New York A 8096: Enacts the "New York Determining Obligations and Guaranteeing Enforcement (DOGE) in Government Contracting Act"

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A08096 Summary:

BILL NOA08096 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLasher

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COSPNSRLee

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 28 §500, Ec Dev L

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Directs the department of economic development, in conjunction with the empire state development corporation, to review all contracts entered into or overseen or enforced by the department of economic development and/or the empire state development corporation relating to the leasing of state-owned premises to private parties for the production, manufacture and/or development of solar shingle products, electric vehicle charging networks, advanced driver-assistance systems, and/or supercomputer hardware and to identify and eliminate fraud, abuse or waste by private parties.

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BILL NOA08096 

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04/30/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8096

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to enacting
 the "New York Determining Obligations and Guaranteeing Enforcement
 (DOGE) in Government Contracting Act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York Determining Obligations and Guaranteeing Enforcement
 3 (DOGE) in Government Contracting Act".
 4 § 2. The economic development law is amended by adding a new article
 5 28 to read as follows:

 6 ARTICLE 28
 7 DETERMINING OBLIGATIONS AND GUARANTEEING ENFORCEMENT IN GOVERNMENT
 8 CONTRACTING

 9 Section 500. Determining obligations and guaranteeing enforcement in
 10 government contracting.
 11 § 500. Determining obligations and guaranteeing enforcement in govern-
 12 ment contracting. 1. The department, in conjunction with the empire
 13 state development corporation, is hereby directed to review all
 14 contracts entered into or overseen or enforced by the department of
 15 economic development and/or the empire state development corporation
 16 relating to the leasing of state-owned premises to private parties for
 17 the production, manufacture and/or development of solar shingle
 18 products, electric vehicle charging networks, advanced driver-assistance
 19 systems, and/or supercomputer hardware.
 20 2. In reviewing such contracts, the department shall identify and stop
 21 waste, fraud, and abuse committed by private parties to the contracts in
 22 order to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity. In addition,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11472-02-5

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 1 the department shall analyze and determine whether private parties to
 2 such contracts:
 3 (a) employ sufficient persons within the state;
 4 (b) pay sufficient rent for the use of leased premises within the
 5 state;
 6 (c) locate and invest in sufficient resources within the state,
 7 including but not limited to supercomputers;
 8 (d) invest sufficiently in job training programs within the state; and
 9 (e) operate sufficient retail locations within the state.
 10 3. Within sixty days of the effective date of this section, the
 11 department shall deliver a report documenting its review of such
 12 contracts to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 13 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the
 14 minority leader of the assembly. The report shall identify and attach
 15 the reviewed contracts, be supported with documents and data, and for
 16 each contract:
 17 (a) identify waste, fraud and abuse committed by private parties to
 18 the contract;
 19 (b) state actions the department intends to take to remedy identified
 20 waste, fraud, and abuse committed by private parties to the contract;
 21 (c) determine whether private parties to the contract meet benchmarks
 22 set forth in the contract as to the factors