The City may be paying your base salary while you are out of work but you will still lose out on Premium Pay which includes Chart Money, Overtime Money, Sunday Pay and Truck Money. Depending on what year you are in your career, this could also affect the amount of the Pension that you receive. The Clinic may also be authorizing your medical treatment now but that may change in the future. Moreover, we have represented clients that needed more medical care but were denied additional treatments and their medical bills were no longer covered. They were told to use their own insurance to treat injuries they had sustained from work. This could result in additional co-pays and out-of-pockets expenses. Therefore, it is best to contact an attorney to help recover money for your pain and suffering, lost wages and medical bills, even if they are currently being covered.

DSNY workers can sue civilians who injured them in car accidents, trip and falls and other types of injuries.

Anyone who wants to file a claim against the City is supposed to notify with the City within 90 days. However, our office has helped several workers who have contacted us after 90 days. If it has been more than 90 days since your accident, you should contact our office immediately.

No. The City cannot punish you for bringing a claim for injuries that you suffered while you were on the job. We have represented many injured workers who have returned to work while their cases were still pending. They did not get in trouble for filing a lawsuit. Please contact our office if you have any other questions that were not addressed in this section. If you have some time, please also take a look at the Safe Sidewalk and Street Project. As we had mentioned, lawsuits that involve broken sidewalks are difficult to bring against the City. This could be the biggest disadvantage for workers and Supervisors in Sanitation. We started this project to prevent injuries from happening.