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- Referred to governmental employees
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.797
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Grants Sal Medak Tier I status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system with a membership date of January 1972
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Peter Lopez
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BILL NUMBER:S6950
Title of bill
An act in relation to granting Sal Medak Tier I status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system with a membership date of January 1972
Purpose
This bill would deem retired member Sal Medak to have become a member of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System (ERS) on January 1, 1972, thereby granting him the right to have his final average salary recalculated with the inclusion of his lump sum payment made for his unused vacation leave.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 provides for Sal Medak's membership in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System effective January 1, 1972.
Section 2 provides for an immediate effective date.
Justification
Sal Medak began working for the New York City Education Department on January 1, 1972. However, his current date of membership is listed in the NYS Retirement System records as 9/18/1972. Mr. Medak maintains this formal record is incorrect and is requesting to have an adjustment of his status to reflect the fact that he joined the system in January of 1972.
Mr. Medak has documentation supporting this assertion and while the NYC Teachers Retirement system has been unable to locate his records, Mr. Medak has produced documents from the Social Security Administration which demonstrates that he made contributions to the Retirement system for the first three quarters of 1972.
Actions taken by the NYS Retirement System support Mr. Medak's assertion and he has already been credited with .510 years of service rendered from January 1, 1972 through September 17, 1972. He was credited this time in November of 2006 without question and at no cost, after appealing to the Office of the Comptroller. In granting this credit, the State has effectively acknowledged that he was a member of the system during that time. However, since his date of membership on record is September 18, 1972 and not January 1, 1972, Mr. Medak may not be receiving the full benefits that he may otherwise be entitled to.
Legislative history
2011, A.8328 Referred to Governmental Employees 2012, A.8328 Referred to Governmental Employees
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
If this bill is enacted, there will be a past service cost of approximately $56,200 which will be shared by the state of New York and the participating employers in the ERS.
This estimate, dated February 27, 2014, and intended for use only during the 2014 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2014-94, prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System.
Effective date
Immediately
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