New York S 6856: Relates to additional state payment assistance

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S06856 Summary:

BILL NOS06856 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07541

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Provides certain enhanced disability retirement benefits for Kyle Brower relating to participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations, and who retired in 2013.

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BILL NOS06856 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6856

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to provide certain enhanced disability retirement benefits for
 Kyle Brower relating to participation in World Trade Center rescue,
 recovery, or cleanup operations

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the
 2 contrary, Kyle Brower, a retired member of the New York state teachers'
 3 retirement system who participated in World Trade Center rescue, recov-
 4 ery, or cleanup operations, as such participation is defined in section
 5 2 of the retirement and social security law, who incurred a qualifying
 6 World Trade Center condition, as defined in such section, that is deter-
 7 mined to have been incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and
 8 is the natural and proximate result of an accident not caused by such
 9 member's own willful negligence, and who retired for disability in 2013,
 10 shall be paid a performance of duty disability retirement allowance
 11 equal to three-quarters of final average salary and shall have his
 12 retirement benefit recalculated as of 2013 if he shall file a written
 13 request to that effect with the head of the New York state teachers'
 14 retirement system within one year of the effective date of this act. The
 15 payment of such pension shall be subject to the provisions of section 64
 16 of the retirement and social security law.
 17 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none
 18 of the provisions of this act shall be subject to section 25 of the
 19 retirement and social security law.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow Kyle Brower, a retired member of the New York
 State Teachers' Retirement System who has a qualifying World Trade
 Center condition, to receive a performance of duty disability retirement

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10741-03-5

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 benefit equal to three-quarters of final average salary, instead of the
 ordinary disability benefit he has been receiving. Mr. Brower's pension
 would be recalculated prospectively and with retroactive adjustment to
 payments made since his date of retirement of July 9, 2013. Mr. Brower
 must file a written request with the head of the New York State Teach-
 ers' Retirement System within one year of the effective date of this
 bill.
 The cost of this benefit is equal to the increase in the present value
 of liabilities, which is estimated to be $937,000. This cost would be
 borne by the employers of members of the New York State Teachers'
 Retirement System.
 Member data is from the System's most recent actuarial valuation files
 as of June 30, 2024, consisting of data provided by the employers to the
 Retirement System. The most recent data distributions and statistics can
 be found in the System's Annual Report for fiscal year ended June 30,
 2024. System assets are as reported in the System's financial statements
 and can also be found in the System's Annual Report. Actuarial assump-
 tions and methods will be provided in the System's Actuarial Valuation
 Report as of June 30, 2024.
 The source of this estimate is Fiscal Note 2025-15 dated March 24,
 2025 prepared by the Office of the Actuary of the