New York A 10507: Allows a claimant who voluntarily separates from employment during the COVID-19 emergency to receive unemployment benefits

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A10507 Summary:

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Amd §§652, 196-d, 651, 653 & 655, rpld §652 sub 6, add §666, Lab L; amd §171, Cor L

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Enacts the "living wage for all act" in relation to raising the minimum wage to $30 by January 1, 2030 for large employers and by January 1, 2035 for small employers, and by a percentage based on inflation thereafter, providing for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers, and minimum wage for incarcerated individuals working in correctional facilities; repeals provisions of law relating to minimum wage increases.

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03/06/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10507

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to raising the minimum wage
 to $30 by January 1, 2030 for large employers and by January 1, 2035
 for small employers, and by a percentage which is based on inflation
 thereafter, and to provide for minimum wage requirements for miscella-
 neous industry workers; to amend the correction law, in relation to
 minimum wage for incarcerated individuals working in correctional
 facilities; and to repeal subdivision 6 of section 652 of the labor
 law relating to minimum wage increases

 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 "living wage for all act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares
 4 that:
 5 New York state faces an ongoing affordability crisis that has
 6 increased the cost of basic necessities, including housing, child care,
 7 food, transportation, and health care, and has placed growing financial
 8 strain on working families.
 9 The legislature further finds that the statutory minimum wage has not
 10 kept pace with the actual cost of meeting basic needs in many regions of
 11 the state, such that full-time work at or near the minimum wage is
 12 insufficient for many workers to attain economic security.
 13 The legislature further finds that credible, geographically specific
 14 measures of the cost of living--based on the costs of basic household
 15 necessities and required taxes--indicate that a living wage in numerous
 16 counties and regions of the state is substantially higher than the
 17 current minimum wage.
 18 The legislature further finds that when wages are set below a level
 19 sufficient to meet basic needs, workers and families are more likely to
 20 experience material hardship and economic instability, and public and
 21 community resources may be strained by increased demand for assistance.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14601-02-6

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 1 The legislature further finds that establishing a clear schedule to
 2 reach a statewide living wage and providing for predictable annual
 3 adjustments thereafter are necessary to prevent erosion in the real
 4 value of wages over time and to promote economic stability for workers
 5 and communities.
 6 It is therefore the intent of the legislature in enacting this act to
 7 raise the minimum wage to a living wage statewide and to provide for
 8 ongoing adjustments thereafter in order to maintain the purchasing power
 9 of the minimum wage.
 10 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 652 of the labor law, as amended by
 11 section 1 of part K of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, paragraph (c) as
 12 amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 13 amended to read as follows:
 14 1. Statutory. Every employer shall pay to each of its employees for
 15 each hour worked a wage of not less than:
 16 $4.25 on and after April 1, 1991,
 17 $5.15 on and after March 31, 2000,
 18 $6.00 on and after January 1, 2005,
 19 $6.75 on and after January 1, 2006,
 20 $7.15 on and af