New York A 7863: Relates to the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor commission in Buffalo

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A07863 Summary:

BILL NOA07863 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07388

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRColton, Jacobson, Lasher, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §5, Lab L

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Provides that the New York labor law shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its remedial purposes.

Go to top A07863 Actions:

BILL NOA07863 

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04/11/2025referred to labor

05/28/2025reported referred to codes

06/09/2025reported referred to rules

06/12/2025reported 

06/12/2025rules report cal.668

06/12/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.668

06/13/2025substituted by s7388

&nbspS07388 AMEND= RAMOS

&nbsp04/14/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1770

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/10/2025referred to codes

&nbsp06/13/2025substituted for a7863

&nbsp06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.668

&nbsp06/16/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/16/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.153

Go to topA07863 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:28/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoAyeDiPietroAye

HevesiAyeMorinelloAye

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioAye

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberAye

RamosAyeSempolinskiNay

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/09/2025AYE/NAY:17/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyExcused

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/12/2025AYE/NAY:26/3 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA07863 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07863 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7863

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "remedial
 construction of New York labor law act"

 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 "remedial construction of New York labor law act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The legislature hereby reaf-
 4 firms its longstanding intent and directive that the labor law be
 5 construed liberally in favor of workers to accomplish its broad remedial
 6 purposes--including but not limited to securing workers' wage floors,
 7 ensuring their rights to recover all earned wages and all concomitant
 8 liquidated damages and other remedies, protecting workers from retali-
 9 ation, securing equal pay for equal work, and defraying the harms of
 10 unemployment. These remedial purposes not only protect workers, but also
 11 protect law-abiding employers from unfair competition by lawbreaking
 12 employers.
 13 2. Courts interpreting the labor law are hereby directed with this act
 14 to ensure all future interpretations of the labor law comport with its
 15 broad remedial purposes. This includes, with respect to exceptions and
 16 exemptions to the labor law's requirements of employers, construing all
 17 such exceptions and exemptions narrowly in order to maximize deterrence
 18 of unlawful conduct.
 19 § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 5 to read as
 20 follows:
 21 § 5. Construction. The p