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Requires the department of environmental conservation, in coordination with NYSERDA, to submit an annual agency climate expenditure report containing a comprehensive estimate and summary of funds needed and funds spent to achieve the state climate goals.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8917
SPONSOR: Epstein
 
PURPOSE:
This bill would require websites and mobile applications for EBT systems
to be made available in over 100 languages.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends section 21-a adding subdivision 3:
(a)any website or mobile app for EBT systems shall be made available in
over 100 languages
(b)any website or mobile app for EBT systems shall provide translation
of any document made available for viewing in the app or website to over
100 languages
Effective Date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
New York is one of the most diverse states in the world and inhabits
speakers of over 800 languages. Roughly 5.5 million New Yorkers do not
speak English as their first language. Many of those who receive EBT
benefits are included in that 5.5 Million.
To ensure all New Yorkers have access to government services Governor
Hochul signed New York States Language access policy into law. In the
spirit of this law we must ensure those who struggle with food insecuri-
ty have access to all EBT systems can offer.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8917
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, LEVENBERG, GIBBS, REYES, SIMON, COLTON,
OTIS, CUNNINGHAM, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring the department of environmental conservation, in coordi-
nation with the New York state energy research and development author-
ity, to submit an annual agency climate expenditure report
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 75-0121 to read as follows:
3 § 75-0121. Agency climate expenditure reporting.
4 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms
5 shall have the following meanings:
6 (a) "Agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission, divi-
7 sion, office, or committee of the state, or state authority.
8 (b) "State authority" shall mean a public authority or public benefit
9 corporation created by or existing under the public authorities law, or
10 any other law of the state of New York, with one or more of its members
11 appointed by the governor or who serve as members by virtue of holding a
12 civil office of the state, other than an interstate or international
13 authority or public benefit corporation, including subsidiaries of such
14 public authority or public benefit corporation.
15 (c) "State climate goals" means the goals and requirements as set
16 forth in chapter one hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen.
17 2. Annual agency climate expenditure report. The department, in coor-
18 dination with the New York state energy research and development author-
19 ity shall submit to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker
20 of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority
21 leader of the assembly, as early as practicable, but no later than Janu-
22 ary thirtieth of each year, an annual agency climate expenditure report.
23 Such report shall contain a comprehensive estimate and summary of spend-
24 ing, to achieve the state climate goals for each individual agency and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 for the state as a whole, broken down for each individual climate goal
2 including:
3 (a) amounts of funds spent in the prior fiscal year;
4 (b) funds needed for the upcoming fiscal year; and
5 (c) an analysis of how the use of such funds under paragraphs (a) and
6 (b) of this subdivision have met or are projected to meet requirements
7 for benefiting disadvantaged communities under section 75-0111 of this
8 article, and under the criteria established pursuant to such section.
9 3. Achievement of state climate goals. Upon a determination by the
10 council that any specific state climate goal set forth in section
11 75-0107 of this article, the targets as defined in subdivision two of
12 section sixty-six-p of the public service law, or the procurement
13 requirements of subdivision five of section sixty-six-p of the public
14 service law have been met, such information shall no longer be required
15 to be included in future annual agency climate expenditure reports
16 submitted pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of February following one
18 year after which it shall have become a law.