HHS reverses staffing cuts to crucial health care program used by 9/11 survivors
Garbarino told The Post that the funding bill for the program was “what everybody wanted.”

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Garbarino told The Post that the funding bill for the program was “what everybody wanted.”

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28 stories · 65.4–69.6 · updated Sep 25, 2026
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HHS approved 37 additional hires for the World Trade Center Health Program, which had been operating with 84 staff, after New York senators raised concerns about staffing-related delays. The article says the program aims to reach 120 full-time workers and serves 9/11 first responders and survivors.
HHS secretary who received the senators’ letter and commented on the staffing issue
Kennedy Jr.'s version of this story ↗Senator who raised staffing concerns and was informed of the hiring approval
Gillibrand's version of this story ↗Representative who commented on the funding bill
President whose return to office the article places before the program’s staffing decline
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