STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6389 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Employees 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: 1 Section 1. Section 13-271 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows: 3 g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 4 subchapter shall apply to all police officers who, prior to the effec- 5 tive date of this subdivision, were ineligible for the benefits set 6 forth in this subchapter, including all disabled New York city police 7 officers, line of duty surviving spouses, registered domestic partners 8 and all other New York city police officers who receive benefits from 9 the New York city police pension fund. All such police officer reti- 10 rees, surviving spouses and registered domestic partners shall be eligi- 11 ble and are hereby granted all rights and benefits set forth in this 12 subchapter pursuant to the schedule set forth in subparagraph (i) of 13 paragraph seven of subdivision a of this section from the effective date 14 of this subdivision. However, nothing in this subdivision shall serve 15 to cause a reduction in the variable supplement payment to any police 16 officer or their beneficiary who was eligible for the benefit prior to 17 the effective date of this subdivision. 18 § 2. Section 13-281 of the administrative code of the city of New York 19 is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows: 20 g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 21 subchapter shall apply to all police officers who, prior to the effec- 22 tive date of this subdivision, were ineligible for the benefits set 23 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
A. 6389 2 1 officers, line of duty surviving spouses, registered domestic partners 2 and all other retired New York city police officers who receive benefits 3 from the New York city police pension fund. All such retired police 4 officers, surviving spouses and registered domestic partners shall be 5 eligible and are hereby granted all rights and benefits set forth in 6 this subchapter pursuant to the schedule set forth in subparagraph (i) 7 of paragraph two of subdivision a of this section from the effective 8 date of this subdivision. However, nothing in this subdivision shall 9 serve to cause a reduction in the variable supplement payment to any 10 police officer or their beneficiary who was eligible for the benefit 11 prior to the effective date of this subdivision. 12 § 3. Section 13-385 of the administrative code of the city of New York 13 is amended by adding a new subdivision i to read as follows: 14 i. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 15 subchapter shall apply to all firefighters who, prior to the effective 16 date of this subdivision, were ineligible for the benefits set forth in 17 this subchapter, including all disabled New York city firefighters, line 18 of duty surviving spouses, registered domestic partners and all other 19 retired firefighters who receive benefits from the New York fire depart- 20 ment pension fund. All such firefighters, surviving spouses, registered 21 domestic partners and retirees shall be eligible and are hereby granted 22 all rights and benefits set forth in this subchapter pursuant to the 23 schedule set forth in subparagraph (i) of paragraph ten of subdivision a 24 of this section from the effective date of this subdivision. However, 25 nothing in this subdivision shall serve to cause a reduction in the 26 variable supplement payment to any firefighter or their beneficiary who 27 was eligible for the benefit prior to the effective date of this subdi- 28 vision. 29 § 4. Section 13-395 of the administrative code of the city of New York 30 is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows: 31 f. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 32 subchapter shall apply to all firefighters who, prior to the effective 33 date of this subdivision, were ineligible for the benefits set forth in 34 this subchapter, including all disabled New York city firefighters, line 35 of duty surviving spouses, registered domestic partners and all other 36 firefighters who receive a benefit from the New York fire department 37 pension fund. All such firefighters, surviving spouses, registered 38 domestic partners and retirees shall be eligible and are hereby granted 39 all rights and benefits set forth in this subchapter pursuant to the 40 schedule set forth in subparagraph (i) of paragraph two of subdivision a 41 of this section from the effective date of this subdivision. However, 42 nothing in this subdivision shall serve to cause a reduction in the 43 variable supplement payment to any firefighter or their beneficiary who 44 was eligible for the benefit prior to the effective date of this subdi- 45 vision. 46 § 5. Subdivision 4 of section 13-191 of the administrative code of the 47 city of New York, as added by chapter 844 of the laws of 1987, is 48 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows: 49 (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 50 section shall apply to all transit police members who retired as transit 51 police officers, who, prior to the effective date of this paragraph, 52 were ineligible for the benefits set forth in this section, including 53 all disabled transit police members, line of duty surviving spouses, 54 registered domestic partners and all other transit police members who 55 retired as transit police officers and who receive benefits from the New 56 York city employees' retirement system. All such transit police officer
