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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,
VOL. XLIII NO. 2 2007
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UNIFORMED FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORKThe Bravest
President’s MessageBy STEPHEN J. CASSIDY
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Firefighter Daniel F. Pujdak
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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
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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
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2007 UFA DELEGATE E
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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)
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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
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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
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
585 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410Garden City, New York 11530
Phone: 516-222-0099Fax:516-222-0079
Email:Stanton-Guzman@verizon.net
by Stephen J CassidyUFA President
204 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010-9998Tel (212) 683-4832 • Fax (212) 683-0710
www.ufanyc.org
DONALD RULANDTrustee-Staten Island ENG 157
JOHN G. KELLY, JRTrustee-Brooklyn ENG 201Chairman, Board of Trustees
STEPHEN G. HUMENESKYTrustee-Queens ENG 301
DANIEL MURPHYTrustee-Manhattan ENG 74
EDWARD BROWNTrustee-Bronx LAD 48
STEPHEN J. CASSIDYEditor-In-Chief
STEPHEN N. SYMBOLIKManaging Editor
STEPHEN J. CASSIDYPresident ENG 236
Uniformed Firefighters AssociationOf Greater New York
JAMES M. SLEVINVice President LAD 7
JOSEPH MICCIORecording Secretary ENG 295
ROBERT STRAUBTreasurer ENG 45
WILLIAM ROMAKAHealth & Safety Officer ENG 238Sergeant-at-Arms
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