Charter School Legislation
[1/19/2010] - This bill is likely to pass today with strong opposition from the Governor.  The bill does not include prevailing wage language. link

S.5160
[5/6/2009] - Provides that any person who maintains his or her current workers' compensation insurance shall, subject to the board's approval, be removed from the debarment list. more

S.5106 - A.6696
[5/6/2009] - Provides that subcontractors on public works projects provide a surety bond for the underpayment of the prevailing wage; contractors will only become liable for paying the underpaid prevailing wage when the surety bond is exhausted. link

S.5107 - A.1162
[5/6/2009] - Provides that employers shall insure that each employee working on or near electrical lines or equipment is equipped with OSHA compliant insulated tools; requires OSHA compliant tools to be used whenever the line, circuit, fixture or equipment has a voltage differential in excess of fifty volts for qualified individuals and a differential in excess zero volts for non-qualified individuals. link

S.5195 - A.2127
[5/6/2009] - Requires the low bidder on state contracts to provide proof to the satisfaction of the contracting entity that the prevailing wage shall be paid on such contract when such bid is lower than the next lowest bid by ten percent or more or ten percent less than the contracting entity's estimate of the project's cost. link

S.5217 - A.2124
[5/6/2009] - Relates to requiring that all workers be provided with a pay stub. link

S.5232 - A.7386
[5/6/2009] - Relates to the posting of prevailing wage by contractors. link

S.5234 - A.3851
[5/6/2009] - Provides that assessments of self-insurers, the state insurance fund, and all insurance carriers for the workers' compensation special disability fund shall be based on 110%, rather than 150%, of total disbursements from the fund during the preceding calendar year, less the amount of the fund's net assets as of December 31st of such preceding calendar year. link

S.5235 - A.4447
[5/6/2009] - Extends application of the NYS labor relations act and unfair labor practice protections to state grant recipients who act in the capacity of employers; permits a contracting state agency to cancel payments to a grant recipient upon a second or subsequent labor violation; defines "state grant recipient". link

S.4218 - A.7448
[5/6/2009] - Relates to how audits of Medicaid-related records of pharmacy providers shall be conducted. link

State Legislation
[5/6/2009] - The State Council is constantly monitoring legislation that is being introduced in Albany.  To see a list of all the bills we are following, please click on the State Legislation Link.  We are also continuing to push A.3705 - S.4912 (Definition of Public Works). more

NYS Budget Summary 2009-2010
[5/1/2009] - A summary of the 2009-2010 enacted State Budget link

A215 - S.2904
[3/9/2009] - Requires the posting of a statement of wage rates and supplements; provides penalties for failure to do so. This bill has passed the Assembly. more

A.365 - S.2182
[3/9/2009] - Establishes the "minimum standards for subsidized jobs act." To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.393 - S.2248
[3/9/2009] - Requires that a contractor or sub-contractor may not engage another person to do work on a public works project unless it is pursuant to a written agreement. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.org link

A.394
[3/9/2009] - Relates to contractors who continually use sub-contractors who fail to pay the prevailing wage. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.398
[3/9/2009] - Relates to money withheld for benefit of laborers. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.392 - S.5109
[3/9/2009] - Creates an action for damages against a contractor for failure to pay prevailing wages or taxes, contributions, assessments or benefits. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.399
[3/9/2009] - Establishes the responsibility of bidder on public works contracts and provides for establishment of a construction contract lowest responsible bidder registry. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.400
[3/9/2009] - Provides for additional penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages or supplements. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.401
[3/9/2009] - Requires contractors and subcontractors which perform public work contracts to file with the department of labor a sworn affidavit for the previous reporting period detailing number of persons employed, wages paid, employee job classification and daily and weekly hours worked. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.404 - S.632
[3/9/2009] - Relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is required to be issued. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.405
[3/9/2009] - Provides for public access (public inspection and copying) to certain records of public entities regarding certain public work and building service employees (i.e., records or portions thereof pertaining to the employee classifications of, rate of wages and supplements paid to, and number of hours worked by the employees of contractors classified as apprentices); provides for redaction of social security numbers. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.436
[3/9/2009] - Increases moneys accumulated in the public work enforcement fund by increasing the assessment on certain public works contracts; provides moneys in the public works enforcement fund shall be used for training and labor costs to ensure that staffing levels are maintained at an appropriate level; appropriates $2,600,000 therefore. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.439
[3/9/2009] - Relates to compliance investigations on public works. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.612
[3/9/2009] - Requires the payment of prevailing wages on construction projects involving the state university of New York, the dormitory authority or the state university construction fund and any third party. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.1789
[3/9/2009] - Requires prevailing rate of wages and supplements be paid or provided to laborers, workmen or mechanics upon any project or program financed in whole or in part by any public authority, public agency, industrial development agency or public benefit corporation; defines "public works". To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.5013 - A.2064
[3/9/2009] - Defines lowest responsible bidder and unfair labor practices for purposes of the prevailing wage law for public works projects. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.5211 - A.2072
[3/9/2009] - Creates a cause of action against a public works contractor for failure to pay certain employee benefits. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2118 - S.102
[3/9/2009] - Enhances civil penalty provisions for willful or repeat employer violations of public employee safety and health act; defines "willful" and "repeat" for such purpose. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.5216 - A.2119
[3/9/2009] - Provides for the applicability of public work provisions to certain publicly funded work performed for the purpose, or as part of, World Trade Center redevelopment. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2121 - S.4937
[3/9/2009] - Promotes fairness in competitive bidding by providing for enforcement of prevailing wage provisions applicable to public work construction projects. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2129
[3/9/2009] - Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act" To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.5197 - A.2130
[3/9/2009] - Relates to the enforcement of public work contracts by an employee organization. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2140
[3/9/2009] - Provides for the payment of prevailing wage for certain employees. link

