Requires the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement including retirees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on return.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7207
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 4, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. LANZA, MATTERA, OBERACKER, RHOADS, WEIK -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Cities 1
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the reinstatement of certain officers and employees who
were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 12-143 to read as follows:
3 § 12-143 Reinstatement of certain officers and employees dismissed for
4 COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Officers or employees including reti-
5 rees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on
6 return of the city or of any agency thereof who were dismissed from
7 employment due to the failure of such officer or employee to comply with
8 a COVID-19 vaccine requirement, shall be reinstated to their former
9 position, in the same position or title and at the same salary and bene-
10 fits with retention of seniority, as such employee was receiving imme-
11 diately prior to their dismissal. Such officer or employee seeking rein-
12 statement shall also be exempt from any waiver of civil service rights.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06815-01-5
