Bill Text: NY A04189 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the comptroller of the city of New York to enforce and investigate certain violations of the state minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-31 - referred to labor [A04189 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A04189-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4189

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2025
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. REYES, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor

        AN ACT to amend the labor law,  in  relation  to  local  enforcement  of
          violations  of  the  state minimum wage in a city with a population of
          one million or more

          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 "protection
     2  and oversight of worker enforcement rights (POWER) act".
     3    § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 219-b to read as
     4  follows:
     5    §  219-b.  Local  enforcement  authority.  1. As used in this section,
     6  "fiscal officer" means the comptroller of the city of New York.
     7    2. The fiscal officer may enforce and investigate  violations  of  the
     8  state  minimum  wage,  and  the  following  provisions of the labor law:
     9  subdivision nine of section twenty-seven-d of this chapter and  subdivi-
    10  sion  one  of  section two hundred fifteen of this article; sections one
    11  hundred sixty-seven, one hundred seventy, one hundred ninety-one through
    12  one hundred ninety-three, one hundred ninety-six-d, one hundred  ninety-
    13  eight-b,  and  one  hundred ninety-eight-e of this chapter; sections two
    14  hundred eighteen, two hundred nineteen, and two  hundred  nineteen-c  of
    15  this  article;  articles  nineteen,  nineteen-D, twenty-C, twenty-one-A,
    16  twenty-five-B and twenty-five-C of this chapter; and any regulations and
    17  wage orders promulgated in implementing such articles or provisions. The
    18  fiscal officer shall further be authorized to  enforce  and  investigate
    19  violations  of  any  other local law, ordinance, or regulation requiring
    20  payment of a minimum wage or compensation, or establishing a labor stan-
    21  dard  for  work  performed  within  the  city's  geographic  boundaries;
    22  provided, however, that the fiscal officer shall not enforce those local
    23  labor  standards that the commissioner of consumer and worker protection
    24  of such city or any successor to such office is charged with  enforcing,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06093-01-5
        A. 4189                             2

     1  unless  such enforcement authority is otherwise provided by local law or
     2  the labor standard relates to the  regulation  of  financially  assisted
     3  workplaces  or the procurement of goods, services or office space by the
     4  city or a city economic development entity. To effectuate enforcement of
     5  the  provisions  set  forth in this section, the fiscal officer shall be
     6  empowered with the same authority as the commissioner as set  forth  in:
     7  subdivisions  one,  two, eight, nine, ten, and eleven of section twenty-
     8  one of this chapter; and sections twenty-five,  twenty-six,  thirty-one,
     9  thirty-eight, and thirty-nine of this chapter, including but not limited
    10  to  the  right  to  inspect premises, issue subpoenas, administer oaths,
    11  examine witnesses, take  affidavits,  and  inspect  books,  papers,  and
    12  records. The fiscal officer shall be empowered to adopt further enforce-
    13  ment provisions, remedies, penalties, and other implementing regulations
    14  consistent  with  this  section. Provided, however, that nothing in this
    15  section shall limit the authority or obligation of the department or any
    16  other government agency to enforce any provision of this chapter or  any
    17  other  law requiring payment of a minimum wage or compensation or estab-
    18  lishing a labor standard within the geographic boundaries of a city with
    19  a population of one million or more or elsewhere.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.