New York A 8436: Requires subsidiaries of certain transportation authorities and their employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration

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A08436 Summary:

BILL NOA08436 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02264

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRSayegh

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §209, Civ Serv L

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Requires subsidiaries of certain authorities and their employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration.

Go to top A08436 Actions:

BILL NOA08436 

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05/16/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

01/12/2026reported 

01/15/2026advanced to third reading cal.222

04/29/2026substituted by s2264

&nbspS02264 AMEND= COONEY

&nbsp01/16/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1163

&nbsp05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/06/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp01/07/2026died in assembly

&nbsp01/07/2026returned to senate

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp01/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.196

&nbsp01/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp02/03/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp02/05/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/05/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/05/2026referred to governmental employees

&nbsp04/29/2026substituted for a8436

&nbsp04/29/2026ordered to third reading cal.222

&nbsp04/29/2026passed assembly

&nbsp04/29/2026returned to senate

Go to topA08436 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:01/12/2026AYE/NAY:13/0 Action: Favorable Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

FallAye

BurkeAbsent

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA08436 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08436 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8436

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to resolution of
 disputes in the course of collective negotiations

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 209 of the civil
 2 service law, as amended by chapter 814 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (a) In the event that the board certifies that a voluntary resolution
 5 of the contract negotiations between either (i) the New York city trans-
 6 it authority (hereinafter referred to as TA-public employer) and the
 7 public employee organization certified or recognized to represent the
 8 majority of employees of such TA-public employer, or (ii) the metropol-
 9 itan transportation authority, including its subsidiaries, the New York
 10 city transit authority, including its subsidiary, and the Triborough
 11 bridge and tunnel authority (all hereinafter referred to as MTA-public
 12 employer) and a public employee organization certified or recognized to
 13 represent employees of such MTA-public employer not subject to the
 14 jurisdiction of the Federal Railway Labor Act and not subject to the
 15 provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, which has made an
 16 election pursuant to paragraph (f) of this subdivision, or (iii) the
 17 Niagara Frontier transportation authority, including its subsidiaries,
 18 the Rochester-Genesee regional transportation authority, including its
 19 subsidiaries, the capital district transportation authority, including
 20 its subsidiaries, and the central New York regional transportation
 21 authority, including its subsidiaries, (all hereinafter referred to as
 22 upstate TA-public employer) and the public employee organization certi-
 23 fied or recognized to represent the employees of such upstate TA-public
 24 employer, cannot be effected, or upon the joint request of the TA-public
 25 employer, the MTA-public employer (hereinafter jointly referred to as

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03569-01-5

 A. 8436 2

 1 public employer) or the upstate TA-public employer and any such affected
 2 employee organization, such b