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NY S00995

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Rolison

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates a Municipal Senior Center Capital Support Program within the Office for the Aging to help municipalities purchase vehicles for transporting senior citizens to qualifying events

  • Provides grants of up to $100,000 per municipality for the acquisition of buses or transportation-related equipment with a useful life of at least five years

  • Appropriates $3,000,000 from the general fund to the Office for the Aging to implement the program

  • Prohibits grant funds from being used as matching funds or local share for other state programs or to leverage additional state aid

  • Requires the Office for the Aging director to develop an application process, list of approved equipment, and criteria for fund disbursement

Legislative Description

Establishes a municipal senior center capital support program in the office for the aging to assist municipalities in accessing capital funds necessary for the purchase of senior buses; directs the director of the office for the aging to develop an application and establish criteria for the disbursement of grants to eligible municipalities for the purpose of procuring senior buses; makes an appropriation.

Last Action

REFERRED TO FINANCE

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance1/7/2026
Rules5/20/2025
Finance1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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