NY Republicans push back against 9/11 fund cut

Bell tolls as New York marks the anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

New York City has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center, when Islamic extremists first attempted to bring down the twin towers. Six people,

NY Republicans push back against 9/11 fund cut

New York and New Jersey Republicans wrote a Wednesday letter to President Trump citing issues with probationary job cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which have impacted the workforce and a program supporting 9/11 first responder survivors. New York GOP Reps. Andrew Garbarino, Mike Lawler, Nick LaLota, Claudia Tenney, Nicole Malliotakis…

New York Republicans scold Trump for CDC cuts that affect 9/11 responders

Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.

New York City, Feb 18 (EFE).- New York Attorney General Letitia James charged Tuesday against the cutback of federal workers by President Donald Trump’s administration, which has affected a health program for 9/11 victims in which 20% of the workforce has been reduced. “Unwisely cutting the staff, funding and resources that ensure that 9/11 survivors receive the medical care they need is starkly cruel,” the prosecutor notes in a statement.

Bipartisan protest in New York against Donald Trump over cuts to a federal program that administers aid to rescuers and other people who suffer from the toxic consequences related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In a letter to the president, seven Republicans urged him “as a New Yorker who lived in New York City while recovering from the terrorist attacks of 9/11” to lift cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program and summariz…

Attorney General James Condemns Trump Administration Cuts to World Trade Center Health Program

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after reports that the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce are impacting the World Trade Center Health Program: “Recklessly cutting the staffing, funding, and resources that ensure 9/11 first responders and survivors get the health care they need is flat-out cruel. Thousands of New Yorkers made heroic sacrifices to save others during this a…