State Agencies Bulletin No. 2124

Subject
Paycheck Distribution for the April 12, 2023, Administration Cycle Paychecks
Date Issued
April 6, 2023

Purpose

As we await the enactment of the New York State (NYS) fiscal year 2023-24 budget, OSC would like to provide notice of the possible impact to paychecks if the NYS budget or an extender bill is not passed by 12 p.m. on Monday, April 10, 2023.

Affected Employees

Executive Branch* employees paid on the Administration pay cycle may be affected, including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller and Attorney General; officers and employees of the judiciary; and officers and employees of the Legislature, including the Legislative staff and for payments of services performed by mentally ill or developmentally disabled persons who are employed in State-operated special employment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop programs.

Note: Pursuant to section 5 of the Legislative Law, Legislators’ salaries cannot be paid until legislative passage of the NYS budget has occurred.

*This does not apply to employees of the State University of New York (28***, [excluding SUNY Construction Fund 28990]), City University of New York (70***) or State Insurance Fund (00640, 00650) since their fiscal year does not expire until the end of June. However, although funds will be released for these agencies, direct deposit advices will not be mailed until all other advices can be released.

Effective Dates

Effective paychecks dated April 12, 2023

OSC Actions

OSC will transmit the electronic direct deposit file to the bank as soon as the Legislature passes and the Governor signs the 2023-24 State budget or a budget extender bill to provide for the continuing operation of State government.

OSC will provide updated information on the availability of funds for the paycheck dated April 12, 2023, via the PayServ Bulletin Board and New York State Payroll Online (NYSPO).

Agency Actions

Agencies should notify employees of the possible impact and consult the PayServ and NYSPO bulletin boards for additional information and updates.

Agencies should notify the Division of the Treasury if special handling of paychecks is needed upon release of the April 12, 2023, paychecks.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Services mailbox. Please reference Bulletin No. 2124 in the subject of your email.