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2023 New York Laws › DOM - Domestic Relations › Article 13 - Provisions Applicable to More Than One Type of Matrimonial Action › 254 - Confidentiality.

§  254.  Confidentiality.    1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
  law, in any proceeding for custody, divorce,  separation  or  annulment,
  whether  or  not an order of protection or temporary order of protection
  is sought or has been sought in the past, the court may,  upon  its  own
  motion  or  upon  the motion of any party or the attorney for the child,
  authorize any party or the child to keep his or her address confidential
  from any adverse party or the child, as appropriate, in any pleadings or
  other papers submitted to the court, where  the  court  finds  that  the
  disclosure of the address or other identifying information would pose an
  unreasonable  risk  to  the  health  or  safety of a party or the child.
  Pending such a finding, any address or other identifying information  of
  the  child  or  party  seeking  confidentiality shall be safeguarded and
  sealed in order to  prevent  its  inadvertent  or  unauthorized  use  or
  disclosure.
2.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, if a party or a child
  has resided or resides in a residential program for victims of  domestic
  violence  as  defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social
  services law, the present address of the party and  the  child  and  the
  address  of  the  residential  program  for victims of domestic violence
  shall not be revealed.
3. Upon authorization as provided in subdivision one of this  section,
  the  identifying  information shall be sealed and shall not be disclosed
  in any pleading or other document  filed  in  a  proceeding  under  this
  article.  The court shall designate the clerk of the court or such other
  disinterested person as it  deems  appropriate,  with  consent  of  such
  disinterested  person, as the agent for service of process for the party
  whose address is to remain confidential and  shall  notify  the  adverse
  party  of such designation in writing. The clerk or disinterested person
  designated by the court shall, when served with process or other  papers
  on behalf of the party whose address is to remain confidential, promptly
  notify  such  party  whose address is to remain confidential and forward
  such process or papers to him or her.
4. In any case in which such a confidentiality authorization is  made,
  the party whose address is to remain confidential shall inform the clerk
  of  the  court  or  disinterested  person designated by the court of any
  change in address for purposes of receipt of service or process  or  any
  papers.
2023 New York Laws › DOM - Domestic Relations › Article 13 - Provisions Applicable to More Than One Type of Matrimonial Action › 255 - Prerequisites for Judgments Under Articles Nine, Ten and Eleven of This Chapter; Health Care Coverage.

§ 255. Prerequisites for judgments under articles nine, ten and eleven
  of  this  chapter;  health  care  coverage.  A court, prior to signing a
  judgment of divorce or separation, or a judgment annulling a marriage or
  declaring the nullity of a void marriage, shall ensure that:
1. Both parties have been notified, at such time and by such means  as
  the  court  shall  determine,  that once the judgment is signed, a party
  thereto may or may not be eligible to be covered under the other party's
  health insurance plan, depending on the terms  of  the  plan.  Provided,
  however,  service  upon  the defendant, simultaneous with the service of
  the summons, of a notice indicating that once the judgment is signed,  a
  party  thereto  may or may not be eligible to be covered under the other
  party's health insurance plan, depending on the terms of the plan, shall
  be deemed sufficient notice to a defaulting defendant.
2.   If   the   parties   have   entered   into   a   stipulation   of
  settlement/agreement  on  or  after  the  effective date of this section
  resolving   all   of   the   issues   between    the    parties,    such
  settlement/agreement  entered  into  between the parties shall contain a
  provision relating to the health care coverage of each party;  and  that
  such provision shall either: (a) provide for the future coverage of each
  party,  or  (b)  state  that  each party is aware that he or she will no
  longer be covered by the other party's health insurance  plan  and  that
  each  party  shall  be  responsible  for his or her own health insurance
  coverage, and may be entitled to purchase health insurance on his or her
  own through a COBRA option,  if  available.  The  requirements  of  this
  subdivision  shall  not be waived by either party or counsel and, in the
  event it is not complied with, the court shall  require  compliance  and
  may  grant a thirty day continuance to afford the parties an opportunity
  to procure their own health insurance coverage.
2023 New York Laws › DOM - Domestic Relations › Article 15 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect › 272 - References in This Chapter.

§  272.  References  in  this  chapter.  Whenever  in this chapter any
  reference is made to the children's court act of the State of New  York,
  the  children's  court  or a judge thereof, or to the domestic relations
  court act of the city of New York, the domestic relations court  of  the
  city  of  New  York  or  a justice thereof, such reference shall, on and
  after the effective date of legislation implementing  the  establishment
  of the family court, the officers thereof, and prescribing its power and
  duties,  be  deemed  to  refer,  respectively,  to such legislation, the
  family court or a judge thereof, as the case may be, to the extent  that
  such references may be made applicable.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions › 2 - Definitions.

