Statement from PEF President Wayne Spence on Signing of LOADinG Act
ALBANY, N.Y. (12/23/2024) (readMedia)-- Statement of Public Employees Federation (PEF) President Wayne Spence on Signing of LOADinG Act into Law:
"We applaud Gov. Kathy Hochul for her efforts to balance all of the promise of artificial intelligence with the understanding that rank and file public employees deliver the actual services that New Yorkers need and expect. We hope this new law will bring transparency and we believe it represents a rational and thoughtful approach to managing the state workforce given the emerging development and usage of artificial intelligence. PEF also extends its appreciation for this new law to the bill sponsors – Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Assemblymember Steven Otis, as well as to all our partners in the state Senate and Assembly."
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PEF is New York's second-largest employee union, representing 56,000 professional, scientific and technical state workers in more than 3,000 titles in every state agency, including nurses, social workers, doctors, engineers, counselors, parole officers, lawyers, IT specialists, teachers, habilitation specialists, therapists, and many more.