New York S 7074: Relates to penalties for contractors and subcontractors to cable television companies for violations of payroll reporting requirements, and to the payment of workers on certain excavation projects

Status: REFERRED TO LABOR (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 7074

Sponsors: Toby Ann Stavisky, Robert Jackson

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S07074 Summary:

BILL NOS07074 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08044

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§220-j & 224-f, Lab L

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Provides that contractors and subcontractors to cable television companies who are assessed penalties for two separate violations of payroll reporting requirements shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded any public work contract with the state, any municipal corporation or public body for five years; provides that cable television companies shall be subject to the requirement that workers on certain excavation projects be paid not less than a prevailing rate of wage.

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7074

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 penalties for contractors
 and subcontractors to cable television companies for violations of
 payroll reporting requirements, and to the payment of workers on
 certain excavation projects

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 220-j of the labor law is amended
 2 by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
 3 f. In addition to the penalties set forth in this subdivision,
 4 contractors and subcontractors to cable television companies, as defined
 5 in section two hundred twelve of the public service law, who are
 6 assessed penalties under this subdivision for two separate violations of
 7 this section shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded any
 8 public work contract or subcontract with the state, any municipal corpo-
 9 ration or public body for a period of five years from the second
 10 violation of this section.
 11 § 2. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 224-f of the labor law,
 12 as added by chapter 278 of the laws of 2023, is amended and a new subdi-
 13 vision 5 is added to read as follows:
 14 d. "Utility company" shall have the same meaning as subdivision twen-
 15 ty-three of section two of the public service law; provided, however,
 16 that for purposes of this section "utility company" shall also include a
 17 cable television company as defined by subdivision one of section two
 18 hundred twelve of the public service law.
 19 5. Any cable television company, as defined by subdivision one of
 20 section two hundred twelve of the public service law, which is subject
 21 to the jurisdiction, supervision and regulations prescribed by or pursu-
 22 ant to the provisions of article eleven of the public service law shall
 23 be subject to the mandates of this section, any language to the contrary
 24 notwithstanding.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11394-01-5

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