N.Y. Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law § 9: Temporary total disability benefits

§ 9. Temporary total disability benefits. In the case of temporary

total disability the volunteer firefighter shall be paid one hundred

twenty-five dollars for each week during the continuance thereof;

provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the

line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight to

December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, said firefighter

shall receive one hundred eighty dollars per week during the continuance

thereof; and further provided, that when the volunteer firefighter is

injured in the line of duty on or after January first, nineteen hundred

seventy-nine to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-three, said

firefighter shall receive two hundred fifteen dollars per week during

the continuance thereof; and further provided, that when the volunteer

firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,

nineteen hundred eighty-three to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred

eighty-four, said firefighter shall receive two hundred fifty-five

dollars per week during the continuance thereof; and further provided,

that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or

after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-four to June thirtieth,

nineteen hundred eighty-five, said firefighter shall receive two hundred

seventy-five dollars per week during the continuance thereof; and

further provided, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the

line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five to

June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety, said firefighter shall receive

three hundred dollars per week during the continuance thereof; and

further provided, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the

line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-one, said firefighter shall receive

three hundred forty dollars per week during the continuance thereof; and

further provided, that when a volunteer firefighter is injured in the

line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one to June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two, said firefighter shall receive

three hundred fifty dollars per week during the continuance thereof; and

further provided, that when a volunteer firefighter is injured in the

line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two to June

thirtieth, two thousand twenty-one, said firefighter shall receive four

hundred dollars per week during the continuance thereof; and further

provided, that when a volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of

duty on or after July first, two thousand twenty-one, said firefighter

shall receive six hundred fifty dollars per week during the continuance

thereof. Temporary total disability, within the meaning of this section,

shall exist only if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter

has been lost temporarily and totally as the result of the injury. In

case of temporary total disability and permanent partial disability both

resulting from the same injury, if the temporary total disability

continues for a longer period than the number of weeks set forth in the

following schedule, the period of temporary total disability in excess

of such number of weeks shall be added to the period provided in section

ten of this article: arm, thirty-two weeks; leg, forty weeks; hand,

thirty-two weeks; foot, thirty-two weeks; ear, twenty-five weeks; eye,

twenty weeks; thumb, twenty-four weeks; first finger, eighteen weeks;

great toe, twelve weeks; second finger, twelve weeks; third finger,

eight weeks; fourth finger, eight weeks; toe other than great toe, eight

weeks. In any case resulting in loss or partial loss of use of arm, leg,

hand, foot, ear, eye, thumb, finger or toe, where the temporary total

disability does not extend beyond the periods above mentioned for such

injury, benefits shall be limited to the schedule contained in section

ten of this article.