Effective January 1, 2020, students who are at least 16 years of age and are otherwise qualified to register to vote may pre-register to vote and will automatically be registered to vote upon turning 18 years of age. Election Law §5-507. Section 5-507(2), which addresses “Encouragement of student voter registration and pre-registration”, […]

New Sexual Harassment Legislation Signed into Law by Governor Cuomo – On August 12, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed a bill (S.6577/A.8421) into law that comprehensively extended protections for those making claims of sexual harassment.  The law furthers the goals of 2018’s package of reforms, which, among other things, required all employers, public […]

The New York State Legislature has recently enacted legislation authorizing the installation of cameras on the “stop arms” of school buses.  These cameras will use photo monitoring devices to “detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus.” The owner of a vehicle detected by such a camera to be overtaking or […]

On August 20, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed a bill into law containing new protections for employees who are victims of domestic violence.  The new law is applicable to all employees including school districts.  Guercio & Guercio clients may read the entire memorandum in the Client Portal.

On June 13, 2019, the Governor signed into law legislation (S.2994A/A.2371) removing non-medical exemptions from school vaccination requirements for students.  This means that all schoolchildren must now be vaccinated as required in the Public Health Law, even if their parents have religious objections to the vaccinations.
The new legislation is effective immediately.  Guercio & Guercio, LLP […]

The final State Budget contains many substantive changes in law that affect school districts, including among other things, changes to APPR, new rules regarding retirement reserve funds and contracts with school resource officers.  Guercio & Guercio clients may read our preliminary analysis of these changes in the memoranda found in the client portal.

Effective June 30, 2019, Suffolk County employers with at least four employees will be prohibited from inquiring about a job applicant’s wage or salary history during the hiring process. The Restricting Information
on Salaries and Earnings Act (“RISE Act”) amends Section 528-7 of the Suffolk County Human Rights Law.  Guercio & Guercio, LLP clients may […]

The Governor recently signed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which amends the New York State Human Rights Law to explicitly prohibit discrimination in employment based on gender identity or expression, including transgender status.  The law will become effective on February 24, 2019 and applies to employers in New York State with four or […]

Recently enacted legislation amends Article 23-B of the Education Law to expand the categories of employees that are required to report allegations of child abuse in an educational setting. The legislation also updates the training requirements under the law (Ch. 363 of the Laws of 2018).  The changes take effect 180 days after enactment, […]

In April 2018, the Governor signed an Executive Order restoring voting rights to individuals on parole. Notwithstanding this Executive Order, should an individual be on parole for a sexual offense, and is classified as a Level II or Level III offenders on the NY State Registry, this individual still requires written authorization from […]