Establishes a New York city public housing painters' apprenticeship program for New York city housing authority residents and a New York state public housing painters' apprenticeship program for residents of municipal housing authorities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9272
IN ASSEMBLY
February 23, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law in relation to establishing a New
York city public housing painters' apprenticeship program; and to
amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a New York state
public housing painters' apprenticeship program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
2 402-h to read as follows:
3 § 402-h. New York city public housing painters' apprenticeship
4 program. 1. There is hereby established a New York city public housing
5 painters' apprenticeship program. Such program will be administered by
6 the New York city housing authority.
7 2. (a) Applications to participate in such apprenticeship program may
8 be submitted to the New York city housing authority in such form and
9 manner as may be prescribed by the authority.
10 (b) Eligibility for the New York city public housing painters' appren-
11 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to, the following
12 considerations:
13 (i) Participants in the program shall be limited to New York city
14 housing authority residents.
15 (ii) Applicants for the program shall not be deemed ineligible based
16 on criminal history.
17 3. Skills learned as part of the New York city public housing appren-
18 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to:
19 (a) Workplace safety skills and procedures, including but not limited
20 to:
21 (i) use and maintenance of hand and power tools;
22 (ii) signaling, rigging, and hoisting;
23 (iii) lead and asbestos abatement;
24 (iv) ladder, scaffold, and forklift safety;
25 (v) first aid; and
26 (vi) proper use of personal protective equipment;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) Trade skills, including but not limited to:
2 (i) reading blueprints;
3 (ii) identifying the appropriate material for various paint and
4 surface applications;
5 (iii) types and properties of materials, including paints, stains,
6 varnishes, shellac, polyurethanes, and clear coats;
7 (iv) safely storing, disposing, and recycling trade chemicals;
8 (v) mixing paints;
9 (vi) matching colors;
10 (vii) surface preparation;
11 (viii) wood finishing;
12 (ix) applying wallpaper;
13 (x) preparing a workspace for interior painting, including removing
14 old paint, removing fixtures, and applying mildew remover;
15 (xi) preparing a workspace for exterior painting, including removing
16 rust, power washing and sandblasting, and burning off old paint; and
17 (xii) spray painting; and
18 (c) Other workplace skills, including but not limited to:
19 (i) estimating costs and materials;
20 (ii) communication skills;
21 (iii) scheduling; and
22 (iv) record keeping.
23 4. The New York city housing authority shall publish information about
24 the New York city public housing painters' apprenticeship program,
25 including how to apply for such apprenticeship program, on the authori-
26 ty's website.
27 5. The New York city housing authority is authorized to promulgate
28 such rules and regulations as deemed necessary to effectuate the
29 provisions of this section.
30 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 819-a to read as
31 follows:
32 § 819-a. New York state public housing apprenticeship program. 1.
33 There is hereby established a New York state public housing painters'
34 apprenticeship program. Such program will be administered by the depart-
35 ment, in coordination with the commissioner of municipal housing author-
36 ities established pursuant to article thirteen of the public housing
37 law.
38 2. (a) Applications to participate in such apprenticeship program may
39 be submitted to the department in such form and manner as may be
40 prescribed by the commissioner.
41 (b) Eligibility for the New York city public housing painters' appren-
42 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to, the following
43 considerations:
44 (i) Participants in the program shall be limited to residents of a
45 municipal housing authority established pursuant to article thirteen of
46 the public housing law.
47 (ii) Applicants for the program shall not be deemed ineligible based
48 on criminal history.
49 3. Skills learned as part of the New York state public housing appren-
50 ticeship program shall include, but not be limited to:
51 (a) Workplace safety skills and procedures, including but not limited
52 to:
53 (i) use and maintenance of hand and power tools;
54 (ii) signaling, rigging, and hoisting;
55 (iii) lead and asbestos abatement;
56 (iv) ladder, scaffold, and forklift safety;
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1 (v) first aid; and
2 (vi) proper use of personal protective equipment;
3 (b) Trade skills, including but not limited to:
4 (i) reading blueprints;
5 (ii) identifying the appropriate material for various paint and
6 surface applications;
7 (iii) types and properties of materials, including paints, stains,
8 varnishes, shellac, polyurethanes, and clear coats;
9 (iv) safely storing, disposing, and recycling trade chemicals;
10 (v) mixing paints;
11 (vi) matching colors;
12 (vii) surface preparation;
13 (viii) wood finishing;
14 (ix) applying wallpaper;
15 (x) preparing a workspace for interior painting, including removing
16 old paint, removing fixtures, and applying mildew remover;
17 (xi) preparing a workspace for exterior painting, including removing
18 rust, power washing and sandblasting, and burning off old paint; and
19 (xii) spray painting; and
20 (c) Other workplace skills, including but not limited to:
21 (i) estimating costs and materials;
22 (ii) communication skills;
23 (iii) scheduling; and
24 (iv) record keeping.
25 4. The commissioner shall publish information about the New York state
26 public housing painters' apprenticeship program, including how to apply
27 for such apprenticeship program, on the department's website.
28 5. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regu-
29 lations as deemed necessary to effectuate the provisions of this
30 section.
31 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
32 have become a law.
