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Governor David Paterson said Thursday the city could receive more than $145 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2009.

The state is eligible for $497 million to fight terrorism and other disasters, an increase of $36 million more from this year’s funding.

Transit officials in the tri-state area are eligible to receive more than $153 million to protect infrastructure. Security officials in cities across New York could get more than $156 million for training and equipment.

A final spending decision will be made in June.

Meanwhile, the head of two national defense programs helped the city prepare its response to disasters Thursday.

General Victor Renuart, head of the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, met with the city's fire department to discuss how the city and the U.S. Department of Defense can work together in the event of a disaster.

"As an event is occurring in New York, he's going to be telling our headquarters what kinds of things the state, or the city or even a county responder are going to need that don't reside within that emergency management assistant structure," said Renuart. "And we'll begin trying to work to put them in on the ground as quickly as the airlift and the capability will allow."

Since the September 11th attacks, the city, state and federal governments have been working to better understand and integrate each other's operations.