9/11 Victim Compensation Fund & James Zadroga Act Information

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VCF REAUTHORIZATION BILLIONS IN FUNDS AVAILABLE

PAUL NAPOLI WAS PROFILED in the published book City of Dust, a journalistic account of the rescue, recovery and debris-removal activities at the site of the World Trade Center following the September 11, 2001 attacks, authored by former New York Times columnist Anthony DePalma.

PART OF LEGISLATION HISTORY

Free 9/11 VCF Certification Review

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THE FIRM LOBBIED New York State and U.S. Congress for two important pieces of legislation to assist injured workers and residents. These include an amendment to NEW YORK’S GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §50-I

N 2016, the U.S. Senate and the House passed leg-

(“JIMMY NOLAN’S LAW”) and the JAMES ZADROGA

islation that allows us to sue those involved in the

9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION ACT OF 2010

9/11 terrorist attacks, including Saudi Arabia, on

(“ZADROGA BILL”).

your behalf. This could be an avenue of additional compensation

Our office also helped pass the re-opened

for you in addition to the World Trade Center Litigation

Victim’s Compensation Fund and process many

Defendants and to the 9/11 Zadroga Victim Compensa-

of its claims. We are also actively involved in

tion Fund. If you had a claim in the World Trade Center

efforts to extend and further fund the Zadroga

Litigation or the 9/11 Zadroga Victim Compensation

Act with a provision allowing previously denied,

Fund you can still pursue a claim against the Terrorists

“certified” FDNY firefighters to file a claim.

and their State sponsors.

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