BILL NUMBER: S6766A
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to granting retroactive tier IV membership in the New
York city employees' retirement system to Ryan D. O'Connor
 
PURPOSE:
Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York city employees'
retirement system to Ryan D. O'Connor.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Grants Ryan D. O'Connor Tier IV status in the New York City
employee's retirement system.
Section 2: States that no contributions made by Ryan D. O'Connor shall
be returned or refunded to him pursuant to this act.
Section 3: States that all past service costs of implementing the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.
Section 4: Sets effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Ryan D. O'Connor was hired on January 19, 2012 right after law school,
but was labeled as an "independent contractor" by the New York City
Transit Authority despite being designated a W-2 worker. He did not
officially become an employee in the New York city employee's retirement
system until September 10, 2012 when he moved from the Torts Division to
the Office of Labor Relations. Due to NYCERS implementing Tier VI on
April 2012, he was placed as a Tier VI employee rather than Tier IV.
This legislation will address this issue and grant Mr. O'Connor Tier IV
status, which he would have been granted had he originally been placed
in the New York city employees' retirement system when he was hired on
January 19, 2012.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Senate:
2022: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.