The Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act today reported out of the Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry. By a vote of 25-0, all committee members voted in support of ARIA.
This marks the third time that the Assembly Committee on Economic Development provided unanimous support for ARIA. Lead by Chairman, and ARIA sponsor, Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-Kenmore), the committee has rallied around the ARIA initiative as a vital mechanism toward establishing a thriving economy in New York.
“There is no doubt that Mr. Schimminger, and all the members of this committee, are ardent supporters of ARIA,” said Jason Kramer, Executive Director of NYSHEI. “On behalf of all public and private, academic and research libraries, I am most grateful to Mr. Schimminger for his stalwart efforts.”
The Economic Development committee vote marks the first action taken on ARIA since the December veto of Governor David Paterson. During 2009, ARIA gained the unanimous, bipartisan support of both the Assembly and the Senate, only to fall before the veto pen of the Governor who cited the state’s deep fiscal and budgetary crisis as reason for the veto.
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