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Senate Bill S8537

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends the benefits of the variable supplements fund to all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners

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2025-S8537 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6389
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§13-271, 13-281, 13-385, 13-395, 13-191, 13-192 & 13-194, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6527
2017-2018: S4096
2019-2020: S1444
2021-2022: S5107
2023-2024: S4158, A5766

2025-S8537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the benefits of the variable supplements fund to all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners.

2025-S8537 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8537
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to extending the benefits of the variable supplements fund to
   all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, tran-
   sit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  13-271 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 SUBCHAPTER  SHALL  APPLY TO ALL POLICE OFFICERS WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WERE  INELIGIBLE  FOR  THE  BENEFITS  SET
 FORTH  IN  THIS  SUBCHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL DISABLED NEW YORK CITY POLICE
 OFFICERS, LINE OF DUTY SURVIVING SPOUSES, REGISTERED  DOMESTIC  PARTNERS
 AND  ALL  OTHER  NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM
 THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND.   ALL SUCH POLICE  OFFICER  RETI-
 REES, SURVIVING SPOUSES AND REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHALL BE ELIGI-
 BLE  AND  ARE  HEREBY  GRANTED ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS
 SUBCHAPTER PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH  IN  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF
 PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF  THIS SUBDIVISION.   HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SERVE
 TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT  TO  ANY  POLICE
 OFFICER  OR  THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. Section 13-281 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 SUBCHAPTER  SHALL  APPLY TO ALL POLICE OFFICERS WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WERE  INELIGIBLE  FOR  THE  BENEFITS  SET
 FORTH  IN  THIS  SUBCHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL DISABLED NEW YORK CITY POLICE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09638-01-5
              

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