NY Business Groups Lobby for Veto of Health Data Privacy Bill

Business groups are pressuring New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto legislation (SB929) that would restrict companies from collecting and sharing sensitive health data, arguing it would potentially increase healthcare costs by adding new regulations.

New York’s business industry intensified its lobbying on Hochul to reject the measure in a Dec. 1 letter signed by major organizations, including Tech:NYC and the Partnership for New York City, which they say is overly restrictive.

“The bill has expanded far past its original purpose and would impose sweeping and economy-wide consequences that will increase costs for New Yorkers and disrupt essential services relied ...