Pol wants pension disparity for cops erased
In light of the deaths of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were killed in the line of duty on Saturday, December 20 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Assemblymember Felix Ortiz is calling on the New York City Council and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to pass a home rule message that would send legislation to Albany that would redress inequities in pension payouts when a police officer is disabled in the line of duty
“These two brave police officers sadly demonstrate the unequal treatment that men and women doing exactly the same job face,” Ortiz said. “They take the same risks but are not treated equally in death or injury. Had these men lived but been permanently disabled, Police Officer Ramos would have received about half in disability benefits because he was hired after the Tier 2 pension law was not renewed,” in 2009.
Liu served seven years on the force. Ramos, the father of two sons, was with the NYPD just under three years, which – had he lived but been unable to return to work – would have resulted in decreased benefits.