Heffernan v. McGoldrick

The record discloses that petitioner joined the fire department in 1900 and that he has served in that department since that date as a member and as an officer until he became deputy chief of department, in which capacity he was serving in February, 1940, when he was retired on his own application. His salary on retirement was $7,500 a year. The pension allowed him was $5,000 a year. This pension was granted pursuant to the provisions of subdivision b of section B19-5.0 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, which provides, in part, as follows: “ Any officer or member * * * who…