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ONCE INJURED FIREFIGHTER BEGAN RECEIVING GENERAL MUNICIPLA LAW 207-a BENEFITS, THE CITY COULD NOT REQUIRE FIREFIGHTER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THOSE BENEFITS AND THEN DENY THEM.

The Second Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Lasalle, determined an injured  firefighter who began receiving General Municpal Law 207-a benefits, before an application process for those benefits had been put in place by the city, could not be required to submit an application which resulted in a denial of those benefits. The denial was deemed to constitute a prohibited reassessment of the firefighter's medical condition:

General Municipal Law § 207-a(2) guarantees the payment of benefits to a firefighter who is permanently disabled in the line of duty, including the continued payment of the firefighter's regular salary until the mandatory retirement age, less certain amounts received from other sources (hereinafter Section 207-a[2] benefits). This proceeding presents an issue of first impression for this Court: whether the provisions of General Municipal Law § 207-a(2) authorize a municipality to terminate permanent disability retirement benefits previously awarded to a firefighter pursuant to that subsection, and require the firefighter to submit a formal application for those benefits pursuant to an application procedure that was adopted by the municipality subsequent to the firefighter's retirement. We hold that a municipality is not authorized to terminate such previously awarded Section 207-a(2) benefits or require the submission of a formal application for such benefits after the firefighter has retired, as this essentially amounts to an improper reconsideration of an award of benefits based on improved medical condition, a procedure which is not authorized by General Municipal Law § 207-a(2) … . Matter of Masullo v City of Mount Vernon, 2016 NY Slip Op 04225, 2nd Dept 6-1-16

MUNICIPAL LAW (ONCE INJURED FIREFIGHTER BEGAN RECEIVING GENERAL MUNICIPLA LAW 207-a BENEFITS, THE CITY COULD NOT REQUIRE FIREFIGHTER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THOSE BENEFITS AND THEN DENY THEM)/GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW (FIREFIGHTERS, ONCE INJURED FIREFIGHTER BEGAN RECEIVING GENERAL MUNICIPLA LAW 207-a BENEFITS, THE CITY COULD NOT REQUIRE FIREFIGHTER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THOSE BENEFITS AND THEN DENY THEM)/FIREFIGHTERS (ONCE INJURED FIREFIGHTER BEGAN RECEIVING GENERAL MUNICIPLA LAW 207-a BENEFITS, THE CITY COULD NOT REQUIRE FIREFIGHTER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THOSE BENEFITS AND THEN DENY THEM)

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