Senate Bill S8147B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 15, 2026	print number 8147b
Apr 15, 2026	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Jan 07, 2026	referred to civil service and pensions
Jun 09, 2025	print number 8147a
Jun 09, 2025	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
May 15, 2025	referred to civil service and pensions

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2025-S8147 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add §607-i, R & SS L

2025-S8147 - Summary

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

2025-S8147 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8147

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
providing a heart disease presumption for certain New York police
department traffic enforcement agents

 
PURPOSE:

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police
department traffic enforcement agents

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new Section 607-i of the retirement and social secu-
rity law to provide that any heart disease that impairs the health of a
member in the employ of the City of New York police department in the
titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II
is presumptive evidence that the illness was acquired during the
performance and discharge of their duties. The traffic enforcement agent

will be entitled to retire on a pension equal to three-quarters of their
final average salary.

Section 2 provides that all past service costs associated with imple-
menting the provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New
York.

Section 3 provides that none of the provisions of this act shall be
subject to the appropriation requirement of section twenty-five of this
chapter.

Section 4 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Traffic Enforcement Agents (TEAs)are one of the most critical but under-
appreciated civil servants. There are few if any other civil servants
who spend their entire day outdoors, on their feet, whether it's 10
degrees outside, 100 degrees outside, raining or snowing. And they do a
job critical to NYC. Level 1 Traffic agent4Anforce parking rules. They
help keep restricted areas like bus stops, hospital entries, Access-a-
Ride drop offs, and school safety zones clear, and allow street cleaning
to occur. And in doing their job they bring in a billion dollars a year,
or more, in revenue. Level 2 Traffic Agents stand in intersections,
keeping traffic moving, and help keep streets from getting congested.
Employees in both titles do an underappreciated job, which takes an
enormous toll on their bodies, for which they get paid very little.

The toll caused by 8-10 hours a day of standing, in all kinds of weath-
er, is great, particularly on their cardiovascular systems. TEAs age
quickly and suffer a far larger degree of heart-related, and other
cardiovascular illnesses, and eventually disabilities. If they are
forced to retire because of their disability, often with families to
support, the three-quarters pension will compensate them for their
contribution to NYC.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8147 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8147
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   providing  a  heart  disease  presumption  for certain New York police
   department traffic enforcement agents

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 607-i to read as follows:
   §  607-I.  DISABILITIES;  HEALTH  PRESUMPTION.  A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR  ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE
 TO  THE  CONTRARY,  BUT  EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE WORKERS' COMPEN-
 SATION LAW AND THE LABOR LAW, ANY  CONDITION  OF  IMPAIRMENT  OF  HEALTH
 CAUSED BY DISEASES OF THE HEART RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY
 OR  DEATH  TO  A  MEMBER  IN  THE  EMPLOY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK POLICE
 DEPARTMENT IN THE TITLES OF  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT  AGENT  I  OR  TRAFFIC
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENT  II, WHERE SUCH MEMBER SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A PHYSICAL
 EXAMINATION ON ENTRY INTO THE SERVICE OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, WHICH EXAMINA-
 TION FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION, SHALL BE  PRESUMP-
 TIVE  EVIDENCE  THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF
 DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  OR  LOCAL
 LAW OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER EMPLOYED BY THE
 CITY  OF  NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT I OR
 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT II WHO SHALL BE RETIRED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION  A  OF THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION EQUAL TO THREE-QUARTERS
 OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
   §  2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing   the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10780-02-5
 S. 8147                             2

   § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the
 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 of section twenty-five of this chapter.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8147A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add §607-i, R & SS L

2025-S8147A - Summary

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

2025-S8147A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8147A

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
providing a heart disease presumption for certain New York police
department traffic enforcement agents

 
PURPOSE:

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police
department traffic enforcement agents

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new Section 607-i of the retirement and social secu-
rity law to provide that any heart disease that impairs the health of a
member in the employ of the City of New York police department in the
titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II
is presumptive evidence that the illness was acquired during the
performance and discharge of their duties. The traffic enforcement agent

will be entitled to retire on a pension equal to three-quarters of their
final average salary.

Section 2 provides that all past service costs associated with imple-
menting the provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New
York.

Section 3 provides that none of the provisions of this act shall be
subject to the appropriation requirement of section twenty-five of this
chapter.

Section 4 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Traffic Enforcement Agents (TEAs)are one of the most critical but under-
appreciated civil servants. There are few if any other civil servants
who spend their entire day outdoors, on their feet, whether it's 10
degrees outside, 100 degrees outside, raining or snowing. And they do a
job critical to NYC. Level 1 Traffic agent4Anforce parking rules. They
help keep restricted areas like bus stops, hospital entries, Access-a-
Ride drop offs, and school safety zones clear, and allow street cleaning
to occur. And in doing their job they bring in a billion dollars a year,
or more, in revenue. Level 2 Traffic Agents stand in intersections,
keeping traffic moving, and help keep streets from getting congested.
Employees in both titles do an underappreciated job, which takes an
enormous toll on their bodies, for which they get paid very little.

The toll caused by 8-10 hours a day of standing, in all kinds of weath-
er, is great, particularly on their cardiovascular systems. TEAs age
quickly and suffer a far larger degree of heart-related, and other
cardiovascular illnesses, and eventually disabilities. If they are
forced to retire because of their disability, often with families to
support, the three-quarters pension will compensate them for their
contribution to NYC.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8147A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8147--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- 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 a heart disease presumption  for  certain  New  York  police
   department traffic enforcement agents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 607-i to read as follows:
   § 607-I. DISABILITIES;  HEALTH  PRESUMPTION.  A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 TO THE CONTRARY, BUT EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THE  WORKERS'  COMPEN-
 SATION  LAW  AND  THE  LABOR  LAW, ANY CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH
 CAUSED BY DISEASES OF THE HEART RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY
 OR DEATH TO A MEMBER IN THE EMPLOY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  POLICE
 DEPARTMENT  IN  THE  TITLES  OF  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT AGENT I OR TRAFFIC
 ENFORCEMENT AGENT II, WHERE SUCH MEMBER SUCCESSFULLY PASSED  A  PHYSICAL
 EXAMINATION ON ENTRY INTO THE SERVICE OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, WHICH EXAMINA-
 TION  FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION, SHALL BE PRESUMP-
 TIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND  DISCHARGE  OF
 DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL
 LAW OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER EMPLOYED BY THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT  I  OR
 TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT  AGENT II WHO SHALL BE RETIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION A OF THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION EQUAL  TO  THREE-QUARTERS
 OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
   §   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10780-03-5

 S. 8147--A                          2
 
   § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the
 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 of section twenty-five of this chapter.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   SUMMARY:  This  proposed  legislation  would provide Tier 4 and Tier 6
 Traffic Enforcement Agents with a rebuttable statutory presumption  that
 a  qualifying  disability or death related to heart disease was incurred
 in the performance of duty and provide a performance of duty  disability
 benefit equal to 75% of Final Average Salary.
 
       ILLUSTRATION - INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
          by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Thousands)
 
               One Incident              One Incident Per Year
     Year    Disability    Death        Disability         Death
     2026          39          26              39              26
     2027          39          26              80              53
     2028          39          26              122             81
     2029          39          26              165             110
     2030          39          26              209             140
     2031          39          26              255             170
     2032          39          26              302             202
     2033          39          26              350             234
     2034          39          26              400             267
     2035          39          26              451             301
     2036          39          26              504             337
     2037          39          26              559             373
     2038          39          26              615             411
     2039          39          26              673             449
     2040          0           0               693             463
     2041          0           0               714             477
     2042          0           0               735             491
     2043          0           0               757             506
     2044          0           0               780             521
     2045          0           0               803             537
     2046          0           0               827             553
     2047          0           0               852             569
     2048          0           0               878             586
     2049          0           0               904             604
     2050          0           0               931             622
 
    Employer contribution impact beyond Fiscal Year 2050 is not shown.
 
