Thunderstorms can strike at any time, and with spring quickly approaching, residents should take safety precautions. Professionals at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) say the first step to ensuring your safety in the event of a thunderstorm is to protect your house’s first line of defense. More.
Tips to prioritize safety from thunderstorms during Severe Weather Preparedness Week
Staten Island organizations develop 9/11 college curriculum to ensure next generation never forgets
For traditional-age college students, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, are part of history – not a memory. That’s why several organizations on Staten Island are teaming up to create a new college-level curriculum about 9/11, 25 years after the attacks. More.
Garbarino Thanks Advocates Who Never Stopped Fighting for 9/11 Health Care
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.
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.