§ 2590-s. Prompt payment of salaries. In a city with a population of
one million or more, all employees of the board of education shall be
paid the amount of compensation due them pursuant to collective
bargaining agreements, except as is otherwise provided in section three
thousand eleven of this chapter. If such payments are not made on the
dates so required, interest shall be recovered beginning thirty days,
following the later of the effective date of this section or the
required payment date through the day that payment is in fact tendered.
In the case of a salary differential, the date compensation is due shall
be defined as thirty days following the date an employee's application
is filed by the employee with the board of education of the city of New
York. Interest shall be computed at the rate set forth in paragraph one
of subsection (e) of section one thousand ninety-six of the tax law and
shall be added to any compensation amounts referred to in this section
that have not been paid when owed.