Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority, and its subsidiary corporations, who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 1, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER, SIMON, COOK -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing a
disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authori-
ty and its subsidiary corporations who are disabled by reason of an
assault sustained in the course of employment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1210-b to read as follows:
3 § 1210-b. Disability benefit for employees. 1. As used in this
4 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 a. "Authority" shall mean the New York city transit authority and any
6 of its subsidiary corporations, including the Manhattan and Bronx
7 surface operating authority.
8 b. "Employee" shall mean any officer or employee of the authority.
9 2. Any employee of the authority who, after the effective date of this
10 section, sustains an injury for which he or she is determined to be
11 eligible for workers' compensation benefits as a result of an assault
12 sustained in the course of his or her employment shall be entitled, in
13 addition to any workers' compensation payment and any other benefit
14 received by the employee owing to such disability whether pursuant to
15 law or contract, to a disability benefit payment equal to one-half of
16 the weekly workers' compensation payment, excluding schedule awards that
17 the employee receives for the same disability. Such disability payment
18 shall be made by the authority bi-weekly and shall continue for so long
19 as the employee receives a workers' compensation payment for the same
20 disability. The benefits provided for in this section shall not be
21 deemed to offset or reduce any other payment to which the employee is
22 otherwise entitled.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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