---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deems Lawrence Lakeman to have died as a natural and proximate result of his participation in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations"
description: "Deems an application filed with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system by the widow of Lawrence Lakeman as timely filed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2519"
citation: "New York S 2519 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick M. Gallivan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5697f163-57ed-44f2-a7d1-4410df0fe92a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2519"
source_hash: "6a9066c748e1ccfc5bddd4a8757d53424f1a65573fd1a653fb49a7bc484c39ca"
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 2519 (2023-2024) — Deems Lawrence Lakeman to have died as a natural and proximate result of his participation in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations

Deems an application filed with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system by the widow of Lawrence Lakeman as timely filed.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2519&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick M. Gallivan — primary (person)
- Alexis Weik — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony H. Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Stec — cosponsor (person)
- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Griffo — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Walczyk — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Oberacker — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Ortt — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1271
- **2023-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3052
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.438
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-11** SIGNED CHAP.363 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5697f163-57ed-44f2-a7d1-4410df0fe92a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).