FDNY – WTC Health Program Wellness and Research Updates
INCREASED COVID-19 VACCINE APPOINTMENTS NOW AVAILABLE TO FDNY MEMBERS (active & retired) SIGN UP IMMEDIATELY. INCREASED AVAILABILITY MAY NOT LAST LONG.FDNY is able to offer COVID-19 vaccination to ALL FDNY members (all ages, active or retired, even retirees not in our WTC Health Program).Retirees under age 65 must have a NYS qualifying physical health condition (ex. respiratory, cardiac, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, neuro, autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, kidney or liver disease, obesity, or cancer).FDNY active members (including civilians) are essential workers and can be vaccinated even without a physical health condition.You can be vaccinated even if you declined in the past or had COVID-19 illness in the past.FDNY has vaccinated over 35,000 people (FDNY and non-FDNY city employees) without any serious side effects.Please use the link www.fdnycampus.org to schedule an appointment at one of our 4 POD locations for the Moderna Vaccine.FDNY Headquarters, 9 Metrotech CenterEMS Academy, Fort TottenFire Academy, Randall’s IslandSusan E. Wagner High School, Staten IslandInstructions for making this appointment are attached for retirees. If you have any questions, please call either number below.WTC Health Program Help Desk (718-999-1365 – Monday through Friday)FDNY Help Desk (718-999-2611)Please note that all appointments are dependent on vaccine shipments meeting demand. Getting vaccinated is critical to protecting yourself, your loved ones, our FDNY family, and those we serve. This vaccine is 94% effective in preventing the COVID-19 infection after both doses. Even if you have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies, you still need the vaccine to prevent re-infection.You can find more information here about the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On behalf of the staff at the FDNY WTC Health Program and the Bureau of Health Services, thank you for your continued participation in the WTC Health Program. Your commitment helps support our efforts to improve our medical monitoring/treatment services and meet the health needs of all rescue/recovery workers and their families.
Please do not reply to this email, this inbox is not monitored. If you have questions and/or need assistance regarding the WTC Health Program, please use the phone number below or visit our webpage for more information: https://www.fdnywtcprogram.org/
INCREASED COVID-19 VACCINE APPOINTMENTS NOW AVAILABLE TO FDNY MEMBERS (active & retired) SIGN UP IMMEDIATELY. INCREASED AVAILABILITY MAY NOT LAST LONG.FDNY is able to offer COVID-19 vaccination to ALL FDNY members (all ages, active or retired, even retirees not in our WTC Health Program).Retirees under age 65 must have a NYS qualifying physical health condition (ex. respiratory, cardiac, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, neuro, autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, kidney or liver disease, obesity, or cancer).FDNY active members (including civilians) are essential workers and can be vaccinated even without a physical health condition.You can be vaccinated even if you declined in the past or had COVID-19 illness in the past.FDNY has vaccinated over 35,000 people (FDNY and non-FDNY city employees) without any serious side effects.Please use the link www.fdnycampus.org to schedule an appointment at one of our 4 POD locations for the Moderna Vaccine.FDNY Headquarters, 9 Metrotech CenterEMS Academy, Fort TottenFire Academy, Randall’s IslandSusan E. Wagner High School, Staten IslandInstructions for making this appointment are attached for retirees. If you have any questions, please call either number below.WTC Health Program Help Desk (718-999-1365 – Monday through Friday)FDNY Help Desk (718-999-2611)Please note that all appointments are dependent on vaccine shipments meeting demand. Getting vaccinated is critical to protecting yourself, your loved ones, our FDNY family, and those we serve. This vaccine is 94% effective in preventing the COVID-19 infection after both doses. Even if you have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies, you still need the vaccine to prevent re-infection.You can find more information here about the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On behalf of the staff at the FDNY WTC Health Program and the Bureau of Health Services, thank you for your continued participation in the WTC Health Program. Your commitment helps support our efforts to improve our medical monitoring/treatment services and meet the health needs of all rescue/recovery workers and their families.
Please do not reply to this email, this inbox is not monitored. If you have questions and/or need assistance regarding the WTC Health Program, please use the phone number below or visit our webpage for more information: https://www.fdnywtcprogram.org/
The Irish National Caucus is deeply sorry about the death of Norman Houston, former Director of the NI Bureau in Washington, DC.
Norman was a good and dedicated diplomat and public servant.
I guess the most important thing we say about others is not what we say on their death, but what we say to them while they are living.
So, let me quote what I wrote to Norman on January 12, 2018, thanking him for the ‘safe place/ambiance’ you have fostered and made bloom at the NI Bureau— defusing controversy and tension…. A real diplomatic achievement, of which you can be proud.”
In particular, I was very grateful to Norman for the respect and solidarity he showed to Raymond McCord, Sr. He met with
with Raymond and me when the Irish national Caucus brought Raymond to Washington in May 2009,to lobby for a Congressional Hearing on the 1997 murder and cover-up of his son Raymond, Jr. We achieved the Hearing which was later held in October 2009. And he met with Raymond, Barbara Flaherty, and me on Saturday, February 15, 2020, when we brought Raymond back to Washington—after Norman had retired from the NI Bureau.
To conclude on a lighter note —as Norman, despite his professional seriousness, liked to laugh— I made a point privately and publicly of addressing him as “Ambassador” (even though he was not) on the grounds that anyone who officially represented County Fermanagh had to be an Ambassador.
He would laugh heartedly at that.
Norman always reciprocated my solidarity, writing on September 12, 2019, “Dear Father Mc Manus: Thanks for all your support over the years. You have always been a gentleman and not afraid to tell the truth.”
God rest you, Norman, and God comfort your family and loved ones.
