---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing a final average salary disability retirement benefit to certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations"
description: "Relates to providing a final average salary disability retirement benefit to certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5898"
citation: "New York S 5898 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876aaafd-cb3d-4495-81cf-9030f9a5066e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5898"
source_hash: "b34fa0a7679b97ffe52433edaef1989b0da2d39263186052f05970e823a99b73"
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 S 5898 (2019-2020) — Relates to providing a final average salary disability retirement benefit to certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations

Relates to providing a final average salary disability retirement benefit to certain participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5898&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5898A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5898A)
3. **S5898B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5898B)
4. **S5898C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5898C)
5. **S5898D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5898D)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: D — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: D — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-10** PRINT NUMBER 5898A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** PRINT NUMBER 5898B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 5898C `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** PRINT NUMBER 5898D `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1805
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8278C
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.631
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-11** SIGNED CHAP.252 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876aaafd-cb3d-4495-81cf-9030f9a5066e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).