New York A 5944: Prohibits trustees and members of a board of education from voting on matters before the board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member

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A05944 Summary:

BILL NOA05944 

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SPONSORCarroll R

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Requires delivery safety training for those who make deliveries for online ordering and delivery platforms within a city with a population of one million or more before such persons can make a delivery.

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BILL NOA05944 

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02/25/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5944

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring delivery safety
 training for those who make deliveries for online ordering and deliv-
 ery platforms

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-m to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 202-m. Delivery safety training. 1. As used in this section, the
 4 term "online ordering and delivery platform" means any entity which
 5 facilitates the ordering of goods, from no fewer than five separately
 6 owned establishments, through the use of a website, mobile application,
 7 or other internet service and where such goods are delivered by a person
 8 connected to the order through a system or service offered or utilized
 9 by such platform.
 10 2. On or after the one hundred eightieth day after the effective date
 11 of this section, all online ordering and delivery platforms shall
 12 provide delivery safety training before a person is allowed to make a
 13 delivery for such platform within a city with a population of one
 14 million or more via a website, mobile application, or other effective
 15 training.
 16 3. The curriculum for the delivery safety training shall be estab-
 17 lished by the delivery safety training curriculum task force which shall
 18 consist of nine members appointed by the governor, assembly and senate,
 19 as follows: one representing the New York city department of transporta-
 20 tion; one representing the New York state department of transportation;
 21 one representing the department of motor vehicles; two representing
 22 persons making deliveries for online ordering and delivery platforms;
 23 two representing online ordering and delivery platforms; and two repres-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07661-01-5

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 1 enting street safety advocates. Such curriculum shall include, but not
 2 be limited to, the following topics:
 3 (a) vehicle and traffic laws;
 4 (b) safe driving behaviors;
 5 (c) defensive driving skills; and
 6 (d) common risks for new delivery drivers.
 7 4. Such delivery safety training shall:
 8 (a) be at least three hours in length;
 9 (b) be provided in plain English and each of the ten most common non-
 10 English languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency
 11 in the state of New York, based on United States census data; and
 12 (c) be provided at no cost by the online ordering and delivery plat-
 13 form.
 14 5. Persons who complete delivery safety training shall be paid fifteen
 15 dollars per hour or the minimum wage, whichever is greater, for time
 16 spent completing such training. Such payment shall be administered by
 17 the comptroller using funds collected from online ordering and delivery
 18 platforms operating within the state.
 19 6. On or after the one hundred eightieth day after the effective date
 20 of this section, an online ordering and delivery platform shall not
 21 allow a person to make a delivery within a city with a population of one
 22 million or more before such person has completed the delivery safety
 23 training required under this section.
 24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 25 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 26 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the