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Mayor, Council Stand In Way of Improved Police/Fire Disability

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 6/16/14

The effort to gain cops and firefighters hired over the last five years the same meaningful disability-pension rights enjoyed by more-senior workers in those jobs may be stalled by Mayor de Blasio’s opposition to the legislation after a business-backed watchdog group warned of its potential cost.

The bill’s prime sponsor in the State Assembly, Peter J. Abbate of Brooklyn, said June 11 that he was pessimistic about getting equal treatment for newer cops and firefighters approved before the Legislature adjourns June 19 because the City Council appears unlikely to approve the necessary home-rule messages that would allow legislators to act on the bills.

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