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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Solages) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Small Business
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, the New York  state  urban
   development  corporation  act  and  the  executive law, in relation to
   small business crime prevention services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
 section 139-a to read as follows:
   § 139-A. SMALL BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM.   1.  THERE
 IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE  DIVISION  A  SMALL  BUSINESS CRIME
 PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM.
   2. THE SMALL BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM, DIRECTLY  AND
 IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  OTHER  DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH OTHER
 AGENCIES OF THE STATE, FEDERAL  AGENCIES  OR  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS,  SHALL
 PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH ACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
   (A)  INFORMATION  ON  STRATEGIES, BEST PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERING
 TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE IN PREVENTION OF CRIMES IN AND AROUND THE  PREM-
 ISES  OF  SMALL  BUSINESSES  OR  OTHERWISE  AFFECTING  SMALL BUSINESSES,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:  ASSAULT, ARSON AND OTHER  VIOLENT  FELONY
 OFFENSES;  ROBBERY,  BURGLARY,  THEFT,  IDENTITY  THEFT, COUNTERFEITING,
 CHECK AND CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD; AND VANDALISM, GRAFFITI AND
 OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE;
   (B) INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL  ASSIST-
 ANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES UNDER PARAGRAPH (O) OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  SIXTEEN-M  OF  SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT;
   (C) INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS  OF
 FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FOR SMALL BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION THAT MAY FROM
 TIME TO TIME BE AVAILABLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR OTHER AGENCIES  OF  THE
 STATE, FEDERAL AGENCIES OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS;
   (D)  INFORMATION  ON  PROTECTING  THE  ASSETS OF SMALL BUSINESSES FROM
 CRIME, INCLUDING RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND  INSURANCE  AVAILABILITY;
 AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (E)  INFORMATION ON RESPONSES TO CRIME, INCLUDING REPORTING OF CRIMES,
 SUBMITTING INSURANCE CLAIMS AND CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
   3.  THE  SMALL  BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM SHALL, WITH
 THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD AND OTHER  APPROPRI-
 ATE  STATE  AGENCIES,  IDENTIFY ISSUES RELATING TO CRIME AFFECTING SMALL
 BUSINESSES AND ASSIST THE ADVISORY BOARD  AND  THE  DIVISION  IN  MAKING
 RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR LEGISLATIVE, REGULATORY AND PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS TO
 ADDRESS SUCH ISSUES.
   § 2. Paragraph (n) 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 chapter  298  of  the  laws  of
 2012, is amended and a new paragraph (o) is added to read as follows:
   (n)  Loans,  loan  guarantees,  interest subsidies and grants to busi-
 nesses, municipalities, industrial development agencies  and  local  and
 regional economic development corporations, not-for-profit corporations,
 business improvement districts, regional marketing authorities and agri-
 cultural cooperatives organized pursuant to the cooperative corporations
 law,  and  other entities for the construction, reconstruction, improve-
 ment, expansion or rehabilitation of wholesale regional farmers' markets
 or food hubs that facilitate the sale and  promotion  of  farm  products
 grown or produced in New York state.
   For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph  a wholesale regional farmers'
 market or food hub is a market, business or organization  that  actively
 manages the aggregation, distribution and marketing of source-identified
 food  products  primarily  from  local  or regional producers to satisfy
 wholesale, retail and institutional demand for such products[.]; AND
   (O) LOANS, LOAN GUARANTEES, INTEREST SUBSIDIES  AND  GRANTS  TO  SMALL
 BUSINESSES,  MUNICIPALITIES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS OR OTHER ORGAN-
 IZATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING CRIMES AGAINST  SMALL  BUSINESSES
 OR  ON  THE  PREMISES  OR IN THE VICINITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING
 SUCH ACTIVITIES AS INITIATING OR MAINTAINING  BUSINESS  WATCH  PROGRAMS,
 INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING, SECURITY EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PHYSICAL IMPROVE-
 MENTS  TO  PREVENT OR DETER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND
 DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO OWNERS, OPERATORS AND EMPLOYEES OF SMALL
 BUSINESSES ON  EFFECTIVE  CRIME  PREVENTION  STRATEGIES.  PREFERENCE  IN
 AWARDING  ASSISTANCE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  GIVEN TO
 PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT DISTRESSED AREAS OR OTHER AREAS WITH A DEMON-
 STRATED NEED BASED ON CRIME STATISTICS, PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE A LOCAL OR
 PRIVATE-SECTOR MATCH, AND PROJECTS  THAT  DEMONSTRATE  A  LIKELIHOOD  OF
 POSITIVE  IMPACT  ON  CRIME PREVENTION. THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE  PROGRAM  OF
 SMALL BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION ASSISTANCE.
   §  3.  Section  837  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
   23. PROVIDE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THE DIVISION FOR  SMALL  BUSINESS
 IN DEVELOPING AND OPERATING A PROGRAM OF SMALL BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION
 SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-A OF THE ECONOMIC
 DEVELOPMENT LAW, AND PROVIDE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THE URBAN DEVELOP-
 MENT CORPORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE  PROGRAM  OF  SMALL  BUSINESS
 CRIME PREVENTION ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (O) OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF  SECTION SIXTEEN-M OF SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR
 OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
 the department of economic development, the New York state urban  devel-
 opment  corporation  and the division of criminal justice services shall
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 be immediately authorized to take any and all actions necessary to fully
 implement the provisions of this act on such date; and further  provided
 that the amendments to section 16-m of the urban development corporation
 act  made  by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of
 such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.