New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S10085: Extends the twenty-five year presumptive eligibility period for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations
Status: Signed into law, September 10, 2026
Extends the presumptive eligibility period, from twenty-five to thirty-five years, for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations.
What the bill says
An act to amend the retirement and social security law, the education law, the military law, the general municipal law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to extending the twenty-five year presumptive eligibility period for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations.
From the amended text, May 30, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, the education law, the military law, the general municipal law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to extending the twenty-five year presumptive eligibility period for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision h of section 63 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 489 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: h. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law, charter, administrative code or rule or regulation to the contrary, if a retiree who: (1) has met the criteria of subdivision g of this section and retired on a service or disability retirement, or would have met the criteria if not already retired on an accidental disability; and (2) has not been retired for more than [twenty-five] THIRTY-FIVE years; and (3) dies from a qualifying World Trade Center condition, as defined in section two of this article, as determined by the applicable head of the retirement system or applicable medical board, then unless the contrary be proven by competent …
Sponsors
- Robert Jackson (D, 31) · primary sponsor
- Stephen Chan (R, 17)
Latest actions
- : SIGNED CHAP.295
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- : RETURNED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.612
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR A11213A
- : REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
- : DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1574
Votes
- Senate Rules Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (June 2, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 2, 2026): 61 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Retirement and Social Security Law
Common questions
- What is S10085?
- S10085 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Extends the twenty-five year presumptive eligibility period for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations.
- What does S10085 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the retirement and social security law, the education law, the military law, the general municipal law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to extending the twenty-five year presumptive eligibility period for certain retirement benefits for injuries or illnesses related to World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations.
- What is the status of S10085?
- Signed into law as of September 10, 2026. Latest action: SIGNED CHAP.295 (September 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored S10085?
- Robert Jackson (D, 31), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S10085?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10085
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