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WTC HEALTH INFO
WTC Disability Law
Filing Deadline
is September 11, 2010!
The World Trade Center
Disability Law creates a
presumptive eligibility for
accident disability retirement
for certain qualifying
conditions if such disability
occurred as a result of
participation in the World
Trade Center Rescue, Recovery,
or Clean-up operations
from September 11,
2001 – September 12, 2002.
All active members or
those members who vested
or retired after 9/11/01
are eligible to apply for
benefi ts or reclassifi cation
of benefi ts under the law.
To preserve the right to
the WTC presumption, a
member (active or eligible
retirees) MUST FILE a “Notice
of Participation” with
the Police Pension Fund.
The Notice is not an application
for disability retirement
benefi ts; rather it is a
necessary prerequisite for
eligibility under the law.
Chapter 489 of the Laws
of 2008 extends the deadline
to fi le a “Notice of
Participation” to September
11, 2010. This form can
be downloaded from the
Police Pension Fund web
site at
www.nyc.gov/nycppf
or can be obtained by calling
(212) 693-5100.
WTC screening program has lowered the age requirement to 40 and over for a free screening test for heart disease.(March 21, 2009)
Click here for a flyer with more information!
The World Trade Center
Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program
NEW YORK CITY 9/11 HEALTH UPDATE
New York City has opened a comprehensive
new web site at:
This site offers the latest information about
9/11 health issues.
Any person that was affected by health problems associated with the collapse of
the Twin Tower complex should visit this web site.
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