Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has come under fire for leaving police officers who have suffered disabilities from COVID-19 behind after they were denied disability benefits.
"What the mayor has urged of the city representatives across all pension boards is that those pension boards consult outside medical experts to advise the boards on COVID-related disability claims and be transparent with claimants about the standards that must be met to have consideration for full or partial disability," her office said previously in a statement.
"There is a hearing — a legal process much like a courtroom trial — and the emphasis on ‘transparency’ has been interpreted as an attempt to discourage filing a disability claim for COVID," he said.to honor its contract with police. "It’s not written, but it’s implicit — a social contract," he said."Basically, it says, ‘I am going to put my life and my health on the line to protect our community and, in return, you agree to provide for my family in the event of my death or if I’m physically disabled to the point where I can’t work as a result of my service to the community.’Mendoza, who ran against Lightfoot in 2019, went public with her complaint against the mayor this week.
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