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Assembly Bill A886

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes local governments to pay higher levels of minimum wage

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2025-A886 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6604
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §666, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6537
2015-2016: S3788
2017-2018: S4652
2019-2020: S2228
2021-2022: A7075, S5198
2023-2024: A4435, S4200

2025-A886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes local governments to pay higher levels of minimum wage.

2025-A886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    886
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. STECK, MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing local  govern-
   ments to pay higher level of minimum wage benefits

   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  666  to
 read as follows:
   §  666.  NON-PREEMPTION  CLAUSE.  NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW SHALL BE  DEEMED  TO  PROHIBIT  ANY  MUNICIPALITY  FROM
 ESTABLISHING  OR  ENFORCING  WITHIN ITS GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES PAYMENT OF
 MINIMUM WAGE OF BENEFITS STANDARDS THAT ARE HIGHER  OR  MORE  PROTECTIVE
 THAN THOSE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03366-01-5

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