9/11 Recovery

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The September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center continue to have serious and lasting impacts on New York and its residents. From long-term health problems, to extensive job loss, to extreme difficulty making mortgage and rental payments or keeping a small business going, thousands of New Yorkers continue to deal first hand with the aftermath of the disaster.

My top priority since 9/11 has been to strengthen the federal response in each area of the recovery and to ensure that adequate federal aid is provided to the city for each specific needs that emerged from the disaster.

The sections on health, education, the economy, and security provide an overall picture of the recovery, showing progress made in several areas, while detailing a number of remaining unmet needs that require a much more adequate response. From the widest perspective, costs and losses from 9/11 total more the $80 billion by all accounts, while federal aid designated for the region remains under $20 billion and insurance payments are estimated at under $30 billion. This leaves New York shouldering the burden alone of the remaining $30 billion in losses, as well as ongoing costs for anti-terrorism security measures, unanticipated long-term health costs from the disaster, and increasing costs for rebuilding projects in lower-Manhattan.

It is far from clear that New York will ever receive anywhere near the federal aid pledged by the President in the Rose Garden of $21.4 billion on March 7, 2002, and even less clear that the region will receive additional aid to close the $30 billion gap that would remain, even if the President’s initial pledge were met (See more detail on overall federal recovery aid to New York in the economy section). When the initial pledge made by the President somehow wrongly became a ceiling, rather than a floor for what the federal government would be willing to provide, many of the specific recovery needs in New York became neglected or treated partially.

Now, the only choice has been to make each recovery need more prominent in Washington and more publicly discussed, so that vital resources are directed to meet those needs. A great deal of work remains to be done.

Legislation

02/15/07 - H.R. 1071, September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act [110th Congress]

02/06/07 - H.Res 128, A resolution urging the Department of Health and Human Services to come up with a long-term, comprehensive plan to medically monitor all individuals who were exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero and to treat those who are sick [110th Congress]

10/20/05 - H.R.4090, Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act, Part II

10/07/05 - H.R.4012, Community Disaster Loan Equity Act of 2005

09/21/05 - H.R.3850, Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2005

07/28/05 - H.R.3575, September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act

05/05/05 - H.R.2196, September 11th Assistance Clarification Act

04/21/05 - H.R.1795, Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2005

04/21/05 - H.R.1794, 9/11 Can You Hear Me Now Act

02/02/05 - H.R.566, Remember 9/11 Health Act

02/02/05 - H.R.565, Victim Compensation Fund Extension Act

10/08/04 - H.R.5329, Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2004 [108th Congress]

09/14/04 - H.R.5076, Victim Compensation Fund Extension Act [108th Congress]

05/18/04 - H.R.4386, 9/11 Can You Hear Me Now Act [108th Congress]

03/30/04 - H.R.4059, Remember 9/11 Health Act [108th Congress]

09/09/03 - H.AMDT.376, Maloney Amendment on Preventing Taxation of 9/11 Grants [108th Congress]

07/24/03 - H.R.2878, Community Protection and Response Act of 2003 [108th Congress]

04/11/03 - H.R.1801, Terrorist Victim Citizenship Relief Act [108th Congress]

04/03/03 - H.R.1620, September 11th Assistance Tax Clarification Act [108th Congress]

04/01/03 - H.R.1542, Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003 [108th Congress]

02/13/03 - H.R.827, Mortgage and Rental Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2003 [108th Congress]

10/16/02 - H.R.5676, Disaster Relief For Our Schools Act [107th Congress]

10/10/02 - H.R.5624, September 11th Assistance Tax Clarification Act [107th Congress]

10/02/02 - H.R.5523, Community Disaster Loan Equity Act of 2002 [107th Congress]

09/12/02 - H.R.5378, Mortgage and Rental Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2002 [107th Congress]

07/26/02 - H.R.5294, Terrorist Victim Citizenship Relief Act [107th Congress]

07/18/02 - H.R.5164, Community Protection and Response Act of 2002 [107th Congress]

12/19/01 - H.RES.325, Recognizing the New York City Public School Community Following 9/11 [107th Congress]

