Bill Text: NY A07721 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing geographic pay differentials for certain police officers; authorizes a pay differential for regional state park police, forest ranger, environmental conservation officer, and university police officer titles when wage rates of police officers in a given location are substantially higher than the wage rates paid by the state.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-07 - referred to governmental employees [A07721 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A07721-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7721

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 8, 2025
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        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  authorizing
          geographic pay differentials for certain police officers

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

     1    Section 1. Section 134 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  when-
     4  ever  the  commissioner  of parks, recreation and historic preservation,
     5  commissioner of environmental conservation or chancellor  of  the  state
     6  university  of  New  York  finds  that under community wage practices of
     7  police officers in public employment in one or more areas  or  locations
     8  in  the  state,  wage  rates  of police officers in a given location are
     9  substantially higher than the wage rates paid by the state, such commis-
    10  sioner may, subject to the approval  of  the  director  of  the  budget,
    11  authorize  a pay differential to be added as an adjustment to the estab-
    12  lished salary rates for the same or related occupations in the  regional
    13  state  park  police,  forest ranger, environmental conservation officer,
    14  and university police officer titles where such individuals are required
    15  to work in such areas or  locations  which  are  under  each  respective
    16  commissioner  and  chancellor. A pay differential under this subdivision
    17  shall be a percentage or a fixed dollar amount  as  prescribed  in  each
    18  case  by  the  respective  commissioner  or  chancellor  subject  to the
    19  approval of the director of the budget. Such differentials shall  be  in
    20  addition to and shall not be part of such officer's basic annual salary,
    21  and  shall  not  affect  or impair any performance advancement payments,
    22  performance awards, longevity payments, or other rights or  benefits  to
    23  which such officer may be entitled under the provisions of this chapter,
    24  provided, however, that any differential payable pursuant to this subdi-
    25  vision  shall  be  included  as compensation for overtime and retirement

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11121-01-5
        A. 7721                             2

     1  purposes. A pay differential shall be terminated for  any  officer  when
     2  such officer ceases to be employed in the position, or area, or location
     3  for which such pay differential was authorized. A pay differential shall
     4  remain  in  effect  until  terminated by the commissioner or chancellor,
     5  with the consent of the director of the  budget,  or  until  a  new  pay
     6  differential is authorized pursuant to this subdivision. The director of
     7  the  budget  may  adopt  such  regulations as they may deem necessary to
     8  carry out the provisions of this subdivision.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.