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Special ICE agent with 9/11-linked cancer fighting the Department of Labor for his disability pension
Special Agent Terence Opiola will retire this week after more than 25 years working for the federal government as a criminal investigator — just in time to try and solve the biggest puzzle of his life.
Cuomo signs 9/11 first responders bill
State will pay for unlimited medical leave
CFPB Cracks Down On Deceptive Lender Who Targeted 9/11 First Responders
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Tuesday (Sept. 19) that it took action against Top Notch Funding and two individuals associated with the company.
Congressman Joseph Crowley Seeks 9/11 Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers
U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Queens/The Bronx), the House Democratic Caucus chairman, is introducing legislation calling for public safety officers who responded to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and died due to 9/11-related health conditions to receive the Presidential Medal of Valor.
More 9/11 Deaths
On 9/11 this year, we mourned the deaths and celebrated the heroism of the 3,000 men and women who were killed by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.
A debt not fully paid to 9/11 first responders
Nearly 3,000 people died on Sept. 11, 2001. But the toll from the tragedy continues to grow daily.
Cuomo signs bill providing sick leave for more 9/11 responders
A bill providing unlimited sick leave to a larger group of 9/11 first responders was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the 16th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
NYPD sergeant’s 9/11-related illness just one example among many
The NYPD lost 23 members on September 11, but more than 100 more officers have died from 9/11-related illnesses since then, and more are fighting for their lives.
They helped clean up the wreckage of 9/11. Now they face the threat of deportation
Within days of the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center, word spread in the immigrant neighborhoods of New York that workers were desperately needed to aid in the cleanup.
EXCLUSIVE – They were the longest-serving volunteer unit on Ground Zero
Now the veteran officers of Team Romeo are battling a new horror: scores of 9/11-related illnesses from cancer to PTSD