A State Supreme Court Justice has granted the Yonkers firefighters’ union the right to arbitration after the city claimed it could determine if retirees already cleared for disability benefits by the state can receive supplemental benefits.
Local 628 of the International Association of Fire Fighters filed a grievance in September after the city told injured retiree Kevin McGrath that he had to submit separate paperwork to be approved for supplemental benefits. He’d already been cleared by the State Comptroller to receive a portion of his working salary through the New York State Retirement System for a permanent disability he acquired in the line of duty.
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