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9/11 Victim Compensation Fund gets new master
On 9/11, Rupa Bhattacharyya was in an office near the White House watching TV as the second plane smashed into the World Trade Center.
Job well done: Her wisdom helped 9/11 families soldier on
Thanks and congratulations to lawyer Sheila Birnbaum, who well served the public good for five years as special master of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund.
9/11 law firm takes on Flint water crisis
A partner in the controversial Manhattan law firm that raked in hundreds of millions in a settlement for 10,000 Ground Zero workers has now taken on the tainted-water debacle in Flint, Mich.
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Begins Accepting New Claims
Payment on All Group A Claims Has Been Authorized
Ailing West Milford 9/11 responder makes desperate plea for aid on billboards
Mike Megna rushed to Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001, to help look for survivors in the rubble of the fallen towers.
FDNY EMS WTC Heroes Denied Their Disability Pensions
I am friends with Gary Smiley, someone I’ve never met face to face. The bond that has formed this friendship is the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. I am one of the survivors. Gary is a Rescue Paramedic.
Special master of 9/11 compensation fund stepping down
The administrator of the federal compensation fund for Sept. 11 victims is stepping down after five years.
Special master of Sept. 11 compensation fund stepping down
The administrator of the federal compensation fund for Sept. 11 victims is stepping down after five years.
AG Loretta Lynch appoints Rupa Bhattacharyya as new head of 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund
The 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund has a new boss.
Attorney General Lynch Names Rupa Bhattacharyya as Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced that she has chosen Rupa Bhattacharyya to head the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) after current VCF Special Master Sheila L. Birnbaum steps down later this month.