President Bush will be in New York today, one day after the White House disclosed that it will include $25 million in next year’s federal budget to pay for medical programs for sick ground zero workers.

The one-year earmark comes a week after a former New York City police officer, Cesar Borja, died of a lung disease that his family says he contracted while working at the World Trade Center site.

Mr. Bush, who is speaking about the economy at Federal Hall today, is scheduled to meet this morning with Borja’s son, who attended the State of the Union address last week as Senator Clinton’s guest.

The $25 million comes as a bipartisan group of elected officials in New York has been fiercely lobbying the Bush administration to provide more funding for medical programs for first responders who have contracted World Trade Center-related diseases.

The White House says it will add more money if pending studies show it’s necessary. Elected leaders said yesterday that they were happy to see the funding in the budget, but most stressed that it’s going to take more than $25 million to make a dent in the problem.

Mrs. Clinton, who is running for president and has been calling for $1.9 billion in long-term federal funding, called Mr. Bush’s earmark “an important first step,” but said it would not be enough to “meet the growing need.”

Rep. Vito Fossella, a Republican of Staten Island, called the announcement a “breakthrough.”

“For the first time in the federal budget, there will be a down payment to provide funding for continued treatment,” he said. “This funding represents a starting point, and we will continue working to ensure that funding is available for all of those who are sick or injured.”

Ms. Maloney called it “recognition from the president — for the first time — that regular 9/11 health funding is an absolute necessity.”

“Ultimately it will take billions of dollars to tackle this massive crisis,” she said.

Mayor Bloomberg, who will introduce Mr. Bush at Federal Hall, called the funding “encouraging.” He noted, however, that the current programs run by the Fire Department and Mount Sinai Medical Center are working well, but “will need vastly more support from Washington.”

In September, Mr. Bloomberg announced $16 million in city funding to expand World Trade Center-related health services after coming under criticism on the topic. He has also been lobbying for a federal compensation fund.

Advocates will be in Lower Manhattan today to call on Mr. Bush to provide more than $25 million. The executive director of the New York City division of the Sierra Club, Suzanne Mattei, said the $25 million “just opens the door.”