§ 2. Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter:
1. "Department"   shall   mean   the   state  department  of  economic
  development.
2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of economic development.
3. The term "atomic energy" means all forms of energy released in  the
  course   of   nuclear   fission  or  nuclear  fusion  or  other  nuclear
  transformation.
4. The term "science oriented industry  and  applied  research"  means
  industrial  or  commercial activities and applied research in the fields
  of atomic energy, space development, marine sciences, ocean  engineering
  and other science oriented or advanced technology industry.
5. "Telecommuting"  shall  mean the conservation of energy through the
  reduction of travel by employees of the department  to  and  from  their
  designated  workplace  through the use of telecommunication and computer
  technology in tasks including, but not limited to, information  transfer
  and processing.
6.  "Animal fiber" means natural fibers that have formed the covering,
  or fleece, of sheep or other hairy animals such  as  goats  or  alpacas,
  shorn for the purpose of creating textile products.
7.  "Plant  fiber"  means natural fibers that are obtained from plants
  and used to create textile products including, but not limited to, hemp.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 2 - Department of Economic Development › 10 - Department of Economic Development; Commissioner.

§ 10. Department of economic development; commissioner. There shall be
  in  the  state government a department of economic development. The head
  of the department shall be the commissioner of economic development  who
  shall  be  appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent
  of the senate, and hold office until the end of the term of the governor
  by whom he was appointed and until his successor is  appointed  and  has
  qualified.  The  principal office of the department shall be in the city
  of Albany. Regional offices may be established  and  maintained  by  the
  department  in  such  places  as  the commissioner may determine and for
  which appropriations are made by the legislature. The commissioner  may,
  with  the  commissioners  of general services, transportation and labor,
  develop  and  institute  a  procedure  for  the  uniform  collection  of
  employment and economic data within the state for use in connection with
  the scheduling of public works projects.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 2 - Department of Economic Development › 11 - Investing in Care.

§ 11. Investing in care. 1. The commissioner shall study, develop, and
propose  how  to implement a long-term strategy to support the growth of
the caregiving industry in  New  York  state.  Such  strategy  shall  be
developed  in consultation with the department of health, the department
of labor, the office of children and family services and any other state
agencies or other such organizations  or  persons  as  the  commissioner
shall  deem  appropriate. Such strategy shall be based on an analysis of
financial support needed for:
(a) growth of caregiving industry businesses and non-profits;
(b) workforce development, recruitment, and  retention  needs  in  the
caregiving industry; and
(c)  innovation and new modes of caregiving delivery in the caregiving
industry.
2. Within one  year  of  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  the
commissioner   shall   submit   a   report   of  his  or  her  findings,
recommendations, and plan for implementation of such long-term strategy,
to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and  the  speaker
of the assembly.
3.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section, "caregiving industry" shall
include, but not be limited to: direct  care,  home  care,  child  care,
adult  care,  private  and  non-profit  nursing  homes  and  residential
facilities,  and  other  entities  that  support  formal  and   informal
caregiving, as the commissioner shall deem necessary and appropriate.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 3 - Organization of Department; Officers and Employees › 50 - Organization of Department; Officers and Employees.

§ 50. Organization of department; officers and employees. The existing
  divisions  and  bureaus  of  the  department  are  continued;  provided,
  however, that the commissioner, with the approval of the  governor,  may
  establish additional divisions and bureaus, change the names of existing
  divisions or bureaus, or may consolidate divisions and bureaus as he may
  deem  necessary  or  appropriate  to  carry  out  the  functions  of the
  department.  The  commissioner  may  appoint  deputy  commissioners  and
  assistant  deputy  commissioners to serve during his pleasure and assign
  to each the work which shall  be  under  his  supervision.  Each  deputy
  commissioner  and  assistant  deputy  commissioner  shall  be  a  person
  qualified by training and experience for the performance of  the  duties
  assigned to him. Deputy commissioners and assistant deputy commissioners
  shall  be  deemed  to occupy confidential positions to the commissioner,
  and may be appointed without competitive  examination.  Subject  to  the
  provisions  of  the  civil  service  law and rules, the commissioner may
  appoint such other officers, employees, agents and consultants as may be
  necessary, prescribe their duties, fix their  compensation  and  provide
  for  payment  of their reasonable expenses, all within amounts available
  therefor by appropriation. The commissioner  may  transfer  officers  or
  employees  from their positions to other positions in the department, or
  abolish or consolidate such positions.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 100-A - Comprehensive Economic Development Reporting.

