New York A 2598: Provides alternative sentence of impounding the vehicle person operated upon conviction of driving while ability impaired by alcohol or drugs

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A02598 Summary:

BILL NOA02598A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07805

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SPONSORSayegh

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COSPNSRJackson, Gallagher, Forrest, Mitaynes, Fall, Shrestha, Epstein, Zaccaro, Tapia, Ramos, Seawright,
 Burdick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Raga, Weprin, Berger, Colton, Rozic, Alvarez, Stern, Blumencranz, Carroll
 P, Rajkumar, Eachus, Rosenthal, Lunsford, Bichotte Hermelyn, Lee, Chang, Cunningham, Braunstein,
 Bores, Taylor, Williams, Pheffer Amato, Shimsky, Tague, Simone, Mikulin, Hevesi, Ra, Burroughs,
 Lucas, Valdez, Moreno, Dilan, Kassay, McMahon, Hyndman, Wieder

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3604 & 3635, Ed L

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Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.

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BILL NOA02598A

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01/21/2025referred to governmental operations

05/05/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations

05/05/2025print number 2598a

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2598--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, JACKSON, GALLAGHER, MAMDANI, FORREST,
 MITAYNES, FALL, SHRESTHA, EPSTEIN, ZACCARO, TAPIA, RAMOS, SEAWRIGHT,
 BURDICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, RAGA, WEPRIN, BERGER, COLTON, ROZIC, ALVAREZ,
 STERN, BLUMENCRANZ, P. CARROLL, RAJKUMAR, EACHUS, ROSENTHAL, LUNSFORD,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEE, CHANG, CUNNINGHAM, BRAUNSTEIN, BORES, TAYLOR,
 WILLIAMS, PHEFFER AMATO, SHIMSKY, TAGUE, SIMONE, MIKULIN, HEVESI, RA,
 BURROUGHS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
 Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Eid
 al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3604 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 359 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday, the first day of the
 5 second lunar month after the winter solstice in the preceding calendar
 6 year known as Asian Lunar New Year, or a legal holiday, except general
 7 election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday, and except
 8 that driver education classes may be conducted on a Saturday. For muni-
 9 cipalities and school districts with a population of fifty thousand or
 10 more, the foregoing shall also apply to the holidays of Eid al-Fitr and
 11 Eid al-Adha, as affixed by Muslim religious law and tradition. For muni-
 12 cipalities and school districts with a population of less than fifty
 13 thousand, the foregoing may apply if such municipality or school
 14 district opts into the recognition of the holidays of Eid al-Fitr and
 15 Eid al-Adha. A deficiency not exceeding four days during any school year
 16 caused by teachers' attendance upon conferences held by superintendents
 17 of schools of city school districts or other school districts employing
 18 superintendents of schools shall be excused by the commissioner,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04284-02-5

 A. 2598--A 2

 1 notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contra-
 2 ry, a school district may elect to schedule such conference days in the
 3 last two weeks of August, subject to collective bargaining requirements
 4 pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law, and such days
 5 shall be counted towards the required one hundred eighty days of
 6 session, provided however, that such scheduling shall not alter the
 7 obligation of the school district to provide transportation to students
 8 in non-public elementary and secondary schools or charter schools. At
 9 least two such conference days during such school year shall be dedi-
 10 cated to staff