Rantings of a New Yorker

The Center for American Progress has broken down how much the State’s stimulus is going to cost.

The bill, passed by the House, but not yet through the Senate, is still very much a work in progress. Based on the House bill, the CAP estimates that New York would receive $41.3 billion of the $522 billion or so going to states. Based on the Senate bill as of Monday (some changes have been made since), New York would receive $45.3 billion, which is 7.8 percent of the total $577 billion going to states.

Some selected specifics from the House bill:

$1.35 billion for highway infrastructure
$1.07 billion for transit capital
$1.2 billion for Title 1 education grants
$1.3 billion for school modernization and repair
$1.1 billion for unemployment benefits extension
$1.3 billion for food stamps
$3.9 billion in state fiscal stabilization fund
$12.6 billion in Medicaid funding
And some selected specifics from the Senate bill, as of Monday:
$554.5 million for public housing capital funds
$1.2 billion for mass transit
$1.2 billion for highways
$1.46 billion for school modernization and repair
$216 million for higher education modernization and repair
$3.9 billion for state fiscal stabilization
$1.2 billion for unemployment benefits extension