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On Tuesday, June 26th, over 10,000Firefighters flooded HerbertStreet outside St. Cecilia’s Roman

Catholic Church in Greenpoint, Brook-lyn, to pay final respects to our brotherDaniel F. Pujdak, from Ladder 146. Danlost his life while battling a fire in Brook-lyn on Thursday, June 21st, and is the1,135th member of the FDNY to die inthe line of duty. He was just 23 years oldand had been on the job for almost twoyears.

We are again reminded of how dan-gerous it is to be a New York City Fire-fighter. It is never easy to lose one of ourown. Together we must keep Dan and hisfamily in our thoughts and prayers andnever forget the ultimate sacrifice hemade.

On Monday, June 18th, nine Fire-fighters in Charleston, South Carolina,died in a furniture warehouse fire. Thenine Officers and Firefighters that per-ished are: Captain William Hutchinson,48; Captain Theodore M. Benke, 49; Cap-tain Louis Mulkey, 34; engineer MarkKelsey, 40; engineer Rodney BradfordBaity, 37; assistant engineer MichaelFrench, 27; Firefighter James Drayton,56; Firefighter Brandon Thompson, 27;and Firefighter Melven Champaign, 46.This is the largest single loss of Firefight-ers in the nation since September 11th,

2001. To honor our fallen brothers, and inaccordance with the UFA Line of DutyFuneral Fund rules, fifty membersattended the memorial service which washeld on Friday, June 22nd, in South Car-olina. Our thoughts and prayers go out tothe loved ones and families of these Fire-fighters.

On May 10th, of UFA membersvoted to ratify the 24-month contract thathas a total value of 9.75% to Firefighters.Turnout was 78% of the membership. Thecontract was ratified 56.5% in favor43.5% against. The deal raises startingpay for probie Firefighters by $9,900 to$35,000 and increases base salary to$68,475 after five years on the job. It isretroactive to August 1, 2006, and runsthrough July 31, 2008. Approximately500 firefighters who work in rescuesquads, with hazardous materials, and 15

other special companies will get an extra12 percent wage increase. This is the firsttime that the UFA has obtained "special-ization pay," which we have sought inlabor negotiations since the 1960s. FOrover a hundred years, the NYPD has hadspecialty pay for many of its members.Now, we have it too! It’s about time thisinjustice was corrected. Far and away thisis the best contract negotiated by anymunicipal labor union with this city inthis current round of bargaining. We willbegin negotiations on the next contractshortly.

The annual UFA Delegate EducationSeminar was held from May 1st-4th at theTrump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NewJersey. This year’s seminar honoredFDNY Chaplains: Rev. Msgr. JohnDelendick, Rev.Msgr. Marc J. Filachione,

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UNIFORMED FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORKThe Bravest

President’s MessageBy STEPHEN J. CASSIDY

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Rev. Stephen Harding, Rev. Joseph Hoff-man, Christopher Keenan, OFM, RabbiJoseph Potasnik, Rev. Joel Warden, CO,and Rev. Everett Joseph Wabst. The gen-eral sessions and workshops were well-attended by delegates and the seminarwas a success.

The American Arbitration Associa-tion conducted the ballot count on June7th and announced that Lester Layne wona second term as Fire Marshal Represen-tative. His term begins August 1st.Layne reports that the UFA’s lobbyingefforts have been successfull in ourefforts to expand the Fire MarshalBureau. It was announced earlier thatthere will be an increase in the FDNYbudget of $1.4 million to open a new basein Queens and to hire 32 more Fire Mar-shals to investigate arson cases.

