Bill Text: NY A07801 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes local wage enforcement authority in the city of New York; authorizes the city of New York to establish a minimum wage that is higher than the statewide minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-10 - enacting clause stricken [A07801 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07801-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7801

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 15, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor

        AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to establishing local wage
          enforcement authority in the city of New York and authorizing the city
          of New York to establish a minimum wage that is higher than the state-
          wide minimum wage

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Section 665 of the labor law is renumbered section 669 and
     2  two new sections 665 and 666 are added to read as follows:
     3    §  665.  Local wage enforcement authority. A city with a population of
     4  one million or more, acting through its  comptroller,  may  enforce  and
     5  investigate  violations  of  the  state  minimum  wage, other state wage
     6  requirements established pursuant to this article, and any  other  local
     7  law,  ordinance,  or  regulation  requiring payment of a minimum wage or
     8  compensation, or establishing a labor standard for work performed within
     9  the city's geographic boundaries. The comptroller shall be empowered  to
    10  adopt  further  enforcement  provisions,  remedies, penalties, and other
    11  implementing regulations. Provided, however, the commissioner of consum-
    12  er and worker protection of such a city or any successor to such  office
    13  may  also  enforce  and investigate violations of the state minimum wage
    14  and other state wage requirements established pursuant to  this  article
    15  in  the course of enforcing other laws that such commissioner is charged
    16  with enforcing and may  order  any  authorized  remedies  or  penalties.
    17  Provided,  further, nothing in this section shall limit the authority of
    18  the department of labor or any other government agency  to  enforce  the
    19  state  minimum wage and other state wage requirements established pursu-
    20  ant to this article or any other law within the geographic boundaries of
    21  a city with a population of one million or more or elsewhere.
    22    § 666. Local wage regulation authority.  A city with a  population  of
    23  one  million  or  more  may  enact local laws, ordinances or regulations

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  requiring payment of a minimum wage or compensation at a rate  or  rates
     2  higher  than those required under this article for work performed within
     3  the city's geographic boundaries, including for  employees  in  specific
     4  occupations  or  industries  and  for persons who are not subject to the
     5  state minimum wage.
     6    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.