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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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. 1
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Labor Law - LAB § 1035. Prohibitions on model management companies - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/labor-law/lab-sect-1035/
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