New York A 11213: Extends the twenty-five year presumptive eligibility period for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations

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A11213 Summary:

BILL NOA11213A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10085-A

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRGriffin, Stern, Santabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd R & SS L, generally; amd §2575, Ed L; amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §§13-168, 13-353.1, 13-551 & 13-252.1,
NYC Ad Cd

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Extends the presumptive eligibility period, from twenty-five to thirty-five years, for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations.

Go to top A11213 Actions:

BILL NOA11213A

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05/01/2026referred to governmental employees

05/29/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

05/29/2026print number 11213a

06/04/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/05/2026reported referred to rules

06/05/2026reported 

06/05/2026rules report cal.612

06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.612

06/05/2026substituted by s10085a

&nbspS10085 AMEND=A JACKSON

&nbsp04/27/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp05/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp05/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 10085A

&nbsp06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1574

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/02/2026referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/05/2026substituted for a11213a

&nbsp06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.612

&nbsp06/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2026returned to senate

Go to topA11213 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoExcused

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenExcused

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/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 topA11213 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA11213 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11213--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 1, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, the education
 law, the military law, the general municipal law and the administra-
 tive code of the city of New York, in relation to extending the twen-
 ty-five year presumptive eligibility period for certain retirement
 benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center
 rescue, recovery and clean-up operations

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision h of section 63 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 489 of the laws of 2008, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 h. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or of any
 5 general, special or local law, charter, administrative code or rule or
 6 regulation to the contrary, if a retiree who: (1) has met the criteria
 7 of subdivision g of this section and retired on a service or disability
 8 retirement, or would have met the criteria if not already retired on an
 9 accidental disability; and (2) has not been retired for more than [twen-
 10 ty-five] thirty-five years; and (3) dies from a qualifying World Trade
 11 Center condition, as defined in section two of this article, as deter-
 12 mined by the applicable head of the retirement system or applicable
 13 medical board, then unless the