Assembly Bill A8169A

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

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  • 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

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2013-A8169 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5928
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §694, Gen Muni L; add §4-120, NYC Ad Cd

2013-A8169 - Summary

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

2013-A8169 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8169

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Housing

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  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  GENERAL  OR SPECIAL STATE OR LOCAL LAW, 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 MUNICIPAL LAW
MAY IMPLEMENT SUCH MEASURES AS ARE APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
EQUAL  PROTECTION  CLAUSE TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL PARTIC-
IPATION 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.
                                                           LBD11754-02-3

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2013-A8169A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5928
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §694, Gen Muni L; add §4-120, NYC Ad Cd

2013-A8169A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A8169A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 8169--A
                                                        Cal. No. 817

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, SEPULVEDA, RODRIGUEZ -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  PERRY -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
  Housing  -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the  Committee  on
  Ways  and  Means -- reported from committee, advanced to a third read-
  ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on  the  order
  of third reading

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.

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