ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo celebrated Veterans Day Wednesday by announcing a deal to let public workers obtain additional pension
credits for military service.
Gov. Cuomo announced a deal Wednesday to let public workers obtain additional pension
credits for military service — after recently vetoing a similar bill.
Existing law allows only veterans who served during certain periods of combat — including World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and Iraq — to obtain pension
credits for their military service.
Cuomo celebrated Veterans Day by announcing a deal to let public workers obtain additional pension
credits for military service.
Cuomo signed late Tuesday the legislation, which allows honorably discharged service members with five years of existing public pension credit to purchase three years of
credit for their military service.
Not exact matches
Estimates
for a first - time VA loan on a $ 250,000 single - family home with no down payment, 680
credit score and 181 days of eligible active non-reserve
military service
by years of work, annuities, retirement dates, eligibility
for military service, weeks of unemployment insurance or years of accumulated pension
credits?»
Meier's work was essential in the passing of the veteran's buyback bill, which permits public employees to obtain up to three years of
service credit in the public retirement system
for their
military service during periods of conflict.
The measure is designed to provide up to three years of additional pension
credit for an expanded pool
for state and local government employees with
military service.
This legislation would allow all honorably discharged veterans who are members of a New York State retirement system to purchase
service credit for up to three years of
military service performed.
«It is outrageous that our Afghanistan veterans and those who have fought in other recent conflicts are not eligible
for this
military service credit in New York State under current law.»
«It was an absolute shame that our Afghanistan veterans and those who have fought in other recent conflicts were not eligible
for this
military service credit.»
The legislation authored by Hudson Valley Republican and World War II comabt vet Sen. William Larkin, would amend current law that provides up to three years
credit toward state pensions
for military service during hostilities.
Heading into Veterans Day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation that would have authorized state pension
credits for peacetime
military service.
Original discharge papers are proof of your
military service, and can be used to establish eligibility
for a variety of benefits including property tax exceptions, civil
service credits and if you are planning to be buried in any of the National Cemeteries, your heirs will need your DD - 214.
After holding it
for four months, the state Senate has just sent Governor Andrew Cuomo a bill that would add hundreds of millions of dollars * to state and local pension costs by allowing public employees to claim pension
service credit for time spent in peacetime
military duty.
Calling it an «oppressive unfunded mandate» that would impose $ 57 million in «near term obligations» on local governments across New York State, Governor Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have allowed public employees to claim up to three years worth of pension
service credit for time spent in
military duty.
The other would vastly expand the number of state and local employees who can claim extra
service credit for time served in the
military.
Under current law, [state and local government] employees are eligible to purchase
credited pension
service time
for up to three years of
military service, providing they were in the
military during the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam eras, or served in specified theaters of combat operations in Grenada, Panama or the Middle East since the 1980s.
Those who served in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Korean DMZ are not eligible
for the
military service credit, and neither are women who served in non-combat roles.
Learn about free debt relief programs
for military service members and veterans including
credit counseling, debt management and debt consolidation.
As used in this paragraph, a «Covered Borrower» means any person who, at the time such person becomes obligated on a loan transaction or establishes an account
for consumer
credit, satisfies the requirements under any one or more of the following classifications, or is otherwise under applicable laws deemed to be a «Covered Borrower» under the
Military Lending Act, 10 U.S. Code Section 987: (a) An active duty member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, or a person serving on active Guard and Reserve duty (a person described in this clause (a) of the definition of «Covered Borrower» is hereinafter referred to as a «Service Member»); or (b) Any of the following persons, relative to a Service Member: (1) The spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the Service Member for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's ho
Military Lending Act, 10 U.S. Code Section 987: (a) An active duty member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, or a person serving on active Guard and Reserve duty (a person described in this clause (a) of the definition of «Covered Borrower» is hereinafter referred to as a «
Service Member»); or (b) Any of the following persons, relative to a Service Member: (1) The spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the Service Member for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hou
Service Member»); or (b) Any of the following persons, relative to a
Service Member: (1) The spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the Service Member for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hou
Service Member: (1) The spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the
Service Member for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hou
Service Member
for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the
Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hou
Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the
Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hou
Service Member who resides with such
Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hou
Service Member unless separated by
military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's ho
military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hou
service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the
Service Member's hou
Service Member's household.
(You can not qualify
for online or mobile deposit unless you have a USAA
credit card or insurance and those
services are reserved
for military members).
Although having a
credit card is good
for military families in emergencies, not all
service members and spouses have or want one.
Proposed Regulation Would Ease Ability
for Stay - at - Home Spouses and Partners to Get
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While consumers in general need a good
credit score to ensure they don't pay extra
for utility
services, car insurance premiums, and loan interest rates, bad
credit can seriously affect the lives of those in the
military.
No
credit check
military loans are really a great option
for any
service member of any branch of the
military who is in need of quick money.
Military members with active duty
service from 1957 through 1967 will have extra wage
credits applied to their accounts when they retire and apply
for social security benefits.
Special
military loans
for those with bad
credit were designed specifically
for service members facing tough financial times.
You will need to provide proof of
military service, identification, proof of a valid bank account, along with a few other bits of documentation to complete your application
for your
military loan
for those with bad
credit.
Navy Federal
Credit Union membership is limited to active and retired
military service members and their families, though, so you may not qualify
for the card if you don't have a
military connection.
The Pentagon Federal
Credit Union Foundation honored Visa Inc.
for its leadership in providing support and
services to returning
military, veterans and their families.
These types of loans are very attractive to
service members and families of
service members who may not be able to find a suitable home loan elsewhere due to
credit circumstances, and they offer an option
for affordable home ownership to the men and women of the
military.
Military buyers in any stage of
credit confusion are eligible
for free
credit services through Veterans United and its Lighthouse Program.
Heather worked with
military families while employed at Consumer
Credit Counseling
Service, where she started out as a volunteer to fulfill the fellowship's requirement
for practicum hours.
Now, seven years since the
Military Lending Act came into effect, government authorities say the law has gaps that threaten to leave hundreds of thousands of
service members across the country vulnerable to potentially predatory loans — from
credit pitched by retailers to pay
for electronics or furniture, to auto - title loans to payday - style loans.
According to the provisions of The
Service Members Civil Relief Act, a
military personnel may start by examining the rate of interest they are paying on their current bills, particularly
credit card bills and compare it with the interest rates being charged
for a personal loan.
Curtez Riggs presents Looking
For A
Military Loan: Why Do So Many
Service Members Have Bad
Credit posted at Life After The Army.
Actually, there are
credit cards specifically made
for military service members.
USERRA requires pension plans to grant pension
credit (see
Credited Service) for time served in the military if a participant leaves his or her job to serve in the uniformed services and, soon after leaving military service, is re-employed by the employer that sponsored th
Service)
for time served in the
military if a participant leaves his or her job to serve in the uniformed
services and, soon after leaving
military service, is re-employed by the employer that sponsored th
service, is re-employed by the employer that sponsored the plan.
Navy Federal
Credit Union membership is limited to active and retired
military service members and their families, though, so you may not qualify
for the card if you don't have a
military connection.
Some
military service members,
for example, have received refunds on
credit cards owned solely by their spouses.
Active - duty
service members aren't the only
military affiliates eligible
for special
credit card rates and benefits.