Bill > S06720

This bill provides retroactive Tier 5 retirement status to Barbara Juh, a registered nurse who worked part-time at the Adirondack Correctional Facility from September 16, 2010 to December 16, 2012, and then full-time with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision from December 17, 2012 to December 31, 2021. Despite initially being a Tier 6 retiree, the bill allows her to be retroactively considered a Tier 5 member of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System, starting from September 16, 2010, for reasons not attributable to her own negligence. To receive this status, Juh must file a written request with the state comptroller within six months of the bill's effective date. No refund of her employee contributions will be granted, and the state of New York will bear any past service costs associated with this change, estimated at approximately $17,000. The bill would result in recalculating her retirement benefit retroactively to her date of retirement, effectively providing her with more favorable retirement benefits.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6720