What's happening
This bill requires entities receiving state funding for large projects to prioritize hiring local residents living within ten miles of the project site.
Why it matters
Boosts local employment and economic activity. By requiring large, state-funded projects to prioritize hiring residents within a ten-mile radius, the bill aims to ensure that public investment circulates within the immediate community, potentially reducing local unemployment and fostering neighborhood economic growth.
Could support community cohesion and reduce commuting. Hiring local residents may strengthen community ties and reduce the need for long commutes, which can improve quality of life, lower transportation costs, and reduce traffic congestion and pollution in the area.
May impact project planning and contractor operations. Entities seeking state funding for large projects will need to adjust recruitment processes and workforce planning to comply with the local hiring requirement, which could influence project timelines, labor costs, and the selection of contractors.
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Require Local Hiring for Projects
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History
- Referred to commerce, economic development and small business
- Referred to commerce, economic development and small business
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3035
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 1, 2019
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to local hiring for certain projects
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 1834-a to read as follows:
§ 1834-a. Local hiring. Any entity receiving state funding pursuant to a contractual agreement with the state or pursuant to any chapter of law, shall give preference in hiring employees for the completion of a project or projects with an anticipated cost exceeding one million dollars and undertaken pursuant to such contractual agreement or chapter of law who shall reside within a ten mile radius of the location of such project or projects.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09161-01-9
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to local hiring for certain projects
Purpose
To ensure entities receiving state funding for large projects give pref- erence to hiring local employees.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the public authorities law by adding a new section 1834-a providing any entity receiving state funding pursuant to a contractual agreement with the state or pursuant to any chapter of law shall give preference in hiring employees for the completion of projects with an anticipated cost exceeding one million dollars who reside within a ten mile radius of the location of such projects.
Section 2 provides this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
Existing law
none
Justification
Often times communities are promised large scale projects purporting to boost the local economy, yet qualified local residents_ re not hired to work on such projects. Local residents are the true stakeholders of these projects and they should receive hiring preference.
Legislative history
02/29/16 REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
Fiscal implications
None
Local fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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