New York S 7143: Provides alternative retirement benefits for the police force at Erie County Medical Center

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S07143 Summary:

BILL NOS07143 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07861

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SPONSORRYAN S

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COSPNSRBASKIN, GALLIVAN, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §89-y, amd §§445, 603 & 604, R & SS L

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Provides alternative retirement benefits for the police force at Erie County Medical Center; provides a qualifying member shall receive a retirement allowance consisting of a pension equal to one-fiftieth of their final average salary for each year of qualifying creditable service.

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BILL NOS07143 

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1892

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A7861

&nbspA07861 AMEND= Peoples-Stokes

&nbsp04/11/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/05/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/06/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/09/2025reported 

&nbsp06/09/2025rules report cal.520

&nbsp06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.520

&nbsp06/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/09/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S7143

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.1892

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025vetoed memo.133

&nbsp12/19/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7143

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing alternative retirement benefits for the police force at Erie
 County Medical Center

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

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new section 89-y to read as follows:
 3 § 89-y. Alternative retirement benefits for the police force at Erie
 4 County Medical Center. a. For purposes of this section:
 5 1. "Qualifying member" shall mean any member who is in service as a
 6 sworn member employed under the police department of the Erie County
 7 Medical Center.
 8 2. "Qualifying creditable service" shall mean creditable service
 9 rendered while a member is a qualifying member.
 10 b. 1. Any qualifying member, as defined in subdivision a of this
 11 section, shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this
 12 section. Such eligibility shall be an alternative to the eligibility
 13 provisions available under any other plan of this article to which such
 14 member is subject. The comptroller may request certifications from agen-
 15 cy officials, as appropriate, to identify such eligible members.
 16 2. Any such qualifying member shall be entitled to retire after the
 17 completion of twenty-five years of qualifying creditable service,
 18 including such service credits transferred from any other plan under
 19 this article, by filing an application therefor in a manner similar to
 20 that provided in section seventy of this article and immediately collect
 21 their full annuity without penalty; or members shall be eligible to
 22 retire and collect their full annuity without penalty upon completion of
 23 ten years of service as a sworn member employed under the police depart-
 24 ment of the Erie County Medical Center; provided, however, that no

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04280-03-5

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 1 member shall be eligible to retire until such member has a minimum of
 2 ten years of qualifying creditable service.
 3 c. A member retiring under the provisions of this section shall
 4 receive a retirement allowance consisting of a pension equal to one-fif-
 5 tieth of such member's final average salary for each year of qualifying
 6 creditable service. This retirement allowance shall not exceed seventy-
 7 five pe