What's happening
This bill provides grants and flexible financing to help small dry cleaning and nail salons make required equipment and ventilation upgrades.
Why it matters
Targets public health and environmental concerns. by aiding dry cleaners in replacing perchloroethylene (a toxic chemical) machines and adding sprinkler systems, and by helping nail salons upgrade ventilation—potentially reducing exposure to hazardous fumes for workers and customers.
Addresses financial barriers for small businesses. by offering not just grants but also flexible financing (like loan guarantees and revolving loans), which can make expensive code-required upgrades more accessible and achievable for owners with limited capital.
Facilitates compliance with evolving regulations. at federal, state, and local levels, helping small businesses avoid fines or closures related to indoor air quality and fire safety while modernizing their operations.
Coordinates implementation across agencies. (including environmental, health, and development departments), which may improve program effectiveness and ensure that support aligns with both economic and public health goals.
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Help for Small Businesses
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 40
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to small business
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Help for Small Salons, Cleaners
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2241
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. KIM, VANEL, D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Small Business
AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to assistance for certain small businesses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corporation act, is amended by adding a new paragraph (o) to read as follows:
(o) Assistance to small businesses engaged in dry cleaning or appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail specialty to make capital improvements through grants and flexible financing programs, including, but not limited to, loan loss reserve and revolving loan programs, working capital loans, working capital loan guarantees, or other flexible financing programs that leverage traditional financing. Such financial assistance shall be used to assist: (i) dry cleaning businesses for the purchase and installation of non-perchlorethylene machines and sprinkler systems to comply with state and local codes, rules and regulations; and (ii) appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail specialty to make capital improvements and upgrades to mechanical ventilation systems that are necessary to comply with federal, state and local indoor air quality codes, rules and regulations. The corporation, in consultation with the environmental facilities corporation, the department of environmental conservation and the department of health, shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to facilitate and administer such assistance program. For the purposes of this paragraph, "small businesses" shall have the same meaning as defined in section one hundred thirty-one of the economic development law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, the amendments to subdivision one
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03964-01-9
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of section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corporation act, made by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith; provided, further, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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