N.Y. WKC Law § 212-B

§ 212-b. Public employees; public employees represented by an employee\norganization; employee opt in.\n 1. For purposes of this section, "public employee" means any employee\nof the state, any political subdivision of the state, a public authority\nor any other governmental agency or instrumentality. "Public employer"\nmeans the state, any political subdivision of the state, a public\nauthority or any other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof.\n"Employee organization" shall have the same meaning set forth in section\ntwo hundred one of the civil service law.\n 2. Public employers shall provide benefits for family leave to public\nemployees in accordance with the procedures and terms set forth in\nsubdivision three of this section.\n 3. (a) An employee organization may, pursuant to collective\nbargaining, opt in to paid family leave benefits on behalf of those\npublic employees it is either certified or recognized to represent,\nwithin the meaning of article fourteen of the civil service law. Nothing\nin this section shall prohibit an agreement to opt in to paid family\nleave between the employee organization and any public employer. An\nemployee organization that has opted in to paid family leave benefits\nmay, pursuant to collective bargaining, opt out of it as is mutually\nagreed upon between the employee organization and any public employer.\n b. For public employees who are not represented by an employee\norganization, the public employer may opt-in to paid family leave\nbenefits within ninety days notice to such public employees. Following\nopt-in by a public employer for public employees not represented by an\nemployee organization, the public employer may opt-out of paid family\nleave benefits with twelve months notice to those public employees.\n 4. In the absence of any contrary statement in a collectively\nnegotiated agreement under article fourteen of the civil service law, a\npublic employer may require public employees who opt in under this\nsection to provide the maximum employee contribution, as defined in\nparagraph (b) of subdivision three of section two hundred nine of this\narticle.\n