New York S 5520: Relates to surcharges imposed by sellers for use of a credit card in lieu of other methods of payment

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Add §§608-b & 668-h, amd §604, Ed L

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Establishes a COVID-19 essential workers scholarship program to award annual scholarships to essential employees who worked during the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and children of essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5520

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a COVID-
 19 essential workers scholarship program

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 608-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 608-b. COVID-19 essential worker scholarships. 1. Notwithstanding
 4 subdivision five of section six hundred sixty-one of this title, essen-
 5 tial employees who worked during the outbreak of novel coronavirus
 6 disease two thousand nineteen (COVID-19) and children of essential
 7 employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19, shall be
 8 eligible to receive a scholarship in an annual amount determined pursu-
 9 ant to subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-eight-h of this
 10 title. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding
 11 who qualifies as an essential employee.
 12 2. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of not more
 13 than four academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years
 14 if a program normally requires five years, as defined by the commission-
 15 er pursuant to this article.
 16 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 668-h to
 17 read as follows:
 18 § 668-h. COVID-19 essential worker scholarships. 1. Eligible groups.
 19 Notwithstanding subdivision five of section six hundred sixty-one of
 20 this part, essential employees who worked during the outbreak of novel
 21 coronavirus disease two thousand nineteen (COVID-19) and children of
 22 essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19,
 23 shall be eligible to receive a scholarship. The commissioner shall
 24 promulgate rules and regulations regarding who qualifies as an essential
 25 employee.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00122-02-5

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 1 2. Amount. (a) The president shall grant annual scholarships in the
 2 following amounts:
 3 (1) If the recipient attends an institution of the city university of
 4 New York or an institution of the state university of New York other
 5 than the statutory colleges at Cornell, the college of environmental
 6 science and forestry at Syracuse and the college of ceramics at Alfred,
 7 the annual award shall be an amount equal to: the tuition charged at
 8 such institution provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law to
 9 the contrary, the tuition charged to award recipients shall not exceed
 10 that charged to state resident students attending such institution; the
 11 mandatory fees charged at such institution; and the non-tuition cost of
 12 attendance at such institution or college, provided that the scholarship
 13 shall not exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance
 14 determined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all
 15 other scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,
 16 the federal government, or other governments, and the amount of educa-
 17 tional benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the purposes
 18 of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants provided to a
 19 recipient by the institution which are