New York A 7509: Relates to sex offender risk assessment instruments

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A07509 Summary:

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Ren Art 11 §§4000, 4001 & 4002 to be Art 12 §§4200, 4201 & 4202, add Art 11 §§4100 - 4120, §2808, Pub Auth L;
amd Pub Serv L, generally; add §32-a, Exec L

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Enacts the "omnibus telecommunications reform act"; reforms the competitive cable service; promotes the wide-spread development of high-capacity broadband internet access; increases the availability and quality of services in this key economic development area; ensures the safety, reliability and affordability of telecommunications services.

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03/28/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7509

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 28, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the public service law, and
 the executive law, in relation to reforming the telecommunications
 sector of the New York economy, by creating a broadband authority,
 authorizing statewide cable franchises for the purposes of competitive
 cable service, promoting the wide-spread development of high-capacity
 broadband internet access, and increasing the availability and quality
 of services in this key economic development area and ensuring the
 safety, reliability and affordability of telecommunications services

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "omnibus telecommunications reform act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings. 1. a. It is and has been the long-standing
 4 policy of the state of New York that every resident and business in the
 5 state of New York has a right to have equal physical and social access
 6 to adequate telecommunications services at just and reasonable rates,
 7 because universal access to the benefits of telephony is fundamental to
 8 effective communication, quality of life, economic development, public
 9 safety and security, and democratic participation. Telecommunications,
 10 however, is undergoing dramatic changes with new technologies driving
 11 the ways people communicate with one another. No matter the source or
 12 vehicle by which people communicate with each other, the people of this
 13 state have the right to adequate service at just and reasonable rates.
 14 Therefore, all telecommunications services must meet the highest stand-
 15 ards of quality, reliability, and safety--including protecting and
 16 expanding the system of emergency 911 service--which requires sufficient
 17 investment in telecommunications infrastructure and, as many years of
 18 experience have shown, adequate staffing provided by trained, career
 19 employees operating under the applicable safety codes and regulations.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10518-01-5

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 1 b. While the state's long-standing mission has been to provide
 2 universal, affordable and reliable service to all New Yorkers, all citi-
 3 zens of the state do not have equal access to communications technolo-
 4 gies that are becoming the standard bearers for the 21st century. In
 5 fact, the state lags behind in deploying communication networks that are
 6 the foundation of modern telecommunications. The lack of deployment of
 7 high-capacity telecommunications infrastructure services ("broadband")
 8 in rural, underserved, unserved, economically distressed and other areas
 9 of the state is affected with a public interest; the rates, services and
 10 operations of cable television companies are affected with a public
 11 interest and it is imperative that the state fairly regulate cable tele-
 12 vision services in the interest of the pu