New York S 8711: Includes certain companies engaging in hospitality or tourism which primarily promote the sale, marketing, production, harvesting, or use of certain agricultural products in the excelsior jobs program

Status: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (as of 2026-05-05)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 8711

Sponsors: Michelle Hinchey

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S08711 Summary:

BILL NOS08711 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09063

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §353, Ec Dev L

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Includes certain companies engaging in hospitality or tourism which primarily promote the sale, marketing, production, harvesting, or use of certain agricultural products or food or drinks in the excelsior jobs program.

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

04/29/20261ST REPORT CAL.875

05/04/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/05/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8711

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
 opment and Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to including
 certain companies engaging in hospitality or tourism which primarily
 promote the sale, marketing, production, harvesting, or use of certain
 agricultural products or food or drinks in the excelsior jobs program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (n) and (o) of subdivision 1 of section 353 of
 2 the economic development law, paragraph (n) as amended and paragraph (o)
 3 as added by section 2 of subpart A of part H of chapter 59 of the laws
 4 of 2025, are amended and a new paragraph (p) is added to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (n) as a Green CHIPS project; [or]
 7 (o) as a company operating in one of the industries listed in para-
 8 graphs (a) through (k) of this subdivision and engaging in a semiconduc-
 9 tor supply chain project as defined in section three hundred fifty-two
 10 of this article[.]; or
 11 (p) as a company operating in the industry listed in paragraph (e) of
 12 this subdivision and engaging in hospitality or tourism which primarily
 13 promotes the sale, marketing, production, harvesting, or use of the
 14 agricultural product or any product designed for food or drink manufac-
 15 tured or prepared onsite principally from an agricultural product.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13628-02-5

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