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Senate bill · S10285 (2025-26)

Enacts the "New York state buy American cement act"

New York State Senate

Same as A11668, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Latest action Sep 2, 2026

Sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (State Senator, District 56, Democratic/Working Families)

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From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 21, 2026. About our data

Summary

Enacts the "New York state buy American cement act" to require the use of American materials when soliciting for a contract for the purchase of cement by any department or agency of the state, municipality, public authority and the commissioner of transportation.

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Amends the State Finance Law.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1 establishes the short title, "New York State Buy American Cement Act" § 2 Amends state finance law by adding a new section 162-b that author- izes any department or agency procuring cement to award contracts to responsible and reliable bidders of cement produced in the United States. § 3 Amends general municipal law by adding a new section 104-e that authorizes any department or agency procuring cement to award contracts to responsible and reliable bidders of cement produced in the United States. § 4 Amends the public authorities law by adding a new section 2877-b that authorizes any public authority procuring cement to award contracts to responsible and reliable bidders of cement produced in the United States. § 5 Amends highway law by adding a new section 12-b that authorizes the commissioner of transportation to award contracts to responsible and reliable bidders of cement produced in the United States when procuring cement. § 6 Severability § 7 Establishes the effective date

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Governmental Operations · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Procurement And Contracts · New York State Senate.

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The sponsor's argument

Why Jeremy Cooney says this is needed

Cement manufacturing in New York has a long history of providing good jobs and high-quality reliable materials for communities across our state and the country; beginning with the boom of Rosendale natural cement from Ulster County in the 1800's and continuing today with the impressive Ravena Cement Plant in the Hudson Valley, which contributes hundreds of millions to the local economy. Recognizing the enduring importance of job creation and economic vitali- ty for not only New York State, but the United States as a whole, our State should prioritize reinvesting our financial resources into compa- nies that support bettering the quality of Americans' lives through buying American products, like cement produced in the United States. New York has previously encouraged and prioritized American made products with recent examples of materials including rock salt in 2022 and steel in 2017. Though buying cement produced in the United States doesn't always mean New York products will be chosen, this policy will still help to support the economic well-being of our country as a whole which supports the betterment of New York lives.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. Sep 2, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

  2. May 11, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

    NY Senate

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