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White House Details State-By-State Budget Fallout Amid Blame Game
The White House has detailed the potential fallout in each state from budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end.
9/11 fat in the fire
Bruce Greenberg, a convicted fraudster and the lone remaining litigant in the mass lawsuit by 10,000 Ground Zero workers against the city, should be tossed out of court without collecting a dime, the city contends.
First payouts to 9/11 health victims
Over eleven years after the terrorist attacks toppled the Twin Towers and abruptly cut short more than 3,000 lives, the first money was paid to people suffering from the environmental fallout of 9/11.
FDNY victim of 9/11 illness is mourned on Staten Island
Former FDNY Lt. Martin Fullam, 56, of Annadale, a 9/11 first responder who later became ill and whose efforts helped make the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act a reality, received a line-of-duty funeral Saturday.
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Holds Forum To Help Victims File Claims
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund held a public forum Wednesday to help victims file their claims.
9/11 Fund Sets First Payments
Fifteen first responders who worked in or around Ground Zero will be the first to receive awards from the new Sept. 11 victim-compensation fund, for total amounts ranging from $10,000 to $1.5 million, officials said Tuesday.
9/11 Health Fund Pays Out Its First 15 Awards
A federal fund set up to compensate people sickened by the Sept. 11 terrorist attack made its first awards on Tuesday, to 15 first responders.
FDNY Lt. Martin Fullam dies at 56; Staten Islander fought for Zadroga Act
Former FDNY Lt. Martin Fullam, 56, of Annadale, a 9/11 first responder who later became ill and whose efforts helped make the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act a reality, died Monday at home.
9/11 victims fund makes initial payments to sick first responders
A special fund set up by Congress to compensate people who got sick after being exposed to toxic World Trade Center dust following Sept. 11 is making its first round of payments, with the initial payouts going to a group of 15 first responders with respiratory problems.
9/11 Fund Makes First Payment To Sick Responders But Full Amount Won’t Be Paid For Years
A special fund set up by Congress to compensate people who got sick after being exposed to toxic World Trade Center dust following Sept. 11 is making its first round of payments, with the initial payouts going to a group of 15 first responders with respiratory problems.