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NY A 9643

in committee

Authorizes a claimant to receive a dependent allowance in addition to unemployment insurance benefits

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Provides that a claimant eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits shall also be entitled to receive a dependent allowance which shall begin at forty-five dollars and shall increase annually by an amount determined by the department of labor; directs the department of labor to report to the legislature following each calendar quarter certain information about dependent allowances and to make such reports available on its website; provides that a claimant's maximum benefit amount, including such dependent allowance, shall not exceed one hundred percent of such claimant's average weekly wage from their highest-earning calendar quarter.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-12 — PRINT NUMBER 9643A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Claire Valdezprimary
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-21

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-12

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-12

    PRINT NUMBER 9643A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A9643?summary=&detail=

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