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Senate Bill S5053
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 23rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-S5053 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement and Social Security Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§501 & 503, R & SS L
2025-S5053 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5053
SPONSOR: SCARCELLA-SPANTON
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
increasing the mandatory retirement age for New York police department
members
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 501 of the retirement and social
security law, as added by chapter 890 of the laws of 1976 is amended to
read as follows:
15. "Mandatory retirement age" shall mean age seventy, for general
members, and age sixty-two, for police/fire members, and age sixty-five.
For police members who become subject to the provisions of this article
on or after July first, two thousand twenty-five.
§ 2. Subdivision d of section 503 of retirement and social security law,
as amended by chapter 18 of laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
2025-S5053 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5053
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 18, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
Pensions
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
increasing the mandatory retirement age for New York police department
members
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 501 of the retirement and social
security law, as added by chapter 890 of the laws of 1976, is amended to
read as follows:
15. "Mandatory retirement age" shall mean age seventy, for general
members, and age sixty-two, for police/fire members, AND AGE SIXTY-FIVE,
FOR POLICE MEMBERS WHO BECOME SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
§ 2. Subdivision d of section 503 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
as follows:
d. The normal service retirement benefit specified in section five
hundred five of this article shall be paid to police/fire members, New
York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and
investigator revised plan members without regard to age upon retirement
after twenty-two years of service. Early service retirement shall be
permitted upon retirement after twenty years of credited service or
attainment of age sixty-two OR ATTAINMENT OF AGE SIXTY-FIVE FOR POLICE
MEMBERS WHO BECOME SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ON OR AFTER
JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, provided, however, that New York
city police/fire revised plan members, New York city uniformed
correction/sanitation revised plan members and investigator revised plan
members shall not be eligible to retire for service prior to the attain-
ment of twenty years of credited service.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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