World Trade Center News

N.Y. City may be liable for 9/11 workers’ illnesses

New York City is not immune from liability in 8,000 cases accusing it and others of failing to properly protect workers cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court panel suggested recently. …

N.Y. City Restarts Site Inspections, Uncovers Safety Problems

The New York City Fire Department has uncovered more than 120 fire hazards and shut down construction sites at twice the normal rate since it restarted its inspections program less than two months ago. After a deadly blaze exposed dangerous …

From the Big Apple to the Corn State

From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …

From the Big Apple to the Corn State

From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …

Court Suggests N.Y. City Could be Liable for 9/11 Workers’ Health

A federal appeals court panel suggested this week that New York City is not immune from liability in 8,000 cases accusing it and others of failing to properly protect workers cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the 2001 …

Memos Called for Safety Help at N.Y. Bank Tower Before Fatal Fire

In memos written months before a fire at a condemned ground zero skyscraper killed two firefighters, a former construction chief urged the state owners to add staff and funding to the project to ensure it was safe. The state agency …

Owner of Vacant Ground Zero Skyscraper Vows Improved Safety

The owner of an abandoned ground zero skyscraper where two firefighters died said it will fix hazardous stairwells, clear out combustible debris and make several other safety changes. Officials said shortly after the Aug. 18 blaze that the firefighters who …

From the Big Apple to the Corn State

From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …

S.C. Safety Officials Fine Fire Dept., Store in Fire that Killed 9

South Carolina safety regulators fined the Charleston Fire Department and a furniture store last week for violating safety standards in a blaze that killed nine firefighters. The report and citations by the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration did not …

From the Big Apple to the Corn State

From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s fantastic, unbelievable. I get very excited when …