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Zadroga bill advocates relieved it passed

Hailed by its political sponsors as "the sweetest of victories" and "a great day for America," passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act last week was doubtful to the last.

It took years of lobbying and many dozens of trips to the capital by a cadre of passionately committed men and women - many of them first responders from Long Island and the region, or relatives of those...

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