New YorkS 106552025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer

Sponsored By: Robert Jackson (Democratic)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Bigger location pay by county

PS&T employees get extra pay based on work location. NYC, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk rise from $4,000 on 4/1/2025 to $6,650 on 4/1/2030. Dutchess, Putnam, and Orange rise from $2,000 on 4/1/2025 to $2,950 on 4/1/2030; Ulster joins starting 4/1/2026. Monroe County still pays $200 for those eligible on 3/31/1985. These payments are on top of base pay and count for overtime and retirement. Hudson Valley DDSO staff keep their historic location pay; reassignment within the office cannot raise that rate. The employee relations director can extend these location amounts to other bargaining units or unrepresented employees by agreement.

Multi-year raises for state professionals

The law gives PS&T employees base pay raises of 4.5% in 2026, 4.0% in 2027, 3.5% in 2028, and 3.0% in 2029 and 2030. New salary schedules for grades 1–38 take effect 3/26/2026 (administrative) and 4/2/2026 (institutional), with updated tables again in 2027 and 2028. If your pay exactly equals the hiring or job rate on an increase date, your pay moves to that schedule rate. Raises are pro‑rated for hourly, per diem, part‑time and seasonal staff, and the budget director can set proportional adjustments for employees not on grades. Pay for unfilled or newly created positions is increased the same way once filled, and timing follows the payroll period that starts nearest the effective date. If you worked from 4/1/2026 until the first checks under this law, you receive a lump‑sum backpay for the difference. Payments under Civil Service §131(6) follow the union agreement. If a hiring rate is raised and you missed it as an incumbent, extra pay can be set by agreement. Employees in the Article 8‑C special annuity plan get full salary adjustments without reduction.

Funding to carry out pay deal

The law provides $332 million for April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027 so agencies can pay the new salaries and benefits. The Comptroller can pay required amounts from available personal service funds, and the Budget Director can move money between agencies. Spending needs a Budget Director approval certificate filed with the Comptroller and legislative chairs. The act also funds grievance and arbitration awards and lists PST unit program line items (for example, $31,146 for professional development and $281,633 for PSTP). A statewide labor‑management committee continues from 4/2/2026 through 4/1/2031 to work on productivity and quality of work life.

New stipends and differentials for staff

Overnight inconvenience pay rises from $575 to $825 a year starting 4/2/2026. Starting 4/1/2027, eligible full‑time staff at OMH, OPWDD, OCFS, and DOCCS get $300 a year for hazardous duty, pro‑rated if part‑time. If your union deal provides it, you can also get: firearms training incentives (counts for overtime), special assignment or long‑term seasonal lump sums (count for retirement), a uniform allowance for fire protection specialists where a uniform is required (through 4/1/2031), a higher education differential, and performance awards. The state can pay into your dependent care deduction account if the agreement sets it, and any pilot workers’ comp program pays under its own negotiated rules.

Limits and checks on pay increases

Pay changes do not start until the Director of Employee Relations certifies a fully executed union agreement to the Budget Director and Comptroller. The Budget Director and the Employee Relations Director can withhold some or all increases if they judge them not warranted. If you move to a lower grade from a redeployment list, your pay cannot go above that lower grade’s job rate. Most fee‑schedule employees are excluded from these raises, but fire instructors paid on a fee schedule at Homeland Security and Emergency Services do get the 2026–2030 increases.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Robert Jackson
Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 60 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/4/2026

FLOOR Vote