A9643 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Authorizes a claimant to receive a dependent allowance in addition to unemployment insurance benefits
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-03-12
- In committee
- Labor
- Introduced
- 2026-01-21
- Active version
- A9643A
- Same as
- S9382
- Law section
- Labor Law
Sponsors
- Claire Valdez Assembly Member, District 37
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Labor NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S9382 (2025-26 session) NY State bill