New York A 1913: Establishes the rural equity assistance program

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A01913 Summary:

BILL NOA01913 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSmullen

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COSPNSRAngelino, Blankenbush, Lemondes, Beephan, Brown E, Buttenschon, Sempolinski, Bailey

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §16-jj, UDC Act

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Establishes the rural equity assistance program to promote and facilitate community and economic development in the small towns and rural areas of the state.

Go to top A01913 Actions:

BILL NOA01913 

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01/14/2025referred to economic development

05/20/2025held for consideration in economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

Go to topA01913 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chair:Stirpe 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:17/6 Action: Held for Consideration StirpeAyeFriendNay

MagnarelliAyeMorinelloNay

LupardoAyeLemondesNay

HyndmanAyeBrownAbsent

SternAyeBeephanNay

TapiaAyePirozzoloExcused

LucasAyeBrook-KrasnyNay

CunninghamAyeBolognaNay

SimoneAye

ZaccaroAye

DaisAye

GriffinAye

TorresAye

HooksAye

LasherExcused

KayAye

WrightAye

KassayAye

Go to topA01913 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA01913 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1913

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, ANGELINO, BLANKENBUSH, LEMONDES,
 BEEPHAN, E. BROWN, BUTTENSCHON -- 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 establishing the rural equity assistance program

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting
 2 the New York state urban development corporation act, is amended by
 3 adding a new section 16-jj to read as follows:
 4 § 16-jj. Rural equity assistance program. 1. As used in this section
 5 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Rural area" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined
 7 in subdivision 8 of section 260 of the agriculture and markets law.
 8 (b) "Small town" means a town in the state with a population of less
 9 than 5,000 at the date of the most recent United States census bureau
 10 decennial census.
 11 (c) "Municipality" means a city, county, town, village, or other poli-
 12 tical subdivision of the state of New York located within a rural area.
 13 (d) "Not-for-profit organization" means a domestic corporation incor-
 14 porated pursuant to or otherwise subject to the not-for-profit corpo-
 15 ration law.
 16 2. There is hereby created within the corporation, the rural equity
 17 assistance program to promote and facilitate community and economic
 18 development in the small towns and rural areas of the state. The rural
 19 equity assistance program shall collaborate with municipalities, busi-
 20 nesses, regional development corporations, not-for-profits, and other
 21 appropriate entities to access funding and other assistance available to
 22 rural areas of the state.
 23 3. (a) The rural equity assistance program shall provide the following
 24 services to small towns and municipalities in rural areas:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04557-01-5

 A. 1913 2

 1 (i) identification of grants or other funding opportunities available
 2 which may facilitate business development, siting of businesses, work-
 3 force development, broadband deployment, infrastructure development, or
 4 other economic and community development opportunities; and
 5 (ii) technical assistance in writing grants, accessing, and completing
 6 the application process for identified grants or other funding opportu-
 7 nities, including writing applications for grants or other funding,
 8 coordination with providers of grants or other funding, strategic plan-
 9 ning for the implementation or timing of activities funded by grants or
 10 other funding, and compliance with the requirements of grant awards or
 11 awards of other funding.
 12 (b) The rural equity assistance program shall provide small towns,
 13 municipalities, and not-for-profits in rural areas with services to
 14 facilit