Bill Text: NY A05256 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of state, in cooperation with other departments, to provide technical assistance to any municipality, upon request, that has had a college or university close within such municipality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A05256 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05256-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5256

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to providing technical
          assistance to any municipality that has had a  college  or  university
          close within such municipality

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 153 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. To provide to any municipality, upon request, in  cooperation  with
     4  the  department of economic development and the department of education,
     5  technical assistance in the event of a college or university closing  in
     6  such municipality, on topics including but not limited to:
     7    (a) workforce transition and development;
     8    (b) attracting new employers and economic opportunities;
     9    (c)  developing  plans for the land and buildings formerly occupied by
    10  such college or university; and
    11    (d) recommendations and planning assistance for dealing with creditors
    12  and other entities having  a  financial  interest  in  such  college  or
    13  university's  assets  located  in  such municipality, provided, however,
    14  that the state shall not become a party to any legal proceedings  pursu-
    15  ant to this subdivision.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09624-02-3