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oflid :II I'uhliclllillll of the (;orrcdioll (;:Ill1nills' .\ ssc ~ i n tio ll . Inc• • I)cl'urtmclII of Corrceriou • Cil~' of ~cw Yorl.
WILLIAM INMAN
LEGIS AlM CHAlqW.N
GUYBROWN
LINE OF DUTY INJURY (LODI) FICA REFUNDS
SER'EA.~ r·AT· ;J1MS
The City has reached a settlement wit h t he Internal Revenue Service regarding FICA [Social Security
A I, !STRAlIVE SERVICES ONLY
and Medicare) tax refunds to eligible unifo rmed members of the Correction , Fire, Police and
BENErllrUNDS CONSULl/.Ill Sanitation Departments. The years covered by this settlement are 1989-2005.
HARRY ljREEI/!lERG, £SO.
SPECIAL COUNSEL Eligible uniformed members of these Departments who were on authorized line of dut y injury (LODI)
I'RANKJE &0 SWTIl£, P.(, leave at some point during these years will likely be eligibl e for a refund of th e FICA taxes
LEGt,l COU: EL paid on LOOI payments received for six months or less. LOOI payments received for greater than
RICHARD S. DBfJlMAN six months have previously been exempt under a separate statutory provision and
I'o'ORt-ERS CIlMPU SAlIor CllUIlS£l
thus are not part of this refund .
HOI :,RDLiSCH
RETIRE !-lE~ I CO·.'$OUMIT In order to collect a refund in conne ction with this settlement , eligible Correction Uniformed members
GOULD. KOBR IC ~ e.. SOilAPp'Pc. must submit a signed consent form to the City allowing the City to collect the refund on your behalf.
AcrOU'l1ANlS
Once the IRS refunds the money to the City, the City wi ll then send it to you. Without a signed
JOSEPH P IRWI N consent form, you will not be able to partic ipate in th is settlement. In addition, you may
liFt I//SURA E
be forever barred from collecting a refund of these amounts sin ce your time for filing an individual
FlOYO HOllOWAY
lEGtSl.AllVE 0 ECTORI refu nd clai m wi ll likely have expired.
tDNSULTMII
The Office of Payroll Administrat ion is currently prepa ring letters to send to anyone who might
( pmms' (k;.:met ly is prochICed
boI.J \h~ (Qnec,.an r3pt.a l n ~ be affected by this sett lement. The letters, which explain the refund process and the years for which
A.s· nuen . [ru tl~ co oterrts
you might be entitled, should be mailed by the end of the year. Enclosed with this letter wi ll be the
CO'P'Jrli!.h1Cd
consent form you're required to sign and return to the City. Th is consent form MUST be returned
NEWSLETTER
OESIGlI/ PROOUClllIll,
within 60 days from the date of the letter. The deadline will be indicated in th e lett er it self
MARC I RlISENBLUIoC
R'IIO GROUP The Office of Payroll Administration has obtained mailing addresses from the City's Payroll Management
[B4S' 364·02n System. If you believe you r address on file might be incorrect , complete the change of employee address for
LOOI Fica Refund Claim form. which can be found at www.nyc.gov/htm l/opa/html /home/hame.shtml
For any questions regarding the FICA refund, you can call (212) 669·2333
or you can visit www.nyc.gov/html/op a/ ht ml/ faqs / lodiJaq .sht ml
I M o re tha n one yea r ago o n j une 15, 2005 , la bo r leader s gnrhe rcd ill lower M a nhattan ro
watch :.IS C ovcrno r Geor ge l' araki igncd into luw mo num ent , I legisla tio n t hat w ill for ever
imp act the lives of th ose who ga ve o f t hemselves to help ot hers on Septem ber \ 1, 200 L. T har
hill igning ceremo ny w ill he re mem bered hy those wh o put in so much rime and effort to get
the 9/1 I legislatio n sig ned into law.
August 14, 2 006 , was ano th er grea t da y ior the la bor m o veme nt as we gat here d aga in to
war 11 as the Govern or signed three very irn po rrnnr hills into law. La bo r lead ers fro m ma ny o f
o ur member unions carne ou t to the hill ignin g ceremo ny, held at th e Fa mily View ing Area a t
,rllund Z ero .
