NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5848
SPONSOR: Jones TITLE OF BILL:
An act granting retroactive membership with Tier II status in the New
York state and local police and fire retirement system to Ethan Czyzew-
ski
PURPOSE:
Grants Ethan Czyzewski tier II status in the New York state and local
police and fire retirement system
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 deems Ethan Czyzewski Tier II status in the New York State
Retirement System base on his employment at Galway Central School
District on June 26, 2006.
Section 2 does not allow for any contribution Ethan Czyzewski has made
to be returned or refunded.
Section 3 deems the State of New York to be responsible for paying for
Ethan Czyzewski's tier change in the New York State Retirement System.
Section 4 established the effective date, which is immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
Through no fault of his own, Ethan CzyzeWski was not enrolled in any NY
State retirement system during his employment with the Galway Central
School District beginning in 2008. Ethan was later employed by the NY
State Police and enrolled in the NY State and local police and fire
retirement system.
As he was employed by a state entity beginning in the year 2008, and
continues to work as a public servant with the State Police, he should
be entitled to retirement benefits corresponding with such employment.
The State will benefit greatly by recognizing Ethan Czyzewski's commit-
ment to serving the people of New York.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
See fiscal note
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5848
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT granting retroactive membership with Tier II status in the New
York state and local police and fire retirement system to Ethan
Czyzewski
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, Ethan
2 Czyzewski, an employee of the state police and a member of the New York
3 state and local police and fire retirement system, who for reasons not
4 ascribable to his own negligence, failed to become a member of one of
5 the state of New York's retirement systems during his employment with
6 the Galway Central School District on June 26, 2006, shall be deemed to
7 have joined the New York state and local police and fire retirement
8 system during 2006 and shall be granted Tier II status in such retire-
9 ment system, if, within one year of the effective date of this act, he
10 shall file a written request with the state comptroller.
11 § 2. No contribution made to any retirement system by Ethan Czyzewski
12 shall be returned or refunded to him pursuant to this act.
13 § 3. All service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
14 shall be borne by the state of New York.
15 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would provide Ethan Czyzewski with a date of membership of
June 26, 2006, their date of first employment with the Galway Central
School District, resulting in Tier 2 status in the New York State and
Local Police and Fire Retirement System. Ethan Czyzewski is currently a
Tier 6 member employed by the Division of State Police. There will be no
refund of member contributions.
If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $14,000 in the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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annual contributions of the state of New York for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary as the billing rates
and salary of Ethan Czyzewski change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $0 which will be borne
by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate assumes
that payment will be made on March 1, 2026.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
2024 Report of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
2024 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, 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, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
and Supplementary Information.
This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
the professional judgment of an attorney.
This estimate, dated February 12, 2025, and intended for use only
during the 2025 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2025-63. As
Chief Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System, I,
Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with
applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of
Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing
Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
which I am a member.