12/06/01 - H.R.3435, Empowering Local First Responders To Fight Terrorism Act of 2001 [107th Congress]

09/21/01 - H.R.2940, I Love New York Tax Deduction Act of 2001 [107th Congress]

09/21/01 - H.RES.243, Honoring Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, the Rescue Workers, and the Residents of NY for Their Valient Efforts in Responding to the Terrorist Attack [107th Congress]

Documents/Reports

09/08/06 - NYC Field Hearing on 9/11 Health of Responders and Residents
 

09/07/06 - Response Letter from Dr. John Howard, Coordinator of US Department of Health and Human Services World Trade Center Programs

06/16/05 - Biographies of 9/11 Responders Participating in June 16 Effort in Washington, D.C. To Save $125 Million in 9/11 Aid

10/07/05 - Excerpt From CRS Memo on Community Disaster Loan Program

10/07/05 - History of Community Disaster Loan Program

10/06/05 - Letter To HHS Regarding Medical Monitoring of 9/11 Federal Responders

09/15/05 - Lessons That Must Be Learned From The Emergency Response Following 9/11 - A Guide For The Areas Affected By Hurricane Katrina

09/09/05 - GAO Testimony – 9/11 Monitoring of WTC Health Effects Has Progressed, But Not For Federal Responders

08/25/05 - Letter To HHS and Dept. of Homeland Security Regarding Medical Monitoring of Federal Employees After 9/11

07/21/05 - Letter From 9/11 Responders To President Bush Regarding Rescission of $125 Million in 9/11 Aid

06/21/05 - Letter To OMB Regarding the Rescission of $125 Million in 9/11 Aid

06/16/05 - Biographies of 9/11 Responders Participating in June 16 Effort in Washington, D.C. To Save $125 Million in 9/11 Aid

06/15/05 - Letter From Gov. Pataki To House Appropriations Committee Regarding Rescission

06/07/05 - Letter From Mayor Bloomberg To Senate Appropriations Committee Regarding Rescission of $125 Million in 9/11 Aid

06/07/05 - Letter From Mayor Bloomberg To House Appropriations Committee Regarding Rescission of $125 Million in 9/11 Aid

05/31/05 - Letter To House Appropriations Committee Regarding Rescission of 9/11 Funds

05/31/05 - Letter To President Bush Regarding Rescission of 9/11 Funds

04/26/05 - Letter To House Armed Services Committee Regarding Retirement Credits For Ground Zero National Guardsmen

03/04/05 - Recent Estimates of Fiscal Impact of 2001 Terrorist Attack on New York

02/03/05 - Letter To U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Regarding Health Impact of 9/11

02/01/05 - Excerpt From President Bush’s FY2006 Budget for the Conversion of 9/11 Tax Credits to Cash

01/14/05 - Letter From Attorney General Regarding Declassification of 9/11 Commission Monograph

01/02/05 - Analysis of Recent Medical Findings of Ongoing 9/11 Health Impacts

12/02/04 - Letter To Attorney General Requesting Declassification of a Monograph Prepared By the 9/11 Commission

11/18/04 - Letter To Speaker of the House Regarding the Conversion of 9/11 Tax Credits To Cash

11/01/04 - Dept. of Homeland Security Inspector General Report: FEMA's Individual and Grant Program Management at WTC Disaster

10/22/04 - Report On Project Liberty

09/08/04 - A Summary of Government Accountability Office Findings: "September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack" [Complete]

09/08/04 - A Summary of Government Accountability Office Findings: "September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack" [Brief]

09/08/04 - GAO Testimony on the Health Effects in the Aftermath of the WTC Attack

09/08/04 - Testimony of Micki Siegel de Hernandez Regarding “Assessing Sept. 11th Health Effects”

09/08/04 - Testimony of Dr. Stephen M. Levin Regarding 9/11 Health

09/08/04 - Testimony of Life Matters on the Mental Health Impact of 9/11

09/08/04 - Statement of Rep. Maloney At Govt. Reform Hearing on 9/11 Health Effects

09/08/04 - Testimony of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on the Health Impacts of 9/11

