Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Katie Adamek, who is an employee of the Schenectady City School District beginning November 23, 2009.
Summary
This bill grants retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System (NYSLERS) to Katie Adamek, an employee of the Schenectady City School District. The bill deems her membership date to be November 23, 2009, the date she first became eligible for membership, if she applies to the state comptroller within one year of the act’s effective date. As a result, she would receive Tier IV status and the rights and benefits associated with that tier, rather than remaining in Tier V.
The bill also specifies that the Schenectady City School District must pay all past service costs associated with the change, and that Adamek will not receive a refund of member contributions. The act would take effect immediately. According to the fiscal note, the district would face an immediate one-time past service cost estimated at $87,000, with ongoing annual contribution increases of about $2,300 beginning in fiscal year 2027, subject to future salary and billing-rate changes.
Impact
The bill would amend the retirement status of a single public employee by creating a retroactive membership date in NYSLERS and conferring Tier IV benefits on that member. It does not broadly change statewide retirement eligibility rules, but it does create a special statutory exception to existing pension law for one individual. The financial burden is shifted to the Schenectady City School District, which would be responsible for both the one-time past service cost and any resulting increase in annual employer contributions.
Sentiment
The available materials suggest a straightforward, individualized pension correction bill with no recorded committee debate or votes in the provided history. The fiscal note presents the measure in technical terms and quantifies the cost, indicating that the proposal is being evaluated primarily as a retirement-system adjustment rather than a policy controversy. Because no transcripts or vote data are included, there is no evidence here of organized opposition or support beyond the bill’s introduction and actuarial review.
Contention
The main point of potential contention is the retroactive grant of more favorable Tier IV pension status to an individual who is currently in Tier V, which can be viewed as a special benefit exception. Another possible issue is cost allocation: the bill requires the Schenectady City School District, rather than the retirement system or the state generally, to absorb the past service cost and higher future employer contributions. No specific objections, amendments, or opposing arguments are included in the provided record.
Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Katie Adamek, who is an employee of the Schenectady City School District beginning November 23, 2009.
Grants retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York city teachers' retirement system to certain employees employed by the city of Yonkers parks department for the period beginning in 2009 and ending in 2014.
Grants retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York city teachers' retirement system to certain employees employed by the city of Yonkers parks department for the period beginning in 2009 and ending in 2014.