2013 New York Consolidated Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 24 - (835 - 849) WORKER ADJUSTMENT ACT
837 - State plan.

 
    §   837.  State  plan.  1.  The  governor  shall  be  responsible  for
  preparation and submission  of  a  biennial  plan.  The  plan  shall  be
  prepared  with  input  from  the  department, the department of economic
  development, state education department, state university  of  New  York
  and the state job training coordinating council. The plan shall include,
  but not be limited to:
    (a) a description of services to be provided to dislocated workers and
  additional  dislocated  workers  as  defined  in  section  eight hundred
  thirty-five of this article;
    (b) the identification of the state dislocated worker unit within  the
  department, and the activities such unit will carry out;
    (c) a description of coordination between such unit; and
    (i)  the  department  of  economic  development  for  the  purposes of
  developing strategies to avert plant  closings  or  substantial  layoffs
  which  would  include  the  participation  of the department of economic
  development in the establishment  of  labor-management  committees,  the
  provision  of  resources  and  technical  assistance  for  a preliminary
  assessment of the  advisability  of  conducting  a  comprehensive  study
  exploring  the  feasibility  of having a company or group, including the
  workers, purchase the plant  and  continue  it  in  operation,  and  the
  provision  of  appropriate  financial  and technical advice to assist in
  efforts to avert worker dislocation;
    (ii) the state education department for the  purposes  of  identifying
  and  approving  training/retraining  activities  that  meet standards of
  instructional quality pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b)  of
  subdivision four of section eight hundred forty-six of this article;
    (d)  an  explanation  of  the  extent  to  which additional dislocated
  workers will be served under this plan and, if such workers will not  be
  served,  a  statement  of  justification  for their exclusion; and (e) a
  detailed description of reporting and evaluation  activity  relating  to
  outcomes achieved.
    2.  The  biennial  plan  developed pursuant to subdivision one of this
  section shall be submitted to the council for review and comment and  to
  the  governor  for  approval.  Copies  shall  also  be  submitted to the
  president pro-tempore of the senate and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly
  simultaneous to its submission to the council.
    3.  The  state  plan  submitted  under this section may be modified to
  describe changes in or additions to programs and activities set forth in
  the plan and shall be reviewed and approved in the same  manner  as  the
  state plan originally submitted.