DEP referral form with handwritten notes and follow-up tracking

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document •By ERIC HERMAN, PAUL HLB. SHIN and GREG GITTRICH DALY NEWS STAFF VIRITERS Pssst. Have we got a real estate deal for you. Anyone living near the World Trade Center site - or anyone about to move there — will be eligible to share $220 million in federal aid to be used for rent, maintenance or mortgage payments, sources told the Daily News. The cash assistance, designed to pay up to 30% of rent or mort- ,tery Park City, as the "immedi. gage bills for the next two years ate impact zone, ""sources said. in the troubled area, will be People in the zone will be eligi- •doled out by the state city agen- ble to receive 30% of their rent icy overseeing the rebuilding of or mortgage payments for the lower Manhattan, sources said next two years, up to $12,000 The top grant is capped. at but no less than $4,000. Those who live outside that $12,000 over two years; the pay. maent forintila is based on how zone but south of Canal St. also close you live to Ground Zero. will be eligible to receive 30% of To quallly, applicants must their rent or mortgage payments agree to stay in thé area for two .for the next two years. Their yeats, sources said. grant will be between $2,000 and $6,000. Unveiling details Details of the application pro -An official announcement is cess were unclear yesterday. expected today, but Madelyn The plan is subject to final. ap- Wils, a Lower Manhattan Devel- : proval by the federal Depart- opment Corp.:board inember, ment of Housing and Urban De- confirmed that the money will velopment after a public com- be distributed through grants ment period. not loans or tax relief. "I couldn't be more delight: Taken from $2B pot ed," said Julie Menin, president Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the money will come from of Wall Street Rising, a coalition $2 billion in federal aid received of investment banks, law firis, by the Lower Manhattan Devel- rea. estate companies and peo- opment Corp. in December. An ple who live in the disaster area. additional $300 million in grants "This is vital to keep residents. wil be distributed by the agency downtown and attract rhore peo- to help smal businesses and ple." nonprofits around the Trade •Since Sept. 11, thousands of Center site, he added. people who live near Ground Ze- The grants come on top of To have moved away. Those who .$700 million in federal aid ap- remain suffer from crippled mass transit, environmental wor- - proved by the Bush administra- tion this month to help smali ries and cordoned-off streets around the disaster site. businesses and create jobs downtown. Anyone who lived in Manhat- :In addition, the Red Cross, the tan south of Canal St. on Sept. Sept. 11 Fund and the Salvation • Il will be eligible for a one time Army have handed out about bonus. payment of $1,000. $250 million to more than Sources said the size of the 50,000 businesses and displaced grants will vary depending on - workers in the area. where the applicants live and Assembly Speaker Sheidon the size of their rent or mort- Silver (D-Manhattan) said the gage payments. Those living grants were "a good start," but closer to Ground Zero will be eli- weren't enough. Silver, who has gible fer more money often criticized the largely Gov: The Lower Manhattan Devel- opment Corp, has defined the ar-. • Pataki-appointed development corporation, called for the grant ea south of Chambers St. and west of Broadway, including Bat- aps to be raised and the eligibi ty zone to be expanded. NYC-WTC_000146929 Daily Nes 2/21/02 Fed Grants for people near WTC www.nyloves.bize com (212) 225-3508