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NY A06168

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jennifer Lunsford

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a minimum weekly unemployment insurance benefit of $860, effective on the first Monday of October 2025
  • Raises the minimum benefit floor for claimants whose high calendar quarter remuneration exceeds $3,575 from $143 to $860
  • Applies the $860 minimum floor across all benefit calculation methods, including those based on one, two, three, or four quarters of employment during the base period
  • Replaces gendered language ("his or her") with gender-neutral terminology ("such claimant's") throughout the amended section
  • Takes effect 60 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Increases the unemployment insurance minimum benefit amount to $860 per week.

Last Action

referred to labor

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Labor2/26/2025

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