Tuesday, January 15, 2013

NYC Firm Hit Hard on 9/11 Gives $10M in Sandy Aid | Synopsis

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NYC Firm Hit Hard on 9/11 Gives $10M in Sandy Aid

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The New York City brokerage firm that lost 658 employees in the Sept. 11 terror attacks announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and will give each family in those schools $1,000 to spend as they see fit. Cantor Fitzgerald, its relief fund and its affiliate BGC Partners will donate a total of $10 million to the families in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and New Jersey. Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick said each family will receive a debit card with $1,000 on it. Lutnick said he learned after Cantor's devastating loss of so many employees with young children that help should come with no strings attached. "The best way to take care of a family is to put money in the hands of the parents and let them decide what to do," he said.

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Cantor Fitzgerald

Overall Sentiment: 0.012983

Relevance: 0.878157

Cantor

Overall Sentiment: -0.290529

Relevance: 0.789512

SentimentQuote
0.102935"The best way to take care of a family is to put money in the hands of the parents and let them decide what to do," he said. ...
0.102935"The best way to take care of a family is to put money in the hands of the parents and let them decide what to do," he said. "Maybe they need a couch and maybe they need to go to Toys R Us and buy their kids a present."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.20587
  • Mean: 0.102935
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Howard Lutnick

Overall Sentiment: 0.0269713

Relevance: 0.64846

SentimentQuote
0.0592482"We wanted to have a way that we could memorialize those that we lost in a way that was positive, and to do good things," Edie Lutnick said. ...
0.153145"We're really excited that we have the opportunity to help the families from these 19 schools to let them know that communities matter and that we care," Edie Lutnick said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.2123932
  • Mean: 0.1061966
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Superstorm Sandy

Overall Sentiment: 0.0697291

Relevance: 0.377848

Edie

Overall Sentiment: -0.0604712

Relevance: 0.241768

Sen. Charles Schumer

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.209307

Gary

Overall Sentiment: -0.416877

Relevance: 0.192405

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
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City: New York City

Overall Sentiment: -0.531483

Relevance: 0.301249

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