New York S 10408: Establishes a twenty year retirement option for certain deputy sheriffs employed by the city of New York

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S10408 Summary:

BILL NOS10408 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§445-f & 604-f, R & SS L

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Establishes a twenty year retirement option for certain deputy sheriffs employed by the city of New York.

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BILL NOS10408 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10408

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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
 establishing a twenty year retirement option for certain deputy sher-
 iffs employed by the city of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 8 of subdivision a of section 445-f of the
 2 retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 559 of the laws
 3 of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 4 8. "Optional retirement provisions" shall mean the right to retire and
 5 receive a retirement allowance under this section upon the completion of
 6 twenty or twenty-five years of credited service.
 7 § 2. Subdivision b of section 445-f of the retirement and social secu-
 8 rity law, as added by chapter 559 of the laws of 2001, is amended to
 9 read as follows:
 10 b. Election of twenty-five year improved benefit retirement program.
 11 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs five and six of this subdi-
 12 vision, any person who is a deputy sheriff member on the starting date
 13 of the twenty-five year improved benefit retirement program may elect to
 14 become a participant in the twenty-five year improved benefit retirement
 15 program by filing, within one hundred eighty days after such starting
 16 date, a duly executed application for such participation with the
 17 retirement system, provided [he or she] such person is such a deputy
 18 sheriff member on the date such application is filed.
 19 2. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs five and six of this subdi-
 20 vision, any person who becomes a deputy sheriff member after the start-
 21 ing date of the twenty-five year improved benefit retirement program may
 22 elect to become a participant in the twenty-five year improved benefit
 23 retirement program by filing, within one hundred eighty days after
 24 becoming such a deputy sheriff member, a duly executed application for
 25 such participation with the retirement system, provided [he or she] such
 26 person is such a deputy sheriff member on the date such application is
 27 filed.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15752-01-6

 S. 10408 2

 1 2-a. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs five and six of this
 2 subdivision, any member who was eligible to elect to become a partic-
 3 ipant in the twenty-five year improved benefit retirement program and
 4 did not make such election may elect to participate in the twenty-five
 5 year improved benefit program by filing, within one hundred eighty days
 6 following the effective date of this paragraph, a duly executed applica-
 7 tion for such participation with the retirement system, provided such
 8 member is a deputy sheriff member on the date such application is filed.
 9 3. Any election to be a participant in the twenty-five year improved
 10 benefit retirement program shall be irrevocable.
 11 4. Where any participant in the twenty-five year improved benefit
 12 retirement program shall cease to hold a position as a deputy sheriff
 13 member, [he or she] such person shall cease to be such a participant
 14 and, during any period in which such a person does not hold such a depu-
 15 ty sheriff position, [he or she] such person shall not be a participant
 16 in the twenty-five year improved benefit retirement program and shall
 17 not be eligible for the benefits of subdivision c of this section.
 18 5. Where any participant in the twenty-five year impr