New York A 478: Enacts the "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act"

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A00478 Summary:

BILL NOA00478A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04756

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SPONSORSteck (MS)

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COSPNSRBronson, Meeks, Simon, Hevesi, Jacobson, Woerner, Taylor, Walker, McDonald, Peoples-Stokes,
 Shrestha, Zinerman

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MLTSPNSRColton, Cruz, Morinello, Reyes, Santabarbara

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Add §42-a, Lab L

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Enacts the "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act"; sets program requirements; authorizes grants to eligible YouthBuild participants; establishes application requirements.

Go to top A00478 Actions:

BILL NOA00478A

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01/08/2025referred to labor

08/27/2025amend (t) and recommit to labor

08/27/2025print number 478a

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 478--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK, BRONSON, MEEKS, SIMON, HEVESI, JACOBSON,
 WOERNER, TAYLOR, WALKER, McDONALD, PEOPLES-STOKES, SHRESTHA -- Multi-
 Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, CRUZ, MORINELLO, REYES, SANTABARBARA
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "Velmanette
 Montgomery YouthBuild act"; setting program requirements; authorizing
 the commissioner of labor to make grants to eligible YouthBuild
 programs and to establish application requirements; and to expand the
 number of YouthBuild programs across New York state

 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 "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature seeks to support economically
 4 disadvantaged youth, especially youth who have not finished high school,
 5 to obtain education and work experience through occupational skills
 6 training, personal counseling, leadership development, job placement
 7 assistance, and long-term follow-up services necessary for them to
 8 achieve permanent economic self-sufficiency, while at the same time
 9 providing valuable community service that addresses urgent community
 10 needs including the demand for affordable housing and the need for young
 11 role models and mentors for younger teenagers and children.
 12 The legislature further intends to foster the development of leader-
 13 ship skills and a commitment to community development among youth and to
 14 ensure maximum educational achievement of program participants through
 15 high school diploma or the equivalent attainment and transition to
 16 institutions of higher education, where appropriate.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02210-03-5

 A. 478--A 2

 1 The legislature further intends to provide communities the opportunity
 2 to establish or rebuild neighborhood stability in economically depressed
 3 and low-income areas, as well as historic areas requiring restoration or
 4 preservation, while providing economically disadvantaged youth and youth
 5 who have not finished high school an opportunity for a meaningful
 6 participation in society.
 7 The legislature further intends to allow communities to expand the
 8 supply of affordable housing for homeless and other low-income individ-
 9 uals by utilizing the energies and talents of economically disadvantaged
 10 youth and young people who have not graduated from high school.
 11 The legislature also intends to foster the development of leadership
 12 skills and a commitment to community development among youth.
 13 § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 42-a to read as
 14 follows:
 15 § 42-a. YouthBuild; program requirements services. 1. The commission-
 16 er is authorized, subject to amounts made available by appropriation, to
 17 make grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of carrying out
 18 YouthBuild programs as approved under this section. All programs funded
 19 pursuant to the provisions of this section shall use