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A05785 Summary:

BILL NOA05785
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04489
 
SPONSORAbbate
 
COSPNSRRivera P, Pretlow, Cusick, Weprin, Heastie, Stevenson, Lopez V, Linares, Dinowitz, Perry, Cook, Boyland
 
MLTSPNSRBing, Farrell, Malliotakis
 
Amd S606, RWB L
 
Provides for health insurance and supplemental benefits to retirees of the New York city off track betting corporation.
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A05785 Actions:

BILL NOA05785
 
02/28/2011referred to governmental employees
03/22/2011reported referred to ways and means
06/20/2011reported referred to rules
06/20/2011reported
06/20/2011rules report cal.550
06/20/2011ordered to third reading rules cal.550
06/22/2011passed assembly
06/22/2011delivered to senate
06/22/2011REFERRED TO RULES
06/22/2011SUBSTITUTED FOR S4489
06/22/20113RD READING CAL.1515
06/22/2011PASSED SENATE
06/22/2011RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
09/12/2011delivered to governor
09/23/2011vetoed memo.62
09/23/2011tabled
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A05785 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/22/2011Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 88/50
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Scarborough
ER
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
No
Graf
Yes
Linares
No
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
No
Amedore
No
Conte
No
Gunther
No
Lopez PD
Yes
O'Donnell
No
Schimminger
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Cook
No
Hanna
Yes
Lopez VJ
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schroeder
Yes
Aubry
No
Corwin
No
Hawley
No
Losquadro
No
Palmesano
Yes
Simotas
No
Barclay
Yes
Crespo
No
Hayes
Yes
Lupardo
No
Paulin
No
Smardz
Yes
Barron
No
Crouch
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Magee
No
Peoples Stokes
Yes
Spano
ER
Benedetto
No
Curran
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stevenson
Yes
Bing
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Maisel
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Sweeney
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Ra
No
Tedisco
Yes
Boyland
Yes
DenDekker
No
Hoyt
Yes
Markey
No
Rabbitt
No
Tenney
Yes
Boyle
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobs
No
McDonough
No
Raia
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
No
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McEneny
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Englebright
ER
Jeffries
No
McKevitt
No
Reilich
Yes
Titus
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Johns
No
McLaughlin
Yes
Reilly
No
Tobacco
ER
Brook Krasny
No
Finch
No
Jordan
Yes
Meng
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Weinstein
No
Burling
No
Fitzpatrick
No
Katz
No
Miller D
Yes
Rivera N
Yes
Weisenberg
No
Butler
No
Friend
Yes
Kavanagh
No
Miller JM
Yes
Rivera PM
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Cahill
No
Gabryszak
Yes
Kellner
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Wright
No
Calhoun
Yes
Galef
ER
Kirwan
Yes
Millman
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Camara
Yes
Gantt
No
Kolb
ER
Molinaro
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Canestrari
Yes
Gibson
Yes
Lancman
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal
No
Castelli
No
Giglio
Yes
Latimer
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Russell
Yes
Castro
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Moya
Yes
Saladino
No
Ceretto
No
Goodell
Yes
Lentol
No
Murray
No
Sayward

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A05785 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5785
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 28, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Employees
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
          relation to provision of health insurance and supplemental benefits to
          retirees of the New York city off track betting corporation
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Legislative intent. The state of New York has an interest
     2  in the welfare of its citizens, and the general welfare  of  its  senior
     3  citizens  is  a matter of great public concern to the state of New York.
     4  On December 7, 2010, the New York City Off Track Betting Corporation,  a
     5  public  benefits  corporation  created in 1973 pursuant to article VI of
     6  the racing, pari-mutual wagering and breeding law ceased operations. The
     7  legislature finds that, since its inception, New  York  City  Off  Track
     8  Betting  provided  the  state  of  New York with significant revenues to
     9  support government operations. The legislature further finds that  after
    10  the governor of the state of New York issued an executive order to allow

    11  the  New  York City Off Track Betting Corporation to file for bankruptcy
    12  pursuant to Chapter 9 of the United States Bankruptcy Code,  the  unions
    13  representing  the  employees  of  NYCOTB worked tirelessly to assist the
    14  corporation in  its  restructuring  efforts,  including  two  collective
    15  bargaining  agreements  wherein  the  employees made significant conces-
    16  sions, including voluntary separation from the corporation, in order  to
    17  save the corporation and assist their fellow employees.
    18    The  legislature  further finds that employees retired from the corpo-
    19  ration, after having received the assurance that they and  their  depen-
    20  dants  would  receive health insurance and supplemental benefit coverage
    21  under  their  collective  bargaining  representative's  welfare  benefit
    22  program.  After  the  closure  of New York City Off Track Betting, those
    23  benefits ceased.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09353-01-1

        A. 5785                             2
 
     1    The legislature further finds that  cessation  of  these  benefits  to
     2  public  employees  who  have devoted their working lives to service of a
     3  New York state public benefits corporation works a great injustice and a
     4  severe hardship to the retirees and their  dependants,  thereby  putting
     5  their health and very lives in danger.
     6    The  legislature  further  finds  that  by  honoring the commitment to
     7  provide health insurance and supplemental benefits to  retirees  of  New
     8  York City Off Track Betting, the state reaffirms its commitment to amel-

     9  iorate  the  deleterious  impact  which the closure of New York City Off
    10  Track Betting has had upon the citizens of the state of New York.
    11    § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 606 of the racing, pari-mutuel  wagering
    12  and  breeding  law,  as  amended  by chapter 115 of the laws of 2008, is
    13  amended to read as follows:
    14    4. All [employees and officers] present and  future  retirees  of  the
    15  corporation  in  classes  or  positions  whose incumbents, in equivalent
    16  classes or positions of the city, are eligible, as of the effective date
    17  hereof, to participate in, and receive benefits from any city authorized
    18  health insurance or  welfare  benefit  program,  shall  be  eligible  to
    19  participate  in,  and receive benefits from any such health insurance or
    20  welfare benefit program; provided, however, that the [corporation] state

    21  shall reimburse the city or its designee for the actual cost of benefits
    22  under this subdivision.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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