Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state.
Requires 10% of the penalties imposed by the superintendent of financial services to be deposited in the community development financial institution fund.
Relates to direct interstate and intrastate cider shipments; establishes requirements regarding age verification and shipping limits.
Establishes the office of urban agriculture.
Establishes procurement goals that certain percentages of all food and food products purchased by state agencies shall be New York state food products.
Establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy; directs DEC to develop regulations related to certifying the amount of carbon sequestered or emissions reduced.
Requires the commissioner of health to establish regional minimum hourly base reimbursement rates for home care aides.
Establishes the position of Catskill park coordinator within the department of environmental conservation to build partnerships between the department and other state agencies, municipal governments, businesses and nonprofit entities that will develop a community-based tourism strategy for the forest preserve to help fortify the regional economy and to coordinate implementation of the public access plan and other approved or adopted Catskill park-wide plans.
Allows for the examination of projects and/or actions by industrial development agencies and not-for-profit corporations by county comptrollers.
Makes provisions permanent relating to disability due to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.
