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Assembly Bill A7124

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the urban development corporation to evaluate the geographical coverage of programs overseen by the corporation

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2025-A7124 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4017
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
New York State Urban Development Corporation Act
Laws Affected:
Add §9-g, UDC Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6852, S3556
2011-2012: A3811, S3612
2013-2014: A3311, S3001, S6270
2015-2016: A7084, S2579
2017-2018: A5404, S2344
2019-2020: A6526, S4146
2021-2022: A3169, S4419
2023-2024: A5648, S5154

2025-A7124 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the urban development corporation to evaluate the geographical coverage of programs overseen by the corporation and to work with not-for-profit corporations to supplement the technical assistance needs for communities.

2025-A7124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7124
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. COOK, COLTON, VANEL -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
   relation to the establishment of  a  technical  assistance  evaluation
   study and partnership

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,  constituting
 the  New  York  state  urban  development corporation act, is amended by
 adding a new section 9-g to read as follows:
   § 9-G. CREATING A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EVALUATION STUDY  AND  PARTNER-
 SHIP.  (1)  THE  CORPORATION SHALL EVALUATE THE GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF
 PROGRAMS OVERSEEN BY THE CORPORATION AND THOSE SUPPORTED BY OTHER  STATE
 FUNDS THAT SEEK TO OFFER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, ENTREPRENEURIAL ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS START-UP, GROWTH, AND EXPAN-
 SION, TO COMMUNITIES WITH A PREDOMINANTLY MINORITY POPULATION.
   (2)  IF  UPON  COMPLETION  OF THE STUDY REQUIRED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION THE CORPORATION FINDS THAT THERE ARE GAPS IN  THE  COVERAGE
 AREA,  THE  CORPORATION  SHALL  WORK  WITH  NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, TO SUPPLE-
 MENT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  NEEDS  OF  THE  COMMUNITIES  AND  PROVIDE
 CONVENIENT HOURS OF OPERATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07567-01-5

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