Assembly BillIntroduced
A 7173: Increases the threshold for office of the comptroller review of the metropolitan transportation authority discretionary awards to MWBEs and small businesses from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars.
What A 7173 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to modernize the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's small business mentoring program. It proposes two changes to the Public Authorities Law. Firstly, it limits the application of a specific section to only contracts with an estimated value greater than one million five hundred thousand dollars. Secondly, it applies the same limitation to another section. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7173
- What is the current status of A 7173?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7173 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 corporations, authorities and commissions".
- Did A 7173 pass?
- Not yet. A 7173 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7173, and where is it now?
- A 7173 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. Its committee of record is Assembly Corporations, Authorities & Commissions.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 223 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7173 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to modernizing the metropolitan transportation authority's small business mentoring program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 1209 of the public authorities 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) Subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred seventy-nine-a of 4 this chapter shall only apply to authority contracts with an estimated 5 value greater than one million five hundred thousand dollars. 6 § 2. Subdivision 10 of section 1265-a of the public authorities law is 7 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 8 (c) Subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred seventy-nine-a of 9 this chapter shall only apply to authority contracts with an estimated 10 value greater than one million five hundred thousand dollars. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06022-01-5
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