 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7870
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 11, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ALVAREZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting  "the  bodega
          act of 2025"
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  "the bodega act of 2025".
     3    §  2.  Section  837-a  of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     5    10. Establish a program to  provide  grants  to  businesses  primarily
     6  engaged  in  retailing  a  limited  line of groceries, including but not
     7  limited to bodegas, convenience stores or food marts, except those oper-
     8  ating fuel pumps, for the purpose  of  preventing  crimes  against  such
     9  businesses  including for the installation of panic buttons and surveil-
    10  lance equipment.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11235-01-5
Enacts "the bodega act of 2025"

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