NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
following year.
Carole Stone, the state budget di-
rector, said the state would prefer
that the federal government simply
give an unrestricted grant to make
up for the lost revenues. But she said
the state also might ask Congress to
change Medicaid and welfare formu-
las to funnel more money to New
York.
Federal disaster aid has never be-
fore been used to help fill gaps in
state and city budgets and some
members of Congress are concerned
about setting such a precedent, law-
makers said.
Mr. Giuliani, in his budget address,
pointed out that every year, the city
sends $9 billion more to Washington
in tax collections than it receives in
aid and that cutting federal taxes
would be the best way to Spur the
economy. ‘Let’s think like capital-
ists, not like communists,” he said.
For his part, Mr. Pataki said the
state’s future hinges in large part on
how much aid it can obtain from
Washington. Surrounded by some of
the city’s most powerful business
and labor leaders yesterday, he de-
clared that everyone in the country
understood that the terrorists were
not singling out one state or city.
“It was really an attack upon
America that took place in New
York,” he said. ‘And that’s why we
have no qualms about asking Amer-
ica to help with our economic recov-
ery efforts.”’
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Comprehensive FAQ addressing downtown building access, reopening areas, property manager contact procedures, and building damage status in lower Manhattan.