State Legislation Resolution No. 125
State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass a bill introduced by Senators Duane, Andrews, Dilan, Hassell-Thompson, Krueger, Montgomery, Oppenheimer, Parker, Sabini, Sampson and Schneiderman, S.5157, “AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the administrative code of the city of New York, the retirement and social security law and the education law, in relation to providing special accidental death benefits and accidental death benefits to registered domestic partners of deceased members of the New York city police pension fund, subchapter two, the New York city fire department pension fund, subchapter two, the New York city employees’ retirement system, the New York city teachers’ retirement system and the board of education retirement system of the city of New York”.
By Council Members Rivera, Quinn, and Monserrate
Whereas, a bill has been introduced in the New York State Legislature by Senators Duane, Andrews, Dilan, Hassell-Thompson, Krueger, Montgomery, Oppenheimer, Parker, Sabini, Sampson and Schneiderman, S.5157, “AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the administrative code of the city of New York, the retirement and social security law and the education law, in relation to providing special accidental death benefits and accidental death benefits to registered domestic partners of deceased members of the New York city police pension fund, subchapter two, the New York city fire department pension fund, subchapter two, the New York city employees’ retirement system, the New York city teachers’ retirement system and the board of education retirement system of the city of New York ”; and
Whereas, the enactment of the above State Legislation requires the concurrence of the Council of the City of New York as the local legislative body; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Council of the City of New York, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of New York, does hereby request the New York State Legislature to enact into law the aforesaid pending bill.
Referred to the Committee on State and Federal Legislation.