Bill Text: NY A06673 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-5)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-16 - reported referred to ways and means [A06673 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06673-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6673

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 28, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. STIRPE, JONES, SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI, THIELE, DICK-
          ENS, SAYEGH, BRAUNSTEIN, L. ROSENTHAL, SIMON, GUNTHER,  DAVILA,  FAHY,
          JACOBSON,   LUNSFORD,   McDONOUGH,   BRABENEC,   J. A. GIGLIO,  TAGUE,
          J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Economic
          Development

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

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

     1    Section  1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall develop,
     2  establish and implement a public awareness campaign promoting businesses
     3  located in New York state and encouraging individuals and businesses  to
     4  purchase products and services from such businesses, with an emphasis on
     5  the need to shop at and support local small businesses as defined pursu-
     6  ant  to section 131 of the economic development law, as well as the need
     7  to shop at and support local downtown areas.
     8    2. The campaign shall include an internet website  providing  informa-
     9  tion  on  businesses  located  in  New  York  state  and their available
    10  products and services including a Buy New York Online Networking  Direc-
    11  tory.  The  owner of any business located and operated in this state may
    12  apply to the empire state development corporation to  have  his  or  her
    13  business  included  on  such directory. The directory shall include, but
    14  not be limited to, participating businesses' names,  addresses,  contact
    15  information,   including  telephone  number,  fax,  e-mail  and  website
    16  address, products or services offered with a brief description, and  any
    17  additional information, including history, hours and dates of operation,
    18  and  number  of employees. The names of businesses participating in such
    19  directory shall be organized by specific categories based on the various
    20  goods or services that such business provides. Such directory  shall  be
    21  searchable  by  such  specific categories including, but not limited to,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  small businesses as defined pursuant to  section  131  of  the  economic
     2  development  law.  Such directory shall also include a search capability
     3  to allow for participating businesses to be searched by the products  or
     4  services they offer.
     5    3. The public awareness campaign shall be made available to the public
     6  by  any  means deemed appropriate by the empire state development corpo-
     7  ration including, but not limited to, internet, radio, and print  adver-
     8  tising  such as brochures, billboards and posters. The campaign may also
     9  identify and recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors
    10  to promote this message.
    11    4. The campaign shall begin no later than January 1, 2025. The  empire
    12  state  development  corporation  shall  prepare  an annual report to the
    13  governor and the legislature on or before December first of each year on
    14  the public awareness campaign,  including:  (a)  actions  taken  by  the
    15  empire  state  development corporation to carry out the public awareness
    16  campaign and (b) an assessment of the necessary appropriations  for  the
    17  empire  state  development corporation to meet the needs of the campaign
    18  in the next fiscal year.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.