remove
restrictions on lottery draw game offerings.
* PART CC -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
decouple the Gaming Commission and the Gaming Inspector General.
* PART DD -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
pari-mutuel tax and simulcast provisions for one year.
* PART LL -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to temporarily
suspend certain racing support payments by reducing the suspension
from six months after the pandemic emergency ends to three months.
* NEW PART MM -- The Senate advances language to accelerate the three
remaining casino licenses for the downstate zone.

General Services, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $1.02
billion, an increase of $4 million over SFY 2020-21 Enacted levels

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $234
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)

* PART BB -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to mandate that
all personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies
purchased by State agencies, departments, and authorities must be
made or produced in the United States, if that State entity's
contract is valued at over $50,000.
* PART RR -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to extend the
Procurement Stewardship Act, relating to the guidelines for State
procurement of commodities, services, and technology, for an
additional five years.
* PART SS -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to extend the
Procurement Lobbying Laws for an additional ten years and increase
the Procurement Lobbying Law contract threshold from $15,000 to
$50,000.

General State Charges

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $7.1 billion to
provide $175 million in additional funding in order to pay for
scheduled salary increases to the State Workforce that have been
withheld throughout SFY 2020-21.

Article VII Proposals (S.2505-B)
* PART CC -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to eliminate
reimbursement for Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts (IRMAA).
* PART DD -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to implement
differential health care premiums based on years of service.
* PART EE -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to freeze
reimbursement of the Standard Medicare Part B premium paid to
eligible NYSHIP retirees and their dependents at the 2021 levels.
* PART TT -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to provide
a 60-day amnesty period related to NYSHIP coverage of ineligible
dependents.
* NEW PART CCC -- The Senate advances language to provide for an early
retirement incentive at local option for public employees.

Green Thumb

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $4 million.

Greenway Heritage Conservancy of the Hudson River Valley

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $200,000.

Health, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $3.27 billion as
follows:
o Restores $12.8 million for the New York State Stem Cell Science
Program; and
o Restores $500,000 to maintain exemptions to mandatory electronic
prescribing.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)

* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $184.6 billion
as follows:

Public Health
o Includes $624 million to increase the minimum wage for the
lowest paid home health care workers;
o Includes $25 million for food insecurity;
o Restores $135.2 million in public health cuts;
o Restores $11.1 million in legislative additions;
o Includes $13.3 million for the Roswell Park Cancer Institute;
o Funds $17.5 million in additional legislative priorities; and
o Includes $20 million for an expansion of the Essential Plan.

Medicaid
o Restores $53.1 million in cuts from administrative base actions;
o Restores $180.5 million in cuts to hospitals;
o Restores $60 million in cuts to mainstream managed care;
o Restores $74.25 million in cuts to long term care;
o Restores $15.4 million in cuts to pharmacy;
o Restores $94 million in cuts from the 1 percent across the board
rate reduction;
o Restores $455 million in Medicaid cut contributions to Financial
Plan;
o Includes $200 million for services and expenses for acute care
facilities and nursing homes to increase nurse staffing levels
to provide better quality of care for nursing home patients;
o Includes $328.5 million for residential health care for
medically fragile children and young adults;
o Includes $20 million to remove the requirement for prior
authorization for Medicaid coverage of medication assisted
treatment;
o Includes $60 million in Medicaid savings from the $27 million
investment in to the Community Services for the Elderly Program
to clear waiting lists for services; and
o Rejects the Executive proposal to create a reinvestment payment
pool for 340B providers and repeals the pharmacy benefit
carveout.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $217.9 million
restoring $3.3 million for the Enhancing the Quality of Living
(EQUAL) Program.

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)

* PART A -- The Senate rejects the extension of the Medicaid Global
Cap through State Fiscal Year 2022-23. The Senate calls on the
Department of Health to develop alternatives to the current Medicaid
Global Cap. As currently constructed, the cap does not account for
enrollment increases, decreases in federal reimbursement rates, or
utilization changes.
* PART B -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to align
coverage for non-prescription drugs and over-the-counter products
with other states and the federal Medicare Part D Program and to
eliminate prescriber prevails.
* PART C -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to create a
reinvestment payment pool for 340B providers and advances language

to repeal the transition of the pharmacy benefit from Medicaid
Managed Care to Fee-For-Service.
* PART D -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to reduce the
capital rate add-on for inpatient hospital expenses by an additional
five percent and to discontinue State-share Indigent Care Pool
payments to public hospitals.
* PART E -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to reduce
funding for the Workforce Recruitment and Retention program by an
additional 25 percent.
* PART F -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal on
comprehensive regulatory telehealth reform by maintaining
flexibilities with distant sites, adding certified peer recovery
advocates as eligible providers, and creating reimbursement parity
for services delivered by telehealth.
* PART G -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
authorize and implement medical respite programs.
* PART H -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to eliminate
the monthly premiums for the Essential Plan by also eliminating
monthly premiums for vision and dental care.
* PART I -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
authorize the Commissioner of Health and the Superintendent of
Financial Services to apply for federal waivers on behalf of the New
York State of Health Marketplace.
* PART L -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to reduce the
reimbursement to New York City under the General Public Health Works
Program.
* PART M -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to discontinue
the Empire Clinical Research Inventory Program, Spinal Cord Injury
Research Program, and the New York State Stem Cell Science Program.
* PART N -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to remove
exemptions to the mandatory electronic prescribing for veterinarians
and prescribers with waivers from the Department of Health.
* PART O -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to discontinue
several public health programs by rejecting the proposals to
eliminate the EQUAL program, reject the discontinuance of operating
subsidies for Adult Care Facilities licensed as Enriched Housing
Programs, but concurs with the elimination of hospital resident work
hour audits.
* PART S -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal related to
various extenders to extend all programs as proposed by the
Executive except:
o To extend the authority to contract with state transportation
managers or brokers for five years instead of being made
permanent; and
o To remove the extension of the Nurse Practitioner Act to
consider further changes to the Act outside of the budget.
* PART FF -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to change the
qualifying health care costs that are eligible for reimbursement
through the Medical Indemnity Fund.
* PART GG - The Senate rejects the Executive proposal on nursing home
reforms because it has already passed the following package of
legislation:
o Direct patient care spending ratio for nursing homes (S.4336-A);
o Publication of nursing home ratings (S.553);
o Disclosure of Information On How To Look Up Violations (S.3185);
o Reimagining Long-Term Care Task Force (S.598-B);
o Long-term Care Ombudsman Program Reform Act (S.612-A);
o Compassionate Care-Giving Visitors at Nursing Homes (S.614-B);

