Bill Text: NY A03990 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD05427-01-1