NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly was approved Wednesday by the Police Pension Fund for a 9/11-related disability pension.
The 80-year-old, who headed the department under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg from 2002 to 2013, will be offered 75% of the more than $200,000 salary he earned as commissioner — around $150,000 per year.
"Raymond Kelly fit the criteria under state law, and the only way post-retirement would have to be 9/11-related," said Captains' Endowment Association president Chris Monahan to The New York Daily News.
While Kelly was not with the NYPD at the time of the attacks, state law says police and city employees can claim a 9/11 disability if they worked at Ground Zero during the first 48 hours after the attacks or if they worked at the site for a total of 40 hours between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 11, 2002.
The New York Post notes it is not known what Kelly's underlying illness was that qualified him for the pension.
The line-of-duty disability pension is granted upon approval by a majority of the 12-member police pension board of trustees, which includes the mayor, the city comptroller, the NYPD commissioner, the city finance commissioner and representatives of the city’s police unions.
After joining the department in 1960, Kelly first led the department from 1992 to 1994, under Mayor David Dinkins, and then served in former President Bill Clinton's administration.
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