09/08/04 - Testimony of the Uniformed Firefighters Association on Health Effects of 9/11

09/08/04 - Testimony of New York State Laborers on Health Effects of 9/11

09/08/04 - NIOSH Testimony on Assessing 9/11 Health Effects

09/08/04 - GAO Testimony on Federal Assistance for New York Workers’ Compensation Costs

09/08/04 - Statement of Rep. Shays at Govt. Reform Hearing on 9/11 Health Effects

08/11/04 - New York City Independent Budget Office Report on Federal Aid to New York After 9/11

05/26/04 - Status of President's $20 Billion Commitment To New York

05/13/04 - Letter To President Bush Regarding the Accounting of Federal 9/11 Funds to New York Following 9/11

04/28/04 - Letter To Speaker of the House Regarding Pre-9/11 Intelligence

04/28/04 - Letter From 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund Regarding Eligibility

04/23/04 - Letter To President Bush Regarding An Accounting of Federal 9/11 Aid to New York

04/01/04 - Letter To White House Council Regarding 9/11 Commission

03/29/04 - Summary of the Remember 9/11 Health Act

03/19/04 - Letter To Administrator of 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Regarding Health of 9/11 Responders

03/05/04 - Letter To OMB Regarding Status of Federal Aid To New York After 9/11

02/23/04 - Report On Homeland Security Aid to Firefighters

11/01/03 - FAQs Regarding World Trade Center Historic Study Act

09/30/03 - GAO Report on Information Not Available To Determine Whether $5 Billion In Liberty Zone Tax Benefits Will Be Realized
09/16/03 - Statement of Rep. Maloney Regarding Taxation of 9/11 Grants

09/10/03 - The Incomplete and Uneven Federal Response To NY After 9/11

09/09/03 - Floor Statement Regarding Taxation of 9/11 Grants

09/09/03 - Timeline of Actions Regarding Tax Treatment of Lower Manhattan Grants

09/03/03 - Impact of 9/11 on New York City’s Art Industry

09/03/03 - Letter To President Bush on Status of 9/11 Financial Aid

09/01/03 - Fiscal Policy Institute Chart on Federal 9/11 Aid

08/29/03 - Chart On The Status of Federal 9/11 Aid

07/31/03 - Letter To Gov. Pataki Regarding Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) Funding in New York

06/17/03 - Joint Tax Committee's Estimate on the Cost of Taxing 9/11 Aid

06/16/03 - Letter From FEMA To CRS Regarding Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

06/11/03 - Statement of Rep. Maloney To Rules Committee Regarding Taxation of 9/11 Grants

06/10/03 - Letter To Salvation Army Regarding 9/11 Volunteers

06/10/03 - Letter To Dept. of Homeland Security Regarding 9/11 Volunteers

06/10/03 - Letter To Red Cross Regarding 9/11 Volunteers

06/10/03 - Letter To Gov. Pataki Regarding 9/11 Volunteers Seeking Workers’ Compensation Claims

06/03/03 - CRS Memo On Workers Compensation and Volunteers At the WTC Site

05/23/03 - Letter To Red Cross Regarding Assistance to 9/11 Volunteers

05/21/03 - Letter To House and Senate Leadership Regarding the Lack of Congressional Hearings Into the Federal Response to 9/11

05/08/03 - CRS Memo Regarding Congressional Hearings On Disaster Relief

04/29/03 - Letter To Dept. of Homeland Security Regarding Mortgage Rental Assistance Program

04/22/03 - Letter To President Bush Regarding Taxation of 9/11 Grants

04/07/03 - Report on the Impact of Taxation of 9/11 Grants on Small Businesses

04/07/03 - Letter To House and Senate Leadership Regarding Taxation of 9/11 Grants

03/19/03 - Letter From NYC Dept. of Education Regarding Mental Health Needs For NYC Students

02/25/03 - Letter To FEMA Inspector General Regarding Potential Fraud For The 9/11 Individual and Family Grant Program

02/06/03 - Letter To FEMA Regarding Assistance To NYC Public Schools Following 9/11