§  100-a. Comprehensive economic development reporting. The department
  shall prepare an annual comprehensive economic  development  report,  no
  later   than  December  thirty-first  of  each  year,  listing  economic
  development assistance provided by the New York state urban  development
  corporation  and  the  department,  including  but  not  limited  to tax
  expenditures, marketing and advertising, grants, awards and loans.  Such
  comprehensive  report  shall  include aggregate totals for each economic
  development program administered by the New York state urban development
  corporation and the department, including but  not  limited  to  program
  progress,   program   participation  rates,  economic  impact,  regional
  distribution,  industry  trends,  and  any  other   information   deemed
  necessary by the commissioner. The department shall prominently post the
  comprehensive  economic  development report on its website no later than
  January first of each year.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 100-B - Comprehensive Report on the Activities of the Office of Strategic Workforce Development.

§  100-b.  Comprehensive  report  on  the  activities of the office of
  strategic  workforce  development.  Beginning  on  February  first,  two
  thousand   twenty-four,   and   every  February  first  thereafter,  the
  department shall prepare a comprehensive annual report on the activities
  and efficacy of  the  office  of  strategic  workforce  development.  In
  preparing   the   report,  the  department  shall  coordinate  with  the
  department of labor, the department of education, the  state  university
  of  New  York,  the city university of New York, the office of temporary
  and disability assistance, the office of children and  family  services,
  the  urban  development  corporation and its subsidiaries, and any other
  relevant agency or entity. Such report shall include, but  need  not  be
  limited  to:  aggregate  totals  for  each  economic development program
  administered directly by the office of strategic workforce  development,
  and aggregate totals for related programs in other agencies wherein such
  program  funds are appropriated within the office of strategic workforce
  development, the number of awards made since the last report as well  as
  the  number  of  awards  made  to  date, the number of business partners
  secured through such awards, the dollar total of such  awards,  regional
  distribution  of  such  awards,  the  identified  statewide and regional
  priority sectors as identified by the urban development corporation with
  input from  the  regional  economic  development  councils  including  a
  description of each such sector, the number of trainees assisted through
  such  awards,  leveraged  matching funds associated with awards, program
  participation rates, industry trends, and any other  information  deemed
  necessary by the commissioner. The department shall prominently post the
  comprehensive  economic  development report on its website no later than
  February first of each year.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 101 - Assistance of Other Departments, Agencies and Political Subdivisions.

§  101.  Assistance  of  other  departments,  agencies  and  political
  subdivisions.  The  commissioner  may  request  from   any   department,
  division,  office,  commission  or  other  agency  of  the  state or any
  political subdivision thereof, and the same are authorized  to  provide,
  such  assistance, services and data as may be required by the department
  in carrying  out  the  purposes  of  this  article,  and  such  funding,
  including  but  not  limited to charge backs for allocated costs, as the
  director of the budget may approve.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 102 - Atomic Energy Council.

§ 102. Atomic energy council. 1. There shall be within the department,
  the  atomic  energy  council  (hereinafter  sometimes referred to as the
  "council"), which shall consist  of  the  commissioner  and  such  other
  representatives  of  state  departments,  agencies and instrumentalities
  importantly concerned with atomic energy and such other persons  as  the
  governor may from time to time designate who shall serve at the pleasure
  of the governor.
2.  Each  member  of the council may, by official order filed with the
  council, designate a deputy, who, in the case of  a  member  who  is  an
  official  of  the  state,  any  instrumentality,  agency  or subdivision
  thereof, shall be an officer of his  department,  commission  or  public
  benefit  corporation,  to  perform  his  duties  under this article. The
  designation of such deputy shall be deemed temporary only and shall  not
  affect  the  civil  service  or  retirement  rights  of  any  person  so
  designated.
3. The members of the council and their respective deputies,  if  any,
  shall  serve without compensation, but each of them shall be entitled to
  reimbursement for his actual and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
  performance of his official duties.
4.  The  commissioner  shall  serve as chairman of the council and may
  appoint such subordinates and employees as may be necessary to carry out
  the duties imposed upon the council by law. At any meeting or proceeding
  not attended  by  the  chairman,  the  council  shall  elect  an  acting
  chairman.   Legal, technical, scientific, engineering and other services
  for the council, other than those performed by employees of the council,
  shall be performed by personnel of the department, the state departments
  of health and labor, or other departments or agencies of the state.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 104 - Assistance of Other Departments, Agencies and Political Subdivisions; Review of Regulations.

