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WTC Brain-Cancer Victim's Wish: Colleagues Be Vigilant Checking Health

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 10/24/19

Over the arc of her 34 years with the City of New York, Carol Wachter touched the lives of millions of New Yorkers as one of the people responsible for creating and administering civil-service exams for an entire generation.

Ms. Wachter, who worked for the Department of Citywide Administrative Services in the David Dinkins Municipal Building on Centre St., died Aug. 14 after battling World Trade Center-linked brain and lung cancers for 10 1/2 months.

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