On June 6th, Mayor Michael R.Bloomberg presided over the FDNYMedal Day Ceremony on the steps in frontof City Hall. This year, the following 26Firefighters were honored for going aboveand beyond the call of duty: James T.Byrne (L 121), Joseph W. Donatelli (L132), Richard G. Schmidt (Res 4), Keith V.Lagan (L 41), Glen J. Merkitch (L 120),George Porter (L 42 assigned, L 19detailed), Thomas F. McGlade (L 14),Scott J. Breslin (L 133), Charles E. Wie-mann (Res 4), Kevin R. Jensen (L 58),Craig H. McDonald (L 147), James T.Lunny (L 147), Larry D. Schneckenburger(L 120), Walter D. Powers (L 58), TerenceJ. Osborn (L 163), Frederick M.Schwarzrock (L 41), Steven F. Devaney (E46), William H. Smith, III (L 58), Brian E.Pascascio (E 318 assigned, L 166 detailed),Brian J. O’Sullivan (L 25), John P. Drew(L 120), James T. Byrne (L 121), MichaelJ. Cook (L 6), Ronald E. Deaso, Jr.(E 79),Kevin S. Gorman (L 22), and John J.McGuire(L 172). Engine Company 44 washonored with the Lt. James Curran/NewYork Firefighters Burn Center FoundationMedal and Ladder Company 105, washonored with the Firefighter Thomas R.Elsasser Memorial Medal.

On Tuesday, June 12th, UFA mem-bers from all 5 Boroughs participated inLobby Day in Albany, visiting legislatorsand communicating the issues that are

important to our membership. Last yearthe UFA successfully secured the StrokeBill and the World Trade Center DeathBenefit Bill. In this issue, James Slevin,UFA Vice President, details in his articlethe UFA’s Legislative Agenda. The articleoutlins bills that have recently becomelaw as well as bills that are pending. I ampleased to report that Governor Spitzerhas signed his first two bills for Firefight-ers. Chapter 5 of the Laws of 2007 clari-fies and corrects the WTC Death BenefitBill. The state portion of the death benefitwill now be paid to the beneficiaries ofthose members that die as a result of aWTC related illness. Currently the fami-lies of four Firefighters will benefit fromthis law, including a Firefighter that suc-cumbed to Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosisin August of 2004. This is the first deaththat we believe is directly related to expo-sures at the site. He has also signed thePERB extender into law - Ch. 12 of 2007.Continue to check the Political Actionbutton on the UFA Web site for furtherinformation on our agenda. We will con-tinue to update you on union mattersthrough 65-2’s and Webcasts.

As always, stay safe!

President’s Message(Continued from page 1)

The UFA Executive Board met with Governor Eliot Spitzer on Lobby Day June 12th: (L to R) Robert Straub, Treasurer; Lester Layne, Fire Marshal Representative; StephenG. Humenesky, Queens Trustee; John G. Kelly, Jr., Brooklyn Trustee, Chaiman of theBoard; Stephen J. Cassify, President; Gov. Eliot Spitzer; Edward Brown, Bronx Trustee;Joseph A Miccio, Recording Secretary; James Slevin, Vice President; Donald Ruland,Staten Island Trustee; Daniel Murphy, Manhattan Trustee; William Romaka, Health &Safety Officer, Sergeant-At-Arms.

The casket of Firefighter Daniel F. Pujdak

arrives in honor at St. Cecilia’s Roman

Catholic Church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Photo Credit: Todd Maisel

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Firefighters trav-eled to Albany tosupport the

UFA’s LegislativeAgenda on Tuesday,June 26th. Earlier inthe day the UFA Exec-utive Board met withGovernor Spitzer and presented ouragenda to him. Although he did not giveus a commitment on any particularitems, he was very receptive and prom-ised that all of our bills that were sent tohim would be judged fairly and on themerits. He has already signed numerousbills for us this year which are listedbelow.

Meetings were also held throughoutthe day with other legislators. Firefight-ers were able to present the issues thatare important to them and the legislatorswere very receptive. One bill that hasnot been acted on yet is the MTA FareWaiver. We are hopeful that the legisla-ture will revisit that issue when theyreconvene over the summer.

The UFA Executive Board would like

to thank all the members that partici-pated in Lobby Day. The tentative datefor Lobby Day 2008 is June 10, 2008.We look forward to seeing you there.

The Following Bills are awaitingLegislative Approval

Citizen Soldier Salary Act A9106(Lancman) or S6180 (Golden)

The bill would address the travestyof city employees being hit by the Citywith bills in the tens and hundreds ofthousands of dollars after returningfrom Iraq or Afghanistan.

