NY State Senate Bill 2023-S9461

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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May 15, 2024	referred to transportation

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1693 & 1696, V & T L; add §19-503.2, NYC Ad Cd; add §90-b, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S5404
2021-2022: S3924

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for transportation accommodations for passengers with disabilities; requires compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and indication for accommodations when requesting a ride; creates an on-demand vehicle accessibility fund.

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9461

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the administrative code of
the city of New York and the state finance law, in relation to transpor-
tation accommodation for passengers with disabilities

 
PURPOSE:

This bill reduces the amount of time that workers on strike must wait
prior to receiving unemployment insurance benefits.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

  Section 1 of the bill reduces, from two consecutive weeks to one week,
the  period during which the accumulation of unemployment benefit rights
is suspended for a claimant who loses their employment due to strike  or
other industrial controversies, including concerted activity not author-
ized  or  sanctioned  by the recognized or certified bargaining agent of
the claimant, and other concerted activity conducted in violation of any

existing collective bargaining agreement, in the establishment in  which
the claimant was employed.

  Section  1  also  provides  that the requisite waiting period shall be
served concurrently with the suspension period.

  Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Until February of 2020, striking workers in New York  were  required  to
wait  7  weeks  before collecting unemployment insurance benefits. While
New York has reduced the 49-day  suspension  period,  unionized  workers
still  do  not have parity when it comes to unemployment insurance bene-
fits, the current two-week suspension period is  not  imposed  on  other
unemployed individuals seeking Ul benefits.

Requiring workers on strike to wait any additional amount of time beyond
what  other Ul claimants experience before they are eligible to claim Ul
benefits places an undue financial hardship on workers exercising  their
legally guaranteed rights to organize, bargain collectively, and strike.
By  aligning  the  amount  of time that a UI benefits claimant on strike
must wait with the waiting period applicable  to  other  claimants,  the
financial hardship experienced by striking workers will be lessened.

Recently,  a strike by nurses in the City of Buffalo lasted for over one
month, meaning nearly half of the strike period did not qualify  for  UI
benefits.  This  left  striking  workers  at a disadvantage, forcing the
union to drain their strike fund and workers to risk missing mortgage or
rent payments. While the decrease in the suspension period  has  helped,
it still leaves workers at a disadvantage for the first two weeks of the
strike.  In  addition,  any  administrative delays in receiving their UI
benefits  once  they  do  qualify  only  increases  the  financial  pain
inflicted  on  striking  workers. By decreasing the suspension period to
one week, workers will have the financial security they need to put food
on the table and keep a roof over their  head  while  fighting  for  the
wages, benefits, and working conditions they deserve.
 
FISCAL IMPACT:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9461
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the administrative code  of
   the  city of New York and the state finance law, in relation to trans-
   portation accommodation for passengers with disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 1696 of the vehi-
 cle  and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part AAA of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) A TNC shall implement and maintain a policy and an oversight proc-
 ess of providing accessibility to  passengers  or  potential  passengers
 with  a  disability, INCLUDING ANY ACCOMMODATIONS REQUIRED BY THE AMERI-
 CANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990,  AS  AMENDED  and  accommodation  of
 service  animals  as such term is defined in section one hundred twenty-
 three-b of the agriculture and markets law and shall to the extent prac-
 ticable adopt findings established by the New York state TNC accessibil-
 ity task force adopted pursuant to section twenty-one of [the] PART  AAA
 OF  chapter FIFTY-NINE of the laws of two thousand seventeen [that added
 this section]. A TNC SHALL IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN  A  DOCUMENTED  POLICY
 AND  OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR PROVIDING SUCH ACCESSIBILITY. A TNC shall not
 impose additional charges for providing services to persons  with  phys-
 ical  disabilities  because  of  those disabilities, NOR SHALL IT IMPOSE
 ADDITIONAL CHARGE  FOR  PROVIDING  SERVICES  TO  PERSONS  USING  SERVICE
 ANIMALS,  AND IT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE MOBILE APPLICATIONS OF SUCH
 TNC, OR IN ANY OTHER METHOD PROVIDED BY THE TNC FOR REQUESTING  SERVICE,
 THE ABILITY TO INDICATE ACCOMMODATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION OF SERVICE ANIMALS.
   §  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 19-503.2 to read as follows:
   § 19-503.2 PASSENGERS  WITH  DISABILITIES.  A.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL
 PROMULGATE  RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH ENSURE FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SERVICES
 PROVIDE ANY ACCOMMODATIONS REQUIRED BY THE AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES
 ACT OF 1990, AS AMENDED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07835-01-3
 S. 9461                             2

   B.  THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH ENSURE
 EVERY FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SERVICE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE MOBILE APPLI-
 CATION OF SUCH SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER METHOD PROVIDED BY  THE  FOR-HIRE
 VEHICLE SERVICE FOR REQUESTING SERVICE, THE ABILITY TO INDICATE ACCOMMO-
 DATIONS  AS  REQUIRED  BY  THE  AMERICANS  WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990
 INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION OF SERVICE ANIMALS.
   § 3. Section 1693 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14. A TNC SHALL COLLECT TWENTY CENTS PER TRIP PROVIDED BY SUCH TNC AND
 DEPOSIT THE SAME IN THE ON-DEMAND VEHICLE ACCESSIBILITY FUND ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-B OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 90-b to
 read as follows:
   § 90-B. ON-DEMAND VEHICLE  ACCESSIBILITY  FUND.  1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AN ACCOUNT  OF  THE  MISCELLANEOUS  SPECIAL
 FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE ON-DEMAND VEHICLE ACCESSIBILITY FUND.
   2.  THE  COMPTROLLER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO RECEIVE FOR DEPOSIT
 TO THE CREDIT OF THE ON-DEMAND VEHICLE ACCESSIBILITY FUND DESIGNATED FOR
 SUCH DEPOSIT BY LAW INCLUDING THOSE DERIVED FROM THE  SURCHARGE  AUTHOR-
 IZED  BY SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   3. MONEYS OF THIS ACCOUNT, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE,
 SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
 EXPENSES OF PROVIDING INCENTIVES AND INVESTMENTS  TO  ENSURE  ACCESSIBLE
 ON-DEMAND  VEHICLE  SERVICE FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING THOSE
 WITH SERVICE ANIMALS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jessica Ramos

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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