o Infection Inspection Audits (S.1783);
o Quality Assurance Committees (S.1784-A);
o Standards for the Transfer and Discharge Of Residents (S.3058);
o Stricter Standards for Ownership of Nursing Homes (S.4893); and
o Accurate Reporting of Deaths of Nursing Home Residents Who Die
in Hospitals (S.3061-A).
* NEW PART II -- The Senate advances language to require the
Department of Health to establish a schedule for when competency
exams for home care workers that reside outside the state will be
offered (S.1201).
* NEW PART JJ -- The Senate advances language to prohibit services
that are being provided under the Traumatic Brain Injury or Nursing
Home Transition and Diversion Waiver from being transitioned to
Medicaid Managed Care (S.1577).
* NEW PART KK -- The Senate advances language to codify the
independent consumer assistance program to assist consumers with
filing complaints and appeals with health insurers (S.4305).
* NEW PART LL -- The Senate advances language that requires the
Commissioner of Health to reoffer contracts for fiscal
intermediaries for the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program
in order to ensure fiscal intermediaries are physically located in
the counties they serve, and to ensure fiscal intermediaries have
experience serving individuals with developmental disabilities and
serving racial and ethnic minorities.
* NEW PART NN -- The Senate advances language that would prohibit
prior authorization for medication assisted treatment for substance
use disorders in Medicaid (S.649-A).
* NEW PART PP - The Senate advances language that would allow
individuals with confirmed cases of COVID-19 to be eligible for the
Essential Plan if they would otherwise be ineligible due to their
immigration status (S.2549).
* NEW PART RR - The Senate advances language that would provide an
increase in wages for the lowest paid home health care workers.
* NEW PART SS - The Senate advances language to allow pediatric
nursing homes to continue serving medically fragile young adults
after age 21, and to authorize the Department of Health to create
new facilities specifically for medically fragile young adults.

Medicaid Inspector General, Office of the

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $55.2
million.

The Senate calls for the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General to
work more closely with state regulating agencies to ensure there are no
adverse impacts to services due to audit findings that have found
overpayments caused by administrative errors and not caused by
intentional waste, abuse or fraud.

Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC)

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $52 million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $1.1 billion as
follows:

o Provides an additional $174 million in the 2021-22 academic year
for reforms to the Tuition Assistance Program by raising the
maximum award by $1,000 from $5,165 to $6,165. This increase
will help to relieve $100 million of the TAP Gap at SUNY and
CUNY, while also providing additional financial assistance to
students attending private and independent institutions.

Article VII Proposals (S.2506-B)
* PART F -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to extend
scholarship program eligibility for recipients affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
* PART G -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal delaying the
update to the tuition rate used for the Excelsior Scholarship Award
reimbursement methodology.
* NEW PART LL -- The Senate proposes language to reform the Tuition
Assistance Program by increasing the maximum TAP award and providing
support to close the gap institutions must fill between the tuition
credit award and the full cost of tuition.

Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $81.6
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $4.9 billion, an
increase of $3.4 billion from SFY 2020-21 levels, to provide funding
as follows:
o Restores $600,000 for Red Cross Emergency Response and
Preparedness.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $33.5
million, an increase of $5.5 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Housing and Community Renewal, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $116.2
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $112.1 million
and provides:
o $250 million to support the Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity
Program;
o $200 million for a Housing Access Voucher Program to provide
permanent housing for families and individuals Statewide;
o $200 million for homeowner assistance;
o Restores $475,000 for legislative housing priorities; and
o Adds $3.1 million in other Senate priorities.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $418.2 million,
an increase of $316 million from SFY 2020-21 and provides:
o $750 million for the New York City Housing Authority; and
o $200 million for statewide public housing authorities.

Article VII Proposal (S.2506-B)
* PART O -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to increase
Mortgage Insurance Fund support for the Neighborhood Preservation
program to $14.7 million, a $1.9 million increase over the Executive
proposal, and includes a $200,000 carve out from Neighborhood
Preservation Program funds for the New York State Neighborhood
Preservation Coalition for technical assistance. The Senate also
modifies the Executive proposal to increase Mortgage Insurance Fund
support for the Rural Preservation Program to $6.3 million, a
$940,000 increase over the Executive proposal, and includes a
$200,000 carve out from Rural Preservation Program funds for the New
York State Rural Housing Coalition for technical assistance.
* PART U -- The Senate accepts the Executive's proposal to offer sales
tax exemptions for affordable housing developments.
* PART Y -- The Senate rejects the Executive's proposal to ban late
fees and allow the use of security deposits to pay rent. The Senate
is committed to addressing this issue outside the context of the
budget.
* PART BB -- The Senate intentionally omits the Executive's proposal
to create an emergency rental assistance local government allocation
fund.
* NEW PART DD -- The Senate advances language that establishes a
federally funded COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
(S.2742-C), to provide rent arrears vouchers to landlords on behalf
of tenants experiencing financial hardship due, directly or
indirectly, to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
* NEW PART EE -- The Senate advances language creating the Housing
Access Voucher Program (S.2804-A), to provide a cash subsidy to
eligible low income individuals and families that are homeless or
facing imminent loss of housing.
* NEW PART YY -- The Senate advances language that creates the Housing
Our Neighbors with Dignity Act (S.5257), allowing the Division of
Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) to acquire vacant commercial
properties and distressed hotel properties with fewer than 150 rooms
in New York City and convert them into permanently affordable
residential housing.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART L -- The Senate rejects the Executive's proposal to convert
vacant commercial property and underutilized hotels in New York City
into residential housing.

Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $185,000.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $136,000.

Human Rights, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $18.2
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2506-B)

* PART R -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to amend Human
Rights Law to include all for-profit, non-sectarian schools in the
definition of educational institute. The Senate will be advancing
identical legislation outside of the budget.
* PART S -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to amend Human
Rights Law to include citizenship or immigration status as a
protected class, prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing,
public accommodations, and in any other instances which Human Rights
Law protects against discrimination. The Senate will be advancing
similar legislation outside of the budget (S.102).

Independent Redistricting Commission

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate funds the Independent Redistricting Commission with $4
million for operating expenses.

Indigent Legal Services, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $6.5
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $304.8 million,
an increase of $50 million from SFY 2020-21 levels, as follows:
o Adds $5 million for Parental Representation Caseload Relief and
Quality Improvement.

Information Technology Services, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $765.7
million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $95.7
million, a decrease of $150 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART FF -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to authorize
the Office of Information Technology Services to award comprehensive
technology service contracts.
* PART GG -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to require each
State department to publicly disclose their department's authorized
signatories online and sets a list of terms and conditions that
would void any state contract including indemnification clauses,
binding arbitration agreements, terms or conditions allowing a
contractor to unilaterally amend the contract, certain terms or
conditions allowing the state to limit liability, and any terms or
conditions designating the law of another jurisdiction as the law
governing the contract.
* PART HH -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to exempt
disclosure of any personal information between State agencies from
the requirements of the Personal Privacy Protection Law.

Inspector General, Office of the State

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $7.8
million, an increase of $584,000 over SFY 2020-21 levels.

Interest on Lawyers Account

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $2.1
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $45 million.

Judiciary

Legislature and Judiciary (S.2501)
* The Senate concurs with the Office of Court Administration request
of $3.3 billion, an increase of $40 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.
o The Senate respects the Judiciary's role as a coequal branch of
government and remains committed to working with the Executive
and Judiciary to ensure the court system has sufficient
resources to administer justice. The Senate requests that the
Office of Court Administration consider reversing their
reductions to the Judicial Civil Legal Services program and
re-certificate retired Judges.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART D -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to allow courts
to require the respondent to pay certain housing costs of the
protected party when issuing an order of protection.
* PART E -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to require the
Chief Administrator of the Courts and the Division of Criminal
Justice Services collect and report data relating to the issuance of
orders of protection for family offenses in criminal cases.
* PART F -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to prohibit
judges from considering the sex, sexual orientation, gender identity
of the parties in child custody decisions. The Senate will advance
identical legislation outside the budget (S.996).
* PART H -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to remove the
term "incorrigible" from state law. The Senate has advanced similar
legislation outside of the budget (S.2737).
* PART AA -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to set the
interest rate on judgments and accrued claims at the one-year United
States Treasury Bill rate.

Article VII Proposal (S.2506-B)
* PART N -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to direct the
Chief Administrator of the Courts to establish veterans treatment
courts. The Senate will advance identical legislation outside the
budget (S.1957).

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)
* PART R -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to facilitate
name changes and gender designation changes. The Senate will advance
similar legislation outside the budget (S.4402).

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)

* PART MM -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to enact a
moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures. The Senate and
Assembly passed similar legislation to accomplish the same purpose,
(S.471-A) and this legislation has recently been signed into law.
* PART PP -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
establish an automatic transition for LIBOR-dependent contracts to a
new benchmark interest rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing
Rate.

Judicial Conduct, Commission on

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $6 million as
follows:
o Adds $330,000 to support operations of the Commission.

Judicial Nomination, Commission on

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $30,000.

Judicial Screening Committee

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $38,000.

Labor, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $1.8
billion, an increase of $139.1 million from SFY 2020-21.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal of $60.3 billion, an
increase of $37.9 million, with the following modifications to
restore:
o $4 million for the Workforce Development Institute;
o $2.5 million for the Workforce Development Institute
Manufacturing Initiative;
o $2.5 million for the Statewide YouthBuild Program;
o $1.6 million for Displaced Homemakers;
o $750,000 for the Manufacturers Association of Central New York;
o $350,000 for the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health;
o $300,000 for the Cornell University Worker Institute;
o $200,000 for Western New York Committee for Occupational Safety
and Health;
o $200,000 for Long Island Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health;
o $200,000 for Nassau County Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship
Program;
o $200,000 for Western NY Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship
Program;
o $200,000 for Rochester Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship
Program;
o $200,000 for Newburgh Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship
Program;
o $150,000 for the Cornell Leadership Institute;

o $150,000 for the Cornell University Domestic Violence Program;
o $140,000 for the New York State Pipe Trades United Association;
o $85,000 for Northeast New York Committee for Occupational Safety
and Health; and
o $850,000 for other local Senate priorities.
* The Senate adds $2.1 billion for the Excluded Worker Fund to provide
unemployment benefits to workers who lost their jobs during the
COVID-19 pandemic but were ineligible for Unemployment Insurance.

Article VII Proposal (S 2506-B)
* PART T -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to amend the
partial unemployment insurance benefit system from a day-based
system to an earnings-based system since a similar proposal has
already passed both houses (S.1042-A) and has been signed into law.
* PART W -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to provide paid
leave for COVID-19 vaccinations since a similar proposal has already
passed both houses (S.2588-A) and has been signed into law.
* PART AA -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend
prevailing wage to covered renewable energy projects by making
technical amendments and adding new provisions to ensure the
creation of good jobs and protection of workers in the green economy
sector.
* PART CC -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to prohibit
the inclusion of claims for unemployment insurance arising from the
closure of an employer due to COVID-19 from being included in such
employer's experience rating charges.
* NEW PART MM -- The Senate advances language to provide benefits
through an Excluded Worker Fund for workers who lost their jobs
during the COVID-19 pandemic but were ineligible for Unemployment
Insurance.

