A 3955 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL) program

Summary

Enacts the lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL) program which provides a tax credit on advertising for locally owned minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises or a small business.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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What changed between versions

A3955 → A3955A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add new sponsors and update the article number from 28 to 29. The most significant substantive change is the expansion of the 'excluded organization' definition to include publicly-traded companies with at least one billion dollars in revenue and their subsidiaries, preventing large corporations from qualifying for the local advertising tax credit program.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by adding new exclusions that prevent large publicly-traded companies and their subsidiaries from participating in the program.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new exclusion criteria (subdivisions d and e) to prevent publicly-traded companies with at least one billion dollars in revenue and their subsidiaries from qualifying as eligible businesses or excluded organizations under the program.

TECHNICAL

Changed the article number from 28 to 29 and updated all section references from 500-504 to 510-514 throughout the text.

Added five new sponsors to the bill: Lupardo, Griffin, Burroughs, McDonald, Buttenschon, Kells, and Dais.

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Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 3955A

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors