Bill Text: NY A09532 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to prioritize and hire union labor for proposed public work before making a contract available for public bidding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-20 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A09532 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09532-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9532

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 20, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. HYNDMAN, REYES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  prioritizing
          union labor for certain transit projects of the metropolitan transpor-
          tation authority

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

     1    Section 1. The section heading of section 1265-a of the public author-
     2  ities law, as added by chapter 929 of the laws of 1986,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    [Contracts] Union labor and contracts for public work.
     5    § 2. Section 1265-a of the public authorities law is amended by adding
     6  a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     7    1-a.  Union  labor. (a) For any contract for public work the authority
     8  shall first make substantive effort to utilize union labor  for  all  or
     9  significant aspects of the public work.
    10    (b)  The authority shall determine the feasibility and appropriateness
    11  of union labor by taking into consideration, among  other  factors,  the
    12  availability  of skills and expertise in relation to the requirements of
    13  the public work.
    14    (c) Substantive efforts to secure union labor for proposed public work
    15  shall include but not be limited  to,  publishing  and  advertising  the
    16  proposed  public  work, conducting outreach to relevant labor unions and
    17  holding a meeting regarding the nature and terms of such proposed public
    18  work.
    19    (d) Upon failing to secure union  labor  and  prior  to  publishing  a
    20  contract  for  public work, the authority shall send a written notice to
    21  the city commissioner of transportation, the comptroller  and  the  city
    22  commissioner of labor explaining with specific detail:
    23    (i)  the  effort  the  authority  made  to  secure union labor for the
    24  proposed public work;
    25    (ii) that such effort failed; and
    26    (iii) the intention of the authority to publish a contract for  public
    27  bidding as a result.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (e)  The authority shall spend a minimum of twenty business days seek-
     2  ing union labor for the proposed public work.
     3    (f)  Contract  for public work may be published for bidding only after
     4  substantive effort to engage and secure union labor has been made by the
     5  authority and only after written notice has been submitted to  the  city
     6  commissioner of transportation, the comptroller and the city commission-
     7  er of labor.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.