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Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Supporting The 9/11 Amendment To Benefit First Responders And Survivors
“We cannot fail to properly care for those who answered the call of duty.”
US Senate approves measure that pumps $676M into financially troubled Ground Zero Health Fund
The bipartisan measure — pushed by New York Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer — is expected to clear the House of Representatives and be approved by President Biden.
Senate approves $676 million for World Trade Center health fund
The Senate overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act Thursday to address the World Trade Center Health Program’s funding shortfall and to expand its services.
Billions in 9/11 aid has gone unclaimed. Now a new law will compel banks like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to alert survivors who worked near Ground Zero
Legislation will soon require the likes of JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Amex, major employers around Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, to join the drive.
Laura Kavanagh’s out-of-town call: On WTC Health Program and lithium-ion batteries, Washington has to deliver
Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is on a mission today in Washington to help the injured and dying as well as to prevent more injuries and deaths. She must succeed on both.
Transcript: Deputy Mayor For Public Safety Banks To Hold Briefing On Public Safety In New York City
New York City Office of Public Safety Chief of Operations Justin S. Meyers Holds Briefing on Public Safety in New York City.
Malliotakis, Former Rep. Carolyn Maloney Tour Staten Island World Trade Center Health Clinic, Call for Passage of Zadroga Correction Act
This week, Rep Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and former Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D, NY-12) toured Mount Sinai’s Staten Island World Trade Center Health Program Clinic on Richmond Road.
Fight within a fight: 9/11 widows and children appeal to force dismissal of thousands of wrongful death judgments given to non-heirs
9/11 widows and their children have filed a writ asking the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to force Judge George Daniels to dismiss thousands of wrongful death claims against Iran and the Taliban.
Making Aware Those Who Were There: New Legislation Pushes Employers to Notify Staff about Eligibility for September 11 Benefits
Some 400,000 civilians were exposed to September 11 toxins on the day or the attack or in the weeks and months that followed, but only a small percentage with qualifying medical conditions have registered.
Statement from the Program on the Upcoming Nationwide Provider Network Expansion
The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program is pleased to announce that the Nationwide Provider Network (NPN) is in the process of expanding their network of Program providers.