New York S 5155: Relates to statements by charities

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S05155 Summary:

BILL NOS05155 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRGOUNARDES, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PERSAUD, RAMOS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §679-e, Ed L

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Grants student loan forgiveness for certain municipal attorneys employed by political subdivisions of the state.

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BILL NOS05155 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5155

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, GOUNARDES, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PERSAUD, RAMOS
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to student loan assist-
 ance for certain attorneys employed by political subdivisions of the
 state

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

 1 Section 1. Section 679-e of the education law, as amended by section 1
 2 of part VV of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, subparagraph (i) of para-
 3 graph a of subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of part R of chapter 57
 4 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 679-e. New York state district attorney, municipal attorney and
 6 indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program. 1. Purpose.
 7 The president shall grant student loan forgiveness awards for the
 8 purpose of increasing the number of experienced attorneys serving in the
 9 position of district attorney, a municipal attorney, or indigent legal
 10 services attorney in the counties of the state.
 11 2. Definitions. a. (i) "Eligible attorney" means an attorney, who is a
 12 resident of and is admitted to practice law in New York state, who is
 13 employed full-time as either a district attorney, as defined in subpara-
 14 graph (ii) of this paragraph, [or] an indigent legal services attorney,
 15 as defined in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, or a municipal
 16 attorney, as defined in subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, and who is
 17 admitted to practice law in this state for not more than eleven years or
 18 who was within the eligible period as defined in paragraph b of this
 19 subdivision during the time for which such person is seeking a student
 20 loan expense grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an eligible attorney
 21 shall include those district attorney applicants who were awarded
 22 program eligibility and who provided qualified service between April
 23 first, two thousand eight and March thirty-first, two thousand eleven;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09988-01-5

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 1 such an eligible attorney shall remain eligible to participate in the
 2 program provided they are within an eligible period measured from six
 3 years from the date which such attorney was first employed as a district
 4 attorney.
 5 (ii) "District attorney" means the district attorney of one of the
 6 counties of the state or an employee of the office of any such district
 7 attorney.
 8 (iii) "Indigent legal services attorney" means an attorney who is an
 9 employee of (A) any agency designated by subdivisions one and two of
 10 section seven hundred twenty-two of the county law, who is engaged in
 11 the practice of criminal law on behalf of persons charged with a crime
 12 who are financially unable to obtain counsel; (B) a not-for-profit
 13 corporation that is exempt from the payment of federal income taxes
 14 pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and estab-
 15 lished for the purpose of providing legal services that include civil
 16 legal services to persons within New York state who are financially
 17 unable to obtain counsel; or (C) an agency specified in clause (A) of
 18 this subparagraph and/or a corporation specified in clause (B) of this
 19 subparagraph and who provides a combination of the civil and criminal
 20 services specified therein.
 21 (iv) "Municipal attorney" means an atto