N.Y. General Municipal Law § 207-aa: Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of sanitation departments in certain cities

§ 207-aa. Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of sanitation

departments in certain cities. Notwithstanding the provisions of any

general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary,

but except for the purposes of the workers' compensation law and the

labor law, any condition of impairment of health caused by

leptospirosis, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a

paid member of the uniformed force of a paid sanitation department,

where such paid member is drawn from competitive civil service lists,

who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service

of such department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of

such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in

the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proved by

competent evidence.