NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 228 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 228 - Pension Plans for Backstretch Employees.

§ 228. Pension plans for backstretch employees. 1. The commission may,   as  a  condition  of  racing, require all trainers and owners engaged in   racing at meetings of any corporation subject  to  its  jurisdiction  to   participate  in  a  pension  plan  or trust established, or which may be   established, by trainers and owners for the benefit of stable  employees   (backstretch  workers)  regularly  employed  at  such  meetings;  if the   commission finds that participation in the plan by all such  owners  and   trainers  is  in  the  best interests of racing and further finds, based   upon certification by the trustees of such plan, that  at  least  eighty   percent   of  such  trainers  and  owners  have  agreed  in  writing  to   participate, or are, in fact, participating therein.2. The commission  shall,  as  a  condition  of  racing,  require  any   franchised  corporation  and  every  other  corporation  subject  to its   jurisdiction to withhold one percent of all purses, except that for  the   franchised  corporation, starting on September first, two thousand seven   and continuing through August thirty-first, two thousand twenty-two, two   percent of all purses shall  be  withheld,  and,  in  the  case  of  the   franchised  corporation,  to pay such sum to the horsemen's organization   or its successor that was first entitled to receive payments pursuant to   this  section  in  accordance  with  rules  of  the  commission  adopted   effective  November third, nineteen hundred eighty-three representing at   least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers using the  facilities   of  such  franchised  corporation, on the condition that such horsemen's   organization shall expend as much as is necessary,  but  not  to  exceed   one-half  of  one percent of such total sum, to acquire and maintain the   equipment required to establish a program at a state college within this   state with an approved equine science program to test for  the  presence   of  steroids in horses, provided further that the qualified organization   shall also, in an amount to be determined by  its  board  of  directors,   annually  include in its expenditures for benevolence programs, funds to   support an organization  providing  services  necessary  to  backstretch   employees,  and, in the case of every other corporation, to pay such one   percent sum of purses to the horsemen's organization  or  its  successor   that  was first entitled to receive payments pursuant to this section in   accordance  with  rules  of  the  commission   adopted   effective   May   twenty-third,   nineteen   hundred   eighty-six  representing  at  least   fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers  using  the  facilities  of   such corporation.In  either  case,  any  other horsemen's organization may apply to the   commission to be approved  as  the  qualified  organization  to  receive   payment of the one percent of all purses by submitting to the commission   proof of both, that (i) it represents more than fifty-one percent of all   the  owners  and  trainers  using  the  same  facilities  and  (ii)  the   horsemen's  organization  previously  approved  as  qualified   by   the   commission  does  not  represent fifty-one percent of all the owners and   trainers using the same facilities. If the commission is satisfied  that   the documentation submitted with the application of any other horsemen's   organization is conclusive with respect to subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of   this  paragraph,  the  commission  may  approve  the  applicant  as  the   qualified recipient organization.In the best interests of racing, upon receipt of such an  application,   the  commission  may  direct  the  payments  to the previously qualified   horsemen's organization to continue uninterrupted, or it may direct  the   payments  to  be  withheld and placed in interest-bearing accounts for a   period not to exceed ninety days, during which time the commission shall   review and approve or disapprove the application.  Funds  held  in  such   manner  shall be paid to the organization approved by the commission. In    no event shall the commission accept more than one such  application  in   any calendar year from the same horsemen's organization.The  funds  authorized  to  be  paid  by the commission are to be used   exclusively for the benefit of those horsemen racing in New  York  state   through  the  administrative  purposes  of  such qualified organization,   benevolent activities on behalf of backstretch employees,  and  for  the   promotion of equine research.