World Trade Center filing deadline ends in one week!

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Next Thursday, September 11, 2014, is the deadline to file Form WTC-12 with the New York State Workers Compensation Board. This was extended from the original 9/11/10 deadline.

The form is short and easy to fill out and must be notarized and received by NYS Workers’ Compensation Board by 9/11/14.

Mailing it certified with return receipt is highly encouraged. If you are not sure if you have already filed Form WTC-12, you can call 855-WTC-2014 and speak with a representative.

You are eligible to file Form WTC-12 if you:

1) Participated in the rescue, recovery or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site

2) Worked at the Fresh Kills Land Fill in NYC

3) Worked at the NYC morgue or the temporary morgue on pier locations on the west side of Manhattan

4) Worked on the barges between the west side of Manhattan and the Fresh Kills Land Fill

between September 11, 2001 and September 12, 2002.

The Instructions and Form can be found at:

www.wcb.ny.gov/WTC12

Edited September 5, 2014 by batt2