Bill > S07635

This bill establishes an optional twenty-five-year retirement plan for certain public safety dispatchers, telecommunicators, 911 operators, communications officers, police communication technicians, and emergency services operators and dispatchers employed by the state, or a county or municipal emergency services department, allowing them to retire after completing twenty-five years of creditable service, which includes various related roles and potentially military service during wartime, with a retirement allowance equal to one-half of their final average salary (FAS), plus an additional one-sixtieth of FAS for each year of service beyond twenty-five, up to a maximum of three-fourths of FAS. This new plan, defined as section 89-z of the retirement and social security law, is an alternative to other retirement plans and requires an employer to elect to make these benefits available, with the employer bearing the associated costs, including past service costs, and this provision is also incorporated into other sections of the retirement and social security law to ensure these individuals can retire without regard to age after twenty-five years of service.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7635