N.Y. LAB Law § 1000

§ 1000. Definitions. For purposes of this article:\n 1. "Certifying employment" means either completing the employer\nsections of the public service loan forgiveness form or sharing data\ndirectly with the U.S. department of education that corresponds to the\ninformation required for the public service loan forgiveness form.\n 2. "Employee" means someone who works for a public service employer,\nregardless of whether the public service employer considers that work to\nbe full-time or part-time, contingent, or contracted.\n 3. "Full-time" for the purpose of certifying employment only means\nworking at least an average of thirty hours per week or at least an\naverage of thirty hours per week throughout a contractual or employment\nperiod of at least eight months in a twelve-month period, such as\nelementary and secondary school teachers, provided, however, that should\nthe U.S. department of education adopt a lower hourly standard, that\nstandard shall apply.\n 4. "Public service employer" means any employer designated as a public\nservice organization or employer by the U.S. department of education for\nthe purpose of the public service loan forgiveness program. The term\nshall include any state, county, city or other local government\nemployer, including any office, department, independent agency, school\ndistrict, public college or university system, public library system,\nauthority, or other body, including the legislature and the judiciary,\nas well as any employer that has received designation as a tax-exempt\norganization pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue\nCode. For the purposes of this article, this term does not include a\nfederal or tribal nation government organization, agency, or entity.\n 5. "Public service loan forgiveness form" means the form used by the\nU.S. department of education to certify an individual's employment at a\npublic service organization and determine eligibility for the purposes\nof the public service loan forgiveness program.\n 6. "Public service loan forgiveness program" means the federal loan\nforgiveness program established pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) and\nadministered pursuant to 34 C.F.R 685.219, as of the effective date of\nthis article.\n