New York A 1999: Provides that each fire district, department or company required to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire fighters shall be entitled to reimbursement by the state

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A01999 Summary:

BILL NOA01999 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRColton, Meeks, Raga

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §206-d, Lab L

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Creates the women and high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs grant program; encourages and assists women to enter high-wage, high-demand occupations including but not limited to trades, science, technology, engineering, and math; makes an appropriation therefor.

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BILL NOA01999 

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01/14/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1999

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, MEEKS, RAGA -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to creating the women and
 high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs grant program; and making
 an appropriation therefor

 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 206-d to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 206-d. Women and high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs grant
 4 program. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following
 5 terms have the meanings given.
 6 (a) "Eligible organization" includes, but is not limited to:
 7 (1) community-based organizations experienced in serving women;
 8 (2) employers;
 9 (3) business and trade associations;
 10 (4) labor unions and employee organizations;
 11 (5) registered apprenticeship programs;
 12 (6) secondary and postsecondary education institutions located in New
 13 York; and
 14 (7) workforce and economic development agencies.
 15 (b) "High-wage, high-demand" means occupations that represent at least
 16 0.1 percent of total employment in the base year, have an annual median
 17 salary which is higher than the average for the current year, and are
 18 projected to have more total openings as a share of employment than the
 19 average.
 20 (c) "Low-income" means income less than two hundred percent of the
 21 federal poverty guideline adjusted for a family size of four.
 22 (d) "Nontraditional occupations" means those occupations in which
 23 women make up less than twenty-five percent of the workforce as defined
 24 under United States Code, title 20, section 2302.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05316-01-5

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 1 (e) "Registered apprenticeship program" means a program registered
 2 under United States Code, title 29, section 50.
 3 2. Grant program. The commissioner shall establish the women and high-
 4 wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs grant program to increase the
 5 number of women in high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional occupations.
 6 The commissioner shall make grants to eligible organizations for
 7 programs that encourage and assist women to enter high-wage, high-de-
 8 mand, nontraditional occupations including but not limited to those in
 9 the skilled trades, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
 10 occupations.
 11 3. Use of funds. (a) Grant funds awarded under this section may be
 12 used for:
 13 (1) recruitment, preparation, placement, and retention of women,
 14 including low-income women and women over fifty years old, in registered
 15 apprenticeships, postsecondary education programs, on-the-job training,
 16 and permanent employment in high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional occu-
 17 pations;
 18 (2) secondary or postsecondary education or other training to prepare
 19 women to succeed in high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional occupations.
 20 Activities under this subparagraph may be conducted by the grantee or in
 21 collaboration with another institution, including but not limited to a
 22 public or private secondary or postsecondary school;
 23 (3) innovative, hands-on, best practices that stimulate interest in
 24 high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional occupations among girls, increase
 25 awareness among girls about opportunities in