June 27, 2006

This is PBA 2nd vice president Mubarak Abdul-Jabbar. Thanks for calling the PBA hotline.

Legislative Update

As a result of a great deal of professional and personal lobbying in Albany by the PBA during the past legislative session, we have gotten a total of nine bills approved by both houses. This is a very important step in the process because a bill cannot possibly become law without the approval of both houses. Those nine bills will now go to the governor for consideration. He may sign them into law or veto them.

The bills seek, among other things;

• To make discipline negotiable as a condition of employment;
• To expand the presumption of line of duty illnesses; to give mos the option of taking a pay out in lieu of terminal leave;
• To require an independent hearing officer in disciplinary cases where a member may be subject to dismissal
• And to give PERB more power.

See the complete listing of our legislative agenda in Albany.

It is important to understand that achieving passage in both houses does not ensure that a bill will become law. Citing cost concerns, the mayor has already gone on the record as being opposed to several of these bills and has asked the governor to veto them. The PBA will continue to lobby the governor for passage of these bills that will benefit all of our members.

This is PBA 2nd vice president Mubarak Abdul-Jabbar. Thanks for calling the PBA hotline.

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