Bill Text: NY A02715 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a task force to study and assess the condition of African American men in New York; provides such task force shall consist of 17 members and report its findings no later than December 31, 2017.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-22 - print number 2715a [A02715 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02715-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2715--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PEOPLES-STOKES, AUBRY, WRIGHT, CUSICK, COOK,
          ROBINSON, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BRENNAN,  CAHILL,
          GALEF, JAFFEE, RIVERA, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on  Governmental  Operations  --  recommitted to the Committee on
          Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to establish a task force on the condition  of  African  American
          men in New York state
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative intent.  The  legislature  finds  that  African
     2  American  men:  (a)  are disproportionately less likely to complete high
     3  school and to obtain a post-secondary education; (b) are more likely  to
     4  be incarcerated or on parole; (c) are more likely to have lower lifetime
     5  economic  earnings; (d) are more likely to have been a part of the child
     6  welfare population; (e) are more likely to have a shorter life expectan-
     7  cy; and (f) are more likely to have health problems, such  as  HIV/AIDS,
     8  drug  dependency,  heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. The legislature
     9  additionally finds that the state of New York has a compelling  interest
    10  in  determining the causes of these problems and in developing appropri-
    11  ate remedies.
    12    § 2. The New York state task force on the condition of African  Ameri-
    13  can  men  is hereby established. The role of the task force includes but
    14  is not limited to:
    15    (a) assessing the causal factors for the condition of African American
    16  men;
    17    (b) assessing state programs and initiatives that serve to improve the
    18  condition of African American men  and  identifying  the  gaps  in  such
    19  services;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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