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[14] [15] In 1967, the administration of the state's victim compensation program (which had been created in 1965) was transferred to the Board from the Department of Social Welfare. [ 16 ] The Claims, Rulemaking, and Fiscal Control Program within the Board of Control developed in the early 1970s and became known as the Government Claims Program.
Through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF,) individuals who had been diagnosed with cancer as a result of their physical exposure to the toxins in the World Trade Center blast zone or the surrounding New York City area between September 11, 2001, and May 30, 2002, were able to receive financial compensation for the collateral ...
In 1975, a pilot program began in New York City's court system that addressed the need to assist criminal court witnesses who had been intimidated or who felt too threatened to testify in court. [16] Three years later, that pilot program became the Victim Services Agency, officially incorporated May 26, 1978, [ 1 ] and offering a broader array ...
Nov. 8—"You are not forgotten." That was the message Allison Turkel wanted to make clear for anyone who responded to the Flight 93 crash site in Stoystown on Sept. 11, 2001. Turkel, who was ...
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Who Gets What: Fair Compensation after Tragedy and Financial Upheaval. New York City: PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781586489779. Feinberg, Kenneth (2005). What is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11. Perseus Books Group. ISBN 9781586484514.
In 1987, a new victim-orientated reform was put in place in the Netherlands, in which victim's interests were to be taken into account during all stages of the criminal justice process, and where victims' rights were recognised in law. [105] Various procedural elements allow for victim compensation. [106]
A man accused of assaulting random women in New York City was arrested Tuesday, police said. Daquan Armstead, 31, of East Bronx, was taken into custody on suspicion of hate-motivated assaults on ...