STATE OF NEW YORK
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7283
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 24, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to creating the office of
older adult workforce development within the office for the aging
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 226 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 226. Office of older adult workforce development. 1. Within the
4 office, there shall be established an office of older adult workforce
5 development. The office of older adult workforce development shall be
6 headed by a coordinator who shall be appointed by the director. The
7 coordinator shall work in consultation with the department of labor, the
8 commissioner of which shall appoint a deputy coordinator, and the divi-
9 sion of human rights in the course of their duties.
10 2. The coordinator and deputy coordinator of the office of older adult
11 workforce development shall have the following duties:
12 (a) advise and assist the state in coordinating workforce development
13 programs to address the needs of older adults in the workplace;
14 (b) create a centralized website with resources for older adults on
15 job placement, career building and development, and job support;
16 (c) provide information on prohibitions against age discrimination in
17 the workplace and remedies available to victims of such discrimination;
18 (d) provide outreach and education to older adults on the services
19 provided by the office of older adult workforce development; and
20 (e) perform other duties as the director or commissioner may assign to
21 the coordinator and deputy coordinator.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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