Senate Bill S6235

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6235
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in  relation  to  unemployment  insurance
   benefits for flight attendants during the COVID-19 state of emergency;
   and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
   of

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  591-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  591-B.  ELIGIBILITY FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DURING THE COVID-19 STATE
 OF EMERGENCY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  A
 PERSON EMPLOYED AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
 INSURANCE BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE DURING THE DECLARED STATE OF
 EMERGENCY  RELATING  TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19), WHETHER OR NOT
 SUCH PERSON RESIDES WITHIN THE STATE, IF SUCH PERSON IS EMPLOYED  BY  AN
 AIRLINE  COMPANY  DOING BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE AMOUNT OF
 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS AWARDED SHALL BE  EQUAL  TO  THE  AMOUNT
 SUCH  PERSON  WOULD  HAVE  RECEIVED  IF  SUCH PERSON WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY
 DENIED DUE TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  SUCH  PERSON
 SHALL  PROVIDE PROOF OF PRIOR ELIGIBILITY BUT FOR SUCH PERSON'S RESIDEN-
 CY. IF SUCH PERSON WAS FINED AND/OR HAD TO FORFEIT  UNEMPLOYMENT  INSUR-
 ANCE  BENEFITS AFTER A HEARING PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE DUE TO RESIDENCY
 INELIGIBILITY, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR  SUCH  FINE  AND  ANY
 FORFEITED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided that the
 provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed  one  hundred
 eighty  days  after  the  expiration  of the declared state of emergency
 relating to the novel coronavirus  (COVID-19);  and  provided,  further,
 that  the commissioner of labor shall notify the legislative bill draft-
 ing commission upon the occurrence of the expiration of the state disas-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10556-01-1

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 ter emergency declared by executive order number  202  and  any  further
 amendments  or modifications, and as may be further extended pursuant to
 section 28 of the executive law, in order that the commission may  main-
 tain  an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of
 the laws of the state of New York in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the
 provisions  of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
 public officers law.