DETECTI\lES~ ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION, INC.

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The Hon, George Pataki

Governor
State of New York
OFFICERS Executive Chamber
MIO -IAEL J. PALLADINO State Capitol
ViCTO R R. IPULLO Albany, New York 12224

RlCHARD T. TIRELU
SeCTrla ry June 13,2006
PAUL Dr G iACOM O MEMORANDUM OF SUPPORT
S. 6744 - Sponsored by Sen. Padavan
KEN CARDONA
Borough Directo r
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Dear Governor Pataki:
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BRlAN HUNT
The Detectives' Endowment Association, Inc. (DEA) - the union
Ch.;rrrnan. Board of Trus ters representing 15,000 active and retired New York Police Department
CECIL MARTINEZ detectives - endorses and supports S. 6744.
TR USTEES
JOS EPH T. CUS Al\'ELL1 S. 6744 is much-needed legislation that would amend ex..isting retirement and
social security law in order to assist the spouses and children of police officers
SA.MU EL T. MJLLER
and firefighters who were killed in the line of duty before 2006.
BRIAN HUNT
Manhattan .V/Jrth

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Tbe current cost of living increases (COLAs) these heroes' families receive
Brons have not kept pace with inflation, and these surviving spouses are no longer
SAL BRAJUHA. receiving adequate benefits. Over the years, some line of duty death spouses
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JOE C ALA BRES E have even fallen below the poverty level. Considering what their families
BrCkJJJyn South have sacrificed for the citizens of New York, the least the State 'c an do is to
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ensure that these spouses are receiving enough benefits to survive.
JEFFREY \'lARD
Stat en lstasd
The cost of bill S. 6744 is minimal and would be shared by the State and the
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local municipalities' police and fire retirement systems.
KEVIN B. DINEE N

WILLIANI F. McNEEL Y Governor, the men and women who have given their lives in the line of duty
FRA.l'!K FARRELL should not bave their memory besmirched by having their surviving family
members become destitute, Therefore, the Detectives' Endowment
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Association wholeheartedly encourages you to sign S. 6744 into law, Thank
ANTHONY CARDINALE you for your consideration of this matter.
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