Senate Bill S5258

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases the minimum wage outside of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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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2025-S5258 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §652 sub 1-b ¶(d), amd §652, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8154

2025-S5258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum wage outside of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; repeals certain provisions of law relating to exceptions to minimum wage increases.

2025-S5258 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5258
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES,
   HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY, MAYER, S. RYAN, SALAZAR, STAVI-
   SKY,  WEBB  --  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 the minimum  wage  outside
   of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester;
   and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating to exceptions to
   minimum wage increases
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1-b  of  section  652  of  the
 labor law is REPEALED and paragraph (e) is relettered paragraph (d).
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1-a of section 652 of the labor law,
 as  added  by  section 2 of part S of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) Remainder  of  state.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  one  of  this
 section, every employer shall pay to each of its employees for each hour
 worked outside the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,
 and Westchester, a wage of not less than:
   $15.00 on and after January 1, 2024,
   $15.50 on and after January 1, 2025,
   [$16.00]  $17.00  on  and  after January 1, 2026, or, if greater, such
 other wage as may be established by federal law pursuant  to  29  U.S.C.
 section  206  or its successors or such other wage as may be established
 in accordance with the provisions of this article.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08824-01-5

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