Washington, Sept. 15 -- Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to reimburse public employee retirement systems for costs associated with accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Garbarino and Gillibrand were joined by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Representatives Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), Jerry Nadler (D-NY-12), and Dan Goldman (D-NY-10) as co-leads of the legislation.
Twenty-five years after September 11th, thousands of first responders and others who pa...