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2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21 - Court Libraries › 815 - Supreme Court Library at Richmond.

§  815.  Supreme  court  library  at Richmond. The law library for the
  county officials of the county of Richmond, as now constituted  and  all
  of  the  books therein, shall be the law library of the supreme court of
  the state of New York in the thirteenth judicial district and  shall  be
  in  the  care  and  custody and under the control of the justices of the
  supreme court of the state  of  New  York  in  the  thirteenth  judicial
  district  or  a  majority  of  them,  not  designated as justices of the
  appellate division, who shall be  the  trustees  thereof.  The  trustees
  shall  have  power  to  receive  by gift, devise or bequest any property
  given or conveyed for the purpose of a  law  library  and  to  hold  and
  manage  and  dispose of the same, and may make rules and regulations for
  the management and protection of said library  and  prescribe  penalties
  for  the  violation thereof. They may sue for and recover such penalties
  and may maintain actions for injury  to  said  library.  They  may  also
  designate from among their number a library committee or committees, the
  members  of  which  shall  have  the  power  to administer the rules and
  regulations prescribed by the said trustees. The trustees may employ and
  appoint such persons as they may deem necessary  for  the  proper  care,
  management  and  maintenance of said library and fix their salaries. The
  library and the equipment shall also be available for  the  use  of  the
  surrogate, family and criminal court judges, district attorney and other
  county  officials  of the county of Richmond and the judges of the civil
  court of the city of New York presiding in such  county.  The  librarian
  and  the  assistant  librarian,  shall,  in  addition  to  the duties of
  librarian and assistant librarian, perform any and all duties as may  be
  required of or imposed upon them by said trustees. The trustees may also
  procure  proper  furniture for the said library, purchase books therefor
  and defray all the expenses incidental to its care and management.  They
  shall  yearly  ascertain the amount necessary for the aforesaid purposes
  and certify it to the board of estimate who shall  provide  for  raising
  and paying the same.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-A - Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program › 849-A - Definitions.

§ 849-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
1.   "Center"   means   a  community  dispute  center  which  provides
  conciliation, mediation, arbitration or other forms  and  techniques  of
  dispute resolution.
2.  "Mediator" means an impartial person who assists in the resolution
  of a dispute.
3. "Grant recipient" means any nonprofit organization that administers
  a community dispute resolution center pursuant to this article,  and  is
  organized for the resolution of disputes or for religious, charitable or
  educational purposes.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-A - Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program › 849-C - Application Procedures.

§  849-c.  Application  procedures. 1. Funds appropriated or available
for the purposes of this article may be allocated for programs  proposed
by  eligible  centers.   Nothing in this article shall preclude existing
resolution centers from applying for funds  made  available  under  this
article  provided  that  they  are  otherwise  in  compliance  with this
article.
2.  Centers  shall  be  selected  by  the  chief  administrator   from
applications submitted.
3.  The  chief administrator shall require that applications submitted
for funding include, but need not be limited to the following:
(a) The cost of each of the proposed centers components including  the
proposed compensation of employees.
(b)  A  description  of  the  proposed  area  of service and number of
participants who may be served.
(c)  A  description  of  available  dispute  resolution  services  and
facilities within the proposed geographical area.
(d)  A  description  of  the  applicant's  proposed program, including
support of civic groups, social services agencies and  criminal  justice
agencies  to  accept  and  make  referrals;  the present availability of
resources; and the applicant's administrative capacity.
(e) Such additional information as is determined to be needed pursuant
to rules of the chief administrator.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-A - Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program › 849-D - Payment Procedures.

§  849-d.  Payment  procedures.  1.  Upon  the  approval  of the chief
  administrator, funds appropriated or available for the purposes of  this
  article  shall  be used for the costs of operation of approved programs.
  The methods of payment or reimbursement  for  dispute  resolution  costs
  shall  be  specified  by  the  chief  administrator  and  may vary among
  centers. All such arrangements shall conform to the eligibility criteria
  of  this  article  and  the  rules  and   regulations   of   the   chief
  administrator.
2.  The  state  share  of  the  cost of any center approved under this
  section shall include a basic grant of up to forty thousand dollars  for
  each  county  served  by the center and may include an additional amount
  not exceeding fifty per centum of the difference  between  the  approved
  estimated cost of the program and the basic grant.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-A - Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program › 849-E - Funding.

§  849-e.  Funding. 1. The chief administrator may accept and disburse
from any public or private agency or person, any money for the  purposes
of this article.
2. The chief administrator may also receive and disburse federal funds
for  purposes  of  this article, and perform services and acts as may be
necessary for the receipt and disbursement of such federal funds.
(a) A grant recipient may accept funds  from  any  public  or  private
agency or person for the purposes of this article.
(b)   The   state  comptroller,  the  chief  administrator  and  their
authorized representatives, shall have the power to inspect, examine and
audit the fiscal affairs of the program.
(c) Centers shall, whenever reasonably possible, make  use  of  public
facilities at free or nominal cost.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-A - Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program › 849-G - Reports.

