NY

Small Business Majority submitted an updated memorandum in support of New York's One Fair Price Package as it's because it's needed to protect New York small businesses and consumers from harmful business practices. The One Fair Price Act A9349B/S8623 would ban surveillance pricing in New York while the Protecting Consumers and Jobs from Discriminatory Pricing Act A9396A/S.8616A would ban the use of electronic shelf labels and prohibit surveillance pricing in grocery stores and pharmacies.

Small Business Majority submitted an updated memorandum in support of New York's Fair Pricing Act (S705/A2140), which would provide needed relief to thousands of New York small business owners and employees and save more than $1 billion annually in healthcare spending in the state.  

Small Business Majority offers this Memorandum to outline the necessary healthcare policy actions that small businesses require in the wake of federal cuts to Medicaid and the longtime epidemic of healthcare unaffordability in the state. 

Lack of access to affordable healthcare has, for a long time, been a major barrier to entrepreneurship in this country, and New York has the second highest health expenditures per capita, following only the District of Columbia, with more than 740,000 New Yorkers reporting having medical debt.  
 

On March 5, Small Business Majority submitted a memorandum in support of New York's Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness Act (S8563/A9212), which would enable small and mid-size grocers to access fair wholesale pricing, allowing them to compete and keep prices down.

On February 23, Eda Henries, Founder & Managing Principal of Henries and Co. gave testimony before the New York Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection about the need to protect small businesses from unfair and abusive lending practices.

On February 23, New York Director Lindsey Vigoda testified before the New York Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection, to emphasize the need to protect small businesses from unfair and abusive practices. 

Small Business Majority submits letter of support for Int 1132-2024, which would institute an annual study to collect data and analyze the fines imposed on small businesses across New York City. This report would increase transparency, ensure fairness, inform policy decisions and support the development of a targeted compliance support outreach program to help small businesses. Altogether, this new effort will provide small businesses across New York City with the tools they need to thrive.