N.Y. Social Services Law Section 480
Labor of children not to be hired out

It shall be unlawful for the trustees or managers of any house of refuge, reformatory or other correctional institution, to contract, hire, or let by the day, week or month, or any longer period, the services or labor of any child or children, now or hereafter committed to or incarcerated individual of such institutions.

Source: Section 480 — Labor of children not to be hired out, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SOS/480 (updated Aug. 13, 2021; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

474
Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to charitable institutions 475
Reports by officers of certain institutions to clerks of supervisors and cities 476
Verified accounts against counties, cities and towns 477
Dutchess county 478
Investigation of complaints by boards of managers 479
Designation of depository of funds 480
Labor of children not to be hired out

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Original Source: Section 480 — Labor of children not to be hired out, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SOS/480 (last accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

N.Y. Social Services Law Section 480 Labor of children not to be hired out

N.Y. Social Services Law Section 480
Labor of children not to be hired out