New York S 7930: Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without a reduction of benefits

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S07930 Summary:

BILL NOS07930A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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Add §214-c, R & SS L

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Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without a reduction of their retirement benefits.

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BILL NOS07930A

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05/14/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/05/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/05/2026PRINT NUMBER 7930A

03/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7930--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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
 authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructors of fire
 sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
 of their retirement benefits

 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 214-c to read as follows:
 3 § 214-c. Employment of certain retired persons who retired from fire
 4 service. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or the
 5 provisions of any state or local law or charter to the contrary, no
 6 retired person who retired from fire service as a member of the New York
 7 state and local police and fire retirement system or the New York fire
 8 department pension fund, and who is employed by a career and technical
 9 education center as an instructor in a fire science program approved by
 10 the education department, shall have their retirement allowance or bene-
 11 fits suspended or reduced because of compensation earned by such retired
 12 person from service as a fire science instructor.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow retired fire service workers to be reemployed by
 a career and technical education center as an instructor in a fire
 science program and continue to receive their full retirement benefit,
 regardless of salary. Currently, the salary limit for these retirees is
 $35,000.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06246-03-6

 S. 7930--A 2

 Insofar as this bill affects the New York State and Local Retirement
 System (NYSLRS), the direct cost incurred would be the retiree's pension
 benefit paid while post-retirement earnings exceed $35,000 each calendar
 year. The pension benefit expected to be paid during that 6.5-month
 period is estimated to be $48,000 per person.
 There would be additional costs in the form of lost employer contrib-
 utions due to non-billable post-retirement earnings, which are estimated
 to be $7,700 per person.
 In the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System, all
 costs will be shared by the state of New York and all participating
 employers and spread over future billing cycles.
 The number of members and retirees who could be affected by this
 legislation cannot be readily determined. For each retiree rehired
 pursuant to this proposal, an annual cost of $55,700 is expected. If
 large numbers of retirees are rehired into such positions, significant
 annual costs would result.
 This proposal exclusively benefits retirees. Therefore, the increased
 costs are attributable to legacy groups, but funding for this proposal
 will be collected on salary reported for current and future members of
 Tier 6.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 t