S 2071: Requires the department of labor create and maintain a list of available careers and job openings for veterans in the state of New York and provide such list to the department of veterans' services; requires such list to be placed on the department of veterans' services website.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2071 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the labor law and the veterans' services law, in relation to requiring the department of labor to create and maintain a list of available careers and job listings in the state for veterans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 45 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 45. Career and job opportunities for veterans. 1. For the purposes 4 of this section, "veteran" shall have the same meaning as such term is 5 defined in section thirty-two of the veterans' services law. 6 2. The commissioner shall create and maintain a list of available 7 careers and job listings in the state of New York for veterans. The 8 commissioner shall provide such list to the department of veterans' 9 services and shall update such list as necessary to ensure such career 10 and job listings are current. Such list shall be conspicuously placed 11 on the department of veterans' services website. 12 § 2. Subdivision 13 of section 4 of the veterans' services law, is 13 amended to read as follows: 14 13. To provide information regarding resources that are available to 15 assist veterans in obtaining employment by maintaining a veterans' 16 employment portal on the department's internet website. Such portal 17 shall provide virtual links to appropriate governmental programs on the 18 federal and state level, including, but not limited to the United States 19 department of labor and the New York state department of labor which 20 shall provide the department a list of available career and job listings 21 for veterans in accordance with the provisions of section forty-five of 22 the labor law. The department may consult with members of the community 23 devoted to helping veterans obtain employment. The department shall make EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05778-01-5 
 S. 2071 2 1 reference to this information pursuant to subdivisions five, six, and 2 seven of this section and the annual report to the governor and the 3 legislature as provided in subdivision seventeen of this section. Such 4 information required under this subdivision shall be maintained and 5 updated annually. The information may also be made available in printed 6 form. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.