New York S 184: Authorizes recoupment of financial incentives awarded businesses upon failure to fulfill the terms of such incentive

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S00184 Summary:

BILL NOS00184A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02152-A

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSRMYRIE, RAMOS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §131-y, amd §131-a, Soc Serv L

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Establishes a full year youth employment immersion pilot program for eligible youths and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24; directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to establish a youth or young adult employment immersion pilot program in 3 local social services districts, with one being located in the city of New York.

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BILL NOS00184A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

02/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/13/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

03/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 184A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 184--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, RAMOS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
 committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a
 full year youth employment immersion pilot program; and in relation to
 creating a youth or young adult employment immersion pilot program in
 three social services districts

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 131-y to read as follows:
 3 § 131-y. Youth employment immersion pilot program. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Office" means the office of temporary and disability assistance.
 6 (b) "Program" means the youth employment immersion pilot program
 7 established under this section.
 8 (c) "Eligible youths and young adults" means economically disadvan-
 9 taged state residents who are between the ages of sixteen and twenty-
 10 four who are not currently employed, and (i) for those age sixteen
 11 through eighteen, are enrolled in high school or a high school equiv-
 12 alency program, or (ii) for those age nineteen through twenty-four, have
 13 graduated from high school or received high school equivalency. The term
 14 "eligible youths and young adults" shall not include individuals who
 15 have completed, or are currently enrolled in, post-secondary education,
 16 or a business, professional, vocational, technical, or trade school
 17 licensed or approved by the regents, or an apprenticeship program.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00868-02-6

 S. 184--A 2

 1 (d) "Economically disadvantaged" means state residents who are
 2 currently receiving safety net or family assistance or who reside in a
 3 household that would be eligible for receipt of safety net or family
 4 assistance based on means testing.
 5 (e) "Professional and transferable skills" shall include, but not be
 6 limited to:
 7 (i) collaboration;
 8 (ii) communication;
 9 (iii) creativity;
 10 (iv) critical thinking; and
 11 (v) self-advocacy.
 12 2. The office shall establish a youth employment immersion pilot
 13 program. The program shall be administered by the local social services
 14 districts with supervision and regulation by the office. The program
 15 shall be for eligible youths and young adults which shall include:
 16 (a) up to twenty-five percent of an eligible youth or young adult's
 17 time with the program being spent on education and employment readiness,
 18 including, but not limited to:
 19 (i) attending programs which teach workforce readiness, skill develop-
 20 ment, financial literacy, or digital litera