Sponsor: Abbate Committee: CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

Expands the residency requirements for New York city marshals to allow residency in the counties of Nassau, Westchester, Suffolk, Orange, Rockland or Putnam. / Sponsor: Abbate (MS) Committee:

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the resolution of labor disputes. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Allows school districts the option of amortizing future payments to the New York state teachers' retirement system. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Extends the effectiveness of provisions of the civil service law relating to injunctive relief in improper practice cases until June 30, 2013. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Authorizes members of the New York state and local police and fire system in active service to borrow against contributions. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Relates to the rate of regular interest used in the actuarial valuation of liabilities for the purpose of calculating contributions to retirement systems. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Authorizes any person licensed as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner or podiatrist in another state or territory and appointed by the World Police and Fire Federation to practice his or her profession in this state in connection with an athletic event sanctioned by such Federation. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Relates to creating access to the wage reporting system. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Decreases the minimum amount of time required before a service retirement may become effective and retirees of certain retirement systems may begin to receive their retirement. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Relates to the residence of peace officers employed as associate urban park rangers by a city with a population over one million. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Randy Prock. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Relates to compensation and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; authorizes funding of joint labor-management committees, to implement agreements between the state and an employee organization; provides rates of pay for certain state employees. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Amends the definition of "bank holding company" to replace the phrase "a banking institution" to "two or more banking institutions". / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Relates to disability retirement applications made by or on behalf of certain deputy sheriffs; ensures that a deputy sheriff who is disabled is not denied disability retirement benefits because they were unable to work in criminal law enforcement activities because of the disability at the date the application is filed. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Permits Triborough bridge and tunnel members of the twenty-year/age fifty retirement program who have incurred contribution deficiencies to defer full repayment until 2015. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Provides continuous coverage at the same rate to spouse or dependents of public employees who are injured in the performance of duty or taken ill as a result of a performance of duty until such time as the member has returned to active service, has separated from service or retires. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Provides for health insurance and supplemental benefits to retirees of the New York city off track betting corporation. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee:

Provides procedures for resolution of disputes between a public employer and Suffolk county probation officers. / Sponsor: Abbate (MS) Committee:

Requires a warning to be printed on baby-bottle and sippy cup packaging concerning tooth decay. / Sponsor: Abbate Committee: