New York S 248: Relates to increasing the class for certain vehicular crimes and enacting Kane's law

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S00248 Summary:

BILL NOS00248 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§352, 353 & 355, Ec Dev L

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Defines community significant projects as a business creating or retaining current jobs as determined by the commissioner, with particular emphasis on employment and/or training of current public housing residents; currently located or to be located in existing leased space of a building in a public housing development in the state; and which makes significant qualified capital investments to start a business, or improve services and working conditions for an existing business, when located in such public housing space and including such projects in the excelsior jobs program.

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BILL NOS00248 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 248

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
 opment and Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to defining
 community significant projects and including such projects in the
 excelsior jobs program

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 17 and 20-a of section 352 of the economic
 2 development law, subdivision 17 as amended by section 1 of part K and
 3 subdivision 20-a as added by section 1 of part ZZ of chapter 59 of the
 4 laws of 2017, are amended and a new subdivision 18-a is added to read as
 5 follows:
 6 17. "Qualified investment" means an investment in tangible property
 7 (including a building or a structural component of a building) owned by
 8 a business enterprise which:
 9 (a) is depreciable pursuant to section one hundred sixty-seven of the
 10 internal revenue code;
 11 (b) has a useful life of four years or more;
 12 (c) is acquired by purchase as defined in section one hundred seven-
 13 ty-nine (d) of the internal revenue code;
 14 (d) has a situs in this state; [and]
 15 (e) is placed in service in the state on or after the date the certif-
 16 icate of eligibility is issued to the business enterprise; and
 17 (f) demolition and remediation of costs incurred and paid in the
 18 leased building by the business enterprise in a public housing develop-
 19 ment in the state, as determined by the commissioner.
 20 18-a. "Community significant project" means (a) a business creating or
 21 retaining current jobs as determined by the commissioner, with partic-
 22 ular emphasis on employment and/or training of current public housing

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00624-01-5

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 1 residents; (b) currently located or to be located in existing leased
 2 space of a building in a public housing development in the state that is
 3 owned and operated by a public housing authority created under article
 4 thirteen of the public housing law; (c) which makes significant quali-
 5 fied capital investments to start a business, or improve services and
 6 working conditions for an existing business, when located in such public
 7 housing space; and (d) creates at least five new net jobs or retaining
 8 current jobs or makes qualified capital investments to such space of a
 9 building. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations pursuant to
 10 section three hundred fifty-six of this article to determine what addi-
 11 tional criteria a business must meet to be eligible as a community
 12 significant project, including, but not limited to, incentivizing child
 13 care providers and other businesses that support the needs of the work-
 14 force residing in such public housing and the social and health needs of
 15 residents in such public housing, ensuring that residents are not
 16 di