New York A 5860: Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions; repealer
Status: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.145 (as of 2026-01-07)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 5860
Sponsors: Claire Valdez, Al Taylor, Albert A. Stirpe, Alex Bores, Amanda Septimo, Andrew Hevesi, Angelo Santabarbara, Anna Kelles, Carrie Woerner, Charles Fall, Chris Burdick, Dana Levenberg, Deborah Glick, Demond Meeks, Diana Moreno, Emily Gallagher, Erik Dilan, Gabriella Romero, George Alvarez, Grace Lee, Harvey Epstein, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, John T. McDonald III, Jonathan Jacobson, Jonathan Rivera
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A05860 Summary: BILL NOA05860   SAME ASSAME AS S05623   SPONSORValdez   COSPNSRShrestha, Mitaynes, Gonzalez-Rojas, Forrest, Gallagher, Tapia, Kelles, Schiavoni, Davila, McDonald, Meeks, Raga, Otis, Hevesi, Bores, Burke, Romero, Epstein, Alvarez, Steck, Taylor, Glick, Anderson, Burdick, Sayegh, Simone, Colton, Fall, Stirpe, Carroll P, Griffin, Levenberg, Woerner, Solages, Jacobson, Rosenthal, Santabarbara, Carroll R, Rivera, Moreno, Wright, Reyes, Lee, Septimo, Dilan   MLTSPNSR   Rpld §590 sub 11, amd §590, Lab L   Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits. Go to top A05860 Actions: BILL NOA05860   02/24/2025referred to labor 05/28/2025reported referred to ways and means 06/13/2025reported referred to rules 06/13/2025reported 06/13/2025rules report cal.726 06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.726 01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.145 Go to topA05860 Committee Votes: Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means BronsonAyeDursoAye ColtonAyeBrabenecAye BenedettoAyeDiPietroAye HevesiAyeMorinelloAye RozicAyeDeStefanoAye SteckAyeGiglioAye CruzAyeSlaterAye ReyesAyeNorberAye RamosAyeSempolinskiAye JacobsonAye ZinermanAye TaylorAye TapiaAye LucasAye AlvarezAye RagaAye RiveraAye BoresAye SimoneAye BurroughsAye Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow DATE:06/13/2025AYE/NAY:29/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay ColtonAyeHawleyAye CookAyeBlankenbushAye BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye WeprinAyeWalshNay RamosAyeDeStefanoAye BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye McDonaldExcusedSmullenAye RozicAyeGiglioNay DinowitzAye MagnarelliExcused BronsonAye DilanAye SeawrightExcused HyndmanAye WalkerAye Bichotte HermelAye SimonAye CruzAye OtisAye SolagesAye HunterAye EpsteinAye SeptimoAye Committee:RULES Chair:Glick DATE:06/13/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye PretlowAyeHawleyAye CookAyeBlankenbushAye GlickAyeRaAye DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye ColtonAyePalmesanoAye RosenthalAyeReillyAye PaulinAyeSmithAye Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye BenedettoAye LavineAye LupardoAye BraunsteinAye DavilaAye HyndmanAye RozicAye BronsonAye HevesiAye HunterAye StirpeAye CruzAye VanelExcused Go to topA05860 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA05860 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5860 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. VALDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 10 of section 590 of 2 the labor law, as amended by chapter 734 of the laws of 2004, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 Benefits based on professional employment with educational insti- 5 tutions, including the state university of New York, the city university 6 of New York and any public community colleges. If a claimant was 7 employed in an instructional, research, or principal administrative 8 capacity by an institution of education, including the state university 9 of New York, the city university of New York and any public community 10 colleges, or performed services in such an institution in such capacity 11 while employed by an educational service agency, the following shall 12 apply to any week commencing during the period between two successive 13 academic years or terms, or during a similar period between two regular 14 but not successive terms when the contract provides therefor instead, 15 provided the claimant has a contract to perform services, or there is a 16 reasona
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