N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 330: Matching grant program

§ 330. Matching grant program. 1. Subject to the availability of

funds, a matching grant program is hereby established to effectuate the

purposes of the program. Grants to applicants, other than a county

agricultural and farmland protection board, shall not exceed

seventy-five percent of the costs of preparing or implementing a

farmland viability plan or portion thereof. Grants to county

agricultural and farmland protection boards for implementation of an

approved agricultural protection plan shall not exceed fifty percent of

the cost of implementing such plan or portion thereof.

2. Project grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis through a

request for proposal process which shall set forth the standards for the

selection process, the required project proposal format, costs eligible

for funding, project implementation, reporting requirements, and such

other provisions as the commissioner may deem necessary or beneficial in

implementing the program.