Senate bill · S6006 (2025-26)

Clarifies the eligibility of an employment agency for status as a small business for certain programs

New York State Senate

Latest action Jun 5, 2026

Sponsor: April Baskin (State Senator, District 63, Democratic)

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Summary

Clarifies the eligibility of an employment agency for status as a small business for division of minority and women's business development programs by changing the basis from number of employees to annual receipts.

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Amends the Executive Law.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that an employment agency applying for MWBE status not be denied that status if the amount of full-time, temporary, contract for hire, and direct hire placement employees exceed 300 employees provided its annual receipts calculated pursuant to the provisions of 13 CFR 121.104 are less than 30 million dollars.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

Committee

Procurement And Contracts · New York State Senate

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The sponsor's argument

Why April Baskin says this is needed

Currently, the Division of Minority and Women's Business Development (DMWBD) requires MWBE applicants to submit copies of their NYS-45 Quar- terly Combined Withholding, Wage Reporting, and Unemployment Insurance Returns to accompany an application for certification as an MWBE. This requirement is meant to verify the number of employees at a business to ensure that it does not exceed the number of employees a business may have to become MWBE certified. As a result of this requirement, on paper, staffing agencies appear significantly larger than they are as they report not only full-time employees, but also temporary employees that work under the direction and control of staffing agency clients. Therefore, DMWBD's requirement for staffing agencies applying for MWBE status prevents many of those agencies from attaining MWBE status. By amending the Executive law, staffmg agencies applying for MWBE status will not be barred from achieving that status based on the current meth- od DMWBD uses to determine the number of employees at a business.

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Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Procurement And Contracts
Senate Procurement And ContractsMay 5, 2026Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Procurement And Contracts
Senate Procurement And ContractsMay 13, 2025Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)

Full history

Jun 5, 2026
In committee
COMMITTED TO RULES
NY Senate
May 7, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 6, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
May 5, 2026
1ST Report CAL.965
1ST REPORT CAL.965
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
NY Senate

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Jun 13, 2025
In committee
COMMITTED TO RULES
NY Senate
May 15, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 14, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
May 13, 2025
1ST Report CAL.1008
1ST REPORT CAL.1008
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
NY Senate

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