Bill Text: NY A06337 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 6337 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of labor to provide notice to unemployment applicants of rental, mortgage, food and utility assistance programs available through the division of housing and community renewal and the office of temporary and disability assistance; requires the commissioner to provide a link to such programs on the department's website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-16 - signed chap.251 [A06337 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06337-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6337--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 16, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
          as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- again reported from
          said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor law, in relation to notifying individuals
          applying for and receiving unemployment benefits of rental,  mortgage,
          food, and utility assistance programs

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 540 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 601  of
     2  the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §   540.   [Informational   pamphlet]  Information  about  food  stamp
     4  [program], utility, and rental and  mortgage  assistance  programs.  The
     5  commissioner  shall establish procedures whereby each person who files a
     6  claim for unemployment insurance pursuant to section five hundred  nine-
     7  ty-six  of this article, shall receive [an informational leaflet] infor-
     8  mation about the food stamp program provided by the office of  temporary
     9  and  disability  assistance pursuant to subdivision six of section nine-
    10  ty-five-a of the social services law  and  the  utility  assistance  and
    11  rental  and  mortgage assistance programs available through the division
    12  of housing and community renewal and the office of temporary  and  disa-
    13  bility assistance. The commissioner shall also provide information about
    14  such  programs  on  the department's website.  Such information shall be
    15  prominently displayed and easily  accessible  by  individuals  filing  a
    16  claim or certifying for unemployment benefits.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10386-05-1