Directs the department of economic development, in conjunction with the empire state development corporation, to review all contracts entered into or overseen or enforced by the department of economic development and/or the empire state development corporation relating to the leasing of state-owned premises to private parties for the production, manufacture and/or development of solar shingle products, electric vehicle charging networks, advanced driver-assistance systems, and/or supercomputer hardware and to identify and eliminate fraud, abuse or waste by private parties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8096
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to enacting
the "New York Determining Obligations and Guaranteeing Enforcement
(DOGE) in Government Contracting Act"
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 "New York Determining Obligations and Guaranteeing Enforcement
3 (DOGE) in Government Contracting Act".
4 § 2. The economic development law is amended by adding a new article
5 28 to read as follows:
6 ARTICLE 28
7 DETERMINING OBLIGATIONS AND GUARANTEEING ENFORCEMENT IN GOVERNMENT
8 CONTRACTING
9 Section 500. Determining obligations and guaranteeing enforcement in
10 government contracting.
11 § 500. Determining obligations and guaranteeing enforcement in govern-
12 ment contracting. 1. The department, in conjunction with the empire
13 state development corporation, is hereby directed to review all
14 contracts entered into or overseen or enforced by the department of
15 economic development and/or the empire state development corporation
16 relating to the leasing of state-owned premises to private parties for
17 the production, manufacture and/or development of solar shingle
18 products, electric vehicle charging networks, advanced driver-assistance
19 systems, and/or supercomputer hardware.
20 2. In reviewing such contracts, the department shall identify and stop
21 waste, fraud, and abuse committed by private parties to the contracts in
22 order to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity. In addition,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the department shall analyze and determine whether private parties to
2 such contracts:
3 (a) employ sufficient persons within the state;
4 (b) pay sufficient rent for the use of leased premises within the
5 state;
6 (c) locate and invest in sufficient resources within the state,
7 including but not limited to supercomputers;
8 (d) invest sufficiently in job training programs within the state; and
9 (e) operate sufficient retail locations within the state.
10 3. Within sixty days of the effective date of this section, the
11 department shall deliver a report documenting its review of such
12 contracts to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
13 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the
14 minority leader of the assembly. The report shall identify and attach
15 the reviewed contracts, be supported with documents and data, and for
16 each contract:
17 (a) identify waste, fraud and abuse committed by private parties to
18 the contract;
19 (b) state actions the department intends to take to remedy identified
20 waste, fraud, and abuse committed by private parties to the contract;
21 (c) determine whether private parties to the contract meet benchmarks
22 set forth in the contract as to the factors delineated in subdivision
23 two of this section; and
24 (d) state actions the department intends to take to remedy failures of
25 private parties to the contract to meet benchmarks set forth in the
26 contract as to the factors delineated in subdivision two of this
27 section.
28 4. Within ninety days of the effective date of this section, the
29 department shall initiate any remedial action identified in subdivision
30 three of this section, including but not limited to:
31 (a) termination of contracts with private parties that commit waste,
32 fraud, and abuse against the state of New York;
33 (b) levying of fines against private parties pursuant to the terms of
34 contracts;
35 (c) action to claw back monies paid to private parties notwithstanding
36 their breach of contracts; and
37 (d) eviction proceedings against private parties.
38 5. In the event that the department initiates any remedial actions
39 identified in paragraph (c) of subdivision four of this section, any
40 funds saved as a result of such remedial actions shall be reinvested in
41 local workforce development or economic development programs benefitting
42 the impacted community.
43 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
