Assembly Bill A826

                             
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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to campaign contribution limitations for entities doing busi-
   ness with the city under the city campaign finance act

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision  18 of section 3-702 of the
 administrative code of the city of New York, as  amended  by  local  law
 number  72 of the city of New York for the year 2017, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. The term "business dealings with the city" shall mean  (i)  one  or
 more  contracts (other than an emergency contract or a contract procured
 through publicly-advertised competitive sealed bidding)  with  a  single
 person  or entity for the procurement of goods, services or construction
 that are in effect or  that  were  entered  into  within  the  preceding
 twelve-month  period  with  the city of New York or any agency or entity
 affiliated with the city of New York and have a total value at or  above
 $100,000,  or,  with  respect to contracts for construction, at or above
 $500,000, and shall include any contract for  the  underwriting  of  the
 debt of the city of New York or any agency or entity affiliated with the
 city of New York and the retention of any bond counsel, disclosure coun-
 sel or underwriter's counsel in connection therewith; or (ii) any acqui-
 sition  or  disposition of real property (other than a public auction or
 competitive sealed bid transaction or the acquisition of property pursu-
 ant to the department of environmental protection watershed land  acqui-
 sition program) with the city of New York or any agency or entity affil-
 iated  with  the city of New York; or (iii) any application for approval
 sought from the city of New York pursuant to the provisions  of  section
 195 of the charter, any application for approval sought from the city of

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

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 New  York  that has been certified pursuant to the provisions of section
 197-c of the charter, and any application for a  zoning  text  amendment
 that  has  been  certified  pursuant  to  section  201  of  the charter;
 provided,  however,  that  for  purposes of this clause, with respect to
 section 195 an applicant shall include the lessor of an office  building
 or  office  space,  and with respect to section 197-c an applicant shall
 include a designated developer or sponsor of a project for which a  city
 agency  or  local development corporation is the applicant and provided,
 further, however, that owner-occupants of  one,  two  and  three  family
 homes  shall  not  be  considered applicants pursuant to this clause; or
 (iv) one or more concessions (other than a  concession  awarded  through
 publicly-advertised  competitive  sealed  bid) or one or more franchises
 with a single person or entity that are in effect or that  were  entered
 into  within the preceding twelve-month period from the city of New York
 or any agency or entity affiliated with the city of New York which  have
 a  total estimated annual value at or above $100,000; or (v) one or more
 grants made to a single person or entity that are in effect or that were
 entered into within the preceding twelve-month period that have a  total
 value  at  or  above $100,000, received from the city of New York or any
 agency or entity affiliated with the city  of  New  York;  or  (vi)  any
 economic  development  agreement entered into or in effect with the city
 of New York or any agency or entity affiliated  with  the  city  of  New
 York; or (vii) any contract for the investment of pension funds, includ-
 ing  investments  in a private equity firm and contracts with investment
 related consultants. In addition, for purposes of this chapter a  lobby-
 ist  as  defined  in  section  3-211 of this title shall be deemed to be
 engaged in business dealings with the city of New York during all  peri-
 ods  covered  by  a registration statement. For purposes of clauses (i),
 (iv) and (v) of this subdivision, all contracts, concessions, franchises
 and grants that are $5,000 or less in value shall be excluded  from  any
 calculation  as to whether a contract, concession, franchise or grant is
 a business dealing with the city; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH EXCLUSION
 SHALL NOT APPLY TO CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES WHICH ARE RENDERED PURSUANT TO
 A RETAINER AGREEMENT OR ON A CONTINGENCY BASIS THAT MAY  EXCEED  $5,000.
 For  purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this subdivision, the depart-
 ment of city planning, in consultation with the  board,  may  promulgate
 rules to require the submission by applicants to the city of information
 necessary  to  implement the requirements of subdivisions 1-a and 1-b of
 section 3-703 of this chapter as they relate to clauses (ii)  and  (iii)
 of THIS paragraph [(a) of this subdivision] for purposes of inclusion in
 the  doing  business  database established pursuant to subdivision 20 of
 this section. For purposes of this subdivision, "agency or entity affil-
 iated with the city of New York" shall mean the city school district  of
 the  city  of  New  York and any public authority, public benefit corpo-
 ration or not for  profit  corporation,  the  majority  of  whose  board
 members  are  officials of the city of New York or are appointed by such
 officials.  The department of housing preservation and development shall
 promulgate rules setting forth which categories of actions, transactions
 and agreements providing affordable housing shall and shall not  consti-
 tute  business  dealings  with the city of New York for purposes of this
 subdivision. The department  shall  consider  the  significance  of  the
 affordable  housing  program  and the degree of discretion by city offi-
 cials in determining which actions, transactions  and  agreements  shall
 and  shall  not  constitute  such business dealings. Notwithstanding any
 provision of this subdivision, a  housing  assistance  payment  contract
 between a landlord and the department of housing preservation and devel-
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 opment  or the New York city housing authority relating to the provision
 of rent subsidies pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act
 of 1937, 42 USC 1437 et., seq., shall not constitute  business  dealings
 with the city of New York for the purposes of this subdivision.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.