WTC Records Folder 0123 Clippings label, Sept 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

$2.8B More In A27 U.S. Aid Coming For Recovery By Ellen Yan ber, $20 billion is supposed to go for de- W A.SIII NGTQN BUREAI/ fense and $20 billion for humanitarian Washington — The White House aid to states attacked Sept. ill, with will provide another $2.8 billion for the understanding that most of the aid New York's recovery from the Sept. 11 goes to New York. attacks, the Bush administration's The state already has received $2.5 budget director said yesterday, but he billion in emergency funds and is due could not promise when the entire $20 another $6.3 billion under Bush's lat- billion committed by the president will est proposed allocations. The House is be delivered. expected to revise and vote on that State officials and several lawmak- plan next week. ers conceded that they could not use In addition, $3.2 billion has been all the money right away. But other trickling down to the state in other lawmakers want all the money imme- bills, such as Bush's national economic diately, saying businesses and resi- stimulus plan. dents need a financial leg up as they The hour-long, private meeting with decide whether to walk away from Daniels ended with unanswered ques- lower Manhattan. tions, which will greatly affect how "If it was College Station, Texas, much the state gets. One is whether they'd be shipping the money by rail the White House will count New car, by trucks, instead of giving us eye- York's portion of bioterrorism and drops like they are now," Rep. Carolyn homeland defense as part of the $20 Maloney (D-Manhat- billion. tan) said after the Another is confu- meeting, referring to sion over whether President George W. the $20 billion is sup- Bush's home state. Mayor Rudolph `If it was ;ollege posed to be on top of aid from the Federal Giuliani did not j oin Station TE ;Xas~ - Emergency Manage- the chorus criticiz- ~• ment Agency. ing the federal re- they'd be hipp ng "There's going to sponse_ `'New York has got- the money by rail be funny math here," said Rep. Jose / Alan Ruiu ten everything we've car, by trn cks, Serrano (D-Bronx). asked for from the Arguments for di- federal government instead of giving US rect aid spread yes- temper- " he told report- eyedrops Ii ke they terday across Capi- ers at City Hall. "1 tol Hill as busloads today. don't think we are now." of government, labor should start that po- nd business of£i- — Rep. Carc ZY n Maloney litical thing vet — cials came down to we should have the (D Manhattan) lobby.

ise good grace to wait a "It's kind of like a little before we start all that political coming together of the economic and bad-mouthing and tin-cup stuff." political base of the city," Bill Cunning- Mitch Daniels Jr., head of the feder- ham, lobbyist for the American Federa-

Ater al Office of Management and Budget. tion of Teachers, said outside the dele- told a meeting of legislators that the gation meeting room. nation has other urgent funding In the meeting, Daniels early on or Avenue needs, But he also acknowledged that noted that the federal government is Icourt the New York's costs will exceed $20 bil- still paying costs from the 1994 ed he was lion, implying additional money will Northridge earthquake in California. be made available later. It was a warning that New York will ttention to "We're trying to be responsive," most likely not get all the emergency :atment of Daniels said later. Ile estimated the money immediately. eks of pro- state will get about $10 billion by The focus of the session quickly de- year's end. generated. Lawmakers began grilling :d, IMcblel- The latest influx of dollars will be Daniels about another matter: giving the higher counted toward the $20 billion emer- the state more economic stimulus firefighter gency commitment to New York. In money and supporting the $5 billion mncement the three-part plan, $700 million will package crafted by New York's Demo- ,., a;_.. n_ cratic senators. F-iillnry Rndhnrn Cli.,_ NYC-WTC 000137023