New York A 9608: Limits the number of consecutive hours worked by certain employees of N.Y. city

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A09608 Summary:

BILL NOA09608 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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Add §168-a, Lab L

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Limits the number of consecutive hours worked by certain employees of cities of one million or more; provides that employees of cities of one million or more who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall not work more than 17 consecutive hours in a work day.

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BILL NOA09608 

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01/21/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9608

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to limiting the number of
 consecutive hours worked by certain employees of cities of one million
 or more

 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 168-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 168-a. Hours of labor of employees of cities of one million or more.
 4 1. This section shall apply to all employees subject to a collective
 5 bargaining agreement of cities of one million or more.
 6 2. No person to whom this section is applicable shall be required to
 7 work in excess of seventeen hours in any given work day, except as
 8 provided in an applicable collective bargaining agreement.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04610-01-5

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