WTCHP ELIGIBILITY & COVERAGE

• FDNY responders who were at Ground Zero, the Staten Island Landfill, or the NYC Chief Medical Examiner’s Office.
• Rescue, recovery, cleanup, and related support workers who were present in Lower Manhattan (south of canal street), the Staten Island Landfill, or at certain barge loading piers.
• Active or retired member of the NYC Police Department or an active or retired member of the Port Authority Police of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who were present ​​in Lower Manhattan (south of Canal Street) including Ground Zero, the Staten Island Landfill, or certain barge loading piers.
• Employees of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of NYC or other morgue workers who performed similar post-September 11 functions, such as office staff, at a location of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of NYC or the morgue at Bellevue Hospital.
  
• Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation Tunnel workers present in the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Tunnel.
  
• Vehicle maintenance workers who were exposed to debris from the former WTC while retrieving, driving, cleaning, repairing, and maintaining vehicles contaminated by airborne toxins.
  

WTCHP Claims for Survivors

Those who lived, worked, went to school, or attended child or adult day care in the NYC Disaster Area, and those who were present in the dust or dust cloud between September 11, 2001, and July 31, 2002, are also eligible to file a claim with the WTCHP. The NYC Disaster Area is the area within NYC that is south of Houston Street in Manhattan, and any block in Brooklyn wholly or partially contained within a 1.5-mile radius of the former WTC complex. To qualify for the WTCHP, survivors must provide medical documentation of their 9/11 certified condition. The following survivors meet the eligibility requirements:

• Those present in the dust or dust cloud on September 11, 2001 for any amount of time.
  
• Those who worked, lived, attended school, child care, or adult day care in the NYC Disaster Area.
  
• Those who worked as a cleanup worker or performed maintenance with extensive exposure to WTC dust, but activities do not meet general responder criteria.