N.Y. Executive Law § 899: Comprehensive grant information

* § 899. Comprehensive grant information. 1. The office shall request

such specific information as the director determines to be necessary

concerning assistance programs and grants administered by federal,

state, and local agencies designed to enhance the revitalization of

distressed urban areas. Such information shall be provided, upon

request, to local agencies for the purpose of maximizing the

coordination of program and grant participation by such agencies.

2. Not later than March first, nineteen hundred eighty, the office

shall report to the governor and the legislature upon the availability

of grants, financial assistance and technical assistance for the

purposes of the revitalization of distressed urban areas. Such report

shall comment upon the adequacy of current methods for the dissemination

of information to local agencies and governmental units and shall

contain recommendations for the improvement of the dissemination of such

information.

3. Any applicant, located in distressed urban areas, for program

grants to improve the physical or economic condition of such areas may

confer with the office to obtain assistance in the prompt and efficient

processing and review of application.

4. The office shall, so far as possible, render such assistance; and

the director may designate an officer or employee of the office to act

as an expeditor for the purpose of:

(a) Facilitating contacts for the applicant with state, federal or

local agencies responsible for processing and reviewing grant

applications;

(b) Arranging conferences to clarify the interest and requirements of

any such agency with respect to grant applications;

(c) Considering with the agencies the feasibility of consolidating

hearings and data required of the applicant;

(d) Assisting the applicant in the resolution of outstanding issues

identified by the agencies, including delays experienced in application

review; and

(e) Coordinating federal, state, and local grant application review

actions and assistance programs to the extent practicable.

* NB Expired March 31, 1985