New York Statutory Disability Benefits Law, Coverage, Rates and Rating Plans

On April 13, 1949, Governor Thomas E. Dewey signed the Mailler-Condon Bill which, upon his signature, became Article IX of the Workmen's Compensation Law, also known as the Disability Benefits Law. The purpose of the law is to provide disability insurance for eligible workers, both employed and unemployed, who are unable to work as a result of non-occupational injury or sickness.