S 8885: Requires the definition of "minority" to include "people with disabilities" pursuant to the Human Rights law in order for such people with disabilities to be eligible for state contract set asides.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8885  IN SENATE January 13, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WEBER, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of "minority group member" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 8 of section 310 of 2 the executive law, as added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, are 3 amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows: 4 (c) Native American or Alaskan native persons having origins in any of 5 the original peoples of North America[.]; 6 (d) Asian and Pacific Islander persons having origins in any of the 7 Far East countries, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the 8 Pacific Islands[.]; 9 (e) A person with a disability as defined in subdivision twenty-one of 10 section two hundred ninety-two of this chapter. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 12 the amendments to subdivision 8 of section 310 of the executive law made 13 by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section 14 and shall be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14441-02-6