Senate Bill S5928

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Encourages participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises in housing, urban renewal and urban development action area project contracts

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2013-S5928 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8169
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §694, Gen Muni L; add §4-120, NYC Ad Cd

2013-S5928 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Encourages participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises in housing, urban renewal and urban development action area project contracts.

2013-S5928 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5928 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5928

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             August 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the administrative code of
  the city of New York, in  relation  to  encouraging  participation  by
  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprises  in  housing,  urban
  renewal, and urban development action area projects

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 694 of the general municipal law,
as  amended  by  chapter  486 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Following or in conjunction with the designation of an area or  the
waiver  of  an  area designation pursuant to section six hundred ninety-
three of this article, the agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared,
with provisions which, where  appropriate,  are  expressly  designed  to
encourage and stimulate businesses experienced in the development of one
to  four  family  low-rise residential structures or minority [owned] OR
WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS enterprises in proposed projects, a project summary
for a proposed urban development action area project.
  S 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
adding a new section 4-120 to read as follows:
  S  4-120 MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.  NOTWITHSTAND-
ING ANY PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY  AGENCY  OF
THE  CITY MAKING A LOAN OR DISPOSING OF PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE
HOUSING FINANCE LAW, OR ARTICLE FIFTEEN OR SIXTEEN OF THE GENERAL MUNIC-
IPAL LAW MAY IMPLEMENT SUCH MEASURES AS ARE APPROPRIATE  AND  CONSISTENT
WITH  THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL
PARTICIPATION BY MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11757-01-3


              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.