A. 6389 3 1 retirees, surviving spouses and registered domestic partners shall be 2 eligible and are hereby granted all rights and benefits set forth in 3 this section pursuant to the schedule set forth in subparagraph one of 4 paragraph (c) of this subdivision, from the effective date of this para- 5 graph. However, nothing in this paragraph shall serve to cause a 6 reduction in the variable supplement payment to any transit police offi- 7 cer or their beneficiary who was eligible for the benefit prior to the 8 effective date of this paragraph. 9 § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 13-191 of the administrative code of the 10 city of New York, as added by chapter 846 of the laws of 1987, is 11 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows: 12 (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 13 section shall apply to all housing police members who retired as housing 14 police officers, who, prior to the effective date of this paragraph, 15 were ineligible for the benefits set forth in this section, including 16 all disabled housing police members, line of duty surviving spouses, 17 registered domestic partners and all other housing police members who 18 retired as housing police officers and who receive benefits from the New 19 York city employees' retirement system. All such housing police officer 20 retirees, surviving spouses and registered domestic partners shall be 21 eligible and are hereby granted all rights and benefits set forth in 22 this section pursuant to the schedule set forth in subparagraph one of 23 paragraph (c) of this subdivision, from the effective date of this para- 24 graph. However, nothing in this paragraph shall serve to cause a 25 reduction in the variable supplement payment to any housing police offi- 26 cer or their beneficiary who was eligible for the benefit prior to the 27 effective date of this paragraph. 28 § 7. Subdivision 4 of section 13-192 of the administrative code of the 29 city of New York, as added by chapter 844 of the laws of 1987, is 30 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows: 31 (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 32 section shall apply to all transit police members who retired as transit 33 police superior officers, who, prior to the effective date of this para- 34 graph, were ineligible for the benefits set forth in this section, 35 including all disabled transit police members, line of duty surviving 36 spouses, registered domestic partners and all other transit police 37 members who retired as transit police superior officers and who receive 38 benefits from the New York city employees' retirement system. All such 39 transit police superior officer retirees, surviving spouses and regis- 40 tered domestic partners shall be eligible and are hereby granted all 41 rights and benefits set forth in this section pursuant to the schedule 42 set forth in subparagraph one of paragraph (c) of this subdivision, from 43 the effective date of this paragraph. However, nothing in this paragraph 44 shall serve to cause a reduction in the variable supplement payment to 45 any transit superior police officer or their beneficiary who was eligi- 46 ble for the benefit prior to the effective date of this paragraph. 47 § 8. Subdivision 4 of section 13-192 of the administrative code of the 48 city of New York, as added by chapter 846 of the laws of 1987, is 49 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows: 50 (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 51 section shall apply to all housing police members who retired as housing 52 police superior officers, who, prior to the effective date of this para- 53 graph, were ineligible for the benefits set forth in this section, 54 including all disabled housing police members, line of duty surviving 55 spouses, registered domestic partners and all other housing police 56 members who retired as housing police superior officers and who receive
A. 6389 4 1 benefits from the New York city employees' retirement system. All such 2 housing police superior officer retirees, surviving spouses and regis- 3 tered domestic partners shall be eligible and are hereby granted all 4 rights and benefits set forth in this section pursuant to the schedule 5 set forth in subparagraph one of paragraph (c) of this subdivision, from 6 the effective date of this paragraph. However, nothing in this paragraph 7 shall serve to cause a reduction in the variable supplement payment to 8 any housing police superior officer or their beneficiary who was eligi- 9 ble for the benefit prior to the effective date of this paragraph. 10 § 9. Subdivision 4 of section 13-194 of the administrative code of the 11 city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as 12 follows: 13 (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this 14 section shall apply to all correction officer members who retired as 15 correction officers, who, prior to the effective date of this paragraph, 16 were ineligible for the benefits set forth in this section, including 17 all disabled correction officer members, line of duty surviving spouses, 18 registered domestic partners and all other correction officer members 19 who retired as correction officers and who receive benefits from the New 20 York city employees' retirement system. All such correction officer 21 retirees, surviving spouses and registered domestic partners shall be 22 eligible and are hereby granted all rights and benefits set forth in 23 this section pursuant to the schedule set forth in subparagraph one of 24 paragraph (c) of this subdivision, from the effective date of this para- 25 graph. However, nothing in this paragraph shall serve to cause a 26 reduction in the variable supplement payment to any correction officer 27 or their beneficiary who was eligible for the benefit prior to the 28 effective date of this paragraph. 29 § 10. This act shall take effect immediately.