Victim Compensation Fund

Michael Barasch, Managing Partner of Barasch & McGarry, released the following statement on learning that the 343rd FDNY member had passed away as a result of a 9/11-related illness. “Today, FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanaugh announced that we have lost our 343rd FDNY member to a 9/11 illness. “This tragic news was not unexpected, but it […]

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Nearly half a million first responders and people working, living, and studying in Lower Manhattan on or after 9/11 have a dramatically higher risk of developing severe respiratory illnesses and 69 different types of cancer as a result of their exposure to World Trade Center toxins, including ovarian cancer. […]

After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and in the weeks and months that followed, more than half a million people were exposed to Ground Zero toxins in Lower Manhattan below Canal Street. Despite initial claims that the air was safe to breathe, all of the responders and survivors […]

The 22nd anniversary of September 11th was a meaningful and somber day. We’d like to take a minute to reflect on the significance of that day and the various ways we honored the 9/11 community. There were hundreds of memorials across the country, and we attended various events around the World Trade Center in Lower […]

Recently, New York State’s legislature passed and Governor Hochul signed into law the 9/11 Notice Act, the first law of its kind in the United States. The act will help hundreds of thousands of people who worked in Lower Manhattan on and after 9/11 and were exposed to Ground Zero toxins to access free health […]

Today, on the twenty-second anniversary of 9/11, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the 9/11 Notice Act, which will inform thousands of 9/11 responders and survivors of their right to access free health care and compensation from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program and the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). The act, which was introduced by […]