N.Y. STF Law § 210

* § 210. Optional payment election. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, where the state and an employee\norganization representing officers and employees in the executive branch\nwho are in positions which are in collective negotiating units\nestablished pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law enter\ninto an agreement, or where the director of employee relations shall\nauthorize for officers and employees in the executive branch who are in\npositions which are not in collective negotiating units, new employees\nhired on or after July first, two thousand twenty-six, may elect to\nreceive an optional payment, which shall be in an amount determined by\nsuch agreement or for officers and employees in the executive branch who\nare in positions which are not in collective negotiating units, at a\nrate to be determined by the director of the division of the budget.\nSuch payment shall not be considered basic annual salary and shall not\nbe included as compensation for retirement purposes. Such payment shall\nbe recovered to the state within the first fourteen pay periods after\nsuch payment. The payment specified herein shall also be implemented\nfor: (a) nonjudicial officers and employees of the unified court system\nhired on or after July first, two thousand twenty-six, if the chief\nadministrator of the courts so elects; (b) employees of the senate hired\non or after July first, two thousand twenty-six, if the temporary\npresident of the senate so elects; (c) employees of the assembly hired\non or after July first, two thousand twenty-six, if the speaker of the\nassembly so elects; and (d) employees of joint legislative employers\nhired on or after July first, two thousand twenty-six, if the temporary\npresident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly mutually so\nelect for all such joint legislative employers. Any election made\npursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section shall be\nin writing and filed with the state comptroller no later than September\nthirtieth, two thousand twenty-five.\n * NB Repealed upon implementation of terminating the alternate\nprocedure set forth in state finance law § 200 sb 2\n