Authorizes Christine Hasseler to apply for a recalculation of her retirement benefits
This bill authorizes Christine Hasseler, a former New York state teacher who retired in 2004, to recalculate her retirement benefits to include missed retirement incentive payments. It specifically allows her benefits to be adjusted to reflect those payments retroactively from her retirement date, without penalizing her for missing the deadline due to reasons beyond her control. The state employers will cover all costs associated with this adjustment. The bill directly affects only Christine Hasseler, as it applies to her specific case under the teachers' retirement system.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Last action Jun 5, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was renumbered to S 4490-A and updated to reflect a new legislative session. The most significant change is the revision of the fiscal note, which increased the estimated cost of the pension benefit from $66,000 to $68,000 and updated the data source from the 2024 fiscal year to the 2025 fiscal year.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding the specific retiree and the nature of the benefit remains unchanged, but the financial estimates and data sources used to justify the cost have been updated to reflect current actuarial valuations.
FISCAL
The estimated cost of the pension recalculation was increased from $66,000 to $68,000.
TECHNICAL
The fiscal note was updated to use member data from the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, instead of June 30, 2024.
The bill number was changed from S 4490 to S 4490-A to indicate a new version of the legislation.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2026
How they voted
60–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
Jun 4, 2026
D
Democratic41
92% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 5, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
lower
Jun 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 4, 2026
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4490A
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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State
District
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Pam Helming
RRepublican/Conservative/Independence
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