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John Feal talks about the pace of 9/11 compensation
John Feal talks about money being slow to roll out for the 9/11 victims who are entitled to compensation from the Zadroga Bill.
Sen. Chuck Schumer decries slow pace of 9/11 victim compensation funds
‘The compensation fund better … begin getting these dollars out the door by Christmas,’ he said. The fund for those sickened by the attacks became operational in October 2011 but has yet to dispense any money.
Nearly two years after Zadroga bill signed, Ground Zero workers and others sickened or injured in 9/11 attacks haven’t been paid
Ground Zero responders and lower Manhattan residents sickened or injured in the 9/11 attacks can forget about any financial help from Uncle Sam before the holidays. Nearly two years after President Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act on Jan. 2, 2011, no one has gotten a dime.
Crowley: reverse Zadroga Act cuts
Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) joined the chorus of legislators lambasting potential cuts to funding for the Zadroga Act through a sequestration deal cooked up by Congress last winter to shove the nation toward a balanced budget.
Tommy Thompson Embellishes His 9/11 Response In Wisconsin Senate Race
Wisconsin Senate candidate Tommy Thompson (R) appears to be exaggerating his response to the 9/11 terror attacks, saying he was handing out bandages in New York the morning after, when he was actually delivering a speech in Washington, D.C.
Baldwin, Thompson in ad battle over 9/11
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, surfaced Wednesday as the latest issue in the U.S. Senate race, with each side claiming the other doesn’t care about the nearly 3,000 victims and thousands of first responders who came to their aid.
9/11 becomes issue in U.S. Senate race
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, surfaced Wednesday as the latest issue in the U.S. Senate race, with each side claiming the other doesn’t care about the nearly 3,000 victims and thousands of first responders who came to their aid.
Thompson, Baldwin ads trade barbs on 9-11 response
The tenor of the U.S. Senate race shifted suddenly this week with a pair of ads from Republican Tommy Thompson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin that question whether the other did enough for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Tommy Thompson, Who Profited From 9/11, Angers Responders With ‘False’ Tammy Baldwin Ad
Tommy Thompson, the former Health and Human Services secretary who made millions treating 9/11 victims, invoked the wrath of 9/11 responders Tuesday by rolling out an ad that tries to profit off the terror attacks again — this time for Thompson’s Senate race.
NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK UP CLOSE; The Same Blue Uniform, An Unsettling New Terrain
Detectives Patrick Divers and Al McCoy of the Brooklyn North narcotics squad used to spend their days running buy-and-bust drug operations in Bushwick. But lately, they have been doing different tasks; far different, like searching for body parts in debris from the World Trade Center at the Fresh Kills landfill, and escorting office workers to their buildings at ground zero.