9/11 Health Bill awaits President's signature.

Local pols praise bill’s passage
BY Aline Reynolds
Thousands of 9/11 survivors’ wishes came true last week when Congress passed a modified version of the James R. Zadroga 9/11 Health bill. Last Thursday, all the key players held a press conference in front of 7 World Trade Center to praise the bill’s passage.

How the Zadroga miracle happened
BY Terese Loeb Kreuzer
The U.S. Senate office buildings seemed empty. A few doors remained open, with junior staffers manning the phones next to brightly decorated Christmas trees, but many offices were closed. In front of some, were piles of cardboard boxes as their former occupants made way for the newly elected Congress.

Lobbying on heroes’ behalf

The white Christmas that wasn’t, barely
BY Aline Reynolds
The blizzard of 2010 struck the city with full force on Sunday evening and Monday morning, forcing thousands of New Yorkers to stay at home or to abandon their cars on the streets.

Clean sweep in bitter BID battle as 3 boards say O.K.
BY Lesley Sussman
Supporters of a business improvement district for the Chinatown area came a step closer this week to having their dream realized at a stormy Community Board 3 meeting marred by disruptions and a dramatic walkout by opponents who believe the BID plan would incur additional financial hardship for local small businesses.

Local author chronicles family’s journey to ‘the End’
BY John Bayles
Lewis Gross had a choice to make on the day following the attacks of 9/11, and he chose to keep moving. He woke up in his mother’s apartment, where he and his family had retreated and he chose to relocate his life, along with his wife and kids, 90 miles east to the hamlet of Montauk, commonly referred to as “the End.”

ARTS DOWNTOWN

Mystery writers Chang & Rozan mine Chinatown
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER
Literary sleuths can’t escape their past

Galleries on break, but still much to see
BY STEPHANIE BUHMANN
Museums offer ‘a full spectrum of excellent exhibitions.’

Just Do Art!