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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6626: Establishes a public online registry of vacant commercial storefronts

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 6626 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes a public online registry of vacant commercial storefronts. Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2026): REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes a public online registry of vacant commercial storefronts; provides information to current and prospective small business owners seeking to purchase or lease a vacant storefront for a small business location.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.1208
  7. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  8. REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
  9. RETURNED TO SENATE
  10. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  11. REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  12. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source