A 4333: Provides that $1,600,000 of any funds from gaming devices located within the county of Niagara shall be transferred to the Niagara county industrial development agency for use to fund downtown economic development initiatives within the city of Niagara Falls.
The bill aims to allocate funds to support downtown economic development initiatives in the city of Niagara Falls. It will transfer one million six hundred thousand dollars from the state's gaming revenue to the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency. The transferred funds can be used for specific purposes, including: rehabilitating buildings installing signage training existing or new employees in industry-related techniques installing industry-related machinery These funds cannot be used for general city obligations and responsibilities. The bill takes effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to racing and wagering |
| Feb. 04, 2025 | referred to racing and wagering |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4333 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Niagara The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 99-h of the state finance law, as added by section 2 3 of part B of chapter 383 of the laws of 2001, is amended by adding a 3 new subdivision 3-b to read as follows: 4 3-b. One million six hundred thousand dollars of any funds actually 5 received by the state pursuant to subdivision two of this section, after 6 transfer to the general fund, shall be transferred to the Niagara county 7 industrial development agency for use to fund downtown economic develop- 8 ment initiatives within the city of Niagara Falls including, but not 9 limited to, the rehabilitation of buildings, installation of signage, 10 training of existing or new employees in techniques related to their 11 industry, and installation of appropriate industry related machinery, 12 but shall not include general obligations and responsibilities tradi- 13 tionally provided by the city of Niagara Falls. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01629-01-5