9/11第一反应人员敦促库莫签署养老金法案

9/11第一反应人员敦促库莫签署养老金法案

Sept. 11 first responders and state pols are pressing Gov. Cuomo to sign a bill granting better pension benefits to public employees disabled following Ground Zero rescue and recovery work.

9·11事件的第一反应人员和州警察正在敦促科莫州长签署一项法案，为在“归零地”救援和恢复工作后致残的公共雇员提供更好的养老金福利。

A bill that passed the Legislature in June expands the World Trade Center Disability Law to include nonuniformed responders.

今年6月，美国国会通过了一项法案，将世贸中心(World Trade Center)残疾人法扩大到包括不穿制服的公共雇员。

“We have a moral obligation to do this,” state Senate sponsor Jim Gaughran (D-Suffolk) told The Post, arguing that uniformed responders, such as cops and firefighters, are covered, but others, such as transit workers and civil engineers, are left out.

“从道义上讲，我们有义务这样做。”州参议院赞助者吉姆·戈兰(D-Suffolk))告诉《华盛顿邮报》，他认为穿制服的反应人员，如警察和消防队员，是有保障的，但其他人，如运输工人和土木工程师，则被排除在外。

“They all breathed the same toxic air and touched the same toxic stuff,” Gaughran said.

“他们都呼吸着同样的有毒空气，接触着同样的有毒物质，”戈兰说。

In all, 610 people with injuries or illnesses directly related to 9/11 cleanup have already filed an application for the benefits, and the cost is estimated at $320,000 per person.

总共有610名与9/11清理工作直接相关的受伤或患病人员已经申请了这项福利，估计每人的费用为32万美元。

The new applicants would be eligible for disability pension benefits amounting to 75 percent of their final average salary.

新申请人将有资格领取相当于其最终平均工资75%的伤残抚恤金。

“I haven’t seen [the bill] yet, but as soon as I review it, we’ll have an answer,” Cuomo said in Manhattan on Monday.

库莫周一在曼哈顿表示：“我还没有看到这项法案，一旦对其进行审查，我们就会得到一个答案。”