NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10518A
SPONSOR: Rules (Bronson) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 698 of the laws of 1991 amending the public
authorities law and the education law, relating to the construction and
financing of facilities by the dormitory authority for private schools
approved pursuant to article 89 of the education law, in relation to
including Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc.
PURPOSE:
The bill will allow the Mary Cariola Children's Center and Mary Cariola
Foundation to be added to the list of entities that are eligible for New
York State Dormitory Authority financing.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends section 6 of chapter 698 of 1991 relating to the
construction and financing of facilities by the dormitory authority for
private schools pursuant to article 89 of the educations law.
Section 2. Amends section 7 of chapter 689 of 1991 relating to the
construction and financing of by the dormitory authority for private
schools pursuant to article 89 of the education law.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Mary Cariola Children's Center is an independent non-profit agency
with two school campuses and six residences that serves hundreds of
individuals with disabilities and their families in the Rochester
region. Each residential home provides a family environment where resi-
dents receive twenty-four-hour care. The Mary Cariola Children's Center
schools provide preschool, school age and transition services for chil-
dren and youth with complex cognitive, physical, social, and behavioral
needs, at no cost to families. The Center provides vital services the
Rochester region. This bill will allow them to apply for New York Dormi-
tory Authority financing.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10518--A
IN ASSEMBLY
May 30, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bronson) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 698 of the laws of 1991 amending the public
authorities law and the education law, relating to the construction
and financing of facilities by the dormitory authority for private
schools approved pursuant to article 89 of the education law, in
relation to including Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 698 of the laws of 1991, amending the
2 public authorities law and the education law, relating to the
3 construction and financing of facilities by the dormitory authority for
4 private schools approved pursuant to article 89 of the education law, as
5 amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
6 follows:
7 § 6. The following private not-for-profit schools shall be eligible
8 private not-for-profit schools for purposes of title 4 of article 8 of
9 the public authorities law:
10 Anderson School, also known as The Anderson School, Staatsburg-on-Hud-
11 son, New York
12 The Astor Learning Center, Rhinebeck, New York
13 The Astor Home for Children, Rhinebeck, New York
14 The Devereux Foundation, Red Hook, New York
15 Gateway Youth and Family Services, Williamsville, New York
16 Green Chimneys School for Little Folk, A Corporation, also known as
17 Green Chimneys School For Little Folk, Brewster, New York
18 Harmony Heights, Inc., Oyster Bay, New York
19 Harmony Heights School, Oyster Bay, New York
20 The Lake Grove School, Lake Grove, New York
21 Lutheran Social Services of Upper New York, Jamestown, New York
22 Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc., Rochester, New York
23 McQuade Children's Service, New Windsor, New York,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 The Nassau Order For the Developmentally Disabled, Inc., also known as
2 The Nassau Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc., Woodbury, New
3 York
4 NYSARC, Inc., Erie County Chapter, Cheektowaga, New York
5 Upstate Home for Children Inc., Oneonta, New York
6 Vanderheyden Hall, Inc., Wynantskill, New York
7 Windham Lawn Home for Children, also known as, Wyndham Lawn Home for
8 Children, Inc., Lockport, New York.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
