New York S 4504: Prohibits unlawful hiring discrimination by employers and employment agencies based upon an individual's unemployment status

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S04504 Summary:

BILL NOS04504 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10889

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HELMING, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ORTT, TEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §26, Gen Muni L; add §1527-b, Ed L

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Requires that the state fund any program which imposes a mandate upon municipal corporations or school districts; establishes criteria for any exemption from such law if such mandate is ordered by the judiciary, pursuant to an executive order or requested by the locality; establishes the New York state mandate review council.

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BILL NOS04504 

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

03/19/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4504

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN,
 HELMING, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ORTT, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local
 Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the education law, in
 relation to prohibiting the establishment of certain programs mandated
 for municipal corporations and school districts unless such programs
 are fully funded by the state; and to establish the New York state
 mandate review council

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

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 26 to read as follows:
 3 § 26. Funding of mandates. 1. Definitions. As used in this section,
 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context
 5 shall otherwise require:
 6 (a) "Mandate" means:
 7 (i) any state law, rule or regulation which establishes a new program
 8 or requires a higher level of service for an existing program which a
 9 municipal corporation is required to provide; or
 10 (ii) any provision of general law which grants a new property tax
 11 exemption or abatement or increases an existing property tax exemption
 12 or abatement which a municipal corporation is required to provide.
 13 (b) "Unfunded mandate" shall mean:
 14 (i) any state law, rule or regulation which establishes a new program
 15 or requires a higher level of service for an existing program which a
 16 municipal corporation is required to provide, and which results in a net
 17 additional cost to such municipal corporation;
 18 (ii) any alteration in funding provided to a municipal corporation for
 19 the purpose of defraying the costs of a program which it is required to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09052-01-5

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 1 provide, thereby resulting in a net additional cost to such municipal
 2 corporation; or
 3 (iii) any provision of general law which grants a new property tax
 4 exemption or abatement or increases an existing property tax exemption
 5 or abatement which any municipal corporation is required to provide,
 6 thereby resulting in a net additional cost to such municipal corpo-
 7 ration.
 8 (c) "Net additional cost" means the increased cost or costs incurred
 9 or anticipated to be incurred within a one year period by a municipal
 10 corporation in performing or administering a mandate after subtracting
 11 therefrom any revenues received or receivable by such municipal corpo-
 12 ration on account of the mandated program or service, including but not
 13 limited to:
 14 (i) fees charged to the recipients of the mandated program or service;
 15 (ii) state or federal aid paid specifically or categorically in
 16 connection with the program or service; and
 17 (iii) an offsetting savings resulting from the diminution or elimi-
 18 nation of any other program or service directly attributable to the
 19 performance or administration of the mandated program.
 20 2. Funding of municipal corporation mandates. Notwithstanding any