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NY A04950
Bill
Status
2/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Charles Fall
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AI Summary
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Expands the definition of "laborers, workers or mechanics" in labor law section 220 to explicitly include public passenger ferry system employees who hold US Coast Guard licenses, endorsements, or credentials required by law or civil service job specifications
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Grants ferry system workers the right to invoke collective bargaining impasse procedures as an alternative to seeking prevailing rate determinations from fiscal officers
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Allows covered ferry workers to pursue administrative proceedings, file charges or complaints, and seek remedies available to other public employees for employer failure to bargain in good faith or other unfair labor practices
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Updates gendered terminology throughout section 220, replacing "workmen" with "workers"
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Applies specifically to cities with populations of one million or more where a majority of workers in a civil service title are represented by a certified employee organization
Legislative Description
Requires employees of a public passenger ferry system employed as United States coast guard-licensed officers or in any position for which a United States coast guard officer license, endorsement or credential is required by law or by the relevant civil service job specifications, to be included under the phrase "laborers, workers or mechanics" as used under certain provisions of the labor law relating to the ability of employee organizations to negotiate with employers.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026