Bill Text: NY A03990 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3990 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Appropriates two million five hundred thousand dollars to the department of state for technical assistance grants to be awarded to each of the five boroughs of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to cities [A03990 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03990-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3990
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 1, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRENNAN, BROOK-KRASNY, LANCMAN, HEVESI, CLARK,
         COLTON, V. LOPEZ, LENTOL, MAISEL, MARKEY, MILLMAN, ROSENTHAL,  CAMARA,
         BENEDETTO,  CYMBROWITZ,  PHEFFER,  GOTTFRIED, ROBINSON, COOK, PERRY --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, BING, GLICK, JACOBS, WRIGHT --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of state for  technical
         assistance  grants  to  be awarded to each of the five boroughs of the
         city of New York
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  sum  of  two  million  five hundred thousand dollars
    2  ($2,500,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is  hereby  appro-
    3  priated to the department of state from any moneys in the state treasury
    4  in  the  general  fund to the credit of the local assistance account not
    5  otherwise appropriated for technical assistance grants to be awarded  to
    6  each  of  the  five boroughs of the city of New York. One grant shall be
    7  awarded to a not-for-profit  corporation  in  each  borough  to  provide
    8  legal,  technical  and  professional  expertise  for assistance to other
    9  not-for-profit corporations and community boards regarding zoning, plan-
   10  ning, architecture, historic  preservation,  building  and  construction
   11  issues  in each of such boroughs. Such grants shall be awarded through a
   12  request for proposals process. The  not-for-profit  grant  recipient  in
   13  each  borough  shall  receive  no  less  than two hundred fifty thousand
   14  dollars, and no more than seven hundred fifty thousand  dollars.    Such
   15  sum  shall  be payable on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller
   16  on vouchers certified or approved by the secretary of state, or  his  or
   17  her duly designated representative in the manner provided by law.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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