§  849-g.  Reports.  Each  resolution  center  funded pursuant to this
  article shall annually provide the chief administrator with  statistical
  data regarding the operating budget, the number of referrals, categories
  or  types  of  cases  referred,  number  of  parties serviced, number of
  disputes resolved, nature of resolution, amount and type of awards, rate
  of  compliance,  returnees  to  the  resolution  process,  duration  and
  estimated  costs  of  hearings  and  such  other  information  the chief
  administrator may  require  and  the  cost  of  hearings  as  the  chief
  administrator  requires. The chief administrator shall thereafter report
  annually to the governor and the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,
  speaker  of the assembly, and chairpersons of the judiciary and children
  and families committees regarding  the  operation  and  success  of  the
  centers  funded  pursuant to this article. The chief administrator shall
  include in such report all the  information  for  each  center  that  is
  required   to   be   in  the  report  from  each  center  to  the  chief
  administrator.  Such  annual  report  shall  also  evaluate   and   make
  recommendations regarding the operation and success of such center.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-B - Justice Court Assistance Program › 849-H - Establishment and Administration of Program.

§  849-h.  Establishment  and  administration  of program. 1. There is
  hereby established  a  justice  court  assistance  program  (hereinafter
  referred  to  in  this article as the "program"), to be administered and
  supervised under the direction of the chief administrator of the courts,
  to provide funds pursuant to this article to  assist  the  operation  of
  town   and   village  justice  courts.  The  chief  administrator  shall
  promulgate rules and regulations to  effectuate  the  purposes  of  this
  article,  including provisions for periodic monitoring and evaluation of
  the program. Each town or  village  receiving  funds  pursuant  to  this
  article  shall  comply  with all such rules and regulations and with all
  provisions of this article.
2. Funds available pursuant to  this  article  may  be  used  for  any
  purpose  having as its end enhancement of the justice courts' ability to
  provide  suitable  and   sufficient   services   to   their   respective
  communities.  These  purposes  may include, but shall not be limited to,
  automation of  court  operations;  improvement  or  expansion  of  court
  facilities;  provision  of  appropriate means for the recording of court
  proceedings; provision of lawbooks, treatises and related materials; and
  provision of appropriate training for justices and for nonjudicial court
  staff. Except as  may  otherwise  be  provided  by  rule  of  the  chief
  administrator,  funds  available  pursuant  to this article shall not be
  used to compensate justices and nonjudicial court staff, nor shall  they
  be  used as a means of reducing funding provided by a town or village to
  its justice court.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-B - Justice Court Assistance Program › 849-I - Application Procedures.

§  849-i.  Application  procedures.  1. Each town and village having a
justice court may make an individual  application  for  funds  available
pursuant  to  this  article,  or  two or more such towns or villages, or
towns and villages, may make a joint application  for  such  funds.  All
applications shall be submitted to the chief administrator of the courts
for his or her approval.
2.  The  chief administrator shall require that applications submitted
for funding provide such information  as  he  or  she  deems  necessary,
including at least the following:
(a) The amount of funding sought.
(b)  A  detailed  description  of the purpose or purposes to which the
funding will be applied.
(c)  A  detailed  description  of  the  court  or  courts  making  the
application,  including information as to staffing, caseload, budget and
facilities as  well  as  general  information  about  the  community  or
communities served, where such general information would be pertinent to
the purpose to which the funding will be applied.
3.  In  determining  whether  to  approve  an  application,  the chief
administrator shall consider:
(a) Whether the applicant has complied with all rules and  regulations
governing the program and all pertinent provisions of this article;
(b)  The likely impact of approving such application upon the court or
courts to be affected thereby, upon the communities served, and upon the
judiciary generally;
(c) The availability of other sources of funding to pay some or all of
the costs for which the application seeks funding under the program;
(d) The number and content of all other applications for funding  then
available under the program;
(e)  The  extent  of funding already received under the program by the
applicant (or joint applicants) pursuant to past applications; and
(f) The magnitude of the funding appropriated for the purposes of this
article.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief administrator
shall not approve any  application  for  funding  in  excess  of  thirty
thousand  dollars unless such application is a joint application and the
aggregate funding sought thereunder does not exceed an  amount  equaling
the  product  of  the number of joint applicants making such application
and thirty thousand dollars.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-B - Justice Court Assistance Program › 849-J - Payment Procedures; Audits.

