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9/11 Community Development
Block Grant Breakdown:
(Last
updated 6/11/04)
TOTAL ALLOCATED BY the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): $3.483 billion
$700 million to NY Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC)
$2 billion to Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC)
$783 million authorized by Congress for infrastructure and disproportionate loss of life (through LMDC)
TOTAL AUTHORIZED FOR EXPENDITURE: $2.322 billion
$700 million spent by the ESDC on emergency business retention and attraction programs
$783 million allocated by the LMDC as directed by Congress
$839 million allocated by the LMDC and approved by HUD
TOTAL REMAINING: $1.161 billion
$283 million of this amount is already proposed for use in Partial Action Plans not yet approved by HUD
$878 million remain in wholly unrestricted funds
|
Number |
Amount |
Status |
Date |
Purpose |
| 1 | $306,000,000.00 | Approved by HUD as Amended | September 25, 2002 |
Residential Grant Program Employment Training Assistance Program (later transferred to supplement business recovery grant program) Design and Installation of Interim Memorial Administration and Planning |
| 2 | $350,000,000.00 | Approved by HUD | November 22, 2002 |
WTC Business Recovery Grant Program Small Firm Attraction and Retention Grant Program Job Creation and Retention Program |
| 3 | $24,047,048.42 | Approved by HUD | June 14, 2003 |
Renovation of pavilion in Columbus Park. Marketing initiative for History and Heritage in Downtown NYC. Planning and administration activities. |
| 4 | $156,105,103.00 | Approved by HUD | June 9, 2004 |
Short-Term Capital Projects Long-Term Planning WTC Business Recovery Grant Program Reallocation of Employment Training Assistance Program funds Planning and administration activities |
| S1 | $33,000,000.00 | Approved by HUD | September 15, 2003 | Compensation for firms suffering disproportionate loss of life |
| S2 | $750,000,000.00 | Approved by HUD | September 15, 2003 | Compensation to utilities for loss to infrastructure |
| 5 | $2,421,052.63 | Approved by HUD | January 28, 2004 |
Chinatown Tourism and Marketing Initiative Lower Manhattan Communications Program Planning and Administration Activities |
| 6 | $52,631,578.95 | Draft submitted to public for comment | January 22, 2004 |
Subsidy for 300 units of middle-income housing
in a Liberty Bond project LMDC planning and administrative activities |
| 7 | $176,134,105.00 | Submitted to HUD for approval | May 18, 2004 |
The World Trade Center Memorial and Cultural
Program
Lower Manhattan Tourism LMDC Planning and Administrative Activities |
| 8 | $54,628,315.79 | LMDC board approved submission to public for comment | June 2, 2004 |
WTC Memorial and Cultural program |