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Our next scheduled meeting will be on

Monday, October 1, 2018 at 7:25 pm

at the Homefield House,

911 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, NY

"50/50 Drawing & Refreshments to follow meeting"

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Meeting dates will be on the first Monday
of the following months:
April, May, June, October, November, & December
Emergency meetings be will called if needed and members notified by email.

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ALL RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE YONKERS FIRE DEPARTMENT:
In regards to your retired I.D. cards.
Please call Joelle at Yonkers City Hall #914-377-6180
and explain to her that you are a retired Yonkers Firefighter or Officer
and you need a new I.D. card.
She will advise you on how to obtain one.
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Mount Vernon Owes Retired Firefighter $200K

LoHud Press: June 2, 2016

Michael Masullo, a retired disabled Mount Vernon firefighter, won an appellate court ruling June 1, 2016, that the city was wrong to strip him of benefits in 2009.(Photo: Submitted)

Mount Vernon will have to pay more than $200,000 to a retired firefighter after an appellate court found the city inappropriately cut off his disability payments in 2009.

The decision clears the way for Michael Masullo to collect seven years worth of payments he was denied.

The appellate decision sends the case back to acting state Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary to direct Mount Vernon to reinstate Masullo’s benefits and calculate the precise amount he is owed in salary and interest since February 2009.

The entire court decision is at:

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2016/06/02/mount-vernon-firefighter-benefits/85303560/

and on our website under Member Resources / Legal Decisions

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Two New Important Links Have Been Added

Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act

Coalition to Help Injured and Dying 9/11 Responders and Survivors

AND

WTC HEALTH CARE LINK

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Pension News Articles

Under Pension News Articles in the menu options there are two new very scary articles. Let the States Go Bankrupt & To Save the States. This issue is beginning to gain ground with federal legislators. Read More...

News Concerns and Pension & Health Ins. News Articles

Please note: In the main Menu under News Concerns and Pension & Health Ins. News Articles there are several links to many articles that have been in the NY papers. Their content may appear to be related to NYC but there impact will be felt across the state as other municipalities start to do comparisons in the same way within their own police and firefighter ranks. Be extremely thankful that the NYS Constitution prohibits pensions from being diminished. This is an issue we have fought to keep in place over the years when the NYS Constitutional Convention issues arise. The health insurance issue will continued to be attacked.

Medicare

Special Note: Medicare: You Must Enroll NYSHIP requires you and your dependents to be enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B when first eligible You/your dependents must be enrolled when first eligible even if also covered through another employer's group plan. Read More...