The FDNY denied overtime to a cancer-battling Bravest and forced him into retirement after his illness required he be placed on “light duty,” a new lawsuit alleges.
The class-action lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan federal court claims that 42-year-old Lt. Edward Reardon and other disabled firefighters were restricted from working unlimited overtime.
Reardon said that he was placed on “light duty” after he underwent surgery to remove thyroid cancer in February 2017.
Once he began the new assignment, he worked a schedule similar to other colleagues, clocking in 10-hour workdays four times a week, the suit says.
But six months into assignment, Reardon says he was forced to take on more grueling eight-hour shifts five days a week.
“They were intentionally messing with me. I’m trying to recover from having my throat sliced and take medication every day for the rest of my life,” Reardon, who is now in remission, told The Post.