MTA Fare Waiver for FirefightersA8559 (Abbate) or S6093 (Maltese)

This piece of legislation would permitmembers of the FDNY to receive a farewaiver on New York City's public trans-portation system.

Crediting Prior Service by the FireDepartment Pension Fund

A4529 (Seminerio) or S2414 (Pada-van) Passed the Senate& Assembly –waiting to be sent to the Governor. Thisbill would credit pension service formembers who served in various uni-formed titles prior to gaining employ-ment with the New York City FireDepartment.

A6537 Terminal Leave (Abbate) orS3598 (Maltese) – Needs Home Rule

This bill would allow members of theNew York City Fire Department to take amonetary payment in lieu of TerminalLeave at the rate applicable at the date ofretirement.

Legislation already passed andsigned into law

Amendment of the General MunicipalLaw, as it Relates to Accidental DeathBenefits Under the WTC PresumptiveBill.

A4697 or S2509- Signed By Gover-nor Spitzer Ch. 5 of 2007

This amends the existing law by cor-recting a technical deficiency for theaccidental death benefits to the benefici-aries of WTC responders who, in theperformance and discharge of their duty,were exposed to toxic substances as aresult of the terrorist attacks of 9-11 andsubsequently lost their life. Current law,Chapter 445 of 2006, only provides theaccidental death benefit provided byNYC and does not provide the benefitpaid by NYS. This bill corrects that tech-nicality.

PERB EXTENDER A3872 or S1597- Signed By Governor Spitzer Ch. 12 of2007

Extends for an additional two yearsthe effectiveness of provisions establish-ing dispute resolution during collectivenegotiations.

GENERAL BENEFITS EXTENDERS2084 or A5782a – Signed By GovernorSpitzer Ch. 27of 2007

Extends certain temporary benefitsand supplementation programs. HeartBill, Cancer Bill, HAT Bill and ITHP.

TIER II PENSION EXTENDERS5832 or A5738 – Signed By GovernorSpitzer Ch. 63 of 2007

Extends application of article 11 ofthe retirement and social security law toall police officers and firefighters whojoined the system before July 1, 2009

LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS COLAA5658 or S2492 - Signed By GovernorSpitzer Ch. 39 of 2007

Increases certain special accidentaldeath benefits for surviving spouses andchildren of certain police and fire per-sonnel.

The UFA also supports many otherbills in Albany, such as legislation beingpromoted by the NYS AFL-CIO and thePublic Employees Conference, of whichwe are members and regularly attendmeetings. This legislation includes, butis not limited to, increased COLA Bene-fits, Taylor Law Revisions, and PensionProtection Legislation. Although thesebills did not pass this year, next year isan election year for the Senate andAssembly and, we are hopeful that wecan leverage our needs for even greatersuccess.

By JAMES SLEVINUFA Vice President/

Legislative Chairman

2007 Lobby Day and Legislative Update



UFA LOBBY DAY 2007PHOTO CREDIT: Stephen N. Symbolik

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For over a half a

century, our

parent union,

the IAFF has sup-

ported the Muscular

Dystrophy Associa-

tion in its efforts to

raise money to fund

research to find a

cure for this disease. The money raised also

funds the many programs that the MDA

runs to help the families of children afflict-

ed, as well as running a summer camp pro-

gram geared to their special needs. Sever-

al years ago the UFA joined in this effort by

sponsoring the “dollar a member per meal

program,” which to date has been a huge

success. Last year, the UFOA, in conjunc-

tion with the local chapter of the MDA,

took part in the first ever “Fill the Boot”

program held in the City of New York.

Many of you may be familiar with this pro-

gram which is held by IAFF firefighters

nationwide. Firefighters holding a fire boot

collect donations from the general public.

Last year members collected over $13,000

in a two-day effort in Times Square. This

year the UFA is proudly joining in with the

UFOA.

We will run these events on July

19th and August 2nd between

the hours of 3pm – 8pm in

Times Square. We will also have events on

July 26th and August 9th between the

hours of 3pm – 8pm at the Penn Station

entrances. To be successful, volunteers are

needed from our ranks. Anyone wishing to

help (or if you need further information)

should contact Queens Trustee Stephen

Humenesky at 212- 545- 6967 or William

Romaka at 212-545-6964.

