STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7084 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to limiting the continuation of the terms and benefits coverage of an expired agree- ment for up to six months beyond the expiration date The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 209-a of the civil service law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. A public employee's contractual rights shall be extended for up 4 to six months beyond the expiration date of such employee's agreement 5 for the sole purpose of negotiating a new agreement. During such six 6 month extension period, all payroll and benefits assigned to such 7 employee under such expired agreement shall remain "as is", with no 8 increase or decrease in payments until a new agreement is renegotiated. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10755-01-5