Archive of News (2016)

State to pick tab for benefits of Ground Zero volunteers

The state plans to pick up the estimated $9 million tab of ­extending benefits to Ground Zero volunteers once a federal program set up in 2002 expires this year.

Widow fights to get husband’s 9/11 compensation check

They were the unsung heroes of 9/11; men who tirelessly worked at ground zero, months after the buildings fell.