S 10597 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Provides pay per call and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel expense reimbursement for call response

Summary
Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend of a nominal fee for responses to calls and for certain standby services; includes volunteer firefighters within the labor law definition of "employee" of a federal, state or municipal government of political subdivision thereof; establishes the volunteer fire service nominal compensation assistance fund.
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May 2026
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Introduced May 28, 2026 Last action May 28, 2026
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May 28, 2026
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