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NY S 8248

in committee

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8248 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8248 is in committee as of 2026-04-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-29): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 8248 about?

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state with an emphasis on small businesses and the need to shop in downtown local areas; requires the creation of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.

Who sponsors NY S 8248?

April Baskin is the primary sponsor of NY S 8248.

Description

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state with an emphasis on small businesses and the need to shop in downtown local areas; requires the creation of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-29 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • April Baskinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-27

    REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-29

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote

    2026-04-29 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • April Baskin: yes
    • George Borrello: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Monica Martinez: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 622not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5239not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8932not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6673not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6668not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3760

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8248?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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