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Assembly Bill A2179

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the New York city board of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with any entity that does not employ union labor

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2025-A2179 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2568
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Add §1055, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10047, S3800
2023-2024: A2256, S1625

2025-A2179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting New York city boards of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with any entity that does not employ union labor.

2025-A2179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2179
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in  relation  to  prohibiting
   New York city boards of elections from entering into certain contracts
   with entities that do not employ union labor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The New York city  charter  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1055 to read as follows:
   §  1055.  PRIVATE  CONTRACTS  FOR  MATERIALS  PROHIBITED. EXCEPT WHERE
 EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY LAW, THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL
 NOT  ENTER  INTO ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WITH ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPO-
 RATION, OR OTHER ENTITY, THAT DOES NOT EMPLOY UNION LABOR, FOR THE PREP-
 ARATION, DESIGN, PRINTING, MAILING, DISTRIBUTION, DELIVERY,  PROCESSING,
 OR  COUNTING  OF  BALLOTS, AFFIDAVITS, PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, OR OTHER
 PAPERS AND MATERIALS INVOLVED  IN  THE  CONDUCT  OF  ELECTIONS  AND  THE
 CANVASS OF RESULTS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04987-01-5

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