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First responders score victories during legislative session
In a legislative session known more for what was not accomplished, New York’s first responders walked away from Albany with several policy victories.
Eulogy for FDNY Firefighter Ray Pfeifer
FDNY Firefighter Ray Pfeifer, 59, passed away on May 28, 2017, after a long battle with cancer.
Kaminsky Fights For WTC First-Responders
The State Senate recently passed legislation, championed by Senator Todd Kaminsky, granting sick leave to 9/11 first-responders who contract an illness as a result of having worked in or around Ground Zero following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Sept. 11 Worker Facing Deportation Freed For July 4
Carlos Cadona was pardoned of a drug crime earlier this month.
NYC pol launches national campaign to keep Queens ‘hero of 9/11’ from getting deported
A local lawmaker is going national with his bid to save a former Ground Zero worker from deportation, launching a coast-to-coast petition drive to raise awareness about the New Yorker’s plight.
Post-9/11 sarcoidosis in WTC-exposed firefighters and emergency medical service workers
The World Trade Center (WTC) disaster released a huge quantity and variety of toxicants into the environment. To-date, studies from each of the three major cohorts of WTC-exposed workers have suggested “greater than expected” numbers of post-9/11 cases in…
Funeral held for firefighter from LI who died from 9/11-related illness
Hundreds of police officers and firefighters paid their final respects to a first responder from Massapequa who died from a 9/11-related cancer.
Former ground zero worker gets drug case pardon, fights deportation
A former ground zero worker fighting deportation to Colombia for a 1990 drug conviction received a pardon from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday and will use it to challenge his removal from the country.
Lawmakers pass 9/11 sick leave for ex-NYPD officers
State lawmakers have passed a measure that will have the state pay for additional sick days for former NYPD officers who worked at Ground Zero.
9/11 officers deserve our support
When it comes to taking care of the police officers who responded to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and worked on the pile in the aftermath, the message can be as important as the money.