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Joseph Lentol's bill, which would legalize some short-term rentals, lifted words from an 2016 memo.
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, the bill's sponsor, said she first thought of it during the 2016 campaign.
Ivan Lafayette served more than 30 years in Albany representing Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst.
Former Assemblyman William Scarborough was also ordered to pay $54,355 in restitution.
The bill has sat in the State Assembly for years.
More than a dozen elected officials have been carted off in cuffs or convicted in court since 2010.
Assemblyman Felix W. Ortiz introduced legislation to ban the use of Google Glass while driving.
The former city councilwoman, who grew up in Forest Hills, is one of six candidates vying for the post.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.