NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5610

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 11, 2015	signed chap.552
Nov 30, 2015	delivered to governor
Jun 19, 2015	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.715 substituted for a7648
Jun 16, 2015	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request
Jun 09, 2015	ordered to third reading cal.1424 reported and committed to rules
May 19, 2015	referred to cities

Votes

- Jun 16, 2015 - Floor Vote
  S5610
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  4
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 16, 2015
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      nay (4)
      
      Dilan
      
      Hamilton
      
      Montgomery
      
      Perkins
  Jun 9, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5610
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 9, 2015
      
      aye (19)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      nay (1)
      
      Perkins
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Breslin
      
      Dilan
      
      Krueger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
  Jun 9, 2015 - Committee Vote
  S5610
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Jun 9, 2015
      
      aye (5)
      
      Funke
      
      Lanza
      
      Ortt
      
      Savino
      
      Squadron
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Peralta

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7648
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §14-114, NYC Ad Cd

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to promotions of captains.

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5610

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the administrative code of the city of
New York, in relation to promotions of captains

PURPOSE:  To provide NYPD captains with fifteen years of service to
have the pension benefits of Deputy Chiefs, and to provide NYPD
captains with service between ten and fifteen years with the pension
benefits of Inspectors.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends New York City Administrative Code
section 14-114(c) to provide that when a captain has served in the
rank of captain for a fifteen year period, he or she shall have the
same rights in respect to the police pension fund as a captain
detailed to act as deputy chief who has served as such for an
aggregate period of two years. This section further provides that a
captain who has served as such less than fifteen years but more than
ten years will have the same rights in respect to the police pension
fund as a captain detailed to act as inspector who has served as such
for an aggregate time period of two years.

Section 2 of this bill provides that this act shall take effect
immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:  After many years of failing to take control of
violence and serious crime in New York City, the New York City Police
Department in the mid 1990s completely revolutionized policing in New
York City. By developing a process known as "Compstat," precinct and
other operational unit commanders developed a system to communicate
with the agency's top executives and other commanders, sharing the
problems they face and successful crime reduction tactics. The process
allows top executives to monitor issues and activities within
precincts and operational units, evaluating the skills and
effectiveness of middle managers. By keeping abreast of situations "on
the ground," departmental leaders developed a skill set to allocate
resources to most effectively reduce crime and improve police
performance.

As a result of these strategies, violent and serious crime has
declined more than 80% since 199 New York City is now the safest large
city in the United States of America. This remarkable crime reduction
continues through 2015, even given the overwhelming counter-terrorism
responsibilities implemented since September 2001.

This Bill gives commanders with fifteen (15) years of service in the
rank of Captain or above an incentive to stay with the New York City
Police Department by allowing them to retire at a Deputy Chief pension
and prevents the loss of valuable experience and knowledge of proven
and effective police tactics to retirement. The Bill expands upon the
existing benefit that grants Captains with five (5) years of service
in the rank of Captain or above a Deputy Inspector pension and
Captains with ten (10) years of service in the rank of Captain or
above an Inspector pension.


Further, the Bill offers an incentive for the most qualified Police
Lieutenants to seek promotion to the rank of Captain. Over the last
ten (10) years fewer and fewer Lieutenants have sought promotion to
the rank of Captain. For example, in 1997, 65,6% of total eligible
(898 of pool of 1,369) Lieutenants filed for the Promotional Exam for
Captain. In contrast, in 2012  only 18.5% of total eligible (325 of
pool of 1,753) Lieutenants filed for the Promotional Exam for Captain.
This reduced interest in advancement within the NYPD further
highlights the need to incentivize our most experienced NYPD
commanders to stay in the service of New York City.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5610

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation to promotions of captains

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision c of section 14-114 of the administrative  code
of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
  c.  The  commissioner shall, in the exercise of his or her discretion,
from time to time, detail nineteen captains and so many  others  as  the
mayor  may  authorize upon the recommendation of the commissioner to act
as inspectors, with the title, while so acting, of inspectors of  police
and  at his or her pleasure may revoke any or all such details. While so
detailed, such officers shall receive a salary to be fixed by the mayor,
in addition to the amount of salary  which  regularly  attaches  to  the
office of captain.  When a captain shall have acted under regular detail
in  any  capacity  above the rank of captain, during a period or periods
aggregating two years, such officer, upon  becoming  eligible  therefor,
shall  be  entitled to a pension of not less than one-half of the salary
received by him or her per year. When the commissioner, however,  desig-
nates a captain to act in the place of a captain under regular detail as
inspector,  during the temporary absence or disability of the latter the
officer so designated shall not be entitled to  any  additional  salary,
and  the  period  of such designation shall not be counted in his or her
favor in computing such two-year period.   When  a  CAPTAIN  SHALL  HAVE
SERVED  IN  THE RANK OF CAPTAIN FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN YEARS, HE OR SHE
SHALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS IN RESPECT TO THE POLICE PENSION  FUND  AS  A
CAPTAIN  DETAILED  TO  ACT AS DEPUTY CHIEF WHO SHALL HAVE SERVED AS SUCH
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AGGREGATING TWO YEARS.   A captain WHO  shall  have
served  [in  the  rank  of  captain  for  a period of] AS SUCH LESS THAN
FIFTEEN YEARS AND MORE THAN ten years[, he or she] shall have  the  same

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10813-01-5

S. 5610                             2

rights  in  respect  to the police pension fund as a captain detailed to
act as inspector who shall have served as such  for  a  period  of  time
aggregating two years. A captain who shall have served as such less than
ten years and more than five years shall have the same rights in respect
to  such  police  pension  fund as a captain detailed to act as a deputy
inspector who shall have served as such for a period of time aggregating
two years. A period beginning March thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  sixty-
five,  and ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-six, during
which a captain shall have served as a provisional  captain  immediately
prior to a permanent promotion to such rank shall be deemed to have been
service  as  a  permanent  captain  for  the purposes of this section. A
captain, while detailed to act as inspector, shall  be  chargeable  with
and responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the force under his
or her command.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S5610

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Jun 16, 2015 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 16, 2015

Jun 9, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 9, 2015

Jun 9, 2015 - Committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jun 9, 2015

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Martin J. Golden

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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