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NY A06718
Bill
Status
3/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Stacey Pheffer Amato
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AI Summary
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Creates a 20-year retirement plan for Tier 5 and Tier 6 state law enforcement officers (membership on or after January 9, 2010), providing half-pay retirement after 20 years of service with additional 1/60th of salary for each year beyond 20, capped at 75% of final average salary
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Establishes a 25-year retirement plan for Tier 1, 2, and 3 officers (membership before January 9, 2010) with enhanced benefits equal to a 20-year plan structure, providing 58.333% of final average salary after 25 years with additional 60ths for service beyond 25 years
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Applies to DEC environmental conservation officers, DEC forest rangers (Ranger I through Superintendent of Forest Fire Control), regional state park police, and State University of New York police officers
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Allows full service credit for prior law enforcement service in various state and local police forces, retirement systems, and military service in wars after World War I
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Estimated fiscal impact includes $6.9 million increase in annual State contributions for FY 2026, plus a one-time past service cost of approximately $96.2 million affecting approximately 1,200 members with $123.8 million in annual salary
Legislative Description
Establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, which shall mean a person who serves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university of police officers whose date of membership is prior to January first, two thousand ten.
Last Action
referred to governmental employees
1/7/2026