Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave…

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◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. says this is needed

In 2016, New York enacted the nation's strongest and most comprehensive Paid Family Leave policy so working families would not have to choose between caring for their loved ones and risking their economic security. Since then, the program has been expanded to include paid time off to bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child, to care for a family member with a serious health condition, or in connection with when a spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is deployed abroad on active military service. In order to ensure that all eligible New Yorkers can use the strong and necessary protections in Paid Family Leave to be present with their families at crucial times, it is neces- sary for a commission to study how different groups are using Paid Fami- ly Leave and make recommendations on how to remove any unintended barri- ers to its use.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.