§   849-j.   Payment  procedures;  audits.  1.  Upon  approval  of  an
  application, the chief administrator, within  available  appropriations,
  may  authorize  disbursement  of  funds  in  any amount up to the amount
  sought by the application. Such disbursement may be by  advance  payment
  to  the applicant (or joint applicants, as appropriate) before it incurs
  the cost for which its application sought funding, by  reimbursement  to
  the applicant after it incurs and pays such costs in the first instance,
  or by some combination thereof, as the chief administrator determines is
  appropriate under the circumstances.
2. The state comptroller, the chief administrator and their authorized
  representatives  shall  have the power to inspect, examine and audit the
  fiscal  affairs  of  the  applicant  (or  applicants)  to  an   approved
  application  granted pursuant to this article to the extent necessary to
  determine whether funding received under the program has  been  used  in
  accordance  with  the purpose or purposes for which it was sought in the
  application, and whether there has been compliance with  all  rules  and
  regulations governing the program and the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-C - Court-Appointed Special Advocates Program › 849-L - Appointment.

§  849-l.  Appointment.  A  person employed by, or volunteering for, a
  court-appointed special advocate (CASA) program shall  not  be  eligible
  for  appointment  by  a  family  court  to assist such court unless such
  program is in compliance with the rules and  regulations  of  the  chief
  administrator  of  the  courts  adopted  pursuant  to  paragraph  (w) of
  subdivision two of section two hundred twelve of this chapter, and  such
  program  has  been  approved  by the chief administrator. Such person or
  volunteer so appointed shall only  exercise  the  functions  and  duties
  specifically authorized by the court.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 21-C - Court-Appointed Special Advocates Program › 849-M - Confidentiality.

§  849-m.  Confidentiality.  Each  CASA  program  shall  safeguard the
  confidentiality of all  information  and  material  in  accordance  with
  applicable  state  and  federal laws, rules and regulations and, to this
  end, shall ensure that all of its board members, officers, employees and
  volunteers are trained  in,  and  comply  with,  such  laws,  rules  and
  regulations.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 22 - Judicial Hearing Officers › 850 - Designation of Judicial Hearing Officers.

§  850.  Designation  of  judicial hearing officers. 1. Subject to the
  provisions of subdivision three of this section  and  to  rules  of  the
  chief  administrator of the courts, any person who has served as a judge
  or justice of a court of record of the unified court system or of a city
  court which is not a court of record, but who no longer  holds  judicial
  office,   may,   upon  his  application,  be  designated  by  the  chief
  administrator as a judicial hearing officer upon a determination by  the
  chief  administrator  (a)  that  the  former  judge  has  the mental and
  physical capacity to perform the duties of such office and (b) that  the
  services  of that former judge are necessary to expedite the business of
  the courts.
2. The term of service of a judicial hearing officer shall be fixed by
  the chief administrator.
3. No person who has been removed from a judicial position pursuant to
  section twenty-two of article six of the constitution may be  designated
  as a judicial hearing officer.
4.  Each  person,  upon  designation  as a judicial hearing officer as
  provided herein,  shall  file  with  the  chief  administrator  a  sworn
  statement  that  such person will faithfully and fairly do such acts and
  make  such  determinations  and  reports  as  may  be  required  by  the
  designation as a judicial hearing officer.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 22 - Judicial Hearing Officers › 851 - Assignments.

§  851.  Assignments.  1.  The chief administrator of the courts shall
  establish panels  of  judicial  hearing  officers  for  such  courts  or
  geographical areas as the chief administrator deems appropriate.
2. Assignments to a pending matter or to a part of court shall be made
  from each such panel as required by the judicial or administrative needs
  of  the  courts  and in conformance with law and such rules as the chief
  administrator may promulgate.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 22 - Judicial Hearing Officers › 852 - Compensation.

§   852.  Compensation.  1.  For  the  performance  of  an  assignment
  hereunder, each judicial hearing officer shall receive  his  actual  and
  necessary expenses thereby incurred plus compensation in an amount to be
  established by the chief administrator of the courts.  Such expenses and
  compensation shall be state charges payable out of funds appropriated to
  the  administrative  office  for the courts for such purpose. A judicial
  hearing officer shall receive no other compensation for the  performance
  of services in such capacity.
2.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, where a person is a
  "retired person", as such term  is  defined  in  article  seven  of  the
  retirement  and  social  security  law,  service  as  a judicial hearing
  officer shall be subject to the provisions of that article.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 22-A - Judicial Wellness or Assistance Committees › 857 - Judicial Wellness or Assistance Committees.

