Nyc has Spent $65 Million in Salaries for Workers Deployed Overseas Weiner's Legislation Will Reimburse Cities for First Responders

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New York City - City police officers, fire fighters, and municipal workers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have missed nearly 700,000 days of work since 2001, according to a new report released today by Representative Anthony Weiner (D - Brooklyn & Queens), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Caucus on the Middle Class. The report, based on City payroll data and salary estimates for municipal workers/found that City taxpayers have paid more than $65 million in salaries for workers deployed overseas.

?In 2007, the NYPD had a total of 362 members deployed and the FDNY had a total of 76 members deployed. These first responders missed a total of 60,893 work days at an estimated cost of $3.3 million to the City.

For example, if Mr. Smith makes $55,000 annually as an NYPD officer and his military salary is $45,000, serving in the military would normally mean taking a $10,000 pay cut. Instead, the City continues to pay Officer Smith $55,000 annually, the military pays him $45,000 and he must refund to the City the lesser of the two - in this case the military pay. In the end, Officer Smith gets paid $55,000 - his City salary - to serve in the military.

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Nyc has Spent $65 Million in Salaries for Workers Deployed Overseas Weiner's Legislation Will Reimburse Cities for First Responders

New York City - City police officers, fire fighters, and municipal workers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have missed nearly 700,000 days of work since 2001, according to a new repo...

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