New York S 9455: Includes a dependent allowance with unemployment benefits

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S09455 Summary:

BILL NOS09455 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10458

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §590, Lab L

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Provides that a claimant for unemployment benefits may claim an additional dependent allowance in an amount equal to 5% of the state average weekly wage for the current benefit year multiplied by the number of dependents claimed in the preceding tax year.

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BILL NOS09455 

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03/13/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9455

 IN SENATE

 March 13, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to including a dependent
 allowance with unemployment benefits

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 590 of the labor law is amended by
 2 adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
 3 (d) In addition to any benefits provided under paragraph (a) of this
 4 subdivision, a claimant who claimed dependents on their state income tax
 5 return filed in the tax year preceding the year in which the valid
 6 original unemployment claim was approved shall be eligible to receive a
 7 dependent allowance. Such dependent allowance shall be an amount equal
 8 to five percent of the average weekly wage for the current benefit year
 9 multiplied by the number of dependents claimed in the preceding tax
 10 year.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14868-01-6

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