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Assembly Bill A7801

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes local wage enforcement authority in the city of New York

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2023-A7801 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6240
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §665 to be §669, add §§665 & 666, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S3952

2023-A7801 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes local wage enforcement authority in the city of New York; authorizes the city of New York to establish a minimum wage that is higher than the statewide minimum wage.

2023-A7801 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7801
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to establishing local wage
   enforcement authority in the city of New York and authorizing the city
   of New York to establish a minimum wage that is higher than the state-
   wide minimum wage

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 665 of the labor law is renumbered section 669 and
 two new sections 665 and 666 are added to read as follows:
   §  665.  LOCAL WAGE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
 ONE MILLION OR MORE, ACTING THROUGH ITS  COMPTROLLER,  MAY  ENFORCE  AND
 INVESTIGATE  VIOLATIONS  OF  THE  STATE  MINIMUM  WAGE, OTHER STATE WAGE
 REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY  OTHER  LOCAL
 LAW,  ORDINANCE,  OR  REGULATION  REQUIRING PAYMENT OF A MINIMUM WAGE OR
 COMPENSATION, OR ESTABLISHING A LABOR STANDARD FOR WORK PERFORMED WITHIN
 THE CITY'S GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL BE EMPOWERED  TO
 ADOPT  FURTHER  ENFORCEMENT  PROVISIONS,  REMEDIES, PENALTIES, AND OTHER
 IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE COMMISSIONER OF CONSUM-
 ER AND WORKER PROTECTION OF SUCH A CITY OR ANY SUCCESSOR TO SUCH  OFFICE
 MAY  ALSO  ENFORCE  AND INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE
 AND OTHER STATE WAGE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  THIS  ARTICLE
 IN  THE COURSE OF ENFORCING OTHER LAWS THAT SUCH COMMISSIONER IS CHARGED
 WITH ENFORCING AND MAY  ORDER  ANY  AUTHORIZED  REMEDIES  OR  PENALTIES.
 PROVIDED,  FURTHER, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF
 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY  TO  ENFORCE  THE
 STATE  MINIMUM WAGE AND OTHER STATE WAGE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER LAW WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE OR ELSEWHERE.
   § 666. LOCAL WAGE REGULATION AUTHORITY.  A CITY WITH A  POPULATION  OF
 ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE  MAY  ENACT LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08996-01-3

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