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Oct 26, 2018

Mayor Gives Unlimited Sick Time for Post-9/11 Illnesses to EMS Staff

Mayor de Blasio finally committed last week to granting unlimited sick time to all city workers with a World Trade

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Oct 26, 2018

NY to provide unlimited sick leave to city employees with 9/11 illness

NEW YORK — Mayor de Blasio is finally allowing city civilian employees who worked at Ground Zero and are now

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Oct 26, 2018

NYC Civilian Workers Struggling with 9/11-Related Illnesses to Get Unlimited Sick Time

Linda Mercer is a city traffic enforcement agent. After the September 11th attack, she helped emergency vehicles get in and

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Oct 26, 2018

New York City to offer unlimited sick leave to 9/11 victims

NEW YORK (WABC) — New York City,Mayor Bill De Blasio has agreed to provide unlimited sick leave to city employees

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Oct 23, 2018

Help ’em out! Officials pressuring mayor to approve unlimited sick leave for all city employees with 9/11 illnesses

City officials are joining a growing chorus demanding Mayor de Blasio approve unlimited sick time for all city employees who

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Oct 23, 2018

Council Speaker Joins Proponents Of Unlimited Sick Leave for 9/11 Work

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Oct. 17 called for the extension of unlimited sick leave to all civilian city workers

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Oct 18, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Working while dying — NYPD employee with 9/11-related cancer forced to work after exhausting her sick days

NYPD civilian traffic agent Linda Mercer is among the hundreds of city workers who labored at Ground Zero in the

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Oct 13, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: EMT suffering from 9/11 cancer loses shot at disability pension

The city is kicking Jennifer Dougherty while she’s down. First the proud city EMT — diagnosed with ovarian cancer from

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Oct 13, 2018

Dozens Of Men Suffering From Breast Cancer Caused By 9/11 Toxins

CBS2’s Cindy Hsu on Wednesday spoke with two men who have a lot to talk about. They both worked near

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