New York A 8990: Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses by private businesses operating in state-funded bldgs

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A08990 Summary:

BILL NOA08990A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08284-B

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 16-B §§340 - 343, Exec L

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Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses in state-funded construction projects; directs the empire state development corporation, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to create rules and regulations for private businesses operating in buildings constructed using state funding to have certain employment goals and living wage requirements, annual minority and women-owned business enterprise, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business, small business and microbusiness utilization goals for maintenance and operations spending, and a community grant program; directs the state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to establish a post-construction compliance review board; provides penalties for noncompliance.

Go to top A08990 Actions:

BILL NOA08990A

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08/13/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

04/24/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

04/24/2026print number 8990a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8990--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the utilization of
 minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veter-
 an-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses by private
 businesses operating in buildings and other structures that were
 constructed using state funding

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 16-B
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 16-B
 4 MWBE, SDVOB, SMALL BUSINESS AND MICROBUSINESS UTILIZATION
 5 FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES OPERATING IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED
 6 WITH STATE FUNDING
 7 Section 340. Definitions.
 8 341. State division of post-construction commitments and compli-
 9 ance.
 10 342. Post-construction compliance review board.
 11 343. Penalties for non-compliance.
 12 § 340. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
 13 have the following meanings:
 14 1. "Minority-owned business enterprise" shall mean a business enter-
 15 prise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability
 16 company or corporation that is:
 17 (a) at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more minority group
 18 members;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13270-07-6

 A. 8990--A 2

 1 (b) an enterprise in which such minority ownership is real, substan-
 2 tial and continuing;
 3 (c) an enterprise in which such minority ownership has and exercises
 4 the authority to control independently the day-to-day business decisions
 5 of the enterprise;
 6 (d) an enterprise authorized to do business in this state and inde-
 7 pendently owned and operated;
 8 (e) an enterprise owned by an individual or individuals, whose owner-
 9 ship, control and operation are relied upon for certification, with a
 10 personal net worth that does not exceed fifteen million dollars, and
 11 such other amount as the director shall set forth in regulations, as
 12 adjusted annually on the first of January for inflation according to the
 13 consumer price index of the previous year; and
 14 (f) an enterprise that is a small business pursuant to subdivision
 15 four of this section.
 16 2. "Women-owned business enterprise" shall mean a business enterprise,
 17 includin