Taxpayer and Mandate Relief Press Confrence + 2 hour Q&A & enlistment of volunteers Bill A8603

Taxpayer and Mandate Relief Bill A8603

STOPS STEP INCREASES Triborough
mandates that salary steps increase even when a contract

expires. The bill would end the practice and allow both school boards and

unions to negotiate in good faith.

CAPS
Binding Arbitration Police and firefighters are entitled to mandatory
arbitration. The bill

would limit arbitration awards to 2%.

ENDS  PENSION ABUSE Public sector employees are
currently entitled to a taxpayer

guaranteed defined benefit pension.  The

bill will require future public sector employees to enroll in a defined

contribution pension similar to private sector employees.

Panelist

Mike Fitzpatrick, NYS
Assemblyman,

Patrick Vecchio, Smithtown
Town Supervisor

David Little, NYS School Board
Association

Stephen Whitt, Hewlett &
BOCES Trustee

EJ McMahon, Empire
Center For NYS Policy

Steve Flanagan, Conservative
Society for Action

Host   Steve Levy, Past
Suffolk County
Executive