New York A 8783: Authorizes agencies to procure goods, services and construction from special veteran emerging business enterprises

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A08783 Summary:

BILL NOA08783 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08233

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §311, NYC Chart

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Authorizes agencies to procure goods, services and construction from special veteran emerging business enterprises; defines special veteran emerging business enterprises.

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BILL NOA08783 

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06/04/2025referred to cities

01/07/2026referred to cities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8783

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- (at request of the Depart-
 ment of Veterans' Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Cities

 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to opportunities
 for special veteran emerging business enterprises

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 3 of subdivision i of section 311 of the
 2 New York city charter, paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 110 of the laws
 3 of 2024 and paragraph 3 as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2022,
 4 are amended to read as follows:
 5 1. agencies may make procurements of goods, services and construction
 6 for amounts not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars from
 7 businesses certified as minority or women-owned business enterprises
 8 pursuant to section thirteen hundred four of the charter and from
 9 special veteran emerging business enterprises without a formal compet-
 10 itive process.
 11 3. the rule or rules promulgated to implement paragraph one of this
 12 subdivision shall provide that the city shall, commencing on the first
 13 of October of the first full calendar year following the adoption of
 14 such rule or rules, submit an annual report to the governor and the
 15 state legislature of the total number and total dollar value of procure-
 16 ments of goods and services for amounts not exceeding the dollar amount
 17 threshold for making procurements without a formal competitive process
 18 as established by rule pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision
 19 from:
 20 (i) businesses certified as minority or women-owned business enter-
 21 prises pursuant to section thirteen hundred four of the charter;
 22 (ii) special veteran emerging business enterprises;
 23 (iii) all other businesses; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13241-01-5

 A. 8783 2

 1 [(iii)] (iv) information about the number of businesses certified as
 2 minority or women-owned business enterprises pursuant to section thir-
 3 teen hundred four of this charter or special veteran emerging business
 4 enterprises that are able to perform the specific type and scale of work
 5 involved in each procurement.
 6 § 2. Subdivision i of section 311 of the New York city charter is
 7 amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
 8 4. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "special veteran emerg-
 9 ing business enterprise" means a business enterprise that is a certified
 10 service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprise as defined in subdi-
 11 vision one of section forty of the veterans' services law and that is
 12 certified as an emerging business enterprise pursuant to section thir-
 13 teen hundred four of the charter.
 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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