New York A 6759: Establishes a correctional employee protective labor practices board

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A06759 Summary:

BILL NOA06759 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06620

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSRPheffer Amato, Bronson, Lunsford, McMahon, Conrad, Berger, Yeger, Burke, Hevesi, Rivera, Wieder,
 Eichenstein, Buttenschon, Sayegh, Hawley, DeStefano, Giglio, Zinerman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 37 §1045, Lab L

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Establishes a correctional employee protective labor practices board to make recommendations regarding labor practices and working conditions for correctional employees, and institutional safety of both correctional employees and incarcerated individuals.

Go to top A06759 Actions:

BILL NOA06759 

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03/12/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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Go to topA06759 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6759

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, PHEFFER AMATO, BRONSON, LUNSFORD, McMA-
 HON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a correction-
 al employee protective labor practices board

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 37 to read
 2 as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 37
 4 PROTECTIVE LABOR PRACTICES FOR STATE CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEES
 5 Section 1045. Correctional employee protective labor practices board.
 6 § 1045. Correctional employee protective labor practices board. 1.
 7 Establishment. The commissioner shall hereby convene a state correction-
 8 al employee protective labor practices board, hereinafter "board". The
 9 board shall be comprised of thirteen members, the commissioner of labor
 10 or their designee who shall act as chairperson, the commissioner of the
 11 department of corrections and community supervision or their designee, a
 12 representative of the labor union representing correctional officers, a
 13 representative of the labor union representing correctional lieutenants,
 14 a representative of the labor union representing correctional profes-
 15 sional employees, a representative of the labor union representing
 16 correctional administrative and nonprofessional staff, a representative
 17 of the correctional association of New York, two members appointed by
 18 the state senate majority, one member appointed by the state senate
 19 minority, two members appointed by the state assembly majority and one
 20 member appointed by the state assembly minority. Members appointed by
 21 the legislature shall have relevant professional or lived experience.
 22 The members of the board shall not receive a salary or other compen-
 23 sation but shall be paid actual and necessary traveling expenses while
 24 engaged in the performance of their duties.
 25 2. Organization. Three-quarters of the members of the board shall
 26 constitute a quorum. The chairperson may from time to time formulate
 27 rules governing the manner in which the board shall function and perform
 28 its duties under this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10465-01-5

 A. 6759 2

 1 3. Functions, powers and duties. (a) Within forty-five days of the
 2 appointment of the board, the board shall conduct public hearings. The
 3 board shall only meet within the state and must hold at least three
 4 hearings at which the public will be afforded an opportunity to provide
 5 comments. At least one Spanish language interpreter shall be present at
 6 each public hearing to interpret oral testimony delivered in Spanish.
 7 Any materials advertising such hearings shall be bilingual in English
 8 and Spanish.
 9 (b) The board shall have the power to administer oaths and to require
 10 by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the
 11 production of all books, records, and other evidence relative to any
 12 matters under inquiry. Such subpoenas shall be signed and issued by the
 13 chairperson of the board and shall be served and have the same effect as
 14 if issued out of the supreme court. The board shall