DEP organizational chart for 9/11 emergency response, Sept 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Council AU but two of the 51 Council members — Howard Lasher (D-Brooklyn) and Al­ fonso Stabile (R-Queens) — attended. After leading a prayer for the victims.

OKs 2.5B Council Speaker Peter Vallone (D- Queens) remarked: “Hour by hour through this unimaginable horror New York City has shown the world the heart of a lion. Before long, they will hear us roar again.”

city loan g z He praised Giuliani for his “outstand­ ing leadership in this crisis,” and drew a prolonged standing ovation from the leg­ islators. Public Advocate Mark Green, who pre­ By FRANK LOMBARDI sides at Council sessions in a nominal DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER role, also thanked Giuliani for “regroup­ At Mayor Giuliani’s request, the City 2 ing our city’s spirit at a time of extraordi­ Council voted yesterday to authorize the nary stress.” city to borrow and spend billions of dol­ Green and Vallone are among the four lars to cope with the World Trade Center Democrats vying to succeed Giuliani. destruction. g Tuesday’s primary was postponed after The emergency home rule message en­ two of four jets hijacked by terrorists de- acted by the Council enabled the state molished the Trade Center. Legislature yesterday to lift the debt cap 0) After the session, Vallone criticized the on the city’s Transitional Finance Authori­ X) E state Legislature's decision to reschedule ty, which borrows money for the city by GJ the primary for Sept. 25. He contend^ floating bonds. s that at that point, many New Yorkers •WiB The city and state actions specifically still be mourning victims of The disaster.’ provide authority for the city borrow an •D “The longer they can‘put this thing off, additional $2.5 billion to pay for any E the better,” he said. costs “in connection with the terrorist at­ tack and subsequent relief efforts.” In addition, the authority will be able to do unlimited borrowing that is solely se­ cured by and payable with state and fed­ eral aid. The Council was informed by the may­ or’s office that all the bonds issued by the authority will be backed by “the full faith and credit of the United States govern­ ment,” as President Bush pledged yester­ day. In what may be a first for the City Coun­ cil, the session wasn’t held in its chamber in City Hall, which remained closed be­ cause of the calamity just a few blocks away. It was instead held in borrowed space at the New York Public Library on Fifth Ave. and 42nd St.

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