Archive of News (2010)
WTC veteran cop Robert Oswain, 42, dies from cancer
Police Officer Robert Oswain, a Bronx cop who served in recovery efforts at Ground Zero, died of cancer late Saturday. He was 42.
9/11 health programs face cash crunch as pols plead case to President Obama
The Obama administration has been so slow to fund 9/11 treatment programs that medical providers fear patients may soon face a cutoff, the Daily News has learned.
Feds Come Through With 9/11 Health Money Following Demands From Maloney, Nadler
The federal government agreed to fund health clinics for 9/11 first responders Thursday morning, one day after New York politicians wrote a letter demanding action.
Empathetic Judge in 9/11 Suits Seen by Some as Interfering
Over nearly three decades as a litigator at a downtown law firm, Alvin K. Hellerstein shared a view of the World Trade Center towers with dozens of other colleagues in an office building on Maiden Lane.
Show them the money: Lawyers owe the facts to their 9/11 responder clients
Lawyers representing 10,000 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers are urging their clients to accept the settlement they have negotiated – despite a federal judge’s stated intention to reject the deal
Judge in Ground Zero sickness cases may release other 9/11 settlement amounts
The judge overseeing the Ground Zero sickness cases may reveal settlement amounts in other 9/11 cases, including suits on behalf of those killed in the terror attacks
City lawyers blast federal judge who rejected WTC rescue workers deal, declare appeal of 9/11 ruling
The city declared war Wednesday on the federal judge who rejected a proposed settlement for sick 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers.
City Contests Decision on Ground Zero
Lawyers defending the city and its contractors from lawsuits filed by about 10,000 people who worked on rescue and cleanup operations at ground zero went to a federal appeals court on Wednesday to challenge a judge’s authority to block a settlement.
Judge Sees No Progress on Ground Zero Settlement
The federal judge who rejected a settlement last month of lawsuits filed by rescue and cleanup workers at ground zero said on Monday at a hearing that no progress appeared to have been made in renegotiating the accord.
Proposed compensation for Ground Zero workers being called ‘unfair and illogical’
A Ground Zero worker with asthma could get 30 times more money from the city’s proposed 9/11 settlement than one dying of cancer — a deal critics call “unfair and illogical.”