New York S 2461: Authorizes the New York state and local employees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retirement benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr.

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S02461 Summary:

BILL NOS02461A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04245-A

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SPONSORRHOADS

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COSPNSR

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Authorizes the New York state and local employees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retirement benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr.

Go to top S02461 Actions:

BILL NOS02461A

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1871

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

05/21/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/21/2026PRINT NUMBER 2461A

06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1447

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to governmental employees

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

Go to topS02461 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2461--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- 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 in relation to authorizing the New York state and local employ-
 ees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retire-
 ment benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr.

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 2 the application for disability retirement benefits of Andrew Reilly,
 3 Jr., who was employed as a clerk for the town of Hempstead Sanitation
 4 District 1 and a member of the New York state and local employees'
 5 retirement system from March 1995 until October 15, 2020, suffered a
 6 stroke on February 20, 2020 and who, for reasons not ascribable to his
 7 own negligence, did not apply to the New York state and local employees'
 8 retirement system for disability retirement benefits because of the
 9 COVID-19, novel coronavirus state of emergency, shall be deemed to have
 10 applied to the New York state and local employees' retirement system for
 11 disability retirement benefits within 30 days of his disability on
 12 February 20, 2020.
 13 § 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
 14 borne by the employers of the members of the New York state and local
 15 employees' retirement system.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would deem Andrew Reilly Jr. to have applied to the New York
 State and Local Employees' Retirement System (NYSLERS) for disability
 benefits within thirty days of their disability on February 20, 2020.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01060-03-6

 S. 2461--A 2

 There will be an immediate past service cost of $342,000 as of Febru-
 ary 1, 2027, which will be shared by all participating employers in
 NYSLERS.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
 actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
 value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
 Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may