Lawmakers seek to extend deadline for WTC victims to get medical help
Even 13 years later, people who worked on the recovery efforts at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of Sept. 11 are in need of medical help, according to Assemblymember Peter Abbate, who is working to extend a deadline by which they could apply for assistance from New York state.
Abbate (D-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst) was the assembly sponsor of a bipartisan bill to reopen the notice of participation in a health program for those who worked in the rescue, recovery, and cleanup at the World Trade Center site. State Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southwest Brooklyn) was the state senate sponsor.
The bill will become law, but only if Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs it.
The legislation calls for the extension of the deadline by which those seeking assistance would have to apply for help.