Assembly Bill A4960

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4960 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1498
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
New York State Urban Development Corporation Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง16-m, UDC Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7975
2011-2012: A2359, S7385
2013-2014: A2483, A8674, S3819
2017-2018: S2783
2019-2020: S584
2021-2022: S6233
2023-2024: S3546

2015-A4960 (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.

2015-A4960 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4960

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER, TITONE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Economic Development

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.
  S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of  the
laws  of  1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
ration act, is amended by adding a new paragraph (o) to read as follows:
  (O) LOANS, LOAN GUARANTEES, INTEREST SUBSIDIES  AND  GRANTS  TO  BUSI-
NESSES, MUNICIPALITIES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS OR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATIONS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF ATTRACTING, MAINTAINING OR PERMITTING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03240-01-5
              

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