A 11573

                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11573
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
                               June 3, 2026
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 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Cities
 AN  ACT  to amend the New York city charter, in relation to construction
   and mentoring programs
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section 1. Subdivision b of section 1309 of the New York city charter,
 as  added  by  chapter  604  of  the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. Any agency may establish a mentoring program for  small  businesses
 [in  the]  THAT  PERFORM construction [trades] OR ARCHITECTURAL OR ENGI-
 NEERING SERVICES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments to subdivision b of section 1309 of the New York city charter made
 by  section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section
 and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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