Assembly Bill A1778

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants members of the city of New York's police force eligibility for retirement and pension based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A1778 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §13-633, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10611
2023-2024: A3129

2025-A1778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants members of the city of New York's police force eligibility for retirement and pension based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents.

2025-A1778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1778
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to granting members of the city's  police  force  eligibility
   for  retirement  and  pension  based  on  previous  service as traffic
   enforcement agents

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 13-633 to read as follows:
   § 13-633 TRANSFER OF MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK  CITY  POLICE  DEPARTMENT
 FROM  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT  TO THE POLICE FORCE. A. THE TIME SERVED AS A
 MEMBER OF THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WHO HAS BECOME A MEMBER OF  THE
 POLICE  FORCE  OF  THE  CITY,  WHETHER  BY  TRANSFER OR AS A RESULT OF A
 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION AND APPOINTMENT, AND WHO IS STILL  A  MEMBER  OF
 THE  POLICE  FORCE OF THE CITY, SHALL BE INCLUDED AND COUNTED AS SERVICE
 IN THE POLICE FORCE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY IN DETERMINING
 RETIREMENT AND PENSION   AS PROVIDED IN THIS  CODE,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT NO PERSON BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY IN
 THE  MANNER  HEREIN  PROVIDED,  SHALL  BE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
 BENEFITS OF THE POLICE PENSION FUND, UNLESS SUCH MEMBER SHALL  PAY  INTO
 SUCH  FUND  THE  TOTAL  SUM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO PAY IN
 ORDER TO PARTICIPATE THEREIN HAD THEY BEEN A MEMBER OF SUCH  FORCE  FROM
 THE  TIME  THEY  ENTERED  THE  SERVICE  OF  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT.  THESE
 PROVISIONS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTION RELATIVE TO TRANSFERS
 CONTAINED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW OR IN THE RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF
 THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE, OR ANY SUBDIVISION THEREOF.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW, A MEMBER OF THE NEW
 YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BUY  BACK  AND  RECEIVE
 SERVICE  CREDIT  FOR  THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  SUCH  MEMBER WAS PREVIOUSLY
 EMPLOYED AS A NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION A OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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