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STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 26, 2021

February 8, 2021

At this time, most Fire Departments are back to some variation of normal. However, the Governor did extend the State Disaster Emergency through February 26, 2021, which means it could be possible to award more points for cancelled events in 2021. We will continue to monitor and keep you updated.

STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED AGAIN

January 6, 2021

On December 30, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.87, which effectively extended the State Disaster Emergency until January 29, 2021. Therefore, this means that if fire departments continue to be in a situation where events are cancelled or firefighter responses are being limited, that points could be awarded for January 2021. Since the statute…

STATE DIASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO JANUARY 1, 2021

December 3, 2020

Yesterday, December 3, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.79, which continued the State Disaster Emergency through January 1, 2021. Although this was expected, we now know officially that the time period for which points could be awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic is from March 7, 2020 to December 31, 2020. This…

STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 3, 2020

November 4, 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.…

STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED AGAIN

October 5, 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.…

INTERESTING FACTS AND INFORMATION FROM THE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

October 1, 2020

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…

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

September 22, 2020

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…

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

September 22, 2020

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…

UPDATE ON LOSAP POINTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

September 9, 2020

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…

NEW ACTUARY JOINS FIREFLY

September 8, 2020

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,…