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A02805 Summary:
BILL NO | A02805 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S03804 |
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SPONSOR | Thiele |
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COSPNSR | Rivera, Hyndman, Bichotte |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Rpld & add Art 9 §§210 - 212, amd §100, Ec Dev L; amd §591-a, Lab L | |
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Establishes entrepreneurship assistance centers to provide assistance to primarily minority group members, women, individuals with a disability and dislocated workers and veterans; requires the department of economic development to establish criteria and designation of such centers; sets forth requirements for each center. |
A02805 Actions:
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01/23/2017 | referred to small business | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/02/2017 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2017 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/18/2017 | advanced to third reading cal.396 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2017 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2017 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2017 | REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | ordered to third reading cal.224 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/19/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/19/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/19/2018 | REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S3804 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | 3RD READING CAL.1828 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/26/2018 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/07/2018 | signed chap.398 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/07/2018 | approval memo.8 |
A02805 Committee Votes:
Thiele | Aye | DiPietro | Excused | ||||||
Rivera | Aye | Lalor | Aye | ||||||
Skartados | Aye | Murray | Aye | ||||||
Gjonaj | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Pichardo | Aye | ||||||||
Woerner | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte | Excused | ||||||||
Barron | Aye | ||||||||
Richardson | Excused | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Excused | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Jones | Aye | ||||||||
Farrell | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Walter | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Hooper | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Moya | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Excused | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
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A02805 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Abinanti
ER
Curran
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Paulin
ER
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barron
ER
Dickens
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Thiele
ER
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
ER
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Walker
ER
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jones
ER
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buchwald
ER
Finch
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walter
Yes
Butler
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
No
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Galef
ER
Kim
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Carroll
ER
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Castorina
ER
Garbarino
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Niou
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
ER
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Norris
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
ER
Mayer
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Harris
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
ER
McDonough
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titone
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titus
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Walker
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Barron
ER
Dickens
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
ER
Walter
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Buchwald
No
Fitzpatrick
No
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Sepulveda
Yes
Butler
No
Friend
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cahill
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
ER
Skartados
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A02805 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2805 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, RIVERA, HYNDMAN, BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Small Business AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establish- ing entrepreneurship assistance centers; to amend the economic devel- opment law and the labor law, in relation to making technical corrections relating thereto; and to repeal article 9 of the economic development law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 9 of the economic development law is REPEALED and a 2 new article 9 is added to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 9 4 ENTREPRENEURSHIP ASSISTANCE CENTERS 5 Section 210. Definitions. 6 211. Entrepreneurship assistance centers. 7 212. Reporting. 8 § 210. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms, 9 unless the context indicates otherwise, shall have the following mean- 10 ings: 11 1. "Entrepreneurship assistance centers" shall mean the business 12 development centers which provide assistance to primarily minority group 13 members, women, individuals with a disability, dislocated workers and 14 veterans as established by the department pursuant to section two 15 hundred eleven of this article. 