Senate Corporations Committee advances seven bills on public-authority oversight, transparency and open-meetings rules

The New York State Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions advanced seven bills during a March 11, 2025 meeting, sending measures addressing public-authority procedures, procurement reporting, recording of public hearings and open-meetings applicability for certain nonprofit corporations to the Senate floor.

The measures matter because they would change oversight and transparency requirements for state authorities, public-benefit corporations and certain nonprofit entities, and would clarify how state agencies report contracting with minority- and women-owned businesses.

The committee considered the following bills in succession. For each item the committee approved the measure by voice vote and the chair recorded the bill as passed and reported to the floor; no roll-call tallies were taken in the transcript.

Votes at a glance:

• S 3736 (listed in transcript as “senate bill 37 36”), by Senator Comrie: would amend the Public Authorities Law to alter project-application and advisory-opinion procedures for public authorities. The motion was made and seconded (mover: Senator Myers; second:…