New York A 8579: Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis

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A08579 Summary:

BILL NOA08579A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08167-A

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SPONSORTannousis

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Grants retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York city teachers' retirement system to certain employees employed by the city of Yonkers parks department for the period beginning in 2009 and ending in 2014.

Go to top A08579 Actions:

BILL NOA08579A

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05/21/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

03/05/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

03/05/2026print number 8579a

06/03/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/04/2026reported referred to rules

06/05/2026reported 

06/05/2026rules report cal.541

06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.541

06/05/2026substituted by s8167a

&nbspS08167 AMEND=A LANZA

&nbsp05/16/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp02/27/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp02/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 8167A

&nbsp06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1476

&nbsp06/01/2026HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/01/2026referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/05/2026substituted for a8579a

&nbsp06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.541

&nbsp06/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2026returned to senate

Go to topA08579 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Heastie 
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 topA08579 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08579 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8579--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- 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 granting retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York city
 teachers' retirement system to certain employees

 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, any person, who
 2 is currently employed by the New York city department of education and a
 3 member of the New York city teachers' retirement system, and who was
 4 employed by the city of Yonkers parks department for the period begin-
 5 ning in 2009 and ending in 2014, and who, for reasons not ascribable to
 6 their own negligence, failed to become a member of the New York state
 7 and local employees' retirement system during such employment with the
 8 city of Yonkers parks department in 2009, shall be granted service cred-
 9 it in the New York city teachers' retirement system for their employment
 10 with the city of Yonkers parks department for the period beginning in
 11 2009 and ending in 2014 and shall be granted Tier IV status in such
 12 retirement system, provided that an application is filed with the head
 13 of the New York city teachers' retirement system within one year from
 14 the effective date of this act.
 15 § 2. All past service costs associated with the impleme