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Month: May 2020

  • COVID-19 LOSAP LEGISLATION PASSED BY LEGISLATURE

    The legislation that would allow a municipal sponsor of a LOSAP to award up to 5 points per month during the current COVID-19 pandemic has been passed by the Assembly and Senate. We now await for the Governor to sign it into law. You can read more about it at our previous blog post here:covid-19-losap-bill-amended-progressing.html

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  • COVID-19 LOSAP BILL AMENDED & PROGRESSING

    *5/28/2020 UPDATE – The bill was passed by both houses – we now just need the Governor’s signature for it to become law* The bill that would amend the General Municipal Law to address LOSAP points during the COVID-19 pandemic has been amended and appears poised to make progress through the legislature. The amended bill,…

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  • HANDLING DEPARTMENT RESPONSES DURING COVID-19

    Recently, a bill was introduced to address LOSAP points during the COVID-19 pandemic legislatively. You can read more about it HERE. Despite this new proposed legislation, we thought we’d share an approach that we believe fits into the parameters of the current statute and may offer the relief some departments are looking for.  This approach centers…

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  • COMMENTS ON BILL ADDRESSING LOSAP POINTS DURING COVID-19

    *EDIT*  – This blog post was based on the original version of the bill. You can read about the most current version by clicking here: covid-19-losap-bill-amended-progressing.html Bill S8251 was introduced in the Senate on April 27, 2020. It was then amended May 6, 2020 to include ​an amendment to the sections of the General Municipal Law that…

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  • LOSAP LEGISLATIVE BILL UPDATE

    As was mentioned in a previous post, a bill was introduced in the Senate to try and address the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic will  have on the ability of volunteers to earn LOSAP points in 2020. Since that post, the bill was amended to include changes to Articles 11-AA and 11-AAA, which are…

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  • BILL INTRODUCED TO ADDRESS LOSAP POINTS DURING PANDEMIC

    A bill was introduced in the Senate this week to address how the current COVID-19 pandemic has impacted how firefighters can earn LOSAP points. At this point, we are providing the text of the bill with no comments. It can be found at the bottom of this article. In general, we maintain that we cannot…

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