BILL NUMBER: S2264
SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to resolution of
disputes in the course of collective negotiations
 
PURPOSE:
Requires subsidiaries of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority
and their employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to
binding arbitration.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 209 of the
civil service law, by adding subsidiaries of the NFTA.
Section two sets the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2021, the legislature passed and Governor signed a law allowing.
Upstate transit systems be subject to binding arbitration with its
employees. This bill makes a technical correction by adding subsidiaries
of the NFTA, as the authority has different subsidiaries with different
labor organizations in each one.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S9552/A5495A of 2023-24: Referred to Civil Service and Pensions
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

Statutes affected:
S2264: 209 civil service law, 209(5) civil service law