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Assembly Bill A5256

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides technical assistance to any municipality that has had a college or university close within such municipality

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2023-A5256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5234
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §153, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2007, S1525

2023-A5256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of state, in cooperation with other departments, to provide technical assistance to any municipality, upon request, that has had a college or university close within such municipality.

2023-A5256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5256
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to providing technical
   assistance to any municipality that has had a  college  or  university
   close within such municipality

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 153 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. TO PROVIDE TO ANY MUNICIPALITY, UPON REQUEST, IN  COOPERATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CLOSING  IN
 SUCH MUNICIPALITY, ON TOPICS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) WORKFORCE TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT;
   (B) ATTRACTING NEW EMPLOYERS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES;
   (C)  DEVELOPING  PLANS FOR THE LAND AND BUILDINGS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY
 SUCH COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY; AND
   (D) RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOR DEALING WITH CREDITORS
 AND OTHER ENTITIES HAVING  A  FINANCIAL  INTEREST  IN  SUCH  COLLEGE  OR
 UNIVERSITY'S  ASSETS  LOCATED  IN  SUCH MUNICIPALITY, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THE STATE SHALL NOT BECOME A PARTY TO ANY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS  PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09624-02-3

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