Specifies a time frame for the award of contracts with costs exceeding five hundred thousand dollars; grants authority to the general manager of the authority to designate certain contracts as small business set-asides; establishes procedures related thereto.
Relates to establishing the state of New York public bank to use the state's depository assets to generate additional benefit for the people and the economy of the state.
Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for a portion of the consideration paid under a contract with a minority or women-owned business.
Establishes the community schools act; authorizes the commissioner to award grants for community schools programming; appropriates funds therefor.
Requires gas corporations to file a plan with the public service commission addressing aging or leaking pipelines within their service territory; outlines plans for the replacement of such pipelines.
Establishes a task force to study and assess the condition of African American men in New York; provides such task force shall consist of 17 members and report its findings no later than December 31, 2024.
Relates to asset forfeiture.
Establishes the university at Buffalo institute for African American studies; appropriates $100,000 therefor.
Permits a funeral director with written consent of a regulated cemetery corporation to provide remains which remain unclaimed after one hundred twenty days to such corporation for disposition.
Establishes a Center for Transplantation and Immunology Research at the University at Buffalo and Erie County Medical Center; provides the mission of the Center for Transportation and Immunology Research is to advance the longevity of kidney organ transplants through improved knowledge of immunology, pathology and therapeutics; grants authorization to apply for grants; makes an appropriation of $227,333.34 each year for three years.
