We pass many laws in the state Legislature during session; however, some enacted laws have delayed effective dates. Please see below for the new laws that take effect this month.
| Effective Date | Chapter | Summary |
| 2/11/2024 | Ch. 723 of 2023 | Requires any seller imposing a surcharge on a customer who uses a credit card to clearly and conspicuously post the total price for using a credit card and prohibits the surcharge from exceeding the amount of the surcharge charged to the business by the credit card company. |
| 2/15/2024 | Ch. 632 of 2023 | Provides a deceased tenant’s legal representative the option to terminate such tenant’s lease upon notice to the landlord. |
| 2/15/2024 | Ch. 635 of 2023
Ch. 1 of 2024 |
Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel upon the request of such personnel, where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts. |
| 2/15/2024 | Ch. 651 of 2023 | Expands the Department of Economic Development’s authority to conduct market analysis, including demonstration projects, to include reuse of waste tires in agricultural settings, and to conduct an analysis of waste tire reuse opportunities. |
| 2/15/2024 | Ch. 656 of 2023 | Extends the statute of limitations for filing complaints about any alleged unlawful discriminatory practices to the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) from one year to three years. |
| 2/17/2024 | Ch. 511 of 2022 | Makes the profession of physical therapy assistant a licensed profession. |
| 2/19/2024 | Ch. 676 of 2023 | Makes non-competitive and labor class employees subject to the same layoff provisions as competitive class employees. |
| 2/19/2024 | Ch. 732 of 2023
Ch. 12 of 2024 |
Establishes a task force on missing women and girls who are black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) to develop policy changes that will work to address the lack of care and concern for missing and murdered BIPOC women and girls with New York state governmental agencies. |
| 2/20/2024 | Ch.756 of 2023
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Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing. |
| 2/22/2024 | Ch. 539 of 2023 | Increases age for use of ATVs by minors from age 10 to 14. |
| 2/22/2024 | Ch. 588 of 2023 | Directs the Department of Health to provide a video on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children to be viewed by parents of newborn children. |
| 2/22/2024 | Ch. 604 of 2023 | Authorizes construction mentoring programs for small businesses and minority and women owned enterprises in New York City. |
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