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A05108 Summary:

A05108 Actions:

A05108 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES   Chair:Abbate      
DATE:06/02/2021AYE/NAY:14/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Abbate
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Colton
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Tannousis
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Griffin
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Fall
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/07/2021AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye

A05108 Floor Votes:

A05108 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5108
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 11, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Employees
 
        AN  ACT  in  relation  to  affecting  the  health insurance benefits and
          contributions of certain retired public employees
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  On  and  after  the  effective date of this act, a public
     2  employer shall be prohibited from diminishing the health insurance bene-
     3  fits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such
     4  employer makes for such health insurance coverage  below  the  level  of
     5  such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their
     6  dependents  by  such employer as of the effective date of this act.  For
     7  the purpose of this act, (1) "public employer" shall mean the following:
     8  (i) the state; (ii) a county, city, town  or  village;  (iii)  a  school
     9  district,  board  of cooperative educational services, vocational educa-
    10  tion and extension board or a school district as enumerated in section 1
    11  of chapter 566 of the laws of 1967, as amended;  (iv)  any  governmental
    12  entity  operating  a  college or university; (v) a public improvement or
    13  special district including police  or  fire  districts;  (vi)  a  public
    14  authority,  commission or public benefit corporation; or (vii) any other
    15  public corporation, agency, instrumentality or unit of government  which
    16  exercises  governmental  power  under  the  laws  of this state; and (2)
    17  "retiree" shall mean a retiree of the New York state  and  local  police
    18  and  fire  retirement  system or the New York state and local employees'
    19  retirement system who retires from police service or fire  service  that
    20  qualifies  under  subdivision  11  of  section 302 of the retirement and
    21  social security law or a retiree of the New York  city  fire  department
    22  pension  fund  who  was represented by the collective bargaining unit of
    23  Local 854, I.A.F.F.
    24    § 2. Nothing contained in this act shall  supersede  or  diminish  the
    25  terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04629-01-1