Governor
Th e first bill signed I y th e Go vernor, co mmo nly referred to as t he Zad roga Bill a fter the
NY C Detect ive it was na med fo r, pr o vides a n acciden tal dea th h .ncfir to sur vivo rs or mem bers
Signs
w ho die as a result oi 9/1 l- rcla tcd illnesses o r injuries a fter having filed for a presum ptive d is-
a bility fo r that illness o r injury.
" Unfo rrunatcly, 9/1 J is just a d i ran t memo ry for to o man y. I-I owevc 1', ior th ose dir ect ly
New
a ffected an d their families, th e diseases a nd illnesses rhar linger a rc roo ha rsh a rea lity check
rha n most sho uld ever hav e ro face. It is just now that ma ny who pur the ir lives on rhc line that
9/11
ho rrible day ro heir S,I\'e t he lives of tho usa nds are succu m bing to their illnesses . And ho w
man y mo re vvill die in the fut ur e is roo sniggerin g a number to th ink abo ur." sa id CC A Bills into
President Peter M er ing olo. " T hose w ho ~avl' o f rhcms .lves now w ill ha ve som e peac e of min d
kn ow ing th at so meone is wurchinu a fter a nd ta ki ng car e oi them."
T his new law g ua ran te es th at su rviving family mem bers of those w ho die h em) 9/1 l-reb red
Law
illncssc w ill be taken ca re o f finan ciall y,
Th e seco nd bill Go verno r Pataki signed was PEe s Reclassificatio n Bill rhar am ends existing
law signed lasr yea r to clar ify th e pro visio ns o f pres umpti ve eligibility o i rrtircd rncm hcrs for
\" od d Trade Center disa bility pen. ion s. Retired members can now fill.: a swo rn sra rcrncnr of
pa rri ipari on in the rescue an d reco very effor t, no r a requ est fo r the reclassifica tio n o f benefits.
T he rhird ncw law ena bles many wo rkers who beca me ill a fte r the expirat io n o i the sra ruro -
rv two-yea r worker's om peusa rion iiling deadline to resubmit t heir claim fo r furt her co nsider-
ario n.
PI:.T ER M ERINGOLO,
It wasn 't t hat lon g ago rh.ir we all sto od to gether a nd tha nked Govern o r Para ki for signing
rhe WI 1 Pre urn prive Disa bility l aw int o 1<1\Ii. He prom ised the n rha r he wo uld ra ke ca re o f CCA PRESIDENT.
those wh o sacrificed 0 11 9/1 1 ... a nd he has. Today is furt her proo f rha r w hen he says he w ill applauds as
deliver fo r public em plo yees, he dCH: . GOlJem O,. G eo rge
Meringo lo sa id he's glad th e eel\ was a ble to playa parr in gettin g these new hills signc l. Pataki signs into
h Yo u JU Sl never know wh o is go ing to come up need ing t he benefits that a rc no w guar a nteed law three sepa rate
under this legislat ion, " he . :lid. bills tbat prooi de
additional benefits
to th ose who
responde d to tb e
tragic cuents of
September 11,
2001. Pictured
tcitb M erillgolo
are Mi chael
Palladino (Ie f!),
President of tb e
Detectives'
Endo w ment
Assoc iation ami
Stephen Cassid y,
President of tb e
Uniformed
Fi rcfigbters
Associa tion (cen-
ter), along with
several N YC atul
1'0/1 Au tbo rit»
police o ffice rs.
EMPLOYEES BIRTHS CONGRATULATIONS
OF THE IIRISTI AN WI IIT I' I ELI >- Fir. r grandson of C APT. M ELI A M ATn IEW (RN n C) is very
MONTH CCA 1 T VI CE PRESIDE, r CAPT. Ro : ALD pro ud o f hur
\V. W H ITfIELD . Christian was horn june d ::t u g h t c r
April 2006 24, 2006. weighing 10 Ib , 2 o z. and w as JUMA RA M UZ A,
BARBARA AMATO 21" long. he p ro ud parents arc Ke it h a ge l l . jurn a ra is
500 an d D avna \Xihitfield . Co ngrnrulurions a 2006 gradua te
CARMEN FERNANDEZ Ca pr. Whitfield! fro m the Abiga il
RMSC Ad a ms Schoo l.
