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WTC Civilian Disability Bill Doesn't Get a Vote

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 6/25/18

A bill to grant civilian public employees who suffer from illnesses related to their World Trade Center service the three-quarters-of-final-average-salary disability pension their uniformed colleagues got years ago failed to get a vote in Albany as lawmakers adjourned for the year.

WTC survivor advocates estimate there may be as many as 15,000 municipal and state workers who would be covered by the bill if they became ill due to their exposure at Ground Zero and its vicinity.

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