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Assembly Bill A11132

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows Christopher Strattner, a retired police officer, to serve as chief of police for the town of Fishkill police department without diminution of retirement benefits

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2025-A11132 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§211 & 212, R & SS L

2025-A11132 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows Christopher Strattner, a retired police officer, to serve as chief of police for the town of Fishkill police department without diminution of retirement benefits.

2025-A11132 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11132
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   allowing  Christopher Strattner, a retired police officer, to serve as
   chief of police for the town of  Fishkill  police  department  without
   diminution of retirement benefits

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 211 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 840
 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a new subparagraph  8  is  added  to
 read as follows:
   (7)  the  chief  administrator  of  the courts if such person is to be
 employed in a judicial or nonjudicial  position  in  the  unified  court
 system[.]; OR
   (8) THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF FISHKILL, IN THE CASE OF CHRISTOPHER
 STRATTNER,  A  RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, TO BE EMPLOYED AS CHIEF OF POLICE
 FOR THE TOWN OF FISHKILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of  section  211
 of  the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 640 of
 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   (2) that [he or she] SUCH RETIRED PERSON will earn more than one thou-
 sand dollars in one year, including compensation earned in such position
 under other provisions of this article that there are not readily avail-
 able for recruitment persons qualified to perform  the  duties  of  such
 position; [and (4)];]
   §  3. Section 211 of the retirement and social security law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. FOR PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,
 A  RETIRED  PERSON WHO SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER IS NOT IN SERVICE OF A
 FORMER EMPLOYER IF SUCH RETIRED PERSON IS CHRISTOPHER STRATTNER  SERVING
 AS  CHIEF  OF  POLICE FOR THE TOWN OF FISHKILL AFTER RETIREMENT FROM THE
 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15590-01-6

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