Senate bill · S7808 (2025-26)

Relates to the determination of salary base for members of the New York city police pension fund

New York State Senate

Same as A8322, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Latest action Sep 28, 2026

Sponsor: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (State Senator, District 23, Democratic)

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Summary

Relates to the determination of salary base for members of the New York city police pension fund; provides that the salary base for members of the New York city police pension fund whose employment with the police department of the city of New York commenced on or after July 1, 2000 shall be determined in the same manner as members whose employment commenced prior to such date.

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Amends the Retirement and Social Security Law.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1 amends section 443 of the retirement and social security law by adding a new subdivision h to provide that the salary base for members of the New York City police department pension fund hired on or after July 1st, 2000 covered under this article of law shall be calcu- lated in the same manner as those members hired prior to July 1st, 2000. Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

Committee

Civil Service And Pensions · New York State Senate

Also referred to Governmental Employees · New York State Assembly, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

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Cosponsors

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Democratic7
Republican1

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The sponsor's argument

Why Jessica Scarcella-Spanton says this is needed

The New York City Police Department Pension Fund system breaks its members into different tiers that are subject to different benefits and service requirements based on the date of the member's hire. For all Tier 1 and Tier 2 members, pensions are equal to 50% of their final average salary (FAS) when they go to retire after a certain amount of years of service. Within Tier 2, which encompasses hires from July 1st, 1973 until June 30th, 2009, there is a single and significant disparity in member bene- fits: those who commenced service before July 1st, 2000 (the "original" Tier 2 members) have their final average salary based on their most recent 12 months or a 3-year average from their highest-earning years, whichever is higher, while those who commenced service after July 1st, 2000 (the "new" Tier 2 members) base their FAS on the most recent 12 months of-service, with no opportunity to look at averages over a longer period of time. This is a small but important distinction, as the amount of overtime a Police officers will work varies greatly year to year, and basing final salary on only the 12 months prior to retirement often denies these members the ability to have their pension reflect the strenuous and lengthy hours of their peak years. This disparity does a disservice to the strongest and most dedicated, of this class of civil servants who put in long and demanding hours to save and protect lives, only to see these hours severely discounted for the purpose of calculating a pension. This bill will correct this historical mistake by clarifying that all members of Tier 2 of the NYPD Pension Fund should be subject to the same FAS calculation.

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Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesJun 1, 2026Result: passed
(20) (0) (0) (1)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 1, 2026Result: passed
(59) (1) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Civil Service And Pensions
Senate Civil Service And PensionsMar 10, 2026Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)

Full history

Sep 28, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Senate
Sep 28, 2026
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.312
NY Senate
Jun 4, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading Rules CAL.492
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.492
NY Assembly
Jun 4, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jun 4, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly

Show full history (14 earlier events)

Jun 4, 2026
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR A8322A
NY Assembly
Jun 1, 2026
In committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
NY Senate
Jun 1, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 1, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1473
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1473
NY Senate
Jun 1, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 1, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
May 28, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Mar 10, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Feb 24, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Governmental Employees
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly
Feb 18, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Civil Service and Pensions
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly
May 13, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly
May 9, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate

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