Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriations for services and expenses of economic development and community services organizations

Senate Resolution No. 2346

BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS

        AMENDING SENATE RESOLUTION 2700 of 2024 establishing
        a  plan  setting  forth an itemized list of grantees
        for a certain appropriation for  the  2024-25  state
        fiscal  year  for  services and expenses of economic
        development and  community  services  organizations.
        Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the
        contrary, the amounts  appropriated  herein  may  be
        suballocated  or transferred between other agencies,
        including but not  limited  to,  the  department  of
        economic   development  with  the  approval  of  the
        temporary president of the senate and  the  director
        of  the  budget.  Notwithstanding  section 24 of the
        state finance law or any provision  of  law  to  the
        contrary,  funds  from  this  appropriation shall be
        allocated only pursuant to a plan  (i)  approved  by
        the  temporary  president  of  the  senate  and  the
        director of the budget which sets  forth  either  an
        itemized  list  of  grantees  with  the amount to be
        received by each, or the methodology for  allocating
        such  appropriation,  and  (ii)  which is thereafter
        included in a  senate  resolution  calling  for  the
        expenditure  of such funds, which resolution must be
        approved by majority vote of all members elected  to
        the senate upon a roll call vote

  RESOLVED,  That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of   2024,  reappropriated  pursuant
to    section  1  of  chapter  53 of the laws of 2025 and reappropriated
pursuant to a chapter of the laws  of  2026  which  enacts  the  aid  to
localities,   local  assistance  account  for  services  and expenses of
economic   development    and    community    services    organizations.
Notwithstanding   any   other  provision  of  law  to  the contrary, the
amounts appropriated herein may be suballocated or  transferred  between
other  agencies, including   but  not  limited  to,  the  department  of
economic  development  with the approval of the temporary  president  of
the  senate  and the director of the budget. Notwithstanding section  24
of the  state  finance  law  or any provision of law  to  the  contrary,
funds  from  this appropriation shall be allocated only  pursuant  to  a
plan approved  by the   temporary   president   of the  senate  and  the
director  of  the budget which sets forth either  an  itemized  list  of
grantees  with the  amount to be received by each,  or  the  methodology
for  allocating  such appropriation, and thereafter included in a senate
resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds,  which  resolution
must  be  approved by majority vote of all members elected to the senate
upon a roll call vote, in accordance  with  the   following   schedules,
which   shall   amend,  remove  from,  or add to the schedule originally
approved in Senate Resolution 2700 of 2024 and as amended  by  R1240  of
2025:

Buffalo Naval Park Committee Inc.
   10,000
[NYSC  Connect  Corp  (Fiscal  Conduit Rochester
  Economic Development  Corporation)]  New  York

  State Cannabis Connect Corp.
   10,000