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Assembly Bill A2465

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prioritizing union labor for certain transit projects of the metropolitan transportation authority

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2021-A2465 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4183
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1265-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11096, S9052
2023-2024: A9532, S2456
2025-2026: A4171, S3678

2021-A2465 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to prioritize and hire union labor for proposed public work before making a contract available for public bidding.

2021-A2465 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2465
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  prioritizing
   union labor for certain transit projects of the metropolitan transpor-
   tation authority

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 1265-a of the public author-
 ities law, as added by chapter 929 of the laws of 1986,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   [Contracts] UNION LABOR AND CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORK.
   § 2. Section 1265-a of the public authorities law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  UNION  LABOR. (A) FOR ANY CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC WORK THE AUTHORITY
 SHALL FIRST MAKE SUBSTANTIVE EFFORT TO UTILIZE UNION LABOR  FOR  ALL  OR
 SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE PUBLIC WORK.
   (B)  THE AUTHORITY SHALL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND APPROPRIATENESS
 OF UNION LABOR BY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, AMONG  OTHER  FACTORS,  THE
 AVAILABILITY  OF SKILLS AND EXPERTISE IN RELATION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THE PUBLIC WORK.
   (C) SUBSTANTIVE EFFORTS TO SECURE UNION LABOR FOR PROPOSED PUBLIC WORK
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,  PUBLISHING  AND  ADVERTISING  THE
 PROPOSED  PUBLIC  WORK, CONDUCTING OUTREACH TO RELEVANT LABOR UNIONS AND
 HOLDING A MEETING REGARDING THE NATURE AND TERMS OF SUCH PROPOSED PUBLIC
 WORK.
   (D) UPON FAILING TO SECURE UNION  LABOR  AND  PRIOR  TO  PUBLISHING  A
 CONTRACT  FOR  PUBLIC WORK, THE AUTHORITY SHALL SEND A WRITTEN NOTICE TO
 THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, THE COMPTROLLER  AND  THE  CITY
 COMMISSIONER OF LABOR EXPLAINING WITH SPECIFIC DETAIL:
   (I)  THE  EFFORT  THE  AUTHORITY  MADE  TO  SECURE UNION LABOR FOR THE
 PROPOSED PUBLIC WORK;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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