NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources

NYS Grown & Certified is ten years old!

To celebrate, the New York Farm Viability Institute is now accepting applications on a rolling basis through the NYS Grown & Certified Research and Development Grant.

$1.36 million in funding is available, and grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 will be awarded to support Grown & Certified farmers, food processors and distributors in covering the research and development costs needed to launch new NYS Grown & Certified food products, or increase the production and/or distribution of existing NYS Grown & Certified food products.

For more info, visit the link below!

2026 NYS Grown & Certified Research and Development Grant $1.36 million Available for Research and Development of New York State Grown & Certified Food Products The New York Farm Viability Institute is pleased to announce that the 2026 NYS Grown &…

We always want to keep our rural communities informed about how the decisions being made in Albany will impact them.

So, after a whirlwind end to the legislative session this year, we are excited to publish our annual summary of the NYS Budget. It focuses on rural-related policies and spending items enacted this year.

Take a look:

Legislative Commission on Rural Resources Releases 2026-2027 NYS Budget Summary Albany, NY--On Wednesday, June 17, the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources released their fourth annual summary of the New York State Enacted Budget. The annual report offers a summary of rural-related items in the Budget and includes background and analysis across all issues and sectors.

Data centers are resource-intensive and create few long-term jobs compared to the costs of construction and maintenance.

As we have seen their proliferation in other states, it's important to fully consider their environmental and economic impacts while protecting ratepayers and taxpayers here in New York State.

S.9182 (May)/A.10852 (Kelles) would:
-cap subsidies for mid-size data centers at $500,000 per job and ban subsidies outright for large data centers;
-ban the New York Power Authority from offering discounted electricity to large data centers;
-place the Department of Environmental Conservation in charge of all environmental reviews for data centers; and
-mandate an environmental impact statement for any data center located within 10 miles of a federally recognized indigenous nation.

Read more about it here:

NY lawmaker wants to cap or ban tax breaks for data centers Syracuse-area Sen. Rachel May has proposed a bill that would cap tax breaks for mid-sized data centers and ban them for large ones.