§  104.  Assistance  of  other  departments,  agencies  and  political
  subdivisions;   review   of   regulations.   1.   All    agencies    and
  instrumentalities  of  the state, all political subdivisions thereof and
  all agencies of such subdivisions  shall  keep  the  council  fully  and
  currently  informed  as to their activities relating to atomic energy or
  ionizing radiation.
2. The council may request from any such  agency,  instrumentality  or
  any  such  political  subdivision or any agency of such subdivision, and
  the same are authorized to provide, such assistance, services  and  data
  as  may be required by the council in carrying out its functions, powers
  and duties.
3. No rule, regulation or ordinance or  amendment  thereto  or  repeal
  thereof,  primarily and directly relating to atomic energy or the use of
  atomic energy, which any  agency,  instrumentality  of  the  state,  any
  political  subdivision thereof or agency of such subdivision may propose
  to issue or promulgate, shall become effective until ninety  days  after
  it  has  been  submitted  to  the council, unless either the governor by
  order or the council by resolution waives such waiting period.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 104-A - Special Powers and Duties of the Department With Respect to Employee Ownership Assistance.

§  104-a.  Special powers and duties of the department with respect to
  employee  ownership  assistance.  With  respect  to  employee  ownership
  assistance  loans provided for in subtitle six of title eight of article
  eight of the public authorities law and paragraph (o) of subdivision one
  of section sixteen-m of section one of chapter one hundred  seventy-four
  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred sixty-eight, constituting the New York
  state urban development corporation act, the department shall  have  the
  power  and  duty  and in cooperation with the job development authority,
  the empire state development corporation and any other applicable  state
  agency or office to:
1. Assist and counsel new employee-owned enterprises in their dealings
  with  federal, state and local governments, including but not limited to
  providing ready access to information regarding government  requirements
  which affect employee-owned enterprises;
2.   Receive   complaints  and  suggestions  concerning  policies  and
  activities of federal,  state  and  local  governmental  agencies  which
  affect  employee-owned enterprises, and develop, in cooperation with the
  agency involved, proposals for changes  in  policies  or  activities  to
  alleviate any unnecessary adverse effects on employee-owned enterprises;
3.  Conduct  investigations, research, studies and analyses of matters
  affecting the interests of employee-owned enterprises;
4.  Assist   employee-owned   enterprises   in   obtaining   available
  managerial, technical, and financial assistance;
5.   Initiate   and   encourage   educational   programs  relating  to
  employee-owned  enterprises,  including  programs  in  cooperation  with
  various public and private educational institutions;
6.  Help  new  employee-owned enterprises in this state by simplifying
  and streamlining license and application procedures wherever possible;
7. Identify industrial and manufacturing businesses that are in danger
  of being permanently closed or relocated out of state, which results  in
  the  loss of jobs and increasing unemployment, and assist the businesses
  and employees of such businesses by distributing information  about  the
  provisions of this section.
The  department may impose fees, pursuant to rules and regulations, to
  defray departmental expenses incurred  in  providing  the  services  set
  forth in this section.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 105 - Radioactive Byproducts Special Fund.

§  105.  Radioactive  byproducts  special  fund.  1.  There  is hereby
  continued in the custody of the state comptroller a special fund,  known
  as the "radioactive byproducts special fund."
2.  All  moneys  received  by  the  council  from  making  charges  or
  administering, controlling, or disposing of  radioactive  byproducts  or
  from  otherwise  operating,  developing  and  managing  facilities after
  assumption  of  jurisdiction  thereof  by  the   council   pursuant   to
  subdivision  six  of  section  one hundred four of this article, and all
  moneys received by the council in connection  with  such  assumption  of
  jurisdiction,  shall be deposited directly in the radioactive byproducts
  special fund.
3. The moneys of the radioactive byproducts special fund,  subject  to
  segregation  by  the  director  of  the  budget,  shall be available for
  payment of any and all costs and expenditures, including those  incurred
  pursuant to contracts and arrangements entered into, in carrying out the
  purposes of subdivision six of section one hundred four of this article,
  and  costs  and  expenditures  incidental  and  appurtenant thereto. All
  payments from such fund shall be made on the audit and  warrant  of  the
  state  comptroller on vouchers approved by the executive director or any
  other person designated by the council.
4. In the event that the council shall determine  by  resolution  that
  the  purposes  for  which  the  radioactive  byproducts  special fund is
  established have ceased to exist, or that such fund  contains  money  in
  excess  of  the amount of money required to accomplish such purposes, it
  shall deliver a copy of such resolution to the  state  comptroller,  who
  thereupon  shall  pay forthwith all moneys in the radioactive byproducts
  special fund or such excess, as the case may be, into the state treasury
  to the credit of the general fund.
5. Subject to the provisions of subdivision four of this section,  the
  state  comptroller  shall  invest  and  keep  invested the moneys of the
  radioactive byproducts special fund.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4 - General Powers of Department › 106 - No Disqualification.

