{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-agriculture-markets-law-261","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Agriculture \u0026 Markets Law § 261","heading":"Powers and duties of department","body":"§ 261. Powers and duties of department. The department shall:\n  1. perform necessary activities to encourage the development and\nimprovement of farmers' markets throughout New York state;\n  2. provide technical assistance to any public or private agency for\nthe planning, financing or development of a farmers' market, which\nmarket may include facilities for first-instance processing, shipping,\nstorage, and direct sales of farm and food products on a retail or\nwholesale basis;\n  3. provide grants, from amounts appropriated, for state assistance to\nfarmers' markets, as provided under section two hundred sixty-two of\nthis article;\n  4. collect, compile and publish economic information on farmers'\nmarkets in the state;\n  5. establish working relationships with interested individuals and\norganizations and cooperative extensions for the purposes of this\narticle; and\n  6. compile listings of available funding resources for the development\nand/or improvement of farmers' markets within the state. The department\nshall periodically advise municipal corporations, regional market\nauthorities, public benefit corporations, not-for-profit corporations\nand agricultural cooperatives organized pursuant to the cooperative\ncorporations law as to the availability of such information and shall\nprovide such listings upon request.","path":["Agriculture \u0026 Markets Law","Article 22. Farmers' Markets"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/AGM/261","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"f06da7d2ce93b4f2a8faa585ab96a8fa5fb339fd35cfb0c7b3770a1480a44f4c","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-agriculture-markets-law-260","next":"us-ny/n.y.-agriculture-markets-law-262"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}