9/11 Health Aid Distribution Is Announced
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Federal authorities yesterday announced how they would distribute $75 million for post-September 11 health aid and research, money that was the subject of a yearlong tug-ofwar between budget cutters and New York lawmakers.
Almost $27 million will go to a monitoring and treatment program for ground zero workers, and an equal amount is for a program run by the Fire Department of New York for treatment of its firefighters.
Some $3 million goes to a counseling program for police officers, and $9 million goes to the World Trade Center Health Registry, a survey of those directly exposed to the collapse of the twin towers and other events as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
The money originally was part of a federal aid package aimed at paying workers compensation claims, but after the money went unspent Congress tried to take it back.That set off a fight with New York lawmakers, who got separate legislation passed restoring the funding and directing it toward health programs.
The money will be distributed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
