New York A 7925: Relates to providing state correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan

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A07925 Summary:

BILL NOA07925A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07004-A

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SPONSORBailey

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COSPNSRBrabenec, Simpson, Buttenschon, Bendett, Chludzinski, Maher, Beephan, Bologna, Molitor, Jensen,
 Manktelow

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 14-C §§561 - 564, R & SS L

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Relates to providing state correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan.

Go to top A07925 Actions:

BILL NOA07925A

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04/15/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

02/25/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

02/25/2026print number 7925a

05/19/2026held for consideration in governmental employees

Go to topA07925 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:8/5 Action: Held for Consideration Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoNay

ColtonAyeReillyNay

SantabarbaraNayGiglioNay

EichensteinAyeTannousisExcused

FallAye

BurkeNay

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA07925 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA07925 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7925--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BAILEY, BRABENEC, SIMPSON, BUTTENSCHON, BENDETT,
 CHLUDZINSKI, MAHER, BEEPHAN, BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 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 state correction officers with a special optional twenty
 year retirement plan

 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 article 14-C to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 14-C
 4 OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PLAN FOR STATE CORRECTION OFFICERS
 5 Section 561. Definitions.
 6 562. Optional twenty year retirement plan for certain state
 7 correction officers.
 8 563. Additional pension benefit for members of optional twenty
 9 year retirement plan.
 10 564. Consistent provisions.
 11 § 561. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
 12 (a) "Member" shall mean a person who is employed as a state correction
 13 officer or other state employee who is engaged directly in correction
 14 officer duties.
 15 (b) "Retirement system" shall mean the New York state and local
 16 employees' retirement system.
 17 (c) "Creditable service" shall include any and all services performed
 18 as a state correction officer. Credit for service as a member or officer
 19 of the state police or as a paid firefighter, police officer or officer
 20 of any organized fire department or police force or department of any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01334-05-6

 A. 7925--A 2

 1 county, city, village, town, fire district or police district, shall
 2 also be deemed to be creditable service and shall be included in comput-
 3 ing years of total service for retirement pursuant to this section,
 4 provided such service was performed by the member while contributing to
 5 the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of this article or
 6 article eight of this chapter.
 7 § 562. Optional twenty year retirement plan for certain state
 8 correction officers. (a) Any member of the retirement system may elect
 9 to become a member pursuant to the provisions of this section within one
 10 year after the effective date of this article or within one year after
 11 such person becomes a member.
 12 (b) Elections made pursuant to this section shall be in writing and
 13 shall be duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller. Any member
 14 who files such an election pursuant to this section may withdraw it
 15 after it has been filed for at least a year. Such withdrawal shall be by
 16 written notice duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller.
 17 (c) A member participating on the basis of this section at the time of
 18 retirement shall be entitled to retire a