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'Always Helped People Out': Retired NYSP Sergeant Dies From 9/11-Related Illness At Age 42 'Always Helped People Out': Retired NYSP Sergeant Dies From 9/11-Related Illness At Age 42
'Always Helped People Out': Retired Nysp Sergeant Dies From 9/11-Related Illness At Age 42 Just two months after joining the New York City Police Department in the summer of 2001, Ivan Morales was among countless first responders who descended on the mangled debris and rubble of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, working tirelessly to find survivors and recover the remains of those who died. Twenty-one years later, Morales, a resident of Catskill in Greene County, died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at the age of 42 after a “courageous” battle with an illness stemming from his assignment at the site, his obituary said. Moral…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Popular Former NYS Assemblyman Who Twice Ran For AG Dies From COVID-19 Popular Former NYS Assemblyman Who Twice Ran For AG Dies From COVID-19
Popular Former NYS Assemblyman Who Twice Ran For AG Dies From Covid-19 Former State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a popular Westchester Democrat, has died as a result of symptoms consistent with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). He was 73. Brodsky, from Greenburgh, served in the State Legislature from 1983 to 2010 and remained in the public eye with lively columns for several websites and newspapers.  A mentor to many in state government after his retirement, colleagues expressed remorse at his passing early Wednesday, April 8. "Richard Brodsky’s death is a profound and shocking loss for the Westchester community and the entire State of New York,'' said S…

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by Kathy Reakes