A 7335 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction

Summary

Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction; establishes that the beneficiaries of a member who would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of such member's death may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable which shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of such member's death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 5, 2026

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What changed between versions

A7335 → A7335A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to update the effective date for a death benefit provision from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026, and to add procedural language indicating the bill was re-referred to committee after discharge and amendment. The substantive policy regarding death benefits for public safety workers remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same, but the effective date for a specific death benefit election was extended by one year.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the death benefit election option for sanitation and correction officers was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026.

TECHNICAL

Procedural language was added to the header indicating the bill was discharged from committee, amended, and re-referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, section 2.

The bill number was updated from '7335' to '7335--A' to reflect its amended status.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 7335A

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

lower

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