New York A 5861: Relates to normal retirement age for police/fire members of the New York city fire department pension fund

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A05861 Summary:

BILL NOA05861 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04727

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§501 & 503, R & SS L

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Provides that the normal service retirement benefit for police/fire members who are members of the New York city fire department pension fund shall be paid to such members of the New York city fire department pension fund without regard to age upon retirement after twenty years of service.

Go to top A05861 Actions:

BILL NOA05861 

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02/24/2025referred to governmental employees

06/13/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/16/2025reported referred to rules

06/16/2025reported 

06/16/2025rules report cal.796

06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.796

06/16/2025substituted by s4727

&nbspS04727 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp02/12/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp03/18/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1977

&nbsp06/13/2025HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/13/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/16/2025substituted for a5861

&nbsp06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.796

&nbsp06/16/2025home rule request

&nbsp06/16/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/16/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025SIGNED CHAP.692

Go to topA05861 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicExcusedGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA05861 Floor&nbspVotes:

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Go to topA05861 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5861

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 24, 2025
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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
 normal retirement age for police/fire members of the New York city
 fire department pension fund

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 501 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 17. "Normal retirement age" shall be age sixty-two, for general
 5 members, [and] the age at which a member completes or would have
 6 completed twenty-two years of service, for police/fire members, New York
 7 city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and investi-
 8 gator revised plan members, and the age at which a member completes
 9 twenty years of service for police/fire members who are members of the
 10 New York city fire department pension fund.
 11 § 2. Subdivision d of section 503 of the retirement and social securi-
 12 ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
 13 as follows:
 14 d. The normal service retirement benefit specified in section five
 15 hundred five of this article shall be paid to police/fire members, New
 16 York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and
 17 investigator revised plan members without regard to age upon retirement
 18 after twenty-two years of service; provided, however, that such normal