 The  potential  increases in employer contributions will be allocated to
 New York City.
   PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS:  The  Present  Value  of  Benefits  is  the
 discounted  expected  value  of  benefits paid to current members if all
 assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
 Future new hires are not included in this present value.
 
          INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
                   as of June 30, 2024 ($ in Thousands)
 
   Present Value (PV)                   Per Disability    Per Death
   (1) PV of Employer Contributions:    333               222
 S. 8147--A                          3
 
   (2) PV of Employee Contributions:    (11)              0
   Total PV of Benefits (1) + (2):      322               222
 
   UNFUNDED  ACCRUED  LIABILITY  (UAL): Actuarial Accrued Liabilities are
 the portion of the Present Value of Benefits allocated to past  service.
 Changes in UAL per incident would be recognized as ongoing gain/loss.
 
                AMORTIZATION OF UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY

   Recognized as Ongoing Gain/Loss      Per Disability    Per Death
   Increase (Decrease) in UAL:          333 K             222 K
   Number of Payments:                  14                14
   Amortization Payment:                39 K              26 K
 
   CENSUS DATA: The number of members who will benefit in the future from
 this proposed legislation is unknown. The estimates presented herein are
 based  on  preliminary  census  data  collected as of June 30, 2024. The
 census data for the potentially impacted population used to develop  the
 average costs is summarized below.
 
                                               NYCERS
                   Active Members
                   - Number Count:             2,430
                   - Average Age:              46.3
                   - Average Service:          9.2
                   - Average Salary:           55,000

   IMPACT  ON MEMBER BENEFITS: Currently, active Tier 4 or Tier 6 members
 who are employed as Traffic Enforcement Agents and become  disabled  due
 to  heart disease would generally be eligible for an applicable ordinary
 disability retirement after attaining 10 years of service. The disabili-
 ty benefit is a lifetime payment equal to the greatest of 1/3  of  Final
 Average  Salary  (FAS),  1/60th  of  FAS  times  service, or the service
 retirement benefit, if eligible.
   Under the proposed legislation, the  performance  of  duty  disability
 benefit  for  Tier 4 or Tier 6 Traffic Enforcement Agent members who are
 disabled from heart disease would be equal to  75%  of  FAS  without  an
 offset for Workers' Compensation.
   The  ordinary  death  benefit for Traffic Enforcement Agents is a lump
 sum payment generally equal to three times the member's salary,  plus  a
 refund  of  member  contributions. The performance of duty death benefit
 would generally be equal to a lifetime benefit  of  50%  of  a  member's
 wages earned during their last year of service, payable to certain bene-
 ficiaries.
   ASSUMPTIONS  AND  METHODS:  The  estimates  presented herein have been
 calculated based on the Revised 2021 Actuarial Assumptions  and  Methods
 of the impacted retirement systems.
   The  number of members who will benefit from this proposed legislation
 is unknown. The cost of this proposed  legislation  could  vary  greatly
 depending  on  the  number  of  future  members who benefit and on their
 length of service, age, and salary history. In particular, the  increase
 would  be  greater  for a member who is not yet eligible for an ordinary
 disability benefit when disabled.
   The estimated financial impact for disabled members  has  been  calcu-
 lated  assuming  50% would have retired under the current ordinary disa-
 S. 8147--A                          4
 
 bility benefit, and 50% would have continued  working  if  the  proposed
 legislation were not passed.
   RISK  AND  UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal Note depend
 highly on the actuarial assumptions, methods,  and  models  used,  demo-
 graphics  of  the impacted population, and other factors such as invest-
 ment, contribution, and other risks. If actual experience deviates  from
 actuarial   assumptions,  the  actual  costs  could  differ  from  those
 presented herein. Quantifying these risks is beyond the  scope  of  this
 Fiscal Note.
   This  Fiscal  Note  is intended to measure pension-related impacts and
 does not include other potential costs (e.g., administrative  and  Other
 Postemployment  Benefits). This Fiscal Note does not reflect any chapter
 laws that may have been enacted during the current legislative session.
   STATEMENT OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: Marek Tyszkiewicz and Gregory Zelikov-
 sky are members of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy  of
 Actuaries.  We  are members of NYCERS, but do not believe it impairs our
 objectivity, and we meet the Qualification  Standards  of  the  American
 Academy  of  Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
 To the best of our knowledge, the results  contained  herein  have  been
 prepared  in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and
 procedures and with the Actuarial Standards of Practice  issued  by  the
 Actuarial Standards Board.
   FISCAL  NOTE  IDENTIFICATION:  This  Fiscal Note 2025-76 dated June 6,
 2025 was prepared by the Chief Actuary for the New York City  Retirement
 Systems  and  Pension Funds and is intended for use only during the 2025
 Legislative Session.

