New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11213: 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: In committee, June 5, 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 29, 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
- Amato, Stacey Pheffer (I, 23) · primary sponsor
- Judy Griffin (D, 21)
- Steve Stern (D, 10)
- Angelo Santabarbara (D, 111)
Latest actions
- : SUBSTITUTED BY S10085A
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.612
- : RULES REPORT CAL.612
- : REPORTED
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : PRINT NUMBER 11213A
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
- : REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Votes
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (June 5, 2026): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 5, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Retirement and Social Security Law
Common questions
- What is A11213?
- A11213 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 A11213 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 A11213?
- In committee as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: SUBSTITUTED BY S10085A (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11213?
- Amato, Stacey Pheffer (I, 23), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A11213?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11213
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