STATE OF NEW YORK
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6812--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 21, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to entitling Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. to reapply for a
disability retirement from the New York state police
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Robert V.
2 Vassallo, Sr., who was employed as a correction officer with the depart-
3 ment of correctional services for the state of New York for approximate-
4 ly one year beginning in 1968, and who was employed as a correction
5 officer with the department of correction for the city of New York for
6 approximately one year until September 10, 1970, and who was employed as
7 a police officer with the New York state parkway police for the period
8 beginning September 10, 1970 and ending January 1, 1980, and who was
9 employed as a trooper with the New York state police for the period
10 beginning January 1, 1980 and ending March 1, 1990, and who was employed
11 as an investigator in the bureau of criminal investigation with the New
12 York state police for the period beginning March 1, 1990 and ending
13 September 13, 1997, and who, on January 14, 1991, was critically injured
14 in an automobile accident while working undercover in an unmarked police
15 car, and, as a result of such critical injuries has been unable to
16 return to work with the New York state police, and who, for reasons not
17 ascribable to his own negligence, has been denied a disability retire-
18 ment from the New York state police, and who, as of the effective date
19 of this act, is on regular service retirement, shall be entitled to
20 reapply for a disability retirement from the New York state police if on
21 or before December 31, 2019, he files a written request with the state
22 comptroller to that effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Fiscal Note.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would entitle Robert V. Vassallo, Sr., a service retiree who
was formerly employed as a police officer with the New York State
Police, to file an application to receive a disability benefit from the
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System instead of
his current service retirement benefit.
If this bill is enacted, there will be no increase in the annual bene-
fit paid by the System. Therefore, there would be no cost to the System.
Summary of relevant resources:
The membership data used in measuring the impact of the proposed
change was the same as that used in the March 31, 2017 actuarial valu-
ation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2017
Report of the Actuary and the 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
2016, and 2017 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assump-
tions, and the Codes Rules and Regulations of the State of New York:
Audit and Control.
The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2017
New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements and
Supplementary Information.
I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
This estimate, dated January 31, 2018, and intended for use only
during the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2018-54,
prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement
System.