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NY A 7161

in committee

Establishes the work opportunity tax credit for businesses with fifty employees or less for hiring a long term unemployed person

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 7161 pass?

Not yet. NY A 7161 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

What is NY A 7161 about?

Establishes the work opportunity tax credit for businesses with fifty employees or less for hiring a long term unemployed person; provides a credit shall be allowed of up to $2,400; provides the total amount of credit provided statewide shall not exceed fifteen million dollars.

Who sponsors NY A 7161?

Vivian Cook is the primary sponsor of NY A 7161, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the work opportunity tax credit for businesses with fifty employees or less for hiring a long term unemployed person; provides a credit shall be allowed of up to $2,400; provides the total amount of credit provided statewide shall not exceed fifteen million dollars.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Vivian Cookprimary
  • Chantel Jacksoncosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Marianne Buttenschoncosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-21

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5573not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1517not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8471not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5300not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5239not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3694

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A7161?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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