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New YorkA 74242025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Relates to terms and condition of employment, salary schedules, and other terms any agreement for members of certain collective negotiating units consisting of persons in the division of state police; repealer

Sponsored By: Stacey Pheffer Amato (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

WAYS AND MEANSRULESCIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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18 provisions identified: 17 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Higher Downstate Pay For State Police

Covered members qualify based on their principal workplace or official station, with rates effective April 1 of each listed year. In New York City, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk, annual location pay is $1,807/$1,861/$2,461 for 2023/2024/2025. In Orange, Putnam, and Dutchess, annual location pay is $1,807/$1,861/$2,211 for those years. Additional annual supplemental pay is $2,400/$2,472/$2,472 for the first group and $1,372/$1,413/$1,413 for the second. These amounts are paid biweekly outside basic salary, count for overtime and retirement, and require certification of the signed, ratified agreement where specified.

Higher duty payments for state troopers

Eligible New York State Police troopers receive higher expanded duty and hazardous duty pay. Starting April 1 of 2023/2024/2025, annual expanded duty pay is $9,512/$9,797/$11,860, respectively, paid every two weeks. Annual hazardous duty pay is $4,734/$5,109/$5,609 on those same dates. Eligible troopers must be on payroll November 1 to receive the hazardous duty lump sum in the December 1 pay period, or as soon as practicable afterward. Both payments are added to basic salary and count toward overtime and retirement calculations.

Higher location pay for state police

Location pay depends on covered members' principal workplace or official station, not their home address. Troopers in Orange, Putnam, or Dutchess receive $1,807/$1,861/$2,211 annually starting April 1 of 2023/2024/2025, respectively. Covered members in New York City, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, or Suffolk receive $1,807/$1,861/$2,461 on those same dates. Payments come every two weeks, are separate from basic salary, and count toward overtime and retirement calculations. The New York City and four-county increases require state certification of a signed, ratified bargaining agreement providing them.

Higher salaries for state police officers

The law raises basic annual salaries for covered commissioned and non-commissioned New York State Police officers, based on rank and location. Starting April 1, salary ranges are $121,706–$167,244 in 2023, $125,357–$172,261 in 2024, and $129,118–$177,429 in 2025. The state employee relations director must certify that a signed, ratified bargaining agreement providing these increases is in effect. Increases start in the payroll period nearest each date; a tie uses the earlier period. Salary calculations after promotions or other employment status changes use the law's effective-date rules.

Longevity Payments For Covered State Employees

Beginning April 1, 2025, covered state employees receive a lump-sum longevity payment on an eligible service anniversary. Continuous state service of 12–16 years brings $1,500; 17–21 years brings $3,000; and 22 or more years brings $4,500. An employee can receive no more than one such payment. Employees who previously qualified under the job-rate service calculation retain that payment. The money is additional to salary and counts for overtime and retirement.

State Police Duty And Leadership Pay

Annual expanded-duty pay is $9,512/$9,797/$11,860, and annual hazardous-duty pay is $4,734/$5,109/$5,609, effective April 1 of 2023/2024/2025. Expanded-duty pay is paid biweekly; hazardous-duty pay requires November 1 payroll status and arrives in December or as soon as practical afterward. Both are outside basic salary but count for overtime and retirement; implementation requires certification of the signed, ratified agreement. Covered officers also retain $1,519 in annual command pay, paid biweekly, counting for retirement and for non-commissioned officers’ overtime, with agreement certification required. Members designated to lead a satellite station receive $435 annually, prorated for the time they hold that role.

State Police Members Get Retention Bonuses

Eligible members of both State Police units receive a one-time $3,000 retention bonus effective February 12, 2025. Members generally must serve continuously in their unit from October 3, 2024, through February 12, 2025. Members leaving state service during that period are ineligible unless they retire directly from active state employment. Bonuses are prorated for employees paid other than annually, with part-time, hourly, and per-diem amounts reflecting actual hours worked. The bonus is not basic salary and does not count toward pensions.

Higher Trooper Salaries With Interest-Free Back Pay

The law sets higher trooper salary schedules effective April 1, 2023, April 1, 2024, and April 1, 2025. Rates depend on trainee status or Steps 1–5 and work location. Employees who held covered jobs during a salary-payment delay receive the unpaid difference as soon as practical. Troopers cannot collect interest or other penalties on money owed under their agreement. The law also makes funds available to pay and publish qualifying grievance settlements and awards under the troopers’ agreement.

Higher service awards for police officers

Covered commissioned and non-commissioned New York State Police officers receive annual awards after six years of satisfactory service. For 6–10, 11–15, and 16–25 years, respectively, awards are $556/$608/$659 starting April 1, 2023. Those amounts rise to $573/$626/$679 starting April 1, 2024, and $590/$645/$699 starting April 1, 2025. Officers with more than 25 years receive the 25-year amount; payments count toward overtime and retirement calculations. Payment starts in the pay period after the service anniversary and is spread over the following year.