02/04/03 - Letter To President Bush Regarding Hazard Mitigation

01/30/03 - Letter To FEMA Regarding Mortgage and Rental Assistance (MRA) Program

01/27/03 - Mount Sinai Press Release On Preliminary Findings of Medical Health Screening Program For WTC Site Responders

01/27/03 - Letter To President Bush Regarding Mortgage and Rental Assistance (MRA) Program

01/24/03 - Letter To Gov. Pataki Regarding 9/11 Hazard Mitigation Funding

01/13/03 - Letter To President Bush Regarding Short and Long Term Health Effects of 9/11 Responders

12/23/02 - Letter To FEMA Regarding MRA and IFG Programs

12/17/02 - Chart On Status of Federal 9/11 Aid

12/17/02 - Letter To OMB Regarding Status of 9/11 Aid To New York

12/10/02 - Letter To President Bush Regarding Funding For Health Care Monitoring for 9/11 Responders

12/09/02 - FEMA Disaster Assistance Summary

11/14/02 - Letter To Gov. Pataki Regarding Lost Tax Revenues

11/12/02 - GAO Report on Small Business Assistance Provided To Lower Manhattan After 9/11

11/06/02 - IRS Response Regarding Taxation of 9/11 Grants

11/01/02 - GAO Report On Assistance Provided in Lower Manhattan in Response to 9/11

10/31/02 - CRS Memo Regarding Liberty Zone Tax Benefits

10/31/02 - Letter To Gov. Pataki Regarding Individual and Family Grant Program

10/29/02 - Congressional Budget Office Estimate on Federal Assistance to New York City

10/24/02 - Letter To Financial Services Committee Requesting Hearing on the Impact on Financial Services Industry in New York After 9/11

10/24/02 - Letter To Gov. Pataki Regarding Individual and Family Grant Program

10/24/02 - Letter To FEMA Regarding Individual and Family Grant Program

10/24/02 - Letter To FEMA Regarding Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program

10/22/02 - New York Daily News Article "Missing: 700M In 9/11 Aid"

10/22/02 - New York Daily News Article “Funds Lag For Kids’ Terror Trauma”

10/22/02 - PriceWaterhouseCoopers Report On Value of Liberty Zone Tax Provisions

10/04/02 - Memo On Inclusion of LMDC Grants In Gross Income

10/04/02 - CRS Memo On Taxation of 9/11 Grants

09/30/02 - Letter To President Bush Regarding Funding for Medical Monitoring of 9/11 Responders

09/30/02 - Letter To Administration Regarding Taxation of 9/11 Aid

09/27/02 - Letter To Sec. of Treasury Regarding 9/11 Tax Benefits

09/27/02 - Letter To Gov. Pataki Regarding Individual and Family Grant Program

09/27/02 - Request to the Government Accountability Office to Determine the Value of 9/11 Tax Benefits

09/21/02 - New York Times Article "9/11 Contractors Near Agreement on Insurance"

09/18/02 - Letter From Mayor Bloomberg To Rep. Maloney

09/18/02 - Fact Sheet on Community Disaster Loan Equity Act

09/18/02 - Q and A on Community Disaster Loan Equity Act

09/18/02 - Letter From Mayor Bloomberg Regarding Budget Shortfall As A Result of 9/11

09/09/02 - Status of President’s $20 Billion Commitment To New York As of 09-09-02

08/30/02 - FEMA Disaster Assistance Summary

08/29/02 - FEMA Public Assistance Program Rebuilds New York

08/16/02 - Associated Press Article "Firefighters Protest Bush Decision To Withhold Money To Fight Terrorism"

08/13/02 - New York Times Article "Money For Some of a Transit Wish List"

07/30/02 - Letter To INS Regarding Restructuring Following 9/11

07/26/02 - U.S. General Accounting Office's Review of the Estimates for the Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks on New York Tax Revenues

07/22/02 - Letter To FEMA Regarding Unmet Needs of NYC Schools Following 9/11

07/22/02 - Letter To FEMA Director Regarding the Status of FEMA’s Disaster Assistance in New York City

06/13/02 - New York Times Article "State's Delegation To Request More Federal Aid for 2 Utilities"

