New York A 8259: Relates to powers of the New York state housing finance agency

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A08259 Summary:

BILL NOA08259A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07635-A

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SPONSORJones

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COSPNSRLupardo, Santabarbara, Griffin, Steck, Kay

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MLTSPNSR

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

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Establishes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for certain public safety dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators, 911 operators, communications officers, police communication technicians, emergency services operators and emergency services dispatchers employed by the state, or a county or municipal emergency services department.

Go to top A08259 Actions:

BILL NOA08259A

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05/05/2025referred to governmental employees

05/23/2025amend and recommit to governmental employees

05/23/2025print number 8259a

05/28/2025reported referred to ways and means

09/08/2025enacting clause stricken

Go to topA08259 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:14/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

McDonaldAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA08259 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08259 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8259--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JONES, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 the retirement of state, county and municipal 911 operators and
 dispatchers

 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-z to read as follows:
 3 § 89-z. Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for certain public
 4 safety dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators, 911 operators,
 5 communications officers, police communication technicians, emergency
 6 services operators and emergency services dispatchers employed by the
 7 state, or a county or municipal emergency services department. a. A
 8 member employed by the state, a county or a municipality shall be eligi-
 9 ble to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section if such
 10 member's employer elects to make the benefits authorized by this section
 11 available as provided in subdivision j of this section, and if such
 12 member is a public safety dispatcher, public safety telecommunicator,
 13 911 operator, communications officers, or any similar title that is
 14 responsible for receiving and managing emergency calls, and dispatching
 15 appropriate emergency services, including but not limited to, law
 16 enforcement, fire, and medical assistance employed by the state, or a
 17 county or municipality. Such eligibility shall be an alternative to the
 18 eligibility provisions available under any other plan of this article to
 19 which such member is subject. The comptroller shall have the authority
 20 to include positions within the provisions of this section that compre-
 21 hend the same duties and responsibilities, but are named differently.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09821-04-5

 A. 8259--A 2

 1 b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of
 2 twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application
 3 therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
 4 c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon
 5 retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together
 6 with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of such member's
 7 accumulated contributions at the time of such member's retirement and an
 8 additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-
 9 for-increased-take-home-pay to which such member may then be entitled
 10 shall be sufficient to provide such member with a retirem