Message from the Special Master - Tenth Annual Status Report
The VCF successfully navigated another highly productive year in 2021, in a year that saw not one but two significant anniversaries: the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Zadroga Act, which...
View ArticleMessage from the Special Master – Kimberly (Kim) C. Brown Joins the VCF as...
Kimberly (Kim) C. Brown has joined the VCF as the Director of Operations. In this new position, Kim will focus on overseeing the VCF’s day-to-day operations in areas such as the Helpline and the...
View ArticleMessage from the Incoming Special Master - August Flentje named Special...
It is an honor to step into the role of Special Master on an interim basis while the process to identify Rupa Bhattacharyya’s permanent successor is identified. I have been a career civil service...
View ArticleMessage from the Special Master – Rupa Bhattacharyya Farewell
Dear Friends,On April 5, 2022, I announced through the VCF website that I would be leaving the Fund at the end of this month for a position with Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for...
View ArticleMessage from the Special Master on the 21st Anniversary of the September 11th...
Dear Friends,The anniversary of the September 11th attacks is always a time for reflection. For me personally, this is the first anniversary since being appointed earlier this year as the September...
View ArticleMessage from the Special Master – Eleventh Annual Status Report
The VCF completed its 11th year of operation in 2022, a year that brought with it measurable progress, continued challenges, and notable transitions – the most significant of which was the departure of...
View ArticleMessage from the Special Master – Allison Lee Turkel named Special Master
Dear Friends,As a native New Yorker, a former Philadelphia area police officer and lieutenant, and a Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Assistant District Attorney, it is an honor and privilege to be...
View ArticleMessage from the Special Master May 16, 2023
Dear Friends,The two months since I started as the new permanent Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (“VCF”) have flown by and have been both intense and rewarding. I have...
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Message from the Special Master on the 22nd Anniversary of the September 11th...
Dear Friends,As we commemorate 22 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, I have been reflecting on cooperation, stability, and practicality. Each of these words resonates with the...
View ArticleMessage from the Special Master – Stathi Patseas joins VCF as Manager of...
Stathi Patseas has joined the VCF as the Manager of Communications and External Affairs. In this position, Stathi will focus on expanding the VCF’s outreach efforts, including developing a strategy to...
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