S 2585: Relates to the definition of a public employee or employee; includes the unified court system and the legislature as public employers.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2585 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LIU, BROUK, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAYER, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- 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 the definition of public employer and public employee The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75-b of 2 the civil service law, as added by chapter 660 of the laws of 1984, are 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) "Public employer" or "employer" shall mean (i) the state of New 5 York, (ii) a county, city, town, village or any other political subdivi- 6 sion or civil division of the state, (iii) a school district or any 7 governmental entity operating a public school, college or university, 8 (iv) a public improvement or special district, (v) a public authority, 9 commission or public benefit corporation, [or] (vi) the unified court 10 system, (vii) the legislature, or (viii) any other public corporation, 11 agency, instrumentality or unit of government which exercises govern- 12 mental power under the laws of the state. 13 (b) "Public employee" or "employee" shall mean any person, with the 14 exceptions of a judge or justice of the unified court system and members 15 of the legislature, holding a position by appointment or employment in 16 the service of a public employer [except judges or justices of the 17 unified court system and members of the legislature]. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06232-03-5