New York A 2572: Exempts income earned by persons from certain job training or adult education programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs

Status: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2572

Sponsors: Maritza Davila, Albert A. Stirpe, Billy Jones, Harry B. Bronson, Linda Rosenthal, Nikki Lucas, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Robert C. Carroll, Stefani Zinerman, William Conrad

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A02572 Summary:

BILL NOA02572 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDavila

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Stirpe, Carroll R, Zinerman, Forrest, Lucas, Jones, Conrad, Bronson

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Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L

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Exempts income earned by a head of household or any person in the household from certain job training or adult education programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs.

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BILL NOA02572 

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01/17/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2572

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA, ROSENTHAL, STIRPE, R. CARROLL, ZINERMAN,
 FORREST, LUCAS, JONES, CONRAD, BRONSON -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting income
 earned by persons from certain job training or adult education
 programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
 2 social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (xiv) all of the income of a head of household or any person in the
 5 household, who is receiving such aid or for whom an application for such
 6 aid has been made, which is derived from participation in a program
 7 carried out under the federal workforce innovation and opportunity act
 8 (P.L. 113-128) or any successor act or public assistance employment,
 9 training or skills certification program, provided, however, that in the
 10 case of earned income such disregard must be applied for at least, but
 11 no longer than, six consecutive months following the last day of the
 12 month in which such person commences employment after completing a qual-
 13 ifying job training or adult education program.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04587-01-5

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