Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 20, 2012 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 24, 2012 |
advanced to third reading cal.621 |
May 22, 2012 |
reported |
May 15, 2012 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Apr 19, 2012 |
print number 2359a |
Apr 19, 2012 |
amend (t) and recommit to economic development |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to economic development |
Jan 18, 2011 |
referred to economic development |
Assembly Bill A2359
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GIBSON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Eric Stevenson
Nelson Castro
Sam Roberts
multi-Sponsors
William Boyland
2011-A2359 - Details
2011-A2359 - Summary
Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas.
2011-A2359 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2359 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to enacting the food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities (FRESH Communities) act; and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing the retail food establishment living wages tax credit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act". S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the lack of access to fresh foods is a problem of growing concern in many communities across the state. Substantial increases in urban land values and rents, limited access to financing and other economic pressures have left many lower-income residents in urban and rural areas underserved by supermar- kets and other food retail establishments. The resulting lack of access to a variety of fresh food retailers makes it more difficult and expen- sive for these residents to maintain a nutritionally balanced diet and leads to increased public health costs, dilutes the value of public assistance for food purchases, leads to greater travel times and energy expenditures to obtain fresh food, and deprives the state's farmers of markets for their products. Providing access to financial assistance for urban and rural supermarkets in underserved areas will remedy these adverse conditions, create employment opportunities and help to revital- ize and stabilize currently underserved neighborhoods. S 3. Paragraph (k) of subdivision 1 of section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corporation act, as added by section 4 of part FF of chapter EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06275-01-1
co-Sponsors
Eric Stevenson
Nelson Castro
Sam Roberts
Vivian Cook
2011-A2359A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A2359A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas.
2011-A2359A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2359--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON, STEVENSON, CASTRO, ROBERTS -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry -- recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to enacting the food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities (FRESH Communities) act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act". S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the lack of access to fresh foods is a problem of growing concern in many communities across the state. Substantial increases in urban land values and rents, limited access to financing and other economic pressures have left many lower-income residents in urban and rural areas underserved by supermar- kets and other food retail establishments. The resulting lack of access to a variety of fresh food retailers makes it more difficult and expen- sive for these residents to maintain a nutritionally balanced diet and leads to increased public health costs, dilutes the value of public assistance for food purchases, leads to greater travel times and energy expenditures to obtain fresh food, and deprives the state's farmers of markets for their products. Providing access to financial assistance for urban and rural supermarkets in underserved areas will remedy these adverse conditions, create employment opportunities and help to revital- ize and stabilize currently underserved neighborhoods. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06275-04-2
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