---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizes the metropolitan transportation authority's small business mentoring program"
description: "Increases the number of years a small business can participate in the small business mentor program from four years to five years for Tier 1 and from four years to five years for Tier 2; increases cap on awards under MTA's small business mentor program from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars for Tier 2 contracts; requires a report to the legislature and the governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7007"
citation: "New York A 7007 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-10"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/049158ac-ad37-4e86-898b-b07bda985dbb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7007"
source_hash: "86cd6203ddb3d84d7c7183364e12c035069c609c2d51e414c17c3bfd82a3ef3b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7007 (2023-2024) — Modernizes the metropolitan transportation authority's small business mentoring program

Increases the number of years a small business can participate in the small business mentor program from four years to five years for Tier 1 and from four years to five years for Tier 2; increases cap on awards under MTA's small business mentor program from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars for Tier 2 contracts; requires a report to the legislature and the governor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7007&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A7007A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A7007A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-10** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7007A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED
- **2023-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.602
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.602
- **2023-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6659A
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1693
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.574 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/049158ac-ad37-4e86-898b-b07bda985dbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).