New York A 9291: Increases the mandatory retirement age of members of the uniformed force of the fire department of the city of New York from sixty-five to sixty-seven

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A09291 Summary:

BILL NOA09291 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09300

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SPONSORColton

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Hyndman, Santabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§15-121 & 13-145.1, NYC Ad Cd

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Increases the mandatory retirement age of members of the uniformed force of the fire department of the city of New York from sixty-five to sixty-seven.

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BILL NOA09291 

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12/10/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9291

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to increasing the mandatory retirement age of members of the
 uniformed force of the fire department of the city of New York from
 sixty-five to sixty-seven

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

 1 Section 1. Section 15-121 of the administrative code of the city of
 2 New York is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 15-121 Termination of service of members of uniformed force because
 4 of superannuation. a. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision c of
 5 this section no member of the uniformed force of the department except
 6 medical officers, who is or hereafter attains the age of [sixty-five]
 7 sixty-seven years shall continue to serve as a member of such force but
 8 shall be retired and placed on the pension rolls of the department,
 9 provided however, that any member who is not eligible for retirement at
 10 age [sixty-five] sixty-seven, shall continue to serve as a member only
 11 until such time as such member becomes eligible for such pension retire-
 12 ment.
 13 b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a of this section or
 14 of any other section of law, any member who shall not have completed
 15 thirty-five years of creditable city service within the meaning of
 16 subdivision h of section 13-304 of the code, prior to attaining the age
 17 of [sixty-five] sixty-seven years may continue to serve as a member
 18 until [he or she] such member shall have completed such thirty-five
 19 years of creditable city service, provided that [he or she] such member
 20 is capable of performing duty acceptable to the commissioner. This
 21 section does not apply to chaplains or medical officers. This section
 22 shall apply only to members who are in the department on the first day
 23 of December, nineteen hundred seventy-one.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14057-01-5

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 1 c. Any member whose retirement has become mandatory under the
 2 provisions of subdivision a of this section may, upon approval of the
 3 commissioner, request of the board of estimate that [he or she] such
 4 member be continued as a member of the uniformed force for a period not
 5 exceeding two years. The board, where advantageous to the public
 6 service, may grant such request for a period not exceeding two years. At
 7 the termination of such additional period of service, such board may in
 8 like manner permit such member to continue in the public service for
 9 successive periods each not exceeding two years. In no event shall a
 10 member be continued in public service upon attaining the age of seven-
 11 ty-five years.
 12 § 2. Subdivision j of section 13-145.1 of the administrative code of
 13 the city of New York, as added by chapter 823 of the laws of 1985, is
 14 amended to read as follows:
 15 j. Any member who elects such transfer of membership shall be subject
 16 to mandatory retirement upon attainment of age [sixty-five] sixty-seven
 17 under subdivision a of section 15-121 of the code in the same manner as
 18 any other member of the uniformed force who is not a medical officer.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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