N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 901: Election of benefit enhancements

§ 901. Election of benefit enhancements. a. A state employer may elect

to provide its employees the benefit enhancements provided for in

section nine hundred two of this article.

1. With respect to members of a retirement system employed in the

executive branch (including employees of an institution for the

instruction of the deaf and of the blind as enumerated in section four

thousand two hundred one of the education law), such election shall be

made by the governor.

2. With respect to members of a retirement system employed by the

senate, such election shall be made by adoption of a resolution by the

senate.

3. With respect to members of a retirement system employed by the

assembly, such election shall be made by adoption of a resolution by the

assembly.

4. With respect to members of a retirement system employed by joint

legislative employers, such election shall be made by adoption, and

consistent with rules established by, a concurrent resolution of the

senate and assembly.

b. An election to provide benefit enhancements pursuant to subdivision

a of this section may be made applicable to all employees of a state

employer or to all employees who are represented by a specific

collective bargaining organization, recognized or certified pursuant to

article fourteen of the civil service law, and/or to all employees who

are not represented for the purposes of collective bargaining subject to

the limitation provided in section nine hundred two of this article.