06/05/02 - Manager’s Amendment To FY 2003 VA/HUD Appropriations Bill

05/24/02 - Letter From Mayor Bloomberg’s Office Regarding Remaining 9/11 Assistance Needs

03/07/02 - President’s $21.4 Billion New York Funding Package

02/27/02 - New York Daily News Article “Don’t Short City $570M, Gov Says”

01/17/02 - Summary of Federal Recovery Assistance to New York

01/01/02 - Hazard Mitigation Percentages for Disasters Between 10/01/97 and 09/30/01

10/02/01 - The Fiscal Impact of the World Trade Center Attack on New York Hospitals – Preliminary Estimate by the Greater New York Hospital Association

Links

"9/11: The Forgotten Victims," the New York Daily News' Pulitzer Prize-winning series of editorials on the growing medical fallout from the World Trade Center attacks

World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program

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More on 9/11 Recovery

Nov 18, 2009 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) spoke at a rally at the U.S. Capitol organized by first responders who worked at Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks and are sick as a result. Maloney and her colleagues have introduced the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which would provide health care and compensation for those exposed to the toxic aftermath of the attacks.
Sep 3, 2009 Press Release

New York, NY – Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the reappointment of Dr. John Howard as Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and as the nation’s 9/11 Health Coordinator. Dr. Howard was put in charge of federal 9/11 health programs in February 2006. In July 2008, the Bush Administration removed Dr. Howard from his posts as NIOSH Director and 9/11 Health Coordinator with little explanation and despite widespread praise of his job performance.

Jul 29, 2009 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee approved a portion of the landmark 9/11 Health and Compensation Act by a vote of 22-9. New York Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Peter King, and Michael McMahon, the lead sponsors of the legislation, hailed today’s approval as a sign of the measure’s strong momentum toward a vote in the full House by the eighth anniversary of the attacks. The legislation would provide long-term, comprehensive health care and compensation for those sickened or injured in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Jul 23, 2009 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation to provide humanitarian relief to immigrants who lost a spouse or parent in the 9/11 terrorist attacks was approved today by the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. The bill will now move forward for a vote in the full House Judiciary Committee.
Jun 24, 2009 Press Release
Statement of Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney upon the introduction of the companion Senate version of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act:
Jun 16, 2009 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, New York Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Peter King, and Michael McMahon wrote to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Peter Orszag asking him to correct flawed accounting procedures and other obstacles put in place by the previous administration that are impeding the flow of funding to clinics operated by the World Trade Center Health Program (a full copy of the lawmakers’ letter is below). As a result of these difficulties, the WTC Health Program’s New Jersey clinic reports that it will only have $100,000 on hand by the end of June and may have to stop seeing patients by the end of next month.
Apr 22, 2009 Press Release
WASHINGTON-- Rep. Carolyn Maloney offered the following statement about today's hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009. This legislation would address the health crisis caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 by providing medical monitoring and treatment for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, and providing compensation for economic losses due to illnesses or injuries caused by the attacks.
Mar 31, 2009 Press Release
WASHINGTON-- Rep. Carolyn Maloney offered the following statement about today's hearing before the Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009. This legislation would address the health crisis caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 by providing medical monitoring and treatment for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, and providing compensation for economic losses due to illnesses or injuries caused by the attacks.
Feb 25, 2009 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), and Michael McMahon (D-NY) today hailed the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act (H.R. 1105), which contains $70 million in new funding for federal 9/11 health programs.  The new funding, combined with $112 million carried over from previous years, will cover the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program’s $182 million estimated cost for FY 2009.

 

Feb 23, 2009 Press Release
New York, NY – Today, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), New York State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes, New York City Central Labor Council President Jack Ahern, 9/11 responders, lower Manhattan residents and others gathered near Ground Zero to encourage President Obama to reappoint Dr. John Howard as the federal government’s 9/11 Health Coordinator.  Maloney, Nadler, Reps. Peter King (R-NY) and Michael McMahon (D-NY), and 10 of their House colleagues sent a letter (a full copy of which follows) to the president today recommending Dr. Howard for the post.

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