Archive of Press Releases
911 Health Watch Statement on Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya leaving the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Today, the U.S Department of Justice announced that September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya will be leaving the Department to take a position with Georgetown University Law School’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection. Benjamin Chevat, Executive Director of 9/11 Health Watch said, “9/11 Health Watch wants to thank Special Master […]
9/11 Health Watch releases a video series explaining the World Trade Center Health Program and how 9/11 responders and survivors can access the program
Today, 9/11 Health Watch unveiled a series of informational videos that help explain the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) and how 9/11 responders and survivors can access the program. With the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks only months away, there will be more awareness and interest about the impact of 9/11 on the health […]
Impact of 9/11 Toxins 20 Years Later and the Federal Response
Thursday, September 99:30 am – 12 pm EST2 pm – 3:30 pm EST Friday, September 109:30 am – 1 pm EST Live-streamed from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Watch now Program Overview This two-day program will bring together health professionals, legal experts, elected officials, and journalists, as well as responders and survivors […]
9/11 Health Watch releases a video series explaining the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and how 9/11 responders, survivors and their families can access the program
Today, 9/11 Health Watch unveiled a series of informational videos that help explain the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Program (VCF) and how injured and ill 9/11 responders, survivors and their families can access the program. With the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks only months away, there will be more awareness and interest about […]
Statement from 911 Health Watch on the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Passing a New Milestone
911 Health Watch wants to let the 911 community know that as of Sunday, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) has awarded $7.378 billion to injured and ill 9/11 responders and survivors passing the prior authorization of $7.375 billion. That means that, had the VCF not been reauthorized and fully funded last summer, the […]
911 Health Statement on Cuts to Compensation For Those Injured by 9/11 Due to Lack of Funding
STATEMENT FROM 911 HEALTH WATCH ON the VCF’s determination of Insufficiencny and the cuts in Compensation that are being imposed FOR THOSE INJURED BY 9/11 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING February 15th, 2019 Today’s announcement from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master, that there will be severe cuts to the pending compensation awards for injuries caused […]
Statement from 911 Health Watch on “Notice of Inquiry“ Regarding the Potential of Cuts to Compensation for those Injured by 9/11 Due to Lack of Funding
911 Health Watch wants to thank the Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), Rupa Bhattacharyya, the Department of Justice and Attorney General Sessions for today’s publication in the Federal Register of the VCF’s “Notice of Inquiry” regarding the potential shortfall of funds for the VCF and asking for comment on possible responses to […]
Statement from 911 Health Watch on the Second Anniversary the appointment of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya
Statement from 911 Health Watch on the Second Anniversary the appointment of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya. Below is a message from Rupa Bhattacharyya, released today on the Second Anniversary of her appointment as September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master. Ms. Bhattacharyya, along with Deputy Special Masters Stefanie Langsam, Jordan Feldman, and […]
Statement of 911 Health Watch on the House of Representatives Rejecting the Mulvaney Proposal that would have seriously harmed the administration of the World Trade Center Health Program
The U.S. House of Representatives has decisively rejected Budget Director Mick Mulvaney’s 2018 proposal that would have seriously harmed the World Trade Center Health Program and the medical monitoring and treatment that it provides to over 86,000 9/11 responders and survivors who are in every State and in 433 out of 435 Congressional Districts across […]
OMB Proposal Threatens World Trade Center Health Program and Health of 9/11 Responders and Survivors
The President’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 contains a threat to the carefully established and designed management and administration of the World Trade Center Health Program and could result in adversely impacting the health and wellbeing of thousands of injured and ill 9/11 responders and survivors. OMB Director Mick Mulvaney is proposing to tear […]