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Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies

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Introduced Feb 5, 2025

Latest action (May 11, 2026) ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.443

Summary

This bill amends New York law relating to industrial development agencies. The bill increases the maximum number of board members from seven to nine and adds a legal definition of "labor organization." The bill requires that industrial development agency boards include at least one representative of a local labor organization and either a school district superintendent or a school board representative. The bill also updates language to use gender-neutral pronouns and titles. The changes take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law.

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Official abstract

Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies and the definition of labor organization.

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2 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (20)

  1. Feb 5, 2025 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
  2. May 20, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.1149 · upper
  3. May 21, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. May 22, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. May 29, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
  6. May 29, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  7. May 29, 2025 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS · lower
  8. Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
  9. Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
  10. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
  11. Feb 10, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
  12. Feb 10, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 4464A · upper
  13. Mar 31, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.664 · upper
  14. Apr 1, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  15. Apr 7, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  16. Apr 22, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  17. Apr 22, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  18. Apr 22, 2026 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS · lower
  19. May 11, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A838A · lower
  20. May 11, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.443 · lower

Text versions (3)

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  • S4464 · HTML
  • S4464 · PDF
  • S4464A · PDF

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S04464 Summary: BILL NO S04464A &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A00838-A

&nbsp SPONSOR MAYER &nbsp COSPNSR HINCHEY, SKOUFIS &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §§854 & 856, Gen Muni L &nbsp Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies and the definition of labor organization.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

4464--A

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

February 5, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sens. MAYER, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the organiza- tion of industrial development agencies and the definition of labor organization

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Section 854 of the general municipal law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 22 to read as follows: 3 (22) "Labor organization"--shall mean any organization which exists 4 and is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective 5 bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or 6 conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection and which 7 is not a company union. 8 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 856 of the general municipal law, as 9 amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 2. (a) An agency shall be a corporate governmental agency, constitut- 12 ing a public benefit corporation. Except as otherwise provided by 13 special act of the legislature, an agency shall consist of not less than 14 three nor more than [ seven ] nine members who shall be appointed by the 15 governing body of each municipality and who shall serve at the pleasure 16 of the appointing authority. 17 (b) Such members may include representatives of local government[ , 18 school boards, organized labor ] and business , and shall at least include 19 a representative of a local labor organization and either a school 20 district superintendent or a representative of a school board . A member 21 shall continue to hold office until [ his ] their successor is appointed

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03309-04-6

S. 4464--A 2

1 and has qualified. The governing body of each municipality shall desig- 2 nate the first [ chairman ] chairperson and file with the secretary of 3 state a certificate of appointment or reappointment of any member. Such 4 members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be 5 entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, 6 incurred in the discharge of their duties. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 8 it shall have become a law.

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