Bill > S07759

This bill authorizes Frank R. Smith, a retired member of the New York City Police Department who joined the New York City Employees Retirement System in 1992, to receive accidental performance of duty disability retirement benefits, which are a type of pension benefit awarded when a member becomes disabled due to an accident that occurred while performing their job duties. These benefits were previously denied to Mr. Smith, who sought them due to illnesses contracted from exposure to diseases during undercover assignments beginning in 2002. The bill allows for these benefits to be awarded retroactively from his original service retirement date of August 12, 2009, and stipulates that the costs associated with these benefits will be shared equally by all public retirement systems of which Mr. Smith was a member. The fiscal note indicates that this reclassification from an ordinary disability retirement to an accident disability retirement would increase his annual pension and result in additional employer contributions, primarily from New York City.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7759