New York S 8423: Relates to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies

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S08423 Summary:

BILL NOS08423A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08722-A

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §85, Civ Serv L

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Establishes a credit for military spouses and surviving spouses of veterans for competitive examinations whether for original appointment or promotion.

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BILL NOS08423A

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06/10/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 8423A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8423--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to providing a
 service credit to military spouses and to surviving spouses of veter-
 ans in competitive examinations

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service law is
 2 amended by adding two new paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as follows:
 3 (e) The term "military spouse" shall mean the spouse of a veteran or
 4 non-disabled veteran.
 5 (f) The term "surviving spouse" shall mean the spouse of a member of
 6 any branch of the armed forces of the United States who served and
 7 subsequently died due to a cause attributed to their military service.
 8 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil service
 9 law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 (a) On all eligible lists resulting from competitive examinations, the
 12 names of eligibles shall be entered in the order of their respective
 13 final earned ratings on examination, with the name of the eligible with
 14 the highest final earned rating at the head of such list, provided,
 15 however, that for the purpose of determining final earned ratings,
 16 (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 17 tional in a competitive examination for original appointment and five
 18 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion,
 19 [and]
 20 (2) Non-disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive five points
 21 additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13165-05-6

 S. 8423--A 2

 1 and two and one-half points additional credit in a competitive examina-
 2 tion for promotion[.],
 3 (3) Military spouses shall be entitled to receive three points addi-
 4 tional credit for a competitive examination for original appointment and
 5 one and one-half points for a competitive examination for promotion, and
 6 (4) Surviving spouses shall be entitled to receive six points addi-
 7 tional credit for both a competitive examination for original appoint-
 8 ment and a competitive examination for promotion.
 9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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