Cyrus Dugger
Assembly Okays 9/11-Tied Fatal Illness Benefit……Again
If you thought this bill had already been passed, you’re right.
I wrote about the first version of this bill in “When Will NYC Stop Fighting Heroes’ Claims & Benefits?” Here’s the eventual legislative correction to this attempt by NYC to shirk it’s legal obligations towards 9/11 responders.
Assembly Okays 9/11-Tied Fatal Illness Benefit
By Ginger Adams Otis
The Chief-Leader
February 23, 2007The State Assembly Feb. 14 passed a bill that would grant accidental-death benefits to uniformed first-responders who become fatally ill with diseases linked to toxins present at the Ground Zero site during rescue and recovery operations.
The bill is expected to get Senate approval this week.
Important Addition
The measure closes a loophole in previous legislation awarding disability pensions to 9/11 first-responders who are ill. The 9/11 Disability bill, signed by Governor Pataki, awards pensions to uniformed workers and other first-responders who are afflicted by certain diseases and can prove they worked at least 40 hours at specific 9/11-related sites. But the bill doesn’t provide death benefits for the families of workers who die from their 9/11-related illnesses. (keep reading)
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