NY A08645

Grants Stacie Stueber, surviving spouse of deceased Suffolk County deputy sheriff Richard Stueber, a 75% accidental disability retirement benefit based on his final average salary

Richard Stueber participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, and cleanup operations as an NYPD member and later died from mental illness associated with those operations

Benefit is retroactive to his March 1, 2019 retirement date, based on a March 12, 2020 determination that he was permanently incapacitated due to his WTC participation

Suffolk County is responsible for all costs associated with implementing this act, including an estimated one-time payment of approximately $1.04 million

The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment