What's happening
This bill provides a retroactive monthly rebate payment, up to $5,000, to certain retired New York state management and confidential employees who had salary increases withheld between 2009 and 2015.
Why it matters
Addresses long-standing pay equity concerns. by providing financial compensation to management and confidential retirees who missed out on salary increases during the 2009-2015 period, partially correcting for previous pay freezes that did not affect all state employees equally.
Targets a specific group of retirees. those designated as managerial or confidential—who were uniquely impacted by the withholding of raises, highlighting the ongoing debate over fairness in public sector compensation decisions.
Provides a meaningful financial benefit. to eligible retirees, with a potential maximum payout of $5,000, which could help mitigate the impact that withheld raises had on their pensions and retirement security.
Signals government recognition of past policy impacts. , potentially setting a precedent for future retroactive payments or policy corrections for other groups who may have been adversely affected by similar budgetary decisions.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1579
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2025
Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 granting a retroactive parity payment to certain management and confidential retirees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 137 to read as follows:
§ 137. Management and confidential retiree parity payment. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any retiree who served in a position or positions in the classified service of the state designated managerial or confidential pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter and who retired between April first, two thousand nine and March thirty-first, two thousand fifteen, and had a salary increase authorized under chapter ten of the laws of two thousand eight which was withheld for state fiscal years two thousand nine and/or two thousand ten shall receive a seventy dollar rebate payment for every month of withholding from April first, two thousand nine until such retiree's date of retirement or March thirty-first, two thousand fifteen, whichever is earlier, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars. The comptroller shall certify to the division of the budget a listing of all such retirees deemed eligible pursuant to this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04598-01-5
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to granting a retro- active parity payment to certain management and confidential retirees
Purpose
This bill grants a retroactive parity payment to certain management and confidential retirees.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 adds new Section 137 to the Civil Service Law, which provides for a rebate payment to certain employees designated managerial or confidential and retired between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2015, and had an authorized salary increase that was withheld.
Section 2 is the effective date.
Justification
During the 2008 recession, management confidential employees (M/Cs) had their authorized salary increases withheld by the state to reduce expenditures.
While many M/Cs ultimately received their withheld pay raises, thousands of M/Cs retired during the "withheld period" and thus were denied this rightful benefit. This measure provides a rebate to those management confidential employees that retired after having salary increases with- held for 2009 and/or 2010. New York saved over $450,000 million in sala- ries and fringe benefits from the withholding of salary increases for 2019 and 2010. No more than 4,000 eligible retirees are expected to take advantage of this rebate.
While this measure does not wholly recover those lost wages, it is only fair to restore some of the lost value of the withheld salaries.
Legislative history
2023-2024: S.6053 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS/ A. 5864 referred to governmental employees
2021-2022: S.2866 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.4885 - Referred to Governmental Employees
2019-2020: S.4079 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.2462 - Referred to Governmental Employees
State and local fiscal implications
See fiscal note.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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