safety

“We pass multiple task force bills every year,” said Assemblywoman Sarah Clark. “This one is very much focused on BIPOC women and girls who go missing across the state and creating a task force that would really look at the way we use our alert system and various other methods to help find these missing women and girls, because it’s not working particularly for our Black and Brown girls who go missing.”

A bill in the state Assembly is aiming to make orders of protection easier to enforce.

Assemblywoman Sarah Clark, D-Rochester, is proposing the creation of hope cards (A.5040) that contain the information and content of a final order of protection to those who want them. The cards would come at no charge to those who want them from the courts. Hope cards are a wallet-sized, laminated card that people can carry with them which hold the same validity as a traditional paper order of protection.

“Two years ago this month, a 3-year-old boy died after falling into a grease trap at the Tim Horton’s on University Avenue in Rochester. After the tragedy, Bryce’s Law was drafted by local leaders to create statewide safety regulations for grease traps.…Assemblymember Sarah Clark says the bill has the potential to become a national law as well. “Bryce’s Law close …

police officers against minors. The legislation is co-sponsored by Democratic Senators Leroy Comrie, Liz Krueger, Shelley Mayer, Kevin Parker and Luis Sepulveda. Companion legislation has been introduced in the state Assembly by Assemblyman Demond Meeks, D-Rochester, and is co-sponsored by Assemblywoman Sarah Clark, D-Rochester, and Assemblywoman Jennifer Lunsford, D-Fairport.