New York S 6589: Requires a state standards report to be filed by all non-public schools

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S06589 Summary:

BILL NOS06589 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04101

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §139-a, Ec Dev L

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Establishes the "save our small-business grant program" to aid certain small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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BILL NOS06589 

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03/18/2025REFERRED 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
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6589

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establish-
 ing the "save our small-business grant program" to aid certain small
 businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for the
 repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The economic development law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 139-a to read as follows:
 3 § 139-a. Save our small-business grant program. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section, the "save our small-business grant program" shall mean
 5 the program established pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
 6 2. The division for small-business, in conjunction with the state's
 7 regional economic development councils, shall develop and implement a
 8 save our small-business grant program to aid small-businesses in this
 9 state impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with the
 10 provisions of this section.
 11 3. The state's regional economic development councils shall provide
 12 the funds necessary to operate the save our small-business grant program
 13 in accordance with the provisions of this section.
 14 4. The division for small-business, in conjunction with the state's
 15 regional economic development councils, shall develop an application
 16 process whereby small-businesses located in this state may submit an
 17 application for a grant to the save our small-business grant program.
 18 The save our small-business grant program shall process and approve such
 19 applications in a manner to be determined by the division for small-bu-
 20 siness in conjunction with the state's regional economic development
 21 councils. Such application process shall be published conspicuously on
 22 the regional economic development councils' website. For a small-busi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03379-01-5

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 1 ness to be eligible for such approval, such small-business shall demon-
 2 strate on its application that it has suffered a qualifying hardship as
 3 a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 4 5. The division for small-businesses, in conjunction with the state's
 5 regional economic development councils, shall develop a list of qualify-
 6 ing hardships that shall satisfy the requirement under subdivision four
 7 of this section. Such list of qualifying hardships shall be published
 8 conspicuously on the regional economic development councils' website.
 9 6. The save our small-business grant program shall not award a grant
 10 of greater than fifty thousand dollars to any single small business.
 11 7. The director of the budget shall notify the division for small-bu-
 12 siness and the state's regional economic development councils upon the
 13 return of New York state's economic relief to pre-COVID-19-pandemic
 14 levels, when upon such notification the save our small-business grant
 15 program shall not accept any new applications and shall finalize the
 16 fulfilment of any pending grants.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 18 have become a law, and shall expire upon the notification by the direc-
 19 tor of the budget provided for in subdivision 7 of section 139-a