NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6578

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
May 06, 2021	referred to finance

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2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7456
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Labor
Laws Affected:: Rpld Part EEE, amd §1, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.2509-C & A.3009-C)

2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals the excluded workers fund and appropriations made therefore.

2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6578

SPONSOR: JORDAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to repeal part EEE of a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to
establishing the excluded workers fund to provide payments to workers
who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of house-
hold income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who
are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or other state or
federal unemployment benefit, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
S.2509-C and A.3009-C; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021,
enacting the aid to localities budget, in relation to repealing the
excluded workers fund

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Repeals part EEE of a chapter of the laws of 2021 which
provides funds for otherwise ineligible recipients as proposed in legis-
lative bills numbers S. 2509-C and A. 3009-C.

Section 2. Repeals the Excluded Workers Fund appropriation.

Section 3. Establishes effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The 2021-22 New York State budget included, for the first time ever, a
$2.1 billion dollar appropriation in support of "excluded workers" who
were otherwise ineligible to receive Federal unemployment assistance. In
addition to the philosophical problems posed by creating a direct
payment system for non-citizens, the excluded workers legislation can
not, by definition, guarantee the employment history of those it intends
to disburse funds to, since the immigration status of its recipients is
in question. In a time of extreme fiscal distress for the State and
local governments, this use of taxpayer dollars was irresponsible and
could have been used to support a vast multitude of programs, non-pro-
fits, and other critical services provided to the residents of New York
State.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATION:

$2.1 billion in savings to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6578
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. JORDAN, MARTUCCI, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, STEC -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT to repeal part EEE of a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to
   establishing the excluded workers fund to provide payments to  workers
   who  suffered  a  loss  of  work-related earnings or a major source of
   household income during a state of emergency declared by the  governor
   and  who  are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or other
   state or federal unemployment  benefit,  as  proposed  in  legislative
   bills  numbers  S.2509-C  and  A.3009-C; and to amend a chapter of the
   laws of 2021, enacting the aid to localities budget,  in  relation  to
   repealing the excluded workers fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Part EEE of a chapter of the  laws  of  2021,  relating  to
 establishing  the excluded   workers fund to provide payments to workers
 who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of house-
 hold income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who
 are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or  other  state  or
 federal  unemployment  benefit, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 S.2509-C and A.3009-C, is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2021, enacting the  aid  to
 localities  budget,  is  amended  by repealing the items hereinbelow set
 forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other  items  under-
 scored in this section.
 [THE EXCLUDED WORKERS FUND ............................... 2,100,000,000
                                                           --------------

   General Fund
   Local Assistance Account - 10000

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10874-01-1

 S. 6578                             2

 For  services  and expenses of administering
   the excluded workers fund.   Notwithstand-
   ing  any  inconsistent  provision  of law,
   this appropriation may be used for  grants
   in  aid or expenses of contracts with not-
   for-profit  agencies  to   be   determined
   pursuant  to a plan to be developed by the
   department of labor in  consultation  with
   the  director of the budget. Notwithstand-
   ing any other  provision  of  law  to  the
   contrary,  no more than ten percent of the
   funds appropriated herein  may  be  trans-
   ferred  or  suballocated  to  any  aid  to
   localities, state operations,  or  capital
   appropriation  of  any  state  department,
   agency, or  authority  to  accomplish  the
   intent or purposes stated herein ......... 2,100,000,000
                                             --------------
     Program account subtotal ............... 2,100,000,000
                                             --------------]
 
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021; provided,
 however that section one of this act shall take effect on the same  date
 and  in  the  same  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to
 establishing the excluded workers fund to provide  payments  to  workers
 who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of house-
 hold income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who
 are  otherwise  ineligible  for unemployment insurance or other state or
 federal unemployment benefit, as proposed in  legislative  bill  numbers
 S.2509-C and A.3009-C, takes effect.

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Sponsored By

Daphne Jordan

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

Fred Akshar

Phil Boyle

Mike Martucci

Peter Oberacker

2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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