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Brooks vs. Utica: Who pays fire chief’s medical costs?
As an enrollee the World Trade Center Health Program, Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks says medical costs associated with illnesses certified as related to his time responding during the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City are covered…
Holbrook intersection to be renamed for 9/11 FDNY responder
Capt. Vincent Ungaro, a 30-year FDNY veteran who died last year of leukemia, was an active advocate for 9/11 first responders who developed health problems.
American Airlines and United Airlines pay out $95 million for security lapses
Insurers for American Airlines, United Airlines and other aviation defendants have agreed to pay $95 million to settle claims that security lapses led planes to be hijacked in the Sept. 11 attacks.
9/11 Cleanup Workers Can Sue Over Health Claims, Court Rules
A state court ruled that 9/11 cleanup workers could move forwarded with their compensation claims against the Battery Park City Authority.
NY High Court Gives OK for 9/11 Cleanup Crews to Sue Over Asbestos Exposure
The state’s Court of Appeals ruled that the Battery Park City Authority is a government entity and didn’t have legal standing to challenge Jimmy Nolan’s Law, a 2009 state law that gave workers who…
American, United settle World Trade Center developer’s 9/11 claims
The developer of the World Trade Center in New York has reached a $95.2 million settlement of all claims against American Airlines Group Inc, United Continental Holdings Inc and other aviation…
NY court gives 9/11 cleanup workers OK to sue for debris exposure
The Court of Appeals rejects a Battery Park City Authority challenge to “Jimmy Nolan’s Law.”
9/11 Health info forum being held this weekend
The forum will be held at PS 124 in Chinatown on November 18th.
Push to raise awareness for those who may have been sickened by toxins released in 9/11 attacks
On September 11th, Virginia Eng was a public school teacher in Chinatown. She can still taste the air in the months after the terrorist attacks – our city’s darkest day.
N.Y. Congress members urge Labor Dept. to accept type of cancer as 9/11-linked
A bipartisan group of New York Congress members are pushing the Department of Labor to recognize a specific type of cancer known to afflict 9/11 first responders.