Long-Serving State Police Members Get Extra Pay

Troopers, excluding special troopers, receive annual longevity awards after six years of satisfactory service. For service bands of 6–10, 11–15, and 16–25 years, rates are $556/$608/$659 from April 1, 2023. Those rates become $573/$626/$679 from April 1, 2024, and $590/$645/$699 from April 1, 2025. Payments begin after the employment anniversary and run over the following year; service beyond 25 years keeps the 25-year rate. The law also provides covered members $1,200 annually from April 1, 2019, after 15 agreement-defined service years, paid biweekly and counted for overtime and retirement.

More State Workers Can Get Double-Time

The law expands authority for state bargaining agreements to provide double-time overtime beyond the previously specified institutional services unit. Covered workers receive twice their applicable hourly rate for hours qualifying under an agreement that provides double-time pay. The law does not automatically grant double-time for every overtime hour.

Police Retirees Keep Sick Leave Payments

Qualifying State Police unit members retain lump-sum payments for unused sick leave at retirement. Members must retire with unused sick leave and qualify under the existing law that applies to their unit. These provisions do not state the payment amounts.

Legacy Monroe County Police Pay Continues

Eligible State Police members stationed or principally employed in Monroe County keep $200 in annual location pay. Members must have been on payroll March 31, 1985, received this pay continuously since then, and remain otherwise eligible. The money is paid biweekly outside basic salary and counts for overtime and retirement. Where specified, implementation requires certification of the signed, ratified agreement.

Police Shift Payments And Meal Allowances Continue

Covered State Police members receive $30 for each qualifying short swing they are required to work and complete. Qualifying schedules include consecutive-day B-line-to-A-line or C-line-to-B-line tours within the specified hours. Payments exclude schedules worked at the member’s request or convenience and uninterrupted work between shifts. Short-swing pay counts for overtime and retirement, with certification of the signed, ratified agreement required where specified. Overtime meal allowances also continue at March 31, 2007 rates, subject to the applicable agreement or arbitration award.

State Police Education And Employee Support Continues

Each unit’s professional development and quality-of-working-life committee receives $109,347 annually from April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2026. The committees support tuition reimbursement, master’s programs, and employee assistance. Eligible troopers and commissioned and non-commissioned officers also retain lump-sum payments for recognized degrees. Degree payments depend on the referenced laws and applicable agreement or arbitration award; individual amounts are not stated. Where specified, implementation requires certification of the signed, ratified agreement.

Police Health Benefits Committees Keep Funding

The law funds health benefits committees for both State Police units from April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2026. Annual troopers’ committee funding is $15,236, $15,693, and $16,164 for the three agreement years. Annual officers’ committee funding is $5,975, $6,154, and $6,339, with certification of the signed, ratified agreement required. Half of each annual amount is available to the state and half to the employee organization. This supports committee work, not direct household payments or a stated change in individual health coverage.

State Funding Covers Police Agreement Costs

The law provides separate General Fund appropriations of $92.5 million and $32 million for agreement costs from April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2026. One program package provides $544,817 for employee benefits, $47,093 for health committee work, $328,041 for professional development, and $50,000 for contract administration. Another provides $150,112 for employee benefits, $18,468 for health committee work, and $328,041 for professional development. Spending these appropriations requires Budget Director approval certificates filed with the State Comptroller and the specified legislative committee chairs. The Comptroller can also use available agency funds for required costs in fiscal years starting April 1, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The Budget Director can allocate additional available appropriations when those agency funds fall short. The $92.5 million remains available for liabilities incurred by March 31, 2026; the first program package also covers earlier liabilities.

State Payments Support Police Benefit Funds

The state makes employee benefit fund payments when the applicable bargaining agreement provides for them. Agreements set payment amounts for April 1, 2023, April 1, 2024, and April 1, 2025. Amounts use eligible full-time annual salaried employees on the preceding March 1, excluding full-time seasonal employees. Payments require the State Comptroller’s audit and authorization; specified special-fund costs use appropriations with Comptroller-set repayment procedures. The provisions do not state an individual benefit amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Stacey Pheffer Amato

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Angelo Santabarbara

    Democratic • House

  • David Weprin

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 204 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/20/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 61 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2025

Assembly floor vote

Yes: 143 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. SIGNED CHAP.130

    5/23/2025House

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    5/23/2025House

  3. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

    5/20/2025Senate

  4. PASSED SENATE

    5/20/2025Senate

  5. 3RD READING CAL.952

    5/20/2025Senate

  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR S7646

    5/20/2025Senate

  7. REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    5/12/2025Senate

  8. DELIVERED TO SENATE

    5/12/2025House

  9. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    5/12/2025House

  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.119

    3/27/2025House

  11. RULES REPORT CAL.119

    3/27/2025House

  12. REPORTED

    3/27/2025House

  13. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    3/27/2025House

  14. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    3/26/2025House

Bill Text

  • Original

    3/26/2025

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