RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ AND HODGES:
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A RESOLUTION BY THE YONKERS CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY LEADER JOHN RUBBO URGING THE ADOPTION OF STATE SENATE BILLS 2025-S9761 and 2025-S9855, THAT WILL ENSURE THAT NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WILL RECEIVE TIMELY PAYMENT OF SERVICE RENDERED TO THE STATE, AS WELL AS A BILL THAT WOULD ENSURE A SMALL UPFRONT PAYMENT.
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WHEREAS, State Senate presently has bills 2025-S9761 and 2025-S9855 respectively before them; and
WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations around the state lobbied in Albany recently for passage of several bills that would address chronic delays in state payments. Groups like the Boys & Girls Club, civil legal services and museums which have been vetted and hired by the state to provide services, are finding themselves in a bind after expected state payments are repeatedly delayed. The situation has led to chronic delays, unexpected borrowing, and cuts in programs. Westchester-area state Sen. Shelley Mayer, chair of the Senate Education Committee, has again sponsored two bills that would ensure the timely payment of services, including a bill that would provide a small upfront payment.
WHEREAS, The first bill, 2025-S9761 is an act to amend the state finance law, in relation to contracting between state agencies and not-for-profit organizations. The purpose of the bill is to make targeted statutory clarifications and procedural improvements to strengthen the administration of the Prompt Contracting Law, improve transparency in written directives, expand access to the existing not-for-profit short-term revolving loan fund, and reduce unnecessary payment delays.
WHEREAS, New York State has long contracted with not-for-profit organizations to provide critical services in communities throughout the state from early childhood education and mental health services to homeless housing programs and...
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