We had 57 applications on this month’s calendar, with 25 members approved for Accident Disability Retirement or Line of Duty Death benefits. Among the challenges we faced were cases in which: a member slipped and fell because of a wire hanger left on a staircase at 1 Police Plaza; a member slipped and fell on ice that had not been removed from the steps leading to a Department facility; a member’s arm was crushed by an elevator door; and two members were injured while operati

This month, we had 74 cases on the Board of Trustees' agenda, with 47 members approved for Accident Disability Retirement or Line of Duty Death benefits. Of those approvals, 27 were approved under the WTC Bill. After months of back-and-forth with the Police Commissioner's representative on the board regarding implementation of the new WTC Verification Presumptive Bill, we have come to an understanding where the City-side Trustees are putting a statement on the record and al

This month, we had 67 cases on the agenda across our 4 unions, with 22 approvals for Accident Disability Retirement, including 5 applications for reclassification and 3 Line Of Duty Death applications under the World Trade Center Disability Bill. WTC Verifications Under the new WTC Verification Bill (WTC Legislation S.4554-A/A.5458-A), enacted this past September, the burden is no longer on the member to prove their participation in rescue, recovery and clean-up operations at

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Partners Robert Ungaro and Nick Cifuni at the November 9, 2022, meeting of the Board of Trustees of the NYC Police Pension Fund.

Dan Jaffe and Nick Cifuni with NYPD Detectives Endowment Association President Paul DiGiacomo

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