New York S 5258: Increases the minimum wage outside of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; repealer

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

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5258

Sponsors: Jessica Ramos, Andrew Gounardes, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Christopher Ryan, Cordell Cleare, Jeremy Cooney, Julia Salazar, Lea Webb, Leroy Comrie, Nathalia Fernandez, Pete Harckham, Rachel May, Robert Jackson, Samra Brouk, Sean Ryan, Shelley Mayer, Toby Ann Stavisky

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S05258 Summary:

BILL NOS05258 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06086

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRBROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY, MAYER,
 RYAN C, RYAN S, SALAZAR, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §652 sub 1-b ¶(d), amd §652, Lab L

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Increases the minimum wage outside of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; repeals certain provisions of law relating to exceptions to minimum wage increases.

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BILL NOS05258 

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5258

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES,
 HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY, MAYER, S. RYAN, SALAZAR, STAVI-
 SKY, WEBB -- 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 the minimum wage outside
 of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester;
 and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating to exceptions to
 minimum wage increases

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1-b of section 652 of the
 2 labor law is REPEALED and paragraph (e) is relettered paragraph (d).
 3 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1-a of section 652 of the labor law,
 4 as added by section 2 of part S of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 (c) Remainder of state. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this
 7 section, every employer shall pay to each of its employees for each hour
 8 worked outside the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,
 9 and Westchester, a wage of not less than:
 10 $15.00 on and after January 1, 2024,
 11 $15.50 on and after January 1, 2025,
 12 [$16.00] $17.00 on and after January 1, 2026, or, if greater, such
 13 other wage as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
 14 section 206 or its successors or such other wage as may be established
 15 in accordance with the provisions of this article.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08824-01-5

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