New York A 8066: Provides for a grace period in which former employees of the department of corrections and community supervision that participated in a strike may return to work

Status: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 8066

Sponsors: Scott Gray, Anil Beephan Jr., Brian D. Miller, Brian Manktelow, Daniel Norber, David DiPietro, Edward Ra, Eric Brown, Jake Ryan Blumencranz, Joe Angelino, Karl Brabenec, Keith Brown, Kenneth Blankenbush, Mary Beth Walsh, Matthew Simpson, Michael Novakhov, Patrick Chludzinski, Paula Bologna, Robert Smullen, Stephen Hawley

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A08066 Summary:

BILL NOA08066 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07310

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SPONSORGray

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COSPNSRAngelino, Beephan, Blankenbush, Blumencranz, Bologna, Brabenec, Brown E, Brown K, Chludzinski,
 DiPietro, Hawley, Manktelow, Miller, Norber, Novakhov, Ra, Simpson, Smullen, Walsh

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Provides for a grace period until July 1, 2025, in which former employees of the department of corrections and community supervision that participated in a strike may return to full duty without discipline.

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BILL NOA08066 

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04/23/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8066

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GRAY, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, BLANKENBUSH, BLUMEN-
 CRANZ, BOLOGNA, BRABENEC, E. BROWN, K. BROWN, CHLUDZINSKI, DiPIETRO,
 HAWLEY, MANKTELOW, MILLER, NORBER, NOVAKHOV, RA, SIMPSON, SMULLEN,
 WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
 Employees

 AN ACT providing for a grace period in which former employees of the
 department of corrections and community supervision that participated
 in a strike may return to work; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. 1. Any employee of the department of corrections and commu-
 2 nity supervision who engaged in a strike or work stoppage on or between
 3 the dates of February 18, 2025, and the effective date of this act,
 4 shall be allowed to be reinstated and return to work on their assigned
 5 tour by July 1, 2025. For any department of corrections and community
 6 supervision employee who participated in a voluntary work stoppage
 7 between February 18, 2025, and the effective date of this act and
 8 returns to work before July 1, 2025, there shall be no disciplinary
 9 action or demotion of rank. Any department of corrections and community
 10 supervision employee who resigned between February 18, 2025, and the
 11 effective date of this act shall be allowed full reinstatement to the
 12 department of corrections and community supervision and will be allowed
 13 to return to full duty without discipline. Any employee who has been
 14 terminated or received termination notice shall be returned to full duty
 15 without discipline and shall be reinstated to the status they maintained
 16 on or before February 18, 2025.
 17 2. No department of corrections and community supervision employee on
 18 pre-approved leave for family medical leave, workers compensation, paid
 19 parental leave, long term sick leave, bereavement, or sick leave at
 20 half-pay, shall be ordered to prematurely return to work between Febru-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11596-01-5

 A. 8066 2

 1 ary 18, 2025 and July 1, 2025. The provisions of this subdivision shall
 2 not apply to vacation or personal leave.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 4 deemed repealed July 1, 2025.

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