Relates to additional credit allowed veterans in competitive examinations; expands the definition of "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" to include the spouse and/or children of a member of the armed forces of the United States who served therein in time of war and was subsequently killed in the line of duty.
Relates to primary social security retirement benefits for certain members; provides that in the computation of the normal service retirement benefit of members of the New York city fire department pension fund, there shall be no reduction for the primary social security retirement benefit.
Relates to providing reforms to employee pension contributions; provides that members of Tier 6 shall contribute three percent of annual wages to their retirement system.
Requires subsidiaries of certain transportation authorities and their employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration.
Establishes the New York state organized retail crime task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on organized retail crime and various countermeasures to counter losses from such crime in the state.
Modifies the retirement program for Triborough bridge and tunnel members to a twenty-year retirement program; clarifies the statutory peace officer designation of certain employees of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority.
Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction; establishes that the beneficiaries of a member who would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of his or her death may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable which shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of his or her death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.
Grants retroactive membership with Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Christine Fernandez, formerly Christine Lennard, for her 1984--1985 employment with the Voorheesville public library.