Bill Text: NY A04858 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the Empire State Development Corporation, in consultation with SUNY, CUNY, and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities to conduct a study on the economic impact of the establishment of kitchen incubators; reporting.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-13 - print number 4858b [A04858 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A04858-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4858--B
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 11, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, RODRIGUEZ, MOYA, SEPULVEDA, RAMOS,
ARROYO, RIVERA, JAFFEE, STEVENSON, ROSA, AUBRY, GABRYSZAK, P. LOPEZ,
ROBERTS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FINCH, HEASTIE, ROBINSON,
SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to requiring the Empire State development corporation
in consultation with the state university of New York, the city
university of New York and the commission on independent colleges and
universities to study the economic impact of optimizing kitchen incu-
bators 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 hereby finds that in
2 order to improve the economic opportunities for its citizens and entre-
3 preneurs, it must use the established capabilities of its university
4 systems to offer space and resources to the next generation of food
5 manufacturing businesses.
6 It has been documented that the chief obstacle for start-up food manu-
7 facturing businesses is their inability to access affordable commercial
8 kitchen space. Currently all over the state, there are only a few kitch-
9 en incubators facing high demand and unable to meet the needs of the
10 many potential start-up businesses.
11 Kitchen incubators are valuable resources for New York state as it
12 moves to promote more job development, business development and
13 increased tax revenues.
14 In New York City alone, there are more than 900 food firms, with over
15 16,000 employees and another 2,500 who are self-employed. This has been
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 viewed as evidence of entrepreneurs' intent on developing their food
2 manufacturing ideas into full scale production capabilities and fully
3 functional business entities.
4 Minority and immigrant populations are growing significantly through-
5 out the state and so are their number in entrepreneurship activities,
6 including in the development of foods from their native place of origin
7 and this creates growing demand for such foods by increasing minority
8 and immigrant communities.
9 Kitchen incubators housed at select college campuses throughout New
10 York state and New York city will help develop new entrepreneurs and
11 increase the economic benefits of such activities for the entire state.
12 However, New York must do more to propel these business start-ups and
13 potential manufacturers into full scale operations and should move to
14 allow its university systems to expand their regional economic catalyst
15 activities to serve entrepreneurs looking to enter the food manufactur-
16 ing sector.
17 S 2. For purposes of this act, the term "kitchen incubator" shall mean
18 an affordable small space with shared ovens, ranges, industrial mixers
19 and other commercial kitchen equipment, to be rented by entrepreneurs to
20 assist them in the development and/or manufacturing of food products for
21 commercial purposes.
22 S 3. a. The Empire State Development Corporation, in consultation with
23 the state university of New York, the city university of New York, and
24 the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities and groups
25 selected by the Empire State Development Corporation, shall study and
26 examine the potential economic impact for optimizing kitchen incubators
27 in New York state including establishing and/or expanding such opportu-
28 nities in the state university of New York, the city university of New
29 York, and the Commission on Independent Colleges.
30 b. The study conducted pursuant to this section shall evaluate the
31 impact of such optimization on entrepreneurship efforts in growing
32 minority and immigrant populations.
33 c. The Empire State Development Corporation shall create a report
34 containing recommendations for the creation, funding and future expan-
35 sion of kitchen incubators throughout the state and on college campuses;
36 and increasing entrepreneurial success in the culinary industry, by
37 providing comprehensive advisory and business development services along
38 with access to facilities and equipment in a co-working environment
39 conducive to collaboration, networking and mentorship.
40 d. The report compiled by the Empire State Development Corporation
41 pursuant to paragraph c of this section shall be submitted to the gover-
42 nor and the legislature not later than May 1, 2015.
43 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
