New York A 5771: Provides for eligibility of certain participants in the New York City employees retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members

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A05771 Summary:

BILL NOA05771 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04598

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §604-e, R & SS L

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Provides for eligibility of certain participants in the New York City employees retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members.

Go to top A05771 Actions:

BILL NOA05771 

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02/20/2025referred to governmental employees

06/15/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/16/2025reported referred to rules

06/16/2025reported 

06/16/2025rules report cal.794

06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.794

06/16/2025substituted by s4598

&nbspS04598 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp02/10/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp03/18/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1976

&nbsp06/13/2025HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/13/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/16/2025substituted for a5771

&nbsp06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.794

&nbsp06/16/2025home rule request

&nbsp06/16/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/16/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.142

Go to topA05771 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicExcusedGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA05771 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05771 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5771

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 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 certain participants in the New York city employ-
 ees' retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement
 program for EMT members

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision b of section 604-e of the
 2 retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 577 of the laws
 3 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. Each EMT member, other than an EMT member subject to paragraph one
 5 or two of this subdivision, who becomes subject to the provisions of
 6 this article on or after the starting date of the twenty-five year
 7 retirement program shall become a participant in the twenty-five year
 8 retirement program on the date [he or she] such person becomes such an
 9 EMT member. Provided, however, a person subject to this paragraph, and
 10 who has exceeded age twenty-five upon employment as an EMT member, shall
 11 be exempt from participation in the improved twenty-five year retirement
 12 program if such person elects not to participate by filing a duly
 13 executed form with the retirement system within one hundred eighty days
 14 of becoming an EMT member. Provided further, however, that a person who
 15 has opted to be exempt pursuant to this paragraph may become a partic-
 16 ipant in the twenty-five year retirement program if such person files a
 17 duly executed election form with the retirement system within one
 18 hundred eighty days after the e