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Assembly Bill A744

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment

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2023-A744 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1210-b, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4439
2011-2012: A3236
2013-2014: A1110
2015-2016: A7920
2017-2018: A3278
2019-2020: A2202
2021-2022: A5888
2025-2026: A3890

2023-A744 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority, and its subsidiary corporations, who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment.

2023-A744 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    744
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing a
   disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authori-
   ty and its subsidiary corporations who are disabled by  reason  of  an
   assault sustained in the course of employment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1210-b to read as follows:
   §  1210-B.  DISABILITY  BENEFIT  FOR  EMPLOYEES.    1. AS USED IN THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND  ANY
 OF  ITS  SUBSIDIARY  CORPORATIONS,  INCLUDING  THE  MANHATTAN  AND BRONX
 SURFACE OPERATING AUTHORITY.
   B. "EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE AUTHORITY.
   2. ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE AUTHORITY WHO, AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION, SUSTAINS AN INJURY FOR WHICH HE OR  SHE  IS  DETERMINED  TO  BE
 ELIGIBLE  FOR  WORKERS'  COMPENSATION BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF AN ASSAULT
 SUSTAINED IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE  ENTITLED,  IN
 ADDITION  TO  ANY  WORKERS'  COMPENSATION  PAYMENT AND ANY OTHER BENEFIT
 RECEIVED BY THE EMPLOYEE OWING TO SUCH DISABILITY  WHETHER  PURSUANT  TO
 LAW  OR  CONTRACT,  TO A DISABILITY BENEFIT PAYMENT EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF
 THE WEEKLY WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENT, EXCLUDING SCHEDULE AWARDS THAT
 THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVES FOR THE SAME DISABILITY. SUCH  DISABILITY  PAYMENT
 SHALL  BE MADE BY THE AUTHORITY BI-WEEKLY AND SHALL CONTINUE FOR SO LONG
 AS THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVES A WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENT  FOR  THE  SAME
 DISABILITY.  THE  BENEFITS  PROVIDED  FOR  IN  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
 DEEMED TO OFFSET OR REDUCE ANY OTHER PAYMENT TO WHICH  THE  EMPLOYEE  IS
 OTHERWISE ENTITLED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02336-01-3

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