Government cuts have led to layoffs at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. However, the agency's director was reinstated Saturday as the program's administrator. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore reports. More.
Government cuts have led to layoffs at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. However, the agency's director was reinstated Saturday as the program's administrator. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore reports. More.
New York’s two senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are calling on the Trump White House to keep all staffing for the World Trade Center Health Program in place. More.
Republicans and Democrats sounded the alarm over Kennedy’s plan to gut NIOSH, warning it could cripple the 9/11 health program that thousands of first responders and survivors rely on. More.
A local park in Hilliard honoring first responders who served on Sept. 11, 2001, is going through some changes in the next few months. More.
After the Trump administration's layoffs at the HHS, many roles at the World Trade Center Health Program are left unstaffed. Chuck Schumer and 9/11 families gather to protest these firings. More.
Kowtowing to bipartisan political pressure, President Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. have reinstated the head of the World Trade Center Health Program — yet 16 members of the pivotal program for 9/11 first responders and survivors still face the chopping block, legislators and advocates said. More.
New York Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer joined advocates and labor leaders on Sunday to condemn the Trump administration’s layoffs at a health program that treats 9/11 survivors, saying the move could threaten care for first responders. More.
The Trump administration, following an uproar, has reversed the firing of the doctor in charge of a health program for 9/11 survivors, according to local members of Congress. More.