DEP referral form with handwritten notes and follow-up tracking

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

.By C MM - 1 & 51114sly 114W Effrum l io ►taws- Pssst. Havewe ' of a real estate deal for .you.. D 44 . Anyone living near the World Trade Center s1te -=- a or anyone about to move there — will be elig1ble- to 0~ • share $220 million in federal aid to be used for rent, maintenance or mortgage payments, sources told- ~a .the Daily News. h to •tery Park City; as the "immedl- . it gage bills for the next two years ..ate impact zone, sources said.. in the troubled area, will • be People mthe zone will be elm -doled out -byIhe state-city.sgen. ble to receive 30% of their rent V(tt _cq.-ov ng the rebuilding of or mortgage .payments for the -+ lower Manhattan, sources said. - next two years, up to $12,000 :. ~ The tol' it t: is t but no less than $4,00u . $12,000 over. two years; the.pay- T who live -outside that south of Canal St f menu formula is -based on how zon also` will be eligible'to receive 20% of W L close you live to-Ground Zero To qualify, - applicants 'must their rent or mortgage payments agree to. m the area for two for .the next - two years.' Their - y±eors, sonrc:es said. grant will - be between $2,000 and $6,000- U11 Details of the application pro- An official announcement is cess were unclear yesterday. - expected today, but Madelyn The plan is subject to final. ap- w w W. n y `o v)es ls, a Lower Manhattan Devel-• . proval by the - federal Depart- . (j cptarent. Corp.. board member •went of Housing and Urban.De- .canfrmed that the money will velopment after a public corn- be distributed ttiroagh grants — went period. . not loans or tax relief. • . *Taken from $2B Pot 3 5'08' "I couldn't •be more::delisght= ' . ' Sen. Chuck 'Schumer.(D-N.Y.) c- J 1 ed,".said Julie Merin,' president said the • money will come from of Wall •Street.Rising, acoalition $2 billion in federal aid received of investment bank-, law firms, by the Lower Manhattan Devel- real estate companies and peo- opment Corp: in December. 'An pie who•live in the disaster..area. additional $300-million-in grants 'Ibis is vital to keep -residents • will be distributed by the agency downtown and attract more peo- to help small businesses and pie." S - • nonprofits around the Trade - -Since Sept 11, thousands of Center site, he added. peoplewho live near Ground Ze- The' giants come on top of ro have *moved away.'Those who • $700 million in federal aid.ap- remain suffer from crippled - proved by the Bush administra- mass transit, environmental wor- lion this month to help small ries and- •cordoned-off streets businesses and create jobs around the disaster site. downtown. Anyone who lived in Manhat-. . 1n addition, the Red Cross, the tan south of Canal St. .on'Sept Sept 11 Rind and the Salvation • 11 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 Sheldon 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.moneg • often criticized the largely Gov. Tlae`: wer 'ManhAfan Devel- - -Pata1Q-appointed development opnnent Corp. has defined the ar- corporation; called for the grant . . ea- south of Chambers St. and caps to be raised and the eligbil- . west of Broadway, including Bat= •ity zone to be ezpanded. NYC-WTC 000146929