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Fight Over Disability Pensions for Police, Firefighters Heats Up
(By - Sally Goldenberg and Gloria Pazmino)
A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire unions and members of the City Council claiming it short-changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line-of-duty pension or a higher cost-of-living increase after retirement….At issue is how to resolve the diminished disability benefits for New York City’s uniformed work force following a change in 2009 that reduced the pension from 75 percent of a final year’s salary to 50 percent. The change, instituted by former governor David Paterson to save money during the recession, further cut pensions by deducting Social Security benefits. Read more…
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