Sponsored bills

Requires all pet crematorium & cemeteries to comply with NY law

Relates to requiring individuals and businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial services for profit to use a facility that is in compliance with New York state laws.

Peter AbbateEconomic Development Committee

Increases the composition of the September 11th worker protection task force and extends the expiration of such chapter

Increases the composition of the September 11th worker protection task force to 20 members including the medical director of the Mount Sinai Irving J.

Peter AbbateSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires veterinarians and veterinary technicians to complete continuing education

Requires veterinarians and veterinary technicians to complete continuing education during each triennial registration period; provides various exemptions from such requirement.

Peter AbbateSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the rate of regular interest used in the actuarial valuation of liabilities for the purpose of calculating contributions to certain retirement systems

Relates to the rate of regular interest used in the actuarial valuation of liabilities for the purpose of calculating contributions to certain retirement systems.

Peter AbbateSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the suspension of N.Y. city school construction authority employees and length of service retirement purposes

Relates to the suspension of NYC school construction authority employees and length of service retirement purposes; provides certain employees of the NYC school construction authority an opportunity…

Peter AbbateSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires all pet crematorium & cemeteries to comply with NY law

Relates to requiring individuals and businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial services for profit to use a facility that is in compliance with New York state laws.

Peter AbbateEconomic Development Committee

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the power authority of the state of New York, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the New York Power Authority, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the residence of peace officers employed as fire protection inspectors, urban park rangers and traffic enforcement agents level IV in N.Y. city

Relates to the residence of peace officers employed as fire protection inspectors, urban park rangers and traffic enforcement agents level IV by a city with a population over one million; must…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Provides that a member with at least 20 years of creditable police or fire service in the retirement system shall not be precluded from any rights he or she is entitled otherwise to

Provides that a member with at least 20 years of creditable police or fire service in the retirement system shall not be precluded from any rights he is entitled otherwise to nor upon retirement…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the training of fire officers in N.Y. city

Relates to the training of fire officers in cities of one million or more.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the deferral of vacation days for certain members of the retirement system

Authorizes the deferral of up to five vacation days per year for state correctional officers and security hospital treatment assistants and the receipt of a lump sum payment equal to the value of…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of employment of certain state officers and employees who are members of the security supervisors unit

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of employment of certain state officers and employees who are members of the security supervisors unit; authorizes funding of joint labor-management…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the continuation of health insurance benefits for public employees injured or taken ill in the performance of duty

Provides for the continuation of health insurance benefits for public employees injured or taken ill in the performance of duty.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Expands the application of provisions for a reduced retirement age for certain Triborough bridge and tunnel authority employees

Expands the application of provisions for a reduced retirement age for certain Triborough bridge and tunnel authority employees to January 1, 2012.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Modifies the methods used for calculating final average salary for certain members of the New York city teachers' retirement system

Modifies the methods used for calculating final average salary for certain members of the New York city teachers' retirement system.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of conditions of employment; repealer; appropriation

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees of the security services collective bargaining unit and who are not eligible for…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Provides for compliance by the NYS&LERS and NYS&LP&FRS with the requirements of the federal older workers' benefit protection act

Provides for compliance by the NYS&LERS and NYS&LP&FRS with the requirements of the federal older workers' benefit protection act; provides that provisions relating to disability benefits, ordinary…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Grants additional credit on competitive exams to children and siblings of members of the uniformed force of the department of sanitation killed in line of duty

Grants additional credit on competitive exams to children and siblings of members of the uniformed force of the department of sanitation killed in line of duty.

Peter AbbateRules Committee

Provides for the use of binding arbitration for certain represented members of the unified court system

Provides for the use of binding arbitration for employee organizations represented by the Ninth judicial district negotiating unit, Nassau county negotiating unit, Suffolk county negotiating unit,…

Peter AbbateRules Committee

Relates to the re-employment of retired persons by the board of higher education of the city of New York

Relates to the re-employment of retired persons by the board of higher education of the city of New York.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to transfer of retirement membership for SUNY employees within the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit

Relates to transfer of retirement membership for SUNY employees within the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit into the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Provides for a 25 year retirement plan for court reporters employed by the unified court system and who are 55 years of age

Provides for a 25 year retirement plan for Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 court reporters employed by the unified court system upon attainment of age 55; provides that the costs will be borne by the…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Allows certain Tier I and all Tier II court reporters of the unified court system to receive up to 30 days of unused accumulated vacation time toward FAS

Allows Tier I court reporters in the unified court system with membership dates on or after April 1, 1972 and all Tier II court reporters in the UCS to receive up to 30 days of unused accumulated…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides that court reporters employed by the unified court system may retire upon the completion of 25 years of creditable service

Provides that court reporters employed by the unified court system may retire upon the completion of 25 years of creditable service; provides that the benefit upon retirement would be an allowance…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides health insurance coverage upon retirement for certain officers and employees of the N.Y. city transit authority

Provides health insurance coverage upon retirement for certain officers and employees of the NYC transit authority pursuant to provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides that investigators within the division of state police who completed three continuous years or more shall not be demoted without a hearing

Grants those assigned or employed as investigators and senior investigators in the bureau of criminal investigation or as a station commander, zone commander, zone sergeant, first sergeant, captain…

Peter AbbateVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to advertisements for bids

Relates to advertisements for bids.

