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A 8178: Relates to increasing the mandatory retirement age for New York police department members from 63 to 65.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified June 5, 2026

What A 8178 does, verified June 5, 2026

The bill aims to increase the mandatory retirement age for New York police department members. The mandatory retirement age will be set at 70 for general members, 62 for police/fire members, and 65 for police members who become subject to the provisions on or after July 1, 2025. Police/fire members, New York City uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members, and investigator revised plan members will be eligible for early retirement after 22 years of service, without regard to age. However, New York City police/fire revised plan members, New York City uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members, and investigator revised plan members will not be eligible to retire for service prior to the attainment of 20 years of credited service.

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5GovernorPending
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Last action: substituted by s5053b (2026-06-03)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8178
What is the current status of A 8178?
As of June 5, 2026, A 8178 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 3, 2026, was "substituted by s5053b".
Did A 8178 pass?
Not yet. A 8178 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 8178, and where is it now?
A 8178 was authored by Asm. Charles Fall.
Recent actions12 total · showing 5
Jun. 03, 2026substituted by s5053b
Jun. 03, 2026ordered to third reading rules cal.448
Jun. 03, 2026rules report cal.448
Jun. 03, 2026reported
Jun. 03, 2026reported referred to rules
Full action history, 7 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 5, 2025 · 368 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8178 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to increasing the mandatory retirement age for New York police department members The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 501 of the retirement and social 2 security law, as added by chapter 890 of the laws of 1976, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 15. "Mandatory retirement age" shall mean age seventy, for general 5 members, and age sixty-two, for police/fire members, and age sixty-five, 6 for police members who become subject to the provisions of this article 7 on or after July first, two thousand twenty-five. 8 § 2. Subdivision d of section 503 of the retirement and social securi- 9 ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read 10 as follows: 11 d. The normal service retirement benefit specified in section five 12 hundred five of this article shall be paid to police/fire members, New 13 York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and 14 investigator revised plan members without regard to age upon retirement 15 after twenty-two years of service. Early service retirement shall be 16 permitted upon retirement after twenty years of credited service or 17 attainment of age sixty-two or attainment of age sixty-five for police 18 members who become subject to the provisions of this article on or after 19 July first, two thousand twenty-five, provided, however, that New York 20 city police/fire revised plan members, New York city uniformed 21 correction/sanitation revised plan members and investigator revised plan 22 members shall not be eligible to retire for service prior to the attain- 23 ment of twenty years of credited service. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09749-01-5 
Text of A 8178 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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