The “Bill Ricci World Trade Center Rescue, Recovery, and Cleanup Operations Act” was signed into law on July 8, 2019. The law permitted 9/11 first responders who are also public employees (members of the PFRS, SPRS, and some PERS) to apply for accidental disability retirement benefits if they were permanently disabled due to their involvement
This is a very interesting article regarding how Governor Christie employed some "fuzzy math" to reduce the State’s legally mandated pension payment. NJSPOTLIGHT
As reported on NJ.Com, Chris Christie urged Democrats in the state Legislature to work with him to overhaul the public workers’ retirement fund for a second time, or he would take “extreme measures” if they failed to cooperate.
“I’m ready work with the entire Legislature to come up with ideas to fix this, but if
On September 27, 2010, the Appellate Division decided Briane K. Washington v. Board of Trustees, Police and Firemen’s Retirement System, Docket No.: A-1857-08T1. In the case, Briane Washington (“Washington”), a former Essex County Correction Officer, applied for accidental disability retirement benefits as a result of an incident on February 21, 2005, when an
Most recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court heard argument and deceided the case of Hemsey v. Police and Firemen’s Retirement System, A-15 September 2008 Term, on Certification from the Appellate Division, 393 NJ Super 254 (App. Div. 2007).
Hemsey was hired as a police officer by the City of Trenton in 1973. In