New York A 6130: Provides for the de-regulation of rent-stabilized housing accommodations

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A06130 Summary:

BILL NOA06130 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLemondes

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COSPNSRJensen, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§256-c & 256-d, Ag & Mkts L; amd §74, Coop Corps L

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Establishes a farmers' bill of rights; specifies prohibited unfair trade practices which have the purpose of intentionally impairing a producer's freedom to bargain collectively with other producers in the marketing of the producer's product; provides that the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets shall take action to restrain such violations upon the application of an association of producers; increases the limit on damages for encouraging or permitting delivery of products in violation of marketing agreements.

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BILL NOA06130 

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02/26/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6130

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the cooperative
 corporations law, in relation to establishing a farmers' bill of
 rights

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding two
 2 new sections 256-c and 256-d to read as follows:
 3 § 256-c. Farmers' bill of rights; declaration of policy. The
 4 expressed intent of the agriculture and markets law and the policy of
 5 this state is to foster and encourage the marketing of farm products
 6 through producer owned and controlled cooperatives. The orderly market-
 7 ing of farm products for the benefit of farmers, distributors, and
 8 consumers is enhanced when farmers are free to make an independent unco-
 9 erced decision regarding their participation in cooperative associ-
 10 ations, as authorized by state and federal law. Interference in the
 11 exercise of this free right of choice is contrary to the public inter-
 12 est. For this reason, the legislature finds that the public interest
 13 requires that there be a specification of prohibited unfair trade prac-
 14 tices which have the purpose of intentionally impairing a farmer's free-
 15 dom to bargain collectively with other farmers in the marketing of the
 16 farmer's product.
 17 For purposes of this section, (i) an "association of farmers" or
 18 "cooperative" shall mean any corporation or association of persons
 19 engaged in the production of farm products and operating for the mutual
 20 benefit of its members in conformity with the requirement of the
 21 Capper-Volstead act, and any federation of such corporations or associ-
 22 ations, or of such corporations, associations, and individual farmers,
 23 and (ii) an association of farmers shall not be considered to be a
 24 distributor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08684-01-5

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 1 § 256-d. Unfair practices by dealers. 1. It shall be unlawful for any
 2 distributor or any of its officers, managers, agents, or employees to
 3 intentionally impair a farmer's freedom to join or to participate in an
 4 association of farmers or cooperative by:
 5 (a) coercing, through threat of injury to person or property, or to
 6 health, safety, business or financial condition, reputation or personal
 7 relationships any farmer in the exercise of the farmer's right to join
 8 and belong to an association of farmers or cooperative;
 9 (b) soliciting or requesting any producer to breach a marketing agree-
 10 ment or other contractual agreement between the producer and an associ-
 11 ation of farmers or cooperative;
 12 (c) making a loan or gift of money, or of anything else of value, or
 13 offering to make such a loan or gift for the specific purpose of induc-
 14 ing a farmer to refuse or cease to belong to an association of farmers
 15 or cooperative;
 16 (d) refusing to deal with any farmer, because of the exerci