New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09821 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 05/31/2024

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9821  IN SENATE May 31, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment for members of the district council 37 rent regulation services unit; to amend part A of chapter 361 of the laws of 2022, amending the civil service law and the state finance law relating to compensation and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees, to authorize funding of joint labor-management committees, and relating to implementing agreements between the state and an employee organiza- tion, in relation to location pay for certain state officers and employees; to implement a collective bargaining agreement between the state of New York and the district council 37 rent regulation services unit; making an appropriation therefor; and to repeal certain provisions of the civil service law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph e of subdivision 1 of 2 section 130 of the civil service law are REPEALED and three new subpara- 3 graphs 1, 2 and 3 are added to read as follows: 4 (1) Effective March thirtieth, two thousand twenty-three: 5 STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP JR 6 SG HR 1 2 3 4 5 6 JR INCR INCR 7 1 27132 28047 28962 29877 30792 31707 32622 33537 915 915 8 2 28167 29127 30087 31047 32007 32967 33927 34894 960 967 9 3 29574 30578 31582 32586 33590 34594 35598 36595 1004 997 10 4 30866 31928 32990 34052 35114 36176 37238 38300 1062 1062 11 5 32343 33455 34567 35679 36791 37903 39015 40127 1112 1112 12 6 34152 35308 36464 37620 38776 39932 41088 42251 1156 1163 13 7 36040 37252 38464 39676 40888 42100 43312 44531 1212 1219 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12028-03-4 

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 S. 9821 4 1 prorated basis, except non-annual salaried officers and employees who 2 are not seasonal, in the collective negotiating units designated as the 3 administrative services unit, the institutional services unit, the oper- 4 ational services unit, or the division of military and naval affairs 5 unit established pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law, whose 6 principal place of employment or, in the case of a field employee, whose 7 official station as determined in accordance with the regulations of the 8 comptroller is located: (1) in the county of Monroe and who were eligi- 9 ble to receive location pay on March 31, 1985, shall receive location 10 pay at the rate of $200 per year provided they continue to be otherwise 11 eligible; (2) in the city of New York, or in the county of Rockland, 12 Westchester, Nassau or Suffolk shall, effective April 1, 2021, continue 13 to receive a downstate adjustment at the annual rate of $3,026; or (3) 14 in the county of Dutchess, Putnam or Orange shall, effective April 1, 15 2021, continue to receive a mid-Hudson adjustment at the annual rate of 16 $1,513. Effective April 1, 2023, in the city of New York, or in the 17 county of Rockland, Westchester, Nassau or Suffolk such amount shall 18 increase to an annual rate of $3,087; and in the county of Dutchess, 19 Putnam or Orange such amount shall increase to an annual rate of $1,543. 20 Effective April 1, 2024, in the city of New York, or in the county of 21 Rockland, Westchester, Nassau or Suffolk such amount shall increase to 22 an annual rate of $3,400; and in the county of Dutchess, Putnam or 23 Orange such amount shall increase to an annual rate of $1,650. Effective 24 April 1, 2025, in the city of New York, or in the county of Rockland, 25 Westchester, Nassau or Suffolk such amount shall increase to an annual 26 rate of $4,000; and in the county of Dutchess, Putnam or Orange such 27 amount shall increase to an annual rate of $2,000. Such location 28 payments shall be in addition to and shall not be a part of an officer's 29 or employee's basic annual salary, and shall not affect or impair any 30 performance advancements or other rights or benefits to which an officer 31 or employee may be entitled by law, provided, however, that location 32 payments shall be included as compensation for purposes of computation 33 of overtime pay and for retirement purposes. For the sole purpose of 34 continuing eligibility for location pay in Monroe county, an officer or 35 employee previously eligible to receive location pay on March 31, 1985 36 who is on an approved leave of absence or participates in an employer 37 program to reduce to part-time service during summer months shall 38 continue to be eligible for said location pay upon return to full-time 39 state service in Monroe county. 40 § 3. Compensation for certain state officers and employees in collec- 41 tive negotiating units. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to 42 full-time officers and employees in the collective negotiating unit 43 designated as the rent regulation services negotiating unit. 44 2. Effective March 30, 2023, the basic annual salary of officers and 45 employees in full-time employment status on the day before such payroll 46 period shall be increased by three percent adjusted to the nearest whole 47 dollar amount. 48 3. Effective March 28, 2024, the basic annual salary of officers and 49 employees in full-time employment status on the day before such payroll 50 period shall be increased by three percent adjusted to the nearest whole 51 dollar amount. 52 4. Effective March 27, 2025, the basic annual salary of officers and 53 employees in full-time employment status on the day before such payroll 54 period shall be increased by three percent adjusted to the nearest 55 whole dollar amount. 

