Senate Civil Service and Pensions Committee advances eight retirement-related bills to finance committee
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Summary
On March 4, 2026, the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Civil Service and Pensions voted to report eight bills affecting retirement benefits and credits — covering New York City sanitation and correction members, county correction officers, firefighters, EMTs, a veterans’ legacy credit and Civil Air Patrol service — to the finance committee.
The New York State Senate Standing Committee on Civil Service and Pensions met March 4 and voted to report eight bills addressing retirement benefits and credits to the finance committee, the chair said.
The measures include S4667A (sanitation members of the New York City Employees' Retirement System), S4706A (uniform correction members in the New York City Employees' Retirement System), S8424A (a legacy credit for children and siblings of service members killed in the line of duty), S9262 (county and municipal air force firefighters), S9356 (a 25-year retirement program for New York City water supply police), S9378 (eligibility to opt into a 25-year EMT retirement program), S9394 (20-year retirement for Suffolk County correction officers) and S9406 (credit for Civil Air Patrol members during Air Force-assigned missions). Several of the bills were introduced or presented by Committee Chair Senator Jackson.
Committee consideration was generally brief. The committee director read each bill title, motions to move the bills were made and recorded votes were called. The bills were reported to the finance committee with the following committee readouts: S4667A — 6 yeas, 0 nays, 0 AWRs; S4706A — 7 yeas, 0 nays; S8424A — 7 yeas, 0 nays; S9262 — 7 yeas, 0 nays; S9356 — 7 yeas, 0 nays; S9378 — 7 yeas, 0 nays; S9394 — readout indicates affirmative committee action; S9406 — 6 yeas, 0 nays, 1 AWR. All eight were reported to finance for further consideration.
Senator Moss, speaking after the committee director read the title of S8424A, described the measure as a way to support military families: “I think it's really important, to support our military families, and this is just a very small portion of showing New York cares about them, especially their families,” the senator said.
Other discussion during the session focused on motion and voting procedure; most items moved with unanimous or near-unanimous support. The chair directed staff to forward the reported bills to the finance committee for the next stage of review.
The committee concluded its fourth meeting of the 2026 legislative session with no further public testimony recorded. The bills will next be considered in the Senate Finance Committee.
