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The new law would require private-sector employers with more than 10 employees to provide their workers with access to the cost of their health insurance, regardless of whether they enroll in a plan through their workplace. It would apply to companies with 50 or more employees in 2024 and to all businesses with 100 or more employees in 2025.
NYLS Professor Molly Manning Weighs In on Freedom of Expression Issues
Professor Molly Guptill Manning, who has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is a leading scholar in the field of constitutional law and free speech. She has written extensively on these subjects and has taught them to generations of students.
The Patent Law Clinic of The Plumeri Center for Small Business Empowerment recently helped a disabled veteran obtain a U.S. patent on technology that allows children with hearing loss to use their cochlear implants more effectively. Read more about this case.
After being approved by the Council, a bill is sent to the Mayor, who has 30 days to sign it into law or veto it. If the Mayor vetoes a bill, the Council can override the veto by a 2/3 vote of its members.
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has adopted new rules to implement Local Law 202 of 2019 and Local Law 144 of 2021 regarding the licensing of certain retail establishments that sell force-fed products, the requirement for open captioning in motion picture theaters and the requirements that those using automated employment decision tools do a bias audit. Read the rule.