By Stephen G. Humenesky.Queens Trustee

UFA & MDA


2007 UFA DELEGATE E


The 2007 UFA Delegate Educa-

tion Seminar was held in

Atlantic City from May 1-4.

This year, the UFA honored the

FDNY Chaplains at the banquet

on Thursday evening. Each of

the chaplains: Rev. Msgr. John

Delendick, Rev. Msgr. Marc J.

Filacchione, Rev. Stephen

Harding, Rev. Joseph Hoffman,

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EDUCATION SEMINAR

Christopher Keenan, OFM,

Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Rev. Joel

Warden, CO, and Rev. Everett

Joseph Wabst received an

engraved plaque expressing the

UFA’s deep appreciation for their

extraordinary work and devotion

to the members of the FDNY.

(PHOTO CREDITS: Stephen N. Symbolik)



A HISTORY OF THE UFA GROUP LIFE INSURANCE

The

UFA

has

admini

stered a Group

Life Insurance

Program ("Pro-

gram") for its

members for

more than 31

years. Current-

ly, active mem-

bers in the Pro-

gram can obtain insurance from

$100,000 to $400,000, with depen-

dant coverage for a spouse in the

amount of $100,000 and coverage of

$4,000 for eligible children. In

addition, there is also an Accidental

Death & Dismemberment

("AD&D") policy of $100,000 for

active members, with a spousal ben-

efit of $25,000 and a benefit for

children in the sum of $5,000. The

retiree has an AD&D policy of

$10,000 per member with a spousal

benefit of $5,000 and a benefit for

children in the sum of $2,500.

To explain how the current pre-

mium levels were calculated, a brief

history of the Program is necessary.

When the Program began in

1976, the underwriter was Prudential

Insurance ("Prudential"). The UFA

created a special fund to try to keep

premium levels as affordable as pos-

sible for firefighters. That fund is

known as the Stabilization Reserve

Fund ("Fund") and still exists today.

When the Program with Prudential

began, firefighters who volunteered

to participate were charged 24 cents

per $1,000 of coverage per month,

with maximum coverage of

$100,000. Of the 24 cents per

$1,000 that was being paid by fire-

fighters, Prudential actually received

only 17 cents. Of the remaining 7

cents, 2 cents went to pay for admin-

istrative expenses, such as salaries,

office supplies, etc., and the remain-

ing 5 cents was put into the Fund.

The Prudential policy premium

structure was based upon its loss

experience with the coverage. In

other words, if there were few life

insurance claims, the premium could

remain level or it could be reduced.

If, however, in any given year there

were an unusual number of deaths, it

would negatively affect the premium

structure. The Fund was intended to

prevent any drastic rise in premiums.

Thus, the deal worked out with Pru-

dential was that if they had a bad

loss experience, Prudential could

only collect, in addition to its regular

premium, up to an additional 5 cents

per thousand dollars of coverage per

member from the Fund. The mem-

bers themselves would not pay the

increase.

On the other hand, in a good year

Prudential would not come after the

Fund and would actually pay a divi-

dend to the Fund based upon their

savings on premiums. We were

lucky in that we had several good

years and the Fund balance kept

growing.

As a result, the UFA was there-

after able to offer life insurance cov-

erage to retirees at a reduced rate.

The growing Fund enabled the UFA

to subsidize one third of the premi-

um for retirees (retirees would pay

two third's of the premium). As

noted, the Fund had grown and, by

1994, the Fund balance was more

than $6.4 million.

However, in 1994, Prudential

advised the UFA that they would

have to impose a substantial increase

in premiums simply as a result of

inflation and increased expenses.

The UFA Board, in compliance

with its fiduciary duty, decided to

issue a Request for Proposal ("RFP")

so that other companies could bid on

the insurance contract, together with

Prudential.

As a result of that RFP process,

on October 1, 1994 the UFA entered

into an agreement with Hartford

Insurance ("Hartford") to provide

life insurance coverage. The con-

tract was for four years of coverage.

