S 7548: Relates to the powers of the Syracuse regional airport authority; provides that the Syracuse regional airport authority shall determine which positions, with the exception of all police positions, shall be in the exempt class of civil service.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7548 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the powers of the Syracuse regional airport The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 2799-ggg of the public authori- 2 ties law, as added by chapter 463 of the laws of 2011, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 12. to appoint such officers, employees and agents as the authority 5 may require for the performance of its duties, and to fix and determine 6 their qualifications, duties, and compensation subject to the provisions 7 of the civil service law and any applicable collective bargaining agree- 8 ment, and to retain or employ counsel, auditors, engineers and private 9 consultants on a contract basis or otherwise for rendering professional, 10 management or technical services and advice; however, those positions 11 that are necessary to ensure the airport's compliance with federal regu- 12 lations 14 CFR Part 139, 49 CFR Part 1540 and 49 CFR Part 1542, shall be 13 in the exempt class of the civil service law; 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11638-01-5