16 2. "Disability" shall mean, with respect to an individual: 17 (a) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or 18 more of the major life activities of such individual; 19 (b) a record of such an impairment; or 20 (c) being regarded as having an impairment. 21 3. "Minority business enterprise" shall mean any business enterprise 22 which is at least fifty-one per centum owned by, or in the case of a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08418-01-7A. 2805 2 1 publicly owned business at least fifty-one per centum of the stock of 2 which is owned by, citizens or permanent resident aliens who are Black, 3 Hispanic, Asian or American Indian, Pacific Islander or Alaskan Native 4 where such ownership interest is real, substantial and continuing and 5 where such persons have the authority to independently control the day- 6 to-day business decisions of the entity. 7 4. "Minority group member" shall mean a United States citizen or 8 permanent resident alien who is and can demonstrate membership in one of 9 the following groups: 10 (a) Black persons having origins in any of the Black African racial 11 groups not of Hispanic origin; 12 (b) Hispanic persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, 13 Central or South American descent of either Indian or Hispanic origin, 14 regardless of race; 15 (c) Asian and Pacific Islander persons having origins in the Far East, 16 Southeast Asia, the Indian sub-continent or the Pacific Islands; or 17 (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native persons having origins in any of 18 the original peoples of North America. 19 5. "Women-owned business enterprise" shall mean any business enter- 20 prise which is at least fifty-one per centum owned by, or in the case of 21 a publicly owned business at least fifty-one per centum of the stock of 22 which is owned by, citizens or permanent resident aliens who are women 23 where such ownership interest is real, substantial and continuing and 24 where such persons have the authority to independently control the day- 25 to-day business decisions of the entity. 26 6. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in and who has received an 27 honorable or general discharge from, the United States army, navy, air 28 force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves thereof, and/or in the army 29 national guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or New York naval 30 militia. 31 § 211. Entrepreneurship assistance centers. 1. The department shall 32 establish and support, within available appropriations, entrepreneurship 33 assistance centers at career education agencies and not-for-profit 34 corporations including, but not limited to, local development corpo- 35 rations, chambers of commerce, community-based business outreach centers 36 and other community-based organizations. The purpose of such centers 37 shall be to train minority group members, women, individuals with a 38 disability, dislocated workers and veterans in the principles and prac- 39 tice of entrepreneurship in order to prepare such persons to pursue 40 self-employment opportunities and to pursue a minority business enter- 41 prise or a women-owned business enterprise. Such centers shall provide 42 for training in all aspects of business development and small business 43 management as defined by the commissioner. For purposes of this section, 44 "career education agency" shall mean a community college or board of 45 cooperative educational services operating within the state. 46 2. The department shall establish criteria for selection and desig- 47 nation of such centers which shall include, but not be limited to: 48 (a) the level of support for the center from local post-secondary 49 education institutions, businesses, and government; 50 (b) the level of financial assistance provided at the local and feder- 51 al level to support the operations of the center; 52 (c) the applicant's understanding of program goals and objectives 53 articulated by the department; 54 (d) the plans of the center to supplement state and local funding 55 through fees for services which may be based on a sliding scale based on 56 ability to pay;A. 2805 3 1 (e) the need for and anticipated impact of the center on the community 2 in which it will function; 3 (f) the quality of the proposed work plan and staff of the center; and 4 (g) the extent of economic distress in the area to be served. 5 3. Application for grants made pursuant to this section shall be made 6 in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department. Such applica- 7 tion shall include, but shall not be limited to: 8 (a) a description of the training programs available within the 9 geographic area to be served by the center to which eligible clients may 10 be referred; 11 (b) designation of a program director; 12 (c) plans for providing ongoing technical assistance to program gradu- 13 ates, including linkages with providers of other entrepreneurial assist- 14 ance programs and with providers of small business technical assistance 15 and services; 16 (d) a program budget, including matching funds, in-kind and otherwise, 17 to be provided by the applicant; and 18 (e) such other requirements as deemed necessary by the department. 19 4. Each center shall: 20 (a) be operated by a board of directors representing community leaders 21 in business, education, finance and government; 22 (b) be incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation; 23 (c) be located in an area accessible to eligible clients; 24 (d) establish an advisory group of community business experts, at 25 least one-half of whom shall be representative of the clientele to be 26 served by the center, which shall constitute a support network to 27 provide counseling and mentoring services to minority group members, 28 women, individuals with a disability, dislocated workers and veterans 29 from the concept stage of development through the first one to two years 30 of existence on a regular basis and as needed thereafter; and 31 (e) establish a referral system and linkages to existing area small 32 business assistance programs and financing sources. 