Bill Text: NY S03167 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of agriculture and markets to promote participation in Nourish New York, including financial and technical support, for black, indigenous and people of color site controlled farms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S03167 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03167-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3167

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
          ing the department of agriculture and markets to promote participation
          in  Nourish New York program for black, indigenous and people of color
          site controlled farms

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

     1    Section  1.  Section 452 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a. The commissioner shall provide means, which shall include  finan-
     4  cial  and technical support, including but not limited to infrastructure
     5  development, priority grants related  to  processing  and  refrigeration
     6  systems,  permit  assistance,  creation of a liaison to Nourish New York
     7  program, and input to best practices for Nourish New  York  program,  to
     8  ensure an effective connection to markets and participation in the Nour-
     9  ish  New  York  program  by  black,  indigenous and people of color site
    10  controlled farms.  The  department  shall  include  and  prioritize  the
    11  procurement  of  agricultural products from black, indigenous and people
    12  of color site controlled farms as a core component of  the  Nourish  New
    13  York  program food distribution system and shall establish a price point
    14  for agricultural products from black, indigenous  and  people  of  color
    15  owned  farms  that  is,  at  a  minimum, sufficient to cover the cost of
    16  production, temporary storage and transportation to food  relief  organ-
    17  izations.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08160-01-3