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New YorkS 83842025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Relates to terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the state police; repealer
Sponsored By: Robert Jackson (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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11 provisions identified: 11 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Higher extra pay for police investigators
Covered unit members receive annual maintenance pay of $3,779/$3,892/$4,009 and expertise pay of $4,734/$5,109/$5,609, effective April 1 of 2023/2024/2025, respectively. Eligible members also receive annual expanded-duty pay of $9,512/$9,797/$11,860 on those dates, replacing $9,235, plus holiday pay of $1,835/$1,890/$1,947. Maintenance and expanded-duty pay arrive biweekly, separate from base salary. Expertise and holiday pay require being on payroll November 1 and arrive in the pay period containing December 1; holiday pay uses a separate check. All four payments count toward retirement; maintenance, expertise, and expanded-duty pay count toward overtime, and holiday pay does so beginning May 8, 2025.
Higher location pay for police investigators
Covered members’ work location or official station determines location pay under State Comptroller rules. New York City, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk receive $1,807/$1,861/$2,461 annually, effective April 1 of 2023/2024/2025, respectively. Orange, Putnam, and Dutchess receive $1,807/$1,861/$2,211 on those dates. Additional annual location pay is $2,400 from April 1, 2023, and $2,472 from April 1, 2024, for the first group; the second receives $1,372 and $1,413, respectively, and both downstate payments count toward overtime and retirement. Monroe County members retain $200 annually only if on payroll March 31, 1985, receiving it continuously since then, and still otherwise eligible.
Higher salaries for state police investigators
The law sets new salaries for investigators, investigative specialists, and senior investigators appointed and assigned to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Pay depends on rank, bureau service, and work location; field employees use their official station under State Comptroller rules. Representative first-year salaries on April 1, 2023, 2024, and 2025 are $109,305/$112,584/$119,372 for investigators and specialists, and $127,515/$131,340/$135,280 for senior investigators. Service-step raises start the next pay period; delayed raises bring lump-sum back pay as soon as practical, without interest or penalties. All compensation and benefit changes require the Director of Employee Relations to certify a signed, ratified work agreement; once certified, changes generally apply retroactively to April 1, 2023.
More service pay for police investigators
Annual longevity rates for 6–10, 11–15, and 16–25 years of satisfactory State Police service are $556/$608/$659 beginning April 1, 2023. Those rates become $573/$626/$679 on April 1, 2024, and $590/$645/$699 on April 1, 2025; service above 25 years receives the 25-year amount. Payments run over the year after the qualifying anniversary, count toward overtime and retirement, and do not change base-salary step rights. The law also continues annual seniority pay of $1,519 as of April 1, 2023. Beginning May 8, 2025, members qualify for seniority pay with eight years of State Police service, sergeant rank, or placement on the sergeant promotion list after taking the exam.
One-time bonus for eligible police investigators
Beginning July 25, 2025, eligible covered unit members receive a one-time $3,000 payment. Eligibility generally requires continuous unit service from September 26, 2024, through July 25, 2025. Members leaving state service during that period are excluded unless they retire directly from active state employment. Members who already received a lump sum through another state bargaining unit cannot receive a second payment. Nonannual pay is prorated; the payment does not count toward pensions or base salary and receives no salary increases.
Sick-leave payouts for retiring police investigators
Covered members retiring from service receive a lump-sum payment for accumulated unused sick leave under the provision effective April 1, 1998. The calculation subtracts 165 days and caps the remaining payable days at 300. The payment equals one-fifth of those days multiplied by the member’s daily pay at retirement. It is separate from base salary but counts as compensation for retirement purposes.
College degree pay for police investigators
Covered members continue receiving annual pay for one recognized degree from an accredited, recognized college or university. Members must possess or obtain the degree on or after April 1, 2001. Annual amounts are $250 for an associate degree, $500 for a bachelor’s degree, or $750 for a graduate degree. Payment arrives in June, or as soon as practical after a degree is awarded during the fiscal year. Degree pay is separate from base salary but counts toward retirement.
Extra assignment pay for police investigators
Members designated as unit coordinators, acting senior investigators, or acting administrative senior investigators continue receiving extra pay under the arbitration award and work agreement. That pay is separate from base salary and counts toward overtime and retirement. The short-swing rule, effective September 1, 2016, pays $30 for each required swing actually worked with eight hours or less between scheduled tours. No short-swing payment applies when the member requests it or works continuously without a break between tours. Recall overtime follows the work agreement; the supplied provisions do not state its rates or qualifying circumstances.
Benefit fund support for police investigators
The law funds an employee benefit fund established and run by the organization representing the covered police unit. Payment amounts and agreed transfers follow the work agreement, not a stated individual benefit formula. April 1 payments in 2023, 2024, and 2025 use qualifying full-time annual-salary payroll counts from the pay period containing March 1 that year. Full-time seasonal employees are excluded from those counts. Payments require Comptroller audit and approval; applicable special or administrative funds, other than General Fund or Capital Projects funds, must cover and repay their share.
Health and training support for investigators
The law continues health benefits committee funding at $6,095 for April 1, 2023–March 31, 2024, and $6,278 for the following year. Funding is $6,466 from April 1, 2025 onward, divided equally between the state and employee organization. Professional development and work-life funding is $99,829 for April 1, 2023–March 31, 2024, and $102,824 for the following year. That funding becomes $105,909 from April 1, 2025 onward. It supports tuition reimbursement, a master’s program, employee assistance, and related agreement activities; no individual reimbursement amount is stated.
State funding backs investigators’ pay agreement
The law provides $43.7 million in General Fund support for agency costs incurred April 1, 2023–March 31, 2026. For that same period, it also provides $19,000 for the Health Benefits Committee, $309,000 for professional development, $210,000 for the benefit fund, and $50,000 for contract administration. Spending these appropriations requires budget approval and filings with the Comptroller and legislative finance chairs. Beginning April 1, 2025, the Comptroller can pay required costs from available agency funds, excluding personal-service and fringe-benefit funds; the budget director can allocate funds to cover shortfalls for that liability period. Act appropriations also cover payment and publication of grievance arbitration settlements and awards under article 15 of the work agreement.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Robert Jackson
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/13/2025
Assembly floor vote
Yes: 136 • No: 0
committee vote • 6/9/2025
Rules Committee Vote
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/9/2025
FLOOR Vote
Yes: 62 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
SIGNED CHAP.182
6/26/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
6/26/2025SenateRETURNED TO SENATE
6/13/2025HousePASSED ASSEMBLY
6/13/2025HouseORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.694
6/13/2025HouseSUBSTITUTED FOR A8800
6/13/2025HouseREFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
6/9/2025HouseDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
6/9/2025SenatePASSED SENATE
6/9/2025SenateORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1726
6/9/2025SenateCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
6/9/2025SenateREFERRED TO FINANCE
6/6/2025Senate
Bill Text
Original
6/6/2025
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