New York A 4349: Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent upon the renewal of a lease

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A04349 Summary:

BILL NOA04349 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSRGallagher, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§170, 171, 177, 178, 184, 186 & 187, Cor L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Relates to the Incarcerated Individuals Responsibility and Fair Wages Act; establishes a minimum wage for incarcerated individuals of five dollars per hour; establishes a prison incarcerated individual fund where up to forty percent of an incarcerated individual's wages can be sent to their family to help pay for certain expenses.

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BILL NOA04349 

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02/04/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4349

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the state finance law, in
 relation to the Incarcerated Individuals Responsibility and Fair Wages
 Act

 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 "Incarcer-
 2 ated Individuals Responsibility and Fair Wages Act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 170 of the correction law, as amended by
 4 chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 5 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an incarcerated indi-
 6 vidual may be permitted to leave the institution under guard to volun-
 7 tarily perform work for a nonprofit organization. An incarcerated indi-
 8 vidual who volunteers to perform work for a nonprofit organization shall
 9 be paid a minimum wage of five dollars per hour. The department is
 10 authorized to charge the nonprofit organization a reasonable hourly rate
 11 for meals and housing of any volunteering prisoners, if applicable. As
 12 used in this section, the term "nonprofit organization" means an organ-
 13 ization operated exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational
 14 purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of
 15 any private shareholder or individual.
 16 § 3. Section 171 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 17 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 18 3. An incarcerated individual shall be paid a minimum wage of five
 19 dollars per hour for any labor performed.
 20 § 4. Subdivision 7 of section 177 of the correction law, as renumbered
 21 by chapter 256 of the laws of 2010, is renumbered subdivision 8 and a
 22 new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
 23 7. An incarcerated individual shall be paid a minimum wage of five
 24 dollars per hour for any labor performed.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08790-01-5

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 1 § 5. Section 178 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of
 2 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 178. Participation in work release and other community activities.
 4 Nothing contained in this article shall be construed or applied so as to
 5 prohibit private employment of incarcerated individuals in the community
 6 under a work release program, or a residential treatment facility
 7 program formulated pursuant to any provision of this chapter. An incar-
 8 cerated individual participating in a work release program or a residen-
 9 tial treatment facility program shall be paid a minimum wage of five
 10 dollars per hour.
 11 § 6. Section 184 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 12 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 13 3. An incarcerated individual who performs work as it is related to
 14 the manufacturing and preparing of any article or material at the direc-
 15 tion of the department shall be paid a minimum wage of five dollars per
 16 hour.
 17 § 7. Section 186 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 18 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 19 5. An incarcerated individual who performs any service or manufactures
 20 any article or material shall be paid a minimum wage of fi