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More Hero's of 9/11 to Receive Additonal Protection Under Workers Compensation

As the seventh Anniversary of the horrific attack on The World Trade Center draws near, the news media has been filled with reports of continued medical and financial problems suffered by those affected on that day, particularly those First Responders and others who rushed to the World Trade Center site with only one purpose, to help their fellow Americans, their neighbors, friends and strangers.

Governor David Paterson of New York has taken an additional step today of calling for protection of these workers by expanding the category of those covered under what has been calld a "presumptive accidental disability retirement benefit"

Additional first responders covered under this bill include: (i) state and county corrections officers and deputy sheriffs ; (ii) the non-uniformed first responders who were not required to undergo a pre-employment physical examination; (iii) 911 dispatchers; (iv) first responders who worked for any period of time within the first 48 hours after the first plane hit the World Trade Center; (v) emergency vehicle radio repair mechanics; (vi) vested members of a public pension system who terminated their employment prior to filing a claim; and (vii) workers who became disabled more than two years after 9/11 but before an extension was granted in the Workers Compensation Law which would have covered them.

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