Gov. Cuomo signs law to help civilians who responded to Ground Zero

Gov. Andrew Cuomo used  the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks to sign a new law that will help countless civilians who have gotten sick because of their work at Ground Zero.

The law extends disability benefits to men and women who responded to Ground Zero but who were not in uniform.

"They're going to need their health benefits and their pension benefits, and we're not going to leave them alone because they're also American heroes,” said Cuomo.

Cuomo says people like transit employees who helped that day, or engineers who assisted in the cleanup days and weeks later, were also exposed to harmful chemicals.

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