Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Under General Municipal Law § 207-c, a city, town, village, or fire district is required to pay a police officer who is injured while performing his duty the "full amount of his regular salary or wages until his disability arising therefrom has ceased" (General Municipal Law § 207-c [1]). The statute is remedial in nature and is intended to provide a benefit, among others, to
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