New York S 8148: Relates to establishing a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers of law enforcement

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S08148 Summary:

BILL NOS08148B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08797-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §607-m, R & SS L

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Provides a heart disease presumption for members employed by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority as a bridge and tunnel officer, sergeant or lieutenant in a non-managerial position.

Go to top S08148 Actions:

BILL NOS08148B

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/27/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 8148A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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

02/02/2026PRINT NUMBER 8148B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8148--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- 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 committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing a heart disease presumption for certain members employed by
 the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority

 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 607-m to read as follows:
 3 § 607-m. Disabilities of Triborough bridge and tunnel members in
 4 certain cases. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special
 5 or local law or administrative code to the contrary, but except for the
 6 purposes of the workers' compensation law and the labor law, any condi-
 7 tion of impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting
 8 in total or partial disability or death to a member employed by the
 9 Triborough bridge and tunnel authority as a bridge and tunnel officer,
 10 sergeant or lieutenant in a non-managerial position or any retired
 11 member of such authority who has been retired directly from service as a
 12 bridge and tunnel officer, sergeant or lieutenant in a non-managerial
 13 position for five or less years, who successfully passed a physical
 14 examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which
 15 examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be
 16 presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and
 17 discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
 18 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member employed by
 19 the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority as a bridge and tunnel offi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07104-04-6

 S. 8148--B 2

 1 cer, sergeant or lieutenant in a non-managerial position retiring pursu-
 2 ant to the provisions of subdivision one of this section shall receive a
 3 pension equal to three-fourths of their final average salary, and a
 4 retired member of such authority who has been retired directly from
 5 service as a bridge and tunnel officer, sergeant or lieutenant in a
 6 non-managerial position for five or less years and would have been able
 7 to retire pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of this section
 8 if such subdivision had been in force at the time of such retired
 9 member's retirement, shall be entitled to receive a pension equal to
 10 three-fourths of their final average salary and have their pension
 11 recalculated commencing with the later of the effective date of this
 12 section or the first day that diseases of the heart resulted in the full
 13 or partial disability of such retired member.
 14 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
 15 provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.
 16 § 3. Notwithstanding