New York S 7844: Authorizes the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan to file an application with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on behalf of such deceased member and deem such application as timely filed

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S07844 Summary:

BILL NOS07844A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08874-A

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes Bonnie E. Sullivan, the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan, to file an application with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on behalf of such deceased member and deem such application as timely filed.

Go to top S07844 Actions:

BILL NOS07844A

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05/09/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1909

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 CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/01/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/01/2026PRINT NUMBER 7844A

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1542

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A8874A

&nbspA08874 AMEND=A Burke

&nbsp06/09/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

&nbsp03/06/2026amend (t) and recommit to governmental employees

&nbsp03/06/2026print number 8874a

&nbsp05/19/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/01/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/01/2026reported 

&nbsp06/01/2026rules report cal.304

&nbsp06/01/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.304

&nbsp06/01/2026home rule request

&nbsp06/01/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/01/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/01/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S7844A

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1542

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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

Go to topS07844 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7844--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 9, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to authorize the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan to file an applica-
 tion with the New York state and local police and fire retirement
 system on behalf of such deceased member and deem such application as
 timely filed

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
 2 law, rule or regulation to the contrary, Bonnie E. Sullivan is author-
 3 ized to file an application for accidental disability retirement with a
 4 firefighters' cancer disability presumption pursuant to section 363-d of
 5 the retirement and social security law on behalf of her deceased husband
 6 Gerald J. Sullivan who was previously employed by the Buffalo Fire
 7 Department and was a performance of duty disability retiree of the New
 8 York state and local police and fire retirement system and the retire-
 9 ment and social security law and passed away from cancer on December 17,
 10 2020. Such application if filed with the state comptroller within one
 11 year of the effective date of this act shall be deemed as timely filed.
 12 § 2. Any additional costs for this act shall be paid by the city of
 13 Buffalo.
 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would authorize Bonnie E. Sullivan to file an application
 for accidental disability retirement pursuant to section 363-d of the
 retirement and social security law (RSSL) on behalf of their deceased
 husband Gerald J. Sullivan. The current retirement benefit will be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09509-03-6

 S. 7844--A 2

 recalculated, and payment will be made to Bonnie E. Sullivan retroactive
 to June 1, 2015, the date Gerald J. Sullivan first retired with a
 performance of duty disability benefit pursua