WITH ONLY 11 DAYS REMAINING…SENATOR GILLIBRAND, VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND SPECIAL MASTER SHEILA BIRNBAUM, UNION AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO URGE SICK AND INJURED 9/11 RESPONDERS AND SURVIVORS TO REGISTER FOR COMPENSATION BEFORE THE OCT. 3RD DEADLINE
I wanted to share with you a Press Advisory from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s office about a press conference tomorrow regarding the upcoming October 3rd deadline for registering with the VCF.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Contact: Glen Caplin 917-865-7556
WITH ONLY 11 DAYS REMAINING…SENATOR GILLIBRAND, VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND SPECIAL MASTER SHEILA BIRNBAUM, UNION AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO URGE SICK AND INJURED 9/11 RESPONDERS AND SURVIVORS TO REGISTER FOR COMPENSATION BEFORE THE OCT. 3RD DEADLINE
New York, NY – With only 11 days before the October 3rd deadline for injured and ill 9/11 responders and survivors to register for compensation through the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Sheila Birnbaum, 9/11 first responders and survivors, and union and community leaders will urge all eligible injured and sick 9/11 first responders and survivors TOMORROW, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD at 10:15 AM at 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER to quickly register without delay. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act reopened the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) to ensure that survivors are compensated for losses as result of breathing in Ground Zero toxins. Most responders and survivors must register by the Oct. 3rd deadline, or they will not be able to file a claim and secure the financial assistance they deserve.
WHAT: U.S. Senator Gillibrand, Special Master Birnbaum, labor leaders, advocates, and 9/11 first responders and survivors to urge all injured and sick 9/11 responders, survivors to register without delay before the Oct. 3rd deadline for economic compensation through the Zadroga Act.
WHO: -U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
-Sheila Birnbaum, 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Special Master
-Mario Cilento, President of the NYS AFL-CIO
-Steve Cassidy, President, Uniformed Firefighters Association
-Richard Alles, Deputy Chief, Uniformed Fire Officers Association
-Pat Lynch, President NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
-John Feal, President of the FealGood Foundation
-Catherine McVay Hughes, Chair of Manhattan Community Board 1
-9/11 First Responders and Community Survivors
-Multilingual advocates who will speak in Spanish and Mandarin
WHEN: Monday, September 23rd at 10:15 AM
WHERE: Plaza in front of 7 World Trade Center
West Broadway, Between Barclay and Vesey Streets
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