New York S 3950: Expands the empire state apprenticeship tax credit to include additional credit for people with disabilities

Status: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE (as of 2026-05-05)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 3950

Sponsors: Jessica Ramos

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S03950 Summary:

BILL NOS03950 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11210

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25-c, Lab L

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Expands the empire state apprenticeship tax credit to include additional credit for people with disabilities.

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3950

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 expanding the empire state
 apprenticeship tax credit to include additional credit for people with
 disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "disability
 2 apprenticeship expansion tax credit act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 25-c of the labor law is amended by
 4 adding a new paragraph 9 to read as follows:
 5 (9) The term "disability" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 6 subdivision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the execu-
 7 tive law.
 8 § 3. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section
 9 25-c of the labor law, as added by section 1 of subpart B of part N of
 10 chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 11 (A) (1) two thousand dollars for each first year apprentice; (2) three
 12 thousand dollars for each second year apprentice; (3) four thousand
 13 dollars for each third year apprentice; (4) five thousand dollars for
 14 each fourth year apprentice; and (5) six thousand dollars for each fifth
 15 year apprentice. The apprentice's status as a first, second, third,
 16 fourth or fifth year apprentice will be determined on the last day of
 17 the calendar year, or if the apprentice is no longer employed by the
 18 participating employer on the last day of the calendar year, on the last
 19 day of the apprentice's employment with the participating employer; or
 20 (6) five hundred dollars for each person with a disability hired; or
 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08519-01-5

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