New York A 2504: Establishes the veterans' services organization capital support program; appropriation

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A02504 Summary:

BILL NOA02504 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05618

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SPONSORBendett

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COSPNSRBeephan, Brabenec, Smullen, DeStefano, Brown K, Chang, Maher, Brook-Krasny, Chludzinski, Durso,
 Santabarbara, Williams, Cashman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 4 §§50 - 52, Veterans' Services L

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Establishes the veterans' services organization capital support program to provide funding to eligible entities for payment of the capital costs of construction, improvement, repairs, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of facilities owned by eligible entities, and for the acquisition of related equipment with a useful life of not less than ten years; appropriates a sum of $10,000,000 therefor.

Go to top A02504 Actions:

BILL NOA02504 

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01/17/2025referred to veterans' affairs

01/07/2026referred to veterans' affairs

05/13/2026held for consideration in veterans' affairs

Go to topA02504 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS Chair:Stern 
DATE:05/13/2026AYE/NAY:11/8 Action: Held for Consideration SternAyeManktelowNay

HunterAyeMorinelloNay

Pheffer AmatoAyeHawleyNay

ButtenschonAyeSmullenNay

RajkumarAyeAngelinoNay

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

RosenthalAye

BergerNay

GriffinAye

KayNay

O'PharrowAye

SchiavoniAye

CashmanNay

Go to topA02504 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA02504 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2504

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Veterans' Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing
 the veterans' services organization capital support 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 veterans' services law is amended by adding a new arti-
 2 cle 4 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 4
 4 VETERANS' SERVICES ORGANIZATION CAPITAL SUPPORT PROGRAM
 5 Section 50. Definitions.
 6 51. Establishment and criteria.
 7 52. Eligible purposes.
 8 § 50. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 9 terms shall have the following meanings:
 10 1. "Eligible entity" means a veteran service organization as defined
 11 pursuant to Title 38 U.S. Code Section 5902 and that also is organized
 12 as a not-for-profit organization pursuant to the Title 26 U.S. Code
 13 Section 501(c), which may include but shall not be limited to the Ameri-
 14 can Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Para-
 15 lyzed Veterans of America, American Veterans and Vietnam Veterans of
 16 America.
 17 § 51. Establishment and criteria. There is hereby established the
 18 veterans' services organization capital support program for the eligible
 19 purposes under section fifty-two of this article. The commissioner shall
 20 develop criteria for the disbursement of funds authorized under section
 21 fifty-two of this article to an eligible entity.
 22 § 52. Eligible purposes. Within amounts specifically appropriated
 23 therefore, the commissioner shall award grants not to exceed two hundred
 24 thousand dollars for payment of the capital costs of construction,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06173-01-5

 A. 2504 2

 1 improvement, repairs, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of facilities
 2 owned by eligible entities pursuant to this article, and for the acqui-
 3 sition of related equipment with a useful life of not less than ten
 4 years. Such capital costs may include, but shall not be limited to,
 5 engineering and design costs. No funds authorized under this section
 6 shall be used as a required match or be considered a local share to
 7 other state programs or to leverage state aid or grants.
 8 § 2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much thereof
 9 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of veter-
 10 ans' services out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general
 11 fund to the credit of the veterans' services organization capital
 12 support program, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately avail-
 13