33 5. Each entrepreneurship assistance center shall provide needed 34 services to eligible clients, including, but not limited to: 35 (a) orientation and screening of prospective entrepreneurs; 36 (b) analysis of business concepts and technical feasibility; 37 (c) market analysis; 38 (d) management analysis and counseling; 39 (e) business planning and financial planning assistance; 40 (f) referrals to financial resources; 41 (g) referral to existing educational programs for training in such 42 areas as marketing, accounting and other such training programs as may 43 be necessary and available; and 44 (h) referral to business incubator facilities, where appropriate, for 45 the purpose of entering into agreements to access shared support 46 services. 47 6. Grants made pursuant to this section shall be subject to the 48 following limitations: 49 (a) no grant shall be made to any one or any consortium of career 50 education agencies and not-for-profit corporations in excess of seven- 51 ty-five thousand dollars; and 52 (b) each grant shall be disbursed for payment of the cost of services 53 and expenses of the program director, the instructors of the participat- 54 ing career education agency or not-for-profit corporation, the faculty 55 and support personnel thereof and any other person in the service of 56 providing instruction and counseling in furtherance of the program.A. 2805 4 1 § 212. Reporting. The department shall: 2 1. Monitor the performance of each entrepreneurial assistance center 3 and require quarterly and annual reports from each entrepreneurial 4 assistance center at such time and in such a manner as prescribed by the 5 commissioner. 6 2. Evaluate the entrepreneurial assistance centers established under 7 this article and report quarterly and annually, on or before January 8 first, two thousand eighteen, and on or before each January first there- 9 after, and submit the results of such evaluation to the governor and the 10 legislature. Such report shall discuss the extent to which the centers 11 serve minority group members, women, individuals with a disability, 12 dislocated workers and veterans; the extent to which the training 13 program is coordinated with other assistance programs targeted to small 14 and new businesses; the ability of such program to leverage other sourc- 15 es of funding and support; and the success of the program in aiding 16 entrepreneurs to start up new businesses, including the number of new 17 business start-ups resulting from the program. Such report shall recom- 18 mend changes and improvements in the training program and in the quality 19 of supplemental technical assistance offered to graduates of the train- 20 ing programs. Such reports shall be made available to the public on the 21 department's website. 22 3. Submit to the director of the division of the budget, the chair- 23 person of the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the assem- 24 bly ways and means committee an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 25 programs established under this article prepared by an entity independ- 26 ent of the department. Such evaluation shall be submitted by January 27 first, two thousand nineteen and by January first every year thereafter. 28 4. Between evaluation due dates, maintain the necessary records and 29 data required to satisfy such evaluation requirements and to satisfy 30 information requests received from the director of the budget, the 31 chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the 32 assembly ways and means committee between such evaluation due dates. 33 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 37-b of section 100 of the economic 34 development law, as added by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005, is amended 35 to read as follows: 36 (c) Subdivision two of section two hundred [thirteen] twelve of this 37 chapter, submitting the results of the annual evaluation of the entre- 38 preneurial assistance programs established under article nine of this 39 chapter. 40 § 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 41 591-a of the labor law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 57 42 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 43 (iii) are participating in self-employment assistance activities 44 approved by the department and by the department of economic development 45 which include but need not be limited to entrepreneurial training, busi- 46 ness counseling, and technical assistance, including financing assist- 47 ance for qualified individuals as appropriate, offered by entrepreneur- 48 ship [support] assistance centers established pursuant to section two 49 hundred [twelve] eleven of the economic development law, state universi- 50 ty of New York small business development centers, programs offered by 51 community-based organizations, local development corporations, and 52 boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) as established pursu- 53 ant to section one thousand nine hundred fifty of the education law; 54 and, unless otherwise required by federal law or regulation, no individ- 55 ual shall be prohibited from or disqualified from eligibility for the 56 program if prior to applying for the program, an individual has printedA. 2805 5 1 business cards or has a website that is designed but not active, and 2 neither are being used to solicit or conduct business; 3 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend- 4 ments to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 5 591-a of the labor law made by section three of this act shall not 6 affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed to repeal there- 7 with.