Labor Management Committees

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $27.9
million, a decrease of $5.4 million from SFY 2020-21.

Law, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $266.4 million
as follows:
o Adds $5.6 million to support operations of the Office of Special
Investigation and Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative
Office.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation as follows:
o Restores $20 million for the Home Owner Protection Program
(HOPP).

Lieutenant Governor, Office of the

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $630,000.

Local Government Assistance

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $2.5 million
for the Financial Restructuring Board.
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $3.5 million
for the New York State Financial Control Board.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $706.4 million
as follows:
o Restores $39 million of Aid and Incentives for Municipalities
(AIM);
o Restores $5.1 million of Aid to Municipalities with Video
Lottery Gaming Facilities;
o Restores $187,500 of Miscellaneous Financial Assistance;
o Adds $59 million of AIM funding to fund the repeal of the county
share of AIM payments;
o Adds $1.3 million of Aid to Municipalities with Video Lottery
Gaming Facilities; and
o Restores $16.25 million in other Senate priorities, including
restoration of payments to certain municipalities that were
incorporated after the inception of the AIM program.

Article VII (S.2505-B)
* PART KK -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to restore VLT
Aid to facilities in Orange, Ontario, Oneida, and Erie counties and
the City of Yonkers. The Senate also adds $1.29 million for the
facility in Suffolk County.
* PART LL -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to cut AIM
funding to all cities by a range of 2.5 to 20 percent, shift
remaining towns and villages from State-funded AIM to AIM-related
payments, and cut all AIM-related payments by 20 percent.
* PART MM -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to expand
the types of investment options available for counties so that they
have options similar to New York City.
* PART NN -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to make the
County-Wide Shared Services Initiative permanent and enhance
flexibility within the program by making school district
participation in shared services panels mandatory.
* PART OO -- The Senate rejects, without prejudice, the Executive
proposal to extend authorization for local government piggyback
contracts.
* PART PP -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to authorize
shared jails for contiguous counties.
* NEW PART VV -- The Senate advances language to authorize a temporary
exemption for class one capital improvements to residential
buildings and certain new construction in Nassau County, in order to
address an issue with sharp and sudden increases in tax burdens
stemming from the county-wide reassessment in Nassau.
* NEW PART YY -- The Senate advances language to restore the AIM
program to the pre-2019 formula, which included full State funding
for the program.
* NEW PART ZZ -- The Senate advances language to cap the interest rate
on delinquent property taxes for owner occupied residential
properties to a maximum of 7.5% per annum.

Mental Health, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)

* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $2.22 billion as
follows:
o Rejects $22 million in deferral of reinvestment; and
o Rejects $8 million cut to Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center
Conversion.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $1.68 billion as
follows:
o Provides $15 million for 1 percent Cost of Living Adjustment;
o Restores $17.15 million for 5 percent aid to localities
reduction;
o Restores $400,000 for Self-Directed Care Demo Program;
o Restores $4.5 million for Joseph P. Dwyer Program;
o Restores $1.8 million of legislative additions; and
o Funds $8.75 million in other Senate priorities.

The Senate urges the Office of Mental Health to reconsider any closure
of inpatient beds, particularly during this time of increased need due
to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Office of Mental Health must ensure there
are enough inpatient beds open and accessible to New Yorkers, and must
provide transparency into the methodology by which reductions in bed
amounts are implemented.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $534.5
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)
* PART T -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
the authority of the Office of Mental Health and Office for People
with Developmental Disabilities facility directors to act as
representative payees for the cost of a resident's care and
treatment until 2024.
* PART U -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
for five years the authority allowing OMH and OPWDD to appoint
temporary operators for established programs providing services to
individuals with serious mental illness, developmental disabilities,
or chemical dependence.
* PART V -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal extending
the ability for OMH and OPWDD to implement time-limited
demonstration programs for an additional three years.
* PART W -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
for three years the community mental health support and workforce
reinvestment program which requires OMH to reinvest savings from
inpatient bed closures into community mental health services
* PART X -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal that would allow
OMH to close, consolidate, reduce, transfer, or otherwise redesign
services at any OMH-operated hospital, facility or program without
issuing a one-year notification and removes the requirement to
reinvest these savings into community services.
* PART Z -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to allow the
Commissioner of Mental Health to increase fines for violations and
to establish a schedule of fees for the purpose of processing
applications for operating certificates for OMH licensed facilities.
* PART AA -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to provide
comprehensive crisis reform by accepting the establishment of Crisis
Stabilization Centers and rejecting the proposed changes to Kendra's

Law and the standards for involuntary admission to an OMH inpatient
facility.
* PART BB -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to combine the
Institute for Basic Research with the New York State Psychiatric
Institute.

Mental Hygiene, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $600
million.

People with Developmental Disabilities, Office for

The Senate is committed to using all available resources to restore
funding for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities that
may have been adversely impacted by the fiscal crisis caused by the
COVID-19 epidemic.

The Senate demands that OPWDD streamline their administrative processes
in order to ensure that providers may utilize all available beds to meet
rising demand.

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $2.23
billion.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $2.6 billion as
follows:
o Rejects 1 percent Medicaid rate cut;
o Provides $1 million for residential facilities to provide
high-speed internet service;
o Provides $26.9 million for Cost of Living Adjustment;
o Restores $12 million for 5 percent Aid to Localities funding;
o Restores $20.8 million for Care Coordination Organization rates;
and
o Restores $440,000 in legislative additions.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $108.6
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)
* NEW PART QQ -- The Senate advances language that would require OPWDD
residential facilities to provide access to high speed internet
service to their residents.

Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $4.8
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)
* PART HH -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to make changes
to the membership of the Developmental Disabilities Planning
Council.

Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $57.4
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $569,000 as
follows:
o Restores $170,000 for Adult Homes Advocacy Program; and
o Restores $60,000 for Adult Homes Resident Council Support
Project.

