(NEW YORK CITY) – New York City Labor Officials and the Union representing the City’s roughly 600 Probation Officers (Pos) and their Supervisors have arrived at a tentative contract agreement that both sides hope will help replenish the titles' ranks.

If approved by the Rank-and-File, the five-and-a-half-year deal, retroactive to November 2020, would deliver United Probation Officers Association (UPOA) POs and Supervising POs four compounded wage increases of 3% each to cover the fallow pay-raise period from May 2021 through November 2023. 

A final 3.25%-bump would go into effect on November 28th.

The agreement, whose terms essentially conform to the pattern established for Civilian Unions, runs through June 2026.

According to the provisional deal, the starting salary for Probation Officers would jump to $61,386 from $45,934, an increase of about 33%, beginning November 28th.

Top pay in that title would reach $81,000.

Supervising POs would start at $86,500, with top pay reaching $95,100.

Those who would earn above those rates, according to the contract’s pattern increases, will be kept whole.

UPOA President Dalvanie Powell was hopeful the deal’s improved pay rates would help attract and retain Probation Officers.

The Department has lost dozens of Officers in the last year to better paying jurisdictions, with some leaving even before they complete their academy training, she said. 

“It’s really bad right now.  And our hope is that with this contract, we'll be able to attract more people to come and stay,” Powell said alongside Mayor Eric Adams and other City Officials at the contract's announcement at City Hall. “So hopefully this will be a boost and help us alleviate some of the pressure that the remaining offices are dealing with now having to carry those extra caseloads.” 

The contract also includes ratification bonuses of $3,600 for Probation Officer Trainees, $4,355 for Probation Officers, and $5,080 for Supervising Probation Officers for all UPOA Members who are on the active payroll on the ratification date.

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