Establishes the "county of Westchester public works investment act"

Latest action Nov 21, 2025

Establishes the "county of Westchester public works investment act" which allows the Westchester county department of public works and the Westchester county department of transportation to utilize design-build project delivery.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

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

New York State Senate

Same as A6428, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Local Governments · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of this bill is to authorize specific agencies within West- chester County to utilize the Design-Build model of contracting for specific authorized public works projects.

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

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesJun 10, 2025Result: passed
(19) (0) (0) (2)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 10, 2025Result: passed
(58) (0) (0) (5)

Cosponsors

Dana Levenberg

Democratic1

Dana Levenberg

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Andrea Stewart-Cousins says this is needed

In 2019, seven New York City agencies received authorization to utilize Design-Build project delivery (as opposed to Design-Bid-Build) through the Public Works Investment Act (PWIA). Design-Build consolidates projects into one point of responsibility on the basis, of which, design and construction team can deliver the best project at the best value. Westchester County believes this novel strategy would allow it to save money and deliver an enhanced level of quality on forthcoming projects. Under the current Design Bid-Build model, the Design' and 'Build' compo- nents of a project are barred from collaboration, slowing project sched- ules, increasing cost, and resulting in lower quality in final completed projects.

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

Nov 21, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.573
NY Senate
Nov 17, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Senate
Jun 13, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jun 13, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Jun 13, 2025
Rules Report CAL.732
RULES REPORT CAL.732
NY Assembly

Show full history (10 earlier events)

Jun 13, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY S8394
NY Assembly
Jun 12, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
Jun 10, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 10, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1791
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1791
NY Senate
Jun 10, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 10, 2025
Reference Changed to Ways and Means
REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jun 10, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jun 7, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate
Jun 6, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Local Governments
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
NY Assembly
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
NY Assembly

About this record

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