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- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Requires various public transit authorities and their employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7729
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to resolution of disputes in the course of collective negotiations
Summary of provisions of bill
This proposal amends § 209 (5) (a) of the civil service law by adding the four upstate transit authorities to the binding arbitration provisions included in this section
Justification
Current law requires any contract disputes between the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and its employees to be referred to a public arbitration panel to resolve impasses in collective negotiations. This bill would expand the provisions of this law to include the employees of the upstate transit authorities the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority, the Capital District Transportation Authority and the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority.
Compulsory arbitration has allowed the people of New York to enjoy uninterrupted service in the MTA and NYCTA area since 1989. All evaluations of the effects of this law have been positive and have advocated the continuation of this process. As the inclusion of these provisions has been positive, it is time to expand this provision to the employees of the upstate transit authorities. Failure to expand this provision to the upstate transit authorities' creates a needless distinction between transit workers upstate and transit workers downstate.
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New Bill
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
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Effective date
Immediately
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