Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S10240

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Larry Mendel to receive his 30 years of service credit granting eligibility for the length of service award program

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2025-S10240 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8817
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal

2025-S10240 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Larry Mendel to receive his 30 years of service credit granting eligibility for the length of service award program.

2025-S10240 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10240
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing Larry Mendel to receive his  30  years
   of service credit granting eligibility for the length of service award
   program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Larry
 Mendel, who retired from his position as a volunteer  firefighter  after
 more than 30 years with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department, through
 no  fault  of his own, was not awarded the length of service award under
 article 11-A of the general municipal law for  working  such  time  with
 such  fire department. His certificates stating and commemorating his 30
 years of service shall be adequate  to  prove  his  time  served.  Larry
 Mendel  shall  be awarded the benefits under the length of service award
 program he would have received had there been appropriate  record  keep-
 ing.
   § 2. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
 shall  be  borne  by  Glatfelter  Specialty  Benefits  pursuant to their
 contractual obligations with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department for
 administering the length of  service  award  program  established  under
 article 11-A of the general municipal law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11556-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.