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A07615 Summary:
BILL NO | A07615A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06282-A |
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SPONSOR | Rosenthal L |
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COSPNSR | Colton, Sepulveda, Paulin, Arroyo, Barron, Carroll, Brindisi, Mayer, Steck, Hooper, Walker, Ramos, Abinanti, Hyndman, Jean-Pierre, Dickens, Peoples-Stokes, Seawright, Ryan, Ortiz, De La Rosa, Fahy, Benedetto, Glick, Perry, D'Urso, Raia, Garbarino, Dinowitz, Richardson, Otis, Gottfried, Rozic, Cusick, Simon, Woerner, Mosley, Buchwald, Wallace, Aubry, Skoufis, Pellegrino, Bichotte, Quart, Galef, Stirpe, Lupardo, Crespo, Santabarbara, Murray, Williams, Miller ML, Weprin, Miller B, Taylor, Norris, Davila, Epstein |
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MLTSPNSR | Englebright, Hevesi, Lentol, McDonough, Rodriguez, Skartados, Thiele, Titone, Wright |
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Add Art 21 §§770 - 775, Lab L | |
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Enacts the "save New York call center jobs act"; requires prior notice of relocation of call center jobs from New York to a foreign country; directs the commissioner of labor to maintain a list of employers who move call center jobs; prohibits loans or grants. |
A07615 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
No
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
ER
Ortiz
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
No
Palmesano
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
No
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
ER
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barron
ER
Dickens
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
No
Stec
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonough
ER
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blake
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Thiele
No
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
No
McLaughlin
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Titone
No
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
No
Miller B
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titus
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Ra
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Raia
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jones
No
Montesano
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Finch
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Richardson
No
Walsh
Yes
Butler
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rivera
No
Walter
No
Byrne
No
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kim
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
No
Castorina
Yes
Garbarino
No
Lalor
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gjonaj
No
Lawrence
Yes
Norris
No
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Abbate
ER
Cook
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
No
Stec
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Giglio
ER
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Steck
Yes
Arroyo
No
Crouch
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stern
No
Ashby
Yes
Curran
No
Goodell
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Aubry
ER
Cusick
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pichardo
No
Tague
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pretlow
ER
Taylor
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
No
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
Yes
Ra
ER
Titone
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Titus
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hooper
ER
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Vanel
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
No
Montesano
ER
Richardson
Yes
Walker
ER
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Wallace
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
No
Walsh
Yes
Bohen
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
No
Walter
ER
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
No
Oaks
No
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
ER
Butler
Yes
Fernandez
No
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
No
Byrne
Yes
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
No
Lawrence
No
Palmesano
Yes
Skoufis
ER
Castorina
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Colton
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Solages
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A07615 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7615--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "save New York call center jobs act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "save New York call center jobs act". 3 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 21 to read as 4 follows: 5 ARTICLE 21 6 SAVE NEW YORK CALL CENTER JOBS ACT 7 Section 770. Definitions. 8 771. List of relocated call centers. 9 772. Grants, guaranteed loans and tax benefits. 10 773. Procurement contracts. 11 774. State benefits for workers. 12 775. No private right of action. 13 § 770. Definitions. As used in this article: 14 1. The term "call center" means a facility or other operation whereby 15 employees receive phone calls or other electronic communication for the 16 purpose of providing customer assistance or other service. 17 2. (a) The term "employer" means any business entity that employs 18 fifty or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or fifty or more 19 employees that in the aggregate work at least fifteen hundred hours per 20 week, excluding overtime hours, for the purpose of staffing a call 21 center. 22 (b) The term "part-time employee" means an employee who is employed 23 for an average of fewer than twenty hours per week or who has been EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11210-02-7A. 7615--A 2 1 employed for fewer than six of the twelve months preceding the date on 2 which notice is required under this article. 3 § 771. List of relocated call centers. 1. A call center employer that 4 intends to relocate a call center, or one or more facilities or operat- 5 ing units within a call center comprising at least thirty percent of the 6 call center's, or operating unit's, total volume when measured against 7 the previous twelve month average call volume of operations or substan- 8 tially similar operations, from New York state to a foreign country 9 shall notify the commissioner at least one hundred days before such 10 relocation. 11 2. A call center employer that violates subdivision one of this 12 section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand 13 dollars for each day of such violation, except that the commissioner may 14 reduce such amount for just cause shown. 15 3. The commissioner shall compile a semiannual list of all call center 16 employers that relocate a call center, or one or more facilities or 17 operating units within a call center comprising at least thirty percent 18 of the call center's total volume of operations, from New York state to 19 a foreign country. 20 4. The commissioner shall distribute the list required in this section 21 to all agencies in the state. 22 § 772. Grants, guaranteed loans and tax benefits. 1. Except as 23 provided in subdivision three of this section and notwithstanding any 24 other provision of law, a call center employer that appears on the list 25 described in section seven hundred seventy-one of this article shall be 26 ineligible for any direct or indirect state grants, state guaranteed 27 loans, tax benefits or other financial governmental support for a period 28 of five years from the date such list is published. 29 2. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section and 30 notwithstanding any other provision of law, a call center employer that 31 appears on the list described in section seven hundred seventy-one of 32 this article shall remit the unamortized value of any grant or guaran- 33 teed loans, or any tax benefits or other governmental support it has 34 previously received to the commissioner. The provisions of this subdivi- 35 sion shall apply to grants, loans, tax benefits and financial govern- 36 mental assistance that is received on or after the effective date of 37 this article. 38 3. The commissioner, in consultation with the appropriate agency 39 providing a loan or grant, may waive the requirement provided under 40 subdivision two of this section if the employer demonstrates that such 41 requirement would: 42 (a) threaten state or national security; 43 (b) result in substantial job loss in the state of New York; or 44 (c) harm the environment. 45 § 773. Procurement contracts. The head of each state agency shall 46 ensure that all state-business-related call center and customer service 47 work be performed by state contractors or other agents or subcontractors 48 entirely within the state of New York. State contractors who currently 49 perform such work outside the state of New York shall have two years 50 following the effective date of this article to comply with this 51 section; provided, that if any such contractors which perform work 52 outside this state adds customer service employees who will perform work 53 on such contracts, those new employees shall immediately be employed 54 within the state of New York. 55 § 774. State benefits for workers. No provision of this article shall 56 be construed to permit withholding or denial of payments, compensation,A. 7615--A 3 1 or benefits under any other state law, including but not limited to 2 state unemployment compensation, disability payments or worker retrain- 3 ing or readjustment funds, to workers employed by employers that relo- 4 cate to a foreign country. 5 § 775. No private right of action. Nothing set forth in this article 6 shall be construed as creating, establishing, or authorizing a private 7 cause of action by an aggrieved person against an employer who has 8 violated, or is alleged to have violated, any provision of this article. 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 10 it shall have become a law.