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NY A07971
Bill
Status
4/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Weprin
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AI Summary
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Expands eligibility for World Trade Center disability benefits to individuals who participated in rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations but were not members of the NY State and Local Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System at the time of their participation
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Requires affected individuals to now be active members with at least ten years of service credit in one of these retirement systems to qualify
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Provides a performance of duty disability retirement allowance equal to 75% of final average salary for those who developed qualifying World Trade Center conditions
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Estimated cost of approximately $20.4 million based on approximately 60 NYSLERS members with combined salaries of $5.1 million who previously had WTC applications rejected due to non-membership at time of participation
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Costs would be borne entirely by the State of New York, with an estimated cost of 4 times final average salary per applicant
Legislative Description
Allows for participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations who were not members of a New York state retirement system at the time of such participation but who are now currently active members in such retirement systems to be eligible for disability benefits.
Last Action
referred to governmental employees
1/7/2026