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Disbarred Attorney Charged In White Plains Federal Court For Stealing 9/11 Victim Compensation Funds
Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kenneth R. Dieffenbach, Special Agent in Charge of the Fraud Detection Office of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General…
Mortality among Fire Department of the City of New York Rescue and Recovery Workers Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster, 2001-2017
The World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on 9/11/2001 have consistently been associated with elevated rates of physical and mental health morbidities, while evidence about mortality has been limited.
Charles Cook, Ground Zero Volunteer for Months, Dies at 79
After the planes hit on 9/11, he walked from his home in Harlem, against the tide of people fleeing, to help.
Veteran NYPD detective who rushed to Ground Zero as a rookie dies of 9/11-related cancer
A veteran NYPD detective who had less than a year on the job when he rushed to Ground Zero died Wednesday of Sept. 11-related cancer, his union said.
With COVID-Inspired Limitations, 9/11 Tributes Taking Shape
FDNY Approves Small, Outdoor Commemorations
Trump’s Back to School COVID Bullying Echoes EPA 9/11 Happy Talk
The recent flip of the off-on again switch by the 9/11 Memorial over its annual display of two parallel beacons of light in lower Manhattan prompted the Daily News to suggest…
Trump signs bill giving COVID-19 benefits to sickened first responders
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an expansion of the federal first responders benefits program to include disability or death from COVID-19 among the criteria for payments.
Special Master’s Message—Clarification on VCF Registration and Claim Filing Deadlines
Dear Friends: I wanted to reach out directly and clarify some confusion that has arisen in recent days about September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (“VCF”) deadlines.
PTSD and Depressive Symptoms as Potential Mediators of the Association between World Trade Center Exposure and Subjective Cognitive Concerns in Rescue/Recovery Workers
We observed that World Trade Center (WTC) exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and depressive symptoms were associated with subjective cognitive concerns in Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) rescue/recovery workers.
Queens assemblywoman passes bill to revive September 11th Workers Protection Task Force
Nearly 20 years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato passed legislation that would revive and extend the September 11th Workers Protection Task Force.