A 7949 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Permits surviving spouses of certain retirement plan members to retain certain benefits upon remarriage

This bill amends New York City's police pension law to allow surviving spouses to retain death benefits after remarrying. Currently, the law terminates these benefits if a surviving spouse remarries, but this change removes that restriction. It specifically applies to members of the New York City Police Pension Fund, ensuring eligible spouses - those who haven't renounced survivorship rights in a separation agreement - can continue receiving payments regardless of remarriage. The policy change takes effect immediately for existing beneficiaries and future cases.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Apr 2025

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Introduced Apr 16, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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A7949 → A7949A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to expand its scope by adding provisions for New York City police pension fund members, in addition to the existing provisions for New York City sanitation workers. The amendment also clarifies the definition of eligible beneficiaries and updates the effective date language to apply to both the state retirement system and the city administrative code.

Scope change

The bill now applies to both New York City uniformed sanitation revised plan members and New York City police pension fund members, whereas it previously only addressed sanitation workers.

SCOPE

Added new provisions specifically for New York City police pension fund members to the list of eligible beneficiaries who can retain benefits upon remarriage.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the definition of eligible beneficiaries to include both sanitation workers and police officers as separate categories with their own specific benefit rules.

REQUIREMENT

Added new section requiring amendments to the administrative code of the City of New York to align with the state retirement law changes.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill identification numbers and committee status to reflect that the bill was amended and recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Employees.

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Amendments

Jun 16, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

Jun 13, 2025

Committee

REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

May 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 7949A

lower

May 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors