A key New York judges association and a city bar group are pushing lawmakers to make room in the state budget for a policy bill that would enable state-paid judges to receive death benefits, even if they aren’t retired at the time of their passing.
A New York City attorney, state Sen. Luis Sepúlveda, D-Bronx, is sponsoring the starkly named “Death Gamble” bill, S7567A/A9143, which refers to the “gamble” judges take when they continue to serve while eligible for retirement, by way of an anomaly in law.
