New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11511: Provides five hundred employment slots for first responders who performed their duties in the area of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks
Status: In committee, May 28, 2026
Provides five hundred employment slots for first responders who performed their duties in the area of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks in the weeks and months thereafter and suffered a service-related disability as a result of being exposed to toxins.
What the bill says
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to creating a special hiring class for first responders who suffered a disability as a result of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks.
From the introduced text, May 28, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to creating a special hiring class for first responders who suffered a disability as a result of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 55-d to read as follows: § 55-D. EMPLOYMENT OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SUFFERED A SERVICE RATED DISABILITY RELATED TO THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE TERRORIST ATTACKS. 1. THE COMMISSION MAY DETERMINE UP TO FIVE HUNDRED POSITIONS WITH DUTIES SUCH AS CAN BE PERFORMED BY FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PERFORMED SUCH FIRST RESPONDER'S DUTIES IN THE AREA OF THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE TERRORIST ATTACKS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXPOSURE ZONE, AND SUFFERED A SERVICE RATED DISABILITY AS A RESULT OF BEING EXPOSED TO THE TOXINS IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS THEREAFTER AND WHO ARE FOUND OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SATISFACTORILY THE DUTIES OF ANY SUCH POSITION. POSITIONS DESIGNATED TO BE FILLED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY BE FILLED ON A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME BASIS. UPON SUCH DETERMINATION, SAID POSITIONS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED IN THE NONCOMPETITIVE CLASS, BY PERSONS WHO ESTABLISH BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE THAT SUCH FIRST RESPONDER SUFFERED A SERVICE RATED DISABILITY AS …
Sponsors
- John Mikulin (R, 17) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Subjects: Civil Service Law
Common questions
- What is A11511?
- A11511 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Provides five hundred employment slots for first responders who performed their duties in the area of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks.
- What does A11511 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to creating a special hiring class for first responders who suffered a disability as a result of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks.
- What is the status of A11511?
- In committee as of May 28, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES (May 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11511?
- John Mikulin (R, 17).
- Where is the official record for A11511?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11511
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