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NY S07761
Bill
Status
5/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Griffo
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Central New York Extreme Weather Relief and Resiliency Grant Program (Part A) providing up to $25 million for small businesses, farms, and nonprofits (max $100,000 each), $15 million for residential owners (max $60,000 each), and $25 million for municipalities (max $1 million each) damaged by the July 16, 2024 tornado or winter weather events from January 6 to February 25, 2025
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Creates an additional $10 million municipal grant fund for municipalities and special districts damaged by extreme weather between January 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, with grants up to $1 million per applicant for infrastructure repairs and resilience upgrades
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Expands the Resilient and Ready Program (Part B) with $50 million to provide rapid response home repair grants up to $25,000 per household for emergency repairs and resilient retrofit grants for tornado-resistant roofing, reinforced foundations, storm shelters, and other climate resilience improvements
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Establishes the Central New York Property/Casualty Insurance Resiliency Incentive Program (Part C) encouraging insurers to offer free or reduced-cost loss mitigation tools and requiring insurers to file discounts for installation of storm-resistant features like snow load alarms and tornado-resistant upgrades
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Empire State Development Corporation administers the grant programs with preference given to applicants demonstrating greatest need, and municipalities may issue bonds to finance grants and infrastructure recovery authorized under the act
Legislative Description
Enacts into law components of legislation relating to disaster relief for extreme weather events in Central New York, long-term climate resilience property improvements, and insurance discounts for climate mitigation efforts; establishes the central New York extreme weather relief and resiliency grant program to provide grants to certain persons and entities that suffered damage from covered events (Part A); expands and strengthens the resilient and ready program by providing grants to homeowners impacted by extreme weather events and providing grants for long-term climate resilience improvements for snow and tornado-related weather hazards (Part B); establishes the central New York property/casualty insurance resiliency incentive program to facilitate property/casualty insurance discounts for mitigation efforts (Part C).
Last Action
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1/7/2026