A bill sponsored in the New York State Assembly by the Democrat chair of the Assembly's Labor Committee seeks to extend Workers' Compensation benefits to all those who worked at the World Trade Center site as rescuers or on clean-up and recovery crews. The bill---which is also supported by the Republican chair of the State Senate's Labor Committee---would extend the same benefits received by workers injured on the job, to WTC workers who suffer any ailments stemming from their work at ground zero. Unions are urging state legislators to support the bill despite some indications of opposition by insurance companies.
See "Bill: Workers' Comp For WTC Laborers", The Associated Press, Newsday, April 7, 2002