Bill Text: NY S05012 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the JFK Innovation Center to launch SmartCities and CleanTech innovations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS [S05012 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05012-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5012

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 21, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 establish the JFK Innovation Center

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

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding another section  of  law,  there  shall  be
     2  established  a  JFK  Innovation  Center,  hereinafter referred to as the
     3  "center". Such center shall be a public-private  partnership  between  a
     4  New York state agency or agencies and a private-sector company or compa-
     5  nies  to launch SmartCities and CleanTech innovations. Such center shall
     6  be located near the JFK International Airport in the borough of  Queens.
     7  The  center  shall  assist  new and startup companies develop by testing
     8  clean technology, automation, robotics, data  analytics,  smart  infras-
     9  tructure management, and other technologies.
    10    §  2. Such activities and goals of the center shall include, but shall
    11  not be limited to:
    12    (a) providing capital awards to startups based  on  their  ability  to
    13  address  critical issues, such as airport efficiency and security, coas-
    14  tal flooding, sustainable living, and mass transportation;
    15    (b) creating a culture of diversity  and  inclusivity  for  people  of
    16  different races, women, and other minorities;
    17    (c)  allowing companies to pilot their own inventions and research and
    18  development facilities on premises and/or on adjoining satellite offices
    19  built by such center; and
    20    (d) creating jobs and promoting economic development.
    21    § 3. For purposes of this act the terms:
    22    (a) "SmartCities" means urban areas that use different types of  elec-
    23  tronic  sensors  to  collect data and use such data to manage assets and
    24  resources efficiently.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 5012                             2

     1    (b) "CleanTech" means any process, product, or  service  that  reduces
     2  negative  environmental  impacts  through  significant energy efficiency
     3  improvements,  the  sustainable  use  of  resources,  or   environmental
     4  protection activities.
     5    (c)  "Business  incubator"  means a company that helps new and startup
     6  companies develop.
     7    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.