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                                   4757
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, ASHBY, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM,
   HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY, MURRAY, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS  --  read  twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing an opera-
   tion  SNUG  program  which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or
   respond to gun violence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 to read as follows:
   § 837-Y. OPERATION SNUG PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN
 THE DIVISION AN OPERATION SNUG PROGRAM. THE OPERATION SNUG PROGRAM SHALL
 PROVIDE GRANT AWARDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND/OR COMMUNITY-BASED  ORGAN-
 IZATIONS WHO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 EDUCATIONAL,  YOUTH  JUSTICE,  GANG  PREVENTION,  SOCIAL WORK AND STREET
 OUTREACH THAT AIM TO REDUCE, PREVENT OR RESPOND  TO  GUN  VIOLENCE.  THE
 GOVERNOR  SHALL  INCLUDE  AN  ANNUAL  APPROPRIATION  OF  AT LEAST THIRTY
 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET  FOR  THE  DIVISION  TO  SUPPORT
 OPERATION SNUG PROGRAM GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   2.  THERE  SHALL  BE  NO  LESS THAN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY MADE
 AVAILABLE FROM ANY APPROPRIATION MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION TO SUPPORT OPERATION SNUG PROGRAM AWARDS  DESIGNATED  BY
 THE  SENATE.    NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF THE STATE FINANCE
 LAW OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
 SENATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL BE ALLOCATED ONLY  PURSUANT
 TO  A  PLAN:   (A) APPROVED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND
 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET WHICH SETS FORTH EITHER AN ITEMIZED  LIST  OF
 GRANTEES  WITH THE AMOUNT TO BE RECEIVED BY EACH, OR THE METHODOLOGY FOR
 ALLOCATING SUCH APPROPRIATION; AND (B) WHICH IS THEREAFTER INCLUDED IN A
 SENATE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR  THE  EXPENDITURE  OF  SUCH  FUNDS,  WHICH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04014-01-5
              

 S. 4757                             2
 
 RESOLUTION  MUST  BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL  MEMBERS ELECTED
 TO THE SENATE UPON A ROLL CALL VOTE.
   3.  THERE  SHALL  BE  NO  LESS THAN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY MADE
 AVAILABLE FROM ANY APPROPRIATION MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION  TO SUPPORT OPERATION SNUG PROGRAM AWARDS DESIGNATED  BY
 THE  ASSEMBLY.  NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF THE STATE FINANCE
 LAW OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
 ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL BE ALLOCATED ONLY  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  A  PLAN:    (A) APPROVED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE
 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET WHICH SETS FORTH EITHER AN ITEMIZED LIST OF GRAN-
 TEES WITH THE AMOUNT TO BE RECEIVED BY  EACH,  OR  THE  METHODOLOGY  FOR
 ALLOCATING  SUCH  APPROPRIATION; AND (B) WHICH IS THEREAFTER INCLUDED IN
 AN ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS,  WHICH
 RESOLUTION MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO
 THE ASSEMBLY UPON A ROLL CALL VOTE.
   4. PURSUANT TO A PLAN PREPARED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE
 DIRECTOR  OF  THE  BUDGET,  NO LESS THAN TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE AND AWARDED TO GRANTEES  PROVIDING  SERVICES  IN
 COUNTIES  THROUGHOUT  THE STATE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PLAN SHALL
 PROVIDE AN ANNUAL AWARD IN A DOLLAR AMOUNT NO LESS THAN THAT PROVIDED IN
 THE FOLLOWING SUB-SCHEDULE:
 
                 SUB-SCHEDULE
 ALBANY COUNTY .................... 1,000,000
 DUTCHESS COUNTY .................... 400,000
 ERIE COUNTY ...................... 1,250,000
 MONROE COUNTY ...................... 800,000
 NASSAU COUNTY ...................... 500,000
 NIAGARA COUNTY ..................... 250,000
 ONEIDA COUNTY ...................... 250,000
 ONONDAGA COUNTY .................... 750,000
 ORANGE COUNTY ...................... 250,000
 RENSSELAER COUNTY .................. 500,000
 ROCKLAND COUNTY .................... 250,000
 SCHENECTADY COUNTY ................. 250,000
 SUFFOLK COUNTY ..................... 500,000
 ULSTER COUNTY ...................... 250,000
 WESTCHESTER COUNTY ............... 1,500,000
 NEW YORK CITY (BRONX COUNTY) ..... 1,500,000
 NEW YORK CITY (KINGS COUNTY) ..... 1,500,000
 NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK COUNTY) .. 1,300,000
 NEW YORK CITY (QUEENS COUNTY) .... 1,500,000
 NEW YORK CITY (RICHMOND COUNTY) .... 500,000
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   TOTAL OF SUB-SCHEDULE ......... 15,000,000
 
   THE COMMISSIONER MAY USE AT LEAST FIVE  MILLION  DOLLARS  ANNUALLY  TO
 INCREASE  FUNDING  PROVIDED  TO  COUNTIES  LISTED IN THE SUB-SCHEDULE OR
 EXPAND OPERATION SNUG  PROGRAMS  AND  SERVICES  TO  ADDITIONAL  COUNTIES
 THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.