N.Y. Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law § 24: Waiver agreements

§ 24. Waiver agreements. No agreement or release by a volunteer

firefighter, or, in the case of death, the dependents of a deceased

volunteer firefighter, to waive his or her right to benefits under this

chapter shall be valid, except as provided in section thirty-two of the

workers' compensation law or otherwise in this chapter.