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Ailing Civilian Staff 9/11 Responders Renew Push for Upgraded Pensions

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 7/23/18

Advocates for granting pension parity with uniformed first-responders to civilian 9/11 responders stricken with a World Trade Center illness were back before state legislators pressing their case July 17, less than a month after a bill failed to move in Albany.

They used a 9/11 WTC benefit roundtable held by State Sen. Martin Golden, chair of the Senate Committee on Civil Service and Pensions, to renew their bid. Sens. Tony Avella and Brian A. Benjamin were also in attendance as public employees, their lawyers and union officials freely engaged with the executive leadership of the state and city pension systems.

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