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April is National Cancer Control Month. 9/11 first responders and people who were working, living, or studying in Lower Manhattan below Canal Street on and after 9/11 are at risk of developing many respiratory illnesses and 69 different types of cancer from their exposure to Ground Zero toxins. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 1.9 […]

In 2010, 2015 and in 2019, Barasch & McGarry asked members of the 9/11 community to reach out to their representatives in Congress to convince them to pass and extend the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act.  Thanks to your efforts, 99% of the members in Congress eventually voted in favor of the […]

9/11 first responders and people who were working, living, or studying in Lower Manhattan below Canal Street on and after 9/11 are at risk of developing many respiratory illnesses and 69 different types of cancer — including melanoma, a form of skin cancer. Men in the 9/11 community have a particularly high risk of developing melanoma – and […]

Tens of thousands of union workers – many of them members of D.C. 37 – helped evacuate Lower Manhattan after 9/11.  NY Social Service members from Local 371, NYC Board of Education members from Local 372, NYC Construction Laborers from Local 376, NYC Motor Vehicle Operators from Local 983, and Court Employees (Local 1070) participated […]

Grace Montgomery was born and raised in New York City and graduated from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, with a B.A. in Political Science and a paralegal certification after completing the pre-law program. Grace spent her first year after graduation coaching middle schoolers in volleyball, swim, and baseball. Over the years, she has helped […]

Managing Partner Mike Barasch warns that the release of toxic chemicals, including known carcinogens, from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, could result in an “explosion of cancers,” among community residents—similar to Ground Zero after 9/11. It sent shivers down my spine when the EPA told residents of East Palestine, ‘The air is safe […]