The Federal Emergency Management Administration has approved New York’s request to increase the federal share of Superstorm Sandy recovery costs from 75 percent to 90 percent of the total, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this afternoon. The change will save the state and affected municipalities more than $380 million, he said…. Read More →
Rockland and Westchester are among 17 counties statewide where the state will use U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds to cover the 25 percent local match requirement of property buyout costs associated with tropical storms Irene and Lee in August and September 2011, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today…. Read More →
The state and Catholic Charities will oversee a $38.5 million program that will provide more than 200 service coordinators to help people affected by Superstorm Sandy recover and access essential services, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this afternoon. The state secured the funding from the federal Disaster Case Management Program. The program… Read More →
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is getting an additional $1 billion from the federal government to help cover the cost of recovering from Superstorm Sandy last fall, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The money, which comes from the Federal Transit Administration, will go toward rebuilding damaged parts of the MTA’s subway,... Read More →
The deadline for residents in 13 counties damaged by Superstorm Sandy—including Putnam, Rockland and Westchester—to register for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been extended to March 29, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this morning. The previous deadline was tomorrow. FEMA assistance for individuals and families can include funds… Read More →
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a 14-day extension to the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, which allows survivors of Superstorm Sandy last October to stay in participating hotels or motels if they cannot return to their homes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. New York requested the extension, he said…. Read More →
The Senate and House of Representatives approved $9.7 billion for Superstorm Sandy-related flood insurance claims today, more than two months after the hurricane hit, the Gannett Washington Bureau reports this afternoon. The vote was for the first installment of a total of $60 billion in federal aid for storm victims…. Read More →
Residents of the 13 New York counties that were declared disaster areas after Superstorm Sandy now have another four weeks to register for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Instead of the Dec. 31 deadline, it is now Jan. 28, 2013. The 13 counties… Read More →
Superstorm Sandy caused more than $42 million in damages to Westchester-owned facilities and parks, damaging infrastructure throughout the area, County Executive Rob Astorino said this morning. During a news conference at the Westchester County Center, Astorino said the powerful storm’s damage touched every municipality in the county, damaging or destroying… Read More →
