---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to reopening the age 55 improved benefit retirement program and the 25-year early retirement program to active and retired members and staff of the NYC council"
description: "Relates to reopening the age 55 improved benefit retirement program and the 25-year early retirement program to active and retired members and staff of the NYC council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6156"
citation: "New York A 6156 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a2f60c3-395c-42b0-b2e1-4be3648e6305"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6156"
source_hash: "4902c86be824891ee6ad575e89ac2d08e6c33b73ad31b407e1645bc3320e5f97"
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 6156 (2023-2024) — Relates to reopening the age 55 improved benefit retirement program and the 25-year early retirement program to active and retired members and staff of the NYC council

Relates to reopening the age 55 improved benefit retirement program and the 25-year early retirement program to active and retired members and staff of the NYC council.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6156&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED
- **2023-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.588
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.588
- **2023-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5744
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1506
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.689 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a2f60c3-395c-42b0-b2e1-4be3648e6305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).