NY A07679

Adds endocrine/thyroid cancer to the list of cancers presumed to be job-related for New York City firefighters seeking disability retirement benefits

Applies to active firefighters and those retired for five years or less who passed a physical exam upon hiring that showed no evidence of the condition

Increases disability benefits from ordinary disability (50% or less of final average salary) to performance of duty disability (75% of final average salary)

Estimated cost increase of approximately $468,300 per disability retirement case and $2.3 million per death case due to thyroid/endocrine cancer

Annual employer contribution increases estimated at $55,400 per disability retirement and $267,100 per death attributable to these cancers