Article VII Proposal (S.2507-B)
* PART EE -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to eliminate
the Justice Center's requirement to administer the Adult Home
Advocacy and Adult Home Resident Council Programs.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $848.3
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART F -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to expand
discretionary bidding and reduce transparency in MTA bidding. The
Senate further intends to hold a hearing on MTA and Thruway
procurement practices to ensure that relevant stakeholders are
consulted on the procurement process. Additionally, the Senate
supports a "doing business with" database of contractors with
pending capital projects.
* PART G -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to authorize the
MTA to shift utility relocation costs to public utilities and modify
the local approval process.
* PART H -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to authorize the
MTA to access local streets without regard to existing permitting
processes.
* PART I -- The Senate accepts the Executive proposal to expand the
class of transit workers covered by enhanced penalties for assault
and aggravated harassment of public employees.

Military and Naval Affairs, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $79.9
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $1 million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $65.2
million, a decrease of $160 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)

* PART P -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
the Recruitment Incentive and Retention Program for members of the
New York Army and Air National Guard and the Naval Militia to 2026.

Mortgage Agency (SONYMA)

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $76.8
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $156
million, an increase of $16.5 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Article VII Proposal (S.2506-B)
* PART X -- The Senate accepts the Executive's proposal to expand the
authority of SONYMA.

Motor Vehicles, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $109.2
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $22.2
million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $324.5
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART FF -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend
various revenue authorizations. The Senate will also work with the
DMV on implementing a remote notification option for driver's
license road test results.
* PART GG -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend and
expand the autonomous vehicle (AV) testing pilot program pending
additional discussions with stakeholders and proposes to incorporate
additional stakeholders in the AV task force. The Senate supports
the development of safe autonomous vehicles and its attendant
benefits, while accounting for the considerations associated with AV
technology.
* PART HH -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to impose a $1
fee on all DMV transactions.

National And Community Service

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $30.3
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $432,000.

Olympic Regional Development Authority

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $14.1
million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $102.5
million.

Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $248.7
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $9.3
million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $226.9
million.
* The Senate also includes $50 million for capital improvements at
zoos, botanical gardens, and aquaria, with $20 million dedicated to
facilities upstate.

Power Authority, Long Island

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART T -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to amend the
statutory cap on Utility Debt Securitization Authority bond
issuances by requiring state comptroller oversight over new
restructuring bond issuances and renewed comptroller oversight over
contracts entered into by the service provider.

Power Authority, New York

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $86 million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART U -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to increase
the statutory cap for the ReCharge NY program from 100 megawatts to
150 megawatts.
* PART V -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
authorize the New York Power Authority to create a captive insurance
company.
* PART VV -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to create the
Canal System Revitalization Act that dissolves the Canal
Recreationway Commission and establishes a New York State Canal
System Revitalization Trust.

Prevention of Domestic Violence, Office for the

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $4.2
million, an increase of $225,000 from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)

* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $6.3
million, an increase of $4.5 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART B -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to rename the
Office to Prevent Domestic Violence to the Office to End Domestic
and Gender-Based Violence by reverting to current statutory
language, yet retaining proposed language that will allow the agency
to serve as a fiscal agent for the state. The Senate looks forward
to a robust conversation with stakeholders as to how to re-imagine
the way New York State addresses and seeks to eliminate domestic
violence and sexual assault.

Public Employment Relations Board

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $4.1
million.

Public Ethics, Joint Commission on

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $5.6
million, a slight increase from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Public Service, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $98.6
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $5.8
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART Q -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to amend the
State Environmental Quality Review Act, the Accelerated Renewable
Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act, and the public service law
definition of alternative energy production facility.
* PART NN -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
increase the Electric Generation Facility Cessation Mitigation Fund
from a statutory cap of $69 million to a statutory cap of $140
million.
* PART OO -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to expand the
utility shut-off moratorium to any State disaster emergency deemed
to have a significant negative and long-term economic impact on the
State. The Senate has passed legislation (S.1453-A) to extend the
utility shut-off moratorium and looks forward to working with
stakeholders to protect customers from the shut-off of other
essential services.
* PART QQ -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal that mandates
broadband service providers offer a $15 a month internet plan for
low-income customers.
* PART WW -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to authorize
utility and cable television assessments to extend the assessments
for one year.

* NEW PART EEE -- The Senate advances language that requires the
Public Service Commission to study the availability, affordability,
and reliability of high-speed internet services and to publish a
detailed internet access map of the State (S.4847-A).
* NEW PART FFF -- The Senate advances language to provide free
broadband access to every student and school in the State to ensure
that all children have access to education for the duration of the
pandemic (S.3184).

State, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $104.7 million
and eliminates $600,000 for the data privacy initiative.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $147.1 million
as follows:
o Provides $15 million for local Code Enforcement Program;
o Provides $1.35 million for Local Assistance Grants;
o Provides $250,000 for the Student Loan Consumer Assistance
Program; and
o Provides $500,000 for the Hispanic Federation.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $102
million.

Article VII Proposals (S.2508-B)
* PART N -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to make
permanent the Secretary of State's authorization to provide special
handling and expedited service for all documents filed, or issued
by, the Division of Corporations for increased fees.
* PART O -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to allow
process to be served on the Secretary of State through an electronic
system operated by the Department of State, and to authorize the
Secretary of State to forward notice of service process to entities
by email.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART II -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to enact the
"New York Data Accountability and Transparency Act."
* PART JJ -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to require
disclosure for the use of voice recognition features in
internet-capable devices.

State Police, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $893.7
million, an increase of $8 million from SFY 2020-21 levels.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $128.5
million.

State University of New York (SUNY)

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $10.2 billion as
follows:
o Eliminates the TAP Gap for the 2021-22 academic year through a
combination of $21 million in direct operating support for TAP
Gap relief and a $1,000 increase in the maximum TAP award. SUNY
will see a total of $69 million in additional aid due to these
changes, fully offsetting the TAP Gap;
o Provides $67.6 million to pay for the SUNY hospital debt service
costs;
o Rejects the Executive's proposed $46.4 million cut in operating
support for SUNY State-operated campuses;
o Provides $40 million for SUNY hospital worker hazard pay;
o Provides an additional $12.4 million for Educational Opportunity
Centers (EOC), for a total of $74.4 million;
o Provides an additional $6.4 million for Educational Opportunity
Programs (EOP), for a total of $38.6 million;
o Provides $2.75 million for the first year of a four year
phase-in to eliminate graduate student program fees for graduate
students employed by SUNY;
o Restores $700,000 for the Small Business Development Centers;
o Restores $500,000 and adds $3.5 million for the SUNY
Tele-Counseling Initiative for mental health services, for a
total of $4 million; and
o Funds $9.375 million in additional legislative priorities.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $424 million as
follows:
o Provides an additional $30 million for community college base
aid, a $250 per FTE increase from $2,947 to $3,197, with each
campus guaranteed to receive 98 percent of the prior year base
aid amount;
o Restores $1.1 million for child care centers, for a total of
$2.1 million;
o Rejects the Executive's proposal to cut $579,000 in SUNY
community college rental aid;
o Rejects the Executive's proposal to cut $196,000 in operating
support for Cornell Cooperative Extension; and
o Restores $100,000 for the SUNY Orange County Community College
Bridges Program.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $1 billion as
follows:
o Provides an additional $250 million for capital expansion
initiatives.
o Provides $24 million for capital improvements to the Syracuse
Educational Opportunity Center.

Article VII Proposal (S.2506-B)
* PART D -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal extending
existing procurement flexibility and allowing SUNY to purchase
services and technology by consortium.
* PART E -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal by accepting
the authorization allowing SUNY to lower the tuition rate for
high-demand certificate programs and rejecting the extension

authorizing SUNY to increase tuition and the flexible tuition rate
for institutions with graduate and research programs.
o The Senate seeks to increase the level of State support to SUNY
to provide for a more robust state university system that is
less reliant on student tuition.
* NEW PART FF -- The Senate advances language to require the Executive
to include a five-year capital plan for providing funding for all
critical maintenance needs of the system.
* NEW PART GG -- The Senate advances language to enhance the
maintenance of effort provisions for the system that were enacted
under Chapter 59 of the Laws of 2017 (S.4219).
* NEW PART HH -- The Senate advances language to phase out the
charging of mandatory fees to graduate student workers at SUNY.
* NEW PART II -- The Senate advances language to create the Diversity
in Medicine Educational Opportunity Program (EOP).

Statewide Financial System

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $31.6
million.

Tax Appeals, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $2.9
million.

Taxation and Finance, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $444.2
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $4.7
million.

Temporary and Disability Assistance, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $446.6
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $7.7 billion as
follows:
o Restores funding for the following TANF programs:
- $5.9 million for the child care facilitated enrollment
demonstration projects in New York City and Monroe Counties;
- $5 million in additional funding for the Advantage
Afterschool Program, for a total of $33 million;
- $2.5 million for the child care facilitated enrollment
demonstration welfare projects in the Capital District and
Oneida County; and
- $800,000 for the Welfare to Careers program.
o Restores $1.5 million in additional funding for the Disability
Advocacy Program, for a total of $4.1 million;

o Provides $400 million for additional rental assistance in
addition to available federal funds;
o Provides $2 million in funding for Refugee Resettlement; and
o Provides $2.3 million in additional funding for Safety Net
Assistance to address Family Homelessness Eviction Prevention
Supplement (FHEPS) changes, for a total of $627.3 million.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $128
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2506-B)
* PART P -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
authorize the pass-through of the federal Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) Cost of Living Increase (COLA).
* PART Q -- The Senate accepts the Executive's proposal to transfer
administration of the state's "Gifts to Food Banks Fund" from the
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to the Department of
Health.
* PART V -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to shorten the
current administrative process for transfer of unclaimed child
support funds. The Senate proposes that the local social services
district be required to show one year of diligent efforts to locate
the rightful recipient of the funds. After one year, the Family
Court shall make a determination as to whether the funds shall be
returned to the payor or remitted to the State Comptroller.
* NEW PART NN -- The Senate advances language that will prohibit local
social services districts from placing a lien on the homes of public
assistance recipients, for the amount of public assistance provided
(S.787A).

Thruway Authority

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART C -- The Senate modifies the Executive's proposal authorizing
the Thruway Authority to use electronic bidding to ensure that bids
are secure and sealed and that uncontrollable circumstances are
accommodated.
* PART D -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to change goods
and services thresholds that are not subject to Board procurement
guidelines. The Senate further intends to hold a hearing on MTA and
Thruway procurement practices to ensure that relevant stakeholders
are consulted on any changes made.
* PART E -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to increase
penalties for toll evasion to clarify the proposal's intent and
dedicate revenues generated to outdated infrastructure.
* NEW PART GGG -- The Senate advances language clarifying the
obligation for public workforce engineers to review projects
procured through design-build procurements conducted by State
agencies and authorities, consistent with standards that already
apply to New York City's design-build projects.

