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New Rules for VCF Claims
With the extension of the Victim Compensation Fund, updated rules for claims are now in place. Check out Sullivan Papain’s web site on the VCF for more information.
Read More9/11 Compensation Fund Has Paid Out $1.5B
9/11 Compensation Fund Has Paid Out $1.5B To Victims of Attacks More than $1.5 billion in compensation funds has been distributed since 2011 to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Justice Department announced June 15. Since the Victim Compensation Fund was reopened five years ago, Special Master Sheila Birnbaum has approved final…
Read MoreNYC Firefighters Disability Protection Bill Passes
More than 2,000 New York City Firefighters are a step closer to having disability protections granted to them after the New York State Assembly and Senate unanimously approved legislation granting New York City Firefighters, hired since June 2009, similar disability protections to more senior FDNY firefighters.
Read MoreBill Would Create Cancer Registry for Firefighters
WASHINGTON – Firefighters contract cancer 14% more often than other people because of the toxins they’re exposed to on the job, according to congressional lawmakers who want to establish a registry to track those cancer cases. Legislation unveiled Tuesday would create a National Firefighter Cancer Registry and direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track the types of…
Read MoreGovernment to Study Chemical Threat to Subways
The feds will spend a week in city subway stations trying to figure out how vulnerable they are to chemical or gas terrorist attacks. The Department of Homeland Security will stage several simulated airborne particle attacks in Grand Central, Times Square and Penn stations from Monday to Friday. The tests will involve sending inert tracer…
Read MoreJudge Blasts FDNY for Denying Line-of-Duty Pension
The FDNY medical and pension boards acted in bad faith by denying benefits for nine years to the widow of a Sept. 11 responder, a State Supreme Court Justice ruled in a sharply-worded March 22 opinion. Brooklyn Justice Richard Velasquez granted Jackie Fernandez retroactive line-of-duty death benefits for her husband, retired Fire Lieut. Cruz Fernandez,…
Read MoreJury Awards Black Sunday Firefighters $183M in Damages
PRESS RELEASE New York, NY, February 22, 2016 – Today a Bronx jury found both the City of New York and the landlord responsible for the tragedy that occurred on January 23, 2005, a day that will forever be known as “Black Sunday” in the FDNY. The jury awarded damages to five firefighters and their…
Read MoreSeptember 11th Victim Compensation Fund Update
The deadline to register with the Fund depends on the type of cancer being claimed and the date of diagnosis. Calculating the deadline can be complicated and depends on an individual claimant’s facts. Thus, it is strongly recommended that anyone who is thinking of filing a claim consult cheap jerseys with a lawyer as soon…
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