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NY A04036
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harry Bronson
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AI Summary
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Requires not-for-profit theaters with at least 100 seats receiving grants from the New York State Council on the Arts or local arts agencies to pay employees prevailing wages as determined by collective bargaining agreements
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Defines covered employees broadly to include actors, stage managers, designers (scenic, costume, lighting, sound, projection), musicians, dancers, directors, choreographers, box office staff, wardrobe workers, and numerous other theater professionals
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Mandates that organizations applying for arts grants certify they will enter into labor peace agreements with bona fide labor organizations representing or seeking to represent their employees, as an ongoing condition of funding
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Establishes enforcement mechanisms including record-keeping requirements, investigations by the fiscal officer, civil penalties up to 25% of unpaid wages, and debarment from grants for five years after two willful violations within six years
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment and applies to grant awards made after the effective date
Legislative Description
Requires that an organization applying for grant funding shall provide to arts agencies a certification that it will enter into a labor peace agreement with at least one bona fide labor organization either where such bona fide labor organization is actively representing employees providing services covered by the organization seeking such grant funding or upon notice by a bona fide labor organization that is attempting to represent employees who will provide services to the organization seeking such grant funding; relates to prevailing wage requirements for not-for-profit theaters and payment of their employees on productions funded by the New York state council on the arts or arts agencies of localities.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026