9/11第一反應人員敦促庫莫簽署養(yǎng)老金法案

9/11第一反應人員敦促庫莫簽署養(yǎng)老金法案

Sept. 11 first responders and state pols are pressing Gov. Cuomo to sign a bill granting better pension benefits to public employees disabled following Ground Zero rescue and recovery work.

9·11事件的第一反應人員和州警察正在敦促科莫州長簽署一項法案，為在“歸零地”救援和恢復工作后致殘的公共雇員提供更好的養(yǎng)老金福利。

A bill that passed the Legislature in June expands the World Trade Center Disability Law to include nonuniformed responders.

今年6月，美國國會通過了一項法案，將世貿中心(World Trade Center)殘疾人法擴大到包括不穿制服的公共雇員。

“We have a moral obligation to do this,” state Senate sponsor Jim Gaughran (D-Suffolk) told The Post, arguing that uniformed responders, such as cops and firefighters, are covered, but others, such as transit workers and civil engineers, are left out.

“從道義上講，我們有義務這樣做。”州參議院贊助者吉姆·戈蘭(D-Suffolk))告訴《華盛頓郵報》，他認為穿制服的反應人員，如警察和消防隊員，是有保障的，但其他人，如運輸工人和土木工程師，則被排除在外。

“They all breathed the same toxic air and touched the same toxic stuff,” Gaughran said.

“他們都呼吸著同樣的有毒空氣，接觸著同樣的有毒物質，”戈蘭說。

In all, 610 people with injuries or illnesses directly related to 9/11 cleanup have already filed an application for the benefits, and the cost is estimated at $320,000 per person.

總共有610名與9/11清理工作直接相關的受傷或患病人員已經申請了這項福利，估計每人的費用為32萬美元。

The new applicants would be eligible for disability pension benefits amounting to 75 percent of their final average salary.

新申請人將有資格領取相當于其最終平均工資75%的傷殘撫恤金。

“I haven’t seen [the bill] yet, but as soon as I review it, we’ll have an answer,” Cuomo said in Manhattan on Monday.

庫莫周一在曼哈頓表示：“我還沒有看到這項法案，一旦對其進行審查，我們就會得到一個答案。”