The New York State Senate

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                                  4858

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, CASTRO, RODRIGUEZ, MOYA, SEPULVEDA, ESPI-
  NAL,  RAMOS, ARROYO, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN ACT in relation to requiring the  board  of  trustees  of  the  state
  university of New York and the board of trustees of the city universi-
  ty of New York to conduct a study on the economic impact of the estab-
  lishment of kitchen incubators on certain campuses

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent.  The legislature hereby finds  that  in
order  to improve the economic opportunities for its citizens and entre-
preneurs, it must use the established  capabilities  of  its  university
systems  to  offer  space  and  resources to the next generation of food
manufacturing businesses.
  It has been documented that the chief obstacle for start-up food manu-
facturing businesses is their inability to access affordable  commercial
kitchen space. Currently all over the state, there are only a few kitch-
en  incubators  facing  high  demand and unable to meet the needs of the
many potential start-up businesses.
  Kitchen incubators are valuable resources for New  York  state  as  it
moves   to  promote  more  job  development,  business  development  and
increased tax revenues.
  In New York City alone, there are more than 900 food firms, with  over
16,000  employees and another 2,500 who are self-employed. This has been
viewed as evidence of entrepreneurs' intent  on  developing  their  food
manufacturing  ideas  into  full scale production capabilities and fully
functional business entities.
  Minority and immigrant populations are growing significantly  through-
out  the  state  and so are their number in entrepreneurship activities,
including in the development of foods from their native place of  origin

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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and  this  creates  growing demand for such foods by increasing minority
and immigrant communities.
  Kitchen  incubators  housed  at select college campuses throughout New
York state and New York city will help  develop  new  entrepreneurs  and
increase the economic benefits of such activities for the entire state.
  However,  New York must do more to propel these business start-ups and
potential manufacturers into full scale operations and  should  move  to
allow  its university systems to expand their regional economic catalyst
activities to serve entrepreneurs looking to enter the food  manufactur-
ing sector.
  S 2. For purposes of this act, the term "kitchen incubator" shall mean
an  affordable  small space with shared ovens, ranges, industrial mixers
and other commercial kitchen equipment, to be rented by entrepreneurs to
assist them in the development and/or manufacturing of food products for
commercial purposes.
  S 3. a. The board of trustees of the state university of New York  and
the board of trustees of the city university of New York shall conduct a
study  to  examine  the potential economic impact for the state  and the
city of New York, and their campuses if the state university of New York
established kitchen incubators at the four state university  centers  at
Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook, and certain campuses of the
city  university  of New York to be selected by the board of trustees of
the city university of New York campus and  other  campuses  which  have
been  identified by the board of trustees of the state university of New
York and the board of trustees of the city university  of  New  York  as
having  a  growing minority and/or immigrant population as documented by
the federal census.
  b. A report by the board of trustees of the state  university  of  New
York and a report by the board of trustees of the city university of New
York containing the information required by this section and recommenda-
tions  for the creation, funding and future expansion of kitchen incuba-
tors on their campuses, shall be  submitted  to  the  governor  and  the
legislature not later than April 15, 2017.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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                                 4858--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CRESPO, RODRIGUEZ, MOYA, SEPULVEDA, ESPINAL,
  RAMOS, ARROYO, RIVERA,  JAFFEE,  STEVENSON,  ROSA,  AUBRY,  GABRYSZAK,
  P. LOPEZ,  ROBERTS  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FINCH, HEASTIE,
  ROBINSON, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  requiring  the board of trustees of the state
  university of New York and the board of trustees of the city universi-
  ty of New York to conduct a study on the economic impact of the estab-
  lishment of kitchen incubators on certain campuses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative intent.  The legislature hereby finds that in
order to improve the economic opportunities for its citizens and  entre-
preneurs,  it  must  use  the established capabilities of its university
systems to offer space and resources to  the  next  generation  of  food
manufacturing businesses.
  It has been documented that the chief obstacle for start-up food manu-
facturing  businesses is their inability to access affordable commercial
kitchen space. Currently all over the state, there are only a few kitch-
en incubators facing high demand and unable to meet  the  needs  of  the
many potential start-up businesses.
  Kitchen  incubators  are  valuable  resources for New York state as it
moves  to  promote  more  job  development,  business  development   and
increased tax revenues.
  In  New York City alone, there are more than 900 food firms, with over
16,000 employees and another 2,500 who are self-employed. This has  been
viewed  as  evidence  of  entrepreneurs' intent on developing their food
manufacturing ideas into full scale production  capabilities  and  fully
functional business entities.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  Minority  and immigrant populations are growing significantly through-
out the state and so are their number  in  entrepreneurship  activities,
including  in the development of foods from their native place of origin
and this creates growing demand for such foods  by  increasing  minority
and immigrant communities.
  Kitchen  incubators  housed  at select college campuses throughout New
York state and New York city will help  develop  new  entrepreneurs  and
increase the economic benefits of such activities for the entire state.
  However,  New York must do more to propel these business start-ups and
potential manufacturers into full scale operations and  should  move  to
allow  its university systems to expand their regional economic catalyst
activities to serve entrepreneurs looking to enter the food  manufactur-
ing sector.
  S 2. For purposes of this act, the term "kitchen incubator" shall mean
an  affordable  small space with shared ovens, ranges, industrial mixers
and other commercial kitchen equipment, to be rented by entrepreneurs to
assist them in the development and/or manufacturing of food products for
commercial purposes.
  S 3. a. The Empire State Development Corporation, in consultation with
the state university of New York, the city university of New  York,  and
the  Commission  on  Independent  Colleges  and  Universities and groups
selected by the Empire State Development Corporation,  shall  study  and
examine  the potential economic impact for optimizing kitchen incubators
in New York state including establishing and/or expanding such  opportu-
nities  in  the state university of New York, the city university of New
York, and the Commission on Independent Colleges.
  b. The study conducted pursuant to this  section  shall  evaluate  the
impact  of  such  optimization  on  entrepreneurship  efforts in growing
minority and immigrant populations.
  c. The Empire State Development  Corporation  shall  create  a  report
containing  recommendations  for the creation, funding and future expan-
sion of kitchen incubators throughout the state and on college campuses;
and increasing entrepreneurial success  in  the  culinary  industry,  by
providing comprehensive advisory and business development services along
with  access  to  facilities  and  equipment in a co-working environment
conducive to collaboration, networking and mentorship.
  d. The report compiled by the  Empire  State  Development  Corporation
pursuant to paragraph c of this section shall be submitted to the gover-
nor and the legislature not later than June 30, 2014.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.