DEP Invoice or Financial Record, September 30, 2001

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Feds send $127M to city, with $20B to come By FREDRIC U. DICKER aid, including $2 billion penses, and low-interest ously inefficient federal has ordered over a dozen bursement of up to o o c 3 CD 3

State Editor WM released on Fri- loans to repair residences bureaucracy is aiding state agencies to take a $30,000 in lost earnings 1 . day, officials noted. and replace personal and New York under stream­ series of potentially or support, uncovered ALBAOT — Federal au- The first money re- business property. lined emergency policies, costly actions to assist medical expenses, as well thonties have turned over ceived after the Sept. 11 These services are waiving many of the nor­ disaster survivors and to as counseling and burial $127 million in disaster attack, estimated by state being administered by mal eligibility require­ provide disaster-related expenses. relief to the city at un- officials at $127.5 million, city and state agencies. ments for assistance. relief, the total financial ■ Accelerated state precedented speed — was deposited last Mon- The nearly $20 billion “There’s an unprece­ impact of which is yet to Health Department pay­ with nearly $20 billion Jay and Tuesday in the in additional funds will dented partnership be­ be determined. ments of $60 million in more yet to come. city treasury by the Fed- cover a massive range of tween the federal, state These actions include: “bad debt and charity” State and city officials eral Emergency Manage- reeo.nstruction, rehabilita- and city, „governments and ■The deployment of pool payments to New involved in the Herculean -------- and ment Agency (FEMA) tion and repair efforts — each of their respective more than 7,700 state per- York City-area hospitals, recovery effort say the is primarily earmarked but details have yet to be agencies,” said state Bud- sonnel, including 4,105 including $2.4 million to federal government has, for the costs associated determined. get Division spokesman National Guardsmen, 600 Beth Israel Medical Cen­ in effect, given New York with removing the moun- About $10 billion will be Kevin Quinn. state-police and 1,284 cor­ ter, $1.1 million to Belle­ a blank check to spend all tains of debris at the directly allocated by Bush The state Legislature, rection officers. vue Hospital and that it takes to address World Trade Center site. — after consulting with meeting three days after ■ The removal of the $700,000 to St. Vincents America’s worst terrorist But the FEMA funds are city and state officials and the World Trade Center $l,500-per-person cap on Medical Center. attack. also available for a wide New York’s congressional attack, authorized the emergency financial _ .. ■ Stepped-up. availabil- That commitment was range of crisis-mitigation delegation — while the state to spend $500 mil­ awards that can be made ity of low-interest state clearly demonstrated last services including unem- remaining $10 billion will lion on disaster-related to attack victims by the Mortgage Agency loans, week when President ployment assistance, tern- be allocated by FEMA expenses, which ate ex­ state Crime Victims As- which are given to low- Bush quickly signed legis­ porary housing, counsel- and other relief agencies, pected to be federally re­ sistance Fund. and moderate-income lation authorizing up to mg for fairalies and' state officials said. imbursed. Attack victims are also people who wish to pur- $20 billion in aaditional victims, some funeral ex- The at-times notori- Gov. Pataki, meanwhile, eligible to apply for reim- chase homes in the state.

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