New York Laws
Article 11 - Employment Agencies.
185 - Fees.

(1) for private nursing duty, five per cent of the salary or wages
received each week through the first ten weeks of that engagement only,
and such fee shall be due and payable at the end of each such week;
(2) for any other nursing duty, the amount of the first week's salary
or wages unless the first year's computed salary or wages to be derived
for at least one year's employment is twenty-five hundred dollars or
more, in which event the gross fee shall not exceed, in percentage of
such salary or wages, the following:

where such first year's salary or wages is
at least $2500 but less than $3000 ............................. 2 1/2 %
at least $3000 but less than $3500 ............................. 3 %
at least $3500 but less than $4000 ............................. 3 1/2 %
at least $4000 but less than $4500 ............................. 4 %
at least $4500 but less than $5000 ............................. 4 1/2 %
$5000 or more .................................................. 5 %
10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no fee
may be charged or collected for services rendered by an employment
agency not licensed pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of this
article at the time such services were rendered. In an action to collect
a fee, the court shall void all or any part of an agreement or contract
with an employment agency that did not have a valid license at the time
the contract was entered into or services were rendered; however, such
contract shall not be considered void if a court finds a good faith
effort by an employment agency to maintain its license despite clerical
error or delay by the department of labor or the New York city
department of consumer affairs.