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Memorial remembers those who died from 9/11-related illnesses
On Sept. 13, at the annual 9/11 Naming Ceremony in Nesconset, officials read the names of 364 people who died this past year — September to September — in memoriam for their service after the nation’s deadliest terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
NYCERS reverses policy change that eliminated appeal process for disability benefits
NYCERS will walk back a policy change made in January that eliminated retirees’ ability to appeal rejections for disability benefits, Rachel Assisi, the pension fund’s deputy director of communications said Wednesday.
FDNY unions, officials rip ‘chaos’ at WTC Health Program
At a press conference Wednesday, Andrew Ansbro and Jim Brosi, the presidents, respectively, of the Uniformed Firefighters Association and Uniformed Fire Officers Association, warned that the health program could run out of funding in 2027 and stop taking new beneficiaries in 2028.
Remembering Our Members Lost on September 11, 2001, and in the Years Since
We honor the CWA airline workers, telecom workers, nurses, 911 operators, traffic enforcement agents and supervisors, public sector members, broadcast engineers and news crews, journalists and media workers, volunteers, and all of those who played a crucial role in responding to this tragedy.
Op-Ed: Properly funding World Trade Center Health program is ‘least we can do’
Without additional funding in the current session of Congress, the health program would have to deny new enrollments by 2027 and, ultimately, limit services for existing members.
State Grants Long-Delayed 9/11 Disability Benefits to Widow of Suffolk Deputy Sheriff
More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, the widow of Suffolk Deputy Sheriff Richard Stueber will finally receive the disability benefits her husband earned for his service at the World Trade Center site.
9/11 WTC and the Lie That Keeps on Killing
A common feeling among this 9/11 WTC cohort is that the system designed to “help” them is dominated by red tape that seems likely to hasten their demise. Like the veterans who were ordered to charge into atmospheric atomic testing or were exposed to Agent Orange during Vietnam, our system is at best ambivalent about […]
A Dust Sample Handled With Care
After the destruction of the World Trade Center, an urgent question lingered in Lower Manhattan: What was in the air?
Kennedy’s leadership puts all of us in danger
Since Kennedy took over HHS, first responders and others suffering from illnesses due to the toxic fumes in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks haven’t been able to get the research, care, treatment or even communication they deserve.
Lawmakers try to revive, once again, the 9/11 Workers Protection Task Force
Nearly 20 years after it was first created, recently enacted legislation looks to breathe new life into a panel of New York state and local officials charged with looking into the impacts of toxic exposures at ground zero and making recommendations on retirement and disability benefits.