Many laws are passed in the State Legislature and some do not take effect immediately. See below for new laws that have been signed by the Governor and are taking effect this month.

New Laws Taking Effect – August 2022
Effective Date Chapter Bill Number Summary
8/7/2022  

Ch. 56 of 2022

Part UU, Subpart G

 

 A.9006-C

S.8006-C

 Adds age, arrest, ticket, and bail information to the data collected regarding pretrial release.
8/15/2022 Ch. 225 of 2022 A.7805-D

S.9409-A

 Establishes the New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust for properties owned or operated by the New York City Housing Authority.
8/19/2022 Ch. 777 of 2021 A.4341

S.3372

 Increases Affordable Housing Corporation grants for high-cost projects.
8/19/2022 Ch. 387 of 2022 A.7818-B S.3374-B Promotes the education of the human trafficking information and referral hotline to assist individuals in freeing themselves from severe acts or forms of sex trafficking.
8/19/2022 Ch. 392 of 2022 A.9821

S.7360 

Requires the New York State Interagency Task Force on Human Trafficking to develop a curriculum related to human trafficking awareness to be included in alcohol training awareness programs.
8/23/2022 Ch. 660 of 2021

Ch. 86 of 2022

Sec. 2

 A.479 

S.146  A.8692

S.7720

 Authorizes the Department of Economic Development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of cricket.
8/24/2022 Ch. 203 of 2022

Sec. 3

 A.648

S.66-A

 Enacts a provision of the Adult Survivors Act, which requires the Chief Administrator of the Courts to promulgate rules concerning the timely adjudication of claims.
8/29/2022 Ch. 358 of 2022

Parts A-E

 A.10500

S.9461

 Clarifies the process for live event ticket sales as follows: allows for civil penalties for utilizing ticket purchasing software known as bots; requires full ticket prices to be disclosed prior to a customer purchasing such ticket; requires such price to remain the same during the purchase process; prohibits the resale of a ticket if such ticket was initially offered to the public at no charge; requires online resale marketplaces to clearly and conspicuously disclose the established price charged by the operator of a place of entertainment that is printed or endorsed on the face of each ticket; and allows reasonable and actual costs to be charged for the physical delivery of certain tickets while stipulating that no fee can be charged for tickets delivered by electronic means.