N.Y. General Obligations Law § 11-106: Compensation for injury or death to police officers and firefighters or their estates

§ 11-106. Compensation for injury or death to police officers and

firefighters or their estates. 1. In addition to any other right of

action or recovery otherwise available under law, whenever any police

officer or firefighter suffers any injury, disease or death while in the

lawful discharge of his official duties and that injury, disease or

death is proximately caused by the neglect, willful omission, or

intentional, willful or culpable conduct of any person or entity, other

than that police officer's or firefighter's employer or co-employee, the

police officer or firefighter suffering that injury or disease, or, in

the case of death, a representative of that police officer or

firefighter may seek recovery and damages from the person or entity

whose neglect, willful omission, or intentional, willful or culpable

conduct resulted in that injury, disease or death.

2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to expand or restrict the

existing liability of an employer or co-employee at common-law or under

sections two hundred five-a and two hundred five-e of the general

municipal law for injuries or death sustained in the line-of-duty by any

police officer or firefighter.