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Plenty of anger over GOP opposition as 9/11 health bill nears reality

Congress took another slow, painful step toward passing a bill to treat people ailing from the 9/11 attacks, but not without angering the very responders it aims to help.

New York City cops slam President Obama, administration over delay of 9/11 cancer study

New York cops blasted the Obama administration Tuesday after learning bean counters were holding up money for a key 9/11 cancer study.

President Barack Obama budget office cuts funds for 9/11 health studies on WTC rescue workers

President Barack Obama budget office cuts funds for 9/11 health studies on WTC rescue workers

WTC veteran cop Robert Oswain, 42, dies from cancer

Police Officer Robert Oswain, a Bronx cop who served in recovery efforts at Ground Zero, died of cancer late Saturday. He was 42.

9/11 health programs face cash crunch as pols plead case to President Obama

The Obama administration has been so slow to fund 9/11 treatment programs that medical providers fear patients may soon face a cutoff, the Daily News has learned.

Feds Come Through With 9/11 Health Money Following Demands From Maloney, Nadler

The federal government agreed to fund health clinics for 9/11 first responders Thursday morning, one day after New York politicians wrote a letter demanding action.

Empathetic Judge in 9/11 Suits Seen by Some as Interfering

Over nearly three decades as a litigator at a downtown law firm, Alvin K. Hellerstein shared a view of the World Trade Center towers with dozens of other colleagues in an office building on Maiden Lane.

Show them the money: Lawyers owe the facts to their 9/11 responder clients

Lawyers representing 10,000 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers are urging their clients to accept the settlement they have negotiated – despite a federal judge’s stated intention to reject the deal

Judge in Ground Zero sickness cases may release other 9/11 settlement amounts

The judge overseeing the Ground Zero sickness cases may reveal settlement amounts in other 9/11 cases, including suits on behalf of those killed in the terror attacks

City lawyers blast federal judge who rejected WTC rescue workers deal, declare appeal of 9/11 ruling

The city declared war Wednesday on the federal judge who rejected a proposed settlement for sick 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers.