Assembly Bill A8783

                             
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                                   8783
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2025
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 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:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 3 of subdivision i of section 311  of  the
 New York city charter, paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 110 of the laws
 of  2024  and paragraph 3 as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2022,
 are amended to read as follows:
   1. agencies may make procurements of goods, services and  construction
 for amounts not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars from
 businesses  certified  as  minority  or women-owned business enterprises
 pursuant to section thirteen  hundred  four  of  the  charter  AND  FROM
 SPECIAL  VETERAN  EMERGING BUSINESS ENTERPRISES without a formal compet-
 itive process.
   3. the rule or rules promulgated to implement paragraph  one  of  this
 subdivision  shall  provide that the city shall, commencing on the first
 of October of the first full calendar year  following  the  adoption  of
 such  rule  or  rules,  submit  an annual report to the governor and the
 state legislature of the total number and total dollar value of procure-
 ments of goods and services for amounts not exceeding the dollar  amount
 threshold  for  making procurements without a formal competitive process
 as established by rule pursuant to paragraph  one  of  this  subdivision
 from:
   (i)  businesses  certified  as minority or women-owned business enter-
 prises pursuant to section thirteen hundred four of the charter;
   (ii) SPECIAL VETERAN EMERGING BUSINESS ENTERPRISES;
   (III) all other businesses; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   [(iii)] (IV) information about the number of businesses  certified  as
 minority  or  women-owned business enterprises pursuant to section thir-
 teen hundred four of this charter OR SPECIAL VETERAN  EMERGING  BUSINESS
 ENTERPRISES THAT ARE able to perform the specific type and scale of work
 involved in each procurement.
   §  2.  Subdivision  i  of  section 311 of the New York city charter is
 amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
   4. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "SPECIAL VETERAN  EMERG-
 ING BUSINESS ENTERPRISE" MEANS A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT IS A CERTIFIED
 SERVICE-DISABLED  VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AS DEFINED IN SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION FORTY OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW  AND  THAT  IS
 CERTIFIED  AS  AN EMERGING BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURSUANT TO SECTION THIR-
 TEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THE CHARTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.