Transportation, Department of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $428.2 million
to provide funding for the following:
o Adds $1.6 million in other Senate priorities.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $3.7 billion to
provide funding as follows:
o Restores $568 million in Statewide Mass Transportation Operating
Assistance cuts;
o Provides $385 million in additional Statewide Mass
Transportation Operating Assistance over SFY 2020-21 levels;
o Rejects $160 million in proposed transfer authority from
dedicated revenue funds that support transportation systems
statewide, including for the MTA; and
o Provides funding to prevent toll increases on the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $6.6 billion to
provide funding for the following:
o Provides $150 million to be added to the base amount for the
Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program
(CHIPS), for a total of $588 million in CHIPS funding;
o Provides $100 million for an Urban Road Revitalization
initiative to prioritize road repair in urbanized areas of the
State, which often experience a stagnant tax base, extreme
weather swings, and a lack of maintained roads;
o Provides $30 million to be added to the Executive mass transit
fleet electrification commitment to assist transit systems
transitioning to all-electric fleets;
o Provides $14.5 million to increase the rate used by the State
when reimbursing municipalities for maintenance of the State
highway system within city borders;
o Restores $65 million for Extreme Winter Recovery and increases
this critical funding by an additional $35 million for a total
of $100 million;
o Provides $175 million for critical infrastructure improvements
and to supplement projects funded in the Department of
Transportation Capital Plan; and
o Restores $126 million in funding withheld from local government
highway aid reimbursements from SFY 2020-21.

The Senate supports efforts to study the best methods to finally bring
High Speed Rail to New York State.

The Senate also extends the Department of Transportation Capital Plan to
a full five years and emphasizes the importance of ensuring a regionally
equitable distribution of funding in the Capital Plan.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* PART A -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal increasing
penalties for commercial motor vehicles and mandating commercial GPS
usage only for commercial motor vehicles registered in the State.
* PART B -- The Senate modifies the Executive's SLOW Act to
incorporate additional work zone enforcement and education, and
authorize a work zone camera enforcement program.
* NEW PART XX -- The Senate advances a proposal to modernize the rate
paid to local governments for arterial maintenance (S.3529).
* NEW PART ZZ -- The Senate advances a proposal to incentivize bus
electrification by specifically authorizing transit providers to
utilize contracts let by other government entities to purchase

electric fleet vehicles and equipment at the most competitive prices
available.

The Senate supports working with federal, state, and city stakeholders
to resolve the taxi medallion crisis.

Veterans' Services, Division of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $8.7
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $10.9 million,
with the following modifications:
o $845,000 to restore various veteran organizations.

Victim Services, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $13.9
million.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate modifies the Executive recommendation of $198 million as
follows:
o Earmarks at least $10 million from the Victim of Crime Act
funding to establish a statewide hospital and community-based
gun violence prevention program.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* NEW PART AAA -- The Senate advances language to establish the
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Act (C-VIPA) to
create a funding source for gun and community-based violence
intervention programs (S.1049).

Workers's Compensation Board

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $206.2
million.

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART V -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to permit
the State Insurance Fund to cover in-state policyholders's work out
of state.
* PART W -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to expand
the State Insurance Fund's investment authority.
* PART X -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to amend
the method of calculating deposits and reserves for the aggregate
trust fund and reserves of the State Insurance Fund.

Welfare Inspector General, Office of

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $1.3
million.

Miscellaneous Items

State Operations (S.2500-B)
* The Senate concurs with Executive recommendation of $1.61 billion
for the Insurance and Securities Funds Reserve Guarantee.
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $300 million
for Public Security and Emergency Response, an increase of $100
million from SFY 2020-21 levels.
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $2 billion
for Special Emergency Appropriation, an increase of $1 billion from
SFY 2020-21 levels.
* The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to increase the Special
Federal Emergency Appropriation by $10 billion to $35 billion, and
decreases the Appropriation to $2 billion.
* The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to increase the Special
Public Health Emergency Appropriation by $2 billion to $6 billion,
and decreases the Appropriation to $2 billion.
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation of $675,000 for
the College Choice Savings Program.

Aid to Localities (S.2503-A)
* The Senate concurs with the Executive recommendation to eliminate
funding for the Pay for Success Contingency Reserve, an decrease of
$69 million.
* The Senate rejects the Executive recommendation of a $9 billion
Special Federal Emergency Appropriation lump sum.
* The Senate advances an All Funds appropriation of $100 million for
Jails and Prisons Assistance programs to support services and
expenses or reimbursement of expenses incurred by State and local
government agencies providing alternative therapeutic and
rehabilitative programs related to segregated confinement and
medication assisted treatment reforms.

Capital Projects (S.2504-B)
* The Senate provides $30 million to the Higher Education Capital
Matching Grants Program (HECap).
* The Senate provides $10 million for the Arts and Cultural Facilities
Improvement Program to provide facility enhancement grants to arts
and cultural organizations, administered by the New York State
Council on the Arts.
* The Senate provides $100 million for the Nonprofit Infrastructure
Capital Investment Program to provide capital investments in human
services organizations.
* The Senate provides $15 million to fund other budget priorities.

Revenue

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART UU -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to intercept
certain revenues for purposes related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Article VII Proposal (S.2508-B)
* NEW PART TT -- The Senate advances language to modify the Executive
proposal to enact the Pandemic Recovery and Restart Program, which
if enacted would have reduced All Funds revenue by $35 million in
SFY 2021-22. The Senate advances language expanding the amount
available for the new New York City Musical and Theatrical
Production Tax Credit.

