Assembly Bill A7344

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides WTC-related benefits to certain employees who worked at the Verrazano Bridge Toll Facility

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    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A7344 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, R & SS L

2023-A7344 - Summary

Provides WTC-related benefits to certain employees who worked at the Verrazano Bridge Toll Facility.

2023-A7344 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7344
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   providing  WTC-related benefits to certain employees who worked at the
   Verrazano Bridge Toll Facility

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 36 of section 2 of the retire-
 ment  and  social security law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of
 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) "Participated in World Trade Center rescue,  recovery  or  cleanup
 operations"  shall  mean any member who: (i) participated in the rescue,
 recovery, or cleanup operations at  the  World  Trade  Center  site,  as
 defined  in  paragraph (f) of this subdivision; (ii) worked at the Fresh
 Kills Land Fill in New York; (iii) worked at the New York city morgue or
 the temporary morgue on pier locations on the west  side  of  Manhattan;
 (iv)  manned the barges between the west side of Manhattan and the Fresh
 Kills Land Fill in New York;  (v)  repaired,  cleaned  or  rehabilitated
 vehicles or equipment, including emergency vehicle radio equipment owned
 by  the  city  of New York that were contaminated by debris in the World
 Trade Center site, as defined in  paragraph  (f)  of  this  subdivision,
 regardless of whether the work on the repair, cleaning or rehabilitation
 of  said  vehicles  and  equipment  was performed within the World Trade
 Center site, provided such work was performed prior  to  decontamination
 of such vehicles or equipment; [or] (vi) worked in the following depart-
 ments,  worksites  and titles: (A) New York City Police Department at 11
 Metrotec Center in Brooklyn or 1 Police Plaza in Manhattan as  a  Police
 Communication  Technician (PCT), Supervisor Police Communication Techni-
 cian (SPCT), Principal  Police  Communication  Technician  I,  Principal
 Police Communication Technician II, Principal Police Communication Tech-
 nician  III,  Administrative  Manager - Communications, or in the Police
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10515-02-3
              

2023-A7344A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, R & SS L

2023-A7344A - Summary

Provides WTC-related benefits to certain employees who worked at the Verrazano Bridge Toll Facility.

2023-A7344A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7344--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   providing  WTC-related benefits to certain employees who worked at the
   Verrazano Bridge Toll Facility
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 36 of section 2 of the retire-
 ment  and  social security law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of
 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) "Participated in World Trade Center rescue,  recovery  or  cleanup
 operations"  shall  mean any member who: (i) participated in the rescue,
 recovery, or cleanup operations at  the  World  Trade  Center  site,  as
 defined  in  paragraph (f) of this subdivision; (ii) worked at the Fresh
 Kills Land Fill in New York; (iii) worked at the New York city morgue or
 the temporary morgue on pier locations on the west  side  of  Manhattan;
 (iv)  manned the barges between the west side of Manhattan and the Fresh
 Kills Land Fill in New York;  (v)  repaired,  cleaned  or  rehabilitated
 vehicles or equipment, including emergency vehicle radio equipment owned
 by  the  city  of New York that were contaminated by debris in the World
 Trade Center site, as defined in  paragraph  (f)  of  this  subdivision,
 regardless of whether the work on the repair, cleaning or rehabilitation
 of  said  vehicles  and  equipment  was performed within the World Trade
 Center site, provided such work was performed prior  to  decontamination
 of such vehicles or equipment; [or] (vi) worked in the following depart-
 ments,  worksites  and titles: (A) New York City Police Department at 11
 Metrotec Center in Brooklyn or 1 Police Plaza in Manhattan as  a  Police
 Communication  Technician (PCT), Supervisor Police Communication Techni-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10515-04-4
              

2023-A7344B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, R & SS L

2023-A7344B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides WTC-related benefits to certain employees who worked at the Verrazano Bridge Toll Facility.

2023-A7344B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7344--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Governmental  Employees  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   providing WTC-related benefits to certain employees who worked at  the
   Verrazano Bridge Toll Facility
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 36 of section 2 of the retire-
 ment and social security law, as amended by chapter 424 of the  laws  of
 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  "Participated  in  World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup
 operations" shall mean any member who: (i) participated in  the  rescue,
 recovery,  or  cleanup  operations  at  the  World Trade Center site, as
 defined in paragraph (f) of this subdivision; (ii) worked at  the  Fresh
 Kills Land Fill in New York; (iii) worked at the New York city morgue or
 the  temporary  morgue  on pier locations on the west side of Manhattan;
 (iv) manned the barges between the west side of Manhattan and the  Fresh
 Kills  Land  Fill  in  New  York; (v) repaired, cleaned or rehabilitated
 vehicles or equipment, including emergency vehicle radio equipment owned
 by the city of New York that were contaminated by debris  in  the  World
 Trade  Center  site,  as  defined  in paragraph (f) of this subdivision,
 regardless of whether the work on the repair, cleaning or rehabilitation
 of said vehicles and equipment was  performed  within  the  World  Trade
 Center  site,  provided such work was performed prior to decontamination
 of such vehicles or equipment; [or] (vi) worked in the following depart-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10515-06-4
              

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