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Assembly Bill A7826

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to unemployment benefits for federal employees; presumptive eligibility for certain persons

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2025-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §590, Lab L

2025-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides presumptive eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain federal employees fired on or after January 20, 2025.

2025-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7826
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to unemployment benefits for
   federal employees; and providing for the repeal of such provision upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  590  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. BENEFITS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.   IF A CLAIMANT'S  EMPLOYMENT  WAS
 TERMINATED  BY THEIR FEDERAL EMPLOYER ON OR AFTER JANUARY TWENTIETH, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE WITHOUT A CREDIBLE CLAIM OF MISCONDUCT  TO  JUSTIFY
 SUCH  TERMINATION, THE CLAIMANT SHALL BE PRESUMED ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOY-
 MENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE. SUCH  ELIGIBILITY  SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire February
 1, 2029 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall  be  deemed
 repealed.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11494-01-5

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