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                                   9583
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring  the  department
   of  labor  to  publish  the names of employers which employ 50 or more
   employees who receive public assistance
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new section 12-a to
 read as follows:
   § 12-A. PUBLICATION  OF  EMPLOYERS  WITH  EMPLOYEES  RECEIVING  PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE.  1.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, POST AND
 ANNUALLY UPDATE THE NAMES  OF  EMPLOYERS  WHICH  EMPLOY  FIFTY  OR  MORE
 EMPLOYEES  WHO  WORK  NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-SIX WEEKS A YEAR AND NOT LESS
 THAN TEN HOURS A WEEK, AND WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE" INCLUDES:
   A. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF  THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES LAW;
   B.  CHILD  HEALTH INSURANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-
 FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   C. ASSISTANCE FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL  TEMPORARY  ASSISTANCE  FOR  NEEDY
 FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM;
   D. THE EARNED INCOME PERSONAL INCOME TAX CREDIT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
 (D) OR (D-1) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW; OR
   E.  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  BENEFITS PURSUANT TO
 SECTION NINETY-FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07668-01-1