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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

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The Forum: First Responders Bills Pass Senate, Under Review in Assembly

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

June 25, 2015

Last week, the state Senate passed a bill that, according to Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach), seeks to correct the “inequity” in the city pension system that provides significantly lower accidental and ordinary disability benefits for police and fire officers hired after 2009.

 

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Representatves from the New York State Bleeding Disorder Coalition met with Senator Addabbo at his Albany office on March 16, 2026. His constituent Elizabeth Cedeno (third from left), who is the Executive Director of the Hemophilia Association of NY, first met with Addabbo in Albany nine years ago where she was accompanied by her two sons who have bleeding disorders and enlightened the Senator as to what issues needed to be addressed.

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