Bill Text: NY S06056 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certain economic development programs; requires reporting on the use of fiber-optic technology in certain economic development grant programs; adds access to high-speed broadband internet service as consideration in certain competitive grant projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2023-12-22 - VETOED MEMO.141 [S06056 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06056-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6056

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RYAN  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
          opment and Small Business

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  economic development law and the New York state
          urban development corporation act, in  relation  to  certain  economic
          development programs

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

     1    Section 1. Section 100-a of the economic development law, as added  by
     2  section  1  of part UUU of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 100-a. Comprehensive economic development reporting. The  department
     5  shall  prepare  an  annual comprehensive economic development report, no
     6  later than December thirty-first of each year, listing economic develop-
     7  ment assistance provided by the New York state urban development  corpo-
     8  ration  and  the  department,  including but not limited to tax expendi-
     9  tures,  marketing  and  advertising,  grants,  awards  and  loans.  Such
    10  comprehensive  report  shall  include aggregate totals for each economic
    11  development program administered by the New York state urban development
    12  corporation and the department, including but  not  limited  to  program
    13  progress,   program   participation  rates,  economic  impact,  regional
    14  distribution, industry trends, and any other information  deemed  neces-
    15  sary  by the commissioner.  Such comprehensive report may also include a
    16  summary of the extent to which community revitalization  grant  programs
    17  incorporated  the  use  of  end-to-end  fiber-optic architecture for the
    18  provision of high-speed broadband internet service. The department shall
    19  prominently post the comprehensive economic development  report  on  its
    20  website no later than January first of each year.
    21    §  2.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section
    22  16-d of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,  constituting  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10495-01-3
        S. 6056                             2

     1  New  York  state  urban development corporation act, as added by chapter
     2  169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
     3    (i)  the  potential impact the proposed project would have on economic
     4  development and  employment  opportunities  in  the  community  and  the
     5  region,  including  the  extent  to  which the proposed project will use
     6  end-to-end fiber-optic  architecture  to  deliver  high-speed  broadband
     7  internet service in the project area; and
     8    §  3.  Paragraph  (c) of subdivision 6 of section 16-n of section 1 of
     9  chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the New York  state  urban
    10  development  corporation act, as added by section 2 of part C-2 of chap-
    11  ter 109 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    12    (c) Priority  shall  also  be  given  to  properties  in  economically
    13  distressed communities which are defined as cities and other communities
    14  determined by the commissioner of the department of economic development
    15  on  the  basis  of  criteria  indicative of economic distress, including
    16  poverty rates, numbers of persons receiving public assistance, unemploy-
    17  ment rates, rate of employment decline, population  loss,  rate  of  per
    18  capita  income  change, decline in economic activity and private invest-
    19  ment, and such other indicators as the commissioner deems appropriate to
    20  be in need of economic assistance.  For properties that contain residen-
    21  tial apartment units or affordable housing units, priority shall also be
    22  given to properties for which the municipality commits to using  end-to-
    23  end  fiber-optic  architecture  to deliver high-speed broadband internet
    24  service to such properties.
    25    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.