Authorizes Aileen Colon, the widow of Santiago Francisco Mayol, to file a new service retirement application and option election form on behalf of her deceased spouse.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10492
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT relating to authorizing Aileen Colon, the widow of Santiago Fran-
cisco Mayol, to file a new service retirement application and option
election form on behalf of her spouse
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
2 Aileen Colon, the widow of Santiago Francisco Mayol, who was a member of
3 the New York city teachers' retirement system and who died suddenly
4 after giving notice to his employer of his pending retirement but prior
5 to filing for retirement, shall be authorized to file a new service
6 retirement application and option election form on behalf of her
7 deceased husband with a joint allowance full option, if, within one year
8 of the effective date of this act, she shall submit a request therefor
9 to the retirement board as defined in subdivision 3 of section 13-501 of
10 the New York city administrative code. In addition, Santiago Francisco
11 Mayol's date of retirement shall be deemed to have been September 21st,
12 2024. Once such application is received, any rights or benefits to the
13 death benefit payable upon the death of a member in service pursuant to
14 section 606 of the retirement and social security law shall be waived.
15 Any amounts paid by the New York city teachers' retirement system as the
16 result of the death of Santiago Francisco Mayol prior to the filing of
17 the request for a service retirement benefit pursuant to this section
18 shall be deducted from such benefit payable thereafter.
19 § 2. Any additional costs as a result of this act shall be paid by the
20 city of New York.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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