§  857.  Judicial  wellness  or assistance committees. 1. Confidential
  information privileged. The confidential  relations  and  communications
  between  a  member  or  authorized  agent  of  a  judicial  wellness  or
  assistance committee sponsored by a state or local bar  association  and
  any  person,  firm or corporation communicating with such committee, its
  members or authorized agents, shall be deemed to be  privileged  on  the
  same  basis  as  those provided by law between attorney and client. Such
  privilege may be waived only by the person, firm  or  corporation  which
  has  furnished  information  to  the committee. This privilege shall not
  extend to information received by a judge or lawyer serving as a  member
  of  a  judicial  wellness  or  assistance  committee  that  a  judge  is
  committing or is likely to commit a substantial violation of  the  rules
  governing judicial conduct.
2.  Immunity  from  liability. Any person, firm or corporation in good
  faith providing information to, or in any other way participating in the
  affairs of, any of the committees referred to in subdivision one of this
  section shall be immune from civil liability that might otherwise result
  by reason of such conduct. For the purpose of any proceeding,  the  good
  faith of any such person, firm or corporation shall be presumed.
2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 22-B - Hope Card Act › 858 - Hope Cards.

* §  858.  Hope  cards.  1. As used in this section, "hope card" shall
mean either:
(a) a digital image of the final order  of  protection  as  issued  in
court,   delivered   via   text   message,  email  or  other  electronic
communication; or
(b) a durable, wallet-sized physical card that contains a  summary  of
information about a final order of protection.
2. The office of court administration shall develop a program to issue
a  hope  card to any party protected by a final order of protection. The
program shall allow protected parties to request a hope card at the time
a final order of protection has been issued  while  in  court,  and  the
ability  to  apply  at a later date. A hope card shall be provided at no
cost to a protected party.  For  the  purposes  of  determining  whether
reasonable cause for an arrest exists under paragraph (b) of subdivision
four  of section 140.10 of the criminal procedure law, a hope card shall
have the same effect as a copy of an underlying order of  protection  in
indicating the prior issuance of such an order.
3. The wallet-sized, physical hope card shall contain a summary of the
order of protection, including:
(a)  the name and date of birth of the primary protected party and any
other protected parties;
(b) the name and date of birth of the individual restrained;
(c) the issuing court and judge;
(d) the docket or dockets, case  or  cases  or  indictment  number  or
indictment  numbers  for the relevant case or cases, and the final order
number; and
(e) the date of issuance and expiration of the final order.
4. Any protected party may elect to receive a hope card:
(a) in digital form,  delivered  via  text  message,  email  or  other
electronic communication;
(b) in physical form, printed on a durable, wallet-sized card; or
(c) both.
5.  Applications  for hope cards shall be made accessible in an online
portal developed and maintained by the office of  court  administration,
as  well  as  a  paper  form  to  be  made  available  at any court with
jurisdiction to issue an order of protection.
* NB Effective October 23, 2024
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 1 - Short Title: Definitions. › 3 - Prohibited Employment.

§  3.  Prohibited  employment. Whenever the provisions of this chapter
  prohibit the employment of a person in certain  work  or  under  certain
  conditions the employer shall not permit such person to so work, with or
  without  compensation,  and  in a prosecution or action therefor lack of
  consent by the employer shall be no defense.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 1 - Short Title: Definitions. › 4 - Work for a Factory.

§ 4. Work for a factory. Work shall be deemed to be done for a factory
  whenever  it is done at any place upon the work of a factory or upon any
  of the materials entering into the product of the factory, whether under
  contract or arrangement with any person in charge of or  connected  with
  such  factory  directly or indirectly through one or more contractors or
  other third persons.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 10 - Department of Labor; Commissioner of Labor.

§ 10. Department of labor; commissioner of labor. There shall continue
  to  be  in  the  state government a department of labor. The head of the
  department shall be the commissioner of  labor.    The  commissioner  of
  labor  shall  be  appointed  by the governor, by and with the advice and
  consent of the senate and hold office until the end of the term  of  the
  governor  by whom he was appointed, and until his successor is appointed
  and has qualified. The present commissioner of labor shall be  the  head
  of  such  department  and  shall hold office until the expiration of his
  present term and until his successor is  appointed  and  has  qualified,
  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  public officers law. Whenever the
  industrial commissioner is referred to or designated in any  law,  rule,
  regulation,  contract  or  document  heretofore  or  hereafter  enacted,
  adopted or executed, such reference or designation shall  be  deemed  to
  refer to the commissioner of labor.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 10-A - Domestic Violence Policy.

