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WASHINGTON -- The government announced Wednesday it will distribute $1 billion to cities and states to fix communications problems that still plague police and fire departments nearly six years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The biggest state recipients are California with $94 million, Texas with $65 million, and New York with $61 million.

Money goes directly to cities as well, with New York City receiving $34.8 million and the Los Angeles/Long Beach area getting $22.3 million, according to Rep. Peter King, the senior Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez were announcing the awards Wednesday morning.

King, an occasional critic of homeland security grant decisions, said that in this case "the department is moving in the right direction, but obviously New York still needs more."

Chertoff also plans to announce Wednesday a separate series of grants to cities considered at high risk of terror attacks.

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