 S. 9821 5 1 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions two, three and 2 four of this section, if the basic annual salary of an officer or 3 employee to whom the provisions of this section apply is identical with 4 the hiring rate, job rate, or step 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 of the salary 5 grade of his or her position on the effective dates of the increases 6 provided in these subdivisions, such basic annual salary shall be 7 increased to the hiring rate, step 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or job rate, 8 respectively, of such salary grade as contained in the appropriate 9 salary schedules in subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 of paragraph e of subdivi- 10 sion 1 of section 130 of the civil service law, as added by section one 11 of this act, to take effect on the dates provided in subparagraphs 12 1, 2 and 3 of such paragraph, respectively. The increases in basic annu- 13 al salary provided by this subdivision shall be in lieu of any increase 14 in basic annual salary provided for in subdivisions two, three and four 15 of this section. 16 6. Payments pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 6 of section 131 17 of the civil service law for officers and employees entitled to such 18 payments to whom the provisions of this section apply shall be payable 19 in accordance with the terms of an agreement reached pursuant to article 20 14 of the civil service law between the state and an employee organiza- 21 tion representing employees in the collective negotiating unit desig- 22 nated as the rent regulation services negotiating unit. 23 7. If an unencumbered position is one which if encumbered, would be 24 subject to the provisions of this section, the salary of such position 25 shall be increased by the salary increase amounts specified in this 26 section. If a position is created and filled by the appointment of an 27 officer or employee who is subject to the provisions of this section, 28 the salary otherwise provided for such position shall be increased in 29 the same manner as though such position had been in existence but unen- 30 cumbered. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the director 31 of the budget may reduce the salary of any such position which is or 32 becomes vacant. 33 8. The increases in salary provided in subdivisions two, three and 34 four of this section shall apply on a prorated basis to officers and 35 employees, otherwise eligible to receive an increase in salary, who are 36 paid on an hourly or per diem basis, employees serving on a part-time 37 or seasonal basis and employees paid on any basis other than at an annu- 38 al salary rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of subdi- 39 visions five and six of this section shall not apply to employees serv- 40 ing on a seasonal basis, except as determined by the director of the 41 budget. 42 9. In order to provide for the officers and employees to whom this 43 section applies who are not allocated to salary grades, increases and 44 payments pursuant to this section in proportion to those provided to 45 persons to whom this section applies who are allocated to salary grades, 46 the director of the budget is authorized to add appropriate adjustments 47 and/or payments to the compensation which such officers and employees 48 are otherwise entitled to receive. The director of the budget shall 49 issue certificates which shall contain schedules of positions and the 50 salaries and/or payments thereof for which adjustments and/or payments 51 are made pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, and a copy of 52 each such certificate shall be filed with the state comptroller, the 53 state department of civil service, the chairman of the senate finance 54 committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee. 

