NYC-WTC_000230566

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NEWSDAV, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2001

I Bill Pushes Recovery Effort By Curtis L. Taylor RoWce said that he was confident hia ralleagues ecutive director and counsel to the 1989 Charter Re- SIATT WHITER would "overwhelmingly vote for the recovery plan" vision Commiaaion, hna snid that there's nothing ille- A bill tn create a powerful local commission to over- . afterreviewing the propMal and satisfying policy-re- gaJ about city officials setting up the commission. see the rebuilding oflnwer Manhattan la expected to ‘a^Queatlons that might amae Council membem smd they have not yet seen de­ move swiftly through the City Council when it is in- “ ®" emotional time for people and we all tails of the P"poaal which was undergoing revi- trodoeed tomorrow at an emergency meeting. want to do something,’ Robles said. "We are united.' “OM- DepuW Majority ^ader Archie Spigner (D-St. “Clearly the message Ito teXoiStsl is we are not But several other elected officials, privately, have Alhana) said he would like the council to b» able to going to roll over,” said council member Victor Rob- accused VaJIone, who is seeking the Democratic may- ™‘5a''b^th^^aTO^'’" ’ appointees, which would be lea (D-Brooklyn), who supports the proposed Icgiala- “cal oomiMtion of trying to use the proposal to gen- , ■ tion. "Yon need to have some mechanism put in erate publicity for himself days before Tuesday’s pri- ci^s omSd to deUver Mtenttellv^^^^ Place . . to set the tone and the direction of h^ow wo mary. Vallone has derued ^e allegation. aS to S”0^^ ate going to rebuild and move forward.” It is essential that thia be a cooperative effort be- ronst attacks that toppled the Twin Towers of the The ambitious proposal, co-authored by Mayor Ru- tween the mayor and council to form a commission World Trade Coater 1 ddph Giuliani and Council Speaker Peter Vallone, that will moat effectively deal with the crisis in our Tha federal government will pay for cleanup costs would establish a seven-member panel with “broad city,’ said Vallone, who is running against Brora for the collapsed buildings and slate lawmakers |l and sweeping powers" to coordinate city government Borough President Fernando Ferrer, Public Advo- have proposed various bills to help victims, inelud- I resources to accelerate the difficult and emotional re- cate Mark Green and city Comptroller Alan Heveni mg free college tuition in the state and city universi- I building process, city officials said. Eric Lane, a Hofatra law professor and former er- tj systems.

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