STATE OF NEW YORK
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6573
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the timely
payment of not-for-profit organizations pursuant to procurement
contracts with the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "get nonprofits paid act".
3 § 2. Section 332 of the New York city charter is amended by adding two
4 new subdivisions c and d to read as follows:
5 c. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary,
6 payments pursuant to contracts with not-for-profit organizations shall
7 be made promptly in accordance with the terms of such contracts and
8 within thirty days, excluding legal holidays, from the execution and
9 filing of such contract with the comptroller.
10 d. The payment time frames set forth in subdivision c of this section
11 may be waived if the city comptroller can provide the not-for-profit
12 contractor with a non-interest bearing short-term loan through the
13 returnable grant fund or other financial institution; or in execution of
14 emergency measures whenever the mayor, pursuant to section 3-104 of the
15 administrative code of the city of New York, declares that a state of
16 emergency exists. Any not-for-profit organization receiving a loan under
17 this subdivision shall be ineligible to receive interest and shall be
18 ineligible to receive advance payments on such contract.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect three years after it shall have become
20 a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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