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Senate Bill S3242

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the JFK Innovation Center

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2021-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Energy
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6097
2023-2024: S5012
2025-2026: S5670

2021-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the JFK Innovation Center to launch SmartCities and CleanTech innovations.

2021-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3242
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN ACT to establish the JFK Innovation Center
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding another section  of  law,  there  shall  be
 established  a  JFK  Innovation  Center,  hereinafter referred to as the
 "center". Such center shall be a public-private  partnership  between  a
 New York state agency or agencies and a private-sector company or compa-
 nies  to launch SmartCities and CleanTech innovations. Such center shall
 be located near the JFK International Airport in the borough of  Queens.
 The  center  shall  assist  new and startup companies develop by testing
 clean technology, automation, robotics, data  analytics,  smart  infras-
 tructure management, and other technologies.
   §  2. Such activities and goals of the center shall include, but shall
 not be limited to:
   (a) providing capital awards to startups based  on  their  ability  to
 address  critical issues, such as airport efficiency and security, coas-
 tal flooding, sustainable living, and mass transportation;
   (b) creating a culture of diversity  and  inclusivity  for  people  of
 different races, women, and other minorities;
   (c)  allowing companies to pilot their own inventions and research and
 development facilities on premises and/or on adjoining satellite offices
 built by such center; and
   (d) creating jobs and promoting economic development.
   § 3. For purposes of this act the terms:
   (a) "SmartCities" means urban areas that use different types of  elec-
 tronic  sensors  to  collect data and use such data to manage assets and
 resources efficiently.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05623-01-1

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