On October 25, 2025, New York City adopted Int. No. 0780-2024, after New York City Mayor Eric Adams returned the bill unsigned.

As we previously reported, the New York City Council passed a bill to amend the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to incorporate the requirements under the New York City Temporary Schedule Change Law, expand covered reasons to take ESSTA, and add a separate bank of thirty-two hours of unpaid ESSTA in addition to the forty or fifty-six hours already provided under the ESSTA. The law takes effect on February 22, 2026.

Quick Hits

• On October 25, 2025, New York City adopted a measure that amends the ESSTA to incorporate the requirements under New York City’s Temporary Schedule Change Law.
• The law expands covered reasons to take ESSTA.
• The law adds a separate bank of thirty-two hours of unpaid ESSTA in addition to the forty or fifty-six hours already provided under the ESSTA.
• The law goes into effect on February 22, 2026.

Overview of the New Requirements Under the ESSTA

The new requirements under the ESSTA include those that expand covered reasons to use ESSTA to include:

• the personal events covered under the Temporary Schedule Change Law;
• closures of employees’ place of business or employees’ need to care for children whose schools or childcare providers have been closed due to a public disaster, including a fire, explosion, terrorist attack, or severe weather conditions that are declared a public emergency;
• public official directives to stay...

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