Assembly Bill A7225

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to job skills training programs and employment services for taxicab drivers

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A7225 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §45, Lab L; add §19-557, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8596

2023-A7225 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of labor to provide notice of job skills training programs and employment services available to taxicab drivers seeking alternate employment who may need assistance with language instruction, financial literacy, social services, computer training and career counseling.

2023-A7225 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7225
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law and the administrative code of the city of
   New  York, in relation to notification of job skills training programs
   and employment services for taxicab drivers

   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 45 to
 read as follows:
   § 45. JOB SKILLS TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR TAXICAB DRIVERS.
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF
 EMPLOYMENT, OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR OF
 THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK, SHALL GENERATE A LIST OF ALL JOB SKILLS TRAINING
 PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY OR CONTRACTED  THROUGH  THE
 STATE  OR  THE CITY OF NEW YORK THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND OPEN, AT NO COST,
 TO TAXICAB DRIVERS. PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION,  FINAN-
 CIAL  LITERACY, SOCIAL SERVICES, COMPUTER TRAINING AND CAREER COUNSELING
 SERVICES SHALL BE INCLUDED. SUCH LIST SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION  ON  HOW
 TO  CONTACT  AND  ENROLL  IN  SUCH  PROGRAMS.  SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE
 UPDATED ANNUALLY AND PROVIDED TO THE NEW YORK CITY  TAXI  AND  LIMOUSINE
 COMMISSION  FOR  DISTRIBUTION  TO  HOLDERS OF TAXICAB LICENSES OR MEDAL-
 LIONS.
   § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 19-557 to read as follows:
   §  19-557  DISTRIBUTION OF JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT
 SERVICE INFORMATION. THE COMMISSION SHALL DISTRIBUTE, SEMI-ANNUALLY,  TO
 ALL  DRIVERS  LICENSED TO OPERATE A TAXICAB UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE LIST
 AND INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT
 SERVICES WHICH ARE COMPILED PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FIVE OF THE  LABOR
 LAW. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE PRODUCED IN THE TEN MOST COMMON LANGUAGES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05534-02-3
 A. 7225                             2

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