2025-S8147B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add §607-i, R & SS L

2025-S8147B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

2025-S8147B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8147--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and  recommitted  to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Civil Service and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   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 a heart disease presumption  for  certain  New  York  police
   department traffic enforcement agents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 607-i to read as follows:
   § 607-I. DISABILITIES;  HEALTH  PRESUMPTION.  A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 TO THE CONTRARY, BUT EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THE  WORKERS'  COMPEN-
 SATION  LAW  AND  THE  LABOR  LAW, ANY CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH
 CAUSED BY DISEASES OF THE HEART RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY
 OR DEATH TO A MEMBER IN THE EMPLOY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  POLICE
 DEPARTMENT  IN  THE  TITLES  OF  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT AGENT I OR TRAFFIC
 ENFORCEMENT AGENT II, WHERE SUCH MEMBER SUCCESSFULLY PASSED  A  PHYSICAL
 EXAMINATION ON ENTRY INTO THE SERVICE OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, WHICH EXAMINA-
 TION  FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION, SHALL BE PRESUMP-
 TIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND  DISCHARGE  OF
 DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL
 LAW OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER EMPLOYED BY THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT  I  OR
 TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT  AGENT II WHO SHALL BE RETIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10780-05-6
 S. 8147--B                          2

 
 SION A OF THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION EQUAL  TO  THREE-QUARTERS
 OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
   §   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.
   § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the
 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 of section twenty-five of this chapter.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would provide Tier  4  and  Tier  6
 Traffic  Enforcement Agents with a rebuttable statutory presumption that
 a qualifying disability or death related to heart disease  was  incurred
 in  the performance of duty and provide a performance of duty disability
 benefit equal to 75% of Final Average Salary.
 
         ILLUSTRATION-INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
          by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Thousands)
 
                     One Incident          One Incident Per Year
    Year      Disability      Death        Disability     Death
    2027             40           26               40         26
    2028             40           26               81         53
    2029             40           26              123         81
    2030             40           26              167        109
    2031             40           26              212        138
    2032             40           26              258        169
    2033             40           26              305        200
    2034             40           26              354        232
    2035             40           26              405        265
    2036             40           26              457        299
    2037             40           26              510        334
    2038             40           26              566        370
    2039             40           26              622        407
    2040             40           26              681        445
    2041              0            0              701        459
    2042              0            0              722        473
    2043              0            0              744        487
    2044              0            0              766        501
    2045              0            0              789        516
    2046              0            0              813        532
    2047              0            0              837        548
    2048              0            0              862        564
    2049              0            0              888        581
    2050              0            0              915        599
    2051              0            0              942        617
 
     Employer contribution impact beyond Fiscal Year 2051 is not shown.
 
   The potential increases in employer contributions will be allocated to
 New York City.
   PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS:  The  Present  Value  of  Benefits  is  the
 discounted  expected  value  of  benefits paid to current members if all
 assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
 Future new hires are not included in this present value.
 S. 8147--B                          3
 
           INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
                   as of June 30, 2025 ($ in Thousands)
 
      Present Value (PV)                   Per Disability    Per Death
      (1) PV of Employer Contributions:         337              220
      (2) PV of Employee Contributions:         (11)               0
      Total PV of Benefits (1) + (2):           326              220
 
   UNFUNDED  ACCRUED  LIABILITY  (UAL): Actuarial Accrued Liabilities are
 the portion of the Present Value of Benefits allocated to past  service.
 Changes in UAL per incident would be recognized as ongoing gain/loss.
 
