Beginning January 26, 2022, private sector employees in New York will enjoy stronger whistleblower protections. Under new changes to New York Labor Law section 740, employers cannot retaliate against an employee who discloses or threatens to disclose to a supervisor or to a public body, an activity, policy or practice of the employer that the employee “reasonably believes” is in violation of a law, rule or regulation, or that the employee reasonably believes poses a substantial and specific danger to the public health or safety.