New York
New York is a leader in enacting new policies or regulations, and other states, particularly in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, often follow New York’s lead and adopt similar policy proposals. New York is home to over 2 million small businesses (SMBs) employing over 4 million people. Policymakers must take new regulations’ impacts on SMBs into account before supporting legislation.
Key Policy Issues
Privacy
The New York Privacy Act (NY State SB S365A & NY State AB A7423A)
Overview: More than 75% of New York small businesses use digital advertising to grow their businesses. These small businesses will be hurt if New York laws restrict how digital advertisers use basic consumer data, including location, device, language preference, and interests. If S365/A7423 results in less data available to power digital advertisements, ads will become less relevant to consumers, more expensive for small advertisers, and small publishers’ advertising inventory will be less valuable. National advertisers and mass media will win; small businesses will be hurt.
Status: SB S365B passed the NY State Senate and was delivered to the NY State Assembly. However, this bill did not advance, and failed in the 2024 session. Despite its failure, it will almost certainly be reintroduced next year.
Status: AB A7423A was introduced and was in the committee assembly. However, this bill did not advance, and failed in the 2024 session. Despite its failure, it has the potential to be reintroduced in the next year.
Digital Economy
NY AOD Bill (NY State SB 355 & AB 2015)
Overview:
Abuse of dominance (AOD) laws, such as SB 355 and AB 2015, could reduce NY-based SMB sales by $41 billion annually and SMB sales in other states by another $19.9 billion annually due to interstate commerce — costing SMBs a total of $60.9 billion per year. If passed, SB 355 would jeopardize the ability of small businesses to leverage online marketplaces like Amazon, or integrated digital platforms like Google’s search and advertising system, and disrupt other invaluable digital tools that SMBs use to run and grow their businesses.
SB 335 Primary Sponsor: Senator Michael Gianaris
AB 2015 Primary Sponsor: Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 and referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection. AB 2015 was introduced on January 14 2025 and referred to the Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee.
Key Officials
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