S 8248 — Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state
Congress · introduced 2025-05-27
Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state with an emphasis on small businesses and the need to shop in downtown local areas; requires the creation of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.
Latest action: 2026-04-29 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- April Baskin (—, NY-63) — sponsor · 2025-05-27
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
- · senate — REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
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| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-27 | April Baskin | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April Baskin (—, state_upper NY-63) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-05-27 · sponsored by April Baskin (sponsor) · sponsorship