Month: October 2020

  • Governor Cuomo has issued Executive Order 202.67, which extends the State Disaster Emergency that was originally declared by Executive Order 202 through November 3, 2020. This is important to fire departments that may still be operating under restrictions due to the State Disaster Emergency, such as cancelling events or limiting at-risk volunteers from responding to calls.…

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  • If a village, town, city, or fire district elected to participate in the “State pension” in order to provide a retirement benefit to its employees, that municipality is participating in the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS). This system is actually comprised of two pension plans – the Employee’s Retirement System (ERS) and…

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