---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Edward Tercasio, Jr. to receive certain credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law"
description: "Authorizes Edward Tercasio, Jr. to receive credit under the optional twenty-year retirement plan of the retirement and social security law available to police officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4779"
citation: "New York S 4779 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6b2947-01da-4d13-a2dd-58b10b9d4cef"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4779"
source_hash: "a869840e85a8ba34574a40767b704462a0886b0757513874f3aec303352c4d96"
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 4779 (2021-2022) — Authorizes Edward Tercasio, Jr. to receive certain credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law

Authorizes Edward Tercasio, Jr. to receive credit under the optional twenty-year retirement plan of the retirement and social security law available to police officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4779&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1383
- **2021-06-02** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6735
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.589
- **2021-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6b2947-01da-4d13-a2dd-58b10b9d4cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).