NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4052

Senate Bill S4052

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes Stewart International Airport in the definition of covered airport location for the purposes of minimum wage rates

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

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Jan 31, 2025	referred to labor

2025-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §696-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S6525
2023-2024: S3571

2025-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes Stewart International Airport in the definition of covered airport location for the purposes of minimum wage rates.

2025-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4052

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to including Stewart Interna-
tional Airport in the definition of covered airport location for the
purposes of minimum wage rates

 
PURPOSE:

To include the Stewart International Airport in the definition of
covered airport location for the purposes of minimum wage rates.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends subdivision 1 of section 696-a of the labor law to
include Stewart International Airport in the definition of "covered
airport location."

Section 2: Sets Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation seeks to include the workforce at Stewart International
Airport under the Healthy Terminals Act. The bill aims to reduce turn-
over and enhance health and safety among airport workers by ensuring
they receive prevailing wages consistent with Article 9 of the Labor
Law. Doing so will help create a stronger, more skilled, and better-
trained workforce to protect and secure these critical facilities. Work-
ers will receive wages and fringe benefits, including healthcare, based
on their job classification and region, reducing reliance on taxpayer-
funded programs. The necessity for such legislation has never been
greater, particularly in light of the ongoing health crisis. After serv-
ing during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of these frontline workers remain
without employer-provided health insurance or any coverage, highlighting
the urgent need for this measure.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Senate

2021: S6525, Passed Senate

2022: S6525, Vetoed Memo.106

2023: S3571, Passed Senate

2024: S3571, Passed Senate Assembly

2021: A8822, Reported Referred to Rules

2022: A8822, Vetoed Memmo.106

2023: A6528, Referred to Labor

2024: A6528, Referred to Labor

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4052
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to including Stewart Interna-
   tional Airport in the definition of covered airport location  for  the
   purposes of minimum wage rates

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 696-a of the labor law,  as  added
 by chapter 88 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  "Covered  airport  location"  means  John F. Kennedy International
 Airport [and], LaGuardia Airport, STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, or  any
 location used to perform airline catering work as such work is described
 in  subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  two of this
 section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03359-01-5

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