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Lawmakers try to revive, once again, the 9/11 Workers Protection Task Force

A similar effort in 2020 had little effect

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 9/19/25

Recently enacted legislation looks to breathe new life into a panel of New York state and local officials charged with looking into the impacts of toxic exposures at ground zero and making recommendations on retirement and disability benefits. 

The bi-partisan September 11th Worker Protection Task Force, first impaneled in 2005, initially played a role in shaping and extending benefits for first responders and other workers exposed during the World Trade Center rescue and recovery operations but has been dormant for years.

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