New York S 6048: Authorizes Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, to file a new service retirement application and election form with the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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S06048 Summary:

BILL NOS06048A

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Authorizes Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, to file a new service retirement application and an option election form on behalf of her deceased husband with the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

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BILL NOS06048A

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1883

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

02/06/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

02/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 6048A

04/29/2026REFERENCE CHANGED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1618

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6048--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to authorize Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, to
 file a new service retirement application and option election form
 with the New York state and local employees' retirement system on
 behalf of such deceased member

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 2 Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, who was a member of the
 3 New York state and local employees' retirement system, who died after he
 4 filed for retirement but prior to his selected retirement date, shall be
 5 authorized to file a new service retirement application and an option
 6 election form on behalf of her deceased husband with a joint allowance
 7 full option, if, within one year from the effective date of this act,
 8 she shall submit a request therefor to the state comptroller. In addi-
 9 tion, his date of retirement shall be deemed to have been August 15,
 10 2016. Once such application is received, any rights or benefits to the
 11 pre-retirement ordinary death benefit payable upon the death of a member
 12 in service pursuant to section 448 of the retirement and social security
 13 law shall be waived. Any amounts paid by the New York state and local
 14 employees' retirement system as the result of the death of Robert C.
 15 Ritchie prior to the filing of the request for a service retirement
 16 benefit pursuant to this section shall be deducted from the service
 17 retirement benefit payable thereafter.
 18 § 2. Any additional costs for this act shall be paid by the state of
 19 New York.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00695-03-6

 S. 6048--A 2

 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow Susan Gillinder, widow of deceased member Robert
 C. Ritchie, to file a new service retirement application with a joint
 allowance full option election on behalf of Robert C. Ritchie. The date
 of retirement would be August 15, 2016. Any ordinary death benefit paid
 prior to the filing of a new service retirement application will be
 deducted from the benefits payable under this legislation.
 This bill will not increase the state of New York's annual contrib-
 utions.
 There will be an immediate past service cost of $550,000 borne by the
 state of New York as a one-time payment. This cost assumes that payment
 will be made on March 1, 2027.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to me