-tiquid drain cleaner." And a report by the University of California-Davis
concludes that immediately after September 11, the soot in the air downtown
"rivaled the air from the Kuwaiti oil fires of the Gulf War." The National
Resources Defense Council will release a report today criticizing the city
government's response to public concerns about air quality. The report will
claim that Mayor Rudy Giuliani placed as a priority a speedy economic
recovery, and did not pay sufficient attention to the health risks.
The city and federal government have been focused on economic recovery this
week. City Comptroller William Thompson issued a report concluding what many
already suspected - that the September 11 attacks worsened the recession for
New York compared to the rest of the country. Bloomberg cited the September
11 attacks in discussing his plans to balance next year's budget gap. While
the Empire State Development Corporation began to distribute funds from a
$700 million federal grant, a Downtown Alliance survey found that at least
one out of five retail businesses near the World Trade Center were unable to
pay their rent last month - a number that indicates that federal grant money
may not last long enough to keep small businesses afloat. The clock is
ticking for private disaster relief for these businesses as well, although
there will be a slight reprieve, with three of the largest charitable relief
funds announcing yesterday that the deadline to apply for emergency cash
grants will be postponed from February 22 to March 8.
The Rebuilding Roundup is published every Friday. For the rest of the news
and opinions about rebuilding, go to Gotham Gazette's Rebuilding NYC
http://www.gothamgazette.com/rebuilding_nyc
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Representative's news release criticizing the EPA for inadequate response to cleanup of buildings contaminated by the World Trade Center collapse and calling for removal of debris…