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NYC Council Unveils Aland Etienne Act to Raise Pay and Training Standards for Security Guards

The measure empowers the city’s consumer protection agency to enforce pay, benefits and training standards for roughly 80,000 private security officers.

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Overview

  • City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams introduced the Aland Etienne Safety and Security Act at City Hall alongside Etienne’s family and SEIU Local 32BJ.
  • The bill tasks the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection with setting and enforcing minimum pay, paid sick and vacation leave, benefits, and training requirements.
  • It proposes 16 additional hours of active-shooter and emergency-preparedness training beyond the state’s eight-hour minimum.
  • The legislation creates education and complaint channels for security guards to understand their rights and report workplace violations, aiming to reduce turnover.
  • The proposal begins the Council’s hearing and markup process and will require the mayor’s approval; the mayor’s office said it will review the legislation.