What's happening
This bill requires New York State to create and publicly report annual unemployment statistics specifically for hamlets and unincorporated villages.
Why it matters
Provides highly localized unemployment data. , enabling policymakers, researchers, and community leaders to better understand economic conditions in individual hamlets and unincorporated villages, rather than relying solely on broader municipal or county statistics.
Facilitates targeted support and resource allocation. , as detailed unemployment rates can highlight specific communities in need of additional employment training, job placement services, or economic development initiatives.
Enhances public transparency and accountability. , since the annual unemployment index and report must be made available to the public, allowing residents and advocacy groups to monitor local economic trends and advocate for change.
Requires comparative analysis. between smaller communities and the larger municipalities in which they are located, potentially revealing disparities that might otherwise go unnoticed and prompting more equitable policy responses.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Track Village Unemployment Rates
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
Full text
1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
6160
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the establishment of an annual employment statistics index for unemployment rates of hamlets and villages of the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 13-a to read as follows:
13-a. Shall adopt regulations prescribing the methodology for establishing an annual employment statistics index which shows the rates of unemployment specifically for the hamlets and unincorporated villages of the state.
a. Such an index shall be in addition to any statistics or indexes already compiled, recorded or published by the department.
b. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before the thirtieth day of September an annual report on the index required by this subdivision. Such report shall describe in detail the unemployment rates of the hamlets and unincorporated villages of the state. The report shall consider the comparison of such rates to the larger municipalities which contain such hamlets or villages, and the need for improved use by unemployed workers within such hamlets and villages of publicly funded programs for employment training and employment-related services.
c. The annual report and statistics index required by this subdivision shall be made available to the public.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07571-01-9
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.