New York S 6017: Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act"

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S06017 Summary:

BILL NOS06017 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08692

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRCLEARE, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, KAVANAGH, MAY, MYRIE, RYAN C

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §16-m, UDC Act

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Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas.

Go to top S06017 Actions:

BILL NOS06017 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1027

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/20/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

02/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1360

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6017

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
 and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
 relation to enacting the food retail establishment subsidization for
 healthy communities (FRESH Communities) act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities
 3 act".
 4 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the lack of access
 5 to fresh foods is a problem of growing concern in many communities
 6 across the state. Substantial increases in urban land values and rents,
 7 limited access to financing and other economic pressures have left many
 8 lower-income residents in urban and rural areas underserved by supermar-
 9 kets and other food retail establishments. The resulting lack of access
 10 to a variety of fresh food retailers makes it more difficult and expen-
 11 sive for these residents to maintain a nutritionally balanced diet and
 12 leads to increased public health costs, dilutes the value of public
 13 assistance for food purchases, leads to greater travel times and energy
 14 expenditures to obtain fresh food, and deprives the state's farmers of
 15 markets for their products. Providing access to financial assistance for
 16 urban and rural supermarkets in underserved areas will remedy these
 17 adverse conditions, create employment opportunities and help to revital-
 18 ize and stabilize currently underserved neighborhoods.
 19 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
 20 laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-
 21 ration act, is amended by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
 22 (p) Loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to busi-
 23 nesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09510-01-5

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 1 corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting
 2 the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas. The
 3 corporation shall consider the economic viability of the project and the
 4 potential impact on the community when evaluating applications for such
 5 loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants. The corporation
 6 shall establish performance indicators to assess the progress of the
 7 projects receiving monies pursuant to the authorization provided in this