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Trump, RFK JR. job cuts gut World Trade Center health program, paralyze care

Tens of thousands of responders and survivors rely on the WTC Health Program to get treatment and medication and monitor injuries and illnesses caused by the toxins that swirled around Ground Zero on 9/11 and the weeks that followed.

Garbarino: World Trade Center Health Program administrator fired

A spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino confirmed late Tuesday that Dr. John Howard, the administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program, had been let go.

Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies

Senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on leave and countless other employees lost their jobs Tuesday.

Trump Administration Begins Layoffs at CDC, FDA and Other Health Agencies

The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Layoffs Gut NIOSH Including Firefighter, WTC and Cancer Programs

Around 873 staff are expected to be cut from NIOSH, multiple leaders within the agency were told in recent days.

RFK Jr.’s layoffs expected to gut worker safety agency NIOSH, officials say

At least two-thirds of the staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, are expected to be laid off as part of a restructuring ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

LI congressional delegation shares what’s new in Washington

DOGE and other topics were part of a wide-ranging discussion featuring all four of the delegates at the Long Island Association’s “What’s New in Washington” breakfast at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on Friday.

Kaine Cosponsors Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Fix World Trade Center Health Program Funding Shortfall

The 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025 would update the program’s outdated funding formula to ensure adequate funding until the program’s expiration in 2090.

The Legacy of Special Agent Melissa Morrow and the Continuing Sacrifice of 9/11 First Responders

Morrow’s story is not unique. It is one thread in a tapestry of sacrifice that grows larger with each passing year.