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NY A08990

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Nily Rozic

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates a State Division of Post-Construction Commitments and Compliance within Empire State Development Corporation to regulate private businesses operating in buildings constructed with $1 million or more in state funding or on state-leased land

  • Establishes mandatory spending goals for operations and maintenance: 15% with minority-owned businesses, 15% with women-owned businesses, 6% with service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, 10% with small businesses, and 5% with microbusinesses

  • Requires non-unionized operating businesses to hire at least 25% of employees from disadvantaged zip codes and provide living wages; unionized workplaces are exempt but subject to oversight of job creation commitments

  • Creates a community grant program funded at 5% of state investment, with grants awarded to nonprofits addressing socio-economic disparities in the municipality where the operating business is located

  • Establishes a 5-member Post-Construction Compliance Review Board with regional representation to grade compliance quarterly, with penalties including withholding state funds, 5-year prohibition on state funding/tax incentives, and liquidated damages for non-compliance

Legislative Description

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.

Last Action

referred to governmental operations

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Governmental Operations8/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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