NYC Council Introduction 780

intro.nyc/0780-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session Mayor's Desk for Signature
Aligning the requirements of the earned safe and sick time act and the temporary schedule change act.
Sponsored by Sandy Nurse
Introduced: April 11, 2024

This bill would allow safe/sick time under the City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to be used to provide care for a child or care recipient, to attend a legal proceeding for subsistence benefits or housing, to respond to a public disaster or to respond to workplace violence. This bill would also provide an additional 32 hours of unpaid safe/sick time under ESSTA, which would be available for use immediately upon hire and subsequently on the first day of each calendar year. The unpaid safe/sick time would replace the two days that were provided by the City’s Temporary Schedule Change Act (TSCA), however, employees would still be able to request temporary changes to their work schedule subject to approval by their employer.

Approved by Committee September 25, 2025

Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Votes 4:0:0
Julie Menin (Affirmative)
Shaun Abreu (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Absent)
Amanda Farías (Affirmative)
Shekar Krishnan (Affirmative)
Chi A. Ossé (Absent)
Julie Won (Absent)

Approved by Council September 25, 2025

Votes 42:0:6
Adrienne E. Adams (Affirmative)
Diana I. Ayala (Affirmative)
Shaun Abreu (Affirmative)
Joann Ariola (Negative)
Alexa Avilés (Affirmative)
Chris Banks (Affirmative)
Erik D. Bottcher (Affirmative)
Justin L. Brannan (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Affirmative)
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (Affirmative)
Tiffany Cabán (Affirmative)
David M. Carr (Negative)
Carmen N. De La Rosa (Affirmative)
Eric Dinowitz (Affirmative)
Amanda Farías (Affirmative)
Simcha Felder (Affirmative)
Oswald Feliz (Affirmative)
James F. Gennaro (Affirmative)
Jennifer Gutiérrez (Affirmative)
Shahana K. Hanif (Affirmative)
Kamillah Hanks (Affirmative)
Robert F. Holden (Affirmative)
Crystal Hudson (Affirmative)
Rita C. Joseph (Affirmative)
Shekar Krishnan (Affirmative)
Linda Lee (Affirmative)
Farah N. Louis (Medical)
Kristy Marmorato (Negative)
Christopher Marte (Affirmative)
Darlene Mealy (Affirmative)
Julie Menin (Affirmative)
Frank Morano (Negative)
Francisco P. Moya (Affirmative)
Mercedes Narcisse (Affirmative)
Sandy Nurse (Affirmative)
Chi A. Ossé (Absent)
Vickie Paladino (Negative)
Keith Powers (Affirmative)
Lincoln Restler (Affirmative)
Kevin C. Riley (Affirmative)
Yusef Salaam (Affirmative)
Rafael Salamanca, Jr. (Affirmative)
Pierina Ana Sanchez (Affirmative)
Lynn C. Schulman (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)
Sandra Ung (Affirmative)
Inna Vernikov (Negative)
Nantasha M. Williams (Affirmative)
Julie Won (Affirmative)
Susan Zhuang (Affirmative)