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Thousands of NJ’s 9/11 first responders are again eligible for disability benefits

2021 expiration of deadline shut out cops, firefighters, others

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 8/1/25

Thousands of New Jersey’s 9/11 responders shut out of World Trade Center-related disability benefits because they did not meet a filing deadline have a chance to reapply for the retirement allowances.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy last week signed into law legislation expanding existing statute by removing that 2021 filing deadline for some members and retirees of the state’s public-sector retirement systems, making them eligible to file for and eventually receive the benefits. 

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