New York A 9309: Freezes minimum wage automatic escalators and annual inflation adjustments beginning in 2027; repealer

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A09309 Summary:

BILL NOA09309 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBologna

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §652, rpld §652 sub 1-b, Lab L

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Freezes minimum wage automatic escalators and annual inflation adjustments beginning in 2027; repeals the provision of law providing that the minimum wage shall be determined by increasing the then current year's minimum wage rate by the rate of change in the average of the three most recent consecutive twelve-month periods between the first of August and the thirty-first of July, each over their preceding twelve-month periods published by the United States department of labor non-seasonally adjusted consumer price index for the northeast region urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) or any successor index as calculated by the United States department of labor.

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BILL NOA09309 

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12/10/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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Go to topA09309 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9309

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to freezing minimum wage
 automatic escalators and annual inflation adjustments beginning in
 2027; and to repeal certain provisions of such law related thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 652 of the labor law, as added
 2 by section 2 of part S of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 1-a. Annual minimum wage from January 1, 2024 [to December 31, 2026]
 5 and thereafter.
 6 (a) New York city. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section,
 7 every employer regardless of size shall pay to each of its employees for
 8 each hour worked in the city of New York a wage of not less than:
 9 $16.00 on and after January 1, 2024,
 10 $16.50 on and after January 1, 2025,
 11 $17.00 on and after January 1, 2026, or, if greater, such other wage
 12 as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section 206
 13 or its successors or such other wage as may be established in accordance
 14 with the provisions of this article.
 15 (b) Remainder of downstate. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this
 16 section, every employer shall pay to each of its employees for each hour
 17 worked in the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester, a wage of
 18 not less than:
 19 $16.00 on and after January 1, 2024,
 20 $16.50 on and after January 1, 2025,
 21 $17.00 on and after January 1, 2026, or, if greater, such other wage
 22 as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section 206
 23 or its successors or such other wage as may be established in accordance
 24 with the provisions of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14114-01-5

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 1 (c) Remainder of state. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this
 2 section, every employer shall pay to each of its employees for each hour
 3 worked outside the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,
 4 and Westchester, a wage of not less than:
 5 $15.00 on and after January 1, 2024,
 6 $15.50 on and after January 1, 2025,
 7 $16.00 on and after January 1, 2026, or, if greater, such other wage
 8 as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section 206
 9 or its successors or such other wage as may be established in accordance
 10 with the provisions of this article.
 11 § 2. Subdivision 1-b of section 652 of the labor law is REPEALED.
 12 § 3. Subdivisions 2, 4 and 5 of section 652 of the labor law, as
 13 amended by section 3 of part S of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, are
 14 amended to read as follows:
 15 2. Existing wage orders. The minimum wage orders in effect on the
 16 effective date of this act shall remain in full force and effect, except
 17 as modified in accordance with the provisions of this article; provided,
 18 however, that the minimum