New York A 4733: Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons

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A04733 Summary:

BILL NOA04733 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6-109, NYC Ad Cd

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Requires prevailing wages for New York city service contracts to provide homecare services, day care services, head start services, services to persons with cerebral palsy, building services, food services or temporary services; removes references to living wage.

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BILL NOA04733 

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02/06/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4733

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to prevailing wage for certain city service contracts

 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 "Close the Gap Act."
 3 § 2. Paragraphs 18, 19, 20 and 21 of subdivision a and subdivision b
 4 of section 6-109 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as
 5 added by local law number 38 of the city of New York for the year 2002,
 6 are amended to read as follows:
 7 (18) "Prevailing Wage and Supplements" means the rate of wage and
 8 supplemental benefits per hour paid in the locality to workers in the
 9 same trade or occupation and annually determined by the comptroller in
 10 accordance with the provisions of section 234 of the New York state
 11 labor law or, for titles not specifically enumerated in or covered by
 12 that law, determined by the comptroller at the request of a contracting
 13 agency or a covered employer in accordance with the procedures of
 14 section 234 of the New York state labor law; provided, however, that for
 15 any trade or occupation in which 75 per centum or more employees are a
 16 member of the same protected class and such rate of wage and supple-
 17 mental benefits would be less than the lowest rate of a covered building
 18 services employee, the prevailing wage and supplements may be greater
 19 than that paid in the locality to workers in the same trade or occupa-
 20 tion. As provided under section 231 of the New York state labor law,
 21 the obligation of an employer to pay prevailing supplements may be
 22 discharged by furnishing any equivalent combinations of fringe benefits
 23 or by making equivalent or differential payments in cash under rules and
 24 regulations established by the comptroller.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08621-01-5

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 1 (19) ["Living Wage" has the meaning provided in paragraph 2 of subdi-
 2 vision b of this section.
 3 (20)] "Health Benefits" has the meaning provided in paragraph [3] 2 of
 4 subdivision b of this section.
 5 [(21) "Health Benefits Supplement Rate" has the meaning provided in
 6 subparagraph b of paragraph 3 of subdivision b of this section.]
 7 b. [Living Wage,] Prevailing Wage and Health Benefits. (1) Coverage.
 8 (a) A city service contractor or city service subcontractor that
 9 provides homecare services, day care services, head start services or
 10 services to persons with cerebral palsy must pay its covered employees
 11 that directly render such services in performance of the city service
 12 contract or subcontract no less than the [living] prevailing wage and
 13 must either provide its employees health benefits or must supplement
 14 their hourly wage rate by an amount no less than the [health benefits]
 15 prevailing supplement rate. This requirement applies for each hour that
 16 the employee works performing the city service contract or subcontract.
 17 (b) A city service contractor or city service subcontractor that
 18 provides building services, food services or temporary services must pay
 19 its employees that are engaged in performing the city service contract
 20 or subcontract no less than the [living wage or the