NY Freelance Protections Apply to Workers With Assistants

A Manhattan appellate court on Thursday held that freelancers can bring liability claims under the state’s freelance worker protection law even in certain circumstances where they work with other people.

The New York Supreme Court First Appellate Department’s ruling modifies a lower court order that denied summary judgment to a freelance photographer and model who said they performed work for, but weren’t paid by, a Manhattan bridal shop. The appellate disagreed with the shop’s argument that the photographer wasn’t entitled to recovery of damages under the state’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act—which defines a freelancer as one person—because he brought three ...