Purpose:

The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for processing the CUNY 2026 3.125% general salary increases for New York State Nurse Association (NYSNA) employees.

Affected Employees:

Employees represented by NYSNA (BU TE) who meet the eligibility criteria are affected.

Background:

Pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreements authorized by Carmelo Batista, Jr in the 05/30/2024 Memorandum of Agreement between the City University of New York and the New York State Nurses Association, 3.125% general salary increases have been authorized for 2026.

Effective Dates:

The 2026 general salary increases will be processed in Institution Pay Period 2C, paychecks dated 04/30/2026. The rate and effective date are as follows: 

Eligibility Criteria:

All full and part-time employees meeting the eligibility criteria below on the effective date may be eligible for the General Salary Increase if they:

• Are in Department 70XX0 or 70XX2; and
• Are in bargaining unit TE; and
• Have a Comp Rate Code of ANN or HRY; and
• Have a Salary Grade of 600; and
• Have a Status of Active, Paid Leave, or Leave without Pay

Agency Actions:

Reporting the Rate Increases

To process the general salary increase for eligible employees, the agency must submit the following:

• For all general salary increases, request a Pay Change using the Action/Reason code of PAY/SIC (Pay Rate Change/Sal Incr) on the Job Action Requests page, using the effective date listed above in the Effective Dates section, along with the new applicable rate.
• A separate Pay Change request must be submitted for each subsequent row that exists on the employee’s Job Data page using the Action/Reason code PAY/CSL (Pay Rate Change/Cor Sal) on the Job Action Requests page using the next available sequence number, regardless of status and provided the employee remains in an eligible position.

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.

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.

Questions:

Questions regarding eligibility for the 2026 3.125% General Salary Increases for NYSNA employees may be directed to the University Manager of Payroll Systems and Operations at CUNY Central Office.

Questions regarding processing transactions for the 2026 3.125% General Salary Increases for NYSNA employees may be directed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox.

Questions regarding deductions may be directed to the Payroll Deduction mailbox.

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