A 763: Requires towns having a population of five hundred thousand persons or more to develop and implement a communications strategy to promote summer jobs, job fairs, workforce development training centers and information about civil service testing to town residents and to conduct an annual dialogue on race, equity and inclusion; requires the Town of Hempstead to track data over time and publish a report and to conduct DEI training.
The bill requires towns with a population of 500,000 or more residents to develop and implement a communications strategy to promote summer jobs, job fairs, workforce development training centers, and civil service testing information. The strategy must focus on communities with minority and majority wards, low-income areas, and vacant buildings. The town must host an annual dialogue on race, equity, and inclusion for the town community. Additionally, the town must track and publish data on key metrics such as built environment enhancements, park maintenance, workforce training, employment, and town employment demographics. A report must be delivered to the town board by December 21st of each year. All town employees must receive annual training on racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. The bill takes effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to local governments |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to local governments |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 763 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT in relation to requiring the towns having a population of five hundred thousand persons or more to promote jobs and conduct an equity audit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) Towns having a population of five hundred thousand 2 persons or more shall develop and implement a communications strategy to 3 promote summer jobs, job fairs, workforce development training centers 4 and information about civil service testing to town residents. The 5 communications strategy will be implemented townwide with an emphasis on 6 communities with the following characteristics: minority and majority 7 wards, low income and disproportionate crime rates and vacant buildings. 8 (b) Such town shall host an annual dialogue on race, equity and inclu- 9 sion for the town community. 10 (c) Such town, in partnership with its departments, shall track data 11 over time and publish a report on an annual basis on key metrics, 12 including but not limited to built environment enhancements; park main- 13 tenance, violence prevention, workforce training employment; and town 14 employment demographics. A report will be delivered to the town board on 15 an annual basis, no later than December 21st of each year. 16 (d) Such towns will ensure that all town employees receive annual 17 training on racial equity, diversity and inclusion. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00353-01-5