New York A 5433: Establishes the New York state service corps, relates to the New York state service corps - health services track; repealer

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A05433 Summary:

BILL NOA05433 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSRSantabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §45, Lab L; amd §3.23, Pks & Rec L; rpld & add Art 2 Title 2-B §§231 & 232, Pub Health L

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Establishes the New York state service corps; relates to the New York state service corps - health services track.

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BILL NOA05433 

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02/14/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5433

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the New York
 state service corps; to amend the parks, recreation and historic pres-
 ervation law and the public health law, in relation to the New York
 state service corps - health services track; and to repeal title 2-B
 of article 2 of the public health law, relating to the New York state
 health service corps

 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 45 to read
 2 as follows:
 3 § 45. New York state service corps. 1. There is hereby created a New
 4 York state service corps, administered by the New York state department
 5 of labor in conjunction and coordination with the department of parks,
 6 recreation and historic preservation and the department of health.
 7 2. The New York state service corps shall provide service opportu-
 8 nities for interested applicants, including youth, young unemployed
 9 people, recent high school, college, and post-secondary graduates, as
 10 well as recent retirees and individuals who have recently completed or
 11 are pursuing a high school equivalency examination or program. Such
 12 service opportunities shall include, but not be limited to, (i) residen-
 13 tial and non-residential corps opportunities; (ii) one- and two-year
 14 fellowship programs; (iii) internship opportunities for currently
 15 enrolled students; and (iv) programs authorized under any other section
 16 of law including but not limited to New York state service corps - green
 17 jobs, conservation, and revitalization tracks and New York state service
 18 corps - health services track.
 19 3. All fellowship and internship opportunities maintained by the
 20 commission under this section shall be educational in nature, focused on
 21 providing unique opportunities to youth, young adults, graduates and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08624-01-5

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 1 retirees, and shall not wholly replace work currently performed by any
 2 civil service title.
 3 4. Applicants for any fellowship or internship under this section
 4 shall be placed in opportunities that are deemed most likely to further
 5 an applicant's stated educational and professional interests, in order
 6 to provide the maximum educational value possible.
 7 5. The department shall maintain and operate a unified application
 8 process for service corps opportunities and shall work with appropriate
 9 agencies and, as appropriate, the New York state commission on national
 10 and community service to develop and administer service corps programs.
 11 § 2. The section heading and subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 3.23 of
 12 the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, as amended by chap-
 13 ter 128 of the laws of 1987, paragraph a of subdivision 3 as amended by
 14 chapter 717 of the laws of 1988, are amended to read as follows:
 15 New York state [conservation] service corps - green jobs, conserva-
 16 tion, and revitalization tracks. 1. [A] The New York state [conserva-
 17 tion corps] service corps - green jobs, conservation, and revitalization
 18 tracks (hereafter referred to as the "corps") within the office is here-
 19 by established for the following purposes:
 20 a. To protect air, fish, forest, land, water and wildlife;