New York S 8589: Extends the distribution of certain revenues to certain harness tracks

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S08589 Summary:

BILL NOS08589C

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SAME ASSAME AS A09533-A

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 25-D §§863 - 863-d, Lab L

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Requires covered employers to provide notice to certain affected employees prior to any technological displacement; requires reporting; requires a workforce transition period; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS08589C

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11/21/2025REFERRED TO RULES

12/19/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES

12/19/2025PRINT NUMBER 8589A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

01/16/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

01/16/2026PRINT NUMBER 8589B

05/14/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

05/14/2026PRINT NUMBER 8589C

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8589--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 November 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accord-
 ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "automation
 displacement protection act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "automation displacement protection act".
 3 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 25-D to read as
 4 follows:
 5 ARTICLE 25-D
 6 PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM AI DISPLACEMENT

 7 Section 863. Definitions.
 8 863-a. Notice of technological displacement.
 9 863-b. Workforce transition period.
 10 863-c. Incentive eligibility.
 11 863-d. Civil penalties and remedies.
 12 § 863. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 13 terms shall have the following meanings:
 14 1. "Covered employer" means any business enterprise that employs fifty
 15 or more full-time employees in the state.
 16 2. "Artificial intelligence" means the same as defined in section
 17 seventeen hundred of the general business law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14017-06-6

 S. 8589--C 2

 1 3. "Technological displacement" means the elimination of employment
 2 positions, or a reduction in hours equivalent to twenty-five percent or
 3 more of total workforce time, within any twelve-month period, caused in
 4 whole or in substantial part by the introduction or expanded use of an
 5 artificial intelligence system or other automated technology.
 6 § 863-a. Notice of technological displacement. 1. A covered employer
 7 shall provide no fewer than ninety days advance written notice prior to
 8 any technological displacement affecting twenty-five or more employees,
 9 or twenty-five percent of the workforce, whichever is less.
 10 2. Notice under subdivision one of this section shall be provided to:
 11 (a) all affected employees and any employee organization representing
 12 them;
 13 (b) the commissioner;
 14 (c) the chief elected official of each locality where the affected
 15 facility is located; and
 16 (d) the local workforce development board.
 17 3. The notice under subdivision one of this section shall describe:
 18 (a) the functions to be automated;
 19 (b) the number, classification, and location of affected employees;
 20 (c) the anticipated date of displacement;
 21 (d) available retraining or reassignment programs; and
 22 (e) the identity of any vendor or contractor supplying the artificial
 23 intelligence system.
 24 § 863-b. Workforce transition period. 1. Each employee affected by a
 25 technological displacement shall be entitled to a transition employment
 26 period of ninety days from the date of notice provided under section
 27 eight hundred sixty-three-a of this article, d