New York S 9262: Relates to the retirement of county and municipal airport firefighters

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S09262 Summary:

BILL NOS09262 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10370

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §89-z, amd §§445, 603 & 604, R & SS L

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Provides for an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for certain airport firefighters employed by a county or municipality.

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BILL NOS09262 

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02/19/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/24/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9262

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 the retirement of county and municipal airport firefighters

 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 89-z to read as follows:
 3 § 89-z. Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for certain airport
 4 firefighters employed by a county or municipality. a. A member employed
 5 by a county or a municipality shall be eligible to retire pursuant to
 6 the provisions of this section if such member's employer elects to make
 7 the benefits authorized by this section available as provided in subdi-
 8 vision j of this section, and if such member is an airport firefighter
 9 or any similar title that is responsible for aircraft rescue and fire-
 10 fighting services on airport property, including but not limited to,
 11 fire suppression, rescue, emergency response, hazardous materials
 12 response, and fire prevention activities related to aircraft, aviation
 13 fuel, airport facilities, runways, and terminals. Such eligibility shall
 14 be an alternative to the eligibility provisions available under any
 15 other plan of this article to which such member is subject. The comp-
 16 troller shall have the authority to include positions within the
 17 provisions of this section that comprehend the same duties and responsi-
 18 bilities, but are named differently.
 19 b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of
 20 twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application
 21 therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
 22 c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon
 23 retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together
 24 with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of such member's
 25 accumulated contributions at the time of such member's retirement and an
 26 additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-
 27 for-increased-take-home-pay to which such member may then be entitled

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14621-02-6

 S. 9262 2

 1 shall be sufficient to provide such member with a retirement allowance
 2 equal to one-half of such member's final average salary.
 3 d. As used in this section, "creditable service" shall include any and
 4 all services performed as an airport firefighter, or any similar title,
 5 employed by a county or municipality who is responsible for aircraft
 6 rescue and firefighting services on airport property, including but not
 7 limited to, fire suppression, rescue, emergency response, hazardous
 8 materials response, and fire prevention activities related to aircraft,
 9 aviation fuel, airport facilities, runways, and terminals.
 10 e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
 11 a paid firefighter, police officer or officer of any organized fire
 12 department or police force or department of any county, city, village,
 13 town, fire district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in
 14 the office of a district attorney, shall also be deemed to be creditable
 15 service and shall be included in computing years of total service for
 16 retirement pursuant to this section.
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