] DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU
]
] The Bush administration likely will pick up the city's
] entire $5 million weekly tab for wartime security, Mayor
] Bloomberg said yesterday.
]
] "It does look like our $5 million a week will be paid for
] by the federal government," Bloomberg said. "They haven't
] said so explicitly, but if you read what they have said
] so far, I believe, that [it] probably will be."
]
] He concluded: "There is absolutely no reason to be
] disappointed so far."
]
] On Tuesday, President Bush submitted to Congress a $75
] billion war bill that includes $4.25 billion for homeland
] security.
]
] According to the White House proposal, slightly more than
] half of the $4.25 billion will go to federal programs.
] The rest will go to cities and states for terrorism
] preparedness and prevention.

Costly protests

Kelly also said the daily war protests are taking their toll on the NYPD's budget. Saturday's massive protest cost the city $1.2 million and thinned the ranks of cops working to prevent terrorism, Kelly said.

There were roughly 2,000 cops assigned to patrol the demonstration, which led to 91 arrests and sent 17 cops to the hospital.