S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
August 17, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rozic) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing additional unem-
ployment insurance benefits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 590 of the labor law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,
BEGINNING AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY UNTIL THE END OF THE COVID-
19 STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY, AS DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER
NUMBER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, A CLAIMANT'S WEEKLY BENE-
FIT AMOUNT SHALL BE INCREASED BY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS PER WEEK. THE
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE FUNDED BY ANY AVAIL-
ABLE FEDERAL OR STATE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE STATE
AND/OR ANY FUNDS RECEIVED UPON REQUISITION FROM THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST
FUND.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after August 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17072-01-0