New York A 4245: Authorizes the New York state and local employees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retirement benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr.

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A04245 Summary:

BILL NOA04245A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02461-A

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SPONSORMcDonough

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COSPNSRRa, Gandolfo, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes the New York state and local employees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retirement benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr.

Go to top A04245 Actions:

BILL NOA04245A

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01/31/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

05/26/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

05/26/2026print number 4245a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4245--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH, RA, GANDOLFO, 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 in relation to authorizing the New York state and local employ-
 ees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retire-
 ment benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr.

 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 the application for disability retirement benefits of Andrew Reilly,
 3 Jr., who was employed as a clerk for the town of Hempstead Sanitation
 4 District 1 and a member of the New York state and local employees'
 5 retirement system from March 1995 until October 15, 2020, suffered a
 6 stroke on February 20, 2020 and who, for reasons not ascribable to his
 7 own negligence, did not apply to the New York state and local employees'
 8 retirement system for disability retirement benefits because of the
 9 COVID-19, novel coronavirus state of emergency, shall be deemed to have
 10 applied to the New York state and local employees' retirement system for
 11 disability retirement benefits within 30 days of his disability on
 12 February 20, 2020.
 13 § 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
 14 borne by the employers of the members of the New York state and local
 15 employees' retirement system.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would deem Andrew Reilly Jr. to have applied to the New York
 State and Local Employees' Retirement System (NYSLERS) for disability
 benefits within thirty days of their disability on February 20, 2020.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01060-04-6

 A. 4245--A 2

 There will be an immediate past service cost of $342,000 as of Febru-
 ary 1, 2027, which will be shared by all participating employers in
 NYSLERS.
 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 the profes-
 sional judgment of an attorney.
 This estimate, dated May 21, 2026, and intended for use only during
 the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-204. As Chief
 Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS), I,
 Aaron Schottin Young, hereb