New York S 7993: Designates March twenty-third as "Pakistan Day"

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S07993 Summary:

BILL NOS07993A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06903-B

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRJACKSON, MYRIE, RIVERA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-f, Lab L

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Requires public and not-for-profit libraries to implement risk evaluations and determinations, workplace trainings, and other measures for the prevention of workplace violence.

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BILL NOS07993A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

06/09/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 7993A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7993--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Libraries -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring public and not-
 for-profit libraries develop and implement programs to protect library
 employees

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 27-f to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 27-f. Duty of libraries to implement programs to prevent workplace
 4 violence. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "Library" shall mean any public, association, or free library, as
 6 defined by section two hundred fifty-three of the education law, or
 7 library having tax exempt status under section 501 (c) (3) of the United
 8 States Internal Revenue Code, located in the city of New York or the
 9 state of New York.
 10 (b) "Library employee" means an individual who is employed by a
 11 library.
 12 (c) "Workplace" means any location away from a library employee's
 13 domicile, permanent or temporary, where a library employee performs any
 14 work-related duty in the course of such employee's employment by a
 15 library.
 16 2. Written workplace violence prevention policy. The department shall
 17 create and publish a model library workplace violence prevention guid-
 18 ance document and library workplace violence prevention policy that
 19 employers may utilize in their adoption of a library workplace violence
 20 prevention policy required by this section. Such model library workplace
 21 violence prevention policy shall be publicly available and posted on the
 22 website of the department.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07317-07-5

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 1 (a) Such model library workplace violence prevention policy shall:
 2 (i) outline a list of factors or situations in the workplace that
 3 might place library employees at risk of workplace violence, including
 4 but not limited to:
 5 (1) working late night or early morning hours;
 6 (2) exchanging money with the public;
 7 (3) working alone or in small numbers; and
 8 (4) uncontrolled access to the workplace; and
 9 (ii) outline methods that the library will use to prevent incidents of
 10 workplace violence at such workplace or workplaces, including but not
 11 limited to the following:
 12 (1) making high-risk areas more visible to more people;
 13 (2) installing good external lighting;
 14 (3) providing employee training; and
 15 (4) establishing and implementing reporting systems for incidents of
 16 workplace violence.
 17 (b) Every library shall adopt the model library workplace violence
 18 prevention policy promulgated pursuant to this subdivision, or establish
 19 a workplace violence prevention policy that equals or exceeds the mini-
 20 mum standards provided by such model library workplace violence
 21 prevention policy. Such library workplace violence prevention policy
 22 shall be provided to all employees in writing upon hire and annually
 23 thereafter pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision four of this
 24 section.
 25 3. Library employee information and training. (a) The department, in
 26 consultation with relevant groups as deemed necessary, s