§  106.  No  disqualification.  No member of the council, no deputy of
  such member, and no member of any  advisory  committee  serving  without
  compensation  other  than  reimbursement  of expenses incurred, shall be
  disqualified from holding any other public  office  or  employment,  nor
  shall  he  forfeit  any  such  office  or  employment  by  reason of his
  appointment hereunder, notwithstanding the provisions  of  any  general,
  special or local law, ordinance or city charter.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-A - Division of Minority and Women's Business Development › 115 - Definitions.

§ 115. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
  have the following meanings:
1. "Division" shall mean the division of minority and women's business
  development created by this article.
2. "Technical  assistance" shall mean assistance and services designed
  to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and viability of a minority  or
  women-owned   business   enterprise,  including,  but  not  limited  to,
  management assistance, problem solving, the development of business  and
  marketing   plans,   market  analysis,  financial  planning,  regulatory
  compliance, safety and security measures, export assistance, procurement
  assistance, application assistance, state program  assistance,  referral
  to  private  and  public  financing sources, contracting assistance, and
  other forms of assistance which the  commissioner  deems  necessary  and
  appropriate.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-A - Division of Minority and Women's Business Development › 116 - Office of Minority and Women's Business Development; Transfer.

§  116. Office of minority and women's business development; transfer.
  All the functions and powers possessed by and all  the  obligations  and
  duties  of  the  governor's  office  of  minority  and  women's business
  development  office,  created  and  established  in  the  executive  law
  pursuant to and by chapter two hundred sixty-one of the laws of nineteen
  hundred eighty-eight, are hereby transferred and assigned to, assumed by
  and devolved upon the department of economic development.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-A - Division of Minority and Women's Business Development › 117 - Division of Minority and Women's Business Development.

§ 117. Division of minority and women's business development. There is
  hereby  created within the department of economic development a division
  of minority and women-owned business development. The director  of  such
  division  shall  be  appointed by the governor, shall report directly to
  the commissioner on the activities  of  the  division,  and  shall  hold
  office at the pleasure of the commissioner. The commissioner may appoint
  such  officers, employees, agents, consultants and special committees as
  he or she may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article
  and prescribe their duties.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-A - Division of Minority and Women's Business Development › 119 - Assistance of Other Agencies.

§  119.  Assistance  of  other agencies. To effectuate the purposes of
  this  article,  the  commissioner  may  request  from  any   department,
  division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or from
  any  public  corporation  or  district,  and  the same are authorized to
  provide, such assistance, services and data as will enable the office to
  properly carry out its functions, powers and duties hereunder.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-B - Division for Small-Business › 130 - Legislative Findings and Objectives.

§  130.  Legislative  findings  and objectives. The legislature hereby
  finds and declares that:
1. small-business has been a major positive factor in  the  political,
  economic and social development of the state;
2.   the  future  welfare  of  the  state  depends  on  the  continued
  development of small-business;
3.  the  state  has  a  responsibility  to  assist  in  small-business
  development in furtherance of the general welfare.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-B - Division for Small-Business › 131 - Definition of a Small Business.

§  131.  Definition  of  a  small  business.  For the purposes of this
  chapter, a small business shall be deemed to be one which is resident in
  this state, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its  field
  and employs one hundred or less persons.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-B - Division for Small-Business › 132 - Division for Small-Business; Commissioner; Employees.

§  132. Division for small-business; commissioner; employees. There is
  hereby created within the department of economic development a  division
  for   small-business.  The  head  of  such  office  shall  be  a  deputy
  commissioner, who shall be appointed by the commissioner, and shall hold
  office during the pleasure of the  commissioner.  The  commissioner  may
  appoint  such  officers,  employees,  agents,  consultants  and  special
  committees as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of  this
  article and prescribe their duties.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-B - Division for Small-Business › 135 - Assistance of Other Agencies.

