The city has agreed to recalculate pension benefits for municipal workers who lose out on overtime and other extra pay while serving in the military, the feds announced yesterday.
The proposed deal settles a class-action suit initially filed by the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office on behalf of retired NYPD Detective David Goodman, who claimed he was short-changed on his retirement income by serving four tours of duty as an Army reservist in the Mideast.
The 2010 suit accused the city of violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994, which bars employers from denying benefits that workers would have received if not for their military service.
Evidence uncovered during the litigation revealed that about 1,500 NYPD cops have been called up to active military duty since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the feds said.
Under the agreement, which remains subject to court approval, all eligible NYPD retirees would get pro-rated, retroactive payments and have their future pensions adjusted accordingly.