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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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763
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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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.
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