§  135. Assistance of other agencies. 1. To effectuate the purposes of
  this  article,  the  commissioner  may  request  from  any   department,
  division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or from
  any  public  corporation  or  district,  and  the same are authorized to
  provide, such assistance, services and data as will  enable  the  office
  properly to carry out its functions, powers and duties hereunder.
2.  On or before July first, two thousand twenty-one, and on or before
  such date annually thereafter, every state agency and  public  authority
  shall  provide  to  the  department  of  economic  development a list of
  programs, including a description of each of such programs,  offered  by
  such  state  agency or public authority to assist small businesses doing
  business  within  this  state  and  the  contact  information  for  such
  programs.  Such  program  information  provided  to the department shall
  include employment level requirements or business industry or  ownership
  requirements  of  the  business  and  will be categorized as such by the
  department of economic development.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-C - Procurement Opportunities Newsletter › 140 - Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§  140.  Legislative  findings and declaration. The legislature hereby
  finds and declares that it is the policy of the state  to  conserve  and
  protect  state  revenues  through the efficient and prudent use of state
  funds  in  state  procurement  contracts.  It  further  finds  that  the
  operation of an efficient procurement information system is an effective
  tool  in  the economic development of the state. To promote this policy,
  it is in the best interest of the state to create a central  information
  source that will alert businesses to new opportunities to participate in
  state  procurement  activities.  To  accomplish  these  public purposes,
  public notice of state procurement contracts shall be given  by  regular
  publication  of  a  compilation  of  the  state's  needs  for  goods and
  services.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-C - Procurement Opportunities Newsletter › 141 - Definitions.

§  141.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this article, the following
  terms shall have the following meanings as indicated:
1. "Agency"  shall  mean  any  agency,  department,   board,   bureau,
  commission  a  majority  of whose members are appointed by the governor,
  division, office, council, committee, or officer of the  state,  or  the
  state  university of New York or the city university of New York, or any
  public benefit corporation or public  authority,  a  majority  of  whose
  members  are  appointed by the governor. Such term shall not include the
  legislature.
2. "Foreign business enterprise" shall  mean  a  business  enterprise,
  including  a  sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation, which had
  offered for sale, lease or other form of exchange, goods sought  by  the
  agency and substantially produced outside of New York state, or services
  sought by the agency and substantially performed outside New York state.
3.  "Procurement  contract"  shall  mean any written agreement entered
  into  by  an  agency  for  the  acquisition  of  goods,   services,   or
  construction  of  any  kind  in  the actual or estimated amount of fifty
  thousand dollars or more. The term does not  include  an  agreement  for
  employment in the civil service.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-C - Procurement Opportunities Newsletter › 143 - Responsibilities of Other Agencies.

§  143.  Responsibilities  of other agencies. 1. Prior to awarding any
  procurement contract, each  agency  shall  submit  to  the  commissioner
  information   sufficient   to  enable  publication  of  the  notices  of
  procurement contract  opportunities  described  in  subdivision  two  of
  section one hundred forty-two of this article. Such information shall be
  submitted  to  the commissioner in sufficient time to allow a minimum of
  fifteen business days between publication of such notice and the date on
  which a bid or proposal  is  due,  except  where  a  shorter  period  is
  specifically authorized by law.
2.  No  agency shall award a procurement contract unless a notice of a
  procurement contract opportunity as  described  in  subdivision  two  of
  section  one hundred forty-two of this article has been published in the
  procurement opportunities newsletter or unless such procurement contract
  is exempt from the requirements  of  this  article  in  accordance  with
  section one hundred forty-four of this article.
3.  At  the  time  the  agency  determination  of  intent  to  award a
  procurement  contract  is  made,  each  agency  shall  submit   to   the
  commissioner  for inclusion in the procurement opportunities newsletter,
  (a) for procurement contracts let by the invitation for bid process, the
  result of the bid opening including the names of bidding firms  and  the
  amounts  bid  by  each; (b) for procurement contracts let by the request
  for proposal process, the names of firms submitting  proposals  and  the
  proposal  selected  as  the  best  value  offer;  and  (c) for all other
  procurement contracts, the name of the proposed awardee.
4. At the time an agency enters into a contract with a single or  sole
  source provider pursuant to section one hundred sixty-three of the state
  finance  law,  for  an  amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars, such
  agency shall  submit  an  announcement  of  the  intended  contract  for
  inclusion in the procurement opportunities newsletter, and shall specify
  the recipient of the contract.
5.  At  the  time  an agency enters into a contract, such agency shall
  submit an announcement of the intended contract  for  inclusion  in  the
  procurement  opportunities  newsletter. Such announcement shall identify
  the contract, specify the date of the award of the contract and  provide
  the name of and contact information for each recipient of the contract.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-C - Procurement Opportunities Newsletter › 145 - Study and Report.

