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Senate Bill S3577

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to promote participation in Nourish New York program for black indigenous and people of color site controlled farms

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2025-S3577 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §452, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8335
2023-2024: S3167

2025-S3577 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to promote participation in Nourish New York, including financial and technical support, for black, indigenous and people of color site controlled farms.

2025-S3577 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3577 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3577
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
   ing the department of agriculture and markets to promote participation
   in  Nourish New York program for black, indigenous and people of color
   site controlled farms
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 452 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE MEANS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE  FINAN-
 CIAL  AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INFRASTRUCTURE
 DEVELOPMENT, PRIORITY GRANTS RELATED  TO  PROCESSING  AND  REFRIGERATION
 SYSTEMS,  PERMIT  ASSISTANCE,  CREATION OF A LIAISON TO NOURISH NEW YORK
 PROGRAM, AND INPUT TO BEST PRACTICES FOR NOURISH NEW  YORK  PROGRAM,  TO
 ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE CONNECTION TO MARKETS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE NOUR-
 ISH  NEW  YORK  PROGRAM  BY  BLACK,  INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR SITE
 CONTROLLED FARMS.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  INCLUDE  AND  PRIORITIZE  THE
 PROCUREMENT  OF  AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FROM BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE
 OF COLOR SITE CONTROLLED FARMS AS A CORE COMPONENT OF  THE  NOURISH  NEW
 YORK  PROGRAM FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND SHALL ESTABLISH A PRICE POINT
 FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FROM BLACK, INDIGENOUS  AND  PEOPLE  OF  COLOR
 OWNED  FARMS  THAT  IS,  AT  A  MINIMUM, SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE COST OF
 PRODUCTION, TEMPORARY STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION TO FOOD  RELIEF  ORGAN-
 IZATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08102-01-5

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