Like Prudential, the coverage was

experience rated, but a different pay-

ment structure was installed. Instead

of 24 cents being charged to fire-

fighters for every $1,000 worth of

coverage, a more complicated for-

mula was imposed - based on the

amount of coverage requested by the

firefighter. The contract with Hart-

ford also required that the Fund put

a $2,000,000 deposit in escrow

against possible bad experience

years. The $2,000,000 was put into

an interest bearing account, which

would be returned to the Fund after

the four year contract expired.

However, if there were sufficiently

bad experience years, Hartford could

take up to the $2,000,000.00 princi-

pal (but not the interest earned).

In addition, a decision was made

by the UFA Board during the Hart-

ford policy term to increase the per-

centage of the subsidy for retirees

from one third to 46%. Further-

more, during the term of the Hart-

ford policy, the coverage that was

available for active firefighters was

raised from $100,000 to $200,000

and $50,000 in coverage was offered

to spouses. However, by 1996, the

Fund balance began to diminish.

The subsidies paid for premiums for

active firefighters and retirees were

exceeding the amount of money

being deposited into the Fund.

Thus, although the Fund balance in

1996 was up to $7.2 million, by

1998 it was down to $6.35 million

and was continuing to decline.

Unfortunately, the experience

under the Hartford policy was not

good and,

By Robert Straub

Treasurer

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On September 11,2001, New YorkCity lost 414 f i rs tresponders . Thosenumbers includeFiref ighters , Pol iceOfficers , CourtOff icers , FederalAgents , PortAuthori ty Off icersand EMTs. InBrooklyn’sKeyspan Park, at r ibute to thosebrave souls is beingbui l t .The f i rs t phase ofthe memorial isdone. Laser-engraved grani teportrai ts of the menand women ofBrooklyn who diedon 9/11 are inplace.This year, GarySinese, the awardwinning actor andstar of CSI: NewYork, is givingfund rais ing con-cer t so that the restof the memorial canbe bui l t . These tworemaining sect ionswil l have laser-engraved grani teportrai ts , newsculptures , andinsignia of the f i rs t



GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Engine Co 213 was organized in 1869 to protect the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpointfrom fire. This area is a mix of warehouses, factories, lumber yards, and wood-frame tenements. Because ofthese factors, Engine Co 213 always had a heavy fire workload yet, despite this, the company was closed onDecember 1, 1959. Gone but not forgotten! Herb Eysser, UFA Staff

by the end of the third year, the full

$2,000,000 in principle held in

escrow was gone as Hartford had col-

lected it to cover its losses. The

fourth year was also a bad year, but

there was no longer any money in

escrow for Hartford to take.

When the Hartford policy expired

in 1998, a new RFP was sent out and

a contract was eventually signed with

AIG. Unlike the previous policies,

the premium was not based upon

experience, it was fixed. Moving to a

non-experienced policy worked to the

funds advantage in the aftermath of

the 9/11 tragedy. During this time,

between the Group Life insurance

and the AD&D policy, AIG paid out

over 44 million dollars. However,

again in an effort to assist firefighters

getting coverage, the Board decided

to keep its premium contributions by

firefighters at the same levels as they

were with Hartford - firefighters paid

no premium increase. The subsidy

came out of the Fund.

Unfortunately, the formula that

had been used to calculate the contri-

butions to the Fund under the Hart-

ford and AIG policies resulted in less

revenue for the Fund in comparison

to its premium subsidies. In other

words more money was coming out

of the Fund then going into it.

Furthermore, the UFA started

AD&D coverage in January 1996.

The cost of this coverage was paid

entirely by the Fund - there was no

cost to firefighters.

Additionally, the life insurance

coverage available to a firefighter

jumped from $200,000 to $300,000

in March 2002 and, in June 2006, the

available coverage went to $400,000

for active firefighters and up to

$125,000 for retirees, if they had the

maximum $400,000 of insurance for

one year prior to retiring.

Finally, another reality was the

fact that after 9/11, many people

retired so that the number of the

retirees receiving the generous 46%

subsidy at that time increased signifi-

cantly.

