New York S 4756: Enacts the "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act"

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S04756 Summary:

BILL NOS04756 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00478-A

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, CLEARE, HINCHEY, JACKSON, RIVERA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §42-a, Lab L

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Enacts the "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act"; sets program requirements; authorizes grants to eligible YouthBuild participants; establishes application requirements.

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BILL NOS04756 

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4756

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, CLEARE, HINCHEY, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "Velmanette
 Montgomery YouthBuild act"; setting program requirements; authorizing
 the commissioner of labor to make grants to eligible YouthBuild
 programs and to establish application requirements; and to expand the
 number of YouthBuild programs across New York state

 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 "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature seeks to support economically
 4 disadvantaged youth, especially youth who have not finished high school,
 5 to obtain education and work experience through occupational skills
 6 training, personal counseling, leadership development, job placement
 7 assistance, and long-term follow-up services necessary for them to
 8 achieve permanent economic self-sufficiency, while at the same time
 9 providing valuable community service that addresses urgent community
 10 needs including the demand for affordable housing and the need for young
 11 role models and mentors for younger teenagers and children.
 12 The legislature further intends to foster the development of leader-
 13 ship skills and a commitment to community development among youth and to
 14 ensure maximum educational achievement of program participants through
 15 high school diploma or the equivalent attainment and transition to
 16 institutions of higher education, where appropriate.
 17 The legislature further intends to provide communities the opportunity
 18 to establish or rebuild neighborhood stability in economically depressed
 19 and low-income areas, as well as historic areas requiring restoration or
 20 preservation, while providing economically disadvantaged youth and youth

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02210-02-5

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 1 who have not finished high school an opportunity for a meaningful
 2 participation in society.
 3 The legislature further intends to allow communities to expand the
 4 supply of affordable housing for homeless and other low-income individ-
 5 uals by utilizing the energies and talents of economically disadvantaged
 6 youth and young people who have not graduated from high school.
 7 The legislature also intends to foster the development of leadership
 8 skills and a commitment to community development among youth.
 9 § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 42-a to read as
 10 follows:
 11 § 42-a. YouthBuild; program requirements services. 1. The commission-
 12 er is authorized, subject to amounts made available by appropriation, to
 13 make grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of carrying out
 14 YouthBuild programs as approved under this section. All programs funded
 15 pursuant to the provisions of this section shall use funds available
 16 pursuant to this section to provide the following services:
 17 a. The training costs for the rehabilitation or construction of hous-
 18 ing and related facilities to be used for the purpose of providing
 19 homeownership for disadvantaged persons, residential housing for home-
 20 less individuals, and low-income and very low-income families, or tran-
 21 sitional housi