---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits"
description: "Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from seven consecutive weeks to seven consecutive calendar days; and permits the waiting period to be served during a suspension period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4573"
citation: "New York S 4573 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2020-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f1a1e65-43f4-4fb3-8ca0-b0fdc47ab712"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4573"
source_hash: "e09e872a0392f988e4c7672ec1b09ef130d94aad261ac8ae2befc47ecf95018a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 4573 (2019-2020) — Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits

Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from seven consecutive weeks to seven consecutive calendar days; and permits the waiting period to be served during a suspension period.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S4573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4573&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–14** (pass) · upper
- Labor Vote — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-15** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.447
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-01** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6592
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.645
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06** SIGNED CHAP.755 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f1a1e65-43f4-4fb3-8ca0-b0fdc47ab712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).