Bill Text: NY S08134 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a New York city public housing painters' apprenticeship program for New York city housing authority residents and a New York state public housing painters' apprenticeship program for residents of municipal housing authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S08134 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08134-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8134 IN SENATE January 8, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 public housing law in relation to establishing a New York city public housing painters' apprenticeship program; and 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: 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 2 402-h to read as follows: 3 § 402-h. New York city public housing painters' apprenticeship 4 program. 1. There is hereby established a New York city public housing 5 painters' apprenticeship program. Such program will be administered by 6 the New York city housing authority. 7 2. (a) Applications to participate in such apprenticeship program may 8 be submitted to the New York city housing authority in such form and 9 manner as may be prescribed by the authority. 10 (b) Eligibility for the New York city public housing painters' appren- 11 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to, the following 12 considerations: 13 (i) Participants in the program shall be limited to New York city 14 housing authority residents. 15 (ii) Applicants for the program shall not be deemed ineligible based 16 on criminal history. 17 3. Skills learned as part of the New York city public housing appren- 18 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to: 19 (a) Workplace safety skills and procedures, including but not limited 20 to: 21 (i) use and maintenance of hand and power tools; 22 (ii) signaling, rigging, and hoisting; 23 (iii) lead and asbestos abatement; 24 (iv) ladder, scaffold, and forklift safety; 25 (v) first aid; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13726-01-3S. 8134 2 1 (vi) proper use of personal protective equipment; 2 (b) Trade skills, including but not limited to: 3 (i) reading blueprints; 4 (ii) identifying the appropriate material for various paint and 5 surface applications; 6 (iii) types and properties of materials, including paints, stains, 7 varnishes, shellac, polyurethanes, and clear coats; 8 (iv) safely storing, disposing, and recycling trade chemicals; 9 (v) mixing paints; 10 (vi) matching colors; 11 (vii) surface preparation; 12 (viii) wood finishing; 13 (ix) applying wallpaper; 14 (x) preparing a workspace for interior painting, including removing 15 old paint, removing fixtures, and applying mildew remover; 16 (xi) preparing a workspace for exterior painting, including removing 17 rust, power washing and sandblasting, and burning off old paint; and 18 (xii) spray painting; and 19 (c) Other workplace skills, including but not limited to: 20 (i) estimating costs and materials; 21 (ii) communication skills; 22 (iii) scheduling; and 23 (iv) record keeping. 24 4. The New York city housing authority shall publish information about 25 the New York city public housing painters' apprenticeship program, 26 including how to apply for such apprenticeship program, on the authori- 27 ty's website. 28 5. The New York city housing authority is authorized to promulgate 29 such rules and regulations as deemed necessary to effectuate the 30 provisions of this section. 31 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 819-a to read as 32 follows: 33 § 819-a. New York state public housing apprenticeship program. 1. 34 There is hereby established a New York state public housing painters' 35 apprenticeship program. Such program will be administered by the depart- 36 ment, in coordination with the commissioner of municipal housing author- 37 ities established pursuant to article thirteen of the public housing 38 law. 39 2. (a) Applications to participate in such apprenticeship program may 40 be submitted to the department in such form and manner as may be 41 prescribed by the commissioner. 42 (b) Eligibility for the New York city public housing painters' appren- 43 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to, the following 44 considerations: 45 (i) Participants in the program shall be limited to residents of a 46 municipal housing authority established pursuant to article thirteen of 47 the public housing law. 48 (ii) Applicants for the program shall not be deemed ineligible based 49 on criminal history. 50 3. Skills learned as part of the New York state public housing appren- 51 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to: 52 (a) Workplace safety skills and procedures, including but not limited 53 to: 54 (i) use and maintenance of hand and power tools; 55 (ii) signaling, rigging, and hoisting; 56 (iii) lead and asbestos abatement;S. 8134 3 1 (iv) ladder, scaffold, and forklift safety; 2 (v) first aid; and 3 (vi) proper use of personal protective equipment; 4 (b) Trade skills, including but not limited to: 5 (i) reading blueprints; 6 (ii) identifying the appropriate material for various paint and 7 surface applications; 8 (iii) types and properties of materials, including paints, stains, 9 varnishes, shellac, polyurethanes, and clear coats; 10 (iv) safely storing, disposing, and recycling trade chemicals; 11 (v) mixing paints; 12 (vi) matching colors; 13 (vii) surface preparation; 14 (viii) wood finishing; 15 (ix) applying wallpaper; 16 (x) preparing a workspace for interior painting, including removing 17 old paint, removing fixtures, and applying mildew remover; 18 (xi) preparing a workspace for exterior painting, including removing 19 rust, power washing and sandblasting, and burning off old paint; and 20 (xii) spray painting; and 21 (c) Other workplace skills, including but not limited to: 22 (i) estimating costs and materials; 23 (ii) communication skills; 24 (iii) scheduling; and 25 (iv) record keeping. 26 4. The commissioner shall publish information about the New York state 27 public housing painters' apprenticeship program, including how to apply 28 for such apprenticeship program, on the department's website. 29 5. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regu- 30 lations as deemed necessary to effectuate the provisions of this 31 section. 32 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 33 have become a law.
