Authorizes Lee Weinstein to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law
This bill allows police officer Lee Weinstein to count his time working for the Village of Greenwood Lake toward a special 20-year retirement plan, rather than the standard plan he was placed in. The officer missed the deadline to join the special plan due to reasons outside his control, and the law now permits him to receive credit for that service if both the Village and the Town of Chester agree to pay the extra costs. Each local government must officially vote to accept these costs within one year of the bill becoming law, and they will share the financial burden over a ten-year period. Once the towns agree and the officer applies, he will gain full retirement benefits associated with the special plan for his service during those years.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Dec 2024
Introduced Apr 8, 2024
Signed Dec 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 5, 2024 · Assembly Jun 8, 2024
How they voted
59–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 62
Jun 5, 2024
D
Democratic41
95% Yea
R
Republican21
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Dec 13, 2024
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.586
upper
Jun 8, 2024
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (138-0-10)
assembly
Jun 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 5, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jun 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 20, 2024
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Apr 8, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Skoufis
DDemocratic
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