(January 19, 2017, 1:31 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 19 certified two questions to the New York Court of Appeals in a dispute over whether a public benefit corporation has the capacity to challenge as unconstitutional a New York statute that revived claims against public corporations for personal injuries incurred during the rescue, recovery and cleanup efforts following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (In re: World Trade Center Lower Manhattan Disaster Site Litigation, Nos. 15‐2181, 15‐2283, 15‐2285, 15‐2487, 15‐2506 and 15‐2687, 2nd Cir.)....