Peter AbbateLabor Committee

Relates to leave for cancer screening; repealer

Relates to leave for cancer screening; broadens section to include all types of cancer screening for a period of eight hours.

Peter AbbateRules Committee

Decreases the minimum amount of time required before a service retirement may become effective and certain retirees may begin to receive their retirement

Decreases the minimum amount of time required before a service retirement may become effective and retirees of certain retirement systems may begin to receive their retirement.

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

Establishes temporary retirement benefit incentives for certain public employees

Establishes temporary retirement benefit incentives for certain public employees for the fiscal year 2010-2011; provides additional service credit for certain members of NYS&LERS, NYSTRS, NYCTRS,…

Peter AbbateSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Designation of certain officers of the police department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as detectives

Designates certain officers of the police department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as detectives.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to positions in the competitive class of the state

Provides that no position in the state which has been previously classified in the competitive class shall be reclassified into the non-competitive or exempt class.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Requires 60 day notice of any suspension or demotion be furnished to the employee affected, the civil service department and the appropriate employee organization

Requires 60 day notice of any suspension or demotion be furnished to the employee affected, the civil service department and the appropriate employee organization; increased from the current 20 day…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Provides for paid time off for port authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who become ill or injured in the performance of their duties

Provides for paid time off for port authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who become ill or injured in the performance of their duties.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Presumes for certain members of the NYS&LP&FRS that the contracting of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus was in the discharge or performance of duties

Presumes for certain members of the NYS&LP&FRS that the contracting of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was in the discharge or performance of duties as the natural and proximate…

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

Provides for payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of members of the state police with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of duties

Provides for payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of members of the state police with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of their duties.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Relates to unlawful acts in respect to examinations

Relates to unlawful acts in respect to examinations.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Authorizes certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts

Authorizes certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Authorizes the state and certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts

Authorizes the state and certain local governments to establish other post employment benefits (OPEB) trusts; establishes the other post employment benefits investment fund; defines terms; further…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Permits a beneficiary of certain death benefits to receive the lump sum death benefit as it was at the time of death and to designate a beneficiary of such annuity payments

Permits a beneficiary of certain death benefits to receive the lump sum death benefit as it was at the time of death and to designate a beneficiary of such annuity payments.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Clarifies that the prohibition against strike activity and imposition of penalties for violations thereof are exclusively labor relations matters for PERB

Clarifies that the prohibition against strike activity and imposition of penalties for violations thereof are exclusively labor relations matters for PERB.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Requires that dental health and dental insurance plans all pay as primary providers under their plans and that coordination of benefits be clearly explained

Requires that dental health and dental insurance plans all pay as primary providers under their plans and that this method of coordination of benefits be clearly explained to patients.

Peter AbbateInsurance Committee

Provides arbitration procedure for violation of fair employment act

Provides arbitration process to determine if a public employee or organization has violated the no-strike provision of the Taylor law; defers imposition of penalty until after arbitration process is…

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Provides that where there are improper employer practices the last offer of the duly recognized employee representative shall become the agreement between parties

Provides that where there are improper employer practices as found by PERB by failing to negotiate in good faith the last offer of the duly recognized employee representative shall become the…

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Relates to injunctive relief incidental to employer and employee organization improper practices

Relates to injunctive relief incidental to employer and employee organization improper practices; board's judgment may be rendered ineffectual without provisional relief.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Relates to the maximum computed service retirement benefit for Triborough bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants

Increases the number of years of service to be credited for retirement benefit purposes of certain members of the NYCERS employed by the TBTA who participate in the 20-year and age 50 retirement…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Authorizes refunding of certain member contributions made by members of the transit managerial benevolent association

Authorizes refunding of certain member contributions made by members of the transit managerial benevolent association.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides for a 25 year retirement plan for peace officers employed by the unified court system and who are 55 years of age; repealer

Provides for a 25 year retirement plan for Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 peace officers employed by the unified court system upon attainment of age 55; provides that the costs will be borne by the…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee