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- Substituted by A2801
- Ordered to third reading cal.1886
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to local government
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Provides for the payment of the salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of any city of Yonkers detention officer injured in the line of duty
Signed by Governor · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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BILL NUMBER:S4134
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to disability coverage for detention officers employed by the city of Yonkers
Purpose
To provide for the payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of any city of Yonkers detention officer injured in the line of duty.
Summary of provisions
Amends subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal law to include Yonkers detention officers who are in the performance of their duties or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of their duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by the municipality by which he is employed the full amount of his regular salary or wages until his disability arising therefrom has ceased, and in addition such municipality shall be liable for all medical treatment and hospital care necessitated by reason of such injury or illness.
Justification
The Yonkers Detention Officers are a small unit comprised of 23 officers, supervisor included. This bill would allow them to have parity with other law enforcement agencies across the state. Detention officers experience daily hazards while performing their duties such as airborne pathogen, TB, Hepatitis and other contagion, violent prisoner confrontation, constant exposure to noise levels and transporting prisoners in excess of 14,000 inmates annually, including high profile and high risk prisoners. Detention officers have high stress related incidents such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and injuries during prisoner violent confrontation. They also have exposure to hazardous drug paraphernalia during search of prisoners and cells, hypodermic needles and crack pipes. Detention officers are also affected by the different shifts they work (12-8; 8-4,4-12) which statistically have been proven to shorten life expectancy and create medical problems as well.
Legislative history
2011-12 (S1013) Died in Local Government 2009-10 (S3928) Died in Finance 2008 (S8330) Died in Rules 2005-06 (S4748) Died in Rules
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 7 of chapter 628 of the laws of 1991, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
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