New York A 10939: Relates to providing absentee ballots to all qualified voters; repealer

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A10939 Summary:

BILL NOA10939 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08133-B

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§517, 613 & 1204, R & SS L; amd §§182, 392 & 6252, Ed L

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Provides for new retirement contribution rates of certain public employees.

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BILL NOA10939 

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04/14/2026referred to governmental employees

05/13/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10939

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 14, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law and the education
 law, in relation to the retirement contributions of career public
 employees

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 517 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, the second
 3 undesignated paragraph as amended by section 1 of part KK of chapter 55
 4 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 5 a. Members shall contribute three percent of annual wages to the
 6 retirement system in which they have membership, provided that such
 7 contributions shall not be required for more than thirty years, for
 8 general members, or twenty-five years, for police/fire members, except
 9 that beginning April first, two thousand [thirteen] twenty-six for
 10 members who first become members of the New York state and local employ-
 11 ees' retirement system on or after April first, two thousand twelve, the
 12 rate at which each such member shall contribute in any current plan year
 13 (April first to March thirty-first) shall be determined by reference to
 14 the wages of such member in the second plan year (April first to March
 15 thirty-first) preceding such current plan year as follows:
 16 [1. members with wages of forty-five thousand dollars per annum or
 17 less shall contribute three per centum of annual wages;
 18 2. members with wages greater than forty-five thousand per annum, but
 19 not more than fifty-five thousand per annum shall contribute three and
 20 one-half per centum of annual wages;
 21 3. members with wages greater than fifty-five thousand per annum, but
 22 not more than seventy-five thousand per annum shall contribute four and
 23 one-half per centum of annual wages;
 24 4. members with wages greater than seventy-five thousand per annum but
 25 not more than one hundred thousand per annum shall contribute five and
 26 three-quarters per centum of annual wages; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01321-07-6

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 1 5. members with wages greater than one hundred thousand per annum
 2 shall contribute six per centum of annual wages] 1. members with base
 3 wages of seventy-five thousand dollars per annum or less shall contrib-
 4 ute three per centum of annual wages;
 5 2. members with base wages greater than seventy-five thousand per
 6 annum, but not more than one hundred thousand per annum shall contribute
 7 four per centum of annual wages; and
 8 3. members with base wages greater than one hundred thousand per annum
 9 shall contribute five per centum of annual wages.
 10 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the first year in which a member has
 11 established membership in the New York state and local employees'
 12 retirement system, such member shall contribute a percentage of annual
 13 wages in accordance with the preceding schedule based upon a projection
 14 of annual wages provided by the employer.
 15 Notwithstanding the foregoing, during each of the first three plan
 16 years (April first to March thirty-first) in which such member has
 17 established membership in the New York state and local employees'
 18 retirement system, such member shall contribute a percentage of annual
 19 wages in accordance with the preceding schedule based upon a projection
 20 of annual wages provided by t