A 5613: Establishes an "operation SNUG" program within the division of criminal justice services which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5613 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN, TAPIA, SHIMSKY, HYNDMAN, ROZIC, STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing an opera- tion SNUG program which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y 2 to read as follows: 3 § 837-y. Operation SNUG program. 1. There is hereby established within 4 the division an operation SNUG program. The operation SNUG program shall 5 provide grant awards to local governments and/or community-based organ- 6 izations who provide programs and services including but not limited to, 7 educational, youth justice, gang prevention, social work and street 8 outreach that aim to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence. The 9 governor shall include an annual appropriation of at least thirty 10 million dollars in the executive budget for the division to support 11 operation SNUG program grants in accordance with this section. 12 2. There shall be no less than five million dollars annually made 13 available from any appropriation made in accordance with subdivision one 14 of this section to support operation SNUG program awards designated by 15 the senate. Notwithstanding section twenty-four of the state finance 16 law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds made available to the 17 senate in accordance with this section shall be allocated only pursuant 18 to a plan: (a) approved by the temporary president of the senate and 19 the director of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of 20 grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for 21 allocating such appropriation; and (b) which is thereafter included in a 22 senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04014-01-5 
 A. 5613 2 1 resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected 2 to the senate upon a roll call vote. 3 3. There shall be no less than five million dollars annually made 4 available from any appropriation made in accordance with subdivision one 5 of this section to support operation SNUG program awards designated by 6 the assembly. Notwithstanding section twenty-four of the state finance 7 law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds made available to the 8 assembly in accordance with this section shall be allocated only pursu- 9 ant to a plan: (a) approved by the speaker of the assembly and the 10 director of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of gran- 11 tees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for 12 allocating such appropriation; and (b) which is thereafter included in 13 an assembly resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which 14 resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to 15 the assembly upon a roll call vote. 16 4. Pursuant to a plan prepared by the commissioner and approved by the 17 director of the budget, no less than twenty million dollars annually 18 shall be made available and awarded to grantees providing services in 19 counties throughout the state; provided, however, that such plan shall 20 provide an annual award in a dollar amount no less than that provided in 21 the following sub-schedule: 22 Sub-schedule 23 Albany County .................... 1,000,000 24 Dutchess County .................... 400,000 25 Erie County ...................... 1,250,000 26 Monroe County ...................... 800,000 27 Nassau County ...................... 500,000 28 Niagara County ..................... 250,000 29 Oneida County ...................... 250,000 30 Onondaga County .................... 750,000 31 Orange County ...................... 250,000 32 Rensselaer County .................. 500,000 33 Rockland County .................... 250,000 34 Schenectady County ................. 250,000 35 Suffolk County ..................... 500,000 36 Ulster County ...................... 250,000 37 Westchester County ............... 1,500,000 38 New York City (Bronx County) ..... 1,500,000 39 New York City (Kings County) ..... 1,500,000 40 New York City (New York County) .. 1,300,000 41 New York City (Queens County) .... 1,500,000 42 New York City (Richmond County) .... 500,000 43 -------------- 44 Total of sub-schedule ......... 15,000,000 45 The commissioner may use at least five million dollars annually to 46 increase funding provided to counties listed in the sub-schedule or 47 expand operation SNUG programs and services to additional counties 48 throughout the state. 49 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 50 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 51 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 52 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 53 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.