 S. 9821 6 1 10. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, 2 the provisions of this section shall not apply to officers or employees 3 paid on a fee schedule basis. 4 11. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section 5 except subdivision one, any increase in compensation for any officer or 6 employee appointed to a lower graded position from a redeployment list 7 pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 79 of the civil service law who 8 continues to receive his or her former salary pursuant to such subdivi- 9 sion shall be determined on the basis of such lower graded position 10 provided, however, that the increases in salary provided in subdivisions 11 two, three and four of this section shall not cause such officer's or 12 employee's salary to exceed the job rate of such lower graded position. 13 12. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section or 14 any law to the contrary, any increase in compensation may be withheld in 15 whole or in part from any employee to whom the provisions of this 16 section are applicable when, in the opinion of the director of the budg- 17 et and the director of employee relations, such increase is not 18 warranted or is not appropriate for any reason. 19 § 4. 1. Location compensation for certain state officers and employees 20 in collective negotiating units. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 21 provisions of law, officers and employees, including seasonal officers 22 and employees who shall receive the compensation provided for pursuant 23 to this section on a pro-rated basis, except part-time officers and 24 employees, in the collective negotiating unit designated as the rent 25 regulation services negotiating unit, whose principal place of employ- 26 ment or, in the case of a field employee, whose official station as 27 determined in accordance with the regulations of the comptroller, is 28 located in the city of New York, or in the county of Rockland, Westches- 29 ter, Nassau or Suffolk shall continue to receive a downstate adjustment 30 at the annual rate of $3,026. Such location payments shall increase to 31 the following amounts: 32 (a) Effective April 1, 2023: $3,087; 33 (b) Effective April 1, 2024: $3,400; and 34 (c) Effective April 1, 2025: $4,000. 35 2. Such location payments shall be in addition to and shall not be a 36 part of an officer's or employee's basic annual salary, and shall not 37 affect or impair any performance advancements or other rights or bene- 38 fits to which an officer or employee may be entitled by law, provided, 39 however, that location payments shall be included as compensation for 40 purposes of computation of overtime pay and for retirement purposes. 41 § 5. 1. For employees in the rent regulation services unit, a one-time 42 $3,000 signing bonus shall be paid to all eligible members of the unit. 43 Such signing bonus shall not be part of basic annual salary. Similarly, 44 such signing bonus shall not be subject to any salary increases and 45 shall not be pensionable. Such signing bonus shall be prorated for those 46 employees paid on any basis other than an annual basis. Employees paid 47 on a part-time, hourly or per diem basis shall receive a signing bonus 48 pro-rated on a basis reflecting the actual hours worked between December 49 22, 2023 and April 24, 2024, for officers and employees on the adminis- 50 trative payroll. To qualify, employees must be in continuous service in 51 the Rent Regulation Services Unit between December 22, 2023 and April 52 24, 2024 as defined by paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 130 of 53 the civil service law. Employees who separate from state service between 54 December 22, 2023 and April 24, 2024 shall not be eligible for such 55 signing bonus unless they retire directly from active state employment. 

 S. 9821 7 1 Such bonus shall be effective April 24, 2024 for officers and employees 2 on the administrative payroll. 3 2. Any DC-37 represented employee that has already received a bonus 4 payment pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement of another unit 5 or as a management confidential employee shall be ineligible for this 6 payment. 7 § 6. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, where an agreement 8 between the state and the employee organization that represents employ- 9 ees in the rent regulation services unit so provides, effective April 1, 10 2025 longevity awards shall be paid in accordance with the terms of such 11 agreement. 12 § 7. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, where an agreement 13 between the state and the employee organization that represents employ- 14 ees in the rent regulation services unit so provides, there shall be 15 paid a higher education differential consistent with the terms of such 16 agreement. 17 § 8. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, where and to 18 the extent that any agreement between the state and an employee organ- 19 ization entered into pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law so 20 provides on behalf of employees in the collective negotiating unit 21 designated as the rent regulation services negotiating unit, the state 22 shall contribute an amount designated in such agreement and for the 23 period covered by such agreement to the accounts of such employees 24 enrolled for dependent care deductions pursuant to subdivision 7 of 25 section 201-a of the state finance law. Such amounts shall be from funds 26 appropriated in this act and shall not be part of basic annual salary 27 for overtime or retirement purposes. 28 § 9. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the appro- 29 priations contained in this act shall be available to the state for the 30 payment and publication of grievance and arbitration settlements and 31 awards pursuant to articles 31 and 33 of the collective negotiating 32 agreement between the state and the employee organization representing 33 the collective negotiating unit designated as the rent regulation 34 services negotiating unit. 35 § 10. During the period April 2, 2023 through April 1, 2026, there 36 shall be labor-management committees continued, administered and created 37 pursuant to the terms of the agreement negotiated between the state and 38 an employee organization representing employees in the collective nego- 39 tiating unit designated as the rent regulation services negotiating unit 40 established pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law which shall, 41 after April 2, 2023, have the responsibility for discussing and attempt- 42 ing to resolve matters of mutual concern and implementing any agreements 43 reached. 44 § 11. The salary increases, benefit modifications, and any other 45 modifications to the terms and conditions of employment provided for by 46 this act for state employees in the collective negotiating unit desig- 47 nated as the rent regulations services negotiating unit established 48 pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law shall not be implemented 49 until the director of employee relations shall have delivered to the 50 director of the budget and the comptroller a letter certifying that 51 there is in effect with respect to such negotiating unit a collectively 52 negotiated agreement, ratified by the membership, which provides for 53 such increases and modifications and which are fully executed in writing 54 with the state pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law. 55 § 12. The comptroller is authorized to pay any amounts required during 56 the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2023 by the foregoing provisions of 

