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Assembly Bill A11513

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "bank of New York city act"

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2025-A11513 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Banks
Law Section:
Banking Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, add Art 3-C §§156 - 156-l, Bank L; amd §98, St Fin L; amd §10, Gen Muni L

2025-A11513 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "bank of New York city act" which allows for and establishes the mechanism to establish a municipal public bank in a city with a population of a million or more.

2025-A11513 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11513
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Septimo) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Banks
 
 AN ACT to amend the banking law, the state finance law and  the  general
   municipal law, in relation to enacting the "bank of New York city act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "bank of New York city act".
   §  2.  Legislative intent. 1. It is the intent of the legislature that
 this act (i) authorizes cities having a population  of  one  million  or
 more to form and control a municipal public bank established pursuant to
 article three-C of the banking law, and to loan or grant public funds or
 lend  public  credit  to  such  public  bank  for the public purposes of
 achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting commu-
 nity economic development, and  addressing  infrastructure  and  housing
 needs;  and (ii) codifies the common law interpretation of the constitu-
 tion of the state of New York that cities, counties, and  other  munici-
 palities  may  own  stock  or  other ownership interests in, and lend or
 grant money to,  public  and  private  corporations,  limited  liability
 companies  or  not-for-profit  corporations, so long as such actions are
 pursuant to public purposes.
   2. It is also the intent of the legislature that  a  municipal  public
 bank  established  pursuant  to article three-C of the banking law shall
 partner with local financial institutions, such as credit unions, commu-
 nity development financial institutions, and local community banks,  and
 shall  originate,  participate, and service loans in a manner consistent
 with federally certified community development  financial  institutions,
 prioritizing underserved and economically distressed communities.
   §  3.  Subdivisions 1 and 11 of section 2 of the banking law, subdivi-
 sion 1 as amended by chapter 684 of the laws of 1938 and subdivision  11
 as  amended  by  chapter 154 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Bank. The term, "bank," when used in this chapter, unless a differ-
 ent meaning appears from the context, means any corporation, other  than
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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