A.2248
[3/9/2009] - Requires state agencies to provide labor organizations with certified payroll records of the contractors hired to perform public work by such agency. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.5198 - A.2270
[3/9/2009] - Provides that certain people or corporations shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded public contracts under certain circumstances. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2697
[3/9/2009] - Relates to building new one-family residential construction. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.5200 - A.2859
[3/9/2009] - Enacts the "owner-driver protection act" to make public work standards applicable to owner-drivers. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.3047
[3/9/2009] - Enacts the "scaffold reform act" To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.3101 - S.588
[3/9/2009] - Relates to the inclusion of certain off-site custom fabrication as public work for the purposes of payment of prevailing wage. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.3111
[3/9/2009] - Provides a time schedule that the fiscal officer must follow when investigating and adjudicating complaints of prevailing wage violations. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.3522
[3/9/2009] - Relates to fairness in competitive bidding. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.4912 - A.3705
[3/9/2009] - Subjects projects involving the construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, renovation or alteration of a building,charter school or improvement to property financed, in whole or in part, through an industrial development agency, job development authority, dormitory authority, correctional authority or similar public entity to public work contract requirements concerning hours, wages and supplements for employees; defines the term "public work". To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.3846
[3/9/2009] - Establishes a public policy regarding and favoring apprenticeship training programs; provides standards for such programs and procedures for registration of approved programs; requires contractors for state public works jobs to have a registered apprenticeship program; provides for creation of a state apprenticeship and training council. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.3847
[3/9/2009] - Requires prevailing wages be paid on all public works projects as herein defined; prohibits noncompliant companies from bidding on public projects. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.3944
[3/9/2009] - Fines municipalities which fail to enforce prevailing wage paid by contractors on public works projects 10% of project costs. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.4371
[3/9/2009] - Establishes the day and temporary labor services act. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.4390
[3/9/2009] - Removes the authority of state agencies, public authorities, school districts and municipalities to require project labor agreements for public works projects. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.5015
[3/9/2009] - Requires public work contractors to agree to be subject to provisions providing for the reporting of fraud by employees. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

S.5236 - A.5261
[3/9/2009] - Prohibits bidding on public contract by employer who fled state to avoid paying benefits to employees. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.5481
[3/9/2009] - Excludes certain projects from being a public work for purposes of meeting the prevailing wage requirements. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.6130
[3/9/2009] - Requires that timely notice of allegations of prevailing wage violations be given to contractors. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2323
[2/24/2009] - Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.1576
[2/20/2009] - Requires state agencies and contractors to recycle 50% of the waste generated on public works construction and demolition sites. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.1670
[2/19/2009] - Requires every hospital engaging in the construction of, addition to or remodeling of a building to submit to the commissioner of health the plans and specifications of such building relating to heating, ventilation and air conditioning, air intake, pest prevention, radon levels, lighting, sanitation and drainage; also requires such hospitals to consider the siting of such building in relation to toxic sites. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2020
[2/19/2009] - Relates to tuition increases, leasing,contracting, and the overall daily operation at the State University of New York at Buffalo. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.2250
[2/19/2009] - Requires contracts with the housing trust fund corporation be with the lowest responsible bidder and subjected to the competitive bidding process. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

A.4797
[2/19/2009] - Enacts the "Long Island affordable workforce housing and community improvement program"; provides tax incentives for the construction of affordable workforce housing in certain counties. To comment, email tracy.nybctc@gmail.com link

Gearing Up for IDA Reform in 2009
[1/20/2009] - The NY Initiative for Development Accountability has released its first flyer for the IDA Reform Coalition.  Please make arrangements to show your support on February 3 and 4.  link

NYS Legislature Fails to Act on IDA Reform
[6/27/2008]

Highlights of the Spota Bill
[6/4/2008] - A.8582A / S.5506-A was signed into law on January 28, 2008.  This article explains the highlights of this legislation. more

Worker Notification Legislation
[6/4/2008] - Effective February 24, 2008:  Requires contractors and subcontractors to provide written notice to workers of the prevailing wage rate for their particular job classification. link

Wicks Reform - Highlights
[6/3/2008]

Supreme Court rules that "the construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance of charter schools facilities constitute projects for public works."
[6/3/2008]

Spota Bill Heading to Governor
[7/26/2007] - Last week, the Senate unanimously passed the Spota bill by a vote of 60-0.  In June, the Assembly passed the same bill by a vote of 139-2.  We encourage you to contact Governor Spitzer's office to encourage him to sign the legislation into law once it reaches his desk. more

Immigration Bill Defeated
[6/28/2007] - By a vote of 46-53, the US Senate failed to achieve cloture on S.1639, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill.  Immediately following the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) removed the bill from further consideration. more

Legislation to amend Section 220 passed by Senate and Assembly
[6/26/2007] - A.2713b and S.6356 passed both houses of the State Legislature. Highlights of the legsislation can be viewed here. link

District Attorney Spota's Proposed Amendment Summary to Section 220
[6/26/2007]

Bricklayers Resolution Adopted at 33rd Constitutional Convention
[6/19/2007] - RE:  Legislative amendments to prevailing wages and apprenticeship training requirements. link