BILL NUMBER: S5053B
SPONSOR: SCARCELLA-SPANTON
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
retirement and social security law, in relation to increasing the manda-
tory retirement age for uniform members of the New York city police
department
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Section 14-124 of the administrative code of the city of New
York is amended to read: Termination of service members of force because
of super-annuation. No member of the police force who is or hereafter
attains the age of sixty-five years shall continue to serve as a member
of such force but shall be retired and placed on the pension rolls of
the department, provided, however, that any member who is not eligible
for retirement at age sixty-five shall continue to serve as a member
only until such time as such member becomes eligible for such pension
service retirement, provided further that any member participating in
the social security program many elect to remain in the department but
only until such time as such member has earned the minimum number of
quarters of coverage required to assure future eligibility for social
security retirement benefits, but in no event beyond sixty-five years of
age.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or of any other section
of law, any member who shall not have completed thrifty-five years of
creditable city service within the meaning of subdivision j of section
13-206, prior to attaining the age of sixty-five years may continue to
serve as a member until such member shall have completed such thirty-
five years of creditable city service.
Section 2. Subdivision 15 of section 501 of the retirement and social
security law, as added by chapter 890 of the laws of 1976, is amended to
read as follows: Mandatory retirement age shall mean age seventy, for
general members, and age sixty-five for uniform members of the New York
city police fund.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Raising the retirement age for law enforcement allows agencies to retain
experienced officers for longer, which can improve public safety by
maintaining a high level of expertise on the force and allowing senior
officers to provide stability and leadership roles within the force. It
also helps to address staffing shortages by keeping skilled officers on
the job longer and potentially reducing the need for extensive, expen-
sive training for new recruits.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
See 2026 Fiscal Note
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S5053: 501 retirement and social security law, 501(15) retirement and social security law