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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6017: Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act"

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 6017 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act". Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1360
  5. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  7. REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source