§  145.  Study  and  report. The state procurement council established
  pursuant to section one hundred sixty-one of the state finance  law,  in
  consultation  with  the  council  on  contracting  agencies  established
  pursuant to executive order  4.125  dated  May  twenty-second,  nineteen
  hundred  eighty-nine,  shall  study  and  report by September first, two
  thousand nine to the governor, the legislature and the director  of  the
  budget  with recommendations on implementation of a statewide electronic
  procurement opportunity notification system, including, but not  limited
  to:
1.  plans  and  a timetable for further integration of existing agency
  systems of bidder registration and procurement opportunity  notification
  with  the  procurement  opportunities newsletter established pursuant to
  this article;
2. electronic submission of bids and proposals; auctions  and  reverse
  auctions; electronic availability of plans and specifications;
3.  feasibility  of  using  open standards software applications for a
  statewide electronic procurement opportunity notification system;
4. costs and funding models for  a  statewide  electronic  procurement
  opportunity notification system;
5.  additional information to be included to increase the transparency
  and utility of the system, including without limitation, notices by  the
  comptroller of progress payments made to prime contractors, and minority
  and  women-owned  business  enterprises  utilization  plans  and waivers
  granted pursuant to article fifteen-A of the executive law.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 4-C - Procurement Opportunities Newsletter › 146 - Approval of Comptroller.

§  146.  Approval of comptroller. The comptroller shall not approve or
  file any procurement contract for the acquisition of goods  or  services
  in  the  amount  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  or  more unless notice as
  provided in section one hundred forty-two of this  article  shall  first
  have been published in the procurement opportunities newsletter at least
  fifteen  business  days prior to the date on which a bid or proposal was
  due. Provided, however,  such  requirement  of  publication  of  advance
  notice  shall  not apply to contracts exempt from such requirement under
  section one hundred forty-four of this article; provided  further,  that
  the  comptroller shall not be required to disapprove a contract if he or
  she determines that there  has  been  substantial  compliance  with  the
  requirements  of  section  one hundred forty-two and section one hundred
  forty-three of this article. The foregoing provisions  of  this  section
  shall  not  be  construed  to  limit,  in  any  manner, the right of the
  comptroller to demand evidence of adequate  competition  or  such  other
  proofs  as  he  or  she  may  require  in  the  discharge  of his or her
  responsibilities pursuant to section one hundred  twelve  of  the  state
  finance law or any other provision of law.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 5 - New York State Marketing Act › 151 - Statewide Master Plan for Marketing.

§  151.  Statewide  master plan for marketing. 1. The department shall
  formulate and annually re-evaluate a comprehensive five-year master plan
  for the balanced development  and  coordination  of  adequate  marketing
  programs  and  facilities  necessary  to meet the promotional objectives
  enumerated in section one hundred of this chapter.  The  plan  shall  be
  based  upon  elements  including, but not limited to: the identification
  and evaluation of the tourism needs for each region of the state and the
  relation of these findings to the state as a whole;  the  identification
  and  evaluation  of  the  existing  tourism  infrastructure of the state
  including  projection  of  future  needs  related   thereto;   and   the
  identification  and  evaluation of existing tourism promotion activities
  including projection of future needs relating thereto. The plan shall be
  developed in consultation with the  tourism  advisory  council  and  the
  inter-agency tourism task force.
2.  Following  the  initial  enactment of this article, the plan shall
  include a survey and analysis of all marketing efforts, consistent  with
  the  promotional  objectives  enumerated  in section one hundred of this
  chapter, conducted by any agency, subsidiary or department of the state.
  The initial five-year plan must include procedures  to  consolidate  all
  such  marketing  efforts  into  the  marketing  program  operated by the
  department and to expand and apply the "I Love NY" brand  in  accordance
  with this article.
3.  The  department  shall submit such plan to the governor, temporary
  president of  the  senate,  speaker  of  the  assembly  and  appropriate
  committees   in  the  legislature.  Each  such  entity  shall  have  the
  opportunity to review the plan and subsequent re-evaluations in a timely
  manner  as  prescribed  by  the  department  and   send   reports   with
  recommendations   back  to  the  department  for  final  revisions.  The
  department shall consider such recommendations and integrate  them  into
  the final plan and subsequent re-evaluations wherever feasible.
4.  The  department  shall,  on  January  first  next  succeeding  the
  effective  date  of  this  article,  submit  a  new  five-year  plan  in
  accordance with subdivision three of this section.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 5 - New York State Marketing Act › 152 - "I Love Ny" Brand.

