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NY A09555

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2026

Primary Sponsor

Claire Valdez

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Extends maximum unemployment insurance benefits from 26 weeks to 30 weeks per benefit year
  • Increases the benefit cap from twenty-six times to thirty times the claimant's weekly benefit rate
  • Maintains existing exceptions under section 601 and subdivision 2 of section 599 of the labor law
  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment
  • Introduced by Assembly Member Valdez and referred to the Committee on Labor

Legislative Description

Provides that unemployment insurance benefits shall not be paid in an amount greater than thirty times the claimant's weekly benefit rate in any benefit year, subject to certain exceptions.

Last Action

referred to labor

1/14/2026

Committee Referrals

Labor1/14/2026

Full Bill Text

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