Asm. Peter J. Abbate, Jr.

Relates to the calculation of past service credit for members in the title of deputy sheriff transferring between the New York state and local employees' retirement system to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

Relates to primary social security retirement benefits for certain members; provides that in the computation of the normal service retirement benefit of members of the New York city fire department pension fund, there shall be no reduction for the primary social security retirement benefit.

Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction; establishes that the beneficiaries of a member who would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of his or her death may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable which shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of his or her death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.

Provides for compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of members of the agency police services unit; implements an agreement between the state and the employee organization representing the members of the collective negotiating unit designated as the agency police services unit (Part A); provides for compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment for members of the district council 37 rent regulation services unit; implements a collective bargaining agreement between the state of New York and the district council 37 rent regulation services unit (Part B).

Extends the benefits of the variable supplements fund for transit police members of the New York city employees' retirement system for persons who retired on or after October 1, 1968.

Relates to waiving approval and income limitations on retirees employed in public schools.

Relates to the retirement of Nassau county 911 operators; provides an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county police communications operator, police communications operator supervisor, assistant bureau director (police 911 communications) and bureau director (police 911 communications) in the county of Nassau.

Relates to transfers of civil service sections 55-b and 55-c employees; provides that such employees shall be afforded the opportunity to transfer into other authorized positions provided they meet the requirements of such vacant positions and the position to which transfer is sought is at the same or substantially the same or a lower salary level than the position from which transfer is sought.

Relates to service retirement benefits for certain members of the New York city employees' retirement system; provides that for New York city uniformed correction/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 a member who first joins a public retirement system of the state on or after April first, two thousand twelve shall pay such retirement system, for deposit in the fund used to accumulate employer contributions, a sum equal to the product of the number of years of military service being claimed and three percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve months of credited service immediately preceding the date that the member made application for credit; reduces such amount from six percent to three percent.