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CrowdStrike outage left 9/11 EMS personnel without workers鈥 comp payments

EMS union representative said dozens of retired first responders have not received their payments

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Firefighters from Staten Island鈥檚 Rescue 5 company search for victims at ground zero in New York City in December 2001.

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By Thomas Tracy
New York Daily News

NEW YORK 鈥 The CrowdStrike computer program outage that on Friday has left dozens of 9/11 retired first responders without their workers鈥 compensation checks, union officials said Tuesday.

As of Tuesday, workers鈥 compensation payments for EMS members that were supposed to be directly deposited have still not gone through, leaving the first responders without a much-needed financial boost that can range from $700 to $900, said , a former city paramedic and World Trade Center liaison for Local 2507, the city鈥檚 EMS union.


Dispatch centers across the country reported disruptions due to the Microsoft 365 outage, including having to write 911 calls on paper to share with first responders

鈥淎 lot of these people live paycheck to paycheck,鈥 Smiley said. 鈥淭hey can鈥檛 work because they鈥檙e not allowed to work. This is their money. What are you supposed to tell these people?鈥

The city has assured Smiley that the payments will be sent out soon, but so far, none of his members has received anything, he said.

The comptroller鈥檚 office has been fielding scores of phone calls about the failure to make the payments, Smiley was told.

An email to the Workman鈥檚 Compensation Division, the comptroller鈥檚 office and the city Law Department were not immediately returned.

The division receives about 17,500 new claims a year from employees injured on the job, according to its website.

While the CrowdStrike breakdown grounded flights, disrupted businesses and knocked banks offline around the world Friday, emergency services were not affected but some city offices did suffer disruptions, officials said.

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