New York A 7519: Relates to improper employer practices, eligible employees for retirement plans and compensation items in disputed agreements

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A07519 Summary:

BILL NOA07519 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFitzpatrick (MS)

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COSPNSRTague

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MLTSPNSRManktelow

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Amd §§209-a & 209, Civ Serv L; amd §390, Ed L

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Relates to improper employer practices relating to the continuation of pay, vacation and health care benefits; relates to eligible employees for retirement plans; relates to compensation items in disputed agreements.

Go to top A07519 Actions:

BILL NOA07519 

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04/01/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

05/19/2026held for consideration in governmental employees

Go to topA07519 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:10/3 Action: Held for Consideration Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoNay

ColtonAyeReillyNay

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioNay

EichensteinAyeTannousisExcused

FallAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA07519 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07519 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7519

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
 A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to improper employer
 practices relating to the continuation of pay, vacation and health
 care benefits; to amend the education law, in relation to eligible
 employees for retirement plans; and to amend the civil service law, in
 relation to disputed agreements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 209-a of the
 2 civil service law, as amended by chapter 244 of the laws of 2007, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (e) to refuse to continue [all the] terms of an expired agreement that
 5 relate to leaves of absence, active employees health insurance, holi-
 6 days, salaries excluding step increases, and all other mandatory
 7 subjects of a bargaining agreement as defined by the public employment
 8 relations board case law prior to its conversion doctrine until a new
 9 agreement is negotiated, unless the employee organization which is a
 10 party to such agreement has, during such negotiations or prior to such
 11 resolution of such negotiations, engaged in conduct violative of subdi-
 12 vision one of section two hundred ten of this article;
 13 § 2. Subdivision 3-a of section 390 of the education law, as added by
 14 chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 15 3-a. (a) Beginning July first, two thousand thirteen, the term eligi-
 16 ble employees shall also mean any person excluded from or not encom-
 17 passed within a negotiating unit within the meaning of article fourteen
 18 of the civil service law who would otherwise be entitled to receive a
 19 benefit under the retirement and social security law or the education
 20 law initially hired on or after July first, two thousand thirteen with
 21 estimated annual wages of seventy-five thousand per annum or greater.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08999-02-5

 A. 7519 2

 1 Such estimate of annual wages to determine eligibility for the purposes
 2 of this subdivision shall be provided by the employer. For the purposes
 3 of this subdivision, a newly hired state employee whose immediate
 4 preceding employment was with another department, division, or agency of
 5 the state shall not be deemed to be an eligible employee.
 6 (b) Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-six, the term eligi-
 7 ble employees shall also mean any person who would otherwise be entitled
 8 to receive a benefit under the retirement and social security law or the
 9 education law initially hired on or after January first, two thousand
 10 twenty-six who would otherwise be eligible for membership in the New
 11 York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state
 12 teachers' retirement system. For the purpose of this paragraph, a newly
 13 hired state employee wh