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Responder snubs ‘uncertain’ 500G
The first sickened 9/11 responder to file suit against the city says he’s opting out of a proposed mass settlement.
$27.5 Million for 9/11 Workers
A group of workers who claimed they suffered health problems as a result of being exposed to debris from ground zero during its removal and transfer to a landfill on Staten Island stand to receive $27.5 million in a settlement announced on Friday.
Harry Reid and Kirsten Gillibrand must get Trade Center health bill passed in Senate
They promised. Now they must deliver. The Senate must pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
With GOP House takeover, it’s ‘now or never’ to pass 9/11 bill
The Democrats’ election slaughter in the House will doom the 9/11 health bill if the Senate can’t pass it in the last few weeks of a lame-duck session, legislators told the Daily News.
Finally! President Obama lets aid flow for 9/11 ills study, but cash was expected months ago
President Obama has quietly forked over millions to study what’s killing 9/11 responders – after refusing to pay up earlier this year.
9/11 responder Kenny Specht says take settlement deal
I once was strongly opposed to the settlement between the World Trade Center Captive Insurance fund and the thousands of rescue and recovery workers who fell ill after bravely working on the Pile.
The Long Recovery From 9/11
Nine years after the attack on the World Trade Center, a crucial deadline is approaching for helping thousands of first responders, cleanup workers and volunteers suffering long-term medical and economic losses.
Ground Zero lawyers use carrot and $ticks
The law firm for 9,800 Ground Zero workers is playing “Let’s Make a Deal” to entice clients to sign on to the proposed settlement with the city — in some cases hiking the dollar estimates of their possible awards, 9/11 responders told The Post.
9/11 hero, 43, dies of Ground Zero ills
Ironworker Joe Piccuro — long the face of sickened 9/11 responders — died yesterday after a long battle with a slew of Ground Zero-related ailments.
His death must count: It’s too late for Joe Picurro, but Ground Zero health bill must pass
The photos of Joe Picurro, an ironworker who labored at The Pile on and after 9/11, should be placed before the eyes of every United States senator who will soon be called upon to vote on providing health care and compensation to sick World Trade Center workers