New York S 7831: Allows for certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations to be eligible for disability benefits

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S07831 Summary:

BILL NOS07831A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07971-B

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, MATTERA, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 605 & 507, R & SS L

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Allows for participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations who were not members of a New York state retirement system at the time of such participation but who are now currently active members in such retirement systems to be eligible for disability benefits.

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BILL NOS07831A

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05/09/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/22/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/22/2025PRINT NUMBER 7831A

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7831--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 making certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or
 cleanup operations eligible for disability benefits

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision d of section 605 of the retire-
 2 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 252 of the laws of
 3 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 4 4. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 5 any member who had an active membership in the New York state and local
 6 employees' retirement system or the New York state teachers' retirement
 7 system, when such member participated in World Trade Center rescue,
 8 recovery, or cleanup operations, as such participation is defined in
 9 section two of this chapter, or any active member with at least ten
 10 years of service credit who did not have an active membership in the New
 11 York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state
 12 teachers' retirement system at the time such individual participated in
 13 such World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations, but who
 14 is now an active member with a participating employer in the New York
 15 state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state
 16 teachers' retirement system, and who incurred a qualifying World Trade
 17 Center condition, as defined in section two of this chapter, that is
 18 determined to have been incurred in the performance and discharge of
 19 duty and is the natural and proximate result of an accident not caused
 20 by such member's own willful negligence, shall be paid a performance of
 21 duty disability retirement allowance equal to three-quarters of final

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07814-06-5

 S. 7831--A 2

 1 average salary. The payment of such pension shall be subject to the
 2 provisions of section sixty-four of this chapter.
 3 § 2. Subdivision h-1 of section 507 of the retirement and social secu-
 4 rity law, as added by chapter 252 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 5 read as follows:
 6 h-1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contra-
 7 ry, any member who had an active membership in the New York state and
 8 local employees' retirement system or the New York state teachers'
 9 retirement system, when such member participated in World Trade Center
 10 rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations, as such participation is
 11 defined in section two of this chapter, or any active member with at
 12 least ten years of service credit who did not have an active membership
 13 in the New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New
 14 York state teachers' retirement system at the time such individual
 15 participated in such World Trade Center rescue, recovery, o