 S. 9821 8 1 this act for any state department or agency from any appropriation or 2 other funds available to such state department or agency for personal 3 service or for other related employee benefits during such fiscal year. 4 To the extent that such appropriations in any fund are insufficient to 5 accomplish the purposes herein set forth, the director of the budget is 6 authorized to allocate to the various departments and agencies, from any 7 appropriations available in any fund, the amounts necessary to pay such 8 amounts. 9 § 13. No officer or employee participating in a special annuity 10 program pursuant to the provisions of article 8-C of the education law 11 shall, by reason of an increase in compensation pursuant to this act, 12 suffer any reduction of the salary adjustment to which he or she would 13 otherwise be entitled by reason of participation in such program, and 14 such salary adjustment shall be based upon the salary of such officer or 15 employee without regard to the reduction authorized by such article. 16 § 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this act, 17 or any other law, pending payment pursuant to this act of the basic 18 annual salaries of incumbents of positions subject to this act, such 19 incumbents shall receive, as partial compensation for services rendered, 20 the rate of compensation otherwise payable in their respective posi- 21 tions. An incumbent holding a position subject to this act at any time 22 during the period from April 1, 2023, until the time when basic annual 23 salaries are first paid pursuant to this act for such services in excess 24 of the compensation actually received therefor, shall be entitled to a 25 lump sum payment for the difference between the salary to which such 26 incumbent is entitled for such services and the compensation actually 27 received therefor. Such lump sum payment shall be made as soon as prac- 28 ticable. 29 § 15. Notwithstanding any provision of the state finance law or any 30 other provision of law to the contrary, the sum of five million, three 31 hundred thousand dollars ($5,300,000) is hereby appropriated in the 32 general fund/state purposes account (10050) in miscellaneous-all state 33 departments and agencies solely for apportionment/transfer by the direc- 34 tor of the budget for use by any state department or agency in any fund 35 for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2025 to 36 supplement appropriations for personal service, other than personal 37 service and fringe benefits, and to carry out the provisions of this 38 act. No money shall be available for expenditure from this appropri- 39 ation until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of 40 the budget and a copy of such certificate or any amendment thereto has 41 been filed with the state comptroller, the chair of the senate finance 42 committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee. The 43 monies hereby appropriated are available for payment of any liabilities 44 or obligations incurred prior to or during the state fiscal year 45 commencing April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2025. For this purpose, these 46 appropriations shall remain in full force and effect for the payment of 47 liabilities incurred on or before March 31, 2025. 48 § 16. Notwithstanding any provision of the state finance law or any 49 other provision of law to the contrary, the several amounts as herein- 50 after set forth, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 51 appropriated from the fund so designated for use by any state department 52 or agency for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023 through March 31, 53 2025 to supplement appropriations from each respective fund available 54 for personal service, other than personal service and fringe benefits, 55 and to carry out the provisions of this act. The monies hereby appropri- 56 ated are available for payment of any liabilities or obligations 

 S. 9821 9 1 incurred prior to or during the state fiscal year commencing April 1, 2 2023 through March 31, 2025. No money shall be available for expenditure 3 from this appropriation until a certificate of approval has been issued 4 by the director of the budget and a copy of such certificate or any 5 amendment thereto has been filed with the state comptroller, the chair 6 of the senate finance committee, and the chair of the assembly ways and 7 means committee. 8 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 9 SPECIAL PAY BILLS 10 General Fund/State Operations 11 State Purposes Account - 003 12 Non-Personal Service 13 Joint Committee on Health Benefits ................. 7,493 14 Employee Assistance Program/Work-Life 15 Services/Family Benefits ........................ 20,524 16 Employee Development and Training ................ 111,000 17 Statewide Performance Rating Committee ............. 4,000 18 Time & Attendance Umpire Process Admin ............. 4,000 19 Disciplinary Panel Administration .................. 6,000 20 Contract Administration ............................ 3,000 21 Employee Benefit Fund ............................ 797,000 22 § 17. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 23 have been in full force and effect on and after April 2, 2023. Appropri- 24 ations made by this act shall remain in full force and effect for 25 liabilities incurred through March 31, 2025. REPEAL NOTE: Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 130 of the civil service law are REPEALED by section 1 of this act and are replaced with new subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3.