New York S 8504: Relates to funding for food banks to purchase food products from New York farmers and processors for distribution to New Yorkers experiencing hunger or food insecurity

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S08504 Summary:

BILL NOS08504 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09092

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §79-r, Civ Rts L

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Provides that every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of the United States, subjects or causes to be subjected any citizen of New York or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the federal or state constitution shall be liable to the injured party in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding.

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BILL NOS08504 

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09/12/2025REFERRED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8504

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 September 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing civil
 liability for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
 secured by the federal or state constitution

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

 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section
 2 79-r to read as follows:
 3 § 79-r. Deprivation of constitutional rights, privileges or immuni-
 4 ties; civil liability. Every person who, under color of any statute,
 5 ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of the United States, subjects
 6 or causes to be subjected, any citizen of this state or other person
 7 within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privi-
 8 leges, or immunities secured by the constitution of the United States or
 9 the constitution of the state of New York, shall be liable to the party
 10 injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding
 11 for redress.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13563-01-5

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