§  10-a.  Domestic  violence  policy. The commissioner shall study the
  issue of employees separated from employment due  to  acts  of  domestic
  violence  as  referred  to  in  and  qualified  by  section four hundred
  fifty-nine-a of the social services law. The commissioner shall  consult
  with  the  New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence
  and its  advisory  council,  the  department  of  social  services,  the
  division  of  women  and  members of the public in preparing such study.
  Such  study  shall  include  a  review  of  case  histories   in   which
  unemployment  compensation was sought and an analysis of the policies in
  other states. A copy of such study shall be transmitted to the temporary
  president of the senate and the speaker of the  assembly  on  or  before
  January  fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six and shall contain policy
  recommendations.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 10-B - Domestic Violence Employee Awareness and Assistance.

§  10-b.  Domestic  violence  employee awareness and assistance.   The
  commissioner shall assist the office  for  the  prevention  of  domestic
  violence  in  the  creation,  approval  and  dissemination  of the model
  domestic violence employee awareness and assistance  policy  as  further
  defined  in subdivision nine of section five hundred seventy-five of the
  executive law. Upon  completion  and  approval  of  the  model  plan  as
  outlined in subdivision nine of section five hundred seventy-five of the
  executive  law,  the  commissioner  shall assist in the promotion of the
  model policy to businesses in New York state.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 10-C - Workforce Guidance and Information for Women Initiative.

§  10-c.  Workforce  guidance and information for women initiative. 1.
The department shall provide  guidance  to  local  workforce  investment
boards and staff, to enable them to better educate and inform both women
and   men   about   higher   paying  jobs  and  careers  including  jobs
traditionally dominated by men.  Such  guidance  shall  promote  program
services for job seekers that provide:
(a)  current  information about compensation for jobs and careers that
offer high earning  potential  including  jobs  that  are  traditionally
dominated by men;
(b)  counseling,  skills  development and training that encourage both
women and men to seek employment in such jobs;
(c) referrals to employers offering such jobs; and
(d) current local labor market information regarding the  gender  wage
gap  and specific self-sufficiency rates for families living and working
in that local labor market.
2. The commissioner shall prepare and  submit  to  the  governor,  the
temporary  president  of  the senate, and the speaker of the assembly an
annual evaluation report of the initiative no later than January  first,
two  thousand  eighteen,  and  every  year  thereafter. The report shall
include:
(a) how many women were referred to counseling or  skills  development
and  training  for  jobs  and careers that offer high earning potential,
including jobs traditionally dominated by men;
(b) how many women were referred to such jobs;
(c) the ratio of women to men in such jobs  and  any  change  in  that
ratio from the previous year; and
(d) any other information the commissioner deems relevant.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 12-C - Passenger Tramway Advisory Council.

§   12-c.  Passenger  tramway  advisory  council.  1.  To  advise  the
  commissioner of labor in relation to  his  duties  and  responsibilities
  under the provisions of section two hundred two-c and article twenty-six
  of  this  chapter, there shall be in the department an advisory council,
  to be known as the passenger tramway  advisory  council,  consisting  of
  seven  members  to  be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice
  and consent of the senate, and  one  of  whom  shall  be  designated  as
  chairman  by  the governor. Each of four members of the council shall be
  an officer or employee of a ski center, and three members of the council
  shall be representatives of the public and shall not be, nor within five
  years immediately preceding appointment have been an officer or employee
  of a ski center.
2. The term of each member of such advisory board shall  be  for  five
  years, or until a successor is appointed. Any member of the board chosen
  to  fill  a vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall
  be appointed for the unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed.
  Any member of the council may be removed by the governor for misconduct,
  incompetence or neglect of duty after being given a written statement of
  the charges and an opportunity to be heard thereon.
3. Each member of the advisory council shall serve without  salary  or
  other   compensation,   but   shall  be  allowed  necessary  and  actual
  transportation expenses incurred  in  the  performance  of  his  or  her
  duties, and when in travel status shall receive an additional fifty-five
  dollars  and  when  in  travel  status  in  a  county  or  a city with a
  population  in  excess  of  seven   hundred   thousand   an   additional
  seventy-five dollars.
4.  The advisory council shall consider all matters in connection with
  ski tows, other passenger tramways and downhill skiing referred to it by
  the commissioner and advise him with respect thereto,  and  on  its  own
  initiative,   or   upon   the   suggestion  of  others,  may  make  such
  recommendations to the commissioner in connection with ski  tows,  other
  passenger  tramways  and  downhill skiing as, after consideration by it,
  may be deemed necessary.
5. The commissioner shall designate an  officer  or  employee  of  the
  department to act as secretary of the advisory council, who shall not be
  a  member  of  such  council  and  who  shall not receive any additional
  compensation therefor.
6. The advisory council may adopt rules and regulations to govern  its
  own  proceedings.  The  secretary  shall  keep  a complete record of all
  proceedings of the advisory council which shall show the  names  of  the
  members  present  at  each  meeting  and  every matter considered by the
  advisory council and the action taken thereon.  Such  records  shall  be
  filed in the office of the department.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 13 - Oaths of Office.

