New York A 7455: Makes various provisions to reform local development corporations and industrial development agencies: conflicts of interest, standard tax exemption policies, etc.

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A07455 Summary:

BILL NOA07455 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02353

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Add Art 9 Title 23 §§9-2301 - 9-2311, En Con L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Enacts the "New York urban and community tree planting and forestry program act"; provides for education, technical assistance and support for tree planting and forestry projects in urban areas and disadvantaged communities.

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BILL NOA07455 

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03/28/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7455

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
 law, in relation to enacting the "New York urban and community tree
 planting and forestry program 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 "New York urban and community tree planting and forestry program
 3 act".
 4 § 2. Article 9 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
 5 adding a new title 23 to read as follows:
 6 TITLE 23
 7 NEW YORK URBAN AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND FORESTRY PROGRAM
 8 Section 9-2301. Urban and community tree planting and forestry program.
 9 9-2303. Urban tree planting study and working group.
 10 9-2305. Program requirements.
 11 9-2307. Urban forestry volunteer program.
 12 9-2309. Program goals.
 13 9-2311. Program grants; fund established.
 14 § 9-2301. Urban and community tree planting and forestry program.
 15 1. For the purposes of this title:
 16 a. "Disadvantaged community" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 17 section 75-0111 of this chapter.
 18 b. "Program" shall mean the New York urban and community tree planting
 19 and forestry program described in subdivision two of this section.
 20 c. "Working group" shall mean the working group established pursuant
 21 to section 9-2303 of this title.
 22 2. The department, in cooperation with the department of agriculture
 23 and markets, shall establish and implement a program of education and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06421-01-5

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 1 technical assistance for urban and community forestry and tree planting
 2 projects. Such program shall be designed to:
 3 a. assist urban areas and communities in conducting inventories of
 4 their forest resources, including inventories of the species, number,
 5 location, and health of trees in urban areas and communities, identify-
 6 ing opportunities for the establishment of plantings for the purposes of
 7 conserving energy, and determining the status of related resources,
 8 including but not limited to fish and wildlife habitat, water resources,
 9 and trails;
 10 b. assist state and local organizations including, but not limited to
 11 community associations and schools in organizing and conducting urban
 12 and community forestry projects and programs;
 13 c. improve education and technical support in:
 14 i. selecting tree species appropriate for planting in urban and commu-
 15 nity environments and for promotion of energy conservation;
 16 ii. providing for proper tree planting, maintenance, and protection in
 17 urban areas and communities;
 18 iii. protecting individual trees and preserving existing open spaces
 19 with or without tree cover; and
 20 iv. identifying opportunities for expanding tree cover in urban areas
 21 and communities;
 22 d. assist in the development of state and local management plans for
 23 trees and associated resources in urban areas and communities;
 24 e. increase public understanding of the energy conservation, economic,
 25 social, environmental, and psychological values of trees and open space
 26 in urban areas and communities;
 27 f. develop a legacy tree p