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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4113
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 27, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the resolution  of
          disputes in the course of collective negotiations for employees of the
          Triborough  Bridge and Tunnel Authority who are employed as bridge and
          tunnel officers
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 5 of section 209 of the civil
     2  service law, as added by chapter 929 of the laws of 1986, is amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (d)  Such  panel  shall  make  a  just and reasonable determination of
     5  matters in dispute. In arriving at such determination, the  panel  shall
     6  specify  the basis for its findings, taking into consideration, in addi-
     7  tion to any other relevant factors, the following:
     8    (i) comparison of the wages, hours, fringe  benefits,  conditions  and
     9  characteristics  of  employment  of the public employees involved in the
    10  impasse proceeding with the wages, hours,  fringe  benefits,  conditions
    11  and  characteristics of employment of other employees performing similar
    12  work and other employees generally in public or  private  employment  in
    13  New York city or comparable communities;
    14    (ii)  the  overall  compensation paid to the employees involved in the
    15  impasse proceeding, including direct  wage  compensation,  overtime  and
    16  premium  pay,  vacations,  holidays  and  other excused time, insurance,
    17  pensions,  medical  and  hospitalization  benefits,  food  and   apparel
    18  furnished, and all other benefits received;
    19    (iii)  the impact of the panel's award on the financial ability of the
    20  public employer to pay, on  the  present  fares  and  on  the  continued
    21  provision of services to the public;
    22    (iv)  changes  in  the average consumer prices for goods and services,
    23  commonly known as the cost of living;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (v) the interest and welfare of the public; [and]
     2    (vi)  for  employees of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority who
     3  are employed as bridge and tunnel officers and are designated  as  peace
     4  officers  pursuant to subdivision twenty of section 2.10 of the criminal
     5  procedure law, shall use comparison of peculiarities in regard to  other
     6  trades  or  professions,  including specifically, (1) hazards of employ-
     7  ment; (2) physical qualifications; (3) educational  qualifications;  (4)
     8  mental qualifications; and (5) job training and skills; and
     9    (vii) such other factors as are normally and customarily considered in
    10  the  determination  of  wages,  hours, fringe benefits and other working
    11  conditions in collective negotiations or impasse panel proceedings.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
    13  ments  to  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 5 of section 209 of the civil
    14  service law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expira-
    15  tion of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.