Assembly Bill A938

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to hiring and promoting employees on a permanent basis at municipal and/or authority owned or operated airports

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A938 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6736

2025-A938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the hiring and promotion of employees on a permanent basis at municipal and/or authority owned or operated airports.

2025-A938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    938
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MAGNARELLI, LUPARDO, STIRPE, BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to authorizing munic-
   ipal and/or authority owned or operated airports to hire  and  promote
   employees on a permanent basis
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 65 of the civil service law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. MUNICIPAL OWNED AND/OR OPERATED AIRPORTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW,
 RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO THE CONTRARY, MUNICIPALLY OWNED AND/OR OPERATED
 AIRPORTS INCLUDING THOSE AIRPORTS OWNED AND/OR OPERATED BY  A  NEW  YORK
 PUBLIC  AUTHORITY MAY: (A) APPOINT OR PROMOTE TO A PERMANENT POSITION IN
 THE EXEMPT CLASS FOR TITLES THAT ARE  CRITICAL  AIRPORT  MANAGEMENT  AND
 SUPERVISORY  POSITIONS  THAT  INCLUDE  BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AIRPORT OR
 AUTHORITY: DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR; MANAGER OR ASSISTANT  MANAG-
 ER;  AIRCRAFT  RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING CHIEF; AVIATION FINANCE DIRECTOR;
 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER; AVIATION SECURITY, OPERATIONS  RESPONSI-
 BLE  FOR  FAR PART 139 COMPLIANCE; AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER; WHENEVER
 THERE IS NO APPROPRIATE ELIGIBLE LIST AVAILABLE FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN
 THE SELECTIVE EXEMPT CLASS; (B) IF SUCH APPOINTEE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 SUCH AIRPORT OR AUTHORITY AS QUALIFIED;  AND  (C)  NO  PERSON  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED,  PROMOTED  OR EMPLOYED UNDER ANY TITLE NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE
 DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED AND, EXCEPT UPON ASSIGNMENT BY  PROPER  AUTHORITY
 DURING  THE  CONTINUANCE  OF  A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SITUATION, NO PERSON
 SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO PERFORM THE DUTIES  OF  ANY  POSITION  UNLESS  SUCH
 PERSON  HAS  BEEN DULY APPOINTED, PROMOTED, TRANSFERRED OR REINSTATED TO
 SUCH POSITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  AND
 THE RULES PRESCRIBED THEREUNDER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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