§  13.  Oaths  of  office. The industrial commissioner, members of the
  industrial board of appeals and the deputy  commissioner  shall,  before
  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  office,  take  and subscribe the
  constitutional oath of office. Such oaths shall be filed in  the  office
  of the department of state.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 14 - Offices of the Department.

§  14.  Offices  of  the  department.  The  principal  office  of  the
  department shall be in the city of Albany in  rooms  designated  by  the
  commissioner  of  general  services as provided by law. There shall be a
  branch office in the city of New York and other branch  offices  may  be
  established  and  maintained  by  the  department  in such places as the
  industrial commissioner may determine and for which  appropriations  are
  made  by  the  legislature.  The  industrial  commissioner may, with the
  commissioner of commerce and the commissioner of transportation, develop
  and institute a procedure for the uniform collection of  employment  and
  economic data within the state for use in connection with the scheduling
  of public works projects.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 16 - Vacancies and Removals.

§ 16. Vacancies and removals. If a vacancy shall occur or exist in the
  office  of the industrial commissioner it shall be filled by appointment
  by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for a
  term expiring with that of the governor  by  whom  the  appointment  was
  made. The governor may remove the commissioner in the manner provided by
  the public officers law.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 17 - Expenses.

§  17.  Expenses. The commissioner shall devote his entire time to the
  duties of his office. The  reasonable  and  necessary  expenses  of  the
  department and the reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses
  of   the  commissioner,  deputy  commissioner  and  other  officers  and
  employees of the department, while actually engaged in  the  performance
  of  their  duties, outside of the city of Albany, or if any such officer
  or employee be in charge of or actually employed at a branch  office  of
  the  department,  the  reasonable  and  necessary  traveling  and  other
  expenses outside of the place in which such branch  office  is  located,
  shall  be paid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the
  comptroller, upon vouchers approved by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 18 - Officers and Employees.

§  18.  Officers and employees. The officers, deputy commissioners and
  employees of the department of labor in office when this  section  takes
  effect  shall  continue in office subject to the power of removal or the
  appointment of their successors as provided in this chapter. There shall
  be in such department and the commissioner may  appoint  such  heads  of
  divisions  or  bureaus and such inspectors, investigators, statisticians
  and other assistants and employees as he shall deem  necessary  for  the
  exercise  of  the  powers  and  the  performance  of  the  duties of the
  department.
The  commissioner  may  transfer  officers  or  employees  from  their
  positions   to   other  positions  in  the  department,  or  abolish  or
  consolidate such positions. The commissioner may remove from office  any
  officer  or  employee  in the department. All such transfers, removal of
  employees or officers and  abolishment  or  consolidation  of  positions
  shall  be  made  in  accordance with the provisions of the civil service
  law.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 18-C - Sick Leave for per Diem Employees.

§  18-c.  Sick  leave  for  per  diem employees. A per diem officer or
  employee holding a position in the competitive, non-competitive or labor
  class of the civil service of the state whose compensation or salary  is
  on  a  per  diem  basis may be granted a sick leave with pay of not more
  than thirty days in each year by the head  of  the  department,  bureau,
  commission,  agency,  board  or council of said state. The provisions of
  this section shall not apply to any employee who is subject to the rules
  governing sick leave, vacation and other time allowances adopted by  the
  state civil service commission pursuant to law.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 20 - Divisions or Bureaus.

§  20.  Divisions  or  bureaus.  Existing  divisions or bureaus in the
  department shall  continue  until  changed,  consolidated  or  abolished
  pursuant  to this section. The commissioner may establish such divisions
  or bureaus as may be necessary for the administration and  operation  of
  the  department,  under  this  chapter,  and  may change, consolidate or
  abolish divisions or bureaus.  Each division and bureau shall be subject
  to the supervision and direction of the  commissioner,  and  shall  have
  jurisdiction  of  such  matters,  exercise  such powers and perform such
  duties as may be assigned to it by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 21-A - .

