New York A 1909: Establishes a rural remote recruitment program

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A01909 Summary:

BILL NOA01909 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSmullen

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COSPNSRMcDonough, Tague, Palmesano, Manktelow, Lemondes, DeStefano, Angelino, Brown E, Miller

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 28 §§500 - 506, Ec Dev L

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Establishes a rural remote recruitment program to provide monetary incentives for remote workers to relocate into rural areas of New York that opt into the program; provides an application process; provides for funding; requires on an annual basis a program report specifying the number of applicants to the program, the number of applicants approved, the names of participants, information as to benefits and the total increase in rural population.

Go to top A01909 Actions:

BILL NOA01909 

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01/14/2025referred to economic development

05/20/2025held for consideration in economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

Go to topA01909 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chair:Stirpe 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:17/6 Action: Held for Consideration StirpeAyeFriendNay

MagnarelliAyeMorinelloNay

LupardoAyeLemondesNay

HyndmanAyeBrownAbsent

SternAyeBeephanNay

TapiaAyePirozzoloExcused

LucasAyeBrook-KrasnyNay

CunninghamAyeBolognaNay

SimoneAye

ZaccaroAye

DaisAye

GriffinAye

TorresAye

HooksAye

LasherExcused

KayAye

WrightAye

KassayAye

Go to topA01909 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01909 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1909

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, McDONOUGH, TAGUE, PALMESANO, MANKTELOW,
 LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, ANGELINO, E. BROWN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establish-
 ing a rural remote recruitment program

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

 1 Section 1. The economic development law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 28 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 28
 4 RURAL REMOTE RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
 5 Section 500. Definitions.
 6 501. Rural remote recruitment program.
 7 502. Eligibility criteria.
 8 503. Application and approval process.
 9 504. Powers and duties of the commissioner.
 10 505. Funding.
 11 506. Reporting.
 12 § 500. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
 13 1. "Rural areas" shall mean any city, town, or village with a popu-
 14 lation density less than two hundred fifty people per square mile
 15 located within a county with a population of less than three hundred
 16 thousand people and a population density of less than two hundred fifty
 17 people per square mile.
 18 2. "Remote worker" shall mean any full time employed person, who works
 19 an average of at least thirty-five hours per week and participates in
 20 the practice of working from one's home or another designated space,
 21 instead of the traditional office environment.
 22 3. "Acceptance date" shall mean the date upon which an applicant to
 23 the rural remote recruitment program accepts and commits to the terms
 24 and agreements of the program.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04573-01-5

 A. 1909 2

 1 4. "Rural remote recruitment program" or "program" shall mean the
 2 program established by section five hundred one of this article.
 3 § 501. Rural remote recruitment program. 1. There is hereby estab-
 4 lished within the department a "rural remote recruitment" program to
 5 provide monetary incentives for remote workers to relocate into rural
 6 areas of New York that opt into the program.
 7 2. The department shall coordinate with the department of labor to
 8 develop an application, competitive evaluation process and reporting to
 9 support the rural remote recruitment program.
 10 § 502. Eligibility criteria. In order to participate in the rural
 11 remote recruitment program, a remote worker applicant to the program
 12 must satisfy the following criteria:
 13 1. the applicant must reside in New York outside of a designated rural
 14 area, reside outside of New York state, or currently reside in a desig-
 15 nated rural area and be