As a result of these subsidies and

the other facts as noted above, by the

end of 2005, the balance was down

to $1.24 million and sinking.

Accordingly, in June 2006 the

current Board took some drastic

measures to save the Program. We

negotiated a new deal with AIG at a

lower rate and still had to increase

the premiums of both active and

retired firefighters. In addition, the

Board reduced the subsidy for

retirees to 25% of the cost of the

retiree premiums (down from 46%).

The trustees have a fiduciary respon-

sibility of maintaining the solvency

of the fund.

In sum, the premium increases

and subsidy decrease that took place

in June 2006 were an absolute neces-

sity to keep the Program viable. The

increase was necessitated by the prior

generosity of the premium structure

and the subsidies paid by the Fund.

Hopefully, this article has helped

answer any questions you might have

had about the Group Life Insurance

Program. However, if you still have

questions or concerns, please feel

free to contact me at the UFA office.

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Years ago, ceilings in fire-houses were painted blackblack to cover the diesel

emissions from our apparatus.The UFA, through its muchrespected Sergeant-at-ArmsDanny DeFranco, was instrumen-tal in bringing the Nederman Sys-tems to our firehouses. Thisdevice has helped add years tomany a firefighter’s retirement.

Today, while they have worked well, it isimportant to remind the members of howbest to use this system to protect yourhealth. It is important to realize the differ-ence between an emergency call, a requestfor an improvement, or additional Neder-man. Should a problem with the Neder-man, it is important an Officer is notifiedimmediately. It is up to the Officer to noti-fy the Resource Center at 718-999-4357and get a work order number. The contractstates that Nederman has to respond toemergencies within 24 hours, however,they work only Monday through Friday.Consequently, this is sometimes the reasonfor a delay in repairs.

When the Nederman System is not work-ing properly. every Firefighter should fiilout and submit a CD-73 documenting expo-sure to diesel fumes. The CD-73 should befilled out and submitted for each tour you

work!. The paperwork bringsattention to the issue and it pro-tects individual firefighters byproviding documentation andsupport that could possiblyhelp in future disability retire-ment cases.

Particular attention needs to

be paid to spare apparatus.

There are also issues in certain

firehouses that only have one

bay door. With all the addition-

al apparatus being added to the fleet,

requests have to be made for additional

Nedermans. It is suggested that you never

have two rigs started at the same time

unless they both have their own Neder-

mans. It might be necessary to pull one rig

out and bring the Nederman back for the

other apparatus before starting. While this

is not ideal, requests for additions or

improvements usually take time and the

emphasis has to be on your overall health.

As the UFA takes these issues seriously,

please don’t hesitate to call my office (212)

683-6964 if you feel there has been an

unnecessary delay. Before you call, please

have the work order number handy. When

notifying the UFA, it is also beneficial to

have the Officer notify the UFOA as the

more people we have addressing the prob-

lem, the more quickly it can be solved.

Health & Safety InformationBy WILLIAM ROMAKAHealth & Safety Officer

GIULIANIUNQUALIFIED!

Rudy Giuliani is seeking the2008 Republican nominationfor the Presidency. The UFA

will never support him and willmake it known that he is not quali-fied to be President. The IAFF,with the support of the entire UFAExecutive Board, has produced avideo chronicling the events leadingup to, during, and subsequent to 9-11. A link on our Web site is avail-able for viewing (Go to:www.ufanyc.org). The IAFF’s goalis to inform all of it members acrossthe United States about the realRudy and to expose the myth of“America’s Mayor.”

The start of this Presidentialelection cycle is the earliest in his-tory. The large amounts of moneyand early campaigning going on byall the candidates made it importantto tell the truth about Rudy Giuliani.As the campaign unfolds, the UFAwill be evaluating all credible can-didates for President. We knowRudy Giuliani is unqualified to bePresident!

STANTON&

GUZMAN, LLPAttorneys at Law

Jack Stanton, Esq.Stacey Rinaldi Guzman,

Esq.Kenneth H. Larkin, Esq.

The Law Firm for theInjured and Disabled

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