S 7881 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to continued health coverage in retirement for certain NYC employees who transferred departments

This bill (S 7881) grants Gabrielle Tessler, an employee of the New York City Board of Education, continued health coverage in retirement. It achieves this by exempting her from a specific local law and deeming her employment to have begun before April 27, 2010, solely for the purpose of determining her vesting for this coverage. The City of New York will be responsible for all associated costs related to this act.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

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Governor

Introduced May 13, 2025 Last action Apr 14, 2026

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S7881 → S7881A · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to expand its eligibility from a single individual, Gabrielle Tessler, to a specific group of city employees. This change ensures that any city employee who transferred from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the Department of Education in November 2017 can also receive continued health coverage in retirement under the same favorable terms as the original recipient.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from applying to one specific person to applying to a defined class of employees who meet specific transfer and service criteria.

ELIGIBILITY

The beneficiary of the health coverage benefit was changed from a specific individual named Gabrielle Tessler to any city employee who transferred from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the Department of Education in November 2017.

New criteria were added requiring the employee to have been previously eligible for retiree health benefits after completing a defined period of service with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

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Apr 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 7881A

upper

Apr 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

upper

May 13, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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