New York A 8692: Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act"

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A08692 Summary:

BILL NOA08692 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06017

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SPONSORStirpe

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COSPNSRKassay, Lupardo, McDonald, Gallagher, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §16-m, UDC Act

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Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas.

Go to top A08692 Actions:

BILL NOA08692 

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05/29/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

01/21/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA08692 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chair:Stirpe 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:25/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means StirpeAyeFriendAye

MagnarelliAyeMorinelloAye

LupardoAyeLemondesAye

HyndmanAyeBrownAye

SternAyeBeephanAye

TapiaAyePirozzoloNay

LucasAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

CunninghamAyeBolognaAye

SimoneAye

ZaccaroAye

DaisAye

GriffinAye

TorresAye

HooksAye

LasherAye

KayAye

WrightAye

KassayAye

Go to topA08692 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08692 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8692

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
 relation to enacting the food retail establishment subsidization for
 healthy communities (FRESH Communities) act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities
 3 act".
 4 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the lack of access
 5 to fresh foods is a problem of growing concern in many communities
 6 across the state. Substantial increases in urban land values and rents,
 7 limited access to financing and other economic pressures have left many
 8 lower-income residents in urban and rural areas underserved by supermar-
 9 kets and other food retail establishments. The resulting lack of access
 10 to a variety of fresh food retailers makes it more difficult and expen-
 11 sive for these residents to maintain a nutritionally balanced diet and
 12 leads to increased public health costs, dilutes the value of public
 13 assistance for food purchases, leads to greater travel times and energy
 14 expenditures to obtain fresh food, and deprives the state's farmers of
 15 markets for their products. Providing access to financial assistance for
 16 urban and rural supermarkets in underserved areas will remedy these
 17 adverse conditions, create employment opportunities and help to revital-
 18 ize and stabilize currently underserved neighborhoods.
 19 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
 20 laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
 21 ration act, is amended by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
 22 (p) Loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to busi-
 23 nesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development
 24 corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09510-01-5

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 1 the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas. The
 2 corporation shall consider the economic viability of the project and the
 3 potential impact on the community when evaluating applications for such
 4 loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants. The corporation
 5 shall establish performance indicators to assess the progress of the
 6 projects receiving monies pursuant to the authorization provided in this
 7 paragraph, and track and publish this information on its website. For
 8 purposes of this paragraph, "underserved areas" shall include low or
 9 moderate-in