Senate Bill S4580A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"

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  • 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-S4580 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1435
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §12-141, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A695
2013-2014: A3524
2015-2016: A62
2017-2018: S7717, A1134
2019-2020: S5650, A314
2021-2022: S5536, A457

2023-S4580 - Summary

Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.

2023-S4580 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4580 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4580
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COMRIE, BAILEY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, JACK-
   SON, KRUEGER, LIU, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- read twice  and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to enacting the "New York city teleworking expansion act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 the "New York city teleworking expansion act".
   §  2. Legislative findings.  The legislature hereby finds and declares
 that the health and safety of the population living in  and  around  the
 densely populated New York city metropolitan region is a matter of state
 concern, as is the economic vitality and the effectiveness of mass tran-
 sit in that region, all of which are threatened by the amount of traffic
 congestion  inside  of,  and  into,  New  York city, and the overcrowded
 buses, subways and railroads within the region.  Traffic  congestion  is
 particularly  harmful  to the mass transit bus systems run by the Metro-
 politan Transportation Authority,  creating  delays  and  hindering  the
 growth  of essential surface mass transportation systems, and the entire
 mass transit system  suffers  from  severe  overcrowding.  The  negative
 impact of traffic congestion in New York city on the health, economy and
 mass  transit systems of the downstate region, as well as the overcrowd-
 ing of the region's mass transit systems, were established  at  legisla-
 tive  hearings in the spring of 2007, as well as during the hearings and
 reports of the legislatively created New York  City  Traffic  Mitigation
 Commission.  During these hearings, it was established that a very large
 number of New York city employees drive to work both from points  within
 New  York  city  and  without,  that  New  York city lacks a working and
 adequate telecommuting program for its employees, and that an  effective
 telecommuting  program  would  significantly  reduce  the number of such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00503-01-3
              

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2023-S4580A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1435
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §12-141, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A695
2013-2014: A3524
2015-2016: A62
2017-2018: S7717, A1134
2019-2020: S5650, A314
2021-2022: S5536, A457

2023-S4580A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.

2023-S4580A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4580A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4580--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COMRIE, BAILEY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, JACK-
   SON, KRUEGER, LIU, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- read twice  and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Cities 1 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to enacting the "New York city teleworking expansion act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "New York city teleworking expansion act".
   § 2. Legislative findings.  The legislature hereby finds and  declares
 that  the  health  and safety of the population living in and around the
 densely populated New York city metropolitan region is a matter of state
 concern, as is the economic vitality and the effectiveness of mass tran-
 sit in that region, all of which are threatened by the amount of traffic
 congestion inside of, and into,  New  York  city,  and  the  overcrowded
 buses,  subways  and  railroads within the region. Traffic congestion is
 particularly harmful to the mass transit bus systems run by  the  Metro-
 politan  Transportation  Authority,  creating  delays  and hindering the
 growth of essential surface mass transportation systems, and the  entire
 mass  transit  system  suffers  from  severe  overcrowding. The negative
 impact of traffic congestion in New York city on the health, economy and
 mass transit systems of the downstate region, as well as the  overcrowd-
 ing  of  the region's mass transit systems, were established at legisla-
 tive hearings in the spring of 2007, as well as during the hearings  and
 reports  of  the  legislatively created New York City Traffic Mitigation
 Commission. During these hearings, it was established that a very  large
 number  of New York city employees drive to work both from points within
 New York city and without, that  New  York  city  lacks  a  working  and
 adequate  telecommuting program for its employees, and that an effective
 telecommuting program would significantly  reduce  the  number  of  such
 employees  driving  to work.   Likewise, a telecommuting program for New
 York city employees would also allow employees who use mass  transit  to
 
              

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