                AMORTIZATION OF UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY
 
      Recognized as Ongoing Gain/Loss      Per Disability    Per Death
      Increase (Decrease) in UAL:              337 K           220 K
      Number of Payments:                       14              14
      Amortization Payment:                     40 K            26 K
 
   CENSUS DATA: The number of members who will benefit in the future from
 this proposed legislation is unknown. The estimates presented herein are
 based  on  preliminary  census  data  collected as of June 30, 2025. The
 census data for the potentially impacted population used to develop  the
 average costs is summarized below.
 
                                              NYCERS
           Active Members
           - Number Count:                     2,263
           - Average Age:                       47.7
           - Average Service:                   10.0
           - Average Salary:                  57,800
 
   IMPACT  ON MEMBER BENEFITS: Currently, active Tier 4 or Tier 6 members
 who are employed as Traffic Enforcement Agents and become  disabled  due
 to  heart disease would generally be eligible for an applicable ordinary
 disability retirement after attaining 10 years of service. The disabili-
 ty benefit is a lifetime payment equal to the greatest of 1/3  of  Final
 Average  Salary  (FAS),  1/60th  of  FAS  times  service, or the service
 retirement benefit, if eligible.
   Under the proposed legislation, the  performance  of  duty  disability
 benefit  for  Tier 4 or Tier 6 Traffic Enforcement Agent members who are
 disabled from heart disease would be equal to  75%  of  FAS  without  an
 offset for Workers' Compensation.
   The  ordinary  death  benefit for Traffic Enforcement Agents is a lump
 sum payment generally equal to three times the member's salary,  plus  a
 refund  of  member  contributions. The performance of duty death benefit
 would generally be equal to a lifetime benefit  of  50%  of  a  member's
 wages earned during their last year of service, payable to certain bene-
 ficiaries.
   ASSUMPTIONS  AND  METHODS:  The  estimates  presented herein have been
 calculated based on the Revised 2021 Actuarial Assumptions  and  Methods
 of the impacted retirement systems.
   The  number of members who will benefit from this proposed legislation
 is unknown. The cost of this proposed  legislation  could  vary  greatly
 depending  on  the  number  of  future  members who benefit and on their
 length of service, age, and salary history. In particular, the  increase
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 would  be  greater  for a member who is not yet eligible for an ordinary
 disability benefit when disabled.
   The  estimated  financial  impact for disabled members has been calcu-
 lated assuming 50% would have retired under the current  ordinary  disa-
 bility  benefit,  and  50%  would have continued working if the proposed
 legislation were not passed.
   RISK AND UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal  Note  depend
 highly  on  the  actuarial  assumptions, methods, and models used, demo-
 graphics of the impacted population, and other factors such  as  invest-
 ment,  contribution, and other risks. If actual experience deviates from
 actuarial  assumptions,  the  actual  costs  could  differ  from   those
 presented  herein.  Quantifying  these risks is beyond the scope of this
 Fiscal Note.
   This Fiscal Note is intended to measure  pension-related  impacts  and
 does  not  include other potential costs (e.g., administrative and Other
 Postemployment Benefits). This Fiscal Note does not reflect any  chapter
 laws that may have been enacted during the current legislative session.
   STATEMENT OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: Marek Tyszkiewicz and Gregory Zelikov-
 sky  are members of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of
 Actuaries. We are members of NYCERS, but do not believe it  impairs  our
 objectivity,  and  we  meet  the Qualification Standards of the American
 Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion  contained  herein.
 To  the  best  of  our knowledge, the results contained herein have been
 prepared in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles  and
 procedures  and  with  the Actuarial Standards of Practice issued by the
 Actuarial Standards Board.
   FISCAL NOTE IDENTIFICATION: This Fiscal Note 2026-61 dated  April  14,
 2026  was prepared by the Chief Actuary for the New York City Retirement
 Systems and Pension Funds and is intended for use only during  the  2026
 Legislative Session.

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