* §  21-a.  The  industrial commissioner is hereby authorized to enter
  into agreements with the appropriate  agencies  of  the  United  States,
  whereby, in accordance with a law of the United States, the commissioner
  shall  cooperate  with such appropriate agencies of the United States in
  the administration and operation of programs of vocational  training  or
  retraining,  or  the  development of job skills, authorized by such law.
  The commissioner shall cooperate with other departments,  divisions  and
  agencies  of  the state in connection with any such programs and perform
  such acts and exercise such powers as may be necessary  to  entitle  the
  state  to  receive  benefits  under  such agreement. The commissioner is
  further authorized to receive and disburse funds from the United  States
  or any agency thereof, in accordance with any such agreement.
* NB Enacted without section heading.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 21-B - Power of the Industrial Commissioner to Make Agreements for Federal Reimbursement to the State of Certain Expenses in Connection With Veterans' Traini

§  21-b.  Power  of the industrial commissioner to make agreements for
  federal reimbursement to the state of  certain  expenses  in  connection
  with   veterans'   training.   The  industrial  commissioner  is  hereby
  authorized to enter into agreements with  the  United  States  veterans'
  administration  to  reimburse the state for expenses heretofore incurred
  or hereafter to be incurred in connection with the administration of the
  training of veterans and in the rendition of other services by the state
  as provided for under title two of the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
  1944" as now in force or as it may hereafter  be  amended,  except  with
  respect  to  payments  by  the federal government for tuition, and other
  fees  and  charges  incidental  thereto,  of  veterans  attending  state
  educational institutions.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 21-C - Power of Commissioner to Enter Into Agreements Relating to Certain Federal Acts.

§  21-c.  Power  of  commissioner to enter into agreements relating to
  certain  federal  acts.  The  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized   and
  empowered  to  take  such  steps,  not  inconsistent with law, as may be
  necessary or desirable for the purpose of procuring for  the  people  of
  this state all of the benefits and assistance, financial or otherwise in
  connection with or provided or to be provided for by or pursuant to, the
  federal  farm  labor  contractor  registration  act  of nineteen hundred
  sixty-three, the federal economic opportunity act  of  nineteen  hundred
  sixty-four, as amended, the federal fair labor standards act of nineteen
  hundred thirty-eight, as amended, and the occupational safety provisions
  of  any  federal  act.  The  commissioner may enter into agreements with
  appropriate agencies of  the  United  States,  and  with  any  political
  subdivision  of  the  state,  as may be necessary or required to receive
  such benefits and assistance. The commissioner is further authorized  to
  receive  and  disburse  such  funds from the United States or any agency
  thereof, or from any political subdivision of the state,  in  accordance
  with  the  terms of any such agreement. The commissioner shall cooperate
  with other departments, divisions, agencies, and political  subdivisions
  of the state in connection with any such agreement.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 21-D - Power of Commissioner to Enter Into Agreement Relating to Information Obtained by the State Directory of New Hires.

§  21-d.    Power  of commissioner to enter into agreement relating to
  information  obtained  by  the  state  directory  of  new  hires.    The
  department,  through  the  commissioner,  shall enter into the agreement
  provided for in section one hundred seventy-one-h of the  tax  law,  and
  shall  take  such  other  actions  as  may be necessary to carry out the
  agreement provided for in such section for matching beneficiary  records
  of  workers'  compensation  and  state employment security programs with
  information provided by employers to the state directory  of  new  hires
  for  the  purposes  of  verifying  eligibility for such benefits and for
  administering  workers'  compensation  and  state  employment   security
  programs.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 21-E - Powers of the Commissioner to Prepare and Issue a Notice to Be Posted at Worksite.

§ 21-e. Powers of the commissioner to prepare and issue a notice to be
posted  at worksite. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to prepare
and issue a notice to be posted  at  the  worksite  of  each  and  every
apparel or garment manufacturer or contractor known to the department in
this  state.  Such  notice  shall  be  in  English, Spanish, Chinese and
Korean, be printed in at least ten point type and shall clearly state:
(a) The duties of employers with regard to the rights of employees  to
the receipt and payment of wages;
(b) A toll free number at the department to which employees may direct
questions or register complaints concerning an employer's failure to pay
wages or the conditions of employment; and
(c) The address of the regional department to file a complaint.
2.  The  notice  required  pursuant to subdivision one of this section
shall be distributed to employers in the apparel and garment  industries
to be posted in a visible and prominent location within the worksite.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 21-F - Job Transition Plan for Certain Climate Risk-Related and Energy Transition Projects.