§ 152. "I Love NY" brand. 1. The department shall enact guidelines for
  the  use  of  the  brand,  which shall include measures to allow for the
  expansion of the brand to fit niche and thematic marketing efforts. When
  appropriate,  the  brand  shall  be  applied  to  targeted   promotional
  initiatives,  and  shall  be  leased  at  no  cost to any public benefit
  corporation or not-for-profit, New York heritage trail tourism promotion
  agency, convention and visitors bureau or local government.
2. The department shall annually cause to be conducted an analysis  of
  the  effectiveness  of  the  "I  Love  NY"  brand on an ongoing basis as
  determined to be necessary by the department,  but  no  less  than  once
  every five years.
3.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  prohibit  the  department  from
  licensing and leasing the brand to any commercial entity, provided  that
  the appropriate market value for such lease is obtained.
4. Nothing in this article shall prohibit the department from revising
  the  "I Love NY" brand or establishing any number of new and appropriate
  brands, provided that  such  changes  are  supported  by  at  least  one
  independently conducted brand analysis survey.
5. Reporting requirements. The department shall annually, on or before
  February  first,  submit to the governor, the temporary president of the
  senate and the speaker of the assembly, the tourism advisory council and
  the chairs of the senate and assembly standing committees concerned with
  tourism a report on the department's activities related to the  "I  Love
  NY" brand including but not limited to: (a) marketing plan including the
  annual   and  long  term  goals,  specific  plans,  target  regions  and
  performance measures for marketing  campaigns  using  the  "I  Love  NY"
  brand;  (b)  licensing  activity  including  a list of all entities that
  licensed the "I Love NY" brand and the total amount  received  from  all
  licensing  activities; (c) contractual services including a list of each
  entity providing services related to the "I Love NY" brand,  the  amount
  charged,  the  nature  of  the  services  and  the relationship of these
  services to the department's marketing plan; (d) sponsorship  activities
  utilizing  the brand; and (e) an analysis of the effectiveness of the "I
  Love  NY"  brand   based   promotions   in   stimulating   tourism   and
  recommendations for improved utilization of the brand.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 5 - New York State Marketing Act › 153 - Explore New York State Grant Program.

§  153.  Explore New York state grant program. 1. The department shall
  create a new grant program designed to encourage an integrated  thematic
  approach  to tourism promotion. The program shall provide state matching
  funds  to  eligible  entities  not  to  exceed  fifty  thousand  dollars
  annually.  Eligible  entities  shall  include two or more counties, or a
  series or collection  of  thematically  related  entities,  choosing  to
  market  multiple,  thematically related assets or activities in a single
  marketing campaign. The commissioner is directed to establish guidelines
  and an application process.
2. The New York state tourism advisory council shall  review  requests
  for proposals and will recommend project applications deemed to meet the
  intent of the program to the department.
3.  Grantees  will report semiannually to the department on activities
  and progress of the grant. The department shall report annually pursuant
  to subdivision three of section one hundred fifty-one of  this  article.
  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  prohibit  any county, or any entities
  within the counties of the state from receiving  multiple  grants  under
  the  program  in  a  single year provided that they are for separate and
  distinct marketing campaigns.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 5 - New York State Marketing Act › 154 - State Marketing Internet Website.

§  154.  State  marketing  internet  website.  1. The department shall
maintain an  internet  website  designed  to  facilitate  the  marketing
purposes in this article.
2.  The  internet  website shall contain a design that facilitates the
promotional objectives required by article five-a of  this  chapter  and
this article.
3. The internet website shall also contain an area accessible, free of
charge, to tourism promotion agencies, conventions and business bureaus,
local   governments,  and  any  private,  not-for-profit  or  commercial
business domiciled in  New  York  state,  which  contains  directly,  or
maintains active links to, the data, including but not limited to:
(a)  labor  statistics  maintained by the New York state department of
labor;
(b) tax receipt data maintained by the New York  state  department  of
taxation and finance;
(c)  a  monthly summary of tourism industry statistics maintained by a
national tourism association known as the Tourism Industry  Association,
Inc.;
(d)  all  reports  and  data required to be produced and maintained by
this section; and
(e) any other data deemed appropriate.
4. The department shall cause to be produced annually  an  independent
study   analyzing   the  effectiveness  of  the  internet  website.  The
department shall submit the study in accordance with the  provisions  of
subdivision three of section one hundred fifty-one of this article.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 5-A - New York State Tourist Promotion Act › 160 - Legislative Findings and Objectives.

§  160.  Legislative  findings  and objectives. The legislature hereby
  finds  and  declares  that  the  promotion,   attraction,   stimulation,
  development  and  expansion of tourist travel, resort, vacation, culture
  and convention activities are vital and necessary concerns of the people
  of this state, since such activities  form  an  important  part  of  its
  economy.  Therefore,  it is hereby determined that a program authorizing
  matching funds and assistance to  tourist  promotion  agencies  for  the
  planning  and  promotion  of programs designed to stimulate and increase
  the volume  of  such  tourist  travel,  resort,  vacation,  culture  and
  convention  activities  within  our  state  will strengthen its economy,
  increase employment of our citizens and promote the general  welfare  of
  the people.