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March 20, 2010
NY Times - Federal Judge Orders More Talks on 9/11 Deal

NY Daily News - Suffering 9/11 Heroes Applaud Judge Alvin Hellerstein's Ruling to Renegotiate Settlement

NY Daily News - Judge in 9/11 Health Trial Orders Settlement Renegotiation for Sick Ground Zero Heroes

NY Daily News - Death by A Thousand Cuts: Paterson, Silver and Sampson's Budget Betrayals

Newsday - Judge Wants Larger Settlement for 9/11 Responders

NY Post - Zero Tolerance: 9/11 Deal Nixed By Judge

NY Post - 9/11 Firefighter Craves Closure

Associated Press - Judge: $575M Settlement Rejected for 9/11 'Heroes'

NY 1 - Man Dies in Village Apartment Fire


March 19, 2010
NY Daily News - Vehicle Locator Consultants Bill City Enough to Keep Firehouse Open

Newsday - Judge to Hear From WTC Workers on Settlement's Fairness

WPIX - High Rise Apartment Fire Forces Evacuations

The Examiner - Ladder 41 Does It Again

Yournabe.com - Crowley Slams City for Proposals to Cut Up to 42 Firehouses

Associated Press - Brooklyn Paralympic Skiier Overcomes Rare Disease To Competeng which engine companies the city has on the chopping block amid looming bud


March 18, 2010
NY Daily News - 'Zadroga' Bill to Help 9/11 Responders Passes Key Congressional Committee


March 17, 2010
NY 1 - House Committee Approves September 11th Workers' Health Bill


March 16, 2010
Chief Leader - Entire Firehouses Could Get Ax, Cassano Says

Chief Leader - WTC Workers Who Became Ill Get Up To $657M in Settlement

Chief Leader - Zadroga Bill to Get Subcommittee Vote

NY Daily News - Airlines Were Protected From 9/11 Suits, But Folks On Ground at WTC Got Shortchanged


March 15, 2010
NY Daily News - Maloney, Weiner And Other New York Pols Press Congress For 9/11 Aid During Rally at Ground Zero

NY Post - Pols Want Lifetime Coverage For 9/11 Heroes

NY 1 - Queens Apartment Blaze Injures Two Firefighters

Associated Press - Man Dies in Bronx Apartment Fire


March 14, 2010
NY Post - Kin Casting A Leery Eye Oon 9/11 $$

NY Daily News - The Heroes Still Waiting For Their Due: Thousands Of 9/11 First Responders Have Dire Health Needs


March 13, 2010
NY Daily News - Take Small Payout Now Or Wait For Better Bill From Congress?

NY Daily News - Teen Held In Brooklyn Blaze That Left One Dead, Injured Two Firefighters

NY Times - Hurdles Still Remain for Ground Zero Settlement

NY Post - $657M WTC-Payout Judge: Not So Fast!

Newsday - Mixed Feelings About Proposed Ground Zero Settlement

Newsday - Victims' Approval Of Ground Zero Settlement Seen


March 12, 2010
NY Daily News - Man Killed As Fire Rips Through Brooklyn Brownstone; Cops Probing Whether It Was Arson

NY Daily News - City Agrees to Settlement With More Than 10,000 Ground Zero WTC Responders Worth At Least $575M

NY Post - Fire Kills B'klyn Man

NY Post - City OKs $657M for Ailing WTC Heroes

NY Times - Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Health Claims

Queens Chronicle - Council Grills FDNY on Planned Closings

Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Three Fires Plague Brooklyn; One Proves Deadly

Newsday - NYC Settles With Thousands of WTC Responders

NY 1 - Firefighters Injured In Early-Morning Blaze

CBS 2 - NYC, 9/11 Responders Reach Settlement

CBS 2 - $657M Settlement For WTC Responders


March 11, 2010
NY 1 - Firefighters Union, Elected Officials Denounce Firehouse Closures

NY Daily News - Big Ax Looming at the FDNY: Threat of 1,000 Layoffs, Closing of 62 Fire Companies

NY Daily News - FDNY Probing Brooklyn Blaze that Injured Three

Newsday - NYC's Haiti Heroes Honored at White House

NY Daily News - Family of 3 is Badly Hurt in Fire

NY Post - $ick State Gives City Bad Coffer


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