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    Barasch & McGarry Honors FDNY Firefighter Ray Pfeifer’s 66th Birthday

    By Michael Barasch

    Today, February 6, 2024, would have been the 66th birthday of FDNY Firefighter Raymond J. Pfeifer, a 9/11 hero and Barasch & McGarry client. Pfeifer’s advocacy in large part persuaded Congress to establish permanent health and compensation benefits for 9/11 community members with cancer or respiratory illness and their families. After the terrorist attacks on […]

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    Barasch & McGarry Recognizes National Thyroid Awareness Month

    By Michael Barasch

    January is National Thyroid Awareness Month. If you were there as a 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 69 different types of cancer resulting from exposure to Ground Zero toxins, including thyroid cancer. Within days of 9/11, the […]

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    Honoring the Eighteenth Anniversary of Detective James Zadroga’s Passing

    By Michael Barasch

    January 5, 2024 marks the eighteenth anniversary of the passing 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 half a million 9/11 responders and survivors. A […]

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    Barasch & McGarry Celebrates the Thirteenth Anniversary of the Zadroga Act

    By Michael Barasch

    Today, January 2, marks the thirteenth anniversary of the “James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010,” named in honor of hero NYPD Detective James Zadroga, a Barasch & McGarry client. The act established the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program and reactivated the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), providing free health care and compensation to responders and survivors who […]

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    Barasch & McGarry Honors the 13th Anniversary of the Senate Passing the Zadroga Act

    By Michael Barasch

    December 22 marks the thirteenth anniversary of the Senate passing the “James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010,” named in honor of hero NYPD Detective James Zadroga, a Barasch & McGarry client. The act established the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program and reactivated the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), providing free health care and compensation to responders and […]

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    Our Commitment to the 9/11 Community

    By Michael Barasch

    We would like to take a moment to share with you some of our work on behalf of the 9/11 community. On September 11, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the 9/11 Notice Act. We are proud to have worked closely with the New York State Legislature to pass the bill. The bill will require businesses to […]

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