Bill Text: NY K00419 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 30 - May 6, 2023, as Small Business Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-09 - adopted [K00419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00419-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 419

BY: M. of A. Stirpe

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        April 30 - May 6, 2023, as Small  Business  Week  in
        the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  From  Montauk  to  Buffalo,  Plattsburgh to Binghamton and
every community in-between, small businesses  are  the  heart  of  these
communities; and

  WHEREAS, According to the 2022 Annual Small Business Report prepared
by   Empire  State  Development,  small  businesses  continue  to  be  a
significant economic driver in New York  State,  with  an  estimated  98
percent  of  New  York businesses having fewer than 100 employees, which
employ 39 percent of the workforce; and

  WHEREAS,  Small  businesses  of   all   kinds,   from   family-owned
restaurants  and  farmers markets to antique stores and landscapers, are
crucial to the health of our communities  and  to  the  State's  economy
overall, but have been greatly tested during these past three years; and

  WHEREAS,  The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous effect on New York's
small business;  these  ramifications  continue  to  be  felt  by  small
businesses across the State; and

  WHEREAS,  Small  businesses showed great ingenuity and resilience by
adapting quickly to pandemic related restrictions and weathered economic
hardship; and

  WHEREAS, New York State continues to actively support  minority  and
women-owned  business enterprises and veteran-owned and service-disabled
veteran-owned businesses; and

  WHEREAS,  The  innovation,  diversity,  competitive  strength,   job
creation, and quality of life that small businesses bring to our economy
are vital elements for our State's long-term economic health; and

  WHEREAS, The entrepreneurial spirit of New York residents has led to
the creation and growth of emerging agricultural industries in New York,
such  as  craft  beverages, artisanal foods, and the production of hemp,
hops and adult-use cannabis; and

  WHEREAS, Small business owners demonstrate extraordinary  resilience
in  the  face of larger forces beyond their control, such as challenging
economic times, supply chain disruptions, and pandemics; and

  WHEREAS, The future welfare of our State depends  on  the  continued
development of small businesses; and

  WHEREAS, The members of the New York State Assembly wish to proclaim
their  recognition  of  small  businesses  as  a  crucial element in the
economy of New York State ; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor Kathy Hochul to declare April 30 - May 6, 2023, as
Small Business Week in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of  New
York.