S 7371: Provides that to achieve cost savings to businesses and the state, improve decision timeliness, and minimize wrong-sized payments to eligible beneficiaries the department of labor shall obtain current employment and income information from a third-party provider, supplementing current state wage reporting files from the department of taxation and finance.
What S 7371 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to improve the unemployment insurance system in New York State. It allows the state to obtain current employment and income information from a third-party provider, supplementing existing wage reporting files. This change is intended to achieve cost savings for businesses and the state, and to minimize wrong-sized payments to eligible beneficiaries. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO LABOR (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7371
- What is the current status of S 7371?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 7371 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO LABOR".
- Did S 7371 pass?
- Not yet. S 7371 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7371, and where is it now?
- S 7371 was authored by Sen. Jeremy Cooney with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Labor. It is filed under Labor, alongside 46 other New York Labor bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
| Apr. 11, 2025 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 11, 2025 · 187 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7371 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COONEY, MARTINS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to wage reporting in the unemployment insurance law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 502 of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 undesignated paragraph to read as follows: 3 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, to achieve cost savings 4 to businesses and the state, improve decision timeliness, and minimize 5 wrong-sized payments to eligible beneficiaries the department shall 6 obtain current employment and income information from a third-party 7 provider, supplementing current state wage reporting files from the 8 department of taxation and finance. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00420-01-5
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