Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato

Maddy summaryThis bill extends the deadline for filing disability claims related to World Trade Center conditions until September 11, 2030, affecting individuals who participated in rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations. The legislation requires these individuals to submit a sworn statement detailing their work dates and locations by the new deadline, while also allowing for the reconsideration of previously denied claims for disabilities that occurred between 2021 and 2025. These changes apply to both retirement systems and workers' compensation boards, ensuring that eligible participants have additional time to seek benefits without facing automatic rejection based on the original filing windows.

Provides for a line of duty disability presumption for any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in total or partial disability or death of certain deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a legal presumption that heart diseases causing disability or death among deputy sheriffs in cities with one million or more residents were incurred while performing their duties. It applies specifically to officers hired through competitive civil service lists who passed a physical exam that did not reveal any signs of heart conditions at the time of entry. Under this new rule, these officers would automatically qualify for a pension equal to three-fourths of their final average salary unless the city can provide strong evidence proving the condition existed before they started work. The legislation explicitly excludes workers' compensation and labor law cases from this presumption.

Provides for eligibility of certain participants in the New York City employees retirement system to opt into the twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows New York City correction and sanitation workers who are members of specific retirement systems to borrow against their accumulated retirement savings. It permits members with at least three years of continuous service to borrow up to 75% of their total contributions (plus interest), with interest set 2% higher than regular retirement rates. Repayments occur through payroll deductions, requiring at least 5% of the member's earnings per paycheck. The bill repeals previous restrictions that excluded these workers from borrowing under similar retirement plan rules.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires gas and electric utilities to accept and credit public assistance payments directly for residential customers. It specifically mandates that utilities treat payments from programs like the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) and emergency funding as full payment, regardless of a customer's account status. Utilities must use these payments to restore service or stop collections activity. The law directly affects low-income residential utility customers who receive public assistance and the utilities serving them. It takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Provides that for New York city uniformed sanitation revised plan members of the New York city employees' retirement system, the service retirement benefit shall not be reduced by the primary social security retirement benefit commencing at age sixty-two.

Provides that for New York city uniformed correction revised plan members of the New York city employees' retirement system, the service retirement benefit shall not be reduced by the primary social security retirement benefit commencing at age sixty-two.

Adopts the psychology interjurisdictional compact to increase public access to psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice and temporary in-person services across state lines.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of surviving spouses of firefighters who died in the line of duty. It allows local governments and school districts to automatically exempt up to 50% of the assessed value of these homes from taxation, though they retain the option to reduce this percentage if they choose. The law defines eligible firefighters broadly to include paid members of various fire departments and extends the benefit to properties held in trust or by cooperative apartment corporations, while excluding certain types of housing. Additionally, the bill requires the state to develop and publish a list of documents that prove eligibility for this tax relief.