New York A 5331: Relates to the imposition of sales tax in the county of Orleans

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A05331 Summary:

BILL NOA05331 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRDe Los Santos, Mamdani, Shrestha, Anderson

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §98, Soc Serv L

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Enacts the HOPE pilot program; allows households to apply for multiple food and anti-poverty benefits simultaneously online; enables families to work with nonprofit and government agencies to enact action plans to boost their long-term self-sufficiency.

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BILL NOA05331 

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02/13/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5331

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 13, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DE LOS SANTOS, MAMDANI -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the
 HOPE pilot program; and making an appropriation therefor

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 98 to read as follows:
 3 § 98. HOPE pilot program. 1. As used in this section the following
 4 terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 a. "Commissioners" means the commissioner of the office of temporary
 6 and disability assistance and the commissioner of health, acting colla-
 7 boratively.
 8 b. "Eligible pilot community" means a unit of general purpose local
 9 government, Indian tribal organization, or an entity that represents a
 10 smaller geographical area therein including but not limited to a neigh-
 11 borhood.
 12 c. "Target population" means and includes any individual or household
 13 that:
 14 (i) their income is below two hundred percent of the federal poverty
 15 level;
 16 (ii) suffers from food insecurity;
 17 (iii) earns insufficient income to ensure food security or economic
 18 security;
 19 (iv) lives in a rural, suburban or urban community that suffers from
 20 poverty, hunger or food insecurity;
 21 (v) is homeless;
 22 (vi) receives assistance from a state program funded under title IV-A
 23 of the federal social security act, relating to temporary assistance to
 24 needy families;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08617-01-5

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 1 (vii) is eligible for benefits under any federal or state nutrition
 2 assistance program or federal or state anti-poverty program; or
 3 (viii) is formerly a youth in transition from foster care or the juve-
 4 nile detention facilities.
 5 d. "Partner not-for-profit organization" means any national, regional,
 6 state, or local not-for-profit organization described in section
 7 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code which has tax
 8 exempt status under section 501(a) of such code.
 9 e. "Unit of general purpose local government" means any city, county,
 10 town, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, or any
 11 combination thereof, which has a building code or similar authority over
 12 a particular geographic area of the state.
 13 2. a. The commissioners shall allow eligible entities that apply to
 14 such commissioners to carry out health, opportunity, and personal empow-
 15 erment ("HOPE") accounts pilot projects to enable target populations of
 16 individuals to establish through banks, credit unions, and any govern-
 17 mental or Indian tribal organizations, HOPE accounts that enable such
 18 individuals to:
 19 (i) have their paychecks deposited directly in such accounts;
 20 (ii) use such accounts to increase savings that would be matched with
 21 funds provided by government and private sources, including individual
 22 development accounts;
 23 (iii) use an account mobile application on a smart phone to easily
 24 locate and sign up for job training and placement services online;
 25 (iv) enable such individuals to use any smart phone, tablet or comput-
 26 er to:
 27 (A) learn about the public and philanthropic programs that provide
 28 benefits