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Mayor Will Push Senators to Pass 9/11 Health Bill
Hoping to generate last-minute momentum for a long-stalled health care bill for ground zero rescue workers, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to travel to Washington next week to lobby several crucial Republican senators who are believed to be undecided.
Caution Ordered as 9/11 Deadline Nears
As the deadline approached for more than 10,000 ground zero workers to opt into a multimillion-dollar settlement with the city and its contractors, the federal judge overseeing the cases said on Monday that it would take several more days to tally and verify “the huge influx” of responses.
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.