New York A 5613: Establishes an operation SNUG program

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A05613 Summary:

BILL NOA05613 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04757

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRSimon, Gonzalez-Rojas, Epstein, Tapia, Shimsky, Hyndman, Rozic, Stern

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-y, Exec L

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Establishes an "operation SNUG" program within the division of criminal justice services which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence.

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BILL NOA05613 

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02/18/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5613

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN, TAPIA,
 SHIMSKY, HYNDMAN, ROZIC, STERN -- read once and referred 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:

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 837-y. Operation SNUG program. 1. There is hereby established within
 4 the division an operation SNUG program. The operation SNUG program shall
 5 provide grant awards to local governments and/or community-based organ-
 6 izations who provide programs and services including but not limited to,
 7 educational, youth justice, gang prevention, social work and street
 8 outreach that aim to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence. The
 9 governor shall include an annual appropriation of at least thirty
 10 million dollars in the executive budget for the division to support
 11 operation SNUG program grants in accordance with this section.
 12 2. There shall be no less than five million dollars annually made
 13 available from any appropriation made in accordance with subdivision one
 14 of this section to support operation SNUG program awards designated by
 15 the senate. Notwithstanding section twenty-four of the state finance
 16 law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds made available to the
 17 senate in accordance with this section shall be allocated only pursuant
 18 to a plan: (a) approved by the temporary president of the senate and
 19 the director of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of
 20 grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for
 21 allocating such appropriation; and (b) which is thereafter included in a
 22 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

 A. 5613 2

 1 resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
 2 to the senate upon a roll call vote.
 3 3. There shall be no less than five million dollars annually made
 4 available from any appropriation made in accordance with subdivision one
 5 of this section to support operation SNUG program awards designated by
 6 the assembly. Notwithstanding section twenty-four of the state finance
 7 law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds made available to the
 8 assembly in accordance with this section shall be allocated only pursu-
 9 ant to a plan: (a) approved by the speaker of the assembly and the
 10 director of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of gran-
 11 tees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for
 12 allocating such appropriation; and (b) which is thereafter included in
 13 an assembly resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
 14 resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to
 15 the assembly upon a roll call vote.
 16 4. Pursuant to a plan prepared by the commissioner and approved by the
 17 director of the budget, no less than twenty million dollars annually
 18 shall be made available and awarded to grantees providing services in
 19 counties throughout the state; provided, however, that such plan shall
 20 provide an annual award in a dolla