since last fall, I have tried again and again to work with FEMA on this rule so that 911 first responders and their families could start collecting the funds raised by the 911 Heroes Stamp. But at every step, FEMA - which does a spectacular job responding to disasters and emergencies throughout the country - refused to accept input or provide any feedback as to the content of the rule or when it would be published. I have enormous respect and admiration for what FEMA does in crises, which is why I'm so disappointed in this rule. Unfortunately, more than 45 months since the stamp was created, 38 months since the stamp went on sale, and more than six months since beginning work on the rule, what's been produced is, frankly, half-a ed bureaucratic bulls t . New York's best and bravest deserve far, far better than this.