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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The deadline is fast approaching for Ground Zero workers to register for theSept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund.
The last day to register is Oct. 14.
The fund covers those already sick or anyone who fears they may become sick due to the toxic dust that lingered in the air over lower Manhattan following theSept. 11 terror attacks.
NEW YORK— September 11th responders and survivors who were diagnosed with certain cancers prior to October 12, 2012 must register for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund by October 14, 2014 or become ineligible for the program’s benefits. To raise awareness of the crucial deadline, Representatives Carolyn B.
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the Victims’ Rights Caucus, Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX), along with Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), led a bipartisan effort to urge the major U.S.
NEW YORK – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today called for a city-wide effort to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in order to reduce carbon emissions and create jobs.
WASHINGTON- Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the Ranking House Member of the Joint Economic Committee, today released the following statement on the Department of Labor Jobs report, which indicates a 55th consecutive month of private sector job growth. The economy added 248,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 percent.
NEW YORK – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney today announced that the President has just signed into law an extension of the Debbie Smith Act, a bill she authored which became law in 2004 and has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to address the nationwide rape kit DNA analysis backlog.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers urged the five major sports leagues to review their domestic violence policies in light of players' recent controversies.
Identical letters were sent to the heads of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer.