As you have probably heard, whether by a mailing containing your new prescription cards and a Welcome brochure, or at the detailed presentation at our October 30th General Membership meeting, or via our Facebook page (CSBA Attorneys), AEBRx (powered by Prime Therapeutics) is our new prescription drug administrator (replacing Aetna). FYI, AEBRx is affiliated with…
By Saul FishmanPresident, Civil Service Bar Association (CSBA)From Newline, Fall 2024 It’s Autumn 2024. A bunch of us recently participated in the Labor Day Parade (see photos in this Newsline edition as well as on our CSBA (Attorney’s Facebook page). It’s now prime time for apple-picking, apple cinnamon donuts (sorry dieters) and pumpkin spice coffee….
The following individuals were duly elected as CSBA Officers, Class of 2027 on Tuesday May 14, 2024. As they ran unopposed, they were elected by one unanimous ballot cast by the Recording Secretary: Saul Fishman (DOF), President; Lester Paverman (NYPD), First Vice President; Abbe Kalnick (ACS), Second Vice President; Kevin Hsi (HPD), Corresponding Secretary; Laura…
Governor Kathy Hochul has just signed legislation, following approval through both the NY State Senate and the NY State Assembly, which improves the formula to calculate Tier 6 pensions. Whereas Tier 6 is still not as favorable overall as Tier 4 and other earlier pensions, at least they are both now calculated based upon the…
CSBA has now finalized the last part of our current collective bargaining agreement, namely the 0.88% additional compensation for titles that are difficult to recruit and retain. Rather than let the city siphon these funds to help particular agencies recruit, we insisted that since we are definitely a difficult to recruit and retain title, all…
The large majority of our members are now able to work remotely for up to two days per week, much as we did, productively, from home five days a week during the worst eighteen months of the pandemic. There are still a very few mayoral agencies, however, which still have not announced a start date…
Some of the benefits of our recently-ratified contract are about to be realized. OLR has confirmed that for most of us, the ratification bonus will be paid on November 9th. For NYCHA attorneys, the ratification bonus pay date is November 16th. Retroactive wage increases relating back to 4/18/2021, 4/18/2022 and 4/18/2023 are confirmed for November…
On Wednesday September 27th, our members overwhelmingly ratified the terms of the CSBA 2021-2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the City of New York. The election was overseen by the American Arbitration Association, which certified the results, with more than 99% of those who cast a ballot voting in the affirmative. Thank you to the CSBA…
We have now received the fully-executed Memorandum of Agreement memorializing the terms of the proposed new 2021-2026 collective bargaining agreement. Its ratification is up to you, as CSBA members in good standing. Ballots will be mailed to you by the American Arbitration on or shortly after August 29, and must be received no later than…
We have reached a collective bargaining agreement with the City, subject to member ratification. The duration is from (retroactively) April 18, 2021 through October 17, 2026 (5 years, 6 months total). The first four years (4/18/21 through 4/18/24) each have a 3.00% wage increase. The last year (4/18/25) has a 3.25% increase. RIPs increase whenever…
