News Items (11/8/22)
ARNOLD KOROTKIN
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Below are summaries with URLs to news articles on the effort to ensure that the World Trade Center Health Program is fully funded. An archive of past articles year by year can by found on the Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Inc. website here. November 7, 2022 — NY Daily News — 9/11 health program users plagued with problems using new medical providers A change in the companies managing health care for more than 118,000 people sickened by the 9/11 attacks has proven a nightmare for many enrolled in the program. November 5, 2022 — NY Daily News — Retired NYC firefighter with ALS fights for 9/11 pension; gets help from fallen NYPD cop’s lawsuit Firefighter Robert Olsen claims he suffered asthma resulting from Lou Gehrig’s Disease as a result of 30 days he breathed in the toxic air while aiding rescue and recovery efforts. November 3, 2022 — NY Daily News — What Congress owes 9/11 first responders now Cuts are unacceptable; cuts to this program are insulting. November 2, 2022 — CBS New York — Advocates anxious to have uterine cancer added to World Trade Center Health Program coverage list Regulators in Washington are still reviewing the proposal, with no timeline for final approval. November 1, 2022 — Mid Hudson News — Retired State Police sergeant from Columbia County dies of WTC effects A City of Hudson resident, Sgt. Ivan Morales died from an illness stemming from his assignment at the World Trade Center site following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. October 31, 2022 — NY Daily News — Bureaucratic red tape delaying approval of uterine cancer as 9/11 illness, advocates say Federal health officials are dragging their feet on adding cancers of the uterus to a list of 9/11-related health conditions — outraging survivors fighting to have the illnesses recognized. October 23, 2022 — NY Daily News — Don’t leave them hanging: America must meet its obligation to those suffering 9/11 health ailments Politicians so eager to stand by the fallen victims of 9/11 and their families are derelict in their obligation to the much larger group of still-living survivors and first responders October 22, 2022 — NY Daily News — NYC street renamed after hero NYPD detective and crusader for 9/11 survivors Scores of people attended the ceremony at the corner of Scholes and Humboldt Sts., which is now called “Detective Barbara Taylor-Burnette Place.” |
Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act Inc. |