SHARON HORNE PS 13I Q, and is
EMTC arrcn ding
HELEN RAKESTRAW G t'o r ge .J. R yn n
AMKC i\ l idd Ie Scho o l.
May 200 6
GAIL PHINIZY
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MAXIMO SANTIAGO
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June 200 5
MICHAEL CAMPBELL
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ROGER CH1PPELLE
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JEYlEL CRAWFORD·DIAMOND
R ~4 S C
WAYNE PHILUP
BKoC
ZETHA WEST
CA I'T. N EI 0 ARROYO (T D ) is extreme ly
VCBC
IRSHMDWESTON
prou d of his daughter Ashley Oil her grud u-
GR C ar ion. She is attend ing Scranto n University.
Pictu red with Ashley arc her parents Capt.
july 2006 C on g ra t u la t io ns to CA PT. PET ER Arroyo a ll I wife Dian e and brother Nelson
PHYUSS MARTIN C ON Q UET (l et t ). and D ELEGAT E CA PT. O T IS Mnrrhcw,
RMSC B LOUNT (right) on being ho no red hy
CLIFFORD MORGAN Wardcll Emmanuel Bailey (center ) at the .o ng ra rula rio ns to our 10 forme Ca pt a ins
EMTC ( .NID . Appreciation Da y, wh o were pro mot ed to As. isranr Deputy
MICHAEL WALTON W:m k n. effective April 2X, 20DE .
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ACADEMY
JOH N G ALLAG HER
August 2006 R EHEe A GR AYSO• •
ANGELlA ASHLEY-WILSON
TAUNISHA BANKS
RETHEL BARBER
MELVIN BARNABY
DENISE BRICE
CHARLIE CAMERON
MITCHELL CHRISTOPHER
DONNA CROSKEY
JOAN DENIS
MARLO DOUGLAS
DEANNE FITZGERALD-
COLEMAN
KHALILAH FLEMISTER
MARLO GATES-ARNOLD
WANDA GILLIAM
HENRY GLOVER
LILWANIA GLOVER
ROSALYN HART
MIRIAM HERNANDEZ
TARYN HOPKINS
TRACY LUCAS
Roo MARCEL
TAYRA McFARLANE ju ne .~ , 2006
CHRISTIAN NAUGHTON
STEPHANIE NEGRON To Pet er and rlu: Execut ive Board ,
BRIAN O'HARA
FREDDY RICHARDSON
As yo t: ca n im ag in e I' ve been retired . incc 1 ') ~ O
JOHN RUFFIN
and en jo yin g it. We h:1\'1:: rhc good (o n line t o
have se ven child ren (si x gi rls a nd o ne so n ). .I lis t
ELIZABETH SANTIAGO
w a nted t o sha re a litt le b it of news with you
LIZETTE SMITH
311<..1 sa y th a n ks for yo ur lead ersh ip and helpful-
TESSIE TAYLOR
ne ss al o ng rhe w a y. Pc rha ps I' ll sec you a t it
CAREY WHITE
m ee t in g . Enclosed is the p ictu re o f o ur 5 0 t h
DI-NOLA YOUNG
a n n iversary o f o ur ma rriage on April 30 las t
FAISAL ZOUHBI
Frances c;,v Robert Clabby
year,
"' am honored to be a
re cipie nt of the 2006
Correct ion Captai ns
Scholarsh ip Award. I am
su re t hat your faith in me
will be rewarded by
allowi ng me to further my
educat ional aspirat ions
and become a val ued
memb er of t he 131'1
enfo rcem ent communitq."
- Zachary Deutsch D EANN t\ C n' RIA N O is rhc Z A I-IARY D EUT SCH is th e so n J'Mil E EL SKOE is the la ug hter
da ughter o f Rer. CAH. STE VEN of Ret. CAPT. ST UA RT of CAPT . V AN ESSA GIBSON -
"I would like to thank the CIPRIA NO" She is a tte nd ing D EUT SCH . He is a rrcndi ng E LSKOE (MDC) . She is arrend-
(CCA) for the ir generosit y
and scholarship. I would
SUNY· New Paltz. Broo klyn College, 111" H owa rd Un iversity 111
N ICOLE F IO RELLA is the daugh- A YAi A J OHN is the daughte r of MAEGAN K RIFCH IN is t he "First and foremost I
tel' of R et . C APT. R AY,\-' ON D CAPT. R UDOLPH JOH N d a ug hter o f CAPT. ST EVEN wou ld li ke to th ank you
F IO RELLA . She is arrcnd iug ( A M K C) .She is a tt en d in g KRI I'CH IN (O BCC ). She IS for giving me th is award .
