New York A 8879: Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents

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A08879 Summary:

BILL NOA08879A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08147-B

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §607-i, R & SS L

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Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

Go to top A08879 Actions:

BILL NOA08879A

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06/09/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

04/20/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

04/20/2026print number 8879a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8879--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- 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 to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing a heart disease presumption for certain New York police
 department traffic enforcement agents

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

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new section 607-i to read as follows:
 3 § 607-i. Disabilities; health presumption. a. Notwithstanding the
 4 provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative code
 5 to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the workers' compen-
 6 sation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment of health
 7 caused by diseases of the heart resulting in total or partial disability
 8 or death to a member in the employ of the city of New York police
 9 department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I or traffic
 10 enforcement agent II, where such member successfully passed a physical
 11 examination on entry into the service of such department, which examina-
 12 tion failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presump-
 13 tive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of
 14 duty, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
 15 b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local
 16 law or the administrative code to the contrary, a member employed by the
 17 city of New York police department as a traffic enforcement agent I or
 18 traffic enforcement agent II who shall be retired pursuant to subdivi-
 19 sion a of this section shall receive a pension equal to three-quarters
 20 of such member's final average salary.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10780-06-6

 A. 8879--A 2

 1 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
 2 provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.
 3 § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the
 4 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 5 of section twenty-five of this chapter.
 6 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would provide Tier 4 and Tier 6
 Traffic Enforcement Agents with a rebuttable statutory presumption that
 a qualifying disability or death related to heart disease was incurred
 in the performance of duty and provide a performance of duty disability
 benefit equal to 75% of Final Average Salary.

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

 One Incident One Incident Per Year
 Year Disability Death Disability Death
 2027 40 26 40 26
 2028 40 26 81 53
 2029 40 26 123 81
 2030 40 26 167 109
 2031 40 26 212 138
 2032 40 26 258 169
 2033 40 26 305 200
 2034 40 26 354 232
 2035 40 26 405 265
 2036 40 26 457 299
 2037 40 26 510 334
 2038 40 26 566 370
 2039 40 26 622 407
 2040 40 26 681 445
 2041 0 0 701 459
 2042 0 0 722 473
 2043 0 0 744 487
 2044 0 0 766 501
 2045 0 0 789 516
 2046 0 0 813 532
 2047 0 0 837 548
 2048 0 0 862 564