NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2443

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to finance
Jan 20, 2023	referred to finance

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Budget Bills
Laws Affected:: Amd §1, Chap 54 of 2022

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the 2022 capital projects budget to allow competitive grants to provide safety and security projects at nonprofit organizations at risk of hate crimes or attacks to be awarded to small businesses as defined by section 131 of the economic development law.

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2443

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 54 of the laws of 2022, enacting the capital
projects budget, in relation to making technical corrections thereto

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To expand existing capital grants for nonprofits at risk of hate crimes
to small businesses at risk of hate crimes.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds small businesses at risk of hate crimes as eligible
recipients of the Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes program.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York State created the Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes
program in 2017 to provide capital grants to institutions that are
vulnerable to hate crimes because of their ideology, beliefs or mission,
but the program is currently limited only to non-profits.  Grant recipi-
ents can receive up to $150,000 each to support security improvements
like lighting, locks, alarms, panic buttons, fencing, barriers, access
controls, shatter-resistant glass and blast resistant film, public
address systems, and cyber security measures.  As of November 2022, the
program has awarded $83.1 million to 600 organizations supporting about
1,700 projects.

Many small businesses are also targets of the hate crimes the program is
meant to prevent, but they are cut out of the existing program.  For
example, LGBTQ bars and nightclubs are meant to be safe spaces, but
they're under attack across the nation.

The recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs brings to mind
the massacre of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, which was the
deadliest anti-LGBT crime in United States history.

New York State can act now by expanding the successful Securing Communi-
ties Against Hate Crimes program to include small businesses at risk of
hate crimes, like LGBTQ bars and nightclubs, so that they can install
life-saving security improvements that could prevent a terrorist attack
or hate crime in our community.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been
in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022.

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2443
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 54 of the laws of  2022,  enacting  the  capital
   projects budget, in relation to making technical corrections thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2022,  enacting  the
 capital  projects  budget, is amended by repealing the items hereinbelow
 set forth in brackets and by adding to  such  section  the  other  items
 underscored in this section:
 
                   DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES
                        CAPITAL PROJECTS   2022-23
 
 For  the comprehensive construction programs, purposes and
   projects as herein  specified  in  accordance  with  the
   following:
 
                                         APPROPRIATIONS  REAPPROPRIATIONS
 
   Capital Projects Funds - Other .....     110,000,000        50,000,000
                                       ----------------  ----------------
     All Funds ........................     110,000,000        50,000,000
                                       ================  ================
 
 SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECTS FOR AT RISK FACILITIES (CCP) ... 75,000,000
                                                           --------------
 
   Capital Projects Funds - Other
   Capital Projects Fund - 30000
   Program Improvement/Change Purpose
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06511-01-3

 S. 2443                             2
 
 For competitive grants to provide safety and
   security  projects  at nonprofit organiza-
   tions  OR SMALL  BUSINESS  AS  DEFINED  BY
   SECTION  131  OF  THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
   LAW  at  risk  of  hate  crimes or attacks
   including, but not limited to, at a facil-
   ity, virtually or on the internet  because
   of  their  ideology,  beliefs  or mission.
   Provided that an assessment of  facilities
   at  risk  may  include, but not be limited
   to, considerations of the  vulnerabilities
   of  the organization based on its location
   and membership, and the  potential  conse-
   quences  of  a hate crime or attack at the
   facility. Recipients of such grants  shall
   be  entitled to use such funds to purchase
   commodities,  services,   and   technology
   through  centralized contracts established
   by the office of  general  services  under
   section  163 of the state finance law, and
   such recipients shall be deemed  for  such
   purpose  to be authorized users within the
   meaning of paragraph k of subdivision 1 of
   section 163 of the state finance law.  All
   or  a  portion  of  the funds appropriated
   herein may be suballocated to any  depart-
   ment or agency (CJSS2208) ................... 25,000,000
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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