1 appre ciate it to th e
J ;l I11 C~ Mad ison Univcr it)' in S N r'-Plarrsburgh . atten ding Syra u. c ni ver-
full est. I plnn to bec om e
Virginia. siry's School of Educat ion. a docto r in the fi elds of
oncology 8< im munology."
- Ay ono Jolin
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to Know
Send your
information,
incl udi ng nam e an d
wo rk location, along
with any pertinent
photo s, to;
In Memori m
MEMBER RETIRED , DECEASED
Congratu lations a
Delegate, CAPT. HARI
DRAYTON from MOe. A
ret irement pany was
held in his honor on
Thursday , Sept. 28.
2006, at Maestro's in
th e Bronx.
Pictured at top left with
Dray ton are neices
Christen James and
Shaolin Drayton, along
with sister Deanna
.apt, Hari Dra Dray ton. At to p right is
nephew Kevin Drayt on.
Cap.
: co
.Ir
Aft r
on he
pt Congrat ulat ions to
Capt. Yolan da Selt zer
Yol n a [ Adj udicat ion ). on her
retirement aft er 20
el z r years with the
Depart ment. A
•
R Ie party was hel d in
her honor on
T his yea r t he i\ nnua I Nat io na l M emoria l Ser vice was held in t , Louis, M issouri, ho no ring 12
mem bers o f service who gave t he ult imate sacrifice. Six curre nt, on e from 2006 a nd five from
20 05 . ix fro m the past , two fro m 200 I, one fro m :W OO, one fro m 1997, o ne from 1) 95 an d
one fro m 1991. Also ho nored were five rncm bcrs o f cr vicc who were killed in th e line o f d ury
while serving their Co unt ry. For t he first time, three ch ildren o f act ive members o f scrvi e who
also gav c the ultimat e sacrifice w hile serving their co untr y were a lso h onor ed . Fallen bur no t
forgo tten ,
T he C PO Fou ndatio n :11: 0 recognize 19 sur vivo rs of assa u t , tr :1I.l 111:1 or accide nt a nd two for
bra very, a bov e and beyo nd the cal l o f du ry at a reco gn ition luncheo n .
It has been said hy the Board o f Directo rs a nd 111 .mbcrs o f C PO F, [hat th e N YC De] a rrmc nr
of Co rr .crion Pipc Ban d a rc a ma jo r parr o f the M emo ria1 Serv ice, Not on Iy in their III usic
sclc .rions rhar they ren der a nd everyo ne loo ks for wa rd til hea ring, bur :11$0 hcc:lusl' they loo k
fo rw a rd to spo nso ring t he "JUSt fo r Kids & Teens" pool si lc picnic and pn rty fo r t he C PO
Fou ndatio n's kids a nd teens.
C o rrectiona l PC:1Ce O fficer's Fou ndatio n, Ta king C arc O f O ur Ow n.
Pro ject XVIII will be J un e 2 1 - 24, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylva nia.
TI,e NYC Departme nts
of Corr ection and
Healt h &: Mental
Hygiene hosted a
Health Fair call ed
"Ia ke Ca re DOC" on
Tuesday, Sept . 19
from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
on Rikers Island .
The even t highlighted
th e im port ance of the
10 s teps to a longer
and healthier life.
Healt h care prov iders
were on hand to con-
duct spot tests for
various condit ions.
There were information-
al handout s on health
issues such as
cholesterol, diabetes,
blood press ure, heart
disease, cancer,
depress ion, alcohol
and drug dependency,
HIV and other conce rns.
Be Friend passed. Because of you, countless lives have been enriched. Albany will never be the same
ioitbout the pres ence of the legend th at goes by th e name of Floyd Holloway. You,. expert-
ise. guidance and knowledge can never be duplicated. The members of tbc NYC Department
Retires of Correction, ill particular the CCA, will [oreuer owe you a debt ofgratitude. As you leave
us to noto giu e time back to yourself and your family, we wish to bestow upon you the title
of Hon onuy Captain. "