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- Referred to civil service and pensions
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Makes president of COBA a member of the board of trustees of the NYCERS
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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BILL NUMBER:S3349
Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the composition of the board of trustees of the New York city employees' retirement system
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to make the president of the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association (COBA) a voting member of the Board of Trustees of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS).
Summary of provisions
Section one of this bill amends paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 13-103 of the New York City Administrative Code to expand the membership of the NYCERS Board to include a fourth employee organization representative and to make corresponding changes to the number of members needed for a quorum and the number of votes needed to adopt a resolution.
Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
Existing law
Under current law, only three employee organization representatives serve on the NYCERS Board, each of whom casts one vote.
Justification
Correction Officers are uniformed employees. They are also the largest group of uniformed employees in NYCERS. The three unions currently represented in the Board cover non-uniformed employees. Given that by definition, the concerns of uniformed employees differ from those of non-uniformed employees, the interest of members of COBA would be better served if there were to be a representative of uniformed employees on the Board.
At present, the three unions represented on the NYCERS Board are District Counci1, 37 (DC 37), the Transport Workers Union (TWU), and the Teamsters Local 237. If this bill were to be enacted, COBA would be represented on the Board as well.
Legislative history
2014: S.3586 - Referred to Cities 2013: S.3586 - 3rd Reading 2011 - 2012: S.4256 - Referred to Civil Service and Pensions
Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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