9/11 News Items (4/4/26)
Arnold Korotkin
Below are summaries with URLs to news articles that appeared recently about 9/11 Health and Compensation Issues. An archive of past articles year by year can by found on the 911 Health Watch website
BIPARTISAN CONCERN GROWS AS 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM DELAYS STRETCH PAST A YEAR
ABC News | April 1, 2026
A year after staffing cuts, leadership disruptions and communication restrictions slowed the World Trade Center Health Program, decisions on whether to add new conditions remain unresolved, with no clear timeline, advocates told ABC News.
amNY | April 1, 2026
Advocates for victims are taking that fight to Manhattan Supreme Court — on Sunday, they filed a lawsuit against the city to compel it to release its files.
A MAYOR’S OFFICE MEMO WARNED OF POTENTIAL 9/11 LIABILITY; NOW IT SAYS IT HAS NO RECORDS
Spectrum News NY1 | April 1, 2026
The mayor’s office and law department both told Andy Carboy they would not be turning over any records, according to a February letter.
GROUND ZERO LAWSUIT ACCUSES NYC OF WITHHOLDING DOCUMENTS FROM FAMILIES
Staten Island Advance | April 1, 2026
The city has denied a Freedom of Information Law request for records on toxins at Ground Zero after 9/11, saying no documents could be found — just months after producing 68 boxes of similar materials.
NYC DENIES ANOTHER REQUEST FOR INFO ON 9/11 TOXINS, PROMPTING NEW LAWSUIT
NY Daily News | April 1, 2026
Advocates for 9/11 survivors are again suing for the data, claiming city officials are playing hide and seek with people’s lives.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | April 1, 2026
We found that 31% of the sample enrollees experienced PTG and that PTG exhibited a clinically and statistically significant association with the SF-12 mental scale but not the physical scale.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | April 1, 2026
The taVNS group showed modest PTSD improvement, with a 10-point CAPS-5 reduction in 40% of stimulation participants versus 28.5% sham; no significant differences in self-reported symptoms were found.
WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM WILL START HIRING, FEDERAL OFFICIALS TELL LAWMAKERS
Newsday | March 27, 2026
The World Trade Center Health Program, grappling with staffing shortages, is expected to start hiring to fill job vacancies, New York House Republicans were told Thursday by federal health officials.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | March 27, 2026
This week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) launched a new effort to press U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to quickly address the staff cuts and administrative delays at the World Trade Center Health Program.
WTC HEALTH ADVOCATES POINT TO DELAYS IN GETTING NEW CONDITIONS COVERED
Newsday | March 27, 2026
Advocates for people who have medical issues related to the 9/11 attacks are raising concerns that staffing shortages at the World Trade Center Health Program and leadership shake-ups at the Centers for Disease Control have made it harder to get new conditions covered.
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