Amend the Retirement and Social Security Law to allow members of NYC’s 5 pension systems on military leave and serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, and who are disabled to qualify for accidental disability benefits.

Resolution calling upon the State Legislature and the Governor to enact legislation amending the Retirement and Social Security Law to allow members of New York City’s five pension systems on military leave and serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, and who are disabled as the natural and proximate result of an accident sustained in such service, to qualify for accidental disability benefits equal to three-quarters of their City salary.