Sentences with phrase «new hurricane recovery»

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley participates in discussion with economists on current economic conditions and recovery efforts in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria at event hosted by the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce - 1300 GMT.

East Coast fuel supplies seemed set to remain tight into next week, as spotty electrical power and flooding damage stymied the recovery of two New Jersey refineries after Hurricane Sandy.

This new blackout comes after an outage on November 9 that sank power generation across the island from 40 percent to 18 percent, a major blow to the island's recovery after Hurricane Maria struck nearly two months ago.

Her best - selling new book, «Rising from Katrina,» traces her Mississippi hometown's recovery from Hurricane Katrina and her experiences covering it.

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.

The tweets coming from a president ensconced in his New Jersey golf club sought to defend Washington's efforts to mobilize and coordinate recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- President Trump took to Twitter early Saturday to lash out at the mayor of San Juan after she criticized federal recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Ms. Glen said the administration was working to incorporate construction unions into as many projects as possible, having recently signed off on deals to employ union labor on «hundreds of millions» of dollars in capital improvements at the New York City Housing Authority and «billions» in Hurricane Sandy recovery work.

Hurricane Sandy and its recovery could cost New York as much as $ 18 billion in economic activity, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said today.

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.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer continued his series of town hall meetings focused on Hurricane Sandy recovery, visiting the Arverne Section of Rockaway Wednesday evening.

Three years after Hurricane Irene hit the Hudson Valley, a New York Congressman and other elected officials announced more funding for Orange County for recovery efforts.

MIDLAND BEACH — Two years after Hurricane Sandy ripped through New York, devastating Staten Island and other waterfront areas, Mayor Bill de Blasio stood with other elected officials to tout the progress on recovery work around the city.

Staten Island City Councilmen Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo took a trip to New Orleans in late January to try to learn from the city's recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina, and said they were shocked to learn about some of the problems homeowners faced as they tried to raise their homes on pillars to prevent damage from future floods.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to travel to Puerto Rico with emergency response officials to help out with recovery efforts on the island ravaged by Hurricane MarNEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to travel to Puerto Rico with emergency response officials to help out with recovery efforts on the island ravaged by Hurricane MarNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to travel to Puerto Rico with emergency response officials to help out with recovery efforts on the island ravaged by Hurricane Maria.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- President Donald Trump should spend more time focusing on hurricane recovery and less time criticizing football players, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the council created a new committee — Recovery and Resiliency — to replace a temporary one on Lower Manhattan.

At 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of National Action Network; Kirsten John Foy, Northeast Regional Director of NAN; New York City Councilman Matheiu Eugene, and advocates attend the announcement of a drive to gather supplies for the victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and sending of a delegation to travel to Haiti to help in recovery, Haitian Consulate, 815 2nd Ave., Manhattan.

The governor of Puerto Rico traveled to New York Thursday to see how the state rebuilt following Superstorm Sandy and meet with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to discuss his island's recovery from Hurricane Maria.

Two of the state's drones have been deployed to Texas to assist in the Hurricane Harvey recovery effort, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo dispatched three to Puerto Rico to aid the New York Power Authority to restore the power grid and accomplish other missions there.

On Thursday, approximately 20 groups from areas affected by Hurricane Sandy held a forum focused on recovery from Sandy and the future of New York City's flood zone.

Rubin is currently Senior Advisor to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, who was in Albany for the conference, and New York State Director of the President's Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuilding Task Force.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in the Hudson Valley this afternoon, his second stop of the day in communities that qualify for funding for recovery and rebuilding from Hurricane Sandy, Tropical Storm Lee, and Hurricane Irene under a new state progrNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in the Hudson Valley this afternoon, his second stop of the day in communities that qualify for funding for recovery and rebuilding from Hurricane Sandy, Tropical Storm Lee, and Hurricane Irene under a new state progrnew state program.

Smith's bio on the New York State Senate website lists him as vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, chairman of the Independent Democratic Conference, chair of the Senate Social Service Committee, co-chair of the Budget Sub-Committee on Super Storm Sandy recovery and co-chair of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force on Hurricane Sandy Relief.

Queens lawmakers denounced Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday for failing to vote on a recovery package that would help New York and New Jersey rebuild after being ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.

$ 2.9 million for Rockland and $ 14 million to five counties in the Hudson Valley Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Wednesday announced that New York State will cover the local share of disaster response and recovery costs resulting from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in five counties in the Hudson Valley.

Although some education reforms like the development of the state - run Recovery School District (RSD) began before Hurricane Katrina, the storm fueled the development of new mandates and forced a redefininition of the school system in an effort to reopen schools as quickly as possible.

As is now well known, after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's newly created Recovery School District (RSD), which operated on a small scale before the storm, rapidly expanded its footprint in New Orleans.

After Hurricane Katrina struck, he championed plans for the state to take over most of the schools in New Orleans under the Recovery School District, which oversees 37 schools now operating in the city, including some charters.

The RSD had been established in 2003 to manage «recovery» from academic failure, not from Hurricane Katrina, as the name is sometimes taken to imply, but had seized only five New Orleans schools before Katrina.

White knows that the challenges of running New Orleans's 70 Recovery District schools are great, despite Paul Vallas's amazing progress in rebuilding a system that most educators agreed was among the worst in the nation before Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 80 percent of its 127 schoolhouses (see «New Schools in New Orleans,» features, Spring 2011).

In doing so, education leaders must also decide whether to transfer the schools to the state - run Recovery School District, which took over most of the public schools in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

One prototype is the all - charter, state - run Recovery School District in New Orleans, which was created in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation.

One promising innovation it identified was the «recovery school district» (RSD)-- an alternative to district - based governance that became a household name after Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of New Orleans teachers were summarily dismissed after the Louisiana Legislature voted to turn over all but a handful of the city's schools to the state - run Recovery School District.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced today the final agreement for the obligation of $ 1.84 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) and Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) for the repair and replacement of public schools in Orleans Parish, including the City of New Orleans, damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Then he was tapped to lead the Recovery School District in Louisiana, which had assumed control of most of the public schools in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

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Even before Hurricane Katrina changed just about everything in New Orleans, the state of Louisiana had started the process of reshaping the city's public schools, creating an entity known as the New Orleans Recovery School District.

Schools run by the Recovery School District in Baton Rouge — originally designed to take over the state's worst - performing schools, and the governing body of many New Orleans schools since Hurricane Katrina — still show far worse results than those run locally in Orleans Parish, according to results released by the state Department of Education and compiled for the New Orleans area by the Times - Picayune.

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For months, the state Board of Education has been considering an ESSA plan that includes options for fixing the state's low - performing schools, such as charter schools, vouchers, and even possibly a state - run «recovery school district» similar to the one created in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Finn has recommended that Maryland establish a state - run recovery school district, similar to the one created in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, for the lowest - performing schools.

With a Secretary of Education under President Obama who declared that Hurricane Katrina was the «best thing» to happen to New Orleans schools because the recovery turned the entire city over to privately managed charters, teachers could be forgiven for wondering how anything could get worse regardless of who won the election this month.

After Hurricane Katrina, most New Orleans schools entered the Recovery School District en masse.

Assistant Manager of Animal Rescue Services Mike Brammer is a SMART Search and Rescue Team Leader, and a veteran of several hands on recovery efforts including those in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina — perhaps the most obvious example of the dangers of being unprepared.

Harcourt recently hosted British reggae legends UB40 and the Virgin Holidays film crew at Carlisle Bay when they were in Antigua making a new music video for their top ten hit «Come Back Darling» to encourage tourists to «come back» to the Caribbean following a concerted recovery effort after the impact of Hurricane Irma.

The Anguilla Tourist Board (ATB) has launched a new landing page (irma.ivisitanguilla.com) to serve as a central space for official updates on the island's recovery following Hurricane Irma.

With the support of architect and MoMA trustee Warren James and art dealer Cristin Tierney in New York, as well as Francisco Rovira Rullán, founder of Roberto Paradise gallery in Puerto Rico, the fund was activated for the purposes of Hurricane Maria recovery.

That's easy: the New York art world's recovery after Hurricane Sandy.