News Advisory: September 6
Assemblyman Nader Sayegh Legislation Will Alert More New Yorkers About the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
WHO: Assemblyman Nader Sayegh
Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow
Louis J. Coletti
President and CEO, Building Trades and Employers' Association
Michael Barasch, 9/11 Legal Advocate
WHAT: News Conference Backing Legislation Requiring Employers to Notify Employees Who Worked Near Ground Zero of Their Right to Register for Health Coverage. Assembly Bill A.9715A
WHEN: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
11:30 a.m.
WHERE: National September 11 Memorial & Museum
180 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
Background: Thousands of construction workers involved in the massive cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11, as well as other people who worked in the area where the Twin Towers fell, are eligible for medical coverage under the Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act.
Most emergency first-responders have registered; however, only about 10 percent of eligible civilian non-emergency personnel are estimated to have signed up for coverage and are not even aware of their eligibility. Cancer and other illnesses related to toxins at the site continue to impact people 21 years after the attack.
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