A 1339 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program

Summary

Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program to provide funding to retail food stores that fail inspections to correct deficiencies if such stores are unable to sustain the costs to immediately correct critical deficiencies, are located in food deserts, and would otherwise be unable to stay in operation due to their inability to meet and maintain sanitary standards.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A1339 → A1339A · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill amendment adds the Empire State Development Corporation as a partner in creating a grant program to help struggling food stores in food deserts meet sanitation standards. It also clarifies definitions of food safety terms and adjusts how the program coordinates with existing state regulations.

Scope change

The bill now requires cooperation with the Empire State Development Corporation and references existing definitions from the state agriculture code rather than creating entirely new definitions.

FISCAL

Added the Empire State Development Corporation as a partner to administer the sanitary retail food store grant program.

DEFINITION

Added a new definition for 'potentially hazardous foods' to clarify what types of food require special handling and sanitation.

Changed the 'food desert' definition to reference an existing state law definition rather than creating a new one.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized the list of critical sanitation deficiencies to be more specific about equipment and cleaning requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

Adjusted language to clarify that stores must demonstrate they cannot access funding or credit to fix sanitation problems.

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Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 1339A

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

lower

Jan 9, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors