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$$ for nothing at WTC fund
The city is sitting on a 9/11 nest egg of more than $350 million. The WTC Captive Insurance Co., a nonprofit given $1 billion from Congress to cover claims from the Ground Zero cleanup, has disposed of more than 12,000 suits, and few — if any — are left in court, officials say.
Sequester Swipes 9/11 Compensation To Pay Down Deficit
The victims and survivors of 9/11 are being forced again to sacrifice — this time by the sequestration budget cuts that are dipping into revenue set aside for ailing first responders and using it for deficit reduction.
Gillibrand, Schumer, King, Maloney, Nadler, First Responders Urge Congress to Avoid Looming Automatic Across-the-Board Budget Ax – Including Deep Cuts to 9/11 Zadroga Program, Federal Aid to Hurricane Sandy Victims
With the deadline nearing for Congress to negotiate a balanced deficit-cutting package or face deep automatic cuts across federal programs – known as sequestration – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer, were joined today by U.S. Representatives Peter King, Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, 9/11 first responders and survivors in urging their colleagues to negotiate a responsible package to replace the sequester before the devastating cuts, including $3 billion in federal aid to Hurricane Sandy victims and $27 million to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health
‘Hopeful’ Schumer and ‘cynical’ Gillibrand join to stop sequestration cuts
At a press conference in Midtown this morning, Sen. Chuck Schumer said he still thought a last-minute deal to avert the impending sequestration might come together before the cuts are scheduled to take effect on Friday.
Looming sequestration deadline may affect Zadroga Act funding
With only days until the congressionally imposed sequestration deadline hits, Long Islanders who responded to the Sept. 11 attacks could be hit the hardest if the sequestration goes through.
Automatic Spending Cuts Could Hurt Sandy Victims, 9/11 First Responders
Police officers and firefighters who responded on 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy Victims who are trying to rebuild after last fall’s devastating storm are just two groups that could see their lives made even more difficult by automatic spending cuts set to take effect on Friday.
Government cuts could affect Zadroga benefits
Friday, the first $85 billion round of cuts will happen if Congress doesn’t act. Lots of services are immune from cuts, but many are vulnerable including the health fund for 9/11 first responders. They are all heroes but will they lose their benefits?
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.