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  • STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 3, 2020

    Governor Cuomo has issued Executive Order 202.72, which extends the State Disaster Emergency that was originally declared by Executive Order 202 through December 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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  • STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED AGAIN

    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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  • INTERESTING FACTS AND INFORMATION FROM THE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

    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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  • LOSAP POINTS DURING COVID-19: BREAKING DOWN THE STATUTE FOR CLARITY

    As a result of the Governor extending the State Disaster Emergency to October 4, 2020, it has highlighted some confusion about the new legislation that allows sponsors to credit up to five (5) points per month during this Emergency. We thought it could be helpful to analyze the statute a different way, with the hopes…

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  • LOSAP POINTS DURING COVID-19: BREAKING DOWN THE STATUTE FOR CLARITY

    As a result of the Governor extending the State Disaster Emergency to October 4, 2020, it has highlighted some confusion about the new legislation that allows sponsors to credit up to five (5) points per month during this Emergency. We thought it could be helpful to analyze the statute a different way, with the hopes…

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  • UPDATE ON LOSAP POINTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

    On Friday afternoon (September 4, 2020), Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.60, which “continued” the declared State Disaster Emergency until October 4, 2020. The original order that declared the Emergency was 202, and there have now been 61 “continuations” of that original order. (There was an order 202.55.1 if you are wondering if we can…

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  • NEW ACTUARY JOINS FIREFLY

    Firefly Admin Inc. is guided by six core principles – Serve, Trust, Value, Teach, Grow, and Collaborate. These principles can be applied in many ways, including both in how we deliver our services to clients and how we operate internally as a team. Recently, we have made several internal decisions on enhancing our service offerings,…

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  • COVID-19 LOSAP POINTS FAQ

    It has been 6+ weeks since the new legislation authorizing LOSAP sponsors to award points during the COVID-19 pandemic was enacted. We thought it would be helpful to answer a few “frequently asked questions” we have received about the legislation. As with any interpretation of statute, we suggest reviewing everything with your attorney before taking…

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  • CLEVELAND INDIANS BULLPEN COACH A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER

    I love baseball! I’m so excited for it to be back. I though it would be fun to share this article on a local upstate New York man who was recently promoted to be the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians. But he is also a volunteer firefighter! It is a great story, that I…

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  • COVID-19 LOSAP POINTS BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

    The bill we have been tracking since the end of April was signed into law today as Chapter 113 of the Laws of 2020. ​This bill will allow municipal sponsors to award up to five (5) points for each complete month during which fire department activities were cancelled or special response protocols were in place…

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