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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8149
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 15, 2025
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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
the final average salary calculation for Triborough bridge and tunnel
members
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 608 of the retirement and social security law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
3 F. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS A AND B OF THIS
4 SECTION, WITH RESPECT TO A TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL MEMBER, AS
5 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FOUR-C OF THIS ARTICLE,
6 AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOU-
7 SAND TWENTY-THREE, SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY COMPUTATION THAT
8 INCLUDES THE PERIOD BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND PAY PERIOD IN MARCH TWO
9 THOUSAND TWENTY AND ENDING WITH THE SECOND PAY PERIOD IN DECEMBER TWO
10 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, SHALL INCLUDE FOR SUCH PERIOD THE GREATER OF THE
11 AMOUNT EARNED BY SUCH MEMBER DURING SUCH PERIOD OR COMPUTED USING SUCH
12 MEMBER'S WAGES FOR SUCH PERIOD PLUS A PROJECTED AMOUNT OF OVERTIME EQUAL
13 TO THE NUMBER OF HOURS INCLUDED IN SUCH MEMBER'S PAY FOR THE SAME PAY
14 PERIOD IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO MULTIPLIED BY SUCH MEMBER'S WAGES FOR
15 THE PAY PERIOD FOR WHICH THE PROJECTION IS BEING MADE. A MEMBER WHOSE
16 RETIREMENT BENEFIT IS BASED UPON A FINAL AVERAGE SALARY THAT INCLUDES
17 PROJECTED OVERTIME, AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL
18 REMIT TO THE NEW YORK CITY RETIREMENT SYSTEM ALL MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS,
19 BASIC MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS, AND ADDITIONAL MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
20 WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE HAD SUCH MEMBER RENDERED SUCH OVERTIME SERVICE,
21 PROVIDED THAT SUCH MEMBER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO REMIT SUCH CONTRIB-
22 UTIONS FOR OVERTIME SERVICE FOR WHICH SUCH MEMBER RENDERED SERVED AND
23 PREVIOUSLY PAID SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO INTER-
24 EST SHALL BE DUE OR OWING ON SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS. A MEMBER MAY REQUEST A
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 FINAL AVERAGE SALARY ESTIMATE AND A CONTRIBUTION ESTIMATE FROM THE NEW
2 YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. SUCH ESTIMATE SHALL BE PROVIDED
3 TO THE REQUESTING MEMBER WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF ITS REQUEST.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.