Purpose:

The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for processing the CUNY 2026 rate increase for employees in the Elevator Mechanic title.

Affected Employees:

CUNY employees in the title of Elevator Mechanic are affected.

Background:

A Consent Determination has been entered and filed on November 05, 2025 between the Comptroller of the City of New York and the City Employees Union, Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters regarding rate increases for employees in the title of Elevator Mechanic. This determination covers the period April 18, 2024 through May 17, 2029.

The agreement, as summarized in a memorandum from Carmelo Batista dated January 07, 2026, provides for increases to the hourly rate effective 04/18/2026.

Effective Dates:

The 2026 rate increase for the Elevator Mechanic title is effective 04/18/2026 as follows: 

Transactions to process the 2026 rate increase may be entered beginning in Institution Pay Period 02C, paychecks dated 04/30/2026.

Eligibility Criteria:

CUNY employees in the Elevator Mechanic title are eligible for the rate increase beginning on the effective date listed in the Effective Dates section. Further eligibility criteria is available in the memoranda from Carmelo Batista, Jr. dated 01/07/2026.

Agency Actions:

Reporting the Rate Increases

To increase the hourly rate(s) for eligible employees, the agency must submit the following job requests, regardless of the employee’s status:

• For all rate increases, request a Pay Change with the Action/Reason code of PAY/CRT (Pay Rate Change/Chg Rate) on the Job Action Requests page, using the effective date of the applicable rate increase, and submit the new hourly rate.
• A separate request must be made for each row that exists on the employee’s Job Data page subsequent to the raise effective date.

Undeliverable Checks:

When a valid payroll check is undeliverable due to the agency’s inability to locate the employee, the agency should follow the Agency Actions identified in Payroll Bulletin No. 1786 – Non-Negotiated and/or Undeliverable New York State Payroll Checks. 

Checks issued to eligible employees who are now deceased should be submitted as a Stop Payment Request with a reason of Exchange in PayServ. The Report of Check Exchange (AC 1476-P), Next of Kin Affidavit (AC 934-P), and original death certificate should be submitted to the Payroll Reversal and Exchange mailbox at the same time as the Stop Payment Request. If a Next of Kin Affidavit has been previously submitted for a deceased employee’s payroll check, OSC will accept a photocopy of this form along with a new Report of Check Exchange.

Tax Information:

These monies are taxable income subject to all employment taxes and income taxes, will be included in the employee’s taxable gross and reported on the employee’s Form W-2.

Questions:

Questions regarding eligibility for the Elevator Mechanic rate increases may be directed to the University Manager of Payroll Systems and Operations at CUNY Central Office.

Questions regarding processing transactions for the Elevator Mechanic rate increases may be directed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox.

Questions regarding taxes may be directed to the Tax and Compliance mailbox.