New York Schools, U.S. Officials At Odds Over 9/11 Aid
Washington
New York City schools still recovering from the impact of Sept. 11 are sparring with the federal government over financial help education officials say they need to speed the healing.
The disagreements came to the forefront last week, when the two U.S. senators from New York introduced a bill that aims to make it clear that the Federal Emergency Management Agency can release $161 million to the schools. The disaster-relief agency said federal law prevents it from doing so.
Two of the state's U.S. representatives have already introduced the same bill in the House, and they were working last Thursday to add it to a spending measure that could go to a vote on the...
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