New York S 2637: Makes various provisions to reform local development corporations and industrial development agencies: conflicts of interest, standard tax exemption policies, etc.

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S02637 Summary:

BILL NOS02637 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01724

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU,
 MYRIE, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §319, Ed L

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Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.

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BILL NOS02637 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2637

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAY, ADDABBO, COMRIE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MYRIE, RIVERA, SALA-
 ZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the
 "hunger-free campus act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "hunger-
 2 free campus act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 319. Hunger-free campus grant program. 1. The commissioner shall
 6 establish the hunger-free campus grant program pursuant to this section
 7 and regulations of the commissioner adopted for such purpose. Within the
 8 amounts appropriated for this purpose, the commissioner shall award
 9 grants on a competitive basis to public institutions for higher educa-
 10 tion which have one or more campuses that are designated by the commis-
 11 sioner as hunger-free campuses.
 12 2. The purpose of the grant funding shall be to:
 13 a. address student hunger;
 14 b. leverage more sustainable solutions to address basic food needs on
 15 campus;
 16 c. raise awareness of services currently offered on campus which
 17 address basic needs; and
 18 d. continue to build strategic partnerships at the local, state, and
 19 national levels to address food insecurity among students.
 20 3. a. For an institution to be designated as a hunger-free campus,
 21 such institution shall:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04226-01-5

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 1 (i) establish a hunger task force which includes student represen-
 2 tatives from the student body that meets a minimum of three times per
 3 academic year to set at least two goals with action plans;
 4 (ii) designate a staff member responsible for assisting students with
 5 enrollment in the state's supplemental nutrition assistance program
 6 (SNAP);
 7 (iii) institute a system of educating the student body about the
 8 state's supplemental nutrition assistance program. This may include, but
 9 is not limited to, including information about SNAP in all financial aid
 10 information, including information about SNAP in new student orientation
 11 materials, including SNAP information on class syllabi, posting informa-
 12 tion about SNAP in all on-campus housing;
 13 (iv) provide options for students to utilize SNAP benefits at campus
 14 stores or provide students with information on establishments in the
 15 surrounding area of campus where they can utilize SNAP EBT benefits;
 16 (v) hold an awareness day campaign activity or event during the
 17 national hunger and homelessness awareness week that includes SNAP
 18 outreach and application assistance;
 19 (vi) provide at least one physical food pantry on campus, or enable
 20 students to receive food through a separate, stigma-free arrangement.
 21 Such campus may partner with a local food bank or food pantry to meet
 22 the requirements of this subparagraph;
 23 (vii) develop a student meal credit donation program, or designate a
 24 certain amount of funds for free food vouchers or gift cards that can be
 25 used at campus stores, eateries or local establishments. Each institu-
 26 tion of higher e