New York A 7336: Authorizes the widow of Howard Mahler to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband

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A07336 Summary:

BILL NOA07336A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07119-A

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRSteck, DeStefano

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Authorizes Robin Garfinkle, the widow of Howard Mahler, to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband.

Go to top A07336 Actions:

BILL NOA07336A

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03/25/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

03/12/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

03/12/2026print number 7336a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7336--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, STECK, DeSTEFANO -- 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 authorize the widow of Howard Mahler to file a retirement
 option election form

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 2 Robin Garfinkle, the widow of Howard Mahler, who was employed by the
 3 Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and was a member of
 4 the New York state and local employees' retirement system, and who died
 5 on December 23, 2014 prior to filing a retirement election form with the
 6 New York state and local employees' retirement system and after 28 years
 7 and 11 months of state service, shall be authorized to file such option
 8 election form on behalf of her deceased husband with a joint allowance
 9 full option, if on or before one year after the effective date of this
 10 act she shall submit a request therefor to the state comptroller. In
 11 addition, Howard Mahler's date of retirement shall be deemed to have
 12 been December 22, 2014.
 13 § 2. All costs shall be borne by the state of New York, and the amount
 14 payable to Robin Garfinkle shall be the full amount otherwise owed
 15 pursuant to the provisions of this act, except any amounts paid by the
 16 New York state and local employees' retirement system as the result of
 17 the death of Howard Mahler prior to the filing of the request for a
 18 service retirement benefit pursuant to this act shall be deducted from
 19 the service retirement benefit payable thereafter.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04681-03-6

 A. 7336--A 2

 This bill would authorize Robin Garfinkle, the surviving spouse of
 deceased member Howard Mahler, to submit an option election form with a
 joint allowance full option. The date of retirement would be December
 22, 2014. Any ordinary death benefits paid would be deducted.
 There will be an immediate past service cost of $1.38 million borne by
 the state of New York as a one-time payment. This cost assumes that
 payment will be made on March 1, 2027.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
 actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
 value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
 Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
 modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
 change(s).
 This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
 of the bill, nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for