Victim Compensation Fund

January is National Thyroid Awareness Month. If you were there as a first responder or you worked, lived, or studied in Lower Manhattan on or after 9/11, you have a higher risk of developing many respiratory illnesses and 68 different types of cancer resulting from exposure to Ground Zero toxins, including thyroid cancer. Within days […]

January 5, 2023 marks the seventeenth anniversary of the death of NYPD Detective James Zadroga, a Barasch & McGarry client. Detective Zadroga’s illness demonstrated the crisis of toxic exposure at Ground Zero and was a crucial part of the campaign to secure health care and compensation for 9/11 first responders and survivors. A native of […]

As many of you know, I was interviewed on 60 Minutes this past Sunday in regards to a lending company named RD Legal that was charging dozens of people in the 9/11 community exorbitant interest rates. Click HERE to watch. As you’ll see, many people were taken advantage of by a lending company which charged […]

As we approach 2023, I want to sincerely thank you for everything you do for the 9/11 community, in particular spreading the word to the forgotten victims of 9/11.  Because of clients like you, thousands of retired responders, family members who have lost loved ones, as well as downtown residents, workers and former students have […]

Friends, as we celebrate our 22nd Holiday Season together, I want to assure all of our clients at Barasch & McGarry that we will continue to fight to get 9/11 first responders and survivors the justice they deserve from the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. As more and more […]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) urged his colleagues in Congress to pass a spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown and provide $3.7 billion needed for the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (New York) has also worked tirelessly to protect health care access for the 9/11 community.  There […]