Sentences with phrase «federal recovery aid»
New York officials say two more counties that sustained extensive shoreline damage from Lake Ontario flooding last year are now eligible for federal recovery aid.
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And many, like Memphis Pig Out, are still making a comeback, despite $ 60 billion in aid from the federal government and $ 2.4 billion worth of disaster recovery loans from the Small Business Administration.
Last week President Donald Trump sided with Congressional Democrats in raising the federal borrowing limit to allow Hurricane Harvey recovery aid to pass.
has tried to provide federal assistance for diapers since 2011, when she introduced the Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery (DIAPER) Act.
The federal government has approved New York City's plan to spend the first $ 1.77 billion in aid for Hurricane Sandy recovery, with the money expected to start flowing by early summer to homeowners, businesses and others in need.
Sen. Ted Cruz said he won't engage in «political sniping» with Long Island Rep. Pete King as the Texas Republican defended his opposition to a post-Sandy federal relief bill, while seeking federal aid for Harvey recovery.
Malliotakis recalled the post-Sandy recovery in her assembly district, noting that local officials acted well before significant federal aid arrived.
In a press conference following the tour, Schumer said he and Lowey are working hard to get as much federal aid to New York for storm recovery as possible.
Trained staff to help Sandy victims with applications for federal housing and business recovery aid Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is deploying Sandy Help Team representatives to locations in Rockland County on Monday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 14 to help homeowners and business owners affected by Superstorm Sandy apply for recovery aid.
Although less than 9 percent of the city's overall budget is comes from federal aid — excluding Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in January.
After returning to Washington, Clinton worked with other lawmakers to secure billions of dollars in federal aid for New York to assist in the city's recovery.
Meanwhile, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved plans to hire a consultant to conduct a study that will aid the implementation of the present administration's Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
Cuomo returned to hurricane - crippled Puerto Rico Saturday to tour the island's recovery efforts, and he's calling on the federal government to swiftly pass a large aid package.
The other variables in gauging the storm's financial toll on New York State DiNapoli says will be the pace of the recovery and the amount of support and aid provided by the federal government.
On July 17, 2013, in response to the impact of these floods and the lack of approved federal disaster aid for individual assistance, the Governor announced the creation of the Mohawk Valley and 2013 Upstate Flood Recovery Program.
In Cuomo's six years in office, spending has increased an average of 1.4 percent each year, when adjusted to exclude federal emergency aid for disasters like Hurricane Sandy recovery.
The bill would authorizes $ 81 billion in aid for ongoing response and recovery from 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, and would authorize Puerto Rico to use surplus toll credits to cover the local share of federal highway emergency relief.
Scott, expected to challenge Nelson for the U.S. Senate seat in November, said that in addition to helping with recovery of the citrus industry, the federal funding will «better prepare our communities as they continue to welcome families displaced by Hurricane Maria and aid in Puerto Rico's recovery.»
As Puerto Rico continues its recovery from Hurricane Maria, officials on the island are preparing for billions of dollars in federal reconstruction aid that will begin flowing in the coming months.
But even as the area recovers, the level of water in Lake Ontario remains high, and recovery efforts along some parts of the shore have to wait for drier weather — and a federal disaster declaration that local and state officials have requested to unlock additional aid.
ALBANY — New York's congressional delegation is slated to convene Monday at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's Manhattan offices to discuss a detailed federal aid request for recovery from superstorm Sandy, a source said.
The effort will be fueled in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is channeling billions of extra dollars in federal aid into...
We were invited to meet with ARTBA's membership to discuss various issues relating to Federal - aid highway construction contracting including value engineering, innovative contracting, Recovery Act construction contracting requirements, price adjustment clauses, Buy America, Davis - Bacon and other issues of interest to the highway construction industry.
The federal exemption gives you a $ 12,625 aggregate value on household goods, jewelry up to $ 1,600, health aids, wrongful death recovery for a person you depended on for support, and a personal injury judgment up to $ 23,675 with the exception of pain and suffering or pecuniary loss that can't really be measured in money, such as loss of enjoyment.
Two days after Mayor Sylvester Turner said Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and his office were «hogging» $ 5 billion in federal Hurricane Harvey recovery aid and «not being a good partner,»...
President Donald Trump on August 25th signed a disaster relief declaration to funnel federal aid and emergency resources to rescue and recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast.