New York A 8499: Classifies the position of member of the legislature as a full-time position

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A08499 Summary:

BILL NOA08499 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07529

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRSteck, Cook, Santabarbara, Kay, Reyes, Hevesi, Colton, Simon, Meeks, Yeger, Carroll R, Schiavoni,
 Hyndman, Levenberg, Davila, Fall, Griffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §607-b, R & SS L

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Relates to the eligibility of New York city transit authority employees for performance of duty disability retirement.

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BILL NOA08499 

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05/20/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8499

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
 ___________

 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 New York city transit authority employees for
 performance of duty disability retirement

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

 1 Section 1. Section 607-b of the retirement and social security law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision a-1 to read as follows:
 3 a-1. Any member of the New York city employees' retirement system who
 4 is employed by the New York city transit authority and who participated
 5 in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations, as defined
 6 in section two of this chapter, who, on or after September eleventh, two
 7 thousand one, becomes physically or mentally incapacitated for the
 8 performance of duties as the natural and proximate result of an injury
 9 sustained in the performance or discharge of such member's duties as a
 10 result of such participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or
 11 cleanup operations shall be paid a performance of duty disability
 12 retirement allowance equal to three-quarters of final average salary,
 13 subject to section 13-176 of the administrative code of the city of New
 14 York. Any member who has made application or who, after the effective
 15 date of this subdivision, makes application for such performance of duty
 16 pension shall be entitled to invoke the medical review procedure
 17 provided for in subdivision e of section six hundred five of this arti-
 18 cle, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such subdivision.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would grant New York City Transit
 Authority (NYCTA) active and retired members of NYCERS who have incurred
 a World Trade Center (WTC) Qualifying Condition, a performance of duty

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08329-02-5

 A. 8499 2

 disability retirement equivalent to 75% of the member's Final Average
 Salary prospectively as of the effective date.

 EXPECTED INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
 by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Thousands)

 Future Incidents (Illustration)
 Year Current WTC One Incident One Incident
 Retirees Per Year
 2026 14,100 23 23
 2027 0 23 47
 2028 0 23 71
 2029 0 23 96
 2030 0 23 122
 2031 0 23 148
 2032 0 23 176
 2033 0 23 204
 2034 0 23 233
 2035 0 23 263
 2036 0 23 294
 2037 0 23 326
 2038 0 23 358
 2039 0 23 392
 2040 0 0 404
 2041 0 0 416
 2042 0 0 428
 2043 0 0 441
 2044 0 0 454
 2045 0 0 468
 2046 0 0 482
 2047 0 0 496
 2048 0 0 511
 2049 0 0 527
 2050 0 0 543

 Employer contribution impact beyond Fiscal Year 2050 is not shown.

 The potential increases in employer contributions will be allocated to
 the NYCTA.
 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, including future service accrual and pay increases.
 Future new hires are not included in this present value.

 INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
 as of June 30, 2024 ($ in Millions)

 Present Value (PV) Current Per Future
 WTC WTC
 Retirees Disabilit