New York Laws
Title 9-A - Green Jobs-Green New York Program
1894 - Competitive Grants for Outreach, Enrollment and Related Services.

(a) target communities in areas where energy costs are particularly
high in relation to a measure of median household income as determined
by the authority; or which have been designated as a nonattainment area
for one or more pollutants pursuant to section 107 of the federal Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. section 4207);
(b) give preference in awards to applicants that include significant
participation by minority and women owned business enterprises and/or to
applications to serve economically distressed communities;
(c) ensure that the awards as a whole reflect the geographic diversity
of the state; and
(d) award a sufficient number of grants to make it possible to fully
commit the resources allocated during the initial phase of the program.
3. (a) The authority is authorized to consult with the department of
public service, the division of housing and community renewal, the
department of labor and the department of environmental conservation, as
appropriate, in making any determinations contemplated by this section.
(b) The authority shall consult with representatives of businesses who
provide home heating oil, propane and other petroleum-based heating
products to develop innovative financing mechanisms for energy
efficiency retrofits.
(c) The authority shall consult with the division of housing and
community renewal and the council established pursuant to section
eighteen hundred ninety-eight of this title to develop strategies to
mitigate any adverse economic impact of the program on tenants,
including but not limited to residents of in rent-regulated housing or
recipients of housing subsidies.
4. Any organization using funding provided under the program for
marketing or other outreach activities shall not commingle such
marketing or outreach activities with any other advocacy or policy
promotion efforts.