Leahy/Specter And Possible Hearings about 1 Billion Ins. Fund not paying 9/11 Claims.

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This is from the NY Post, which I usually don't cite but they do report on issues of 9/11 rescue workers. There is also a related article from CBS News.

POLS MOVE ON 9/11 $1B HELD 'CAPTIVE'
By SUSAN EDELMAN


August 5, 2007 -- Following a Post investigation that revealed how a $1 billion insurance fund for the World Trade Center cleanup has spent tens of millions on overhead and lawyers while paying a pittanceto injured 9/11 recovery workers, two powerful U.S. senators are demanding answers.

Citing "serious concerns," Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have threatened to hold hearings on the city-governed WTC Captive Insurance Co. unless they are satisfied with answers on how it has managed the $1 billion in federal 9/11 aid.

According to new records obtained last week, the WTC Captive has spent more than $88 million on administrative and legal bills since it began operating in 2004. That total includes more than $53 million spent on high-powered law firms.

More than 8,600 rescue and recovery workers have filed claims against the city or its contractors - most with illnesses blamed on exposure.

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http://www.nypost.com/seven/08052007/news/regionalnews/pols_move_on_9_11_1b_held_captive_regionalnews_susan_edelman.htm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/17/health/main3066446.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._3066446

Sick 9/11 Workers Sue WTC Insurance Fund
Ground Zero Workers Demand That $1B Trade Center Insurance Fund Pay For Their Health Care

NEW YORK, July 17, 2007
Workers search for victims in the rubble of the World Trade Center disaster site in New York, in this Dec. 26, 2001, file photo. (AP Photo)

(AP) Ailing ground zero workers went to court Tuesday to demand that the company overseeing a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund spend the money to pay for their health care.

The workers have already filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the toxic dust from the World Trade Center site gave them serious, sometimes fatal diseases. On Tuesday, they sought compensation from the WTC Captive Insurance Co., the company in charge of money appropriated by Congress to deal with Sept. 11 health-related claims.

"The WTC Captive has consistently refused to pay any of the ground zero workers who have become ill on the work site, including any compensation" for lost salaries, pain and suffering, medical treatment, medical monitoring or burial expenses, said the lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court.


Congress directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to set up the fund, appropriating up to $1 billion "to establish a captive insurance company or other appropriate insurance mechanism for claims arising from debris removal, which may include claims made by city employees," according to the 2003 resolution.

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1. was this the fund that Rudy put paramour, now wife, Judi on?

Or was that a rebuilding fund? In the wake of 911 he placed her (with NO requisite experience) on one of the boards of an organization handling boatloads of money related to the 911 attacks.

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2. I think Giuliani claimed the she formed a help center for victim's families and that was debunked?

And shhhhhh... Vanity Fair said she hates to be called Judi!