New York A 4351: Relates to awards of certain contracts to small businesses or businesses certified under article 15-A of the executive law

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A04351 Summary:

BILL NOA04351 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04366

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1678, Pub Auth L

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Relates to awards of certain contracts to small businesses or businesses certified under article 15-A of the executive law.

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BILL NOA04351 

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02/04/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4351

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the award of
 certain contracts to small businesses and/or businesses certified
 under article 15-A of the executive law; and providing for the repeal
 of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1678 of the public authorities law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
 3 33. (a) To award contracts, notwithstanding any other provision of law
 4 to the contrary, for the procurement of goods or services from small
 5 businesses and/or businesses certified under article fifteen-A of the
 6 executive law in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.
 7 (b) Procurements made pursuant to this subdivision shall be governed
 8 by the authority's procurement policy and guidelines adopted pursuant to
 9 section twenty-eight hundred seventy-nine of this chapter. Such guide-
 10 lines shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a competitive process
 11 that provides opportunity and access to procurements, pursuant to which
 12 contracts may be awarded to small businesses and/or businesses certified
 13 under article fifteen-A of the executive law; (ii) provide a benchmark
 14 of amounts paid under contracts awarded under this subdivision against
 15 amounts paid under other authority contracts for like goods or services;
 16 and (iii) require an annual assessment of the effectiveness of such
 17 procedures in helping the authority achieve the authority's goals estab-
 18 lished pursuant to article fifteen-A of the executive law for partic-
 19 ipation by minority and women-owned enterprises. Such annual assessment
 20 may be included within the authority's annual report required by this
 21 article and shall be submitted to the governor, the temporary president
 22 of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the
 23 senate and the minority leader of the assembly.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05660-01-5

 A. 4351 2

 1 (c) The total value of contracts awarded pursuant to this subdivision
 2 shall not exceed two percent of the value of all contracts offered in
 3 any fiscal year of the authority; provided, however, the total amount
 4 available for award pursuant to this section shall not be less than one
 5 percent of the value of all contracts offered in any fiscal year of the
 6 authority.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire July 1,
 8 2030 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
 9 repealed.

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