N.Y. Labor Law § 1035: Prohibitions on model management companies

§ 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 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 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.