New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A10280: Authorizes an optional 20-year retirement benefits plan for Elmira traffic officers
Status: In committee, June 5, 2026
Authorizes an optional 20-year retirement plan for traffic officers employed by the town of Elmira, who submit an application therefor within one year of the effective date of such provisions, or within one year of start of employment.
What the bill says
An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to the retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira.
From the introduced text, February 20, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to the retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions b, c, g, and h of section 89-q of the retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 158 of the laws of 1995, are amended and a new subdivision k is added to read as follows: b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service, OR TWENTY YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE IF SUCH MEMBER HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION K OF THIS SECTION, by filing an application therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article. c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service, OR TWENTY YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE IF SUCH MEMBER HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION K OF THIS SECTION, and upon retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of [his] SUCH MEMBER'S accumulated contributions at the time of [his] SUCH MEMBER'S retirement and an additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which [he] SUCH MEMBER may then be …
Sponsors
- Christopher Friend (R, 124) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : SUBSTITUTED BY S9190
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.546
- : RULES REPORT CAL.546
- : REPORTED
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Votes
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 5, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (June 4, 2026): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Retirement and Social Security Law
Common questions
- What is A10280?
- A10280 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Authorizes an optional 20-year retirement benefits plan for Elmira traffic officers.
- What does A10280 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to the retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira.
- What is the status of A10280?
- In committee as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: SUBSTITUTED BY S9190 (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A10280?
- Christopher Friend (R, 124).
- Where is the official record for A10280?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10280
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