New York A 10280: Authorizes an optional 20-year retirement benefits plan for Elmira traffic officers

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A10280 Summary:

BILL NOA10280 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09190

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SPONSORFriend

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§89-q, 603 & 604, R & SS L

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Authorizes an optional 20-year retirement plan for traffic officers employed by the town of Elmira, who submit an application therefor within one year of the effective date of such provisions, or within one year of start of employment.

Go to top A10280 Actions:

BILL NOA10280 

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02/20/2026referred to governmental employees

06/03/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/04/2026reported referred to rules

06/05/2026reported 

06/05/2026rules report cal.546

06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.546

06/05/2026substituted by s9190

&nbspS09190 AMEND= O'MARA

&nbsp02/12/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1484

&nbsp06/01/2026HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/01/2026referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/05/2026substituted for a10280

&nbsp06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.546

&nbsp06/05/2026home rule request

&nbsp06/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2026returned to senate

Go to topA10280 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Heastie 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA10280 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA10280 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10280

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. FRIEND -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 the retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions b, c, g, and h of section 89-q of the retire-
 2 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 158 of the laws of
 3 1995, are amended and a new subdivision k is added to read as follows:
 4 b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of
 5 twenty-five years of total creditable service, or twenty years of total
 6 creditable service if such member has submitted an application pursuant
 7 to subdivision k of this section, by filing an application therefor in
 8 the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
 9 c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service, or twenty
 10 years of such service if such member has submitted an application pursu-
 11 ant to subdivision k of this section, and upon retirement, each such
 12 member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity which
 13 shall be the actuarial equivalent of [his] such member's accumulated
 14 contributions at the time of [his] such member's retirement and an addi-
 15 tional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-for-in-
 16 creased-take-home-pay to which [he] such member may then be entitled
 17 shall be sufficient to provide [him] such member with a retirement
 18 allowance equal to one-half of [his] such member's final average salary.
 19 g. A member contributing on the basis of this section at the time of
 20 retirement, may retire after the completion of twenty-five years of
 21 total c