Archive of News (2016)
Ground Zero firefighter memorialized with Staten Island street sign
To his family, friends and FDNY brothers, Capt. John Graziano seemed larger-than-life.
14 years later, another memorial: Marking the anniversary of the end of post-9/11 Ground Zero cleanup and recovery efforts
Headlines capture speculation about Saudi Arabia’s possible involvement in 9/11 terrorist attacks, while a confirmed act of treachery affects the lives of over 72,000 World Trade Center Registry enrollees.
Victims of 9/11 attacks, their families have received over $1 billion in federal aid in last five years
The federal government has officially paid out more than $1 billion to victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families since the Victims Compensation Fund reopened in 2011, a benchmark for the program.
Manhattan Borough President asks why city needs proof of EMTs work at Ground Zero for their benefits now
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer wants to know why the city suddenly asked several hundred EMTs to prove they toiled at Ground Zero after 9/11 in order to be eligible for boosted benefits.
Panel Rejects Application for 9/11 Retirement Benefits
The Third Department ruled Thursday that former officer Michael Del Peschio failed to present medical evidence definitively linking the respiratory problems that forced his retirement in 2011 to his assignment to the World Trade Center site following the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001.
9/11 EMS responders told to prove WTC cleanup involvement
Over 10,000 letters have been sent out in order to be qualified for World Trade Center disabilities
Airway Injury From 9/11 Dust Persists
Patients who continue to exhibit wheezing and coughing as a result of exposure to dust clouds caused by collapse of the World Trade Center towers in 2001 may have irreversible damage that does not respond to current medications even 15 years after the 9/11 terrorist catastrophe in New York City, researchers reported here.
OFFICERS SICKENED BY GROUND ZERO CLEANUP TO BE HONORED BY COUNTY
Two more names will be added to the Rockland County Police Memorial during a remembrance ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 22, in front of the County Courthouse on Main Street in New City.
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of EMS workers who helped in 9/11 clean-up effort told their work can’t be verified
Fifteen years ago they toiled in the smoking pit of Ground Zero and other 9/11-sites — and now they have to prove it.
NYPD sgt. who died after 9/11 rescue work honored by Gov.
NYPD Sgt. Patrick Murphy was off-duty on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.