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NY A09555
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/14/2026
Primary Sponsor
Claire Valdez
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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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