A New York City firefighter who lost his job in December amid a series of slash-and-burn budget cuts to pay for services for illegal immigrants has died.
Derek Floyd, 36, died on April 15 after suffering a heart attack, according to the New York Post.
Floyd, a Marine Corps veteran who served three tours in the Middle East, suffered an earlier heart attack in 2019 while he was in the New York Fire Department’s Fire Academy.
As such, he was on modified duty with the chaplain’s office until he and 10 others on “long-term duty” were let go in late December.
The timing was cruel because it left him just short of the time needed to qualify for additional medical benefits and more than $600,000
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