A 9643 — Authorizes a claimant to receive a dependent allowance in addition to unemployment insurance benefits
Congress · introduced 2026-01-21
Provides that a claimant eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits shall also be entitled to receive a dependent allowance which shall begin at forty-five dollars and shall increase annually by an amount determined by the department of labor; directs the department of labor to report to the legislature following each calendar quarter certain information about dependent allowances and to make such reports available on its website; provides that a claimant's maximum benefit amount, including such dependent allowance, shall not exceed one hundred percent of such claimant's average weekly wage from their highest-earning calendar quarter.
Latest action: 2026-03-12 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Claire Valdez (—, NY-37) — sponsor · 2026-01-21
- Phara Souffrant Forrest (—, NY-57) — cosponsor · 2026-01-21
- Chris Burdick (—, NY-93) — cosponsor · 2026-01-21
- Sarahana Shrestha (—, NY-103) — cosponsor · 2026-01-21
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO LABOR
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 9643A
Text versions
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Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | Sarahana Shrestha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-21 | Phara Souffrant Forrest | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-21 | Chris Burdick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-21 | Claire Valdez | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claire Valdez (—, state_lower NY-37) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chris Burdick (—, state_lower NY-93) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Phara Souffrant Forrest (—, state_lower NY-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Sarahana Shrestha (—, state_lower NY-103) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Sarahana Shrestha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Chris Burdick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Phara Souffrant Forrest (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-21 · sponsored by Claire Valdez (sponsor) · sponsorship