New York S 9678: Adds employee-owned enterprises to the list of preferred contractors for public contracts in the state

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S09678 Summary:

BILL NOS09678 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBASKIN

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Amd §§160 & 162, St Fin L

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Adds employee-owned enterprises and worker cooperatives to the list of preferred contractors for public contracts in the state; authorizes such enterprises and cooperatives to make certain purchases from centralized contracts for commodities, subject to conditions of the office of general services; authorizes the comptroller to conduct certain audits of employee-owned enterprises and worker cooperatives.

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BILL NOS09678 

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04/01/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9678

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to adding employee-
 owned enterprises to the list of preferred contractors for public
 contracts in the state

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of section 160 of the state
 2 finance law are renumbered subdivisions 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, and a new
 3 subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
 4 6. "Employee-owned enterprise" shall have the same meaning as defined
 5 by section eighteen hundred thirty-six-b of the public authorities law.
 6 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 162 of the state finance law is amended
 7 by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
 8 g. Commodities and services produced by an employee-owned enterprise
 9 or a worker cooperative incorporated under the laws of this state and
 10 governed by article five-A of the cooperative corporations law.
 11 § 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a and the opening paragraph of
 12 paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 162 of the state finance law, as
 13 amended by chapter 565 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 (iii) When commodities are available, in the form, function and utili-
 16 ty required by, a state agency or political subdivision or public bene-
 17 fit corporation having their own purchasing agency, and such commodities
 18 are not available pursuant to subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this para-
 19 graph, said commodities shall then be purchased from a qualified non-
 20 profit-making agency for other disabled persons, a qualified special
 21 employment program for mentally ill persons, [or] a qualified veterans'
 22 entity, or a qualified employee-owned enterprise or worker cooperative;
 23 provided, however, the preferred source shall perform fifty percent or
 24 more of the work;
 25 When services are available, in the form, function and utility
 26 required by, a state agency or political subdivision or public benefit
 27 corporation having their own purchasing agency, equal priority shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02465-01-5

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 1 accorded the services rendered and offered for sale by qualified non-
 2 profit-making agencies for the blind and those for the other disabled,
 3 by qualified special employment programs for mentally ill persons [and],
 4 by qualified veterans' entities, and by qualified employee-owned enter-
 5 prises or worker cooperatives; provided, however, the preferred source
 6 shall perform fifty percent or more of the work. In the case of
 7 services:
 8 § 4. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a and the opening paragraph of
 9 paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 162 of the state finance law, as
 10 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as follows:
 11 (iii) When commodities are available, in the form, function and utili-
 12 ty required by, a state agency or political subdivision or public bene-
 13 fit corporation having their own purchasing agency, and such commodities
 14 are not available pursuant to subparagraphs (i) a