N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 3-402: § 3-402 Awards to surviving spouses and domestic partners of members of the uniformed correctional and sanitation forces.

The mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to make an award to the surviving spouse or domestic partner of a member of the uniformed correctional force or the uniformed sanitation force, employed by the department of correction in any prison or jail under control of the city, or any county within the city, or employed by the department of sanitation, who has been or hereafter shall be killed while engaged in the discharge of duty. Such award shall be fixed in the discretion of the mayor. In case there be no surviving spouse or domestic partner surviving the decedent, such award shall be made to the minor child or children surviving the decedent. Such award shall be paid in one payment as soon after the death of such member of the uniformed correctional or sanitation force as may be possible and shall be in addition to any pension, award or other allowance authorized by law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and solely for the purposes of this section, a member otherwise covered by this section shall be deemed to have been killed while engaged in the discharge of duty upon which his or her membership is based, provided that such member was in active service upon which his or her membership is based at the time that such member was ordered to active duty pursuant to Title 10 of the United States Code, with the armed forces of the United States or to service in the uniformed services pursuant to 38 U.S.C. Chapter 43, and such member died while on such active duty or service in the uniformed services on or after June fourteenth, two thousand five while serving on such active military duty or in the uniformed services.