Bill > S07196

This bill provides a special retirement provision for Sergeant Bethany Kidd, a police officer with the Seneca Falls Police Department, who was initially enrolled in the wrong retirement plan. Specifically, the bill allows her to receive full credit in the special twenty-year retirement plan (section 384-d of the retirement and social security law) that she was originally unable to participate in. The Town of Seneca Falls can elect to assume the additional cost of this service by filing a resolution with the state comptroller within 180 days of the act's effective date. Sgt. Kidd will then have one year to file a request to be covered under this retirement plan. The town will bear all past service costs, which are estimated at approximately $230,000, and can choose to amortize these costs over a ten-year period, with annual payments of around $29,300. The fiscal note indicates that this will result in an increased annual contribution of about $14,000 for the town, with costs varying based on future salary changes. The bill aims to rectify an administrative error and provide Sgt. Kidd with the retirement benefits she would have otherwise been entitled to.

Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7196