Sentences with phrase «disability pension proposal»

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Those issues ranged from a plan to cut taxes for the struggling Vernon Downs harness track in central New York to the proposal to put more speed cameras around New York City schools and legislation related to those who qualify for enhanced accidental disability pension benefits in New York City.

The mayor hasn't supported it because he thinks it's too expensive, and is pushing a competing proposal that gives some disability pensions just 50 % of their incomes for retirement.»

She has recently split with the mayor by supporting equal disability pensions for city uniformed employees, and by advocating for free school lunches for all public school students, both proposals Mr. de Blasio views as too expensive.

A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire unions and members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty pension or a higher cost - of - living increase after retirement.

As fire and police union officials rallied in Albany with Gov. Andrew Cuomo today for increased disability pension benefits for injured officers, the City Council hastily scheduled a hearing to vote through an opposing proposal from Mayor Bill de Blasio that the unions say does not go far enough.

Good Shepherd's Kathy Landvogt said highly discriminatory proposals such as where people will no longer be able to qualify for the Disability Support Pension on the basis of their substance abuse alone (estimated by Whiteford to affect fewer than 450 people each year, saving about A$ 22 million over five years) ignore the connection between mental illness and drug addiction, and threaten to breach basic human rights and that drug testing welfare recipients «comes dangerously close to criminalising poverty.»