New York A 5726: Relates to special powers of the metropolitan transportation authority

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A05726 Summary:

BILL NOA05726 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04477-A

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRHevesi, Valdez, Burdick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Fall, Colton, Stirpe, Epstein, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§570, 572, 575, 575-a, 597 & 620, Lab L

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Requires employers to report certain employees' wages for the purposes of unemployment benefits; relates to the payment of unemployment benefits, and employer penalties for non-compliance.

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BILL NOA05726 

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02/20/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5726

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to employers' obligations to
 report wages for the purposes of unemployment benefits, the payment of
 unemployment benefits, and employer penalties for non-compliance

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 570 of the labor law, as amended
 2 by chapter 7 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. Rate. Each employer liable under this article, including those
 4 employers liable pursuant to the presumption in subdivision one of
 5 section five hundred seventy-two of this title, shall pay contributions
 6 on all wages paid by [him] such employer at the rate of five and four-
 7 tenths per centum or, if applicable to the employer, at the rate
 8 provided by the provisions of sections five hundred seventy-seven and
 9 five hundred eighty-one of this title. However, if contributions so
 10 established exceed five and four-tenths per centum of wages paid by
 11 [him] such employer which are subject to the federal unemployment tax
 12 act, they shall be reduced by that part of such excess, if any, which is
 13 caused by the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section
 14 five hundred eighteen of this article.
 15 § 2. Section 572 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 726 of the
 16 laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows:
 17 § 572. [Notice] Presumption of liability. 1. Notwithstanding any other
 18 provision of law, upon the initial determination of a claim for bene-
 19 fits, if the department determines that any person is or was an employee
 20 within the meaning of this article, there shall be a presumption that
 21 such determination applies to all others performing similar services for
 22 the employer and such employer has become liable for contributions for
 23 all such employees under section five hundred seventy of this title
 24 and/or section six hundred seventy-four of the tax law. Upon final adju-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08825-02-5

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 1 dication of any initial determination finding a claimant to be an
 2 employee, the reporting and contributions required under this title
 3 shall be made on all wages paid to such claimant and all others perform-
 4 ing similar services for the employer. The employer's obligation to
 5 contribute for such employees shall continue until the employer success-
 6 fully rebuts the presumption in a final adjudication of a future claim
 7 involving a claimant performing similar services for the employer. The
 8 presumption and obligations in this subdivision shall apply to all
 9 determinations already rendered and all future determinations.
 10 2. Any employer who has become liable for contributions shall notify
 11 the commissioner of [such] the fact [immediately] and shall give infor-
 12 mation concerning [his] their operations and persons employed by [him]
 13 them to the commissioner no later then five business days after they
 14 become liable.
 15 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 575 of the labor law, as renumbered by
 16 chapter 639 of the laws of 1954, is renumbered subdivision 3 and a new
 17 subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
 18 2. Upon any determination by the