What's happening
This bill restores state aid payments to municipalities with video lottery gaming facilities to 2008-2009 levels.
Why it matters
Restoring Aid Means More Local Funding. By raising aid payments to 2008-2009 levels, municipalities hosting video lottery gaming facilities will receive more state funds, potentially reversing years of cuts and enabling increased local investment in services, infrastructure, or tax relief.
Direct Impact on City Budgets. Cities like Yonkers, specifically mentioned in the bill, stand to receive significant funding boosts. This can help close budget gaps, stabilize municipal finances, and possibly prevent layoffs or service reductions.
Retroactive Application. The aid increase is retroactive to April 1, 2013, meaning municipalities could receive back payments or adjustments for several previous fiscal years, creating an immediate and potentially substantial fiscal impact.
Policy Shift on Gambling Revenue Sharing. The bill represents a change in state policy by prioritizing local government shares of gambling-related revenues. This could be significant for debates about local compensation for hosting gaming facilities and may set a precedent for future revenue-sharing arrangements.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6099
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to returning the aid to localities payments for eligible municipalities in which video lottery gaming facilities are located to the 2008-2009 state fiscal year levels; and to amend chapter 53 of the laws of 2013, enacting the Aid to Localities budget, in relation to payments of aid to eligible municipalities in which video lottery gaming facilities are located
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 54-l of the state finance law, as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. Within the amounts appropriated therefor, eligible municipalities shall receive an amount equal to [seventy percent of] the state aid payment received in the state fiscal year commencing April first, two thousand eight from an appropriation for aid to municipalities with video lottery gaming facilities.
§ 2. That part, entitled "Miscellaneous -- All state departments and agencies -- Local Government Assistance", of section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2013 entitled "Aid to Localities budget", is amended by adding thereto the items hereinbelow set forth in italics and is amended by deleting therefrom the items hereinbelow set forth in brackets as follows:
MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
AID TO LOCALITIES 2013-14
For payment according to the following schedule:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08015-01-9
A. 6099 2
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... [826,336,217] 87,073,000
832,591,954
Fiduciary Funds .................... 30,000,000 0
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All Funds ........................ [856,336,217] 87,073,000
862,591,954
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AID TO MUNICIPALITIES WITH VIDEO LOTTERY GAMING FACILITIES
........................................... [27,245,917] 33,501,654
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account
For payment of aid to the city of Yonkers as
an eligible city in which a video lottery
gaming facility is located pursuant to
section 54-l of the state finance law. The
amount appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for payment to the city pursuant to
section 54-l of the state finance law no
earlier than April 1, 2014 and no later
than June 30, 2014 on audit and warrant of
the state comptroller notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary including
any contrary provision of section 40 or
section 54-l of the state finance law. Such payment shall constitute complete
liquidation of the state's obligation to
the city under section 54-l of the state
finance law for the state fiscal year
commencing on April 1, 2014 ... 19,600,000 For payment of aid to eligible munici-
palities in which a video lottery gaming
facility is located pursuant to section
54-l of the state finance law. Notwith-
standing any provision of law to the
contrary, such municipalities shall
receive aid in an amount equal to 55
percent of the aid which such munici-
palities received [in the state fiscal
year] commencing [April 1, 2008] January
1, 2013 pursuant to section 54-l of the
state finance law ............ [7,645,917] 13,901,654
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§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2013.
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