Recent Blog Posts

Located at 42 Trinity Place in Lower Manhattan, Syms provided affordable yet stylish clothing to its customers for generations. Unfortunately, workers and managers at this Syms retail store were only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center site on September 11, 2001 and in the eight months that followed – exposed to Ground […]

July is Sarcoma Awareness Month. The 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 respiratory illnesses and 69 different types of cancer, including sarcoma. Barasch & McGarry represents more than 100 members of the 9/11 community who have been […]

In an effort to expand health care access for responders and survivors who have been diagnosed with 9/11-related injuries or illnesses, the free World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program has announced plans to expand its Nationwide Provider Network (NPN). The expanded network – administered by Managed Care Advisors (MCA)-Sedgwick – will increase the number of […]

This weekend marks America’s 247th birthday, celebrating the birth of America’s freedom since 1776. However you are spending this time, we would like to wish you a meaningful and safe July 4th. It is a privilege to represent the 9/11 community, including our troops and first responders who keep this country safe. Happy Independence Day,The Barasch […]

Today, we honor the extraordinary legacy of NYPD Detective Luis G. Alvarez, a 9/11 hero whose testimony persuaded Congress to establish permanent compensation benefits for 9/11 victims and their families, on the fourth anniversary of his passing. Detective Alvarez, who appeared before Congress with comedian and 9/11 advocate Jon Stewart, died only 18 days later, of colorectal cancer he […]

June 19 marks a holiday long overdue for recognition: Juneteenth, a celebration of freedom commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. As an American history major, I was shocked to learn that this was never covered in our textbooks. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, enslaved people in Texas […]