New York S 7369: Relates to unlawful strikes by public employees

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S07369 Summary:

BILL NOS07369 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03732

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, PARKER, RIVERA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§200, 201, 207, 209, 210 & 211, Civ Serv L

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Relates to unlawful strikes by public employees; provides for the settlement of certain disputes relating to terms and conditions of employment of certain transit and transportation authorities.

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BILL NOS07369 

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04/11/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7369

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, COMRIE, JACKSON, LIU, RIVERA -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to unlawful strikes
 by public employees

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

 1 Section 1. Section 200 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter
 2 24 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 200. Statement of policy. The legislature of the state of New York
 4 declares that it is the public policy of the state and the purpose of
 5 this act to promote harmonious and cooperative relationships between
 6 government and its employees and to protect the public by assuring[, at
 7 all times,] the orderly and uninterrupted operations and functions of
 8 government. These policies are best effectuated by (a) granting to
 9 public employees the right of organization and representation, (b)
 10 requiring the state, local governments and other political subdivisions
 11 to negotiate with, and enter into written agreements with employee
 12 organizations representing public employees which have been certified or
 13 recognized, (c) encouraging such public employers and such employee
 14 organizations to agree upon procedures for resolving disputes, (d)
 15 creating a public employment relations board to assist in resolving
 16 disputes between public employees and public employers, and (e) continu-
 17 ing the prohibition against unlawful strikes by public employees and
 18 providing remedies for violations of such prohibition.
 19 § 2. Section 201 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
 20 subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
 21 9-a. The term "unlawful strike" means any strike not authorized by
 22 subdivision five of section two hundred nine of this article.
 23 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 207 of the civil service law, as added
 24 by chapter 392 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05839-01-5

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 1 3. certify or recognize an employee organization upon (a) the determi-
 2 nation that such organization represents that group of public employees
 3 it claims to represent, and (b) the affirmation by such organization
 4 that it does not assert the right to engage in an unlawful strike
 5 against any government, to assist or participate in any such unlawful
 6 strike, or to impose an obligation to conduct, assist or participate in
 7 such [a] an unlawful strike.
 8 § 4. Section 209 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
 9 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 10 5. (a) It shall be the duty of the metropolitan transportation author-
 11 ity, including its subsidiaries, the New York city transit authority,
 12 including its subsidiaries, and the Triborough bridge and tunnel author-
 13 ity, the Niagara Frontier transportation authority, the Rochester-Gene-
 14 see regional transportation authority, the capital district transporta-
 15 tion authority and the central New York regional transportation
 16 authority (all hereinafter referred to as TA-public employers), their
 17 officers, agents, and employees to exert every reasonable effort to make
 18 and maintain agreements concerning s