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A 5233: Establishes the New York small business relief fund consisting of monetary penalties imposed by the state liquor authority to provide grants to small businesses which have suffered economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What A 5233 does, verified January 9, 2026
The New York Small Business Relief Fund will be established to provide financial assistance to small businesses that have suffered economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund will be funded by fines and penalties collected by the state liquor authority. Grants will be made available to businesses employing one hundred or fewer employees that have experienced a revenue loss of forty percent or more between April 2020 and December 2020 compared to the same period in the previous year. The fund will be administered jointly by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance and the Comptroller.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to small business (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5233
- What is the current status of A 5233?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5233 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to small business".
- Did A 5233 pass?
- Not yet. A 5233 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5233, and where is it now?
- A 5233 was authored by Asm. Karl Brabenec. Its committee of record is Assembly Small Business.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to small business |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | referred to small business |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 298 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5233 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Small Business AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the New York small business relief fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 99-ss to read as follows: 3 § 99-ss. New York small business relief fund. 1. There is hereby 4 established in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and 5 finance and the comptroller a fund to be known as the "New York state 6 small business relief fund". 7 2. The fund shall consist of all fines or penalties collected by the 8 state liquor authority pursuant to section seventeen of the alcoholic 9 beverage control law. 10 3. Monies of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature, 11 shall be made available for grants to small businesses which have 12 suffered economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 13 4. For the purposes of this section (a) "small business" shall mean a 14 business employing one hundred or fewer employees; and (b) "economic 15 hardship" shall mean that a business has experienced a revenue loss 16 greater than forty percent between April two thousand twenty and Decem- 17 ber two thousand twenty compared to that same time period in the previ- 18 ous year. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05364-01-5
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