New York S 3578: Requires the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who are black, indigenous and people of color

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S03578 Summary:

BILL NOS03578A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who are black, indigenous and people of color; requires the department to submit a triennial report to the governor and the legislature regarding such initiative.

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BILL NOS03578A

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

05/08/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

05/08/2025PRINT NUMBER 3578A

05/14/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3578--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
 ing the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand
 an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers
 who are black, indigenous and people of color

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent and findings. The legislature finds that
 2 black, indigenous and people of color farmers make up approximately 2.1%
 3 of all farmers in New York state. Using data from the 2017 census, that
 4 means that only 1,228 out of 57,865 farmers were black, indigenous, and
 5 people of color. It is the intent of the legislature to diversify the
 6 profession of farming within the state and to encourage black, indige-
 7 nous, and people of color to pursue farm ownership.
 8 § 2. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
 9 adding a new subdivision 53 to read as follows:
 10 53. Facilitate and expand, with financial and technical support, an
 11 initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who
 12 are black, indigenous and people of color. The department shall promote
 13 products and services from farmers who are black, indigenous, and people
 14 of color and establish opportunities for farm ownership for such farm-
 15 ers. A report shall be provided triennially to the governor and the
 16 legislature detailing information including, but not limited to, the
 17 type of initiatives undertaken, the funding distributed by region, the
 18 percentage of farms owned by farmers who are black, indigenous, and
 19 people of color by region, and the various products distributed to and
 20 from each region.
 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 22 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08105-02-5

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