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A11573 • 2025

Relates to construction and mentoring programs

Relates to construction and mentoring programs

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to construction and mentoring programs

Relates to construction and mentoring programs Relates to construction and mentoring programs; provides that any agency may establish a mentoring program for small businesses that perform construction or architectural or engineering services related to construction.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to construction and mentoring programs Relates to construction and mentoring programs; provides that any agency may establish a mentoring program for small businesses that perform construction or architectural or engineering services related to construction.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES

  2. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 11573A

  3. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CITIES

Official Summary Text

Relates to construction and mentoring programs
Relates to construction and mentoring programs; provides that any agency may establish a mentoring program for small businesses that perform construction or architectural or engineering services related to construction.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          11573

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      June 3, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
          Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Cities

        AN  ACT  to amend the New York city charter, in relation to construction
          and mentoring programs

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision b of section 1309 of the New York city charter,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  604  of  the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    b. Any agency may establish a mentoring program for  small  businesses
     5  [in  the]  THAT  PERFORM construction [trades] OR ARCHITECTURAL OR ENGI-
     6  NEERING SERVICES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
     8  ments to subdivision b of section 1309 of the New York city charter made
     9  by  section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section
    10  and shall be deemed repealed therewith.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16048-01-6