Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02) today recognized the advocates, labor leaders, and first responder organizations who worked alongside him to secure permanent, uninterrupted funding for the World Trade Center Health Program. More.
Garbarino Thanks Advocates Who Never Stopped Fighting for 9/11 Health Care
Congress secures long-term funding for the World Trade Center Health Program
Congress has approved legislation for a funding fix that fully supports the World Trade Center Health Program and prevents a projected multibillion-dollar shortfall that threatened the program’s future. More.
NYC knew about potentially deadly risks of 9/11 toxins
A bombshell memo made public Thursday proves the city knew about the potential risks of Sept. 11, 2001 toxins weeks after the terror attacks — as officials told New Yorkers it was safe to return to Lower Manhattan, local pols said. More.
Lagana, Scutari Bill Securing Workers' Comp Benefits for 9/11 Responders Passes Committee
The Senate Labor Committee voted today to advance legislation sponsored by Labor Committee Chair Senator Joseph Lagana and Senate President Nick Scutari that would provide workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who suffered illness, injury, or who died as a result of responding to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. More.
New York City officials call for increased funding to investigate 9/11 air quality records
Nearly 25 years after the September 11th terror attacks, there are new questions about what New York City officials knew about the dangers of the burning toxins at Ground Zero and when they knew. More.
Memo suggests New York City privately anticipated air quality lawsuits after 9/11
One World Trade Center towers above the memorials for the Twin Towers and the 2,753 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Just feet away stands another place of remembrance: the Memorial Glade, honoring those who later became sick from the air they breathed in lower Manhattan. More.
Lee H. Hamilton, a Foreign Policy Power in Congress, Dies at 94
Lee H. Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman from rural Indiana who became a major voice in foreign policy during the Iran-contra affair in the 1980s and in national security investigations after the terrorist attacks of 2001, died on Tuesday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 94. More.
Expert warns of eerie similarity to Palisades fire aftermath and devastating 9/11 sickness
A prominent advocate for 9/11 victims is cautioning that last year’s devastating Palisades fire could lead to deadly respiratory illnesses for thousands — in a crisis as big as the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. More.