N.Y. Labor Law Section 1035
Prohibitions on model management companies

A model management company shall not:

1.

require or collect any fee or deposit from a model upon the signing of, or as a condition to entering into, any contract or agreement between the model management company and the model;

2.

procure any accommodation for which payment shall be provided or reimbursed by the model in any way, without providing a written disclosure of the rate charged for the accommodation to the model in advance of such model’s stay at the accommodation;

3.

deduct or offset from a model’s payment or compensation any fee or expense, including interest, other than the agreed upon commission as set forth in the contract and any items advanced pursuant to subdivision six of § 1034 (Duties of model management companies)section one thousand thirty-four of this article;

4.

advance the cost of travel or visa-related costs without informed written consent from the model;

5.

require a model to sign a model management company contract that contains a term greater than three years;

6.

require a model to sign a model management company contract that renews without the model’s affirmative written consent;

7.

impose a commission fee greater than twenty percent of the model’s payment or compensation;

8.

engage in discrimination or harassment of any kind against a model because of any protected status covered under paragraph (a) of subdivision one of Executive Law § 296 (Unlawful discriminatory practices)section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law; or

10.

create, alter, or manipulate a model’s digital replica using artificial intelligence without clear, conspicuous and separate written consent from the model.

Source: Section 1035 — Prohibitions on model management companies, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/LAB/1035 (updated Jun. 27, 2025; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

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