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                                   6134
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, JACKSON, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
   Construction and Community Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing  a  New  York
   state public housing painters apprenticeship program

   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 819-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  819-A.  NEW  YORK  STATE  PUBLIC  HOUSING  PAINTERS  APPRENTICESHIP
 PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC  HOUSING
 PAINTERS  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM.  SUCH PROGRAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN COORDINATION WITH THE MUNICIPAL  HOUSING  AUTHORITIES
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
   2.  (A) APPLICATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM MAY
 BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  MANNER  AS  MAY  BE
 PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (B) ELIGIBILITY FOR THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HOUSING PAINTERS APPREN-
 TICESHIP  PROGRAM  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING
 CONSIDERATIONS:
   (I) PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM SHALL BE LIMITED  TO  RESIDENTS  OF  A
 MUNICIPAL  HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF
 THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
   (II) APPLICANTS FOR THE PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE DEEMED  INELIGIBLE  BASED
 ON CRIMINAL HISTORY.
   3.  SKILLS  LEARNED AS PART OF THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HOUSING PAIN-
 TERS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) WORKPLACE SAFETY SKILLS AND PROCEDURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED
 TO:
   (I) USE AND MAINTENANCE OF HAND AND POWER TOOLS;
   (II) SIGNALING, RIGGING, AND HOISTING;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (III) LEAD AND ASBESTOS ABATEMENT;
   (IV) LADDER, SCAFFOLD, AND FORKLIFT SAFETY;
   (V) FIRST AID; AND
   (VI) PROPER USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;
   (B) TRADE SKILLS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) READING BLUEPRINTS;
   (II)  IDENTIFYING  THE  APPROPRIATE  MATERIAL  FOR  VARIOUS  PAINT AND
 SURFACE APPLICATIONS;
   (III) TYPES AND PROPERTIES OF  MATERIALS,  INCLUDING  PAINTS,  STAINS,
 VARNISHES, SHELLAC, POLYURETHANES, AND CLEAR COATS;
   (IV) SAFELY STORING, DISPOSING, AND RECYCLING TRADE CHEMICALS;
   (V) MIXING PAINTS;
   (VI) MATCHING COLORS;
   (VII) SURFACE PREPARATION;
   (VIII) WOOD FINISHING;
   (IX) APPLYING WALLPAPER;
   (X)  PREPARING  A  WORKSPACE FOR INTERIOR PAINTING, INCLUDING REMOVING
 OLD PAINT, REMOVING FIXTURES, AND APPLYING MILDEW REMOVER;
   (XI) PREPARING A WORKSPACE FOR EXTERIOR PAINTING,  INCLUDING  REMOVING
 RUST, POWER WASHING AND SANDBLASTING, AND BURNING OFF OLD PAINT; AND
   (XII) SPRAY PAINTING; AND
   (C) OTHER WORKPLACE SKILLS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) ESTIMATING COSTS AND MATERIALS;
   (II) COMMUNICATION SKILLS;
   (III) SCHEDULING; AND
   (IV) RECORD KEEPING.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLISH INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW YORK STATE
 PUBLIC  HOUSING  PAINTERS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, INCLUDING HOW TO APPLY
 FOR SUCH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   5. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  AS  DEEMED  NECESSARY  TO  EFFECTUATE  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.