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NY S 6957

in committee

Relates to the implementation of a food security, empowerment and economic development program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6957 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6957 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY S 6957 about?

Authorizes the department of health to implement a community food security, empowerment and economic development program (SEED) to help meet the food needs of low-income people and promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm and nutrition issues; provides grants for the cost of program projects which will be available to non-profit organizations and local governments, with limited partnership with for-profit enterprises; makes related provisions.

Who sponsors NY S 6957?

Leroy Comrie is the primary sponsor of NY S 6957, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Authorizes the department of health to implement a community food security, empowerment and economic development program (SEED) to help meet the food needs of low-income people and promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm and nutrition issues; provides grants for the cost of program projects which will be available to non-profit organizations and local governments, with limited partnership with for-profit enterprises; makes related provisions.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Leroy Comrieprimary
  • Rachel Maycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-27

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 3086not in this corpus
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  • Prior session: A 2502not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3442not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5309not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5732not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2741not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7459

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6957?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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