Article VII Proposal (S.2509-B)
* PART A -- The Senate advances language to modify the Executive
proposal to impose a surcharge on high income earners, which if
enacted would have increased All Funds revenue by $1.5 billion in
SFY 2021-22. The Senate advances language to increase the state
personal income tax rate on the highest earners, which would
increase All Funds revenue by $4.15 billion in SFY 2021-22.
* PART B -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to delay the
implementation of the ongoing middle-class tax cut for one year, the
rejection of which would reduce revenues by $394 million in SFY
2021-22.
* PART C -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to create a new
and elective State Pass-Through Entity Tax by substituting it with
an alternative proposal (S.2915).
* PART D -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to amend
existing tax credit programs to incentivize employers to provide
child care to their employees by accepting the expansion of the
existing employer provided child care credit and adding language
seeking greater transparency in the Excelsior Jobs program.
* PART E -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to reform and
simplify business tax provisions by accepting the proposal to
eliminate a small tax on transportation companies from outside the
state and rejecting requiring entities that elect to be treated as
S-corporations for federal purposes to automatically be treated as
S-corporations for New York purposes.
* PART F -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to Extend
the Empire State Film Production Credit and the Empire State Post
Production Credit for one year.
* PART G -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to increase the
penalty against employers who file incorrect wage and withholding
data with the Department of Taxation and Finance, which if enacted
would have increased All Funds revenue by $2 million in SFY 2021-22.
* PART H -- The Senate omits the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act,
which if enacted would have increased All Funds revenue by $20
million in SFY 2021-22, but fully supports the MRTA (S.854), which
shall be passed outside of the budget process.
* PART I -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to make vacation
rentals subject to State and local sales taxes, as well as the $1.50
New York City hotel unit fee, which if enacted would have increased
All Funds revenue by $10 million in SFY 2021-22.
* PART J -- The Senate concurs with the Executive Proposal to reform
the state racing admissions tax.
* PART K -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to extend the
period during which the state is able to review a claim of a refund
for overpayment of sales taxes exceeding $100,000 and not pay
interest to the claimant from three to six months.
* PART L -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to give all
57 counties outside of New York City, and the five cities that
currently have additional local sales tax rates, permanent authority
to extend their existing sales tax rates.
* PART M -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
certain sales tax exemptions related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
* PART N -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to align
the threshold of gross sales that triggers the responsibility of a
sales tax vendor without a physical presence in New York to register
with the Department of Taxation and Finance with the volume level of

sales threshold necessary for a marketplace to have to collect and
remit.
* PART O -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to enhance
the ability to collect the Real Estate Transfer Tax, and to make
technical changes to the new Limited Liability Company disclosure
requirements enacted last year.
* PART P -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to enhance
enforcement measures against the illicit sale and distribution of
cigarettes and tobacco products.
* PART Q -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to change
the filing requirements for the Alcohol Beverage Tax and the Highway
Use Tax in order to lower the frequency with which certain small
companies have to file, which would reduce All Funds revenue by $1
million in SFY 2021-22.
* PART R -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to make
Technology Service Providers responsible for the collection and
remitting of the taxicab tax and the new congestion surcharge.
* PART S -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to expand the
penalties for tax preparers or facilitators that fail to register or
re-register correctly with the Department of Taxation and Finance or
display the correct consumer protection information, which if
enacted would have increased All Funds revenue by $15 million in SFY
2021-22. The Senate advances language to double existing penalties
while accepting requirements that price lists and a Consumer Bill of
Rights are posted at tax preparer and facilitator locations.
* PART T -- The Senate rejects the Executive proposal to allow the
Department of Taxation and Finance to appeal a decision made by the
Division of Tax Appeals Tribunal in court.
* PART U -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to
modernize and simplify the process of filing certain Real Property
Tax forms.
* PART V -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to change the
STAR program by accepting transferring STAR recipients in mobile
homes from the exemption to the credit program, and rejecting all
other proposed changes.
* PART W -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to empower
the State Board of Real Property Tax Services to act with authority
as a quorum when a majority of board members are present.
* PART X -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to promote
the development of renewable energy products.
* PART EE -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
for five years existing exemptions, reimbursements, and credits for
certain alternative fuels, which would reduce All Funds revenue by
$1 million in SFY 2021-22.
* PART FF -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
the eligibility for a farm employee tax credit from January 1, 2022
to January 1, 2025.
* PART GG -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
and enhance the low-income housing credit for five years.
* PART HH -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
and enhance the Musical and Theatrical Production Credit for three
years, which would reduce All Funds revenue by $4 million in SFY
2021-22.
* PART II -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend the
Hire-a-Vet Business Tax Credit for only one year and adds reporting
language on the success of this program.

* PART JJ -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to extend the
Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program by
reducing the extension from ten to five years.
* PART KK -- The Senate concurs with the Executive proposal to extend
the implementation deadline for the Secure Choice Program by twelve
months to December 31, 2022.
* PART LL -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to temporarily
suspend certain racing support payments, by shortening the payment
suspension period from six months to three months.
* NEW PART NN -- The Senate advances language to ensure that
recipients of location based business tax credits, including but not
limited to StartupNY, are not negatively impacted due to employees
working from home during the COVID state of emergency. Employees
would have to remain in New York for their wages to be allowable
expenses.
* NEW PART OO -- The Senate advances language to increase the
corporate franchise tax rate by three percentage points, which would
increase All Funds revenue by $813 million in SFY 2021-22.
Additionally, the Senate advances language to reintroduce the
capital base test to the corporate franchise tax, which would
increase All Funds revenue by $151 million in SFY 2021-22.
* NEW PART PP -- The Senate advances language to impose a one percent
surcharge on income from capital gains for taxpayers subject to the
top State personal income tax rate, which would increase All Funds
revenue by $614 million in SFY 2021-22.
* NEW PART QQ -- The Senate advances language to decouple from the
federal opportunity zones program (S.1195), which would increase All
Funds revenue by $63 million in SFY 2021-22.
* NEW PART RR -- The Senate advances language to increase the estate
tax rate by two percent, which would increase All Funds revenue by
$162 million in SFY 2021-22.
* NEW PART SS -- The Senate advances language to require the recording
of mezzanine debt and preferred equity investments filed in a city
with a population of one million or more and includes mezzanine debt
in the mortgage recording tax, which would increase All Funds
revenue by $199 million in SFY 2021-22 for the New York City Housing
Authority.
* NEW PART TT -- The Senate advances language to increase the existing
annual filing fee schedule for limited liability corporations (LLCs)
and limited liability partnerships (LLPs), which would increase All
Funds revenue by $113 million in SFY 2021-22.
* NEW PART UU -- The Senate advances language to create a personal
income tax credit to reduce the net cost of property taxes for
overburdened middle-class homeowners. This provision will reduce
taxes by approximately $400 million annually.

Sweeps and Transfers

Article VII Proposal (S.2505-B)
* PART QQ -- The Senate modifies the Executive proposal to authorize
certain transfers, temporary loans, and amendments to miscellaneous
capital/debt provisions, including bond caps.