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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NO.315 P06 09/20/2001 13:49 SKPDDEN i 912125180239P968910

retirement and social security law and Tide: AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the provide benefits on behalf of public the administrative code of the city of New York to duty as a result of the attack on employees who died or suffered disabling injuries in the line of of such attack. the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 or the aftermath

Summary of provisions: 208-f to provide public Section 1 adds a new subdivision g to General Municipal Law benefit equal to the benefit employees of any state or city entity with a special accidental death minus (1) the pension death provided under GML 208-f, i.e. the annual salary of the decedent, This benefit will go totanyone3 benefit; (2) social security benefit; and (3) workers compensation. who were victims. Registered who died, including-rescue workers and other public employees Provision is made domesticpartnersiof the deceased will receive the same benefits-as spouses? retirement system b-ut had not for benefits for families of employees who were eligible Co join a

yet done so.3 which applies to members of Section 2 amends Retirement and Social Security Law section 605, who was disabled as a result of a Tier4. It provides a 3/< salary disability benefit for an employee the attack, or the afterman of such line of duty injury sustained while in the immediate vicinity of by any workers J attack (including both rescuers and other employee-victims), offset This benefit will be compensation benefit (see references to RSSL 64 and Ad. Code 13-1.76). join Tier 4 but had not done available to members of Tier 4, and to persons who were eligible to (Other rescuer workers so (but only if they apply to join the system by March 29, 2002). existing state law.) Domestic: including EMTs would already get a disability pension under a/.

partners will be heated like spouses. Code, (Chapter 4 of Title 3, Section 3. The Board of Estimate chapter of the Administrative amounts for uniformed sections 3-401 through 3-404) provides death benefits in varying employees who receive an employees whose survivors receive one year's salary and other a new section to Chapter of amount determined at the Mayor's discretion. This section will add 4, to provide that the survivors of any City employees - including rescue workers- and- othe 3 employee's annual salary. employee-victims - who died will receive a deathbenefit equalao the Domestic partners will be treated like-spouses (as in existing Ad. Code provisions). These broader on its face than benefits will be in lieu of other benefits under Chapter 4. This bill is domestic partner or minor child-the current law in one respect: if there is no surviving spouse "dependent parent" but has been benefit will-go-to the "parent." (Existing law refers to interpreted to include emotional as well as financial dependency.)

12-126 provides health-instirancej Section 4. New York City Administrative Code section in the line of duty. This part coverage for survivors of police.offncers and.firefighte who died survivor of any City employee) of the bill will amend that section to extend such benefits to the died in connection with the events (including rescue workers and other employee victims) who provided to the surviving spouse 91 of September 11 or their aftermath. These benefits will be of 1-9, and children-enrolled-) domestic partner, until he or she dies, and to children under the age accredited degree-granting on a full-time-basis in--a-program of undergraduate study in an

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