New York A 8942: Establishes the commission on NYC school governance

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A08942 Summary:

BILL NOA08942A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08111-B

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRSteck

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §609, R & SS L

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Provides for retirement credit to emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians for a child care leave of absence.

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BILL NOA08942A

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07/16/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

05/12/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

05/12/2026print number 8942a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8942--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 July 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, STECK -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing retirement credit to emergency medical technicians and
 advanced emergency medical technicians for a child care leave of
 absence

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 609 of the retirement and social security law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision i to read as follows:
 3 i. Notwithstanding any other law or code provision that prohibits a
 4 member from receiving retirement credit for any period during which the
 5 member was absent on leave without pay, including but not limited to,
 6 subdivision c of this section, any EMT member, as defined in paragraph
 7 two of subdivision a of section four hundred forty-five-e of this chap-
 8 ter and paragraph one of subdivision a of section six hundred four-e of
 9 this article, as added by chapter five hundred seventy-seven of the laws
 10 of two thousand, who is absent without pay for a child care leave of
 11 absence pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement
 12 covering the EMT member shall be eligible for credit for such period of
 13 child care leave provided such member files a claim for such service
 14 credit with the pension fund by December thirty-first, two thousand
 15 twenty-six or within ninety days following termination of the child care
 16 leave, whichever is later, and contributes to the pension fund an amount
 17 which such member would have contributed during the period of such child
 18 care leave, together with interest thereon. Service credit provided
 19 pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed one year of credit for
 20 each period of authorized child care leave.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11193-08-6

 A. 8942--A 2

 1 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would permit Emergency Medical
 Technicians of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS)
 to apply for and purchase up to one year of service credit for each
 period of authorized unpaid childcare leave.

 ILLUSTRATION - INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
 by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($)

 Year One Year of One Year of Service
 Service Purchased Purchased Per Year
 2027 600 600
 2028 600 1,300
 2029 600 1,900
 2030 600 2,600
 2031 600 3,300
 2032 600 4,000
 2033 600 4,800
 2034 600 5,600
 2035 600 6,300
 2036 600 7,200
 2037 600 8,000
 2038 600 8,900
 2039 600 9,800
 2040 600 10,700
 2041 0 11,000
 2042 0 11,300
 2043 0 11,700
 2044 0 12,000
 2045 0 12,400
 2046 0 12,700
 2047 0 13,100
 2048 0 13,500
 2049 0 13,900
 2050 0 14,300
 2051 0 14,800

 Employer contribution impact beyond Fiscal Year 2051 is not shown.

 The potential increases in employer contributions will be allocated to
 New York City.

 PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS: The Present Value of Benefits is the
 discounted expected value of benefits paid to current members if all
 assumptions are met, includi