Sen. Shelley Mayer

Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations.

Authorizes and directs the public service commission to conduct a comprehensive study and prepare a report on the feasibility of transferring services provided by gas and electric corporations in this state to an entity owned and operated by the state of New York.

Removes the requirement that any earned income from a homeless family in Westchester county receiving temporary housing assistance be applied to room and board, or to eliminate a need for temporary housing assistance, or as a condition to receive temporary housing assistance.

Increases the minimum wage outside of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; repeals certain provisions of law relating to exceptions to minimum wage increases.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 8508) requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to create a discounted fare policy for minors aged 12 through 17 using MTA systems and facilities. It directly affects young people in this age group who ride MTA services, allowing them to receive reduced fares without needing a parent or guardian present. The key provision mandates the MTA to develop and implement this policy, ensuring the discount applies broadly across all MTA systems. The bill is currently pending in committee (referred to Rules on 2025-09-12) and has not yet been enacted.

Removes the exclusion of part-time employees from certain definitions relating to employment and expanding the definition of employer; removes certain exclusions for employer notice requirements for the closing of a facility; removes the discretionary reduction of penalties for employers for certain acts or omissions concerning notice requirements for mass layoffs, relocations or employment loss; removes the maximum time period for determining back pay and other liabilities for certain employees who experience employment loss; allows the attorney general to take certain action to assist certain employees in receiving back pay and other liabilities; requires employers to pay severance to employees when there is a plant closing, relocation, or mass layoff.

Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees.

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations.

Maddy summaryBill S 7886 proposes to repeal Article 2 of the general business law, which concerns the Sabbath and activities performed on that day. This action would remove existing state-level restrictions or regulations related to the Sabbath for businesses and individuals. The bill also makes a conforming change to the racing, pari-mutuel wagering, and breeding law, ensuring that the commission's authority to specify operating dates for franchised corporations is no longer constrained by the repealed Sabbath law. This change primarily affects entities previously subject to these Sabbath-related regulations.

Ensures that boards of elections provide adequate notice to each voter before and after a board cancels the voter's registration or places such voter in inactive status.