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Sponsors
27 Co-sponsors
- Michael J. Fitzpatrick
- Thomas Alfano
- Greg Ball
- William A. Barclay
- Robert Barra
- Phil Boyle
- Daniel Burling
- Nancy Calhoun
- Jane Corwin
- Clifford Crouch
- Janet Duprey
- Joseph Errigo
- Gary Finch
- James Hayes
- Tony Jordan
- Peter Lopez
- David McDonough
- Joel Miller
- Robert Oaks
- Thomas F. O'Mara
- Jack Quinn III
- Andrew Raia
- Bill Reilich
- Joseph Saladino
- Dierdre Scozzafava
- Louis Tobacco
- David Townsend
History
- Referred to ways and means
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A9172
Title of bill
An act to establish a moratorium on disbursement of state monies to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or to any organization related thereto; and providing for the repeal of such provision upon the expiration thereof
Purpose or general idea of bill
To prohibit certain entities from receiving funding under the 2009-10 New York State budget.
Summary of specific provisions
Section details the legislative intent. Section 2 establishes the moratorium on all state monies appropriated by the laws of 2009 from going to ACORN or any related organizations pend- ing investigations by the attorney general and the state comptroller and the reports from those entities to the Governor and the Legislature.
Justification
It is the goal of this legislation to prevent the misuse of the funds of the state due to corruption, abuse and fraud. Recently ACORN has been the focus of numerous scandals ranging from voter fraud to providing advice to individuals on how to break the law. In the wake of these scandals, the United States Senate has overwhelmingly voted to block Housing and Urban Development funding from being distributed to ACORN and the United States Census Bureau has severed ties with the organization. In addition, it has recently been revealed that a princi- pal in ACORN misappropriated about $1 million of ACORN funds. In light of these revelations, the legislature should guard against the potential misuse of state funds until such time as the attorney general and comp- troller can assure the Governor and the Legislature that ACORN has taken sufficient steps to convince them that it can be a qualified and respon- sible contractor.
Prior legislative history
2009: New bill.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2009 amending the public author- ities law relating to establishing the "green jobs-green New York act of 2009"; and amending the state finance law relating establishing the green jobs-green New York fund, as proposed in legislative bills numbers 5.5888 and A.8901, takes effect.
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