Our entirely unscientific, just-for-fun Web site poll results are in for the month of February, and our online viewers overwhelmingly sided with Economic Recovery by a 63- to 38-percent margin.
Question: Do you support the Economic Recovery plan aimed at resolving the financial crisis?
Results:
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Funds from the Economic Recovery package have already started trickling down to the states, and its affects are already starting to take hold, saving jobs and creating jobs in education, energy, and infrastructure.
The following details the disbursement of these monies to New York, by department.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs
Public Housing Capital Fund − $502,345,293
Native American Housing Block Grants − $267,2247
Lead Hazard Reduction − $2,038,081
Shovel-Ready Projects, Assisted-Housing Improvements
Tax Credit Assistance Program − $252,659,616
Project-Based Rental Assistance − $234,818,320
Community Development Block Grants − $92,423,904
Softening Crisis for Hardest-Hit Families
Homelessness Prevention Fund − $141,420,983
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Medicaid Fiscal Relief − Slighty over $2 billion
Community Health Centers − About $7 million, $1.3 million of which has gone to Ryan Community Health Center.
Senior Nutrition Programs
Congregate Meals Program − $4,148,718
Home-Delivered Meals Program − $6,191,164
Disproportionate Share Hospitals − $1.6 billion
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Repairing crumbling roads and bridges − $1.1 billion
Public Transportation − $1.2. billion.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Activities - $ 71.5 million
WIA Adult Activities - 31.5 million
WIA Dislocated Worker Activities - 66.4 million
Employment Services Grants - 22.9 million
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Title I - $906.2 million
Impact Aid Construction - $623.8 million
Educational Technology State Grants - $55.5 million
IDEA Part B Grant - $759.2 million
IDEA Part B Pre-school Grant - $35 million
IDEA Part C Grants for Infants and Families - $23.7 million
Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants - $25.7 million
Independent Living State Grants - $856.9 thousand
Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind - $2.3 million
Federal Work-Study - $19.9 million
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund - $3 billion
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Law Enforcement - $67.3 million, of which $29 million went to New York City alone.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Clean Water State Revolving Fund - $436.9 million
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund - $86.8 million
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Stamp Benefits - Increase of 13.6 percent, or an average of $63 a month
For more information, all the recovery.gov sites follow:
www.hhs.gov/recovery
www.hud.gov/recovery
www.ed.gov/recovery
www.energy.gov/recovery
www.dot.gov/recovery
www.usdoj.gov/recovery
www.dol.gov/recovery
www.usda.gov/recovery
www.epa.gov/recovery
www.sba.gov/recovery
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Dear Congressman Rangel:
I am concerned with the NYC Subway Fare Hike / Service Reductions which DIRECTLY affects me and thousands of New Yorkers economically.
Please see the forwarded email below to my NYC Senators urging them to find a way for the State to bail out the NYC Metro Riders.
Thank you!
Senators Smith, Espada, Diaz and Kruger:
I must voice my concern over the subway fare increase and service reduction.
Firstly, there are NOT ENOUGH subway cars as it is. The subway cars that we do have are horribly overcrowded!!! I caught a 1 train from Columbus Circle Thursday night at midnight and the train was packed!!! Subway cars are not only overcrowded but the subway stations themselves are filthy! There are no clean bathrooms to use if there are any bathrooms at all.
I moved back to NYC after living in LA for 10 years in fall 2007. This is the SECOND fare increase in that short span of time. In Los Angeles I needed a car to get around. One of the great things about NYC has been the ease and inexpensiveness of public transit. However, in the 10 years that I have been away from NYC the subway is not easy to use anymore due to delays, gross overcrowding and most importantly the COST!!
As I am currently unemployed and can't afford a monthly metro card, I pay as I go. I am concerned that if this fare hike and service decrease continues I am going to be priced out of Manhattan. It's getting as costly to ride mass transit in NYC as it is to own and maintain my own car. Why should I continue to endure fare hikes and service cuts when I can go to a city where I can have my own car and ride with space, cleanliness and efficiency???
ALL of these factors should be taken into consideration and the Legislature in Albany needs to come up with some kind of bailout plan for the thousands of NYC metro riders. If the Federal Government can bail out shady Wall Street banks than surely the State Government can and SHOULD bail out the riders who are just simply trying to get to their jobs on a daily basis.
Respectfully yours,
Dennis Larkin
610 W 150th St.
NYC 10031
917.887.4809
thanks for the info!