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Senate Bill S10492

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a service retirement application and option election on behalf of Santiago Francisco Mayol

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2025-S10492 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2025-S10492 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Aileen Colon, the widow of Santiago Francisco Mayol, to file a new service retirement application and option election form on behalf of her deceased spouse.

2025-S10492 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10492
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT relating to authorizing Aileen Colon, the widow of Santiago Fran-
   cisco  Mayol,  to file a new service retirement application and option
   election form on behalf of her spouse
 
   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,
 Aileen Colon, the widow of Santiago Francisco Mayol, who was a member of
 the New York city teachers' retirement  system  and  who  died  suddenly
 after  giving notice to his employer of his pending retirement but prior
 to filing for retirement, shall be authorized  to  file  a  new  service
 retirement  application  and  option  election  form  on  behalf  of her
 deceased husband with a joint allowance full option, if, within one year
 of the effective date of this act, she shall submit a  request  therefor
 to the retirement board as defined in subdivision 3 of section 13-501 of
 the  New  York city administrative code. In addition, Santiago Francisco
 Mayol's date of retirement shall be deemed to have been September  21st,
 2024.  Once  such application is received, any rights or benefits to the
 death benefit payable upon the death of a member in service pursuant  to
 section  606  of the retirement and social security law shall be waived.
 Any amounts paid by the New York city teachers' retirement system as the
 result of the death of Santiago Francisco Mayol prior to the  filing  of
 the  request  for  a service retirement benefit pursuant to this section
 shall be deducted from such benefit payable thereafter.
   § 2. Any additional costs as a result of this act shall be paid by the
 city of New York.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15174-01-6

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