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NY A03838
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
D. Billy Jones
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AI Summary
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Grants municipal employees the right to request a de novo evidentiary hearing when a municipality determines their initial eligibility for or discontinuation of Section 207-c benefits (disability benefits for police officers and firefighters injured in the line of duty)
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Requires hearing officers or arbitrators to make independent determinations based on evidence presented, rather than reviewing municipal decisions under the more limited "arbitrary and capricious" standard
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Explicitly states that Article 78 proceedings (judicial review of administrative actions) cannot substitute for the required evidentiary hearing
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Allows parties to negotiate additional or alternative procedures through collective bargaining, provided employees retain a full and fair opportunity to be heard
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Establishes this evidentiary hearing process as a mandatorily negotiable term of employment under the Taylor Law, superseding any conflicting local laws or charter provisions
Legislative Description
Requires that all procedures and other matters related to the receipt or discontinuation of benefits available under section two hundred seven-c of the general municipal law shall be subject, upon request of the affected employee, to a de novo evidentiary hearing.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/8/2025