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NY A00779

Bill

Status

Passed

9/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Stacey Pheffer Amato

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Civil Service Law Section 80, which governs suspension or demotion of public employees when positions are abolished or reduced

  • Adds new subdivision 10 establishing that collective bargaining agreements take precedence over Section 80 when they provide greater employee protections

  • Preserves union-negotiated rights for public employees facing layoffs or demotions due to position eliminations

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Provides that no provision of section eighty of the civil service law shall modify, replace or supersede any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for greater rights than required by such section.

Last Action

signed chap.361

9/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Civil Service and Pensions2/25/2025
Governmental Employees1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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