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East Haven Mayor Joe Maturo Jr. Sues For His Disability Pension

Mayor believes politics has scuttled his $43,000 pension.

Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. believes the only thing standing between him and collecting an additional $43,000 is the fact he is a Republican in a Democratically-controlled State Capitol. 

And feeling he was wrong, the East Haven mayor, filed an appeal in Superior Court, New Haven Monday, over the state’s rejection to give him his firefighter disability, which amounts to $43,000 annually, the New Haven Register reports. 

In 2013, it appeared Maturo was getting close to collecting the disability pension along with his mayor salary. 

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The state legislature in 2013 forwarded a bill - Senate Bill 704 - that would allow retired municipal employees to start working for a town again while still collecting their full municipal pensions. The bill would mean Maturo, who has been receiving a disability pension since 1991 after he hurt his back as a firefighter, would make another $43,000 a year, according to the New Haven Register.

Maturo makes $75,000 a year as mayor of East Haven. He stopped collecting his $43,000-a-year pension in 2011, when he was first elected mayor, and has been fighting to get it reinstated ever since, according to the newspaper.

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