WTC Records Folder 0124 Clippings label, Sept 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

09/20/2001 13:49 SKADDEN 4 912125190239P968910 N0.315 D03

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

Stare of New York represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as a new subdivision g Section 1. Section 208-f of she general municipal law is amended by adding

to read as follows: provided by this section o Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the special accidental death benefit survivors of anyuubltc shall be paid to the persons named in subdivision f of this section who are the described in subdivision six of e rnplo ee who was a member Of tpjthlic retirement system p 1 e stale as have been eligible to join section one hu dred fifty two of the retirement and vocial security law or would died in the line of duty such a retrement system and who in the judgment of such employee's employer or the aftermath of such in connection with the snack on the World Trade Center on September 11 2001 208-f of 313 k rot numoses of this subdivision the terms "widow" and "widower" as used in this section partner as defined in the general municipal law shall be deemed to include the employee's domestic hereunder shall be in section 1-112 of the administrative code of the city of New York The benefit paid and social security law._ lieu of any other benefit pursuant 10 this section or section 361-a of the retirement

a new subdivision f Section 2. Section 605 of the retirement and social security law is amended by adding

to read as follows: member or a person who would f.(ll Notwithstanding any Other provision of law, in the event that a sustained in the line of Bury while been eligible to become s member is disabled as the result of nn accident World Trade Censer an such member or person was in the immediate vicinity of the attack on the disability retirement September 11, 2001 or the aftermath of such attack then such person shall receive a sixty-four of this chapter equal to three quarters of final average salary. subject to the provisions of section

and section 13-176 cube administrative code of the city of New York. performance of duty benefit. (27 The benefit Paid hereupd r shall be in lieu of any other disability or individual who would have (Ti For the purpose of applying for benefits pursuant to this subdivision an shall be entitled to torn been eligible to loin a public retire tent system of the 'laic on September 11, 2001

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