N.Y. LAB Law § 1035

§ 1035. Prohibitions on model management companies. A model management\ncompany shall not:\n 1. require or collect any fee or deposit from a model upon the signing\nof, or as a condition to entering into, any contract or agreement\nbetween the model management company and the model;\n 2. procure any accommodation for which payment shall be provided or\nreimbursed by the model in any way, without providing a written\ndisclosure of the rate charged for the accommodation to the model in\nadvance of such model's stay at the accommodation;\n 3. deduct or offset from a model's payment or compensation any fee or\nexpense, including interest, other than the agreed upon commission as\nset forth in the contract and any items advanced pursuant to subdivision\nsix of section one thousand thirty-four of this article;\n 4. advance the cost of travel or visa-related costs without informed\nwritten consent from the model;\n 5. require a model to sign a model management company contract that\ncontains a term greater than three years;\n 6. require a model to sign a model management company contract that\nrenews without the model's affirmative written consent;\n 7. impose a commission fee greater than twenty percent of the model's\npayment or compensation;\n 8. engage in discrimination or harassment of any kind against a model\nbecause of any protected status covered under paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision one of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law;\nor\n 10. create, alter, or manipulate a model's digital replica using\nartificial intelligence without clear, conspicuous and separate written\nconsent from the model.\n