New York A 8357: Authorizes Joshua Kaye to receive certain retroactive membership in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system

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A08357 Summary:

BILL NOA08357A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07803-A

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SPONSORMcDonough

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Authorizes Joshua Kaye to receive certain retroactive membership in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

Go to top A08357 Actions:

BILL NOA08357A

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05/13/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

05/19/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

05/19/2026print number 8357a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8357--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee 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 in relation to authorizing Joshua Kaye to receive certain retro-
 active membership in the New York state and local police and fire
 retirement system

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 2 Joshua Kaye, currently a member of the New York state and local police
 3 and fire retirement system, who was employed by North Merrick Public
 4 School District on April 7, 2003 who, for reasons not ascribable to his
 5 own negligence, failed to become a member of the New York state and
 6 local employees' retirement system during his employment with the North
 7 Merrick Public School District, shall be deemed to have joined the New
 8 York state and local police and fire retirement system on the date April
 9 7, 2003 and shall be granted Tier II status in such retirement system,
 10 if within one year of the effective date of this act, he shall file a
 11 written request with the state comptroller to such effect. Upon the
 12 granting of such retroactive membership, Joshua Kaye shall not be grant-
 13 ed a refund of any employee contributions made by him to the New York
 14 state and local police and fire retirement system.
 15 § 2. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
 16 act shall be borne by the state of New York.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would grant Tier 2 status in the New York State and Local
 Police and Fire Retirement System to Joshua Kaye, a current Tier 6
 member employed by the Division of State Police, by changing their date

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11159-05-6

 A. 8357--A 2

 of membership to April 7, 2003, their first date of employment with
 North Merrick Public School District. There will be no refund of member
 contributions.
 We estimate that the state of New York's annual contributions will
 increase $17,000 beginning FYE 2027. Annual costs will vary as the bill-
 ing rates and salary of Joshua Kaye change.
 In addition, there will be an immediate past service cost of $1,030
 borne by the state of New York as a one-time payment. This cost assumes
 that payment will be made on March 1, 2027.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
 actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
 value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
 Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
 modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
 change(s).
 This f