---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the city of Cohoes, in the county of Albany, to offer certain retirement options to police officer Jeffrey Bressette"
description: "Authorizes the city of Cohoes, in the county of Albany, to offer certain retirement options to police officer Jeffrey Bressette."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 10251"
citation: "New York A 10251 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-27"
last_action: "2018-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc6bb98-980b-4eb5-8eef-3e205ead5546"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10251"
source_hash: "eb1f99ee083ad956b1b3015357bf6be1d8655c9d1d8be4af71079015964d3431"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 10251 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the city of Cohoes, in the county of Albany, to offer certain retirement options to police officer Jeffrey Bressette

Authorizes the city of Cohoes, in the county of Albany, to offer certain retirement options to police officer Jeffrey Bressette.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A10251 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10251&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A10251 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10251)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **129–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MCDONALD — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-27** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** REPORTED
- **2018-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.183
- **2018-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.183
- **2018-06-14** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8208
- **2018-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1166
- **2018-06-18** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-07-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-31** SIGNED CHAP.156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fc6bb98-980b-4eb5-8eef-3e205ead5546`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).