Payments stopped without explanation leaving care of New York firefighters with 9/11-related illnesses in jeopardy. The Trump administration has been accused of siphoning almost $4m from a program that treats New York firefighters and medics suffering from 9/11 related illnesses. The Treasury Department stopped payments almost four years ago to the FDNY World Trade Centre Health Program, according to reporting by The Daily News, with no reason given. Payments to the program were authorised by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, but the Treasury began to keep some of the money. Dr David Prezant, the program’s director and FDNY’s chief medical officer, told the publication that there has been no official explanation as to why the payments were stopped and no notification that it was going to happen. He told The Daily News that approximately half a million dollars a year was missing in 2016 and 2017. That figure increased to about $630,000 in 2018 and 2018, and the in 2020 $1.447m was diverted away from the program by late August.
via independent: Trump administration accused of siphoning money away from 9/11 fund
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