What's happening
This bill allows New York City Employee Retirement System members who received 9/11 victims compensation to be presumed eligible for disability retirement.
Why it matters
Simplifies Disability Claims for 9/11-Impacted NYC Employees. By presuming that any qualifying disability is related to job duties for those who received 9/11 victims compensation, the bill removes a major burden of proof from affected city workers seeking disability retirement.
Potentially Expands Access to Disability Retirement. Employees who may have struggled to demonstrate a direct connection between their disability and their work on or after 9/11 could now be eligible for benefits, reducing denials and appeals.
Could Increase Financial Security for Survivors. The change may provide more reliable income to those suffering from long-term effects of 9/11, offering greater peace of mind and support as they age or as health issues worsen.
May Affect Public Pension Liabilities. By increasing the pool of employees eligible for disability retirement, the bill could have significant financial impacts on the New York City Employee Retirement System, potentially influencing future funding requirements or benefits policy.
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Easier 9/11 Disability Retirement
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7768
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 20, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law in relation to disability retirement for persons receiving benefits from the victims compensation fund for the terrorist attacks occurring on September eleventh, two thousand one
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 207-r to read as follows:
§ 207-r. Performance of duty disability retirement. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the workers' compensation law and the labor law, a member of the New York city employee retirement system who has previously received benefits from the victims compensation fund for the terrorist attacks occurring on September eleventh, two thousand one, who completes an application for disability retirement shall be presumed to have such disability as a result of the performance or discharge of his or her duties, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence. Such disability retirement shall be approved unless it is proved such member of the New York city employee retirement system has not received benefits from the victims compensation fund for the terrorist attacks occurring on September eleventh, two thousand one.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11599-01-9
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