{"id":85723,"date":"2017-10-22T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85723"},"modified":"2017-10-22T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T22:42:09","slug":"griffo-brindisi-praise-signing-of-new-law-providing-coverage-for-volunteer-firefighters-for-presumptive-cancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85723","title":{"rendered":"Griffo, Brindisi praise signing of new law providing coverage for volunteer firefighters for presumptive cancers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Senator, Assemblyman Fought For Bill To Provide Volunteers With The Same Benefits Paid Firefighters Receive<\/em><\/p>\n

Brindisi, Griffo: \u201cThis New Law Will Be An Enormous Step Forward In Providing The Health Care Coverage Our Dedicated Volunteer Firefighters Deserve For Protecting Our Communities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

State Senator Joseph Griffo of Rome and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi of Utica today issued the following statement, reacting to Governor Cuomo\u2019s signature of the New York State Volunteer Firefighter Gap Coverage Cancer Disabilities Benefits Act.\u00a0 The bill makes qualified volunteer firefighters with five years\u2019 service eligible for a lump sum payment of $25,000, and possible disability and death benefits, if they contract cancer-related to their service as a firefighter:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new law will be an enormous step forward in providing the health care coverage our dedicated volunteer firefighters deserve for protecting our community.\u00a0 Firefighting brings with it some risks, and one is an increased likelihood of cancer, due to their exposure to toxic substances in the line of duty.\u00a0 No one who volunteers to protect their community should have to worry about how they will pay for health care if they are diagnosed with a condition related to their occupation.<\/p>\n

Many people helped this bill become law over the last several years, including Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther of Forestburgh; the Firemen\u2019s Association of the State of New York; the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs; and many volunteer firefighters and fire departments across New York.\u00a0 But I want to reserve special praise for former Whitesboro Fire Chief Brian McQueen, who survived cancer, and founded The Believe 271 Foundation to provide emotional and financial support to firefighters in Oneida and Herkimer Counties facing serious illnesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuccessful legislation often comes about because a dedicated individual acts as quarterback for the issue.\u00a0 Brian deeply believed in this cause, and his steadfast determination to see this bill become law was truly inspiration, and extremely important to its success.\u00a0 The signing of the legislation is the touchdown Brian and his family and friends have been fighting for.\u201d\u2014State Senator Joseph Griffo and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senator, Assemblyman Fought For Bill To Provide Volunteers With The Same Benefits Paid Firefighters Receive Brindisi, Griffo: \u201cThis New Law Will Be An Enormous Step Forward In Providing The Health Care Coverage Our Dedicated Volunteer Firefighters Deserve For Protecting Our Communities.\u201d State Senator Joseph Griffo of Rome and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi of Utica today issued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-miD","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Brindisi-head-shot-color-10.14.jpg?fit=490%2C700&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}