§  21-f.  Job  transition  plan  for  certain climate risk-related and
  energy transition projects. 1. The commissioner,  in  consultation  with
  labor  organizations,  shall develop a comprehensive plan to transition,
  train, or retrain employees that are impacted  by  climate  risk-related
  and  energy  transition projects funded from the New York climate action
  fund  climate  investment  account  established  pursuant   to   section
  ninety-nine-qq  of  the  state  finance  law.  This plan shall include a
  method  of  allowing  displaced  and  transitioning  workers,  including
  affected  labor organizations, to notify the commissioner of the loss of
  employment, their previous title,  and  previous  wage  rates  including
  whether  they previously received medical benefits, retirement benefits,
  and/or other benefits. The plan shall require employers  to  notify  the
  commissioner   of   workers  laid  off  or  discharged  due  to  climate
  risk-related and energy transition projects funded  from  the  New  York
  climate  action  fund climate investment account established pursuant to
  section ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law.
2.  Funding  shall  be  made  available  for  worker  transition   and
  retraining,  which  shall  include  funding  as  provided by subdivision
  twenty-seven-d of section one thousand five of  the  public  authorities
  law.
3.  The  commissioner  shall create a program pursuant to which, where
  applicable and  feasible,  newly  created  job  opportunities  shall  be
  offered  to  a  pool  of  transitioning  workers  who  have  lost  their
  employment or will be losing their employment in the energy  sector  due
  to  climate  risk-related and energy transition projects funded from the
  New York climate action  fund  climate  investment  account  established
  pursuant  to  section  ninety-nine-qq  of  the  state  finance law. Such
  program shall include a method for the commissioner to communicate names
  and contact information for displaced or transitioning workers to public
  entities that may have job opportunities for such workers  every  ninety
  days.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 23 - Administrative Regulations.

§ 23. Administrative regulations. The commissioner may make, amend and
  repeal  regulations  necessary  for  the  internal administration of the
  department, and not in conflict with the rules adopted by the  workmen's
  compensation  board  or the industrial board of appeals pursuant to this
  chapter for the enforcement of the labor law. Such regulations shall not
  be deemed rules within the meaning of this chapter  unless  the  context
  otherwise requires.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 25 - Power to Enter and Inspect Premises.

§  25.  Power  to  enter and inspect premises. The commissioner or the
  officers and employees of the department shall inspect every place which
  is, or which they have reasonable cause to believe is, affected  by  the
  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  they  may in the discharge of their
  duties enter any such places.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 26 - Examination of Books and Papers.

§  26.  Examination of books and papers. All papers, books, records or
  other documents required to be kept by the provisions of this chapter or
  of the industrial code shall at all times be open for the inspection  of
  the  commissioner  and the officers and employees of the department, and
  the persons in charge thereof shall afford every reasonable facility for
  their examination and permit copies to be  made  when  required  by  the
  commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 2 - The Department of Labor › 27 - Safety and Health Standards.

§  27.  Safety  and health standards. 1. Application.  Notwithstanding
  any other provision  in  this  chapter,  a  safety  or  health  standard
  promulgated under this section shall apply only to employees not covered
  by  a  federal  occupational safety or health standard promulgated under
  section six of the United States Occupational Safety and Health  Act  of
  1970   (Public   Law,  91-596).  Provided,  however,  that  no  standard
  promulgated under this section shall apply to employees  of  the  state,
  its  political  subdivisions  and  of  any  other governmental agency or
  instrumentality, to whom  section  twenty-seven-a  of  this  chapter  is
  applicable.
2. Standards. a. The commissioner shall by rule adopt, amend or repeal
  safety  and  health  standards  which  provide  reasonable  and adequate
  protection to the lives, safety or health of employees  and  of  persons
  lawfully frequenting a place of employment.
b. The commissioner may require licenses as a condition of carrying on
  any  industry, trade, occupation or process which the commissioner finds
  contains special elements of danger to the lives, safety  or  health  of
  employees  to  whom  this  section  is applicable or of persons lawfully
  frequenting the place of employment of such employees. The  commissioner
  may  establish  a  schedule  of  fees for such licenses, require medical
  inspection and supervision of persons so employed or applying  for  such
  employment, and may prescribe other appropriate requirements.
c. Any person who may be adversely affected by a standard issued under
  this  section may at any time within sixty days after the effective date
  of such standard, commence a proceeding for judicial review pursuant  to
  article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
d.  The  safety  and  health  standards promulgated under this section
  shall for all purposes have the full force and effect of law  and  shall
  be enforced in the same manner as the provisions of this article.
e.  Any  provision  of  this chapter and any rule or regulation issued
  under the provisions of this chapter relating to the protection  of  the
  safety  or health of employees to whom this section is applicable and of
  persons lawfully frequenting the place of  employment  of  such  persons
  which  is in effect on the date that this act becomes effective shall be
  deemed to be a safety and health standard  issued  under  this  section,
  with  all  provisions  of this article applicable, and shall continue in
  effect until superseded by a corresponding safety  and  health  standard
  issued on or after the effective date of this act.
f.  The provisions of this section shall supersede any other provision
  of this chapter which is inconsistent or in conflict therewith.
3. Regulations. The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as he
  shall consider necessary and  proper  to  effectuate  the  purposes  and
  provisions of this section.