A 1778: Grants members of the city of New York's police force eligibility for retirement and pension based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents.
The bill aims to grant members of the city's police force eligibility for retirement and pension benefits based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents. This includes members who were previously employed as traffic enforcement agents before July 1, 2009, and were later transferred to the police force. These members will be eligible for uniformed service for purposes of determining retirement and pension benefits, including the minimum service required for eligibility and payment of an unreduced service retirement benefit. The bill also allows these members to pay into the police pension fund in lieu of paying into a different fund. The transfer of service will not be subject to restrictions contained in the civil service law or the rules and regulations of the civil service commission. Members who have been appointed to the title of traffic enforcement agent prior to July 1, 2…
| Dec. 19, 2025 | tabled |
| Dec. 19, 2025 | vetoed memo.120 |
| Dec. 08, 2025 | delivered to governor |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1778 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to granting members of the city's police force eligibility for retirement and pension based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended 2 by adding a new section 13-633 to read as follows: 3 § 13-633 Transfer of members of the New York city police department 4 from traffic enforcement to the police force. a. The time served as a 5 member of the city's traffic enforcement who has become a member of the 6 police force of the city, whether by transfer or as a result of a 7 competitive examination and appointment, and who is still a member of 8 the police force of the city, shall be included and counted as service 9 in the police force for the police department of the city in determining 10 retirement and pension as provided in this code, provided, however, 11 that no person becoming a member of the police department of the city in 12 the manner herein provided, shall be entitled to participate in the 13 benefits of the police pension fund, unless such member shall pay into 14 such fund the total sum that they would have been required to pay in 15 order to participate therein had they been a member of such force from 16 the time they entered the service of traffic enforcement. These 17 provisions shall not be subject to any restriction relative to transfers 18 contained in the civil service law or in the rules and regulations of 19 the civil service commission of the state, or any subdivision thereof. 20 b. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a member of the New 21 York city police department shall be entitled to buy back and receive 22 service credit for the period of time such member was previously 23 employed as a New York city traffic enforcement agent pursuant to subdi- 24 vision a of this section. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02377-01-5