2016 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 19-A - (Labor) MINIMUM WAGE STANDARDS AND PROTECTIVE LABOR PRACTICES FOR FARM WORKERS
670 - Statement of public policy; findings.

  670.  Statement of public policy; findings.  The legislature of the
  state of New York declares that it is the public policy of the state and
  the purpose of this act that minimum wage standards shall apply to  farm
  workers,  so as to eliminate as rapidly as practicable the employment of
  farm workers at wages insufficient to provide adequate  maintenance  and
  protection of health, without substantially curtailing opportunities for
  employment or earning power.
The  legislature  hereby  finds that the establishment of minimum wage
  standards for farm laborers involves distinct and unusual problems; that
  the agricultural labor force is made up of regular all-year  workers  as
  well as short-term seasonal workers; that although some workers are paid
  on  an  hourly  basis, many are paid on a piecework, weekly, monthly, or
  other basis; and that the agricultural industry is particularly affected
  by weather and market  conditions  and  by  perishability  of  products.
  Accordingly,  the legislature further declares that it is the purpose of
  this act to provide a flexible approach with full consideration  of  the
  unusual problems involved.