New York A 10579: Provides for eligibility of certain participants in the New York City employees retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members

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A10579 Summary:

BILL NOA10579 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09378

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §604-e, R & SS L

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Provides for eligibility of certain participants in the New York City employees retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members.

Go to top A10579 Actions:

BILL NOA10579 

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03/13/2026referred to governmental employees

05/28/2026reported referred to ways and means

06/03/2026reported referred to rules

06/03/2026reported 

06/03/2026rules report cal.418

06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.418

06/03/2026substituted by s9378

&nbspS09378 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp03/06/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp03/24/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1487

&nbsp06/01/2026HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/01/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/03/2026substituted for a10579

&nbsp06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.418

&nbsp06/03/2026home rule request

&nbsp06/03/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/03/2026returned to senate

Go to topA10579 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/28/2026AYE/NAY:14/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

FallAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:31/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanExcused

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA10579 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10579 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10579

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 the eligibility of certain participants in the New York city employ-
 ees' retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement
 program for EMT members

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision b of section 604-e of the
 2 retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 577 of the laws
 3 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. Each EMT member, other than an EMT member subject to paragraph one
 5 or two of this subdivision, who becomes subject to the provisions of
 6 this article on or after the starting date of the twenty-five year
 7 retirement program shall become a participant in the twenty-five year
 8 retirement program on the date [he or she] such person becomes such an
 9 EMT member. Provided, however, a person subject to this paragraph, and
 10 who has exceeded age twenty-five upon employment as an EMT member, shall
 11 be exempt from participation in the improved twenty-five year retirement
 12 program if such person elects not to participate by filing a duly
 13 executed form with the retirement system within one hundred eighty days
 14 of becoming an EMT member. Provided further, however, that a person who
 15 has opted to be exempt pursuant to this paragraph may become a partic-
 16 ipant in the twenty-fiv