New York Laws
Article 9 - Disability Benefits
204 - Disability and Family Leave During Employment.

(b) The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to
receive for disability commencing on or after May first, nineteen
hundred eighty-nine shall be one-half of the employee's weekly wage, but
in no case shall such benefit exceed one hundred seventy dollars; except
that if the employee's average weekly wage is less than twenty dollars,
the benefit shall be such average weekly wage. The weekly benefit which
the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing
on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-four shall be one-half
of the employee's weekly wage, but in no case shall such benefit exceed
one hundred forty-five dollars; except that if the employee's average
weekly wage is less than twenty dollars, the benefit shall be such
average weekly wage. The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is
entitled to receive for disability commencing on or after July first,
nineteen hundred eighty-three and prior to July first, nineteen hundred
eighty-four shall be one-half of the employee's average weekly wage, but
in no case shall such benefit exceed one hundred thirty-five dollars nor
be less than twenty dollars; except that if the employee's average
weekly wage is less than twenty dollars the benefit shall be such
average weekly wage. The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is
entitled to receive for disability commencing on or after July first,
nineteen hundred seventy-four, and prior to July first, nineteen hundred
eighty-three, shall be one-half of the employee's average weekly wage,
but in no case shall such benefit exceed ninety-five dollars nor be less
than twenty dollars; except that if the employee's average weekly wage
is less than twenty dollars, the benefit shall be such average weekly
wage. The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to
receive for disability commencing on or after July first, nineteen
hundred seventy and prior to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-four
shall be one-half of the employee's average weekly wage, but in no case
shall such benefit exceed seventy-five dollars nor be less than twenty
dollars; except that if the employee's average weekly wage is less than
twenty dollars the benefit shall be such average weekly wage. For any
period of disability less than a full week, the benefits payable shall
be calculated by dividing the weekly benefit by the number of the
employee's normal work days per week and multiplying the quotient by the
number of normal work days in such period of disability. The weekly
benefit for a disabled employee who is concurrently eligible for
benefits in the employment of more than one covered employer shall,
within the maximum and minimum herein provided, be one-half of the total
of the employee's average weekly wages received from all such covered
employers, and shall be allocated in the proportion of their respective
average weekly wage payments.

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